I'll second the idea of driving to deliver and pickup the gun if that's feasible. I did that when I had Bill Schwartz in Georgia repair an Alexander Henry single shot for me. He did great work at a super reasonable price. Well worth 8 hours in total in a car to get to talk and see his shop and discuss the work when it was complete.
Regarding recutting checkering, may I ask what the plan is to refinish the checkered area to blend it with the original finish? This seems to be skipped too often and leaves the recut area looking too new in comparison to the rest of the stock.
(Edit - I have and will continue to ship guns for service. I've received two guns over the years that arrived broken. Both were long-barreled rifles and both broke through the wrist. You can package to prevent this but you can't always count on others doing the same. Although you should expect a gunsmith or auction house specializing in firearms to do a great job on this. At the end of the day, have firearms insurance that covers your property while in transit. These policies are cheap compared to the cost of insuring individual shipments with the carriers, or worse, having a broken gun with no recourse.)
Last edited by CJF; 06/28/24 07:43 PM.
