1911Tuner
Moderator Emeritus
Foul Moods
Chuck...I'm so 'nuff sorry about your foul mood, but you can't put me in one.
You came onto this thread to pick a fight...and you just know that Ah'm yuh Huckleberry.
For those who came in late, and don't understand what this is about...I'll outline a few differences between the high end smiths like Mr. Rogers and myself.
1. Chuck Rogers is a world-class pistolsmith. I'm a mechanic.
2. He builds expensive, high-end 1911 pistols. I do mostly simple repairs for guys whose pistols are having a little trouble adjusting to their never-intended roles as actual shooters...pressed into service by people who actually expect them to work out of the box. I know. It's a strange thing to expect from a 450-dollar pistol...but there it is.
3. For every guy or gal who can afford the services of a smith of his class, there are 50 who either can't afford it...or can't justify it. These people buy the Springfield or Rock Island mil-spec pistols because they want to shoot a little, and maybe carry the guns if they're reliable enough. So...I try to help these po' boys who just invested a week's pay...or more...for a knock-around pistol with issues.
People who...after they discover that a trip to a "real" gunsmith is gonna cost about half of what they gave for the gun...become a bit concerned. Too honest to pass it off onto somebody else...they're stuck with a dog that won't hunt.
4. I don't have enough small parts on hand to build 25 guns...so most of the time, I have to work with what I have...which often means that I have to restake an existing plunger tube. It will probably last the owner's lifetime, because most of these folks won't shoot the guns more than 500 times a year...and in the course of those 500 rounds...it's doubtful if they'll engage the thumb safety more than 8 or 10 times. I do advise them that restaking won't likely last forever, especially if they do a lot of on/off cycles with the safety...and that they may want to order one from Brownells so that when it comes loose again...we can install a new one and be done with it. Meantime, they have a functional pistol.
Now, my question is:
Why do you seem to have such a problem with that?
Chuck...I'm so 'nuff sorry about your foul mood, but you can't put me in one.
You came onto this thread to pick a fight...and you just know that Ah'm yuh Huckleberry.
For those who came in late, and don't understand what this is about...I'll outline a few differences between the high end smiths like Mr. Rogers and myself.
1. Chuck Rogers is a world-class pistolsmith. I'm a mechanic.
2. He builds expensive, high-end 1911 pistols. I do mostly simple repairs for guys whose pistols are having a little trouble adjusting to their never-intended roles as actual shooters...pressed into service by people who actually expect them to work out of the box. I know. It's a strange thing to expect from a 450-dollar pistol...but there it is.
3. For every guy or gal who can afford the services of a smith of his class, there are 50 who either can't afford it...or can't justify it. These people buy the Springfield or Rock Island mil-spec pistols because they want to shoot a little, and maybe carry the guns if they're reliable enough. So...I try to help these po' boys who just invested a week's pay...or more...for a knock-around pistol with issues.
People who...after they discover that a trip to a "real" gunsmith is gonna cost about half of what they gave for the gun...become a bit concerned. Too honest to pass it off onto somebody else...they're stuck with a dog that won't hunt.
4. I don't have enough small parts on hand to build 25 guns...so most of the time, I have to work with what I have...which often means that I have to restake an existing plunger tube.
It will probably last the owner's lifetime, because most of these folks won't shoot the guns more than 500 times a year...and in the course of those 500 rounds...it's doubtful if they'll engage the thumb safety more than 8 or 10 times. I do advise them that restaking won't likely last forever, especially if they do a lot of on/off cycles with the safety...and that they may want to order one from Brownells so that when it comes loose again...we can install a new one and be done with it. Meantime, they have a functional pistol. Now, my question is:
Why do you seem to have such a problem with that?
