Is there a place where you can get a beavertail and dehorn done in sane time? I remember when Novak’s could get it done in 6-9 months and that was absurd. Now most of the big shops aren’t even taking work they are so back-ordered.
Who knows how to install a beavertail that doesn’t look like a Romanian factory did it friday after lunch ?
Have you tried SACS? They’re still accepting work I think.
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Alchemy Custom: http://1911doctor.com/Home_Page.php
One of the best experiences I have had with a shop. First class work and great communication during the build.
They look fantastic but I think it takes a year to get it back.
Greg,
Consider doing it yourself? Files and sand paper would be sufficient. Have it refinished after if it isn’t stainless. I’m all for sending money to competent shops but the back log nowadays is ridiculous.
I have done a few. In fact, the reason I can’t buy a colt with a beavertail is that I can do better than them. I just wish there was a place for reasonable turnaround on non-critical stuff like safties, dehorn, etc.
Don’t tell me you have the itch for the 1911 again.
Have you checked this guy:
I’m getting my TRP back from SACS on Thursday and it will have been exactly 7 weeks from when I mailed it. I had them do a good amount of stuff to it and originally they quoted 8 - 10 weeks. I can’t speak highly enough of them.
Give them a call, they can probably work you in for a dehorn and beavertail install with a quick turn around.
I hope you plan on posting pictures. I really need to get my 1911 done.
Ten Ring Precision. http://www.tenring.com/
My turn around time was six weeks, but I had much more work done to the gun than what you’re asking for.
Mr Hamilton is a good guy and does great work. It was nice to be able to go to his shop to pick up my pistol, that place is a museum of cool stuff.
If you talk to Dave at Evolution Armory he could get all of that done in much shorter time. Here is a link to the page
Dave is a good guy. I don’t feel comfortable saying where he used to work prior to running his own shop since that is his story to tell, but it was a big name custom shop that just about everyone has respect for. It is true his turnaround time is very right now since he has just opened the flood gates.
We could knock that out for you no problem. Summer time is slow so we have room.
Thanks for the 2 kind posts above. We try our best to provide quality work in a reasonable time frame. As for our background, Mark, the owner,worked for Sig Sauer for a number of years in sales and customer service.
I worked at Sig for 3 years. I started in 1911 assembly and worked my way up to become the repair tech for Classic Line pistols. I was in charge of fixing or rebuilding guns that either failed in the range or during final inspection. After realizing Sig wasn’t the place for me, I took a position at Colt’s custom shop as a level 2 custom smith. I was responsible for Special Combat Government pistol production, CCS Marine Gun production, custom work on customer supplied pistols and one off builds per customer specs. I also shared accuracy test firing duties with another very accomplished pistol smith.
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David Panciotti.
Gunsmith at Evolution Armory.
There you have it. He does a damn good job on those EGW grip safeties too. +1.
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^^^^ this. Good, quick and reasonably priced. Mr. Hamilton has worked on several of my guns. In fact, he currently is swapping out the Trigger on my 5" S&W 27-2. He is a member of the American Pistolsmiths Guild and was the wrote the pistolsmitjing column in American Handgunner for many years.
What is the consensus on Jim Milk’s? What little 1911 work he performed, I always thought he always did a good job. I had a EGW HD FP Stop & an Extractor put into an Old 1980 Inherited series 70 that wouldn’t run with any 230gr GI Ball. Now it does and after shooting it a little in the GI Format, I’m thinking of who to send my Uncle’s Old Pistol to. The Pistol doesn’t have a rail though and I have thought maybe of just keeping it a stock Safe Queen, except for the FP Stop & Extractor which IMO are just disposible parts anyway. The ability to have a light mounted Handgun is pretty important I think & along with the weight, the capacity, THE CALIBER, etc., has me thinking do I really want to do this at all. A Glock, or any of the newer Gen 9mm polymer pistols do the trick, and you can mostly work on them yourself if you are the slightest bit handy. A 1911… not so much. I can take one all the way down and did to change out my Mainspring and my plunger spring with Factory Colt Parts, but it ain’t what I would call easy like a Glock is. I guess it gets easier the more your fool around with the Platform. The 1911 sure is a nice shooting pistol, but I’m thinking it might not be worth it these days to have a gun that has to go to a 1911 Smith to really get anything done to it, especially with the long wait times and the costs.
JT Timmons in Abbeville SC has dpne some work for me on a Colt WC Gov. Does great work.