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04-01-2010, 11:52 AM
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Rapier, There is an old story about how to retire as a millionaire gunsmith. Start by marrying a gal with 2 million dollars and you might have a million left to retire on. Not really a joke.
I am on my second life, retired from the first and spending my retirement while doing gunsmithing. Like you said, I do it because I enjoy it. But I still want to do it right and after you invest in the lathe and mill and all the other things you need. you find there is no profit left to enjoy. I realized that and had a "real" job because I knew I couldn't make a decent living for a family as a gunsmith. You have to have a retail outlet to make a profit. My worst peeve. Actions that have been drilled on a drill press without using a jig and end up using shims and other junk to get a scope sighted in. Then welding up the holes and starting over to make it right. 
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04-01-2010, 03:45 PM
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A'men brother! And it isnt just the home guy that drill holes that way either. Many years ago I got a 96 action back from a smith with the scope base holes drilled off line to the left of center. I ended up having to fix it myself, I guess that is when I started doing my own work, actually.
Like you, I have a real job, just not retired yet, and do guns as a hobby. Best, Ed
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05-25-2010, 01:41 AM
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A while back I found a 1909 Oberndorf Mauser in 7.65x53 Peruvian. it has a pretty nice sporter stock on it, Timney trigger and looked pretty nice over all. Even the price was right at $150 complete with a cheaipe scope. Well, I bought it for the wood and the action anyway so I took it to my friendly, but not cheap gunsmith. They have built several rifles for me based on Mausers and while he's not inexpensive, I feel his prices are more than fair considering the quality of the work. The only thing I needed done on the rifle was a new barrel in .308 Win. When the gun was finished, the cost was $500 and change. I put different scope on the gun and shot a .80" group after getting it on paper at 100 yards. That's a 5 shot group, not three. The 7x57 Mauser on anFN action he made my is a consistant .75" gun and the one load I've tried in the .280 Rem. he made is also very sub-MOA. It shoots .75" groups with my handload and hovers at the inch mrk with Remington factory ammo.
Looking at Larry's prices, they're very reasonable. All I will say is most of the ones I've had built have run four figures. Was it worth all that expense? Well, for me it was. I have riles that look good, shoot good and are damn pretty to look at. What more could one want? Paul B.
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