OK, I posted here first to say that the wood Henry Pohl sent me was better looking than I thought it would be. After reading all the negatives I was just relieved to get a really nice piece of wood - I didn't care that it was rough as a cobb - I figured that was part of finishing it myself. The big problem came when I tried to inlet the action - the action screw holes were so far off center that there was no way I could get a correct fit. I already had two days in filing, shaping, and sanding the stock; I'd already waited three months for the thing; it was a custom stock request - which all means I can't and I'm not sending the thing back. Rather than me tell you about Henry's position on me asking for a partial refund, I'm copying it here so you can see his reply verbatim:
"However, even if the hole is a little miscut, the stock was sent with the opinion that regardless of what minor blems their might be found in it it was nonetheless worth the asking price.
I regret that you don't feel this way, but I honestly think your judgement is somewhat severely and unfairly negative. Where else can you get a gunstock that nice for such a low price?"
A little miscut? The holes had to be bored out and plugged and recut and I may have to glass bed the action to get a reasonable fit and he says I have a negative attitude and should just be grateful that I paid $600 for a stock "that nice"?
Buyer beware, Henry Pohl talks a good game up front but his work is just crappy and after he's got your money, forget about any kind of negotiating.
Henry Pohl, proprietor of Great American Gunstock Company, is a crook.
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