Thanks Don
The most important part of making it happen is the customer willing to pay for it in the first place. Also the many smiths current & late here in the USA who have paved the way by producing most of the worlds best quality bolt actions. I'm just lucky enough to "monkey see monkey do" and glean what I can from those who've done it before me.

There's an important place for all the different floormetals being made or spiffed up today.
Williams
Sunny Hill
Sound Metal Products -Wiebe
Badger Ordnance
Blackburn

And many others

There's some action & cartridge combos that are only available from a few vendors. The time it takes to R&D a short run of parts unavailable anywhere else should reflect in the price.



gunmaker
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