Posted: 12/1/2005 6:12:58 PM EDT
| ok , who would you all recommend for a local 1911 smith ? or would you go outside |
the problem I have with them is that when I spend my money someplace I dont want ot be made to feel inferior ... I expect some customer service of some type when i spend money someplace |
haha, obviously he's onto something. I don't know how much 'smithing Hoop is actually doing these days, but at least he'll screw you properly. I hate getting lip from gunsmiths. There were some really good smiths in Fairbanks but it was painful. I lost the bead sight to my mossberg once and stopped by arctic gun works for a replacement, had to listen to what a POS Mossbergs are for 5 minutes, then listen to what a shithead I was because I didn't have cash (I offered to ride over the the ATM) had my visa thrown at me. And, I paid double what I should have.... I was going on a paddling trip the next day and wasn't about to go without my bear gun or a front sight. I never went back. |
| Gary (Gary Junk - Owner Arctic Gunworks) does have an opinion on a lot. I took a taurus titanium (not a POS pistol by any means) to him for a trigger job. He did it for me and after that it had a bad rattle. Then the gun every so often I could pull the trigger back and the gun wouldn't fire (hammer didn't move). Take it in he says he dry fired it 200 times and coudn't replicate problem. I stand there and dry fire it 3 times and it happens. Out of 20 times it happens 3 while I am standing there talking to him. Final answer, Taurus is a POS, you should have bought a S&W. Needless to say that was the last work he did for me. Upto that point I had been very happy. |
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Gary Junk, master of attitude for sure. He absolutely refuses to work on military arms like AR-15's ("got sick of them when I was in the service"). So I can just go F myself. I did finally manage to have him mount a scope for me. It went on an ARMS QD mount for my AR SPR. He demanded to have the firearm that the scope was to mount on so I brought it in expecting him to start bitching. I think since it was so tricked out, he made an exception. He only works on firearms HE wants to, it has nothing to do with the customer, and he has a strong opinion on everything. Going to his shop is as enjoyable as going to the dentist to get a root canal. In Fairbanks, there is another guy I would go to, Ken Corcoran in North Pole. I haven't done business with him but he does good things for one of my shooting buddies. He doesn't advertise cause he doesn't have to, people seek him out. I know he had a couple of M1 Garands for consignment sale at Pro-Tec which were very nice by the way, they were rebarrelled with Douglass barrels, one standard and the other in .308. Bill at Pro-Tec would have his contact info. Down Under takes a while and you have to listen to Doug Albright's speeches and attitudes (If he don't like it, it's pure shite). Luckily I get special favor there due to some dealings in the past.  There just aren't hardly any real master gunsmiths in Fairbanks. Most only offer basic skill jobs. 
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