Posted: 7/14/2011 8:34:09 AM EDT
| I have a Dan Wesson .44 revolver with a stuck screw on the elevation part of the adjustable sight. Put Kroil on it, soaked it in, still stuck. Ready to turn it over to experienced practitioner for fix. However, do not want to go backwards. Any advice on who I should entrust it to for repair? thanks... Counselor. |
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Southridge Firearms in Orting. If Dave can't fix it, he usually refers people to another smith he knows. I can't remember the name though. Only one I've any experience with personally, and that's only been for 1911s. Haven't heard any complaints though.
Bolle and Tammaro in Tacoma is pretty good from what I've heard too. Right next door to Mary's Pistols. |
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How quickly they forget.  To be fair, he GTFO of DGS! I got to spend a bit of time with Jim and he seems G2G. But yeah, memory is short around here I never forgot anything. Even though I joined AR15 in 2005 there was a gap of several years I didn't visit the site. So what's the story? Jim former employer DGS? |
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Quoted: He was a very brief employee. He wised up to the Shields bullshit and moved on. He does/did post here every once in awhile.Quoted: Quoted: How quickly they forget. To be fair, he GTFO of DGS! I got to spend a bit of time with Jim and he seems G2G. But yeah, memory is short around here I never forgot anything. Even though I joined AR15 in 2005 there was a gap of several years I didn't visit the site. So what's the story? Jim former employer DGS? |
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Sounds legit. The comments above made it sound like there was some bad history around Jim that had been list in memory... In a nut shell since the memory seems short around here I'll refresh the story. While Jim was employed by Henderson Defense prior to pulling a geographic to come to Seattle to work at DGS he shot himself in the hand with his own gun while on the job as the shops gunsmith. He tried to sue Henderson Defense for workman's comp over the incident. When he moved here to Seattle and this was brought to light he tried to cover it up. Eventually he did admit to his shenanigans. If you want to bring your gun to a gunsmith that might shoot himself with it and then try to cover it up, by all means have at it. We have been over it here in the WAHTF more than once. |
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He also did a great job cross pinning the Cutts Compensator on my Thompson. Much cleaner job than the new ones. Good on him and you. By all means keep bringing him your guns to work on. When he shows his lack of attention to detail on your stuff be sure to be man enough to let us know about it. Me, I'll keep going elsewhere to have my guns worked on. |
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He also did a great job cross pinning the Cutts Compensator on my Thompson. Much cleaner job than the new ones. Good on him and you. By all means keep bringing him your guns to work on. When he shows his lack of attention to detail on your stuff be sure to be man enough to let us know about it. Me, I'll keep going elsewhere to have my guns worked on. So how many of your guns has he worked on? |
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Quoted: If Rick B. is still at Wades, he's a pretty sharp smith too. I don't know who the smith was, but my buddy took an older Eagle Arms AR-15 there for them to look at a failure to function problem. When he went to pick it up, they dinged him for $200 bucks for replacing the fire control group because it had "full auto parts", and still had failures to function. This was back in 2009. |
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None. I won't bring one of my guns to a gunsmith that shot himself in the hand while gunsmithing. If you want to then good luck and by all means knock yourself out.
Meh. His work on my guns has been flawless and fast. I'd rather fly an airline the week after they have a crash, than the week before. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted:So how many of your guns has he worked on? None. I won't bring one of my guns to a gunsmith that shot himself in the hand while gunsmithing. If you want to then good luck and by all means knock yourself out. Meh. His work on my guns has been flawless and fast. I'd rather fly an airline the week after they have a crash, than the week before. +1. I could care less what he did in the past, as long as the level of work matches the price I pay. I worked with Jim at DGS for awhile, and have taken my stuff to him as long as he's been at WCA. The dude stays BUSY, and people stay satisfied with his work. I have a feeling he has more satisfied customers, than he has detractors on the internet... |
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For the record––I did NOT shoot myself while gunsmithing! ebrguy, you seem to enjoy trashing someone that you don't know, have never even met, nor have you seen my work. I'm sure that you have done something in your lifetime that you regret very much. While I was in Vegas for SHOT this year, I got a chance to talk to the owner of Henderson Defense. There are no hard feelings between us. Not only that, but he has sent me numerous customers, and I have sent him some also. I invite you to come to WCA and meet me, see the shop, see the work I do. Then if you really still do not think that I am a good person and gunsmith, then atleast you have taken the steps to find out. What happened-HAPPENED. Standing on a soapbox and bringing it up over and over does nothing for anyone. I can tell you one thing, I work hard and 98% of the time get the customers gun back to them before the quoted date. What happened was careless of me. That I have to live with. I do not need someone that I have never met, trash me or my work. Step up and stop by.
