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Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. ness that’s evolving.” Stefanko sees a lot of parallels between what’s going on in airsoft and what’s going on in paintball. In both cases, the customer’s taste is increasingly discerning and they’re looking for bigger, better, faster and more powerful units. “And we continue to see an escalation in price-point,” Stefanko added. Savvy dealers would be smart to keep an eye on those higher price-point items. “Again, retailers can be very successful selling around the big boxes,” Ste- fanko said. “In many cases — although not all — the big-box stores have locked themselves into the opening price-point spring models, which retail from $15 to $40. Retailers have a great opportunity to service that higher-end, more demanding consumer, because that’s where many of the big-box stores are lacking.” Set up an indoor range. “If you can set up an indoor range where you can demonstrate airguns, you’ll sell more of them,” McCaslin said. “You can use a simple .22 bullet trap and you’re pretty much good to go. It doesn’t need to be anything exotic. It just needs to be something safe.” One company has added a new twist to “practice” for the airsoft marketplace. ActionAirgun LLC has launched a global shooting league using live airsoft target shooting and the InterThe Crosman Tactical Kit includes two camoflauged airsoft guns, net. Using the compathe Stinger S32PA rifle and the Stinger P30 pistol, 6" sticky target, ny’s Advance Shooting pistol holster, safety goggles and 500 airsoft BBs. Kit, each week shooters download three courses, practice, shoot for score and enter the results on the ActionAirgun Web site. There is even a world championship. Visit www.actionairgun. com for more information. AIRGUN MARKET ADCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ActionAirgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AirForce Airguns . . . . . . . . . . . . Anschutz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beeman Precision Airguns . . . . . Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-Square . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burris Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bushnell Performance Optics . . . C-More Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . Crosman Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daisy Manufacturing Co. . . . . . . Dynamit Nobel/RWS . . . . . . . . . European American Armory . . . . . Gamo USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leupold & Stevens . . . . . . . . . . Marksman Products . . . . . . . . . . RWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swift Optics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TruGlo Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Webley & Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 399 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 Tip #6: Circle No. 205 on Inquiry Card www.shootingindustry.com NOVEMBER 2008 39 |