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So far as an actual gunshop, the short answer is they're aren't any. The only 2 shops that had equipment and competent personnel (The Gentleman Hunter in Bethesda MD and Nimrod in Leesburg VA) who actually knew how to use it are long gone. There are a few of us who have accurate measuring equipment and are competent in its use but none I know claim to be gunsmiths and of course are justifiably leery of the liability factor.

The best person I can recommend is Bob Altenhof in Leesburg, VA. Bob is a former master machinist for NASA and has worked on some pretty spooky stuff. He is in fact a gunsmith and advertises as such on his business card, but has no gunshop, just the workshop behind his house, which alone is worth the trip to go see him. Bob is super-meticulous and skilled; he builds combat handguns, sniper and varmint rifles, and is an ardent Class III craftsman. Many of us have had Bob work on SxSs for us and I don't know of any complaints so far.
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