barrel issue

[bradb]

Ok got a question and need opinions. I had a light 6Br built on a model 7. A local smith reworked and lightned the action, new PTG coned bolt Bartlien barrel. I sent it out to have another person install one of his less then pound kevlar stocks on it(weighs 18.125 oz when i got it) and cerakote the metal brown. Ok so the gun is sent back to the local smith today and he notices a little grit and takes a look in the chamber and barrel, he calls me and said he didnt plug the chamber when the other smith blasted the gun. So the chamber and the first 1/4" at the muzzle is roughed up a bit. I called the smith who coated the gun and he says its nothing just polish it out. The local smith is not that bugged by the chamber but is about the muzzle and still is not happy about polishing out what was a perfect chamber. both him and I think that it is a big deal that the muzzle is roughed up at all. My questions are first the stock if told it WILL be under a pound shouldnt it be, this one is not a huge issue but still. The local smith did say the stock is very stiff and looks real good. Then the big one is the barrel, are we over reactting or what do you think? What would you do? What do you think the smith who did the stock and coating do? I will try to post pics of the gun soon, doing this from my phone.
Thanks

 

[oneflyer]

I'd be pissed. Polishing may change the chamber configuration and the first 1/4" of the throat should be "polished" from your shooting not by the gunsmith. I think the guy that did the damage owes you a barrel and chamber job.

 

[bradb]

Do note that in my being upset and typing on my phone in the middle of an hour bike ride I typed throat and should have been 1/4" at the muzzle. Better then the throat but still wrong.

 

[Preacher]

Polish out the muzzle end ya f-ing right...
He needs to be made responsible for the screw up.....
He did wrong and I imagine he knows it, now if he is man enough to admit it is another story........

 

[watercam]

If there was a recoil pad on your stock, that weight is generally not included in the advertised weight spec for stocks I know about. In any event, 2 oz.s? I've had similar muzzle "scratches" on match barrels before, cleaned up with first shot and gun shot great there after. Not saying you shouldn't be angry but you might want to shoot it and see if it's an issue. Sounds like you paid a nice sum for all this work and want what you paid for. But shoot it and see. That, in the end, is what it's about.
Good luck!

 

[Chuckhunter]

Depending on the lenght of your barrel, you could take a 1/2" off and have it recrowned and hand the culprit the bill. No gaurantees, you'll get paid but with a little stern negotiating, you may get at least part, if not all of it back.

 

[bradb]

The stock weight is not the big concern,but when you do pay extra for a stock you are told WILL be under a pound you should get what you are told you will be getting. But its the barrel that is the real issue. Its a short gun already 20.5" if I remember correct. I had it set up the way I wanted it and don't think I should have to change it around to fix his mistake. I have an email in to him and we will see.

 

[therifler]

Brad I read in your other post he told you how to fix it . I certainly do not agree with his idea of a fix . Does'nt sound like your going to get much more then that from this guy . Do you think he is going to buy you a new barrel and if yes do you want him to fix it ? If this guy is a serious smith the least he could offer is your money back . Your going to be hard pressed to get much more then that from this guy .

 

[bradb]

Well the gunsmith/stocker(Wayne York Oregunsmithing) said sent ti back and he will just lap it out! He said you won't lap enough out of the muzzle to matter. I am going to have a tough time sending it back to him and trust that he will not screw up the rest of the barrel then do nothing. We may just have to re-crown it and take what we have tell i get the money to put on a new barrel.