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I don't know Mr. Belk but his gun work has been beautiful and I highly respect him. He got into health/vision problems that inhibited his gunsmith work, got into financial trouble due to that and his life sorta fell apart for awhile. I think he's an honorable man who does what he does to Remington because he's firmly convienced he's right and I doubt there's much money in it for him.

I've corresponded with Jack about the Remington/Walker trigger. We agree on the effect but disagree on the cause and 'correction' for what happens. I think the owner has some duty to maintain his weapons and triggers correctly and pratice rational muzzle control at all times. He agrees but also feels it's the maker's duty to make things totally safe. On its face that sounds reasonable but consider that carried to its rational lengths we would have to install 'breathalizers' and chemical blood testers in automobiles we would have to pass before we could start them.

I met him at the Custom Gunmakers Guild Show in Reno as well. He was a personable guy, and I was thinking about having him build me a .41 Special on a Ruger Blackhawk to match the one he built for himself. He dropped out before I sent him the gun and a deposit, so I didn't do that one.

jim

From Rick Bin.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthread.../1/Remington_s_In_Depth_Response_#UNREAD


Jack Belk....50% of his income comes from his work as an expert witness in lawsuits.
Belk has testified against Remington, Winchester, Thompson Center, and Beretta.

Scumbag is what I'd call him.

A crook and a shill isn't a good thing to be.

Shill for hire.

Sent him two rifles to work on. He managed to break the stock in half on one, and then ruined the other with the lamest bedding job I've ever seen. And of course he waited over a year to tell me that he had broke the stock.

Brian.

After losing the house in Idaho,he was claiming to be living off the grid someplace in Nevada in a geothermal house etc.

Watching that phoney lying nut licking [bleep] on TV was funny.

Are you the guy with the Browning Olympians?

Terry

Yup, although it was one Olympian and a Safari Grade.

Brian.

he says he makes half his income acting as an 'expert' witness for folks suing gun companies.
Don't know if he hates Remington, but if so, he must hate Ruger, Winchester, Beretta...............

He did a nice job of repairing a crack on my pre-war JP Sauer Mauser and bedding it. Fair price and a two month T/A IIRC. He had a website a bit ago about him living out in the boonies somewhere.

He was the pres of the gunsmithing guild.

The Mauser on top he welded, draw filed, and then later sent to the engraver.
The P17 on the bottom he built and engraved himself.

He made some really good posts, was helpful, but then became unpopular. He may have got bursitis in his shoulder and could not work, but that off line living and restoring heavy equipment suggests he may have got better. I have had no contact with him since he left AR ~ ~ ~ 6 years ago.

I sent some of J Belk's welding pics to my brother, and my brother TIG welded surplus Mauser bolts in that Belk style for me.

I always liked his work funny and witty