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Section 9: Military Weapons Subject: Para SKS Msg# 1058662
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Frank, I can definitely see why you kept to what you did and charged appropriately for the other stuff you didn't necessarily want to do. Oh that's funny. "I'm Left-handed". That's why i tend to give my gunsmith explicit direction: "Please fix". "Help Me". "Sorry for the Box of Parts, here's some whiskey". Yeah, I also had him do the Hamilton Bowen Sight installation on my 625-2. THAT he was drooling to work on. Anything American is what he prefers to work on. 1911s and old revolvers especially. In the span of 6 weeks this year, I'd brought him 4 different guns. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: TJ said: So, I took it to my local smith and said "Please fix". He did. Turns out he had to do some inletting in the stock and some filing to the magazine, which is not unheard of. Hi TJ, When I had my shop in Alaska I never did repairs or gunsmithing. Only built custom rifles. I would do welding if someone needed help but they paid dearly for it. My neighbor came over with his Mannlicher Schoenauer and a brand new floorplate that open with a lever on the outside that swing to the side. I told him that I would do it but some of the finish on the aluminum floorplate would be removed. Maybe some of the finish on the action. He said he would take care of any refinishing. I got my files and stones and had it done shortly. It really worked great and looked cool with the lever on the bottom of the floorplate. I called my friend and he came over to the shop. I handed him the gun and he got a blank look on his face and said it doesn't work. I took the gun from him and quickly open the floor plate. He said: "I am left handed". A little information that he forgot to tell me and the rifle had a right hand bolt. He was so happy with the fit that he said it was OK and didn't want me to do any more work on it. Frank |
