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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 621655" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>#1, ask about price. #2 Does the 'smith stand behind his work? #3 does he have an accuracy guarantee? #4 can/will he deliver as promised and in the time frame specified? #5 ask to see some of his work, he should have something done/almost done/ in progress in his shop. #6 , research his reputation concerning the previous mentioned 4/5 questions. Get something in writing. Ask around, maybe someone you know personally can refer you to a 'smith who has done work for them. My point in my previous point is, if you are not a gunsmith, or not a machinist, just how would you know if he was "truing a barrel in his lathe", as you put it, properly or not? I see in you initial post you're only looking for barrel/break work. Planning on doing the 'stock work' yourself? Many, including myself, won't offer a 'guarantee' on 'piece meal' work. How can you guarantee something 6 different people have had a hand in? Any competent gunsmith should willingly answer some basic questions,,,,, but he shouldn't be expected to be your technical teacher, either. When you take your pick-up in , for a frontend alinement, do you ask the tech for detailed info as to "how he's gonna' do it"? Because you read it on a forum/saw it on a u-tube video, doesn't make it the only way to 'skin the cat'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 621655, member: 24284"] #1, ask about price. #2 Does the 'smith stand behind his work? #3 does he have an accuracy guarantee? #4 can/will he deliver as promised and in the time frame specified? #5 ask to see some of his work, he should have something done/almost done/ in progress in his shop. #6 , research his reputation concerning the previous mentioned 4/5 questions. Get something in writing. Ask around, maybe someone you know personally can refer you to a 'smith who has done work for them. My point in my previous point is, if you are not a gunsmith, or not a machinist, just how would you know if he was "truing a barrel in his lathe", as you put it, properly or not? I see in you initial post you're only looking for barrel/break work. Planning on doing the 'stock work' yourself? Many, including myself, won't offer a 'guarantee' on 'piece meal' work. How can you guarantee something 6 different people have had a hand in? Any competent gunsmith should willingly answer some basic questions,,,,, but he shouldn't be expected to be your technical teacher, either. When you take your pick-up in , for a frontend alinement, do you ask the tech for detailed info as to "how he's gonna' do it"? Because you read it on a forum/saw it on a u-tube video, doesn't make it the only way to 'skin the cat'. [/QUOTE]
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