RangerTrace Posted June 7, 2009 Author Share Posted June 7, 2009 Thanks for all of the replies, the results are very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill d Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 GANS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 I have a Ben Hoffman (BCH'N Custom, Ltd) gun, a Doug Jones (Acc-u-rail) gun and one by an unknown builder that I'm the third or fourth owner of. All are 9mm guns. The first two just flat run all the time and the third took a bit of tweaking to get it dialed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShooterSteve Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 +1 For Jeff Abernathy. You just won't meet a nicer guy. His dad Tommy built mine ( I bought it used), and it runs pretty good. The shooters in the southeast lost a great guy when Tommy left us. Thankfully Jeff stepped in and he is filling some pretty big shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin40 Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Gary from Gan's Guns built mine Flyin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jros3e Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 Was considering Brazos (doesn't do Major 9) and LimCat. Don't be so sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpolans Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 SJC Glock in 9x19 Major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyScrapin Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 SVI, quality and reliability as far as I am aware of. Problem is, most smiths produce quality and reliability. Maybe not so much a problem but a good thing huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 My gun was originally built (reportedly) by Dawson in the mid 90s on a Para gunsmith frame. Interestingly enough, the frame was milled with an STI feedramp, rather than the cut that Para now uses on their barrel feedramps. When the frame died, I sent it off to Virgil Tripp along with a new STI frame, and he rebuilt it using the old upper and new frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmon Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 tripp, he aint building them no more. I have an open glock ive been tinkering with as time allows. i need a red dot sight for it and it should be good to go. 40 cal glock 22 Lone Wolf Barrel Lone Wolf comp and a custom 6 port job i bought off another member here. vanek like trigger (my knock off copy breaks at 2 pounds and lights off CCI pistol primers 100%) Brass Magwell. gonna put a bushnell micro dot on the Siedler scope mount and give it a try. with a cheap BSA sight on it off my 22 rifle shooting the lone wolf comp and 185 pf major loads it shoots very well. at 170 pf its even better. Recoil killed the BSA sight in 500 rounds...and i expected that. i just shot it to see how the gun tracked. The downside is mag capacity. 25 rounds which isnt bad, its just not 29. i would not concern myself so much with recoil reduction on an open gun...they all work pretty good... get a gun that is reliable and go shoot! harmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxfedlt1 Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 J Hardy, shorty 9mm major. LOVE IT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironb Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 i've got an STI grandmaster and a limcat...along with a bedell shorty on order. my fav is definitely the limcat over the grandmaster by a long shot (no pun intended). i'm looking forward to the bedell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoJohn Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I've got a Bedell Shorty in 38 Super on order. I had a chance to meet Dan up in his neck of the woods. Great guy...very accessible and knowledgeable. "Good things come to those who wait". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carloz Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Dan Bedell built my limited gun and it ran so well, I had him build me a shorty open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbltapipsc Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Camerons Custom Guns, PHX AZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmaass Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 (edited) Matt McLearn built my two 9x21 Open guns, long before M2I, before SIG, back when he was working in Claremore OK. After a long period of no new guns, I am about to send him my Springfield EMP in .40 S&W to tune up to serve as my carry gun. Edited June 17, 2009 by jmaass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMC Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I built my own. STI slide to frame, Schuemann 3 port Hybrid, EGW 3 port comp, 9 Major Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neomet Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Cameron's Custom Guns Phoenix, AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 With all the great gunsmiths listed, I am surprised at the number of "others". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nub Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I have a SJC Glock 34 (it can only shoot minor) and a McDowell costom which can shoot major very nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagncn Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 hi, mine has been built by Hans-Peter Schaefer in germany... http://www.hps-guns.de it's an open s custom with some goodies added :-). greetings, chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBoyle Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Jeff Fadil, a good friend, built mine. It has been extremely reliable and is much more accurate than I am. My first Open was a used EGW Para that also always worked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpoobah Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I would gladly have any of those smiths build me a gun, but if I had to choose, it would be Gary Natale at Gans. Could not have said it better.......... I used to ride my bike over from Sylvan Lake to the ice cream store at the road junction in Hopewell Junction. That was a long time ago! Grandpoobah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mt_goat Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 My 38 super was built by Les Baer on a Para gunsmith frame, but don't think he will build them anymore on a Para frame. I had the comp start cracking on me at the first port after about 20,000+ rounds. Les put a new barrel and comp on it for me but said that he wouldn't do it again (for free anyway). While he was replacing the barrel/comp (long time) I switched to shooting limited and really never went back to open division. I want to get back to the red dot now though, my eyes don't focus too well anymore on the iron sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt2ace Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 (edited) Gary Natale just (Fedex delivered it today!) finished the one with the red grip (Quinn mount). He finished the blue grip (Barry mount) in March. 3500+ rounds through it without a single problem related to the gun. Fast, professional, and resonably priced. Edited July 3, 2009 by matt2ace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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