Scarcity drives prices up and, should Numrich had wagon-loads of take-down pins in stock, they would be worth nothing. Unfortunately for all of us, Mannlicher Schoenauer addicts, there are almost no take-down pins available on the market and apart from Casper who was lucky enough to find one on Ebay some time go, I don't know of many in that situation.

Herr Miedler take-down pins obviously command a high price, however they fit perfectly and certainly involve a lot of man-hours for being produced from scratch; hence the price that I was happy to pay as I had no other option. I also sent Herr Miedler a take-down pin which spring and lock were missing and he set a new spring on that take-down pin. Quality has a price and, as a American business friend of mine tells "If you pay peanuts, you'll get monkey"!

Anyway if you can find in the US any more cost effective solution that would work, then count me in and I will buy several pieces in order to keep them in stock.

Louis