I have dealt with 5 gunsmiths over the years and 2 of them were absolutely horrible. Seems to be a profession where time and promises mean nothing. I have heard every excuse you can imagine and I did my due diligence. Sometimes it is partly a crap shoot.
In some forty years of shooting in Australia I found one who was excellent...I mean absolutely magic to deal with, then he retired.
All the rest were either crooked, incompetent, or believed their own bullshit and erroneously believed they were Da Vinci reincarnated.
I try to avoid dealing with that sort now.
