Zephyr:
Good thought. However my "local" machinist is 35 miles away and quoted an outrageous price.....hard to get good work done for a fair price.

I actually got a personal phone one Steve Koch with RCBS and the fellow was very apologetic, he said he has been at RCBS for 39 years, is going to personally take care of my issue within a couple of weeks. Apparently the toad/wanker/plod that had been assigned the project has, as they say, "left to pursue other interests". The staff found orders dating back to 2013 (!!!!!) that the guy had ignored/buried. Indicates to me a serious lack of management/supervisory capacity.

We shall see.
- Mike