Need a gun smith in the North Hills ***NOW WITH PICTURES***

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Need a gun smith in the North Hills ***NOW WITH PICTURES***

Posted: 2/13/2017 2:40:32 PM EDT

I live north of Pittsburgh. Cranberry to be exact. I have a few old semi shotguns that need some TLC. These were my fathers guns. He past away and my mother moved them in to the basement. Well as luck would have it her basement flooded. I now have surface rust on the barrels. The bore looks clean but I want someone to take them apart and go over them with a fine tooth comb. They might need to be re-blued. Can anyone recommend a good gun smith anywhere in the Pittsburgh area?

Posted: 2/13/2017 5:37:51 PM EDT

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I've had good results with Doug Hall, but he's in Connellsville.

Posted: 2/14/2017 2:55:07 AM EDT

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http://economygunsmithing.com/

http://www.gunstores.net/about/about.aspx?d=1Aqh0695uw8=&u=&g=&z=OMxvXh4EQ%20c=

Posted: 2/14/2017 5:43:48 AM EDT

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Try contacting Bruno's gunsmithing in Cheswick. He's right off of the turnpike at the Allegheny Valley exit.

Posted: 2/14/2017 10:24:46 AM EDT

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Would that be Dave Bruno? Are you sure he's still in Cheswick?

Posted: 2/14/2017 8:27:39 PM EDT

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Would that be Dave Bruno? Are you sure he's still in Cheswick?

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Try contacting Bruno's gunsmithing in Cheswick. He's right off of the turnpike at the Allegheny Valley exit.

Would that be Dave Bruno? Are you sure he's still in Cheswick?

I think he moved too.
Bruno's Gunsmithing & Supplies 919 Kittanning Ave
Dayton, PA 16222

Contact:	David J Bruno
Title:	Owner
Phone:	724-274-6607
Website:	www.davebrunorifles.net

Posted: 2/14/2017 8:34:18 PM EDT

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http://economygunsmithing.com/gunsmithing/4326549

Posted: 2/14/2017 8:36:01 PM EDT

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I've heard good things about a gunsmith in the Valencia area that's been there forever but forget the name.

Dammit sorry.

Posted: 2/14/2017 8:43:32 PM EDT

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this dude,
Stewart Custom Gunsmithing
104 Denny Rd, Valencia, PA 16059-2314

Phone: (724) 898-1572

Posted: 2/14/2017 8:45:10 PM EDT

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I think he moved too.
Bruno's Gunsmithing & Supplies 919 Kittanning Ave
Dayton, PA 16222

Contact:	David J Bruno
Title:	Owner
Phone:	724-274-6607
Website:	www.davebrunorifles.net

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Yep, if that's who JK is referring to he did. He converted my CZ527 to 6.5 Grendel a few years back. He did fantastic work.

Posted: 2/15/2017 8:00:20 AM EDT

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Yep, if that's who JK is referring to he did. He converted my CZ527 to 6.5 Grendel a few years back. He did fantastic work.

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This was the guy I was referring to. I wasn't aware he had relocated; he was in Cheswick for the longest time. I think he was still there as recently as about 5 years ago?

Posted: 2/15/2017 8:41:03 AM EDT

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This was the guy I was referring to. I wasn't aware he had relocated; he was in Cheswick for the longest time. I think he was still there as recently as about 5 years ago?

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Could be. When he built my Grendel he was in Dayton, I think that was probably 2013. That was the first time I ever dealt with him.

Posted: 2/15/2017 2:26:31 PM EDT

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Thanks guys. I called Economy Gunsmith. They are about 10 minutes from my house. I will let you know how it goes. I will take before and after pictures.

Posted: 2/15/2017 6:57:00 PM EDT

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Let us know.

My dad took a few shotguns there years back to get cleaned up. I don't recall what he thought of their work. I've been in their shop a time or two. Dark, dungey old place.

We're ex-"neighbors." I grew up in that area and miss it dearly.

Posted: 2/21/2017 8:18:32 AM EDT

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forget his name and but give high tech handgun, good group of guys

9012 Perry Hwy, Pittsburgh, PA 15237
(412) 367-9294

Posted: 2/24/2017 10:29:53 PM EDT

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Thanks guys. I called Economy Gunsmith. They are about 10 minutes from my house. I will let you know how it goes. I will take before and after pictures.

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My friend Mark, recommended them to me for some trigger work on my Interarms Mark X rifle. I dropped it off Friday and it was ready Monday. Reasonable price also.

