I was talking today with a close friend who owns the largest independent sporting goods store in the Rio Grande Valley (Texas)today who said he would subsidize a decent gunsmith who would move there and set up shop.

He's talking about a journeyman 'smith who is as content fixing a broken 870 as building a custom gun. He has a lot in Pharr behind his store on Hwy 83 (MacAllen for those of you in Rio Linda)on which he would build and rent a shop. He doesn't want another employee; he just wants a quality 'smith in the area and would help make that happen.

He posted notices at the school in Colorado and got no inquiries. I guess a lot of people don't want to go to South Texas or don't know the market but there are well over a million people in the "Valley" and its a ripe field for a decent gunsmith. Email me through the private messenging tools if you want details.

Harry,

Your right about the population, there's a gazilllon people in Rio Grande Valley. I think McAllen alone has a million.

I don't know what it is about South Texas, but we have few gunsmiths that I know of, I'm sure the valley has less, or at least thats my take. And it's sure not for lack of hunting and shooting.

I can't figure it out either, Billy. Great winter weather, lots of well to do clients, good fur & fowl hunting, superb freshwater and salt water fishing plus barrels of tequila. So what's the problem?

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Your right about the population, there's a gazilllon people in Rio Grande Valley. I think McAllen alone has a million.

And that's not counting the illegal aliens. That would be more than a gazillion (I can't count any higher than a gazillion). Yep, somebody is missing a golden opportunity.

ain't got a belt buckle big enuf

Damn, barrels of tequila! Wish I was a smith! :-)

Has he also sent notices to Lassen Community up in northern Kalifornia?

Butch, it's easy, take a dinner tray from a cafateria, have it bronzed and glue a couple of silver dollars to it, then add some hardware to the back, VOILA! Texas belt buckle!

Red

Red, I thought you just take a Moonie hub cap and scratch a name or picture of a horse on it.

I quit wearing them big old buckles after a "lady" told me they were nothing but "tombstones for a dead di-k".

How cold! She was hanging out in bars, not rodeos!

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Originally posted by Ramrod:
I quit wearing them big old buckles after a "lady" told me they were nothing but "tombstones for a dead di-k".

She's wrong . Hairy ears are the sign for such a condition.

Hog Killer