he is an older fellow, and has been doing this many many years, I believe he went to scchool with or from the older Clark {cant remember his name} any way I immagine he will be retiring one of these years. He has his own store, not just a basement part time guy, this is his buisness. It is in a smaller city in Minnesota, and around here there are not alot of pistolsmiths, every one shoots a shotgun or deer rifle here. Every time I have been there he has people lined up to drop off, pick up, or ask questions, and must have 30 plus guns to get done. He has always charged very cheap prices. when he does hang it up some day, alot of people will be dissapointed. I guess we sometimes take living in this region for granted. {you won't here me saying that in a couple weeks when its thirty below zero}