packed Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Who can make me a a great shooter and reliable custom double stack 40S&W STI frame with the best parts? thank you for your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 (edited) ! Edited April 11, 2006 by Merlin Orr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 (edited) How much do you want to pay and how long do you want to wait? Check out the dealer forum. here You question is pretty vague because there are so many good smiths out there. oops, Merlin beat me to the post. Edited April 8, 2006 by Loves2Shoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packed Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 (edited) A lot of different gunsmiths can do waht you are asking. Where are you located? How much do you want to spend? HOW long do you want to wait? spending limit about 2200.00 I am in Reno Nevada. Would like to only wait 8 weeks but don't know if that is possible? Just want someone with a good name for building guns. thank you. Edited April 8, 2006 by packed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Neill Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Gene Shuey is in Carson City, but I don't think you could get a gun in eight weeks because of the demand for his work. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cjblackmon Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Who can make me a a great shooter and reliable custom double stack 40S&W STI frame with the best parts? thank you for your input. I would check with Derek Janowicz at Millennium Custom. He does great work and a lot of the top shooters at my club shoot his guns. http://www.mcguns.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 In Reno area.. Gene Shuey, Johnny Lim and Terry Tussey ( not sure about health problems...) down in AZ..lots too..Matt McLearn, Chuck Rogers, Ted Yost are a few... otherwise... good choices....George Smith, Bennie Hill, Derek Janowicz, Jim Garthwaite, John Harrison, Stan Chen, CT Brian, etc.. Eight weeks will be tough with some shops..but keep calling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Meek Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Call Irv at Bar-Sto Precision in 29Palms CA 760.367.2747 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmap Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Virgil Tripp in TX & Don Golembieski in AZ. www.trippresearch.com www.kodiakprecision.com Not the only 'smiths out there but they are great gunbuilders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Buy a Glock and go shoot while you decide and wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 (edited) ! Edited April 11, 2006 by Merlin Orr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packed Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 Buy a Glock and go shoot while you decide and wait. Sorry pal I would never buy a Glock they hurt my hands after 6 shots my post is stateing that I am looking for a custom builder for a 1911. not an erogonamic piece of plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Who can make me a a great shooter and reliable custom double stack 40S&W STI frame with the best parts? thank you for your input. Bob Hunter of Hunter Customs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokshwn Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) Packed, With all due respect dial back the "sorry pal's" you are speaking to not only one of the most respected members of this sight, but a gentleman who has become a GM with said piece of "ergonomic plastic". His statement was somewhat tongue in cheek indicating that not many smiths with a national level reputation have wait times anywhere near 8 weeks for a full house custom doublestack. Your question does not give much to go on with respect to your needs. As has been stated there are more than a few smith's who can help you out. The best option is to read a little more in the limited guns forum and do a few searches. I will guarantee you will find more info than you need. Edited April 10, 2006 by smokshwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packed Posted April 10, 2006 Author Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) Packed, With all due respect dial back the "sorry pal's" you are speaking to not only one of the most respected members of this sight, but a gentleman who has become a GM with said piece of "ergonomic plastic". His statement was somewhat tongue in cheek indicating that not many smiths with a national level reputation have wait times anywhere near 8 weeks for a full house custom doublestack. Your question does not give much to go on with respect to your needs. As has been stated there are more than a few smith's who can help you out. The best option is to read a little more in the limited guns forum and do a few searches. I will guarantee you will find more info than you need. I hear you it is all good just kinda can errotate you when I was clear enough about a custom 1911 STI frame double stack, and how I would like to only wait eight weeks. But also stated I don't know if that is possible. how much clearer do I need to be? Help me to understand where I mislead a couple of you so that it will not happen again. I already own other guns and did not ask for help on a clock. Edited April 10, 2006 by packed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokshwn Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Packed, Simply a factor of your lack of knowledge about all the options involved in having a custom pistol built. Given that your question had no parameters for what you wanted from the gun indicates that you have a lot of work to do to educate yourself about those options and which ones would work best for you. ie short or long dustcover bushing or bull barrel traditional slide or slide tracker style what trigger parts do you prefer what trigger parts does the smith you choose like to work with what aspect of the sport are you shooting with this gun Do you want a smith close to you (I live in Ut my gun was built in NY) Do you want the basic no frills workhorse of a Benny Hill (shorter wait time) or the incredible attention to detail of Bob Londrigan (not so short wait time) etc.etc.etc. In not specifying this info it idicated to the folks that you should use the search feature and doing so will not only educate you to the options available but start to give you some idea of the smith's who are out there. Flex was simply ribbing you to keep shooting during the time you will take to learn about these decisions it had nothing to do with changing your mind on a gun decision. If you stick around this board you will find that there is absolutely none of the BS that goes on with other boards. Folks here simply want to shoot better and faster and most of the chat here is directly to that end. Good luck, Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Check out the BCG Custom Pro SC Limited here. Bob has very reasonable lead times on these and they are a very complete a package. 