Does 25.00 bucks for drilling and tapping one blind hole for scope base on TC Hawkins barrel sound reasonable?
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Does 25.00 bucks for drilling and tapping one blind hole for scope base on TC Hawkins barrel sound reasonable?
Yes
Sure does.
Sounds cheap to me.
Thank you all
You would pay a lot more than that in most places.
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Realize the smith has rent , tools and other equipment to pay for so that is very reasonable. That is not counting time he spent learning the trade.
Last edited by Freightman; 02-23-2022 at 03:18 PM.
Frank G.
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Disclaimer: The above is not holy writ. It is just my opinion based on my experience and knowledge. Your mileage may vary.
That's exactly what I paid a gunsmith to do the same job. In 1983.
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I’ll do it for $15. My name is Bubba
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If you aren't happy with the cost then take it elsewhere or do it yourself.
And good luck.
Not that this has to do with the op ...
I for one have gotten tired of people and how cheap they can be , I guess its ok they go to work and get paid a fair wage for their time but then they don't want me to be able to earn a fair wage for my time when they want me to make or repair something for them .
So now when someone quibbles about the price I give them an oppertunity to show me their paycheck and pay me the exact same wage they earn per hour , cost of materials , plus 33% for the overhead and machines or walk back out the door .
When you figure set up time, center drill tap drill and tap. Then the equipment used and the knowledge to not only do it but do it right, no marred surfaces the hole straight and to correct depth on location. Its very inexpensive. The other consideration is while this is a small quick job if hes a good smith then hes backed up as is his equipment.
For a single tapped hole $40.00 is the going rate around here. For 4 holes $80.00 to $90.00 is the going rate. Setup of one hole is the same as for four holes.
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I thought 25 bucks sounded good.It was a price on Sportsman's Warehouse site.
In the last month or two I have drilled and tapped two Arisaka model 99s for scope bases. If they weren't mine I would not do that job at $25 per hole. Those receivers are harder than woodpecker lips.
I always used a new drill and a new tap for every job with a self imposed limit of four holes per bit and tap. Jigged the work up in my milling machine. It’s time consuming to do a good job. I had to drill four #4 screws out of the frame of a very high end 2011 once. That wasn’t cheap either.
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I find drilling 1 hole of an existing pattern harder than the whole pattern. Reason being you have to match to whats there. the whole pattern you run to the numbers and each hole is where it should be.
Repairing a buggered hole in a pattern I set up and get zeroed then put a screw in a good hole and swing the head in with an indicator getting the zero of the hole to match the new one into.
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