https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEKp5smqxHQ Those words from The Chambers Brothers? song feel pretty fitting right now: the time has come for me to retire. Health issues in July and August of ?23 ? and again this month ? have made me realize? I?m getting old.
Over the past 40 years, and especially in these last 20+ years here, I?ve met so many great people. When I first came across ?Survivor Dean?s? site, I was amazed at the opportunity it offered me, and I?ll always be grateful that he let me create a section just for ?Murrays.? I can?t thank him enough ? nor Galahad (RIP) or Ranger ? and of course, a HUGE THANKS to the Mods here and to all of you who became our customers over the years.
That said, I?d love for the business to keep serving SKS owners across the U.S., Canada, and beyond. I?m posting here first because I think someone from this community might be interested in carrying on what I started back in 1985. This could mean a sale of just the website and shopping cart, or that plus the entire operation: everything inside the buildings ? two V Mills, two lathes, a TIG welder, polishing/buffing machine, guns, parts I?ve collected over the years, end mills galore, drill bits, specialty gunsmithing tools, air compressor, stocks and parts from my Alpha Arms days, chamber reamers, calipers, micrometers, office furniture, computers, printer ? the list goes on. There?s also the option to include the land and two metal buildings (30? x 40? and 40? x 60?), both filled with even more that I haven?t mentioned here.
If you?re interested, please reach out. I know the firearm industry is feeling the effects of politics and the current downturn, but I?m happy to help during a transition ? maybe add a few more parts to the shopping cart that I just haven?t had time to get to, and offer some advisory support for a limited time. With somewhere between 2 and 10 million SKSs in the country, there?s still plenty of opportunity out there. Honestly, someone really needs to step up as the go-to AK-47/SKS gunsmith in this country!
Send me a PM or email if you have questions ? I?ll do my best to give you honest and accurate answers. (And here?s hoping the ?we?ll loan you money? bots stay out of my inbox!)
Thanks again to everyone here at SKSBoards.com. Wishing you all the very best!
? Ben Murray
