The problem was that the smith would not tell me whether he wanted a live or solid pilot reamer, which material he preferred, etc. He peered at reamer after reamer through his bifocals trying to read a faded label made of masking tape. After 20 minutes of telling me what he had on hand (none of which were in the calibers I wanted), I finally prodded him by asking what the next step should be. At this point, I was handed a stack of hang tags and told to fill them out for each project. It seemed rather odd, especially considering I had a nicely printed spec sheet for each project, which he couldn't be bothered with. I began to believe he wanted to change my mind on the chambering just because he had a reamer on hand for it.
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