What should I do?

Okay, so back in February I put the payment down on my Astra. March I took the pistol home. Between then and April the grips cracked (I hate plastic) and I took it to the place I bought it from to have them put some nice wood ones on (ebony).

I have been waiting 6, almost 7 months for the grips to be done, all the while this place has my frame and I have my slide.

Is it really necessary to take this long on grips? They're charging me $100 for these grips, and it was expressed that it shouldn't take longer than a month or two.

What should I do? Do I keep doing business with these guys? This isn't my first problem with this place. A couple months back I laid payment down on an AK. Shop owner said he would order the rifle in, never did. So I got my money back. Suggestions?

That's been my thought exactly.

Talked to the 'smith on the phone couple days ago. Guy outsources pistol grips to another. I trust 'em both, they both helped me choose the gun. They didn't push it on me, the coached me through the process. My first pistol was supposed to be a 1911, but they taught me that it's better to walk before you run.

The guy making the grips already had the wood in stock. I'm going to give the 'smith a call today. What should I tell him? I really would like the grips finished, the guy does great work on grips for 1911, beretta, and a lot of off-shoots, that's why I let the guy do the work in the first place.

Since it took as long as it did, should I ask for a discount?

I couldn't find any other grips for the Astra, either. I won't use eBay, and I don't like bidding for parts or the guns themselves. I only seen one set of grips on GB (just to see if any after marked ones were out there) and for oak grips they wanted 110. No way. Might as well spend that much on something that's going to look better.

I got off the phone with the 'smith a couple minutes ago. Asked him what the situation was on the grips. Said the guy was supposed to have had them done this weekend or so, but hasen't heard from him for a couple days. I guess he's been sick, according to the 'smith.

Told him I've waited darn near 7 months and that it shouldn't take that long to get a set of grips done and he says, "Well, you're right it shouldn't. I'll tell him to get his toosh to work and get 'em finished for ya."

So hopefully real soon. I've got my fingers crossed, but I am not going to hold my breath. I'm about to tell him I'm only going to pay $25.00 for them just for the time it took. :banghead::banghead::banghead:

This is the first bad thing I've ever experienced with this shop.

The pistol is actually pretty decent. It's got a weak spring problem with the mag, but otherwise functions perfect. No failures to eject, and when the pistol does "hang up" with the weak mag springs, a soft bump to the slide remedies the problem for the rest of the mag.

He guided me to this pistol because this is my first pistol. I wanted a 1911, but what I forgot to explain was he let me test fire a few pistols (including his personal 1911 and this Astra A-90) and we both determined that the Astra was the better choice. It fit my hand at least 10x better than the 1911 did and I was more accurate.

Keep in mind, when I bought the Astra, the pistol (not including magazines) was about 97%. Showed a little bit of holster wear, but not much, mainy a little on the trigger guard and by the front sight.

The cracks came from me, but I'm not sure what caused them, when I brought the pistol home there weren't and cosmetic defects minus what was already worn.

This pistol is going to help me hone my pistol skills, and eventually I'll just get a used, good condition 1911 and get used to it for carry and what-not.

I still had a say in the matter though, lol . I like the pistol, and despite those two small problems, it's a pretty good little pistol. He didn't get to test fire it before that day we went and test-fired all of the pistols to help me decide, and the magazine issue surprised him, but I told him it wasn't a huge deal.

The mags look pretty similar to an 92FS mag, and the Astra mags hold 15 rounds, so I think the Berettas might work. Or a SIG 22(0-9? one of them) might, the A-90 borrowed a lot of features from the SIG.

Had a thread about it, someone said the A-75 mag springs would work. I don't think it's the feed ramp though, it does it with FMJ and JHP's.

I'm talking to him Monday. We'll see what happens.

The guy that makes the grips does them as a side job, but it doesn't take that long to make them. Yeah, there's a lot of inletting to do, specifically on the left side of the gun for control parts clearance, but I would think it'd only take about 10 minutes on a router if the router were set for right depth.

It has been getting really irritating.