Mark had a Winchester Model 12 solid rib and a Winchester 1906 pump .22 refinished, both metal and wood, and it looks as if it just came out of the factory.

They used to do all the factory wood refinishing for Beretta USA.

Good people.

Posted: 2/25/2017 11:09:48 AM EDT

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Thanks guys. I called Economy Gunsmith. They are about 10 minutes from my house. I will let you know how it goes. I will take before and after pictures.

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Any updates?

Posted: 2/28/2017 4:57:06 PM EDT

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No updates yet. He said it should take 2 weeks. It will be 2 weeks this Friday.

Posted: 3/3/2017 10:56:22 PM EDT

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If you took your gun to Hi Tech it went to Economy Gumsmithing to be repaired.

Posted: 3/17/2017 10:59:15 PM EDT

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I do this up at Allegheny Gunworks in Bethel Park. We just opened a few weeks ago. Economy is swamped at the moment.

Posted: 3/18/2017 7:38:25 AM EDT

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I do this up at Allegheny Gunworks in Bethel Park. We just opened a few weeks ago. Economy is swamped at the moment.

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Do you anodize completed 80's?

Posted: 3/18/2017 7:56:14 AM EDT

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Yup.

SchlaffTablett is the owner, and you can probably ping him for the phone number to call in regards to pricing. I don't want to be dinged for trying to advertise without a dealer account.

Posted: 3/18/2017 7:59:42 AM EDT

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you can edit your post.
I already know him.
just wondering about the 80's and if you did them onsite.

Posted: 3/18/2017 12:19:15 PM EDT

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I do this up at Allegheny Gunworks in Bethel Park. We just opened a few weeks ago. Economy is swamped at the moment.

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I'm around 5 minutes away from there.

Probably gonna head over to the grand opening today or tomorrow.

Posted: 3/18/2017 1:21:36 PM EDT

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Yankee, how did things turn out?

Posted: 3/18/2017 11:33:39 PM EDT

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just wondering about the 80's and if you did them onsite.

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Not on site, but it's near by.

Posted: 3/18/2017 11:35:57 PM EDT

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I'm around 5 minutes away from there.

Probably gonna head over to the grand opening today or tomorrow.

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I'll probably see you if you pop in. I'll be the only youngish looking dude wearing a hat (unless J money is wearing one).

Posted: 3/19/2017 10:30:28 AM EDT

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I'll probably see you if you pop in. I'll be the only youngish looking dude wearing a hat (unless J money is wearing one).

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Stopped in yesterday for a bit, had cwar hat on.

Talked with Josh for a few minutes, looked around (nice place).

Got a call from the mechanic, wife's Jeep was ready to be picked up, so I had to go.

I like that there is a gun smith so close.

Posted: 3/19/2017 8:34:53 PM EDT

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Stopped in yesterday for a bit, had cwar hat on.

Talked with Josh for a few minutes, looked around (nice place).

Got a call from the mechanic, wife's Jeep was ready to be picked up, so I had to go.

I like that there is a gun smith so close.

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I may have seen you. I was the only dipdork runnng around with a black shirt on.

Posted: 3/20/2017 9:45:07 PM EDT

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Do you guys have a laser engraver?

Feel free to pm if you don't want to worry about advertising...

Posted: 3/23/2017 12:58:47 PM EDT

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I just got my shotgun back. It took over a month for him to work on it. The reason why it took so long is that he does not blue or re finish the material himself. He has another company that does all of the re-finishing. He waits until he get a bunch of items that needs to be refinished and sends them all out. It turned out great. This is the first time I am trying to upload pictures so I am not sure if it is going to work with my google drive.

As you can see in the pictures there was a good amount of rust and pitting. He was able to remove all of the rust and pitting. I cannot see any pitting on the barrel at all. He told me that only the barrel had rust on it. Since this was the only part that needed some TLC he only sent that part out to be refinished. There is a slight color difference between the receiver and barrel but nothing that sticks out. I can take a picture of the receiver and barrel if someone would like to see the color difference

Before 1

Before 2

After 1

After 2

Posted: 3/24/2017 4:09:55 AM EDT

[#31]

Nice job, worth the wait.

Posted: 3/24/2017 6:41:02 AM EDT

[#32]

Cool update OP

Posted: 4/4/2017 10:29:41 AM EDT

[#33]

Economy does there own reblueing Rich is a good friend. It's a all day job blueing so they wait until they have enough to make it worth their time. There isn't much they send out most services done in house.

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