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RIP Mister 12/5/12
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Flexy Backhand
something cool?
just give it to me 
Dont have any recomendations but hang on to that!!! that gauge is getting very hard to find
Dont have any recomendations but hang on to that!!! that gauge is getting very hard to find
TreeClimber
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Where are you located?
TreeClimber
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My dad is a gunsmith, 50 years experience. He's in Shelton, I'm in Port Orchard / Gig Harbor area.
If you want him to fix it, he'll do a good job, for a reasonable price, however you won't get it back until after Modern Firearm Elk season is over. Too much work.
If you want him to fix it, he'll do a good job, for a reasonable price, however you won't get it back until after Modern Firearm Elk season is over. Too much work.
TreeClimber
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......as far as the guns I own.....thats nobodies business but mine
I agree. With one exception.
that's a little far, but will keep him in mind if I can't find anything closer
Flexy Backhand
something cool?
he do any engraving or custom work?? he have a site???
TreeClimber
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He has a full (albeit small) shop in Shelton. He doesn't do the internet. With 50 years of business, he stays busy with word of mouth.
He does all the normal stuff, including bluing. He also does custom rifle stocks, but not checkering or engraving. If you want it parkerized, he can send it out.
Flexy Backhand
something cool?
Hmm.. I may get some contact info from ya later.. I have an old Single shot bolt action .22 from the 30's that would be awesome with a custom stock
make/model?
ive got an old winchester model 67, also from the 30's. great little gun.
TreeClimber
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You're wierd.
Most people wouldn't put a $750 or $1000 piece of wood on a $20 or $50 rifle.
i dono about his..but my M67 is worth a hell of alot more than $50.
but yeh, either way, it wouldnt be getting a $700 stock.
Flexy Backhand
something cool?
LOL first of all,you are weird.. something with sentimental is alot different then just a random gun i found in a pawn shop...
and second of all you said he was very reasonable, I have priced out what i want before and $500 is what i was quoted from one shop, and well under that I was quoted at another....
and second of all you said he was very reasonable, I have priced out what i want before and $500 is what i was quoted from one shop, and well under that I was quoted at another....
TreeClimber
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Actually, no I didn't.
The question was posed about a repair. I answered 'reasonable'. Then you inquired about 'custom'. Custom work is just that. Dad's got some blanks of fiddle-back maple that would send a guitar-maker into gran-mal siezures (sp). You get what you pay for in custom stock work.
So I'm taking my weirdness and going hunting. Hope you do the same. If after you kill your deer and elk you decide you'd like to see some of my dad's work I'll send you a pic of my 'carry' rifle and you can be the judge.
TreeClimber
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The winchester is worth $100 for a tired one, and upwards of twice that for a nice, used rifle. They were made for decades, and are a lot of boy's first rifle. Keep it, enjoy it, pass it down the generations.
In the 20s, 30s etc, you could buy rifles from multiple of makers including Sears. Plus lots of other no-name manufacturers. These rifles are essentially worthless, other than as keepsakes, hence my $20 / $50 retort.
Flexy Backhand
something cool?
:awesomework:
We took 5-10 loads of fiddleback or "Curly Maple" a few years ago and the guy said it was some of the nicest hes seen in this area and possibly the state. we told him a price and he didnt hesitate.. we made good money, he made better money buy selling it by the block.. and that trickels down to the instrument,clock and gunsmiths making the biiig money
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