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@Joshua Needham could help with? Not too far away.
The BLR are good quality, but an absolute nightmare to assemble properly due to the gear drive system needing to be timed correctly among other issues.
Not really surprised someone had issues with it because no one likes taking those apart.
My students want to kill me when I make them disassembly a BLR.
It takes them hours struggle reassembling our cutaway, and it is far easier as a cutaway than not due to the additional perspective and points of access.
Then after they get it together something is off about the reassembly and they have to start all over.
They are probably in my top 3 last gun I want to see on the bench list.
It can be done, but I would specifically ask if a smith has experience with the BLR before leaving it because smiths are not omnipotent and don't have experience on every design.
My guess is most with experience on the BLR are going to charge accordingly.
Wouldn't surprise me if some didn't want to touch it.
Not because it is impossible, but they have plenty of work that won't lead them to drinking.
For example it wouldn't surprise me if Ryan with Aquila Gunworks told you he wasn't interested.
Not because he can't, but he is in no shortage of customers so he can choose his work.
These guns are a pain, and tracking down another mans screw up is never fun.
Additionally I do not think Browning will even touch it but I am not sure on that.
I live near the NC Zoo and work near W-S and Troy.