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I'm more likely to leave and find someplace else or go home and make do with what I have.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Campfire Tracker
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I'm more likely to leave and find someplace else or go home and make do with what I have. Nothing wrong with BigMac's or off the shelf rifles. Tom, nothing stays on topic around here  Terry
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Agreed. As long as they have a bar.
Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
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When one supplier gets too busy, the market will find another/others.
Redneck on this forum has a good reputation. I've talked about a project with him, haven't used him, yet.
Ray Bowman at Precision Rifle Sales in NC has done 5 barrel jobs for me and I'm pleased with him and his work. His turnaround time is reasonable, although he stays busy doing mostly high end target and precision rifles. Mine were hunting type guns and he was very helpful with my questions and concerns.
Shop around and check reputations. You can get state of the art work done a lot quicker than that.
DF
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Campfire Regular
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Guys,
I think we're beginning to stray from the point. Terry's point was not the length of time it takes to get work done, it was promising the work would be done by a certain time, and missing that date by several orders of magnitude. If a maker says it will take ten years to do a job, that's fine -- so long as he delivers in ten years. At least the customer has a basis for making an educated decision. However, if said maker quotes a two-year delivery, and takes ten to deliver, that is a problem. And, that is one of the problems that Terry was referring to.
TT Or when they tell you the the rifle is ready to ship and ask for the balance of the payment and don't ship it for 5 to 6 months later!... 
It's a great life if you don't weaken..
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Campfire Regular
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You can go by reputation or walk in the door and meet the man! I did the latter... a smith who did all of Terry Wieland's work when he lived in Canada. I've known him for over 20 years... I pick up the phone, give him a call and within 45 minutes I'm at his door. Recently, he removed a scope for me that he'd replaced the slot screws on Ruger rings with torx a couple of years ago. I couldn't get them out, I wanted to replace the scope, which I normally do on my own. He did the job within an hour of my call and charged $0.00. He's a world-class smith and his work has been written up in some journals. I'm lucky... I can just walk in. Not all gun smiths are dishonest or lazy!! Far from it. Bob www.bigbores.ca
"What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul" - Jesus
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Canada by choice, British by Blood
People think there's a rigid class system here, but dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans.
HRH Prince Phillip
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