Guys I am a bit perplexed, I had recently had a well known and I thought respected, gunsmithing outfit take two Springfield long slides and do 460 Rowland conversions on them. I was very excited to get the work done. Unfortunately it took about 3 months longer than originally promised. I di finally received them and wow! very disappointed with the quality.
In case there is a question of subjectivity, No It is not subjective in this case, I personally own many fine custom firearms, both rifles and pistols and know what quality, looks like functions like and feels like.
The minimum problem is Late, I understand the custom world enough to be patient, I was until a point of feeling blown off, not being able to talk to owner and long after I had paid.
I Paid in full early last Christmas because, 1. I don't like being in debt and had the money to do so and 2. It was a gesture of good faith to what I though was a top outfit , at least they were not worried about the customers ability to pay.
One of them had failure to feed, every single shot.
Work that was paid for was not done...period.
Work that was done, was done poorly.
Mislead about work needing done which was incorrect.
Tried to contact owner (Name sake of the outfit) several times and his employees always claimed he was either gone or unavailable.
Net result, I have taken the guns to another top smith for repairs, he himself could not quite believe what he saw. he commented said Yikes (substitute word for the hide) !!!
I don't like calling a man out without giving him a chance to either correct the situation or at least try to defend himself (his or in this case. his shops work). as previously stated, could not get through to him after several attempts through his business number?
Should I call him out, (yes I have pictures) and so others avoid the experience or let it go and do not ever go back
In case there is a question of subjectivity, No It is not subjective in this case, I personally own many fine custom firearms, both rifles and pistols and know what quality, looks like functions like and feels like.
The minimum problem is Late, I understand the custom world enough to be patient, I was until a point of feeling blown off, not being able to talk to owner and long after I had paid.
I Paid in full early last Christmas because, 1. I don't like being in debt and had the money to do so and 2. It was a gesture of good faith to what I though was a top outfit , at least they were not worried about the customers ability to pay.
One of them had failure to feed, every single shot.
Work that was paid for was not done...period.
Work that was done, was done poorly.
Mislead about work needing done which was incorrect.
Tried to contact owner (Name sake of the outfit) several times and his employees always claimed he was either gone or unavailable.
Net result, I have taken the guns to another top smith for repairs, he himself could not quite believe what he saw. he commented said Yikes (substitute word for the hide) !!!
I don't like calling a man out without giving him a chance to either correct the situation or at least try to defend himself (his or in this case. his shops work). as previously stated, could not get through to him after several attempts through his business number?
Should I call him out, (yes I have pictures) and so others avoid the experience or let it go and do not ever go back
