Pls remove

[throatpunch]

Pls remove

 

[6MT]

Well...learn how for yourself then.


and learn how to spell in your signiture

 

[lejarretnoir]

What's a mechanic or plumber making these days?

 

[Moparlover]

not everyone pumps gas for a living

 

[CdnCombatMedic]

They can charge $85 an hour because you cant or wont do the work

 

[Klebelenator]

You decide whether or not to have the work done. If you don't want to pay do it yourself or find someone who might be willing to do it for nothing (or show you how).

 

[arium]

Nothing inexpensive about running a brick and mortar business these days. Especially a small business. I'll bet your gunsmith isn't getting rich off that rate.

 

[throatpunch]

not everyone pumps gas for a living

I don't pump gas, 9 years and current serving In the army.

 

[RedApe]

as has been said, do it yourself or pay the rate.

 

[throatpunch]

A friend wants to get a barrel installed, it doesn't take an hour to do this. I'm assuming this price is common! I guess I should be more appreciative in edmonton on how much I pay.

 

[skoal]

Not a plumber, 9 years and current serving In the army.

Should have been a weapons tech and saved the bandwidth.

 

[throatpunch]

Negative! I Don't have the patience. I'm with the Strats

 

[CdnCombatMedic]

Negative! I Don't have the patience. I'm with the Strats

That's why it's $85 lol
Unless you make a weopens tech friend.

 

[RockChucker]

Hey TP why not get your armourer to do it, after all it is only screwing a barrel on!
With your attitude I'm sure someone will volunteer to do it for you for nothing.
RC

 

[wbaad]

well in town here you have to pay 125 per hour for someone to work on your ski-doo...85 an hour for skilled work seems pretty reasonable. if you don't like it fix it yourself!

 

[coyote]

Well let us see what is involved in a smithing shop before throwing them to the dogs, shop space , heat , insurance , tools and machinery [and there would be lots of $ racked up over the years].

so the way I see it is smiths spend some time on the phone talking to customers that they are not paid for more time at the counter when someone comes in etc.
Then they need to order tooling continuously , so the rest of the time is spent doing actual work on projects .
At the end of a 50 hour week for example I am certain most smiths are lucky to have 30-35 hrs that are billable to the customer.
So depending what part of the country you are in rates must vary from 50 to 85 bucks an hour.
sounds about right to me .

 

[jimbo14]

Another way to think about it is, "What's the worst that can happen if I screw it up doing the work myself?" It can be a good gauge to determine if the labour rate you are paying is worth it.

 

[throatpunch]

Hey TP why not get your armourer to do it, after all it is only screwing a barrel on!
With your attitude I'm sure someone will volunteer to do it for you for nothing.
RC

9 years as a trooper? Must be a real ####ty soldier. I have no problems making friends buds. I'm sure you have rants too. If was to get charged an hour based quote on a barrel job I sure hope he spends every second to polish the #### out of it.

 

[throatpunch]

Im not here to bad mouth our bros in different trades, I'm sure weapons tech is a good trade and being friends with a few helps me.
I've never paid $85 bucks an hour which strikes me as a high price.

 

[CdnCombatMedic]

9 years as a trooper? Must be a real ####ty soldier. I have no problems making friends buds. I'm sure you have rants too. If was to get charged an hour based quote on a barrel job I sure hope he spends every second to polish the #### out of it.

You know time in means nothing for quality, or at least you should