Hey Rex,About 15 yrs ago I decided i'd like to refinish(rebluing and stocks)Well,law says you gotta have an FFL,got that then a license to sell handguns in Indiana.Only did the hot water blueing and althougth it came out great,there was way too much time involved to be profitable.The salt tanks are the way to go!It was too much for me to invest at the time.So,I moved on to repair and scope installations.Guns are so easy to fix,it's unbelievable.The recording keeping and visits from the ATF wern't bad but the liability part of it got me scared,someone gets shot and they wanna sue Smith& Wesson or the gun dealer..Being young,I didn't wanna take that chance so I kept fixing buddies guns and selling a few here and there.I repaired a shotgun for an old dude,later he found out he had cancer and him and the gun went to the shed---the gun survived,he didn't. too bad,nice old dude.I felt kinda bad,Later lost intrest and never renewed my FFL.I do think the 1911 can be one of the most accurate semi-autos ever made,they make so much stuff for that gun!Brownells is loaded with accurizing parts.It's a great gun to deal with.It's amazing on how rough inside the cheaper guns are.Even with the old shotguns,the parts were so much thicker than todays crap.I still have my tool box of tools though and dought I'll ever pay to have a gun repaired.All in all,it was well worth the 600 dollars I pd back then Even though it was kinda outdated,guns are guns,and it got me pointed in the right direction.Now I decided to work with something safer like...... isocyinates,Jim
