Craig,
Pat is the shop foreman or superintendent at C. Sharps, so I would guess he would be the guy to speak with. But I've never spoken to him as Al at SMB has always dealt with Pat when I needed his services. I do know that Al said that C Sharps not only does work beyond what they build, but also reproduces rollstamps on barrels too. A friend of mine sent his 1886 in .50 caliber to Al for barrel repair or reline. Al had Pat at C Sharps install a new barrel, and chamber in the original .50 caliber. They also put all the original Winchester markings on his barrel to keep it looking correct. Al put new stocks on the 1886, and did the case colors and rust bluing.
My friend had Al send the old wood and barrel back with the restored gun so it will be with it if he ever sells it.
If you plan to have Al do the case color and rust bluing, I'd call and ask about the barreling. Not sure about all the caliber reamers C Sharps has, but so far they've never had an issue doing whatever caliber I wanted. But none have been too unusual either.
PS-If you need an action annealed to polish it. AL does this free if you send it to him, and use him to do the color case afterwards.
Vall
Last edited by Vall; 01/28/19 01:29 PM.
