Yes, a good gunsmith is like a good mechanic. Rare and they should be treated with due respect.
There aren't any really good ones right around here. When we lived in Western Kansas, had a great one, tho I can't even remember his name now.
We had a great mechanic for forty years -- he worked on my dad's 62 Studebaker which he bought new at Baker Motors in downtown Atlanta. He left Baker and opened his own shop some time in the 70s . . . in the 90s he moved up to Cherokee County. We followed him all over the landscape. He wound up specializing in Volvos and Land Rovers (hey - you've always got lots of work, especially on the Land Rovers!)
He just retired in August and none of us know WHAT we're going to do - especially about the Studebaker (know anybody that wants a cherry red '62 Lark convertible complete with shop manuals? It runs fine but needs body and interior work.)