I once took a fairly expensive handgun to a knowledgeable and respected gunsmith, who had already done a couple of really outstanding rifles for me, for a simple front sight replacement. A year later I had to demand it's return.
He had managed to screw it up to the point that it needed replacement parts that I guess he could not obtain and didn't have the guts to tell me.
In the end, I sent it to another well respected person, who also could not restore it to original condition but through considerable effort transformed it into something better than the original.
The first guy could have done that and I would have paid for the extra work, but pride cost him other jobs I would have sent to him.

BTW Terry Lee, thanks for your great work turning a good pistol into a great one.