"I paid no duty bringing them back to the states. He still made a profit on them, which makes you wonder why Axiom can't afford to sell them cheaper if they are bypassing the middle man. "

Same here, not to offend AXIOM "INTERNET ONLY" sales,but
if dealer could sell me M60s for $600US and still make profit, $800 from factory direct seems to be quite a profit margin.
Oh, and I got free shipping as well.
Oh, well, soon we all are going to forget about going out of "AXIOM business" dealers' prices