Thread: Ever wondered why H&H takes years to make a gun?

Originally Posted by gundoc

It was nice to see a thorough coverage of the skills and time required. I must have spent a quarter of my working life trying to explain to customers that I could not work to their timetable and they would have to adjust to mine! I once had a 'landed gentry' type who bought in a 1920's H&H Royal with a broken stock. He said 'Pop a new stock on that please. I will be back about 3pm!' He got it back 6 months later, and even then I was rushing it to fit it in around all my other jobs. One of my staff, the late Jon Jones, was apprenticed as an actioner at H&H where he stayed for 11 years. H&H made me very welcome when I visited them in 1989 and gave me the full tour. It is a pleasure to work on guns of that quality but only when the customer fully understands the time involved to produce top-notch results.

I think I would have said no worries and when he came back at 3pm I'd have duct taped a nicely figured piece of 4x2 to the tang...