I had a Parker 16 barrel done about 2 years ago by Mike and had the same result. Took about 7 months, couple of phone calls saying "its out the door" but nothing. Had the chokes opened, the cones lengthened, the rib extension re-laid, and a re-blue. All work was done well, except the rib re-lay. Also, he did not polish the blue off the sides of the lug. I was looking for perfection and got "Just OK".