Hatsan is in no way connected with Walther. Walther does not buy Hatsan rifles in order to put the Walther name on them. Umarex owns the rights to use the Walther name, and they are putting it on every piece of junk gun and gun accessory they can get their hands on. Its called brand recogniton. Thats using a well known and respected name to sell something, with the seller (Umarex) counting on the uninformed buyer to think the product is actually made by Walther and be willing to fork over substantial amounts of money based on the name value alone. Hatsan guns have had issues from the start, and have always been low end guns. Any issues that have been resolved just makes them less low end, but still not worth the asking price.