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98 mauser 300wm accuracy
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1425155" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>When someone says to me they know a "gunsmith" , anymore I certainly have to wonder. 26+yrs ago, when I enrolled in the 2yr gunsmithing program (an "in resident" school, not unlike an apprenticeship. attended full time), I couldn't find a competent gunsmith in the area where I live. No one could seemed to be capable of working on more than one particular firearm or doing just one 'thing'. Now, anyone who can assemble an AR or screw a pre-fit barrel on a Savage is a "gunsmith". And, I get to see the problems the self trained seem to bring upon themselves. Scope mount holes on Mausers and Springfields not on the centerline (can ya' fix it?!), forged bolt handles that won't clear even the highest mounted scopes, broken stocks from improper bedding/fitting, parts disassembled that should never be, you name it! So, forgive me if I seem to question when someone says they know "a gunsmith". Some who are self trained do OK, others are nothing short of a menace. Some get trained by a 'mentor', does the 'mentor' know the proper way? About 10% of the gunsmith school grads actually open a shop. Of those, very few (less than 1/4 of the 10%) remain in the trade longer than 2yrs. So, I always have to wonder. And those who do stay in the trade, there is no "used to be" about it, it becomes a lifes work, whether they can no long preform the work because of failing health or failing eye sight, or not. One of the finest stockmakers I ever had the privilege of meeting worked right up to the last 10 days of his life before the cancer took him. He was trying to complete some of his 'personal' projects, even though he must have had some sever pain to deal with. He wasn't just a stockmaker, he was a darned good, all round gunsmith, that had taught at Trinidad, at one time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1425155, member: 24284"] When someone says to me they know a "gunsmith" , anymore I certainly have to wonder. 26+yrs ago, when I enrolled in the 2yr gunsmithing program (an "in resident" school, not unlike an apprenticeship. attended full time), I couldn't find a competent gunsmith in the area where I live. No one could seemed to be capable of working on more than one particular firearm or doing just one 'thing'. Now, anyone who can assemble an AR or screw a pre-fit barrel on a Savage is a "gunsmith". And, I get to see the problems the self trained seem to bring upon themselves. Scope mount holes on Mausers and Springfields not on the centerline (can ya' fix it?!), forged bolt handles that won't clear even the highest mounted scopes, broken stocks from improper bedding/fitting, parts disassembled that should never be, you name it! So, forgive me if I seem to question when someone says they know "a gunsmith". Some who are self trained do OK, others are nothing short of a menace. Some get trained by a 'mentor', does the 'mentor' know the proper way? About 10% of the gunsmith school grads actually open a shop. Of those, very few (less than 1/4 of the 10%) remain in the trade longer than 2yrs. So, I always have to wonder. And those who do stay in the trade, there is no "used to be" about it, it becomes a lifes work, whether they can no long preform the work because of failing health or failing eye sight, or not. One of the finest stockmakers I ever had the privilege of meeting worked right up to the last 10 days of his life before the cancer took him. He was trying to complete some of his 'personal' projects, even though he must have had some sever pain to deal with. He wasn't just a stockmaker, he was a darned good, all round gunsmith, that had taught at Trinidad, at one time. [/QUOTE]
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