This is address a few of Dirty Harrys questions and concerns. For some reason I feel like making sure he is satisfied.
To my knowledge this guy is not a member on this site. Like I said, I want to make sure others know what sort of person he is should anyone have any encounters with him. He made sure to tell me all about guns that he owns and work he has had done over the years. But that was all likey just to try and impress me or something.
I do not have photos of this gun “before”. It was just a barreled action, with no wood. But the metal work had been previously “restored”. Rust blue and case color.
I originally told him the cost to fully restore the gun would be $4-5k
When I saw the gun in person, I saw that the metalwork that had been previously done was not exactly to the best quality. The barrels still had a lot of fine pitting on them that was not polished out and the bluing was dull looking. And the same issue with fine pitting was on the frame under the new case color. But, I said that the finishes were workable and there was no reason to redo them just for the sake of it. They still looked decent.
Well, when I actually got into the work, I found that the tang on the frame had been warped so much that it would never be able to be straightened without risking breaking it. And that the frame would have to be annealed in order to be corrected and then re-hardened. And of course, prepped out right and engraving touched up. That it would be good opportunity to sort out the issues with the less than desirable metalwork. This time out of actual necessity.
I was told to do it right and as if it were my own gun. Well…. I had originally quoted $4-5k for that. And then the bill ends up being right in that range. I am the bad guy and it is the wnd of the world and I am not getting paid.
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B. Dudley
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