Originally Posted by eightbore
Every time a poster or poster/gunsmith offers information on making these holes disappear, the cost is hundreds of dollars, not for the whole job, but per hole. My 20 gauge Parker skeet configured gun has four holes in the rib. I'm waiting for someone to offer to plug them, at a reasonable price.

My price for that type of work, when I accept it which I am not currently, is going up not down.
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People seem to think that gunsmiths are not affected by inflation, we are, I raised my rates for the first time in 15 years this year.

The engraver I partner with on these types of jobs certainly has not mentioned lowering his prices to me, I don't expect that he will.

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