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L.Parratt

L.Parratt

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Would love the CGN Hive mind opinion on this.

This was charged at $1250.

Sent a Stock and action to get rebedded and pillared. Smith got back to me saying he needed to raise the action due to fitment issues with the trigger guard. I would of preferred to be alerted to the fitment issues before the repair was enacted but. Here we are.

Attached are some before and after. Haven't got the rifle back yet so benefit of the double there will be cleanup still.

Cheers.
 

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Oh sh*t. I'm assuming you didn't know your action was going to be on loan for the kindergarten arts & crafts session? Saying I wouldn't be impressed isn't even close to the words I'd have. The lack of communication before the abortion commenced would have me highly irritated. Seeing that would have me in orbit. Everything done from here on out would be lipstick on a pig. A dead, rotting pig.
guntech said:
Fitment issues...!
what make of action and was it the correct stock for it... it looks appalling.
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KS Arms Wolverine by the looks
 
The metal work generally provides the baseline measurement of height. A stock that was originally undersized may have been an issue. If so then the amount the action was raised indicates the stock was seriously undersized. Shortening mag boxes, cutting the tip off the trigger, shortening action screws and shortening pillars would be required to fit the metal to the stock, this course of action is usually undesirable.

A discussion between the two of should have occurred prior to commencement of work. That way each would understand what was happening, why it was happening, followed by an agreed upon course of action.
 
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With my experience I wouldn’t let that person do anything else. They’ve already proved themselves to be incompetent and any further you entertain the idea that they’ll fix it is on you. Like the old saying “fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice and shame on me”.

I’d cut my losses and move on. You don’t owe that hack a nickel for butchering your stock. When you find a good gunsmith just stick with him and pay him whatever he wants.
 
well the guy is a absolute hack at best he actually charged money to do this Yikes and now on to you you did not as for references that would have been where to start
know amount of clean up will make that correct
 
What was that stock made for, the more I look at it the worse it looks?

It seems to have been altered, repaired, adapted, cobbled and/or spliced together.
 
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Lodi said:
What was that stock made for, the more I look at it the worse it looks?

It seems to have been altered, repaired, adapted, cobbled and/or spliced together.
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The stock was custom made for a R700 Pattern action. the stock personal i really like the look and I got it for a song. Was hopeful a good bedding job could make a sweet rifle out of it.

Im still optimistic itll shoot good...

That being said im personally of the opinion a good smith could bed a rifle into a 2x4 and it would shoot.
 
I’m not sure but looks like that action never was meant for that action, the stock looks like a bubba job in its self(just my opinion of course) looks like plywood and wood and epoxy with glitter etc.
I agree that the “smith” should have let you know that it wasn’t really possible to fit that action into that stock in a normal way.
 
L.Parratt said:
That being said im personally of the opinion a good smith could bed a rifle into a 2x4 and it would shoot.
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You need to get rid of that opinion, tho I don't know what your definition of "shoot" is. There is a reason stocks aren't made with 2x4's.

I'd love to see some pics prior to shipping, preferably with the metal installed.
 
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