I have dealt with exactly two gunsmiths here in B.C. Canada.
I bought two rifles from a dealer they were I guess what you would call in the white, they were supposed to be from some company that went broke.
So I bought them, one in 243 and one in 22/250 give them to a gunsmith to drill and tap for scope bases and I get them back and both are not in line, so ended up making the bases fit the holes in such a way that they kind of lined up and then shimmed them so that they were workable.

Then my brother and I get them ready for bluing, and after polishing them up turn them over to the second guy for the bluing and they turned out fantastic. Should have had him do the other work too.
Needless to say never went back to the first guy and never did get any satisfaction from the outfit.
Bill

"The 375HH is the greatest level of power you can get for the investment in recoil." (JJHack)
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