Richard Stork Engineering

[meles meles]

Another excellent gonneshoppe and a truly superb gunsmith ! I've just purchased two rifles from Richard and can highly recommend him! Plenty of time to chat and demonstrate, a nice selection of unusual rifles and service that can't be faulted !

[Ovenpaa]

Mauser actioned?

[Christel]

Any chance of some contact details please?

[meles meles]

Richard sells a wide range of excellent rifles and shot guns, most of them unusual, rare, curious or otherwise different from the run of the mill. Service is superb ! The link http://www.guntrader.co.uk/DealerSearch ... 5170928352 - will provide contact details and a small indication of his stock list - he has far more than this in stock ! Tell him a badger sent you...

[Robin128]

We are losing our good gunsmiths from our shops...and I'm not sure we are training any replacements...they should spend some time with the customers this side of the counter.

[Ovenpaa]

My local Gunsmith is probably just into his 70's, has a wealth of experience and nobody to replace him when he eventually walks away from his shed. I asked him why he had never trained anyone up and he replied nobody in his family was really interested and if you take a youngster on board they walk away after a couple of years and set up in direct competition with a fraction of the experience needed which brings a bad name on the trade.

His business card says rifle maker, and he can as well.

[Scotsgun]

I tried to get an apprenticeship when i was a teenager, i really did. Despite having solid, good grades and being willing to move anywhere in the UK i got absolutely nowhere.
It was impossible to get into the business despite being an active shooter and having an aptitude for engineering (i later gained a degree in aero engineering).

[Robin128]

I tried to get an apprenticeship when i was a teenager, i really did. Despite having solid, good grades and being willing to move anywhere in the UK i got absolutely nowhere.

Was that because you don't suffer fools gladly, Marc?

[Scotsgun]

Seriously, couldn't get a look in, mate. Just about everyone i contacted stated that they weren't or had no plans to offer apprenticeship. A couple even seem surprised and a little concerned that a 'teenager' would own and use firearms. A few commented that i'd be better off looking for a job elsewhere as they'd likely be the last in the business! It was actually quite depressing.

A few offered to keep my CV, just incase they decided to start apprenticeships but that was it. I eventually ended up at RollsRoyce, before joining the army.

[Robin128]

You come over as a hard working, self made man...and you showed them.

:goodjob: