$75/hr for a stock maker? Ridiculous. No wonder our country is sinking fast.
A major manufacturing company - with millions of capital investment in tools, facilities, and degreed talent - is charging around $100/hr in today's world. So some guy in his garage with 10 grand in tools brings $75?
Actually, this is exactly how our country is suppose to work. If a guy is charging $75 an hour and is turning out junk, he is not going to be in business long. Just because that is what he charges, it doesn't mean someone has to pay him that.
I know a gunmaker who virtually has nothing invested in tooling or overhead. He works in a small room in the back of his house with hand tools he bought at a flea market or made himself. Simple power tools have been repaired over repairs. He doesn't turn out anything that you can buy for under five figures, and you won't live long enough to be at the top of his work list.
Some of the most skilled craftsmen in the world work out of their garages. The amount of money you have invested in your work or business is absolutely irrelevant, it's what people will actually pay you for that work is the only thing that matters.
Now for Macon gunstocks...I think most of the posters in this thread will let you know what his work is worth.