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Offline Curt Larsen

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barrel inletting services
« on: May 26, 2015, 03:29:17 PM »
I noticed that Gunstocks Plus was shut down last year due to a fire.  I wondered who some of the rest of you use here on the eastern half of the country for inletting work.

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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2015, 04:03:48 PM »
I use Mark Weader
Jack's Mountain Stock Company
101 Cave Ln,
Mc Clure, PA 17841
(717) 543-5370 Probably will have to leave a message he works a regular job but is usually in the shop in the AM but if running machines will not hear the phone.

His work is as good as any I have seen.
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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2015, 04:29:35 PM »
You can also check out knob mountain.  Dave Keck has done several for me.

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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2015, 05:43:27 PM »
On the West Coast, you have ALR member Dave Rase.
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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2015, 07:07:20 PM »
...and also in PA, Mark Wheland.
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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2015, 07:40:27 PM »
Dave Rase does a simply beautiful job. Listens to what you want and in my humble opinion values his time and tools a bit too low.


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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2015, 07:41:01 PM »
Wrong coast for you Curt, but David Rase did an excellent job on mine!

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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2015, 10:47:33 PM »
I'd second Mark Weader, but wait until he finishes my barrels before you call him. ;)
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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2015, 11:54:42 PM »
...and also in PA, Mark Wheland.

let me add another vote for M Wheland.  Easy to work with and good work.

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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2015, 12:06:59 AM »
I live in the middle. I use Weader and Rase, both do excellent work. The PO makes a fortune off of me. ::)
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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2015, 01:41:22 AM »
..and from me too Mike.  I've used Mark Wheland, Mark Weader, and David Rase, and paid huge for mailing from North Central British Columbia.  I have had perfect work from all three of the above, but David is closer, and I prefer his work.
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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2015, 08:53:11 AM »
I'd like to recommed

Knob Mountain Muzzleloading
David Keck, Proprietor

287 Mountain Rd.
Berwick, PA 18603
Phone: 570-759-2053

He does great work.

Best regards
Rolf

Offline Curt Larsen

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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2015, 05:40:50 PM »
Thanks guys.  Now I have to choose.  What a dilemma

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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2015, 04:00:09 AM »
This is a great topic since I was about to ask the very same question. So now that we have several options, my next question is what is the average turn around time for each of these gentlemen

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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2015, 02:55:46 PM »
This is a great topic since I was about to ask the very same question. So now that we have several options, my next question is what is the average turn around time for each of these gentlemen
Varies from guy to guy, sometimes 3 weeks , sometimes 3 months. Wildly depends on their individual work load. None of them are going to leave your stock sitting in the corner, these guys seem to like their pay days. ;D
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Re: barrel inletting services
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2015, 01:40:38 AM »
Thanks Mike, thats about what I had figured or at least hoped for. Not that it matters as I have had a couple of barrels, and stocks that I have needed to send off for several years now. So I am not in a huge hurry.