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Offline Gburchfieldjr

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So, who are the gunsmiths in Southwest MI?
« on: January 15, 2012, 10:03:28 PM »
Just wondering who is around and what kind of work do they do.

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So, who are the gunsmiths in Southwest MI?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2012, 11:20:30 PM »
Just wondering who is around and what kind of work do they do.
Freedom Firearms of Battle Creek does smithing.
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Offline Gburchfieldjr

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Re: So, who are the gunsmiths in Southwest MI?
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2012, 11:30:49 AM »
Looking to talk to a few different rifle builders.

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Re: So, who are the gunsmiths in Southwest MI?
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2012, 02:28:29 PM »
Try royal oak bet. 12 and 13 mile. Name?
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Offline springfield40xdm

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Re: So, who are the gunsmiths in Southwest MI?
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2012, 06:25:24 PM »
It's target sports that's between 12 and 13 but they don't do gun smithing.  Williams gun sight in Davison is good.

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Re: So, who are the gunsmiths in Southwest MI?
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2012, 02:43:02 AM »
Freedom Firearms of Battle Creek does smithing.

Have they put one on staff?  The last I knew they were doing some armorer stuff (installing sights, detail cleaning, replacing worn/broken parts) and sending out any actual smithing.

I believe On Target in Kalamazoo has an on staff gunsmith.

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Re: So, who are the gunsmiths in Southwest MI?
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2012, 11:00:19 PM »
Dan at Silver Bullet in Grand Rapids has done a nice job for me on a couple of projects involving add ons and reliability work on 1911's.

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Re: So, who are the gunsmiths in Southwest MI?
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2012, 09:05:44 PM »
Check out Kent Will at Gander Mountain in Kentwood, MI. 616-975-1000. He grew up in a gunsmith family and is carrying on the family business.  His brothers also work at Bachelder Master Gunmaker Inc.  1229 Michigan St NE Grand Rapids 616-459-3636
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Re: So, who are the gunsmiths in Southwest MI?
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2012, 11:56:09 PM »
sending out any actual smithing.

But I hear that the local smith they use does good work.

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