no problem. you put up with my attitude lol, least I can do right
Love the stock, got my stock on, and everything painted up..Lookin to find a new grip tho, dont like that cheep feeling.
i was meaning to send you out a freebie hogue grip in tan but i haven't been back to dlask in a few weeks to pic up my orders.
email them and see if they have any left
Sounds like you need an extra hand/apprentice doc! Too bad you're not on the coast anymore. I'm sure there would be many that would love to learn from you and help you out.
despite what these threads imply..... I am nearly caught up on all the work that was behind. The only folks that are kinda pissed at me right now are those wo's orders involve the new stocks....... and thier disappointment with progress is understandable.... can't fault them for feeling that way.
as for an apprentice....... if i am still doing this come the end of this school year, a local CGN'er is retiring from his teaching job and has expressed much interest in coming and working with me. Despite the internet "where is m14 doctor threads" and the impression they give the rest of the community here, who may decide to not use my services due to these threads.......... there is no end to the demand for what i am doing...... my email inbox is just crazy. I am also now seeing a lot of would be clients that have come by referral, many from folks who's rifles or stocks were very late but in the end they were impressed enough to pass my info on to a friend.
so by and large, I feel good about what i do at the end of the day, but getting behind is no fun, a great big head ache.... However, if you are paying me good money to transform your rifle from a box stock chinese rifle to an accurized rifle, full shorty or fitted to a custom stock....... it won't leave my bench as "good enough" , even if this means i replace parts at my cost due to the delay your rifle might endure. So far to date i have replaced at no cost, trigger assemblies and internals, firing pins, extractors, entire barrel assemblies, gas cylinders........ incurred shipping costs ordring many of those parts, purchased entire new rifles and pilfered them for said parts.......... and at the end of the day, your rifle gets the treatment it deserves for the money you have paid.
I made an error in the beginning of all this when most of the rifles were arriving with no real major issues and my spare parts bin was reasonably full all around. Quoting 6 to 8 weeks on rifle work was short sighted on my part..... and this is what has caused the major problems for people. Most folks currently booking work are well aware of the threads with my name in them and are well aware that i may not be able to adhere to my afformentioned 6 to 8 week timelines.
the scrambling to get rifles out the door is all that is really getting in the way of me pounding out the last few stocks that had issues with fianl finishing and a couple with action fitment issues that were minor but meant refinishing the exterior to be repainted.
anyhow....... the number of guys currently waiting is about 7 out of all the clients i currently have on the books..... so i am making progress. I have my intake structured so as to not have these issues arise in the future..... but i can't promise ya all. however i don't think a sticky would be needed...... that's up to the mods i suppose
