Who's making a recommendation. Surely there must be other quality smiths out there now that the late Mr. Bilby is no longer with us.
What I said still applies: a QUALITY independent gunsmith can do better than a "name" shop like Wilson, Baer, Brown, Clark because you are paying for the work, not the name.
Mr. Bilby was merely an example of one of these. Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of his passing, but getting bent out of shape at the fact is over-reacting. The general point still stands. Please feel free to disabuse me of this at your convenience.
What I said still applies: a QUALITY independent gunsmith can do better than a "name" shop like Wilson, Baer, Brown, Clark because you are paying for the work, not the name.
Mr. Bilby was merely an example of one of these. Unfortunately, I wasn't aware of his passing, but getting bent out of shape at the fact is over-reacting. The general point still stands. Please feel free to disabuse me of this at your convenience.