Hi, guys. Just joined the board 5 min ago. Derek of AZEX did the SBRing for me (thank you, thank you,
THANK YOU), and I can't wait to see what it looks like when it arrives this coming week!
The story on my plates is that I found a small stack of them at a local WI gun show. The metal work was GREAT but the finish was horrible. We're talking cold blue rubbed on with a dirty rag on an uncleaned piece of metal. I had them all blasted and Duracoated locally. Then I found the correct screws at a local hardware store and added them to the mix.
I think I sold one plate every 3+ weeks- they WEREN'T moving. Now they're flying and my last one is online on GB. People have asked me to have a machinist make more plates, but I want to have locked-in "I will take x from you for y" before I get a machinist to do that. I'm a little gunshy because if it wasn't for the current panic, I'd still be sitting on a pile of these wondering if I'd even break even.
I'll be happy to post pics of my gun once it arrives. As for the plate, see
http://pics.gunbroker.com/GB/325022000/325022993/pix440624717.jpgMike