I'm not a gun maker or an engineer but I'm curious, after a recent thread, as to what really is handmade? My opinion is that a gun that is mostly made using machine work is not "hand made". Doing some final fitting of barrel assembly to breech, hand polishing some internal parts that were made by investment casting or by the thousands, on a CNC machine and custom stock dimensions do not qualify as "hand-made". "Hand-made" gives me visions of shaping the breech from a block of steel, using a hand drill, a hacksaw and a bench full of files, that would be "hand-made". I don't believe any guns are made this way and haven't been for many moons. What say you?

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