Local Gunsmith Recommendations
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magnum0710
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What side of the state, there are a couple good ones in NE Ohio. Andy Horvath is really good, one of the best in the entire country, he does a lot of custom work. I'm guessing he might have a wait list.
Howard at Mancave Machine is really good as well, I was going to have him do some work for me but I ended up figuring it out on my own. He does repairs and custom work.
I'm not a trained gunsmith but there is a lot I can do and work on myself. Unfortunately I don't work on other people's guns. Depending on what you're looking for I might be able to walk you through the process. I took my Ruger Speed Six from this
To this
That was under the guidance of a good friend who's a gunsmith but I learned a ton working on that gun. I was going to have Howard fit a new cylinder to it but once I found the correct cylinder I needed (Ruger changed some things on the late models) I was able to figure it out.
Howard at Mancave Machine is really good as well, I was going to have him do some work for me but I ended up figuring it out on my own. He does repairs and custom work.
I'm not a trained gunsmith but there is a lot I can do and work on myself. Unfortunately I don't work on other people's guns. Depending on what you're looking for I might be able to walk you through the process. I took my Ruger Speed Six from this
To this
That was under the guidance of a good friend who's a gunsmith but I learned a ton working on that gun. I was going to have Howard fit a new cylinder to it but once I found the correct cylinder I needed (Ruger changed some things on the late models) I was able to figure it out.
I have a friend who is a pretty well rounded gun smith that does most all my center fire needs. My tastes for shooting have changed recently and I have switched almost entirely to ML. I still keep a few ARs and hand-guns around, and a couple S-guns. I do as much as I can on the MLs and on the occasion that I need help I turn to the boys at Modernmuzzleloader.com, a sister site.
