trogers861
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Well I recently purchased a new Weatherby Backcountry Ti 2.0 in 6.5CM. I have flush cups on a few other rifles and really like not having anything protruding from the stock since I usually don't have my rifle on a sling (its on my pack). I also wanted to get the recess mount installed for my Javelin Bipod.
After many hours of research--I figured I was capable of doing the install myself, but the stress of screwing up the carbon stock on a $3000 rifle pushed me to a gunsmith. I reached out to a local smith in my area and he said he had installed dozens of these and had experience with carbon stocks.
Fast forward, I went and picked up my rifle yesterday. The flush cup install was nothing short of 'butchered'. The flush cups are sitting at different depths and angles, and there is epoxy residue smeared around. It just looks like shit. Time wasn't even taken to remove excess epoxy that was rubbing against the barrel. Obviously he didn't even tape off the stock. This is exactly what I was trying to avoid by not doing it myself and paying a competent gunsmith. In fact, I am an extremely handy contractor/carpenter and hindsight is I should have done this myself as I am 100% confident it would have turned out much better.
See below photos. When I went and picked up the rifle, the smith was very clear that he wasn't happy with the installation. But--he still charged me. I was honestly flabbergasted by the poor quality work--blown away. I didn't understand why after one hole was screwed up, he didn't call me and discuss versus going ahead and screwing up the other four holes.
In addition to the flush cups and javelin mount being all screwed up and having excess epoxy smeared places--it is apparent he didn't use the proper sized screw driver to remove the trigger plate and chipped my cerakote on the screw and also the surrounding orifice. Also ended up with a small rub mark on the cerakote on my barrel. Very minor items--things that will eventually happen with wear and tear anyways--but this rifle was brand new!
What would you guys do at this point? Can any gunsmiths out there chime in? I am strongly considering calling him up and letting him know how disappointed I am in the extremely poor quality of his work. I know if I was in his position, I would have stopped after one hole and I never would have charged for the sub-par work.
Yes, all of the inserts are functional--so its all cosmetic--so maybe I am over reacting.
After many hours of research--I figured I was capable of doing the install myself, but the stress of screwing up the carbon stock on a $3000 rifle pushed me to a gunsmith. I reached out to a local smith in my area and he said he had installed dozens of these and had experience with carbon stocks.
Fast forward, I went and picked up my rifle yesterday. The flush cup install was nothing short of 'butchered'. The flush cups are sitting at different depths and angles, and there is epoxy residue smeared around. It just looks like shit. Time wasn't even taken to remove excess epoxy that was rubbing against the barrel. Obviously he didn't even tape off the stock. This is exactly what I was trying to avoid by not doing it myself and paying a competent gunsmith. In fact, I am an extremely handy contractor/carpenter and hindsight is I should have done this myself as I am 100% confident it would have turned out much better.
See below photos. When I went and picked up the rifle, the smith was very clear that he wasn't happy with the installation. But--he still charged me. I was honestly flabbergasted by the poor quality work--blown away. I didn't understand why after one hole was screwed up, he didn't call me and discuss versus going ahead and screwing up the other four holes.
In addition to the flush cups and javelin mount being all screwed up and having excess epoxy smeared places--it is apparent he didn't use the proper sized screw driver to remove the trigger plate and chipped my cerakote on the screw and also the surrounding orifice. Also ended up with a small rub mark on the cerakote on my barrel. Very minor items--things that will eventually happen with wear and tear anyways--but this rifle was brand new!
What would you guys do at this point? Can any gunsmiths out there chime in? I am strongly considering calling him up and letting him know how disappointed I am in the extremely poor quality of his work. I know if I was in his position, I would have stopped after one hole and I never would have charged for the sub-par work.
Yes, all of the inserts are functional--so its all cosmetic--so maybe I am over reacting.
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