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Blue Duck357 · March 28, 2002, 08:12 PM

Thanks for all the replies, I think a few misinterputed my question as complaining about having to wait (never had a custom gun done likely never will

. Lots of good info I had not thought about such as waiting to order parts till abulk order was in and machines needing replacement parts etc.

Just wanted to know as Quest pointed out if the service was in such demand why prices don't seem rise instead of the wait. It seems most smiths from "Bubba" who will get a trigger job done in two weeks charges the same $60 to $100 as a really well known smith with a huge backlog of the same work.

mryan, sorry I missed your post earlier. I meant the raising of the price would reduce the number of guns in the shop to be done, thus lowering the wait. Not that raising the price would somehow speed up an individual job.

March 28, 2002, 08:12 PM	#18
Blue Duck357 Senior Member Join Date: October 6, 2000 Posts: 1,460	Thanks for all the replies, I think a few misinterputed my question as complaining about having to wait (never had a custom gun done likely never will . Lots of good info I had not thought about such as waiting to order parts till abulk order was in and machines needing replacement parts etc. Just wanted to know as Quest pointed out if the service was in such demand why prices don't seem rise instead of the wait. It seems most smiths from "Bubba" who will get a trigger job done in two weeks charges the same $60 to $100 as a really well known smith with a huge backlog of the same work. mryan, sorry I missed your post earlier. I meant the raising of the price would reduce the number of guns in the shop to be done, thus lowering the wait. Not that raising the price would somehow speed up an individual job.