Makes sense Casper, a few Americans have told me they are harder to find over in the USA than Europe hence I guess the slightly wacky price. Another contrast is the Winchester Model 21 shotgun,
one of the clunkiest things I've ever handled (albeit hell for stout), in Europe you can buy one for 800 GBP, not easy to find but not that rare. In the States they love them, I've seen them at $5000 !! best