Have Sporting Services lost AI?

[ovenpaa]

I see that the Sportsman gun Centre are advertising as the UK distributor for Accuracy nternatonal so is it safe to assume Sporting Services have lost the contract?

[Send it]

As far as I'm aware Sporting Services are still the Civilian distributor for AI. Only spoke to them recently, but like most things in this industry things can change pretty quickly.

[Fedaykin]

Sportsman have been Hoovering up distribution deals of late, they got Lee recently did they not.

[ovenpaa]

Just checked the AI site and it lists both Sporting Services and Sportman GS as agents. It was only a few weeks ago that Sporting Services issued a statement that nothing was changing or words to that effect.

I hope this will not have an overly negative effect on Graeme and his team.

[ColinR]

Just checked the AI site and it lists both Sporting Services and Sportman GS as agents. It was only a few weeks ago that Sporting Services issued a statement that nothing was changing or words to that effect.

I hope this will not have an overly negative effect on Graeme and his team.

Me too! As long as Graeme has distribution rights I will continue to deal with him. I am surprised given Graeme's previous connections with AI that this has happened. I would have thought AI already sells everything it can into the Civilian market through Graeme, so I cannot see them selling more with this new connection. In any case SGS will not have the knowledge and experience of AI products that Graeme has. A move that can only disrupt the market.

Sportsman GS website lists 135 versions of AI rifles, so they are obviously going for it.

[kevinww]

I'll deal with Greame for AI stuff, as I shoot with him nearly every other weekend, and when I bought my AI we stood in his workshop and assembled it to my spec while I waited.