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EduardoM

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    in Open Pistols

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    that gun is just beatiful , timeless classic design and most important it runs , my open gun is going to look pretty much like yours , congrats and im glad everything worked out at the end , i think you did the right thing by having a GM with tons of experience overhalu your pistol and your criteria at the beginning of your process was right on when buying something built by a professional shooter that knows what it takes , congrats that gun looks brand new , enjoy

    Is your gunsmith an experienced shooter ?

    in Miscellaneous Topics That Do Not Fit in Any Other Forum

    Posted

    or a shooter at all ??

    I see a lot of people giving advices or recommendations on who to use to commision a pistol but do they really care to know if the person is a shooter or not ?

    do you believe in " for a shooter , from a shooter , by a shooter " ?

    do gunsmiths who shoot get an edge on preference or just simply doesn't really matter/ not important ?

    I personaly prefer a shooter gunsmith to a no shooter gunsmith

    what do you guys think ?

    I do not intend to bash/slash/attack any gunsmiths , please no names for derogatory use

    did a search on the forum and couldn't find anything on this

    thanks for your input

    The road to an open gun

    in Open Pistols

    Posted

    Don't ever confuse accountants with engineers.

    I tell folks my wife is the only thing an engineer is truly afraid of. So far 3 out of 5 engineers have guessed correctly. She's an accountant.

    If he was an engineer, the analysis would have included weighting for tolerances, surface finish, coatings, and materials choices.

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    Gunsmith time ?

    in General Gunsmithing

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    first and foremost gunsmiths need to understand that they owe themselves to their customers who re the ones putting the food on their tables , specially the " full time " ones , this is true to ANY and ALL kind of business , second some business knowledge and preparation will help them with their workload , simple ideas like sending pictures of the build to the customers will indeed save them conversation time and unexpected visits which will just send them back , we are in the 21st century and technology is there for each and everyone of us and if you dont use it you will just simply dissapear as a gunsmith or at any other trade you might want to incurr , stop thinking that a gunsmith is some sort of god you cant demand anything from ( even thou you are the one feeding him ) , japanese sword makers will tell you when the sword will be delivered as sharp as the sword is , at this time will be ready and you can be certain ready and delivered will be with the legendary quality from 10ths if not 100ths of generations and that 100 times for difficult to achieve since theres is no sti/svi/caspian providing major components of the build plus the lack of machining and modern tools , im not saying that what they do is esay and simple but if you consider yourself being a gunsmith who is charging to create/sell a product please understand that you are running a business and that 95% of it is your customer , if you say 6 months you should more than know the time you are estimating includes all those " annoyances " form your EXTREMELY IMPORTANT CUSTOMERS and should/will finish the product in the time promised

    if is the customer not respecting the time promised then PATIENCE and INTELIGENCE comes into play using the tools available to be ahead of a anxious and desperate customer

    gunsmiths please call ahead your customer once a week and you will see how easy your workload will be , 3 minutes every week , one picture a week or once a month , one text message , one email explaining how's everything going , etc

    many manufacturers of pistols are coming with race ready pistols that will cut all of that allegedly " needed " relationship with a gunsmith , for example Dan Wesson elite series pistols and CZ czhec mate pistols , sti's selection of guns aamong others

    if gunsmith dont take care of their customers they will lose the battle to all those companies hearing those same customers that think they need a gunsmith to have an outstanding pistol which 90% of them will never outshoot or outlive

    gunsmith ; do not understimate nor underapprecite your customer

    customer ; please be patient and understand that when your gunsmith might be a good one he might probably not be a business man and that if you dont feel comfortable with their way of handling their job you can always find more and sometimes better options

    thanks ( wow was this long )

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