Dear Sir,
I am afraid you will have trouble finding any gunsmith with experience in converting shotguns into rifles. There just aren't many of us out there. If you lived in the U.S. and could get it shipped to me, I would have been willing to look it over and give you some ideas about what needed to be done with it to finish it up. If you could export it to a friend of yours in this country, legally, and then have it sent on to me ,I would still be willing, but with the laws the way they are today, I'm not sure this is feasible. I wish you well with your project and hope you can bring it to a sucessful conclusion. I would dump the gunsmith who has already had it for this long, and maybe take out an add in a gun trade magazine and ask for a smith who knows about these things. My guess is that this guy told you he could do it, and then found out he was in over his head. That's most likely why he has refused to finish it. It's hard telling what he may have done to it already. Have you personally seen it lately? If not,I would go and retreave it right away, no matter what. If he doesn't know what he is doing, you don't want to shoot it anyway! This may not be what you wanted to hear, but it is what you need to hear. Bob H.