looking for a gunsmith

[TightGroup]

I am looking for a very good gunsmith you could do work like this;

and like this

and

I am located in Montreal,

Thanks
TG

 

[ken fowler]

gunsmith

this is work for a good machinest. that is why big shops have one on staff.

 

[dan belisle]

Contact Gunnar at Armco, he posts here and advertises on the site. If he can't do it (workload or whatever), he probably knows who can. - dan

 

[sunray]

"...for a good machinist..." Checkering like that isn't done with a machine or by a machinist. A very talented artisan does it by hand.

 

[Pepperpopper]

I don't know, there seem to be some wobbly lines there, maybe he should have talked to a machinist who knew how to use a file...

 

[Aries-]

checkering is tough to do. and makes it look like it has wobbly lines if its done correctly.

on a pice like that it would need to be done by hand. normal checkering is done on a lathe (knurling) i dont know of a way to do it on a mill or other machine.

for the front of the grip id guess the gunsmith would have to do that with a small file and a "tool" to hold the grip and center the file to do the lines. wouldent be easy. or a artist with a very steady hand. i think my eyes would explode trying to do that sort of thing lol.

doing the checkering on my stock is going to be bad enough.

 

[hs]

try Paul Barett
SNAPSHOTS

650 RANG ROY

ST. MARTINE, PQ

J0S, 1V0
he is the best guy in Canada

 

[PeterPan]

Tight Group,
what a beauty, WOW really nice one!!!

 

[gunasauras]

checkering is tough to do. and makes it look like it has wobbly lines if its done correctly.

on a pice like that it would need to be done by hand. normal checkering is done on a lathe (knurling) i dont know of a way to do it on a mill or other machine.

for the front of the grip id guess the gunsmith would have to do that with a small file and a "tool" to hold the grip and center the file to do the lines. wouldent be easy. or a artist with a very steady hand. i think my eyes would explode trying to do that sort of thing lol.

doing the checkering on my stock is going to be bad enough.

There is a big difference between knurling and checkering.....I have never seen ANY checkering done on a lathe, only knurling, which is more for utilitarian purposes (grip) vs checkering, which is utilitarian, but also looks great when done right.....

 

[Aries-]

There is a big difference between knurling and checkering.....I have never seen ANY checkering done on a lathe, only knurling, which is more for utilitarian purposes (grip) vs checkering, which is utilitarian, but also looks great when done right.....

like i said. never seen a machine used for checkering. i have the tools at home for doing wood chechering. dont think it would work for steel like that. would take a long time to get that checkering looking nice and straight.