Sadly, if only it were true. In recent years there has been a distinct drop in the quality of some German rifles, particularly HW, while Diana went in the other direction, raising their quality.HW, seem to suffer a lot of galling issues. Guide rods for mainsprings are less than spectacular to say the least.Also HW seals have been surpassed by some margin by many of the after service kits.The final insult is the cheap white stencilling, rather than stamping....it looks cheap and bloody horrible compared to my nicely stamped 1985 HW35. Also the stocks have gone quite plain, lacking good grain.
Was Curious George your favorite as a child? -Y