This was a bit challenging... When the action was received, it was completely disassembled ..Hmmm...right away, found the bolt was fully .010 oversized and while presented as 404 action, it was a standard action with a long magazine (suitable for a 505 Gibbs!) The bolt stop would not even fit into the action, the bridge dovetails were WAY oversized...in short, not a darn part was compatible with any other part.
FZH is not heat treated,, meant to be finished up by the gunsmith...but this was a "second owner" action,,,got crosswise with his client and I ended up with a problem child apparently assembled from various sources....plenty discontentment prevailed.
The happy ending is that everything is fixed, heat treated, feeds and functions like a DGR must.
Client likes a takedown for the handy travel size and the case doesn't scream "I'M A GUN OWNER AND HUNTER"
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Yes, he's been screwed over a few times, even by some of the big names in the gunsmithing world. It kind of casts a shadow on the trade. It's an unregulated industry...buyer beware.
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Originally posted by Biebs: Yes, he's been screwed over a few times, even by some of the big names in the gunsmithing world. It kind of casts a shadow on the trade. It's an unregulated industry...buyer beware.
WEll..We have plenty of regulation by the alphabet boys. It's the ethically challenged part that casts the shadow.
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