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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ParrotPirate" data-source="post: 4285744" data-attributes="member: 51087"><p>In my experience there is a lot of what the kids call “gatekeeping” in the world of gunsmithing and for good reason: When a gunsmith accepts your job, they are accepting a certain amount of personal and professional risk. The first job I ever took to my GS he quoted me six weeks and $100. I wasn’t happy with the timeline, but I accepted it with the rationale that I couldn’t do it myself in 7 weeks for any amount of money. The job ended up taking 2-3 weeks, so I went to pick up my gun and asked him about another small job I had in mind and he said something like “that’s too small to be worth bringing to a smith, but if you wait and put together several small jobs it’ll add up to an hour or two and you can get your money’s worth”. I took his advice, and a few months down the road I had 3-4 little jobs for him. I dropped them off and a week later he did some night sight installs, trigger work etc. on a few handguns all for around $50. I have been back 15-20 times since then for big and small jobs, and it works because he and I both have a realistic expectation of one another. I rarely ask how long a job will take or how much it will cost because I trust that it’ll take as long as it takes and cost whatever it costs, and if I’m not willing to pay and wait then it isn’t worth having done. In return for my patience and loyalty I have a smith in Tulsa who is willing to do just about any job I propose.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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