Robert, I can unequivocally recommend Bill. About 2 months ago, I picked up my 1879 hammer uplift from restoration by Bill. I went to him after several recommendations here.
He did an amazing job. I could hardly believe it was the same gun. In the thread below, Richard Flanders commented, “This gun will most certainly reset the standard of whether someone will get what seems like a total wreck of a gun restored or not.”
The thread linked to below was my initial post about my gun, with before pictures and after pictures.
https://parkerguns.org/forums/showth...ght=Waste+time
I think that comparing the “before” and the “after” pictures would answer any concerns about his work.
BTW, a big thanks to all the forum members who helped me out in my quest to restore “Lazarus”, as Todd Allen called it. Robert and Terry you are lucky to have this resources available.
You can only get Bill by phone. He does not do computers. You almost need 4wd to get to his house—-not really, but “almost” because I did it in my Tesla, but with the suspension at the highest level and creeping in places.
. Totally worth it! Fortunately, I only live about an hour and 20 minute drive through beautiful mountain roads from him. You may want to ship from MIA, …or not. It would not be a bad drive from ATL (non-rush hour), and you could spend some time in the mountains. Just up the road in Blue Ridge there is some great trout fishing, if you enjoy that too.