I could give you a number of circumstances from trigger jobs, to bedding jobs, etc. where I have contacted a smith that has my rifle to get an update and they have not even started the project yet. It seems gunsmiths are horrible with customer service and simply procrastinate nearly all the time at least in my experience. I think in the back of my head, “how has this guy had my rifle two weeks and not even looked at it.” I know some guys are busy, but these guys aren’t at the top of the list in the US and have rifles backed up for months. I understand guys like George Gardner and Jack Krieger are going to take quite a bit of time because they are the most requested smiths in the country. I have only one smith who I trust and know will not put my rifle on the rack and forget about it and he has other projects as well. What is it with these guys? They couldn’t manage how much time it would take them to take a leak much less bed a rifle. I can’t comprehend how the make it a career out of it and are that unreliable.