Quote Originally Posted by anothernewb View Post
Talk about a bad run of events. Had 2 local gunsmiths who had decades -perhaps close to a century of experience and knowledge between them. One used to work for S&W performance. Sadly, the one's shop and lake place burned to the ground this spring along with 5 decades of a collection of parts, guns, and pieces of history, and he opted not to return to business, and the other passed away suddenly last saturday. Our local enthusiast community is quite stunned.
I wasn't familiar with the shop you mentioned. Lakes Trading Co. in Forest Lake had a bad fire in 2018 and they are back open under new management. Never been to their shop, but remember the news coverage of the fire.

Sad stuff all around.