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3/6/2009 7:30:12 PM EDT
OK had the best who is the worst , slowest, bad attaitude etc.?  in Louisville /Lexington area.   If the smith messed it up, did he/she try at least to make it right, some how?
3/31/2009 6:10:05 AM EDT
[#1]
Pete Garrett gets my vote for beign the worst gunsmith!!!!!!!! That guy is an absolute A$&hole
3/31/2009 6:11:52 AM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
Pete Garrett gets my vote for beign the worst gunsmith!!!!!!!! That guy is an absolute A$&hole


Big +1 on that. Only dealt with him once––that's the last time.
3/31/2009 6:18:53 AM EDT
[#3]
+1 on Pete total attitude, slow and overpriced. I had a broken 1100 firing pin and extractor that I needed to have fixed for a competition so I asked if he had them in.  He told me it would be 4 weeks and 150 bucks to have it done.  I told him I needed it this weekend and he said he could sell me the parts for 150.  Little steep for a a 5 min job.  Needless to say he didn't see any of my money  

Bucky Combs did a 1911 trigger job on a gun of mine quite a while back.  It was about 4.5 pounds sloppy and would have hammer follow issues bad.  I didn't even try to get him to fix it as it should have never left the shop like that so it must have been to his standards and skill level.  This was after I told him about it and he didn't seem concernerd or care at all.  I ended up having another smith fix it back to standard and gave up on the nice trigger job until recently when I found a real 1911 smith.
3/31/2009 8:23:07 AM EDT
[#4]
got a buddy who is almost done with gunsmithing school. So hopefully in the near future we'll all have a super cool guy to deal with!!!
3/31/2009 8:34:07 AM EDT
[#5]
You guys may want to mention where these folks are located, a lot of us have probably never heard of them.
3/31/2009 9:25:46 AM EDT
[#6]
Quoted:
You guys may want to mention where these folks are located, a lot of us have probably never heard of them.


Yes, please.

3/31/2009 9:32:29 AM EDT
[#7]
On more than one occasion I have stopped by a newer dealer in Lexington to find them banging away on AR15's atop a portable Black & Decker work vise.  I wouldn't even let them look at my beloved Colt let alone work on it..
3/31/2009 1:23:41 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
Pete Garrett gets my vote for beign the worst gunsmith!!!!!!!! That guy is an absolute A$&hole


He's in Northern Kentucky.