Yes and no is my guess. I would think a lot are being sold as the owners have bought the better Adler. I looked at a replica 1887 and decided it was unweildly and crap.

I would consider an Adler, class A or B. Fine with a five shot magazine, if not having the extra 2 or 3 cartridges in the magazine, change it from being a terrorist weapon to a sporting shotgun for duck hunting and pest control ....

Yes, the five shot Adler shotguns are selling like mad. Lots of guys on the internet are over the moon having received one of the crappy shotguns .... crappy because a nice semi-auto would be so much nicer.

I do have a spot on my licence for a C class restricted shotgun, so could choose to acquire a semi-auto shotgun. Just don't want to have to pay for one.

They aren't cheap now that demand and supply is so small.

Daryl, semi-auto and pump action shotguns were heavily restricted in 1996. A C class licence is required, which needs justificiations such as farm pest control, security needs etc.

Pump action rifles and lever action are not restricted in such a way, other than normal firearms needs requirements, but semi auto rifles are restricted.

Lever action shotguns were class A and as long as a person had a need for a firearms licence, no other restrictions really. Changed because of an idiotic video showing a Turk from Adler shooting an Adler in extreme rapid fire from the waist in a promotional video ...