Posted: 8/1/2012 3:13:05 PM EDT
| I have been building another 1911 with my local smith. I need to pick the brain of another smith to troubleshoot a disconnector issue. Anyone know an experienced 1911 smith I could talk to? |
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I don't see H getting involved in another smith's ineptitude and not get paid for it.
That usually requires a Joe Jitsu "hold everything", pack it up and ship it to me... if I decided to accept the work. All the while, requiring an understanding that the customer will pay for the fix or forfeit all liens/rights on the parts as payment for work done. Well hell, OP, I'm usually wrong. Ask my wife. |
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I don't see H getting involved in another smith's ineptitude and not get paid for it. That usually requires a Joe Jitsu "hold everything", pack it up and ship it to me... if I decided to accept the work. All the while, requiring an understanding that the customer will pay for the fix or forfeit all liens/rights on the parts as payment for work done. Well hell, OP, I'm usually wrong. Ask my wife. Right on 100%. The original poster should look up Chris James at http://www.combatprecision.com/ or Rusty Kidd who works out of David's Gun Room. |
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Most of the time, if you have a disconnector issue on a 1911 (or most guns for that matter) it's because someone tried to get custom.
I have been a "half hour" smith for friends, family and acquaintances for quite a few years. If a job takes less than half an hour, and does not involve machine work, I'll sometimes take it, in exchange for jerky, bottles of bourbon, continued friendship, bbq, whatever. (Not advertising, stating my background/lack of expertise) Any time I have had to work on a 1911, and it had something to do with fire control group (upgrade, repair, tune), a nice, matched set of hammer, disconnector, sear, and associated springs built to a pull spec has done the trick. All bought from the same reputable place. 15 to 20 minutes to put in, you get the pull you asked for, it runs safely and predictably, and for about a c-note worth of parts. If you want something beyond that, you definitely need to send it to a real, bonafide 1911 smith, and let him work it from the start. If you are comfortable dropping these parts in, look at brownells, or order from wilson ($$$) or the 1911 house of choice, just get the whole set. If you have your local guy do it, take him the whole set, and ask him to lock his files, stones, and buffing pads away for a bit, and just drop the parts in. |