Calling any Gunsmiths in Austin TX

[rougeqc21]

I am looking to have a weigand nosepiece installed on my 92FS and all the gunsmiths in Austin that I know of are trying to charge me out the roof. Installation should take two hours to drill and tap two 6-40 .35'' deep screws into the front of the slide.

Anyone know of any smiths that could do it for reasonable price?

 

[RogersPrecision]

Do you have a link to the product in question?

 

[rougeqc21]

http://www.jackweigand.com/Beretta Taurus Nosepiece.html

That would be the one. LMK

 

[rougeqc21]

would anyone with a drill press in Austin be willing to do this?

 

[RogersPrecision]

rouge,
I'd be hesitant to let 'just anybody' with a drill press and a 'gunsmith' shingle attempt this install.
It seems fairly easy to screw up and fairly demanding to do 'just right'.

 

[nitetrane98]

+ 1 for Chuck.
Stevie Wonder can see the trips and snares lurking for that installation. I would guess the chances of the part actually fitting perfectly to the slide are somewhere between slim and none, but it's not really the outside that counts. Throw in a couple thousandths error either way and you've got a real mess. It does seem like a pretty good idea though.

 

[2RCO]

Rouge although this seems to be a fairly uncomplicated install I'm quite sure it takes some delicacy and skill. I wouldn't want one of my 92s trashed because I saved a couple bucks. Especially since the whole point of this product is to increase accuracy(I'd like to see tests that show this really improves much). Take it to a competent smith and shell out the cash.

 

[JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone]

I certainly wouldn't try this with my drill press. If I had a small mill or horizontal lathe with a good mounting bed that I could micro slide, -maybe. And, I wouldn't look for a gunsmith as much as I'd look for a machinist. I don't know the legalities of that.. The drilling is on the slide, not a fire control part. I'd be a little concerned about strength reduction at that end of the slide.

But the concept of this little piece appears to be much like fittin a bushing on a 1911.

-Steve

 

[usmcpmi]

rouge, I feel for ya! Last year I checked into having a new barrel installed on a Rem 700 in .223.....(wait for it...) $800.00!!!! I think these people have lost their minds. I would rather do it myself and risk destroying the rifle than pay someone else twice what the rifle is worth, just to get a little smaller group. The g-smiths around here need to get over themselves and join the real world. MG

 

[JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone]

While not a Rem700, a friend of mine is going to walk me through removing the barrel on my old Enfield 1917 project. His tools/shop. When the reciever work is done, I get to put a new one on with his hovering. I'm so eager to learn!

-Steve

 

[rougeqc21]

Well, I found two machinist willing and able to do the job.
My logic works as follows... Gunsmith in this area is simply going to indicate the holes by placing the nose piece onto the barrel and through the guide rod.

Well, machinist yesterday showed me a laser micrometer to indicate the holes and make sure it is centered on the slide, has exotic taps so that the hardness of the slide is a non factor. I mean, in this case, there really is no one more knowledgeable than a machinist, all they do is work with metal.

End case, I am going to be payin 20 bucks, and get it back same day, in an hour

 

[Strongbad]

Did you check with Hank Fleming? He's done work on a couple of guns for me and the price has always been fair. He's down on South Congress between Stassney & Ben White Blvd.

www.hankgun.com

 

[Riss]

Going with an experienced machinist is always a good choice. In reality a gunsmith is a good machinist that only works on guns. Looks like a neat piece. Looks similar to the thing that the Army's AMU puts on the Beretta.