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Originally Posted by shawn mccarver
If you send enough guns off for "gunsmithing," sooner or later you come to the conclusion I did 20+ years ago. That conclusion is that gunsmith money and replacement parts money is far better spent on ammo. You will kill two birds with one stone. You will learn to shoot AND your gun will become butter smooth the "old fashioned way."
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shawn, THERE IS A TENDENCY TO ATTEMPT TO COVER UP SHORTCOMINGS IN PERSONAL PERFORMANCE WITH IMPROVEMENTS IN EQUIPMENT. IT IS SEEN IN THE SPORT OF GOLF, AS IT IS SEEN IN THE SPORT OF SHOOTING. A GREAT OPERATOR WITH ORDINARY EQUIPMENT WILL FARE BETTER THAN AN ORDINARY OPERATOR WITH GREAT EQUIPMENT….
THIS IN NO WAY IS A CRITICISM OF THE OP, OR ANY OF THE POSTERS ON THIS THREAD. IT IS JUST A PERSONAL OBSERVATION, MADE DURING 60 YEARS OF SHOOTING. I APPRECIATE A FINELY TUNED WEAPON, AND TAKE JOY IN OWNING AND SHOOTING ONE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY WEAPONS ARE BONE STOCK, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GRIPS OR SIGHTS. A FEW HAVE BEEN SLICKED UP BY MY LOCAL 'SMITH--A TALENTED GUY THAT I TRUST--TO ENHANCE FUNCTION OR RELIABILITY. I'M NO JERRY M. MOST S&Ws , IF THEY WERE FUNCTIONING AS THEY SHOULD FROM THE FACTORY, SHOT BETTER THAN I COULD HOLD THEM…..
WHEN I WAS COMPETING IN BULLSEYE YEARS AGO, I DID SHOOT AN ENHANCED SERIES '70 GOLD CUP, AND A RUGER MK II GOVERNMENT TARGET MODEL, STUFFED WITH VOLQUARTSEN TRIGGER PARTS. NEITHER ONE WAS BUILT GROUND UP FOR BULLSEYE BY A "BIG NAME" SMITH. MY PERFORMANCE WAS NEVER BEING HELD BACK BY THE QUALITY OF MY EQUIPMENT. IN THOSE DAYS, I WAS ALWAYS A "A PRETTY GOOD SHOOTER, SHOOTING A PRETTY GOOD GUN". NOW I'M JUST AN OLD GEEZER, WHO STILL ENJOYS SHOOTING…..
IN ANY EVENT, I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT GIVE GARY REEDER $1800. TO BE ABLE TO FLASH HIS NAME INSCRIBED ON THE BARREL OF MY GUN…....