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Originally Posted by Matt308 Crap. Sorry drgondog. I must vote better. |
Matt - I still 'do' the custom thing but only for myself - I don't really know how you can make a living at it today - very very few people are still alive that can fully inlet a sidelock shot gun, much less start with a buttstock blank and do it from scratch..and do it in 8-16 hours.. it takes me 30-40 hours to do a 22-24 lpi wrap around point pattern on forearm and butt.
That's why Purdey can get $4500-6000 for just a buttstock replacement..
Takes a lot of skill to do it fast on either but checkering is a lot easier.
It took a lot of sell outs to get 1995 GCA passed but hold on to your cheeks for 2009!
Regards,
Bill