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Woody - Your experiences highlight a common issue, most folks have a fair idea of what is "fair value" when they deal with repairs to their car or house because of wide exposure and common knowledge....

Gonetropo is not to far wide of the mark with the "real electronics tech", all gunsmiths have areas of specialisation and knowledge. Its a matter of both parties being clear about what they expect...

Happy - People have custom rifles (one can spend from nearly zip customising a Tikka T3 to tens of thousands on a blued steel and walnut masterpiece) built for a variety of reasons. Its perfectly...

I have had excellent work done by Allan Carr on a "classic rifle" genre project.

Dave Ward of Dovedale is also in the "artisan class" in my opinion, his restoration including much metalwork and...

Great Idea for a thread - I suspect a good deal of being called "a real gunsmith" is choosing your customers, or another way of putting it, only taking on jobs where you can meet the customers...