Katie, Jessie, The time on a job such as the boss 28b, cant really be put on the clock. I sat and scratched the appropriate 'parts' as I pondered the Project,was it going to be worth all the time that I was about to be spent to do a ;repair', or should I "Just Restock the Gun".No problem to Whack the little action&other Important parts into a 'Nice new Walnut Blank, make the new stock to 'Dupe" the Original.Something we London Boys who Did our time'back when'Best Bitter was 2bob a "REAL PINT" did 45hrs a week.Brian Sorrell,(East Grinstead Guns, Sussex, Eng.)Was appr. to Harold Delay. was the "Fastess Stocker at JP&S at that time"He & I would race each other doing stock jobs.Adam Davies, Stocker JP&S in the 1970s Is also very Fast'.After I had found all the smashed pieces that fell out of the Action & Locks used a large lump of Play-Dou', re-formed the 'Head'noted how many splinters were still missing, shot off a few photos for ref.estimated the time I thought I would need to rebuild it all with the 'Iron-work in place, then the time I would need to do the 'Fillit"( machine time, squaring the hollow cavity out.making the "fillit' Acraglassing it together) rough estimate would be 30 hrs.But I could be way off! I spent about 3 weeks putting it all together and finishing it off to make it look'Pretty"/ Hope that covers it for you..CC/dt
