Gunsmith Review - Oregon Mountain Rifles

[WRO]

He's screwed up couple guns that buddies had done by him as well, both involved bad chamber jobs.

Most gunsmiths run late, that's kind of a given.

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[WRO]

I keep having the feeling that there is a dirty little secret with custom rifles if you are paying attention: they often have problems. Maybe not as big as a botched chamber, but inletting off, and bad feeding are common, then many cosmetic errors, etc. Even the best made rifles, you get an action that binds or a barrel that doesnt shoot aces. Lot of money for something that often does not deserve the prestige of "custom".

Knock on wood, the smith who builds my rifles does a great job..

For every good one there's 3 hacks..

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[Kaseyfield]

I keep having the feeling that there is a dirty little secret with custom rifles if you are paying attention: they often have problems. Maybe not as big as a botched chamber, but inletting off, and bad feeding are common, then many cosmetic errors, etc. Even the best made rifles, you get an action that binds or a barrel that doesnt shoot aces. Lot of money for something that often does not deserve the prestige of "custom".

FALSE!!

 

[wildcat33]

FALSE!!

Say whatever you want. This is literally a thread with many people reporting issues with custom rifles.

 

[BRTreedogs]

Say whatever you want. This is literally a thread with many people reporting issues with custom rifles.

Go read the threads with many happy people.
And there a few people in here compared to thousands and thousands of custom rifles.
And of course the people that get bad ones are the ones that are gonna bitch.

Read reviews on well known long established gunsmiths.

My custom ls are flawless. Obviously you don't have one and are talking crap about stuff you have no personal experience in.

 

[Kaseyfield]

Say whatever you want. This is literally a thread with many people reporting issues with custom rifles.

Why thank you...

 

[gbflyer]

I do my own work. Yes, an out of stock stock (that’s a lot of stocks) takes some time. If you must have a cut rifled gee whiz carbon wrap that will probably take some time. Everything else seems to be available with normal lead times. With the lack of ammo and components, the hardware to launch bullets really doesn’t seem to be the issue. I do understand how a one man operation could get overloaded though, and help is impossible.

There is no money in gunsmithing. If you find one you like, take good care of them and don’t complain.

 

[WRO]

First ready-to-ship rifle on the OMR website:
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Mack Bros Action = $575
OMR Barrel = $575 (retail)
OMR Brake = $199 (retail)
Bix N Andy Dakota Trigger = $195
XLR Element = $1,150
Accurate 5 round mag = $59

Parts Total = $2,753
Total Cost = $3,895

Smith 'fees' = $1,142 This also assumes he is paying full retail for all parts (including his own barrel & brake).

Not bad for chambering, threading, and torqueing a chassis. I'm usually paying about $450 to chamber & thread.

Good thing mills, electric, and shops are free..

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[BRTreedogs]

Good thing mills, electric, and shops are free..

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Ok so let's say he only clears $600 per rifle.
Builds 1 per day, works 5 days week. 20 rifles per month.
$12k per month $144k per year.
Ohh the poor broke dick bastard.
Hopefully he got some stimulus checks to feed his kids.

 

[Ucsdryder]

Good thing mills, electric, and shops are free..

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I think the comment was related to there’s no money in gunsmithing.

If Lee truly had 200 rifles he was working on, then that comment isn’t valid. You’re talking big money. He commented to me at one point when I was asking how he could possibly throat a gun .100” long, about the guys working for him. It gave me the feeling he had guys working under him doing a lot of the work? Sounds like he needs to oversee their work and be the last person that touches the rifles on the way out.

 

[Ucsdryder]

Ok so let's say he only clears $600 per rifle.
Builds 1 per day, works 5 days week. 20 rifles per month.
$12k per month $144k per year.
Ohh the poor broke dick bastard.
Hopefully he got some stimulus checks to feed his kids.

He told me he had 200 rifles that he was working on which is why he was too busy to talk to me and tell me what he did to “fix” my rifle.

 

[Glockster26]

There is no money in gunsmithing. If you find one you like, take good care of them and don’t complain.

When people say there’s no money in gunsmithing or concrete, carpentry, welding, lawn care, etc obviously that’s not the case or no one would be doing it.

Couldn’t agree more on the second part though.

 

[WRO]

Ok so let's say he only clears $600 per rifle.
Builds 1 per day, works 5 days week. 20 rifles per month.
$12k per month $144k per year.
Ohh the poor broke dick bastard.
Hopefully he got some stimulus checks to feed his kids.

35% for taxes
Health insurance at 1k a month.

Guys getting filthy rich..

I hire new kids out of college that make nearly that.

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[BRTreedogs]

35% for taxes
Health insurance at 1k a month.

Guys getting filthy rich..

I hire new kids out of college that make nearly that.

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Ohh so a measly 100k?
Sorry not everyone is a big time rich guy like you.
Damn privilegemuch?. But to me and everyone I personally know 100k clear is alot alot of money.
If you think 100k is poverty you Sir, have lifed way up beyond most people.

 

[Kaseyfield]

Ohh so a measly 100k?
Sorry not everyone is a big time rich guy like you.
Damn privilegemuch?. But to me and everyone I personally know 100k clear is alot alot of money.
If you think 100k is poverty you Sir, have lifed way up beyond most people.

Lol

 

[wind gypsy]

Are you speaking from personal experience with Straight Jacket Armory or just generally with smiths and timelines?

If you haven't already, take a read through the SJA thread on snipers hide.

 

[fisherman983]

If you haven't already, take a read through the SJA thread on snipers hide.

can you link it? I'd like to read through it

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[wind gypsy]

can you link it? I'd like to read through it

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Straight Jacket Armory

Ok, I need some advice. I'm looking for a reasonably priced long range rifle. In a facebook group 6.5 PRC, somebody recommended Straight Jacket Armory. They have a rifle specs below for $2,175. I can't find much on the internet about them. Do they make a good rifle? And is what they are...

www.snipershide.com

 

[fisherman983]

Straight Jacket Armory

Ok, I need some advice. I'm looking for a reasonably priced long range rifle. In a facebook group 6.5 PRC, somebody recommended Straight Jacket Armory. They have a rifle specs below for $2,175. I can't find much on the internet about them. Do they make a good rifle? And is what they are...

www.snipershide.com

quite a few happy customers... guess I'm the exception and not the rule

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[wind gypsy]

quite a few happy customers... guess I'm the exception and not the rule

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How far did you read?

My perception is they turned out a lot of good work and then took on more work than they were ready for and haven't scaled well.