>I have heard more and more
>people complain that the quality
>of Gunwerks rifles has suffered
>since the company started mass-production.
>I shot my HS Precision/Swarovski
>set up with factory federal
>ammo alongside a client of
>mine with a Gunwerks/Nightforce set
>up with their proprietary ammo
>on an Asian sheep hunt
>in February. My rifle shot
>noticeably better groups at 500+
>yards. HS Precision is not
>a Wyoming company but close,
>Rapid City. HS has a
>.5 moa guarantee, great service
>and manufacture all components for
>their rifles in-house. I highly
>recommend them.
>
>Dale Story's rifles are nice looking
>if you prefer the hexagon-fluted
>barrels he likes to use.
>I am not sure he
>will put an accuracy guarantee
>behind his rifles and the
>build time is quite long.
>Back when I didn't know
>any better and used piece-of-$h!t
>Christensen Arms rifles he was
>my go-to guy to fix
>them when they had problems.
>Dale is/was the best gunsmith
>in Casper, in my opinion.
>
There are a few guys working out of their garage or basements that like to put out the narrative that we don't have quality because we are a "big" mass production shop. Not true. We are a small shop that builds one specific type of product, and we do it very well. We test every rifle, break-in, data, and configure, and we support our customers. If they have a problem with performance we offer support, if a product ever has a problem, we fix it. Half MOA is a pretty easy standard to meet. If you just want a rifle, selection isn't that important, but if you want to shoot long range, take a real close look at our integrated system: rifle, scope, ballistic turret, ammo, and ballistic rangefinder. The guys in the basements and garages don't offer the same kind of product.
Jon is currently running about 6 months on a build, I had heard on another forum that Gradous isn't taking any new builds until hes finished a few. 
