Sometime in November went to have a 20" Mossberg Pencil barrel from a Century Arms M16 parts kit, I was told to obtain a pre drilled FSB for this purpose
ThenI went to drop it off, he wanted it attached to the upper
On January 16,2016 I dropped off a upper receiver with barrel and barrel nut snugged,delta assembly,handguard cap,625 FSB,and a A2 flash hider to protect the threads
Then the upper needed to be torqued
Then he needed the gas tube to line it up
When I got the Gas tube, the FSB was too loose to pin without a "special" jig
Then he was going to do it the next night
Then his worker has a death in the family and Bruce had to work the counter instead off smithing for a week
Then he ordered this jig
http://brdengineering.com/products/f...t-base-fsb-jig
Front Site Base (FSB) installation jig
This jig is used to install undrilled front sight bases on undrilled barrels. Can be used to used to install undrilled FSB's on previously drilled barrels using certain setups.
Now he has been off most of the week with the flu.
And is still waiting for the jig to ship
At the time of drop off it was going to be 2 weeks and $20
I went to pick it up on Monday Leap Day 2016 @ 11:45, but shop was closed until 2 PM.
I spoke with Travis on the phone who opened up shop at 2PM, he informed me that a 6 week ain't nothing and with an over 100 gun backlog I'm lucky it's only been 6 weeks and to chill out.
Well the Irish blood in me don't chill well even when it's freezing out.
To be continued at a later date
As a side note, I have a Journeyman's Card from the International Assocation of Machinists as a Wood Model Maker, but no 2/0 taper spiral reamer