UPDATE: I have three guns at Andys. I believe in data generally in making decisions.
1. Andy is a great, not good, but great smith. He has done outstanding work in the past.
2. The police in Utica, we have talked to them, do not believe that Andy is trying to run off with our guns. They are working with Andy to get him access to his old building to get our guns back.
3. Andy has both health and personal issues. I do not know the extent of them and do believe that there are significant issues that are impeding him from his appointed task. He is either getting divorced or is seperated from his wife. Andy is currently living and working in an outlying area from Utica with no phone service. Upstate NY is a very rural place afterall.
4. I am going to Utica on Friday to retrieve my guns, I hope, and will report back. The police are trying to get the release of our guns so that we can get the repaired. I never gave Andy deposits because he had worked on so many of my guns in the past.
5. All this said there is clearly something wrong. My past experiences go back nearly a decade and he has always been reliable. The past 24 months he has been erratic and hard to reach. There are clearly personal, business, and health issues that are causing some issues.
That is what I know and believe given my interaction with Andy, the police and such. If anyone has a gun I have hope that they will get returned. This is a mess that is for sure. I hope Andy the best but I would like to see him follow through on his commitments.
Regards, Huntersdad.