By the way––when you go to the hospital with a GSW-they report it. When you get hurt in the work place, the hospital wants paperwork for workers comp. If you do not provide it, they call the state to check status of the employer. That is how it all started. In the end, I blame myself, but you have no right to trash me, my job, or my abilities. |
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For the record––I did NOT shoot myself while gunsmithing! ebrguy, you seem to enjoy trashing someone that you don't know, have never even met, nor have you seen my work. I'm sure that you have done something in your lifetime that you regret very much. While I was in Vegas for SHOT this year, I got a chance to talk to the owner of Henderson Defense. There are no hard feelings between us. Not only that, but he has sent me numerous customers, and I have sent him some also. I invite you to come to WCA and meet me, see the shop, see the work I do. Then if you really still do not think that I am a good person and gunsmith, then atleast you have taken the steps to find out. What happened-HAPPENED. Standing on a soapbox and bringing it up over and over does nothing for anyone. I can tell you one thing, I work hard and 98% of the time get the customers gun back to them before the quoted date. What happened was careless of me. That I have to live with. I do not need someone that I have never met, trash me or my work. Step up and stop by. By the way––when you go to the hospital with a GSW-they report it. When you get hurt in the work place, the hospital wants paperwork for workers comp. If you do not provide it, they call the state to check status of the employer. That is how it all started. In the end, I blame myself, but you have no right to trash me, my job, or my abilities. So Jim now you are back to denying that you shot yourself on the job as a gunsmith? Which is it my man, either you did or did not shoot yourself in the hand while on the job? Yes I have made mistakes in the past that I regret, however I have never been so negligent and careless as to do something that would exclude me from a profession. As far as I am concerned any gunsmith that shoots himself on the job is done. If you can exert such carelessness on that gun what kind of carelessness can you come up with working on my gun? I'm not willing to take that chance, maybe others are but they should have all the info before they have to decide to take that chance. It's kind of like that doctor that gave the lethal injection to Michael Jackson, I won't be going to him for a checkup anytime soon either. What concerns me more than you shooting yourself though is your continued effort to deny, cover up and set aside your negligence as it having been some sore of trivial thing that should not matter to anyone. This sir speaks in volumes to your integrity. There are just too many good gunsmiths out there that have not shot themselves and do not seem to have the trouble that you do being transparent about their background. I'll keep going to them. |
| First off, I was not working on company or customer guns at the time it happened. I was in the shop and had just arrived 10 mins before it happened. I do not care if you bring your work to me. That is your thing. I do care if you keep trashing me. What happened, happened. Can't change it. Would if I could. But it has made me a better, safer person and I learned a very HARD LESSION. I'm just done with getting trashed. You don"t know the whole story, You heard it from someone else––who was not even there when it happened. My past is mine, and NOT YOURS to dredge up everytime someone mentions me for gunsmithing. By the way, I am backlogged 4 weeks with work. I am building 15 Saiga 12 conversions for customers, I have contracts/do work for a majority of the LE guys around. That includes local, state and federal. I even have stuff that I have designed and patented, that is being used on LE guns and in competition. So I ask you again, will you come down and meet me face to face so I can at least know who is trashing me? Or are you just going to sit behind your computer and hide? |
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I have been in your shoes mostly on another forum, where some anon -o - fuck kept ripping me for a period of years for one mistake I made and took care of over 12 years ago. You have been around long enough to know that being in this business you need to have the skin of a rhino. That said, I would still paid plane fair to go pound the shit out of the dude who posts mocking me under the name TA-Wam. EBR, yeah from what has been said there maybe the guy had an AD and hit himself. So what, it's his health that he's effecting. Like Jim said, lesson learned. If you don't want to send him any work on principle, nobody cares. Having been in his boat, what your doing borders on slander when it happens that you keep insisting he is incompetant to work on guns when by all other accounts he still is capable of quality repairs, has an ongoing reputation for realible quality work and please tell me how hurting yourself with a customers gun ( if it was a customers gun) some how damaged the gun or tarnishes anything else he works on? Sincerely WA Tom ( who also caught a .22LR AD in the arm) |
| There is no slander involved. FACT: He shot himself while on the job as a gunsmith with his own gun. In not just my opinion, that in itself disqualifies him to call himself a gunsmith. Bottom line. The fact that he tries to keep sweeping it aside as a triviality and cover it up to act as if it never happened makes not just me highly question his integrity. His actions not mine. |
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Quoted: There is no slander involved. FACT: He shot himself while on the job as a gunsmith with his own gun. In not just my opinion, that in itself disqualifies him to call himself a gunsmith. Bottom line. The fact that he tries to keep sweeping it aside as a triviality and cover it up to act as if it never happened makes not just me highly question his integrity. His actions not mine. All it means is you seem to have a huge hard on to discredit him, because he had an accident in his field of work. Do you think race car drivers shouldn't be allowed to race anymore after a crash? Or carpenters work if they smash their thumb with a hammer? It is just your opinion, and your opinion does not disqualify him from ANYTHING. He's making money working on guns, you're an anonymous detractor on the internet. ETA- Could you even point him out in a crowd? |
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There is no slander involved. FACT: He shot himself while on the job as a gunsmith with his own gun. In not just my opinion, that in itself disqualifies him to call himself a gunsmith. Bottom line. The fact that he tries to keep sweeping it aside as a triviality and cover it up to act as if it never happened makes not just me highly question his integrity. His actions not mine. The slander comes when you state that he's unqualified to work on guns, which is false. You say it's not just your opinion, then who elses opinion is it? Is there actually a statute that says a gunsmith who has an AD is then disqualified to continue in his trade? I am unaware of anything in state, federal or even local laws. Part of your claim is that there was a WA state workers comp claim. Well duh. I injurred myself on the job last December and I don't see you telling everyone I am no longer qualified to be a machinist. I think the concensus is that you just need to back off and keep your opinions to yourself. By the way, feel free to not patronize my retro gun parts endeavors, I too have injured myself working on that stuff. I bet your one of those uber geeks that thinks opening the guns original boxes and putting fingerprints on the gun lowers it's value. It's entirely esoteric, but your passionate about it anyway. |
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One "Oh-Shit" wipes out a million "atta-boys."
