Finding old airguns is a hobby in itself. It's a bit like treasure hunting, sniffing out clues for those elusive, hidden things. Looking for specific airguns, some of which aren't even rare, should be fun, but it can take forever. And it doesn't even have to be an antique.
In airgun manufacturing, it's a weird truth that after all the design stages and tool setting, actually churning out airguns is relatively fast and easy. A pallet of them goes here, two pallets go there, and everybody's happy.
This may however last for only a very brief time, as when sales slow down