Thoughts from the gunsmithing counter

[Grayfox]

I've read this before some years ago. Copy & paste?
OP, I wish you great success in your new career. I applaud you for taking on the task of learning a skilled trade. Especially one that is becoming a dying art.
Bit in the meantime, its only proper to credit the original author or at least acknowledge you found this elsewhere. Maybe in 20 or 30 years, you'll have the experience to write something even better.

 

[John Frederick Bell]

Bit in the meantime, its only proper to credit the original author or at least acknowledge you found this elsewhere. Maybe in 20 or 30 years, you'll have the experience to write something even better.

I hate to disappoint, but this one's mine. Though I don't doubt a similar animal has appeared on the internet before.

Edit: But if you can track down the other, I'd be interested in seeing that one, too.

 

[Muddyboot]

I wish people would put the same high expectations on themselves, as they have on the Doctor/Mechanic/ Gunsmith, they take their business to. Sadly, most don't.

 

[Watchdog]

One of my favorite gun shop signs:

Our Credit Manager's name is Helen Waite.
If you want credit, you can go to Helen Waite.

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I wish people would put the same high expectations on themselves, as they have on the Doctor/Mechanic/ Gunsmith, they take their business to. Sadly, most don't.

Kinda like football fans. The new coach they hired is perfect, or he better be. No matter that he has a winning record spanning 25 years, in which he averaged 80-85% wins. If the team doesn't beat the other in state team or bitter rival for 2 years running, let's fire the sucker, he's no good anyhow.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Kinda like clients....They come in because they are in a situation of their own making and they want me to fix it at no, or minimal cost, to them and when I can't it's my fault.
Or when one shows up with a fill in the blank divorce that he/she got over the internet and wants me to review it to see if it is correct for their situation and then notarize their signature for $10 and then get offended when I tell them to go get the guy who sold them the forms to check them over and notarize them.
The older I get the more I appreciate the craftsman who knows what he/she are doing and don't mind paying a proper fee for a fix even though it might only take a few seconds. I have realized that it takes years of schooling and experience to know What screw to turn, who to call, what to do to fix something. Sure you could do it but it would probably take to days or weeks and cost you more in dead ends, etc and the result won't be as good. You are paying for expertise as well as time and sometimes the expertise means less time needing to be spent on a task.

 

[2152hq]

Do you have any of your gunsmithing work/projects to show?,,that's something I'd be interested in seeing. Probably others would too.
Not in to the Dr Phil or Hemingway type stuff personally..

 

[John Frederick Bell]

Do you have any of your gunsmithing work/projects to show?,,that's something I'd be interested in seeing. Probably others would too.
Not in to the Dr Phil or Hemingway type stuff personally..

I've posted several before. The threads are still standing but it appears the photo-hosting service let the air out of my pictures.

 

[joe44va]

At least you're not mucking stalls or breaking rocks. I've seen a phrase lately that I like a lot:
"Suck it up buttercup".
Love
Joe

 

[Evil Dog]

One of my favorites.... "I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain it to you."