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I appreciate all the info, I certainly don't have any complaints about nicely priced work. I'll call Bill just to go over a few of the details but my guess is that we'll end up working together. Excited to bring this gun back to fighting fit shape. I've busted quite a few clays with it using just a feeler gauge shim on the hook. It swings great, fits me beautifully. Thinking about having the left barrel choke opened up as well, it's IMP CYL on the right and Extra full on the left.
Then I'll just need a twill jacket and pheasants beware!
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Tweed, I think.
Not “twill”.
Breeks are optional.
“When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead” - John Greenleaf Whittier
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Tweed, I think.
Not “twill”.
Breeks are optional. Ah, indeed it is. I am clearly no shotgunner of class.
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Re the original question for a gun smith recco. Be sure to ask if your man has a Type 01 Federal License for gun smithing, has liability insurance, and has a distinct business premises, i.e., not working on the kitchen table out of an apartment or such. Just a few years back one guy I can think of flipped a 20 gauge Fox because it was too hard for his wife to cock, now he's a gun smith.
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Re the original question for a gun smith recco. Be sure to ask if your man has a Type 01 Federal License for gun smithing, has liability insurance, and has a distinct business premises, i.e., not working on the kitchen table out of an apartment or such. Just a few years back one guy I can think of flipped a 20 gauge Fox because it was too hard for his wife to cock, now he's a gun smith. The criteria mentioned have nothing to do with the skill level of the gunsmith. The four best vintage double gunsmiths I have met all work or worked from home (one is now retired). I have had work done by all four of them and in each case it was exemplary. Here is an example: https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=569690
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Tweed, I think.
Not “twill”.
Breeks are optional. Ah, indeed it is. I am clearly no shotgunner of class. Neither am I. I just read about the Vintager-type events and marvel at the effort put into those events.
“When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead” - John Greenleaf Whittier
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Len bull had a shop at his house single car garage he was a London trained gunsmith also worked for Holland and Holland .
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[quote=Dogfox]Re the original question for a gun smith recco. Be sure to ask if your man has a Type 01 Federal License for gun smithing, has liability insurance, and has a distinct business premises, i.e., not working on the kitchen table out of an apartment or such. Just a few years back one guy I can think of flipped a 20 gauge Fox because it was too hard for his wife to cock, now he's a gun smith. The criteria mentioned have nothing to do with the skill level of the gunsmith. The four best vintage double gunsmiths I have met all work or worked from home (one is now retired). I have had work done by all four of them and in each case it was exemplary. Here is an example: +1...My most memorable gunsmith visits have been to the basement of one of the best working in the US.
My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.
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Recoil rob ,,.You have an incorrect original poster.you should correct that!!
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Another vote for BIll Graham. He is doing a full restoration on an LC Smith Long Range for me now. He did some barrels for me previously and I have seen other work of his in person
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