What you GENERALLY get with a higher price, is a higher level of fit and finish.
A crappy or poor design, nicely fit and finished, may be OK, but not as good as a better design without all of the pretty cosmetics.
A good design, nicely fit and finished, may be accurate, reliable, and pretty. And let the owner have some bragging points.
A good design with a lower level of finish and fit, may still be accurate and reliable, but not so pretty. No (or far fewer) bragging points.
There's no simple answer to that simple question.
The slow industry transition to polymer guns is making this an even more complicated question to answer.
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