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Are you familiar with Delta Gun Shop in Colville?
No, I'm not. I rarely went that way from Republic, usually south or west. How long have they been there?
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Are you familiar with Delta Gun Shop in Colville?
For a long time. They are custom gunsmiths and barrel makers. They specialize in restoring and repairing old rifles like rolling blocks and Sharps rifles. Jim Dubell is the owner and master gun maker. I think they are located on Bear Creek Road if memory serves. They did a rolling block rifle for me. Not cheap, but exquisite work.No, I'm not. I rarely went that way from Republic, usually south or west. How long have they been there?
For a long time. They are custom gunsmiths and barrel makers. They specialize in restoring and repairing old rifles like rolling blocks and Sharps rifles. Jim Dubell is the owner and master gun maker. I think they are located on Bear Creek Road if memory serves. They did a rolling block rifle for me. Not cheap, but exquisite work.
Jim is definitely "good people". We had an ongoing conversation about the rifle for 18 months while he worked on it. When I delivered it to him for restoration I did so in person so I could meet him before he did surgery on my family heirloom. While trying to zero in on the shop's location we stopped to ask directions from a guy working on a fence repair by the side of the road. When I asked if he knew where the gun shop was he said he did, and asked if I was getting an old gun restored. Long story short, I brought out the gun and we had a 30 minute conversation there by the side of the road before I went on my way. That doesn't happen in Portland.Those are some of my favorite type of rifles. Good to find people who do that quality of work. I knew a lot of folk who were talented and skilled in many arts and technologies around the Colville Rez, often for barter and trade. Incredible sense of community, despite the rough aspects of the history; a lot of independent strong folk I admire. I miss being there. My direct family is no longer there, and I don't make it back.