Posted: 7/21/2012 5:52:11 AM EDT
| My reason for posting was to see if this time period was normal for this area since I'm not from here. Second I haven't had any gunsmithing done in many years. I do appreciate the deal I got as I mentioned in another post so I didn't mention what smith I was dealing with in case I was way off base here. I should have talked with Bassakwards and I didn't. |
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Hah !!
I missed out on the fun. Last guy called and wanted to know if he could send some work my way. I said sure, but let me candid so there's no misunderstandings. I have a two pistol limit and currently have one in house. Gunsmithing isn't my full time business, it's my hobby. You might have your pistol turned in a day, a week, a month or maybe a year. The one pistol in house now has been here over a year. It's a ground up custom and the guy is a friend of my son's. He is most patient and we speak almost weekly. The work isn't always perfect and I don't charge a lot. If this is acceptable let me know. Never heard from the guy again. 
Sadly enough. Gunsmiths are getting to be fewer and farther between. While I know my way around a 1911 pretty well I'm by no means a schooled gunsmith. Closest we have in central Missouri to a working smith accepting work is in Rolla or Silex, Missouri. ARs are like LEGOs. Plenty of guys on here can help you out as I'm sure you know by now. |
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Hah !! I missed out on the fun. Last guy called and wanted to know if he could send some work my way. I said sure, but let me candid so there's no misunderstandings. I have a two pistol limit and currently have one in house. Gunsmithing isn't my full time business, it's my hobby. You might have your pistol turned in a day, a week, a month or maybe a year. The one pistol in house now has been here over a year. It's a ground up custom and the guy is a friend of my son's. He is most patient and we speak almost weekly. The work isn't always perfect and I don't charge a lot. If this is acceptable let me know. Never heard from the guy again.
Sadly enough. Gunsmiths are getting to be fewer and farther between. While I know my way around a 1911 pretty well I'm by no means a schooled gunsmith. Closest we have in central Missouri to a working smith accepting work is in Rolla or Silex, Missouri. ARs are like LEGOs. Plenty of guys on here can help you out as I'm sure you know by now. I done do'd my own work a few weeks ago 
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Hah !! I missed out on the fun. Last guy called and wanted to know if he could send some work my way. I said sure, but let me candid so there's no misunderstandings. I have a two pistol limit and currently have one in house. Gunsmithing isn't my full time business, it's my hobby. You might have your pistol turned in a day, a week, a month or maybe a year. The one pistol in house now has been here over a year. It's a ground up custom and the guy is a friend of my son's. He is most patient and we speak almost weekly. The work isn't always perfect and I don't charge a lot. If this is acceptable let me know. Never heard from the guy again.
Sadly enough. Gunsmiths are getting to be fewer and farther between. While I know my way around a 1911 pretty well I'm by no means a schooled gunsmith. Closest we have in central Missouri to a working smith accepting work is in Rolla or Silex, Missouri. ARs are like LEGOs. Plenty of guys on here can help you out as I'm sure you know by now. why do you have a 2 gun limit ? just wondering I am not aware of there being a rule for a Gunsmith - so this I guess is your personal rule. the other Question that interest me is do you use a bound book to track your Guns pr what system do you use. and lastly do you have a FFL when doing work on a serialized part or do you just do work on parts that are not considered the serialized part who do you do this. |
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Two gun limit is my own.
No I don't have an FFL. FFL transfers are done through a shop in town. As long as smithing stays my hobby and my main income is something else. According to ATF regulations I'm fine. Working on a " friends gun " occasionally is fine by ATF regs, especially see'ins a transfer is made via ATF form 4473. Form 4473 logged by FFL is all I need. Jason uses a bound log book from Brownells I believe. The only guns he wants on his logs these days are South Fork Arms\Perkins Custom LLC. I won't do but four to six guns a year including my guns. If a guy wants sights installed. I have him send slide only unless he wants both slide and receiver finished together. My gross income last year from "smiffing" was right at $2,000. Which netted me a loss of $2,500. I cherry pick work and won't work with anyone in a hurry. Don't mind follow up calls. Communication. That's the biggest thing with people. Folks understand when a man is busy and have little patience for voice mail. |