What you do after your oh-shit moment is what defines you as a man. Only a fucking quitter would mope around thinking "Well...I had an ND, now everyone is going to hate me, may as well go work at home depot loading 2x4 into trucks." I'd bring my guns into Jim any time and have no regrets, but I'm a DIY type of guy. |
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One "Oh-Shit" wipes out a million "atta-boys." What you do after your oh-shit moment is what defines you as a man. Only a fucking quitter would mope around thinking "Well...I had an ND, now everyone is going to hate me, may as well go work at home depot loading 2x4 into trucks." I'd bring my guns into Jim any time and have no regrets, but I'm a DIY type of guy but I'm a DIY type of guy and he usuealy has to fix my boogered up DIY job.... Fixed
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One "Oh-Shit" wipes out a million "atta-boys." What you do after your oh-shit moment is what defines you as a man. Only a fucking quitter would mope around thinking "Well...I had an ND, now everyone is going to hate me, may as well go work at home depot loading 2x4 into trucks." I'd bring my guns into Jim any time and have no regrets, but I'm a DIY type of guy but I'm a DIY type of guy and he usuealy has to fix my boogered up DIY job.... Fixed Nope... Never had to take a gun to a smith. ................yet. 
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Quoted: Jim, I have been in your shoes mostly on another forum, where some anon -o - fuck kept ripping me for a period of years for one mistake I made and took care of over 12 years ago. You have been around long enough to know that being in this business you need to have the skin of a rhino. That said, I would still paid plane fair to go pound the shit out of the dude who posts mocking me under the name TA-Wam. EBR, yeah from what has been said there maybe the guy had an AD and hit himself. So what, it's his health that he's effecting. Like Jim said, lesson learned. If you don't want to send him any work on principle, nobody cares. Having been in his boat, what your doing borders on slander when it happens that you keep insisting he is incompetant to work on guns when by all other accounts he still is capable of quality repairs, has an ongoing reputation for realible quality work and please tell me how hurting yourself with a customers gun ( if it was a customers gun) some how damaged the gun or tarnishes anything else he works on? Sincerely WA Tom ( who also caught a .22LR AD in the arm) There is no such thing as an accidental discharge....Negligent discharge is the term. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: One "Oh-Shit" wipes out a million "atta-boys." What you do after your oh-shit moment is what defines you as a man. Only a fucking quitter would mope around thinking "Well...I had an ND, now everyone is going to hate me, may as well go work at home depot loading 2x4 into trucks." I'd bring my guns into Jim any time and have no regrets, but I'm a DIY type of guy but I'm a DIY type of guy and he usuealy has to fix my boogered up DIY job.... Fixed Nope... Never had to take a gun to a smith. ................yet. It's more fun to modify peoples statements even if there is no veracity.  |
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There is no slander involved. FACT: He shot himself while on the job as a gunsmith with his own gun. In not just my opinion, that in itself disqualifies him to call himself a gunsmith. Bottom line. The fact that he tries to keep sweeping it aside as a triviality and cover it up to act as if it never happened makes not just me highly question his integrity. His actions not mine. This is outright bullshit, as pointed out by Madcap. Shit happens, you learn from your mistakes and drive on. This is exactly the OPPOSITE of what he's done in this thread. The fact you keep insisting he has, just shows you're deluded and have some kind of agenda to get people to agree with you. You've already shown your ass, just be done and walk away. |
