Thirty years ago I lived in the very corner of NE Oregon, and Lewiston Idaho was our closest big town. I went there quite a bit.

I took an '03 Springfield to a gunsmith there to have it reblued, and rechambered to .308 Norma Magnum. He was in his 80's, and he told me at the time he had one foot in the grave.

Well, wouldn't you know it, he died before he started work on my rifle! His wife had a heck of a time getting everyone's property back to them. Several months later, I got my rifle back.

And I had already bought dies, a bunch of .300 H&H cases, and had started trimming them!