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Holland. is a hack judged by the work he did for me. He had my rifle for a year, couldn't (or wouldn't) do the work I requested (and we agreed on) when I left him the rifle and charged about 10X for the little work he did for me. I have had a lot of work done by smiths all over the world.........I would not recommend this guy.Not cheap, but this guy's good: Holland's Gunsmithing & Shooters Supply
Yup. Great guy who builds some nice rifles. (I am a bit biased though, as his MIL is my neighbor).Curt in Sutherlin.
Holland. is a hack judged by the work he did for me. He had my rifle for a year, couldn't (or wouldn't) do the work I requested (and we agreed on) when I left him the rifle and charged about 10X for the little work he did for me. I have had a lot of work done by smiths all over the world.........I would not recommend this guy.
Sorry to hear that; that sucks. A neighbor was friends with him a long, long time ago, and I shot a couple rifles he built.
I do like Mountain Bear's advice about gaining skill before laying out the money for top-notch equipment. I'm a fairly decent shot for an amateur, and I have a couple different factory hunting rifles that are capable of better accuracy than I am. As much as I'd like to have one, a world class rifle would be wasted on me.
I was building my 700P carbine and was looking for an ideal scope mount. I wanted a Leupold double dovetail mount but with the factory Leupold base (for the short 700 LH action) the front base protrudes back over the front of the receiver about 1/4 inch over the loading/ejection port. I studied the problem and bought a unmachined dovetail block from Leupold. It needed the bottom radius shaved and radius cut to match the receiver, the mounting holes drilled in the block and one additional hole drilled and tapped into the receiver. It would have made the base clear the port. The base would have mounted flush with the back of the front receiver ring. I was more than willing to pay for the machine time to do the job. On the net, he claimed to build scope mounts so is seemed to be a no brainer. I talked to him on the phone and drove from Western Idaho to Powers (Oregon) to take him the rifle and Parts. So, a year or so later I get a call from his wife that the rifle was done. We went over (400 miles or so) to pick the rifle up. He had subistuted a front block that was for a Weatherby that still protruded, I never saw the uncut block I took him and he charged me 750.00. He was not in the shop when I picked it up and his wife had no information other than a note he had used a subistute front base designed for a Weatherby. At this point, I was simply revealed to get the rifle back.......but the guy really hosed me.Sorry to hear that; that sucks. A neighbor was friends with him a long, long time ago, and I shot a couple rifles he built.
I do like Mountain Bear's advice about gaining skill before laying out the money for top-notch equipment. I'm a fairly decent shot for an amateur, and I have a couple different factory hunting rifles that are capable of better accuracy than I am. As much as I'd like to have one, a world class rifle would be wasted on me.
I would second Curt Mendenhall in Sutherlin, not only does he build precision rifles, but he shoots them competitively. He really knows his stuff!Curt in Sutherlin.