ronan
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Right now I have a lovely Navy Colt in the milling machine. I sold it brand new three weeks ago. For whatever reason, the new owner has dismantled it and cross threaded at least two screws putting it "back together". I need to drill them out to get it apart again, then make new screws. Sadly, this is not uncommon.
However, I am not complaining as it keeps me in a steady stream of work. (Also, I never tell so everyone comes to me because they know their secret is safe. It's a strange old world).
There was an old boy had a gun shop a few miles from me years ago. I was there one day buying bullets and there was a whole rack of semi-auto and double barrels in bits, some with little plastic bags full of bits attached. When i asked what the issue was with them, he told me they were guns that had been dismantled by their owners and they were unable to reassemble them.