I'm thinking that there aren't too many "fat cats" on this forum, and wondering how many of you earn or earned $150,000 a year.  I've been looking around for somebody who can do some restoration work on my '85 Winchester and I'm seeing numbers like $90 an hour for labor.  Now if a guy is in some high rent facility I can understand maybe $20 to cover the rent.  And if he chooses to pay that kind of rent, God bless him, but I'm not God.  Where's my guy whose been around since Moses, has been doing this work forever, and works out of his own modest building.  I'm not looking for a "safe queen", but I do want the work done right so I have a decent shooter and an accurate rifle when all is said and done.
A guy like Turnbull does gorgeous work, but I would be afraid to take one of his end products out to shoot or even take it out of the safe for fear or getting a scratch or a ding in it.

Heck, I can't even get someone to pull weeds for $20 an hour. And with current inflation ...........