CONFESSION TIME
For a long time, a small group of established manufacturers have dominated our sport: companies whose reputations date back decades to when springers where the only game in town, joined by those who led the PCP revolution.
Today, the world is much smaller and the increasing popularity of airgunning, combined with the wealth of information and communication made possible by the internet, has opened our eyes to products from just about every corner of the world.
And you know what, most of them are pretty good – and a few are much better than that. Eastern Europe seems to have emerged as a hotbed for air rifle manufacturers. Companies in Ukraine, Turkey, Czech Republic and many more countries that we were ignorant of only a few years ago are now challenging the might of the establishment.
One of the most exciting rifles to emerge is the Priest from RTI Arms – a small Slovenian company that not only produces an excellent rifle, but laudably also employs people with
