Jackson Haller Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hi all, Am looking for an excellent smith to re-barrel a Browning 92 winchester carbine with a high end round barrel with a .429 diameter. Any suggestions (other than Nate Kiowa Jones/Steve's guns)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Bull Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Locals here in Vegas I would trust are Matt Babb at Bentwood Gunsmithing and Kurt (Don't know his last name) at New Frontier Armory. Both do great work and are outstanding stand up guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Johnson, when I see a post like yours - willies go up the spine in my back ... I too posted 'looking for a good gunsmith' on a NJ firearms forum. 4 or 5 replies came back - XYZ, he walked on water. So I called and took 24 long arms plus 5 barrels to him. In a period of 13 months, I heard every excuse why the guns & barrels weren't finished. The last due date was this March, month end. In the meantime I started asking around for another smith and the work quality the smith did and in what time frame ... back to XYZ: I called him 1 week before the end of March - "How many are done? - NONE ... ZYX, see you this Friday because were finished doing business together" From the 1st week of April, the new gunsmith has repaired my complete gun collection that was under water from Super Storm Sandy. I pick up the last rifle I had him reline in the morning. Overall, the quality of the new smith's work is SUPER and reasonable prices, plus the nicest man one would want to meet Morale of this post ... It pays to shop around and talk to those that had work done by any XYZ smith Good Luck and Hope You Find a SMITH like I did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Haller Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hi all, Slim, I know of Bentwood; they did some work on a SXS for us; did a decent job in a decent amount of time. I know New Frontier as well; if it was a black plastic rifle, they'd be up on my list, but as it is, I may chat with him and see what he knows about levers, first. John Boy, I know where you're coming from and also know the pitfalls of 'gunsmiths'; I, too, have had some very poor experiences with both obscure ones and also some very well known ones, so I will take this very slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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