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True MACHINIST gunsmiths? (a rare breed)
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<blockquote data-quote="cohunt" data-source="post: 1478179" data-attributes="member: 94491"><p>each "smith" has their own specialty too-- I have a good question to ask your "gunsmith"--it helps you understand some of the depth of their knowledge. Most are familiar with fluting, threading, chambering, headspacing, crowning, bedding, trigger jobs, etc--but when you start getting down to smaller details is when their depth of knowledge shows.</p><p></p><p>I looked up local gunsmiths and called 10 of them--no mind you, some of these guys can build a very nice custom bolt action rifle that put out 1/2 moa targets, but they all don't know everything.</p><p></p><p>Out of 10 local gun smiths, only ONE gave me the right answer.</p><p></p><p>my question was this "I have an unmounted AR rifle barrel, if I bring it in can you remove the barrel extension from my barrel and re-install it for me?" </p><p></p><p>9 out of the 10 did not know that the barrel extension screws on and is torqued to the barrel -- the 10th, not only told me it could be done, but that he had the proper tool to remove it and torque it back to specs, he also proceeded to tell me of the issues that could arise from doing this (gas port not aligning with index pin) --I knew the answers ahead of time but was astonished that 9 "certified gunsmiths" had no idea that the extension was a separate part that is screwed on to the barrel and some were even willing to try to lie to me about it in one way or another.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cohunt, post: 1478179, member: 94491"] each "smith" has their own specialty too-- I have a good question to ask your "gunsmith"--it helps you understand some of the depth of their knowledge. Most are familiar with fluting, threading, chambering, headspacing, crowning, bedding, trigger jobs, etc--but when you start getting down to smaller details is when their depth of knowledge shows. I looked up local gunsmiths and called 10 of them--no mind you, some of these guys can build a very nice custom bolt action rifle that put out 1/2 moa targets, but they all don't know everything. Out of 10 local gun smiths, only ONE gave me the right answer. my question was this "I have an unmounted AR rifle barrel, if I bring it in can you remove the barrel extension from my barrel and re-install it for me?" 9 out of the 10 did not know that the barrel extension screws on and is torqued to the barrel -- the 10th, not only told me it could be done, but that he had the proper tool to remove it and torque it back to specs, he also proceeded to tell me of the issues that could arise from doing this (gas port not aligning with index pin) --I knew the answers ahead of time but was astonished that 9 "certified gunsmiths" had no idea that the extension was a separate part that is screwed on to the barrel and some were even willing to try to lie to me about it in one way or another. [/QUOTE]
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