Wrench, I would suspect that he used a rougher reamer and no finish. At least, that is what it looks like to me. I don't see the spiral you get with packed chips when you withdraw the reamer. Could also just be a super dull reamer. That said, it's hard to judge in the video.
That’s what Fritz said. He said he didn’t use a finish reamer and didn’t polish it, which is basic stuff. He’s not sure why. He said that he’d be shocked if that’s how he turned out barrels normally.
That's what happens when you get overloaded with work, way behind schedule and start cutting corners to make up time. Most people shoot factory ammo and wouldn't know the difference, wouldn't have trouble with 3X brass and wouldn't own a borescope.
So he knew it, just got around it with most people? I know he was super busy and talked about how many guns he was doing.
I can't speak for him, but there's only two ways to increase production, either add capacity or cut corners. Most people, especially Fudds, would never even know there was anything wrong with it as long as it shot minute of deer. Shooting factory ammo exclusively will mask a lot of issues as long as the accuracy is acceptable.
Id guess that’s exactly correct, with my tikka build, that I also received with it not feeding and a bum barrel, different original smith though.
Yeah first one.
I don't think the 'smith would have made it this far and built a customer base without the appropriate knowledge. At some point I think it just got bigger than he could handle and quality started slipping.
He does a LOT of guns. Both full custom and semi-custom upgrades on tikkas and others. I’d be shocked if he didn’t know. Its all starting to come together now, especially when he was bragging about how many guns he had waiting to finish.
My nightmare was also my first. Thankfully I ended up with something operational, atleast so far, and only out a couple hundred dollars and a 1.25 years of time. Luckily after that I found some good smiths and got some work done the way you would expect when paying that kind of money.
It’s like finding a good mechanic. Luckily I found that guy and he’s 30 minutes away. My next semi custom will go to him.
Maybe he does, but when you say "Guys working for him"? That opens up a can of worms.
The smith said that. He said he’d have to do it by hand and feel because once it leaves the lathe you can never get it back to the exact same position.
