G-ManBart Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 From the start I'll say that this isn't a joke....I'm really curious. Last night it occured to me that I've heard of exceptions to almost every male or female dominated profession out there...i.e. male professional cheerleader (genius!) or female diesel mechanic...you name it, but I have never, ever heard of a femal gunsmith. Has anybody ever known one? I'd think that in many ways they'd have some advantages to men since women typically hav better fine motor skills and dexterity...that would have to be a huge plus for something like engraving or fine checkering. Anyway if you know one or know of one, I'd love to hear it. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intel6 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Kim Stroud was making gains in the gunsmithing field years ago and then kind of dropped off. I remember she seemed to specialize in Para's. Neal in AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Religious Shooter Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Kim Stroud from back-in-the-day. http://www.americanpistol.com/guild_member.php?mbrid=64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 (edited) Have heard good things about Marianne Carniak in Michigan remember when Kim Stroud was accepted into the APG..big deal back then. Edited September 10, 2009 by eerw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Another shooter that remembers Kim Stroud. She was working on guns back in the 80's and early 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve J Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Ever heard of Greider Precision? Now in California and best know for their triggers and slide stops. Ginny Greider was customizing 1911s for IPSC in Abilene, Tx in the 1980s. If I had a scanner, I'd scan in the American Handgunner feature article, but it's available here for a price http://www.americanhandgunner.com/AHArticles1984.html HMA8445 / Lady Pistolsmith by Sam Baiocco / May/June 1984 / Ginny Greider — a profile / page 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
open17 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Bruce Gray has a young lady doing pistolsmithing at Gray Guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Torrie Simmons is a gunsmith for Bruce Gray (Gray Guns.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Knight Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 http://womenofuspsa.com/bios/SimmonsTorieBio.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I met a Lady years ago that did real nice engraving... Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PINMAN44 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) Sometimes I put on heels and a wig... Edited September 11, 2009 by PINMAN44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) Have heard good things about Marianne Carniak in Michigan She's about the only one I've heard of... Edited September 11, 2009 by Matt Cheely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Knight Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 When the Shootin' shows go into the factories I see lots of women building and finishing guns so I can't see why there wouldn't be a few custom smiths out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Kim Stroud. I can't remember if Jodie Wooley (I'm sure I got this wrong) is a gunsmith as well as a shooter. She was featured in American Rifleman some time ago. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Cool, I'm glad to hear there are/have been a few. I wonder if that's not a huge, huge, huge marketing possibility? A solid female 'smith that could cater to female shooters and some of their more common requests/needs....with more and more women shooting and getting their CCW it could be a smart business model. That's IT....eureka, my wife needs a milling machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHolsted Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Cool, I'm glad to hear there are/have been a few. I wonder if that's not a huge, huge, huge marketing possibility? A solid female 'smith that could cater to female shooters and some of their more common requests/needs....with more and more women shooting and getting their CCW it could be a smart business model.That's IT....eureka, my wife needs a milling machine Becareful there. LOL. You might get what you wish for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_kahuna Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Sometimes I put on heels and a wig... *Children crying* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 in one of Michael Bane's shows about SIG, there were some ladies working the fitting and assembly lines. Does that qualify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Kim Stroud. I can't remember if Jodie Wooley (I'm sure I got this wrong) is a gunsmith as well as a shooter. She was featured in American Rifleman some time ago.Rich Judy's husband, Charlie, did all her gun work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark dye Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Though I don't recall a female pistolsmith (aside from Stroud). I have met a couple of women in the rifle business...one built fancy stocked hunting rifles with her husband (can't recall her name). There are a number of women that do gunstock checkering and engraving. Kay Miculek used to stick 10/22's together at Clarks before I worked there. Hey, if this stuff were easy...even girls could do it!!!! LOL Mark Dye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmaass Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Have heard good things about Marianne Carniak in Michigan I had a friend who was one of the folks who started USPSA matches in Central Ohio, and who had several guns by Russ Carniak, Marianne's father. I bought one of them from him, a neat Combat Elite switch-top .45ACP with two barrels, one compensated and one not. This was in the open-sight days, so it was a neat gun to have for USPSA matches back then. My freind would look forward to seeing Russ at Camp Perry each year, and then passed the word that Marianne was doing work, too, and when Russ passed on, she had taken over the business. I Googled, and I cannot find that she has her own web page, but the shop is apparently call "The Accurizer Shop". There is a web page of her work and photos of her guns at Michigan Gunslingers Web Site. Search for "Carniak", and click on the link at the end of the paragraph (sorry, can't link directly to it). Looks like some very nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPatterson Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I have a Carniak custom Series 70 Officer model that will feed empty brass. It was purchased after Russ had one of his early heart attacks and was almost certainly done by Marianne. When I met her she was working out of the basement of her dad's house in Royal Oak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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