1911 Gunsmith/Builder

[pillsbury1983]

Anybody know of a gunsmith who could put together a 1911 from customer supplied parts?

 

[fireball168]

Kustom Ballistics

 

[Que]

PM sent.

 

[D-Ric902]

stole my thunder
Kustom Ballistics and Neil keller were my first thought

 

[pillsbury1983]

Thanks for everyones input. I've mentioned my desire to get a 1911, so for my birthday my brother went out and bought a slide and frame for me. He forgot I'm not a gunsmith, but because of the thought put in the gift, I want to find out where to send them so I can eventually have a working pistol.

 

[Kick]

Everyone has their personal preferences but, it really depends on who you are looking to have build it. I would not spend the money on a high dollar builder b/c they usually start with their own parts which are typically over-sized and they work them to fit they way they want.

If you already have the parts, any local gunsmith should be just fine. And the turn around time will most likely be much shorter....

 

[ghitch75]

read,read,read and do it yourself.....

 

[KokomoDave]

If you are going to do it yourself...beg/borrow or steal a copy of AGI's Colt 1911 .45 Auto pistol armoer's course on DVD. It runs 111 minutes and is worth it.

Jerry Kuhnhausen used to put out an excellent book too but I haven't seen a copy in years.

 

[pillsbury1983]

read,read,read and do it yourself.....

Yeah, I had never planned on building one, so I don't plan on reading and doing it myself. This will be the first, last and only 1911 that I will get in pieces.

 

[pillsbury1983]

If you are going to do it yourself...beg/borrow or steal a copy of AGI's Colt 1911 .45 Auto pistol armoer's course on DVD. It runs 111 minutes and is worth it.

Jerry Kuhnhausen used to put out an excellent book too but I haven't seen a copy in years.

I'm a full time college student and I recently was offered a job in another state working 12 hour shifts 3 days a week. So between studying, working, traveling and making time for family the last thing I want to do is start studying another subject.