ANOTHER +1 FOR WASHOUGAL RIVER MERCHANTILE.......I ALWAYS CALL THAT PLACE 'THE DELIVERENCE STORE' BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TWO MILES PAST THE BRIDGE WHERE THE ALBINO KID SITS AND PLAYS THE BANJO.......A WAYS, BUT WORTH THE TRIP...MARCUS HAS DONE A BUNCH OF WORK FOR A FRIEND OF MINE AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN SQUARE, I'VE PURCHASED A LOT OF GUNS THERE TOO, NICE SPOT FOR THAT...
SADLY, MIKE AT BRIGHTWATER VENTURES DOWN IN ORCHARDS, DOES GOOD WORK, BUT HE'S SO BACKED UP WITH WORK, HE'S RUNNING ABOUT 6 MONTHS BEHIND......AND AS MUCH AS I LIKE MIKE, AND LIKE DEALING WITH HIM, THE DELAY JUST STICKS IN MY CRAW AND I CAN'T RECOMEND HIM WITH GOOD CONSCIENCE...IF YOU NEEDA GUN HE HAS, HE'S ACES TO DEAL WITH, BUT THE SMITHY PORTION OF HIS SHOP IS JUST TOO FAR BEHIND.
I'VE NEVER HAD ANY WORK DONE AT WHIPPLE CREEK ARMORY EITHER, I'VE BEEN IN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES AND JUST HAVEN'T HAD GOOD SERVICE...THE OWNER MAY BE NICE, BUT HIS ASSISTANT IS JUST GOMER PYLE...............
--CARLOS