well, the gunsmith i use has taught me how to bed rifles, loaned me his personal tools to complete barrel channeling, taught me what i was looking at to adjust my trigger, showed me how pre-cut grind to fit pads for stocks, and showed me how to grind them. i use his services at every opportunity, and am currently having him build me another rifle. his prices are reasonable, 150 for a chambering job, and 30 for a trigger job on a factory rig, no charge for an install of an aftermarket (that i know of) oh, and he offers me parts at dealer prices if i dont have what i need. if i dont have the funds handy, he just does what i need done anyways and allows me to pay him as money allows.

The rifle didn’t take long to reveal the real beauty of this build. The gun proved to “Not be Broken.” With a fire-forming load using a less than ideal powder; resulting in the shoulder of the Ackley Improved case not to be 100% formed, the rifle shot very tiny groups. I can’t tell you how happy both Robert and I are.