First of all, i was not "dissing" his turn around time or questioning his integrity or his abilities, which is exactly what you are implying in your response... i made that post because i have read countless threads on this subject and wanted to give the community some food for thought since there seems to be an awful lot of folks shipping TGs across the border and no one in canada offering this service... as far as My work goes, it speaks for itself, there are dozens (not hundreds)of 10/22s and SR22s out there that have my TG work done to them, with nothing but positive feedback, i do not have a web page and i am not a full time gunsmith, i am a journeyman mechanic and have been for 10 years, so i have a day job but i am educated in the firearms field, have worked on firearms of all types, including 10/22s and 10/22TG work for 4-5 years and i do know what im doing, despite being canadian, lol,maybe i am not as established as some but we all have to start somewhere.. now you are the one who is questioning My integrity and putting me on the spot, I'm sure David at Brimstone doesnt mind another gunsmith trying to get some local business, im sure he keeps quite busy with all the customers he has in the US and i am not even a blip on his radar, i can only hope one day i can be that successful, as far as my price goes, on the Brimstone website he clearly describes his work and the differences between my work and his are the RT parts he installs, which i could also do but costs would go up, and i dont beleive the improvements provided by removing all take up and overtravel are as noticeable as the rest of the trigger work, maybe in a precision rifle but not a 10/22, at that point its more about technique and not fancy parts, beleive me, in the end they are usually short barrelled rifles (refer to the pics you posted) and are chambered in 22lr! most people will never shoot them beyond 150 yards, just saying, so i dont really push the adjustable sear and trigger overtravel screws to most customers since they will never know the benefits, the hammer and sear tuning are similar as he does not replace parts he just knows how to tune them to the right fit unitl the correct trigger weight is acheived, i usually go 3-3.5 lbs because its a huge improvement over factory without being too low, not that i cannot bring the weight lower, thats just usually where i draw the line unless the customer requests lower... being in america i'm sure he pays alot less for those parts and they are a lot more readily available, also being more established and experienced with a full time shop he can charge less, period... i work out of my shop at home, on my spare time, by myself... would it make you happy if i charged less? what do you want me to say? none of my customers have ever complained.... i am going to stop now and apoligize to everyone, this is NOT why this thread was started so i dont need to sit here and defend myself to you... nor do i need to, or wish to, compare myself to a well established full time American gunsmith such as David, as i am still in the growth stage.... but i assure you i do not apprecate my credibility and skill questioned by someone who i dont even know, when they are trying to defend someone who i was Not attacking...i can only hope as many people take me up on my offer as possible so i can grow my business and get my name out there, that way the work will speak for itself and none of this "battle of the posts" BS will be required.....
good luck.
