Project # 1 - Fix the Skeet Gun
I acquired a very awesome Beretta 687 Silver Pigeon III brand new from Joel Etchen's guns December 2015. I got to shoot it some during 2016 but the gun was too long and I needed a comb raiser to get a good skeet 60/40 spread on my target. So, based on reputation, I handed it off to a local "master woodsmith".
He ended up demolishing my stock installing the comb raiser, never called me, and placed on a used field stock (mine was a sporting stock which is thicker and heavier to absorb recoil for extended range sessions). To top it all off one of the butt pad screws was literally stripped.... that's what a "master woodsmith" does in NY. He only charged me for parts of the comb raiser ($50) but I should have just walked out completely had I known about the stripped butt pad screw hole.
So, I could sue him and waste time and money I'll never get back for a $600 stock. Or I could just replace it down the road. Sucks I was put in that position but I should have been true to my word and never trust NY gun people.... ever to do work for me. I broke my rule and I paid for it.
I sent off my gun to Coles Guns in Florida which is an approved Beretta service center. Coles also had a deal on some really nice sporting stocks (monte carlo) that I took advantage of.
Well, it's back from the shop. I spent the last 30 min tuning it to my mount and got it set up for skeet when it warms up:
Next 2 projects should be ready by June 2017 and the following project by July/August 2017