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Almost always they built the rifle THEY wanted to build, not what I wanted.


Wayne York of Oregon being one. I'll never use him again.

He drilled out the aluminum pillars of a Mcmillan Edge Stock of mine and put in steel pillars and repainted the stock.
All to my surprise and all without my say so. Then would not release the rifle till I paid him for the extra services.

So, I would say giving explicit instructions to your smith.

I've noticed many smiths adding work and parts to a rifle that were not initially wanted.

Also, Building a rifle on a Winchester Pre 64 action.
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The pre-'64 has NOTHING to prevent gas and brass from coming down the left raceway into the shooter's face

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I've owned maybe 10-12 pre-'64's and can't remember one where the trigger was adjustable below 4 pounds.