Gunsmith you have used for a Parker and did work you liked

[Kevin McCormack]

Originally Posted by Dave Suponski

Custom Craft Ltd. Abe Chaber Danbury,CT 203-748-1830
Stock making,Barrel Bluing,Single Trigger Repair. All around German trained gunsmith.

I just remembered a dealer telling me at Hidden Hollow in June that Abe had retired (at least from stock making). I never followed up to verify, however.

[Wild Skies]

I have personally used Mike Orlen's services on five different occasions, twice for choke alterations, once for chamber lengthening and twice for stock bending. Every interaction has been satisfactory - with a very fast turnaround time. Every gun I have shipped to him has been returned by the eighth day after sending, it's a 4 day ride out there via UPS and a 3 day ride back; which of course, tells me he has done the work and shipped the gun out within 24 hours of receipt.
There are several very good gunsmiths scattered around the country that many of us entrust our precious doubles with that do quality work, but it's hard to find a gunsmith doing quality work with a quicker turnaround.

Here's a link to his services offered, price list and feedback in a thread he started on SGW:
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...p?f=12&t=36237

[Elvin Ehrhardt]

Fabulous Checkering Work
Formerly with Fajen Custom Gunstocks
Richard Harms
21526 Fordney Road
Lincoln, MO
65338
USA
Phone (660)723-3834

[Bindlestiff]

Dan Cullity
East Sandwich, MA

(508) 888-1147

[Bindlestiff]

Brad Bachelder
Grand Rapids, MI
(616) 459-3636

Full restoration

[Big D]

Does it make any sense to do this in a "Poll" Format?

[Bill Murphy]

No thanks.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Robin Lewis

Over the years I have been fortunate to be introduced to gunsmiths that did quality work. Earlier in life, I have used gunsmiths that were not so good an did more damage that good.

Only after I became involved with the PGCA and exchanged information about my needs and the experiences of others did I begin to find those special gunsmiths that do high quality work. It would be nice if we could find that kind of advice all in one place.

Everyone is looking for a competent gunsmith to do work on quality doubles and I think we could do a service to everyone if we built up a list to reference quality gunsmiths here on the this forum.

I know this could be a thread that will degrade into an argumentative debate on the good and the bad, so I would like to establish some rules to help avoid that from happening. I want to focus only on the good!

1) Post a name and contact information only for people you have had direct experience with their work.
2) If they specialize in a particular area, list that too.... stocks, barrels, restoration, triggers...etc.
3) Post only positive experiences, list only someone who you would personally recommend.
4) If someone listed a gunsmith you were about to post to this thread, don't list them a second time. Rather, use the "thank you" thumbs up button to register that you concur that you would recommend him. That will result in us knowing how widely used he is and how highly he is regarded. This could be the most important part of this thread
5) If you have used someone and didn't find him qualified, bite your tong and do nothing. A gunsmith can't please everyone and you may be one of a few that had a bad experience. If on the other hand, if he isn't good, the "thank you" acknowledgments from others will be low to indicate that.
6) If you want to expand on someone's previous posting in regard to an area a gunsmith specializes in, enter them again following the rules stated above.

Originally Posted by George M. Purtill

Robin
Could you make it a rule that there is only one gunsmith to a post?
I could endorse one of Edgars four (4) recommendations but I don't know two of them and one is a duplicate of yours.

Picky picky .So use Robin's No.6 rule

[Dean Romig]

Chris Dawe +1









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[Craig Larter]

Brian Dudley: Stock Crack repair, stock chip repair, disassemble clean and lub, recoil pad installation.
Doug Turnbull: Screw repair, color small parts, stock chip repair, repair off face, trigger pull weight adjustment.