Bite my tongue?

[Richard Flanders]

I had a very bad experience with a very respected smith who everyone here knows of. I had a gun ruined to the point to where I doubt I could give it away for anything more than parts at this point. I have never put his name on the forum and never will. Some have requested his name privately and have gotten it and that's the way I will keep it. There's just nothing to be gained by putting it out there for the entire internet world to see... nothing.

[winplumber]

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

I had a very bad experience with a very respected smith who everyone here knows of. I had a gun ruined to the point to where I doubt I could give it away for anything more than parts at this point. I have never put his name on the forum and never will. Some have requested his name privately and have gotten it and that's the way I will keep it. There's just nothing to be gained by putting it out there for the entire internet world to see... nothing.

I agree there is nothing to be gained but may be a lot could be saved . Im trying to grasp these tight lip thoughts. Im not trying to start a fight. I always look out for the next guy maybe I shouldn't do that but that's just not me. Im not saying to blast it all over but we do have a Private message system and it works . If someone asked about a certain repair or whatever and you had a bad experience and could help the person not loose a complete gun or whatever I think I would do that. That being said and I don't know what happened to Richards gun if is was all the fault of the smith or something that was of really no ones fault as we weren't told what happened , So why say anything?

[Victor Wasylyna]

Originally Posted by Richard Flanders

There's just nothing to be gained by putting it out there for the entire internet world to see... nothing.

While I support the original poster and oppose treating shotgun-related service providers with special kid gloves, I would support keeping such threads under the member-only section. The PGCA is too generous to non-members. The reloading forum is a great example.

-Victor