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Unread 02-05-2021, 07:26 AM   #1
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Here is an interesting new offering.
www.uplandguncompany.com
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interesting - it says Italian made, I would have expected Turkey
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Just another in the never-ending series of businesses marketing Spanish/Belgian/Italian/Turkish guns to us here in North America.
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I believe that the owner of Pine Ridge Grouse Camp may be involved with this new company. Tough market to try and breech in todays day and age. Quite a bit of competition in the 2K - 4K side by side new gun market lately.
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Noticed they have both a Wyoming and Michigan addresses?

Nice looking but would definitely want to see one in person before I ordered
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Noticed they have both a Wyoming and Michigan addresses?

Nice looking but would definitely want to see one in person before I ordered
Wyoming and Minnesota addresses, but repairs are in northern MI just outside of Traverse City.
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I had a survey emailed to me from Project Upland a while ago.

https://projectupland.com/

Asking what one would be looking for in a ideal upland gun. I wonder if this is related to that.
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Being from Sheridan Wyoming I have a buddy who is going to stop by the Sheridan address and see what’s there. His grandfather was a will known custom rifle builder so if they have any guns there to look at he can give them the once over and see what they are.
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Looks like the MN business address is Pineridge while the WY corporate address is just a shell address (more friendly taxes and gun laws I suppose). Just a guess.

A startup importer company for an unknown Italian gunmaker will be a challenging business model. But I'm an old gun kind of shooter so I don't have a good pulse on the new gun market.
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I think you guys are being a little harsh. From what I can see, a group of entrepreneur sxs enthusiasts already in the shooting business, have put together a pretty good business model. You can build your gun on line, lots of options, then pay a 50% deposit and it arrives in 3-4 months. Not bad at all. The maker, RFM, has been in business for over 60 years and seems to make a quality product. It also appears the son is married to one of the Fausti sisters. This has caused quite a stir on the 16ga forum. I plan to order one in 16 gauge. I was chatting with the gentleman in MN online who offered to have me come by and shoot one. It’s a bit far from Alabama but I appreciated the offer. For the options I selected for my ideal bird gun, it came to $3500. Not bad at all for a new Italian sxs built to my specifications. This is exactly the type business we should be encouraging to keep the sxs community growing. I hope they succeed.
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