Custom Engraving Cost?

[tom tutwiler]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

And we need to always remember - We are not their only customers.






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Agree 100 percent Dean. I have other guns to shoot and I have lots of patience. Although I do recall one time when a certain engraver (not Gournet or Strosin) had a gun of mine in the white for over a year and never looked at it. I ended up picking it up and having to have the action and barrels repolished before they could go to another engraver to be finished. That was not a pleasant experience.

[C.O.B.]

If you have a plan and stick to it the time frame can be reduced dramatically. Gunner's gun from start to finish took a year.

[tom tutwiler]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

If you have a plan and stick to it the time frame can be reduced dramatically. Gunner's gun from start to finish took a year.

That's rather amazing for sure. It took me more then a year just to get in the que due to backlog of the craftsmen involved. In the case of the engravers, once they started on the projects, the turnaround was within 3 or 4 months.

[C.O.B.]

Bob Strosin did the engraving and I worked things around his schedule as far as stock work and metal prep went. Once he started everything moved quickly. I had the blank (this came from Cecil Fredi) picked out ahead of time. One smith did the metal prep and the stock work.

I have had several custom rifles built and the turn around time has been basically the same. I'm amazed at some of the times people tell me it takes to get a custom project done.