254-622-2245 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Packed, With all due respect dial back the "sorry pal's" you are speaking to not only one of the most respected members of this sight, but a gentleman who has become a GM with said piece of "ergonomic plastic". His statement was somewhat tongue in cheek indicating that not many smiths with a national level reputation have wait times anywhere near 8 weeks for a full house custom doublestack. Your question does not give much to go on with respect to your needs. As has been stated there are more than a few smith's who can help you out. The best option is to read a little more in the limited guns forum and do a few searches. I will guarantee you will find more info than you need. I hear you it is all good just kinda can errotate you when I was clear enough about a custom 1911 STI frame double stack, and how I would like to only wait eight weeks. But also stated I don't know if that is possible. how much clearer do I need to be? Help me to understand where I mislead a couple of you so that it will not happen again. I already own other guns and did not ask for help on a clock. For the record, you can probably get anything you want by Friday if you are willing to pay enough money. You have a number of suggestions for gunsmiths, you have to do a little work. call them and ask for the gun you want, and see what their workloads are like. Apply cash as necessary and you can probably shorten the lead times, at least with some people you can. All we can do is suggest competent smiths, we can't quote times or take orders for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Flex was simply ribbing you to keep shooting during the time you will take to learn about these decisions it had nothing to do with changing your mind on a gun decision. If you stick around this board you will find that there is absolutely none of the BS that goes on with other boards. Folks here simply want to shoot better and faster and most of the chat here is directly to that end. Good luck, Craig Thanks Craig. You were dead on. Jerry, we don't get into a lot of the normal BS you likely find on other forums. The Glock vs. 1911 vs. whatever stuff that you see around here is pretty much reserved to good natured ribbing among guys/gals that know each other some. I should have clarified a bit it seems. I was suggesting to get a gun and go shoot some while you figure out what/who you want to go with. The Glock part of that was just to suggest a cheap, off the shelf, gun. Glad to hear that you already have some alternatives that will let you get right out there and be active in the game. The shooters at your local matches are often a good source of who makes what in your area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packed Posted April 11, 2006 Author Share Posted April 11, 2006 (edited) Packed, Simply a factor of your lack of knowledge about all the options involved in having a custom pistol built. Given that your question had no parameters for what you wanted from the gun indicates that you have a lot of work to do to educate yourself about those options and which ones would work best for you. ie short or long dustcover bushing or bull barrel traditional slide or slide tracker style what trigger parts do you prefer what trigger parts does the smith you choose like to work with what aspect of the sport are you shooting with this gun Do you want a smith close to you (I live in Ut my gun was built in NY) Do you want the basic no frills workhorse of a Benny Hill (shorter wait time) or the incredible attention to detail of Bob Londrigan (not so short wait time) etc.etc.etc. In not specifying this info it idicated to the folks that you should use the search feature and doing so will not only educate you to the options available but start to give you some idea of the smith's who are out there. Flex was simply ribbing you to keep shooting during the time you will take to learn about these decisions it had nothing to do with changing your mind on a gun decision. If you stick around this board you will find that there is absolutely none of the BS that goes on with other boards. Folks here simply want to shoot better and faster and most of the chat here is directly to that end. Good luck, Craig I hear you I don't know much! I shall learn I suppose. I hoped in the smith to help me out there. But rubbing me with a Glock I did not see it that way sorry if I did not understand your kind of lingo don't care to either. Straight forward talking I understand. I shall try to get more educated on the 1911 that is. Thanks for all. Edited April 11, 2006 by packed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splashdown Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 go to speedshooter.com. pull down the menu and go to pistols. There's two SV's on there at the moment. A standard one for $2450, and a sight tracker for $2850. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Precision Designs Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Packed- I have read the posts in this thread to some amusement. You are indeed in a little predicament. Most custom 'smiths require some lead time to build and test their work. It doesn't happen overnight. These are not "run-of-the-mill" rush jobs. Every job is done to the customers specifications as to specific components and ergonomics. Many reputable 'smiths keep a supply of top of the line parts in stock, but sometimes it will take some waiting to get a specificaly requested part that is in high demand. Nobody wants to wait, especially the 'smith, as he wants you happy/content and out there enjoying yourself and "promoting" his work. There is no percentage in a 'smith making you wait unnecessarily. But the fact that you are specifically insisting in a custom made gun tells me that you know exactly what you want in your dream gun and are willing to wait some, otherwise you would have (or already have) bought an off the shelf factory quasi-custom gun that just won't do for you. Of course it would be nice if you could get it done ASAP. There are some good custom 'smiths in your neck of the woods. Locally promoting your home-town 'smithies can do a lot for them and for yourself, especially for follow-up adjustments if needed. Otherwise, perhaps you expected one of the 'smiths that post here to directly approach you in a post, but that is not considered good manners and forbidden by forum guidelines. Besides most custom pistolsmiths hate to directly solicit work, and would rather have a tooth pulled by a string and a door. They much rather have you initiate the contact. You have already gotten some suggestions by some posters here who have their favorites, regardless of their geographical location. After all once you decide to go out of State it doesn't really matter where the 'smith is located, just the quality of his work. My suggestion would be for you to visit some web-sites if available, send some PM's or e-mails or make some phone calls. You know, shake the tree, and see what falls in your hands. Your timetable may not be as unreasonable as some say, depending on your specific request, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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