Best 1911 gunsmith in the twin cities?

View · by **hirdlej** on Tue Feb 03, 2015 3:04 pm

I'm looking for someone to clean up the trigger on a brand new Colt 1911 Series 70 repro I bought. It has a bit of creep in the trigger, but the pull weight feels close to spot on. I just want someone to dress/touch up the firing assembly to remove the creep. I want someone I can rely on that the pistol will look as perfect when I get it back as when I leave it with the gunsmith. I'm not a fan of nicks, scratches and careless handling of firearms. I was going to leave it with Paul Grundhauser to work on, but I guess between me not being allowed to drop the pistol off in person and me not feeling comfortable having a "messenger" deliver the pistol to him to work on, we couldn't come to terms on getting this done. Now I'm looking for a new gunsmith. Is there anyone in the twin cities metro that could perform the job I'm looking for with the expectations I have?

View · by **Bessy** on Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:03 pm

I'm extremely particular about trigger pull, I end up doing much of that work myself. I have access to 1911 sear jigs, so I have a full range of options available.

Most of the time... I'm able to just drop in a replacement fitted FCG from egw and it's spot on. I've had extremely good luck with them. They aren't horribly expensive.

Paul is THE 1911 guy in Mn. However since he became a manufacturer (vs smith), he's limited on what he can do on your trigger (insurance reasons). My friend got one of his 1911's and he ended up having to do the trigger job himself (he wanted something extremely light).

If you were in rochester I could take a look for you. There's not much for smiths down here. I find it's almost always better to figure out how to DIY.

YMMV

View · by **gun_fan111** on Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:40 pm

Paul?

View · by **gun_fan111** on Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:48 pm

OP, this guy has a few 1911 videos. Take a look and try some of the less intrusive things with very fine sand paper...

http://youtu.be/dpiMSZiutT0

Remember, this advice is free

View · by **hirdlej** on Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:33 pm

Bessy wrote:I'm extremely particular about trigger pull, I end up doing much of that work myself. I have access to 1911 sear jigs, so I have a full range of options available.

Most of the time... I'm able to just drop in a replacement fitted FCG from egw and it's spot on. I've had extremely good luck with them. They aren't horribly expensive.

Paul is THE 1911 guy in Mn. However since he became a manufacturer (vs smith), he's limited on what he can do on your trigger (insurance reasons). My friend got one of his 1911's and he ended up having to do the trigger job himself (he wanted something extremely light).

If you were in rochester I could take a look for you. There's not much for smiths down here. I find it's almost always better to figure out how to DIY.

YMMV

Well, Paul was willing to do it when I talked to him last week. However, this week was a different story. He thinks I'd be better suited bringing it to Ahlmans to get worked on. I hope I didn't irritate him as that wasn't my intent. I think I spooked him off or he thinks I'm over complicating things. I guess he's got bigger fish to fry. For me, my guns are a big deal and I take care of them. I just didn't want someone I didn't know carrying my gun around or monkeying with it before it got to Paul. I just wanted to put the gun in Paul's hands and pick it up in person but I guess that won't be happening.

Now I have to find someone else to do the job since he doesn't want to. Maybe I'll follow the youtube video posted and just polish all the firing parts. Again, the pull is fine. I just don't like the creepiness of the trigger. It has 1 sometimes 2 little dead spots in it before it breaks. I own 2 other colts, a WWI repro and a new series 80, those triggers are awesome.