Thread: Show us your Varmint rifles

Originally Posted by Tussock

How many NZ "gunsmiths" actually apprenticed as Gunsmiths to someone else who was apprenticed as a gunsmith, and how many are fitter and turners who declared them self a gunsmith, or ex armorers?

I think more of the latter. Iv seen a fair few guns that have gone away with clear instructions and come back with something completely different (most of them Gimps).

Non the less, you can't say the customer is always right, when it comes to thing that could potentially hurt someone, or ruin a business (not implying barrel length could hurt someone but other requests could). I'm not getting into the quality of the jobs, or the qualification of the tradespeople, just stating that, in some cases, the guy who calls himself a gunsmith, might know a little more than the guy that owns the gun, hence why a gunsmith might second guess someones decision to shorten a barrel, below what they believe to be optimal.