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Well said.

Gunsmiths are the flakiest people on the fricken planet. As a group.

Glad to hear its everywhere else too. Had a local guy tell me years ago that he developed that single barrel trap gun based on the red label for Bill Ruger. He then couldn't figure out how to get the butt stock off my Citori.

Seems most have an inflated sense of self. Guess that's most Americans anymore though....

I've never given a frick on how long something takes, going in. When someone tells me 3 months and it's 3 years, I got problems.

Don't tell me what I want to hear, tell me the truth. All it tells me is he is a lying POS and I don't deal with lying POS.

Had a slow build once,, turned out smith had a five way bypass and was still recovering when i called him. I told him to finish it whenever he was ready . I didn't care how long it took. Showed up some time later perfectly done with a very appreciative personal note. Health and personal issues can affect these folks just like the rest of us.

Absolutely it can, but people should be told, that's my point.

BAD business not to.

I dealt with Robert about 4 years ago and had no issues at all. Spoke to him a couple of times on the phone too. I don't think he did gun work full time since he also had a day job. At any rate, sounds like another good shop gone to hell but I don't think he is a dishonest man. Guessing personal problems and no that's not an excuse.

That's the crux of the matter.

Damn, I miss Mickey. Spent many a Saturday with him in his shop watching him build a donor that I brought with me, and then test fire it on the range in front of the shop.

I was going to suggest look for him there but I guess its the same!

I've experienced similar situations with two gunsmiths in the past. When they become unresponsive via phone, text or e-mail I send them a registered letter that requires their signature upon receipt. I explain what I want them to do and give a deadline for this action to take place. If the time period expires without any response, I make a report to the State Attorney General's Office in the state in which the gunsmith is located. If they have received enough complaints of a similar nature a class action suit may be filed. In my case the gunsmith had my gun and my money, keeping another's money when the agreed upon service to be provided for that money is called conversion in the law. In my case my gun was returned but not my money, the gun was still packed as I had sent it. I had been lied to for nearly two years, the gun just mysteriously showed up at my local FFL who had shipped it without any advance notice or explanation. I was happy to have the gun back, the money I just chalked up to a lesson learned. Interesting thing was this so called gunsmith had ads in all the outdoor magazines and had articles written about the service he provided. The second time it turned out that the gunsmith who also had a national reputation was more interested in going on african safaris rather than completing work for his customers. Same story here, out of the blue a package shows up in my maiilbox with the parts I had sent him for the build. No note, no nothing.

Yikes, scary stuff boys!

Try to get your stuff back amicably in these types of situations....

Been saving this for a special occasion.

I have had no contact from Robert in 6 months, after repeated attempts at emailing and calling. There seems to be a real problem going on with this guy, the same thing has been reported on several forums. My suggestion is a certified letter to demand your money and parts parts, followed by a day in court if he doesn't respond, I just took my own advice.