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Posted: 12/31/2014 1:01:53 PM EDT
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Couldn't agree more John is an asset to all of us here and a genuinely good guy
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Posted: 12/31/2014 1:15:11 PM EDT
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Hear, hear. He is a huge asset to the retro community, and the quality of his work is simply amazing. Great guy to deal with as well.
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Posted: 12/31/2014 2:24:11 PM EDT
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I can't agree more. He cut down my AR-180B and I could not be happier with the outcome.
Top Notch. |
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Posted: 12/31/2014 2:31:38 PM EDT
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Could not have said it better
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Posted: 12/31/2014 2:34:52 PM EDT
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John Thomas is one hell of a asset to the retro firearms community. I've only used his services a few times, but wouldn't hesitate to use him again or forward a recommendation his way.
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Posted: 12/31/2014 2:58:47 PM EDT
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I can't agree more. He cut down my AR-180B and I could not be happier with the outcome. Top Notch. BTW, BigRix - post the link to your blog again eh? Do you have 2 websites up or am I missing something? Really digging that shorty. Now I really want one! |
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Posted: 12/31/2014 3:21:07 PM EDT
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He has my now-10" XM177E1 barrel and I can't wait to see his work
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Posted: 12/31/2014 3:59:12 PM EDT
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BTW, BigRix - post the link to your blog again eh? Do you have 2 websites up or am I missing something? Really digging that shorty. Now I really want one! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I can't agree more. He cut down my AR-180B and I could not be happier with the outcome. Top Notch. BTW, BigRix - post the link to your blog again eh? Do you have 2 websites up or am I missing something? Really digging that shorty. Now I really want one! +1 on the link now the ar180 forum is going it would be nice to get a sticky to your blog in the variants section p.s. JT got this little beauty working! It's loud as hell but it's working! 
(Yes it counts as retro...the piston system is retroish) |
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Posted: 12/31/2014 4:03:49 PM EDT
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I have all sorts of projects to send him, I have to get my shit together and figure out priority order.
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Posted: 12/31/2014 5:17:08 PM EDT
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Not many people do as much to spread the disease as John does .... but at least when he does it, you know you have the pieces coming together right!
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Posted: 12/31/2014 6:24:04 PM EDT
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Thank you very much. That is too kind, and I do appreciate it. Thanks to you guys, though. I appreciate you helping me keep the lights on (seriously). The retro forum members here are always great to work with.
Happy New Year! John Thomas |
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Posted: 12/31/2014 6:26:18 PM EDT
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BTW, BigRix - post the link to your blog again eh? Do you have 2 websites up or am I missing something? Really digging that shorty. Now I really want one! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I can't agree more. He cut down my AR-180B and I could not be happier with the outcome. Top Notch. BTW, BigRix - post the link to your blog again eh? Do you have 2 websites up or am I missing something? Really digging that shorty. Now I really want one! AR180S.com |
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Posted: 12/31/2014 8:45:09 PM EDT
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Out of all my rifles, my A1 that John put together for me is my favorite to shoot- looks great, and dead nuts accurate. Thanks, John!
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Posted: 1/1/2015 9:31:28 AM EDT
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There's an old saying that you can have it fast, you can have it value priced, and you can have quality, but you only get to pick two at a time.
John Thomas is the exception to that rule. You can have it all with JT. |
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Posted: 1/1/2015 12:43:09 PM EDT
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Who else is really good is another John, John Brace. He is a talented smith and machinist with a CNC machine so he is able to do things that Thomas can't or won't do! He is also even cheaper than Thomas, however, he does have a very slow turn around time.
Still, John and John are my two go to gunsmiths! |
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Posted: 1/1/2015 1:29:14 PM EDT
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Who else is really good is another John, John Brace. He is a talented smith and machinist with a CNC machine so he is able to do things that Thomas can't or won't do! He is also even cheaper than Thomas, however, he does have a very slow turn around time. Still, John and John are my two go to gunsmiths! That comes with also having a full time machinist job and raising a family...
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Posted: 1/1/2015 1:41:03 PM EDT
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We are definitely lucky to have them both. I'm hoping to have Braceman do some engraving for me sometime in the next year...
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Posted: 1/1/2015 6:29:38 PM EDT
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Both John's have patience and talent. Both have dealt with me with extreme grace despite my tendency to act like a petulant child when I want something so yes Braceman and JT are true heroes!
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Posted: 1/1/2015 6:49:17 PM EDT
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I think JT and Braceman talents complement each other, they both do their own thing and most importantly there isn't competition between them to land our business.
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Posted: 1/1/2015 9:51:45 PM EDT
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I think JT and Braceman talents complement each other, they both do their own thing and most importantly there isn't competition between them to land our business. Dead on, well said. Both are assets to this forum no doubt . They both have had and will have a hand in every project of mine |
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Posted: 1/14/2015 8:52:30 PM EDT
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I just want to thank John Thomas for assembling my A1 upper. His work is very professional and he takes care of his customers- even first time customers like me.
I'm pretty new to this forum and ARs in general and decided to buy an A1 kit as I grew up watching the Viet Nam war unfold on the nightly news and because older members of my family spent some time there in the late 1960s. I bought a kit and from the comments and photos of other forum members I contacted John to assemble the upper. I'm not that knowledgeable of ARs, other guns yes, ARs, no, and as the upper requires specific tools I wanted it assembled correctly and professionally. I couldn't be happier with John's work. In addition, he assembled my upper, test fired and sighted it in and sent it out on the same day he received it. I have to credit him for test firing and sighting it in when the temperature at his place was about 5 degrees! He could certainly have waited as I wasn't in a hurry, but he went the extra frozen mile. |
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Posted: 1/25/2015 9:43:31 PM EDT
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Just an update to the work John Thomas did for me. I finally had a chance today to shoot the upper John assembled for me a few weeks ago. The upper functioned perfectly, and John's sighting in was dead on!!
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Posted: 1/25/2015 10:21:39 PM EDT
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John completed my XM177E2 barrel last week and I couldn't be happier with his quality work
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Posted: 1/25/2015 11:18:33 PM EDT
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Sent him an email last night and he responded back (I was curious about the moderators, so I asked when he would have them). I swear the response was faster than I've ever seen ( 1 hour, who answers work emails at 10 pm.). Will be sending work his way as funds allow..
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