SV_shooter
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when I think of custom guns I think of a stripped frame with the all the "customiZation" a gunsmith builds a "one off" true custom gun unlike anyone elses. I own several custom raceguns and every one of them is built by different smiths. A true custom is a bunch of parts I specifically wanted and gave the guy creative freedom or get talked into certain parts or cuts for various reasons. A custom gun is built just for YOU. Their are no doubles, limited editions. Nighthawk custom, Ed Brown, Wilson Combat, make semi custom guns that are hand fit by a single smith, but you can't ask Wilson to cut panels or lighten the slide, throw an SV triglide (ITS trigger system, koenig hammer and crisply broken glass like trigger at say oh 18oz. And prefer an SV barstock wide ambi. Nighthawk won't build me a 6" SS for practical shooting... You are stuck with their Components.. True customs are made by these tiny garage machine shops most of you have probably never heard of. There are literally thousands of em in the US. They might make a dozen to 100 or so guns a year and no 2 are identical. You can get a custom built gun from your own design at Strayer-Voight infinity Where there are basic designs that you can use for reference but every build is 100% custom built to suit your needs. Check out sviguns.com or their gunbuilder.com. Most custom smiths don't have websites, so their difficult to find unless you shoot competitively where almost everyone is shooting a custom built pistol. Then you will learn of companies like millenium custom, radical precision designs, Howard Smith, brazos custom gunworks, sailor's custom, canyon creek custom, bedell custom, JLHardy, J-V Dynamics, matt cheely, man mountain engineering, kodiak precision, etc. Etc!
when I think of custom guns I think of a stripped frame with the all the "customiZation" a gunsmith builds a "one off" true custom gun unlike anyone elses. I own several custom raceguns and every one of them is built by different smiths. A true custom is a bunch of parts I specifically wanted and gave the guy creative freedom or get talked into certain parts or cuts for various reasons. A custom gun is built just for YOU. Their are no doubles, limited editions. Nighthawk custom, Ed Brown, Wilson Combat, make semi custom guns that are hand fit by a single smith, but you can't ask Wilson to cut panels or lighten the slide, throw an SV triglide (ITS trigger system, koenig hammer and crisply broken glass like trigger at say oh 18oz. And prefer an SV barstock wide ambi. Nighthawk won't build me a 6" SS for practical shooting... You are stuck with their Components.. True customs are made by these tiny garage machine shops most of you have probably never heard of. There are literally thousands of em in the US. They might make a dozen to 100 or so guns a year and no 2 are identical. You can get a custom built gun from your own design at Strayer-Voight infinity Where there are basic designs that you can use for reference but every build is 100% custom built to suit your needs. Check out sviguns.com or their gunbuilder.com. Most custom smiths don't have websites, so their difficult to find unless you shoot competitively where almost everyone is shooting a custom built pistol. Then you will learn of companies like millenium custom, radical precision designs, Howard Smith, brazos custom gunworks, sailor's custom, canyon creek custom, bedell custom, JLHardy, J-V Dynamics, matt cheely, man mountain engineering, kodiak precision, etc. Etc!
I haven't had much experience with pistols. I sau that because it would not take long to name all the manufacturers I have experience with: Jennings, Pietta, DWM, Springfield Armory, Kimber, Freedom Arms (their version of the NAA mini), CZ, Stoeger, Hi- point, RIA, Uberti, and Cobra Arms. Aside from a lack of understanding of how firearms work, and having to depend on myself to learn about guns; I can't say any of these guns acted badly... Except for the Jennings, but I am buying another one just to make sure it wasn't me. I didn't know I was suppose to clean and oil it! The guy who sold it to me said, "Just run a brush down the barrel, and clean off the extractor. You don't need to take it apart!" The guy who sold me the DWM did the same thing. A great part as to why I still have them is due to them having no resale value. Did I say this thread is depressing?
