Today I went to a “gunsmith” who came by all accounts highly rated and recommended. I recently purchased this CZ P-01 and ordered a set of Dawson Precision sights to install. This is something I would typically do myself but this time I decided to allow a professional to do it. The job took about an hour and the shock and anger I felt after seeing the finished product was indescribable. I had to go home and cool off before trying to talk to him about it.
He absolutely butchered the finish on my slide, flattened out the serrations, left bare metal sticking out of the rear sight dovetail(I’m assuming it’s either the slide itself or the sight peeling away), flattened the muzzle end of the front sight from hammer blows and didn’t even bother to fully insert the front sight roll pin. To top it all off he took a sharpie marker and tried to cover some of the stuff up. Now I have a wrecked P-01 with sharpie marker all over it.
He first offered me $50 to have the slide refinished, and then $80 after I told him my ruined sights were $80 alone! After I told him I needed the slide restored to the condition that it was in when I brought it to him along with a new set of sights he went dark and I haven’t heard from him. Am I wrong to be very upset about this? This gun was immaculate when I brought it in to him. This guy owes me at the very least a refinished slide and new sights and at most a new gun. See the pictures below and let me know what you think.
He absolutely butchered the finish on my slide, flattened out the serrations, left bare metal sticking out of the rear sight dovetail(I’m assuming it’s either the slide itself or the sight peeling away), flattened the muzzle end of the front sight from hammer blows and didn’t even bother to fully insert the front sight roll pin. To top it all off he took a sharpie marker and tried to cover some of the stuff up. Now I have a wrecked P-01 with sharpie marker all over it.
He first offered me $50 to have the slide refinished, and then $80 after I told him my ruined sights were $80 alone! After I told him I needed the slide restored to the condition that it was in when I brought it to him along with a new set of sights he went dark and I haven’t heard from him. Am I wrong to be very upset about this? This gun was immaculate when I brought it in to him. This guy owes me at the very least a refinished slide and new sights and at most a new gun. See the pictures below and let me know what you think.