ijosef wrote:Bob Everson is a skilled and competent gunsmith. You're just upset because he couldn't turn your rusty old POS into a brand new gun for less than a hundred bucks.
O dear fiend, how O so wrong you are. First let me say the work you are about to see was absolutely not asked for, this mint Browning has been in my family since new and it was cherry, it was in ONLY to have the chamber back bored a bit in hopes that it would work better with modern plastic shells, an operation recommended to me by Joes and Bob himself. I was hesitant but was assured it was a simple ordeal that would never be noticeable. I even called the gunshop and spoke directly to Bob on at least 2 occasions to absolutely confirm that the receiver, specifically the ejection port would not be modified in any way whatsoever, imagine my shock when I got it back and found this. Apparently Bob took it upon himself to try and make it eject better, something that was NEVER mentioned, he did the one thing to it I specifically told him not too, and he did an absolutely piss poor job doing it, I could do a better job with one hand tied behind my back.
So I give you the top notch unwanted work of Pro Gunsmith Bob Everson @ Joes Sporting Goods
(sorry for the large pics, I felt that was the only way to see the detail of this hack work)
look at that bur! (it did in fact cut me) Quality Grade A+ work there! A real craftsmen, I love how it cuts right into the etching!
No its not your eyes, that right side of the port really is THAT jagged, and if you look close at the upper right corner you can see it dips up past the top line of the port, OOPSY!
Another beautiful shot of this suburb work by Bob Everson, keep in mind I called Joes 3 times to tell them do not touch the receiver, only lengthen the bore, twice I talked directly to Bob. I even explained why I did not want it touched. I’m left thinking he might have a slight case of Alzheimer’s as I can not understand how it possibly happened in light of our detailed conversations.
So I beg Bob to come and defend this work, if anyone is chummy with the boys at Joes by all means tell them! I would still love for Joes to stand up and make this right by sending it to a competent smith to have it fixed. There was also other issues with this visit but I’ll leave that out of this convo for now because this part of it specifically pertains to Bob and the lack of skill and communication.
And Bob, Doug, let it be known I get around ALLOT at the local ranges, in fact the banner at FLSC makes a GREAT segue into this tale(I shoot there 2-3 times a week). I make my opinions of your operation known as much as I can and I assure you in this case it would have been FAR better for your bottom line to have done the right thing. More than a few people that know the story have vowed never to buy another firearm from you, and like me some were buying 5+ rifles a year from you, in fact the year this happened I had bought no less than 6 rifles and 2 pistols from you. Since this happened that number is 0 and same goes for the rest of my large sporting family, a local St Paul family that had been buying from you almost exclusively for 30+ years.
And to you my good buddy Doug the gunshop manager, even if you had to spend $1000 to undo the mess Bob created you would have made that back on three rifles. I suspect a VERY conservative estimate would be 20 rifle sales lost thus far because of this, maybe many more, and wouldn't you know I happened to be talking to a friend yesterday at Horse & Hunt and you will not be selling the new Berretta shotgun and Remington 700 Custom he and his father had planned on buying from you, they will be taking their business to someone with some morals.
