Do it your selfers

**MischaBurns** · August 8th, 2010, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by MacGyver

Same chances as finding a lefty holster in stock at a a local gunshop (other than those crappy nylon "ambidetrous" things)....It would be so nice to actually try out a holster before buying

Poor guy, there's a small shop by me that stocks them (i think i remember the owner being a lefty...as well as a PAFOA member

).

Originally Posted by GunLawyer001

The GF still cringes when I remind her of the time I was replacing a window, and needed that specialty tool to clean up the excess caulk after I put the bead around the edge. She was halfway out the door to the hardware store to ask for a "caulk sucker" before I stopped her....

*snert*

**MacGyver** · August 8th, 2010, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by MischaBurns

Poor guy, there's a small shop by me that stocks them (i think i remember the owner being a lefty...as well as a PAFOA member

).

*snert*

Monroe is a long ways away

Out of 4 shops locally, I found 5 holsters....FIVE....and none of them Glock. One owner did offer to order a few, if I prepaid, and took a 15% restocking fee on the ones I didn't like (since it's "special order")...not. I'll buy them from manufacturer and ebay the damn things before I let a shop profit off me and my "handicap"

**Yoder** · August 10th, 2010, 12:00 PM

I love anything mechanical. I take pride in fixing things on my own and figuring out how things work. I've replaced almost everything on my Glock and built my own AR15, ripped apart my autoloader shotguns by just reading and watching videos. I like to know how to fix my own guns in case I'm on a hunting trip or at a pistol match and my gun breaks. A gun smith would be my last resort for something I couldn't figure out or if I wanted something custom done.

I will say that I've met Bill (gunfixer) and he's a good guy. He does do really nice work. I shot a 1911 he worked on and the trigger was amazing and it was super accurate.

**GunLawyer001** · August 10th, 2010, 02:57 PM

Speaking as someone who might occasionally mention that hiring a lawyer is probably a good idea when you really need a lawyer, I will say that hiring a gunsmith when you really need a gunsmith is probably a good idea, too.

It's been said by someone more clever than I, "The Dremel tool has taken more guns out of action than Sarah Brady." Also, "Every Dremel tool might as well come with an Instant Gunsmith Certificate", because that's what a lot of guys think.

Only an expert or an RKI knows the full depth of why Things Are Not As Simple As They Might Appear (or the easily-remembered mnemonic, TANASATMA.) Sure, you can probably swap the grips on your revolver, but maybe you shouldn't "fine tune" the action spring tension while you're there. Swapping out the safety for a drop-in oversized button is probably OK (but Hell, it's the SAFETY, what could possibly go wrong, right?) Dropping the trigger pull of your carry piece down to something best measured in the nanotechnology lab is a bad idea.

Gunsmithing is altering the function of hand-held machines that develop pressures that could blow your face off, send shrapnel into your son's eyes, or unintentionally discharge a projectile in whatever direction the muzzle happens to be pointing when the mechanism fails. These machines are intended to be used while held in your hands, or up against your face. Trial and error will have its drawbacks here, kids.

We are not all capable of being gunsmiths without training as gunsmiths, just as we are not all capable of statutory interpretation based on that community college degree in wine appreciation. I don't do accounting, I don't second-guess professional electricians or plumbers, and I don't fault a gunsmith for pointing out that the home-destroyed abortions that come into his workplace should not have been attempted.

Who knows better the damage caused by amateurs, than someone who fixes the damage caused by amateurs?

**P89** · August 10th, 2010, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by Yoder

I love anything mechanical. I take pride in fixing things on my own and figuring out how things work. I've replaced almost everything on my Glock and built my own AR15, ripped apart my autoloader shotguns by just reading and watching videos. I like to know how to fix my own guns in case I'm on a hunting trip or at a pistol match and my gun breaks. A gun smith would be my last resort for something I couldn't figure out or if I wanted something custom done.

I have to tend to agree with that. However there is a time for a gunsmith and knowing when that time is.
If you don't have the spark of intrest to want to learn and take pride in the work you do then you have more disposable money than I do to pay someone.

**ROBOWOP** · August 10th, 2010, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by GunLawyer001

Speaking as someone who might occasionally mention that hiring a lawyer is probably a good idea when you really need a lawyer, I will say that hiring a gunsmith when you really need a gunsmith is probably a good idea, too.

It's been said by someone more clever than I, "The Dremel tool has taken more guns out of action than Sarah Brady." Also, "Every Dremel tool might as well come with an Instant Gunsmith Certificate", because that's what a lot of guys think.

Only an expert or an RKI knows the full depth of why Things Are Not As Simple As They Might Appear (or the easily-remembered mnemonic, TANASATMA.) Sure, you can probably swap the grips on your revolver, but maybe you shouldn't "fine tune" the action spring tension while you're there. Swapping out the safety for a drop-in oversized button is probably OK (but Hell, it's the SAFETY, what could possibly go wrong, right?) Dropping the trigger pull of your carry piece down to something best measured in the nanotechnology lab is a bad idea.

Gunsmithing is altering the function of hand-held machines that develop pressures that could blow your face off, send shrapnel into your son's eyes, or unintentionally discharge a projectile in whatever direction the muzzle happens to be pointing when the mechanism fails. These machines are intended to be used while held in your hands, or up against your face. Trial and error will have its drawbacks here, kids.

We are not all capable of being gunsmiths without training as gunsmiths, just as we are not all capable of statutory interpretation based on that community college degree in wine appreciation. I don't do accounting, I don't second-guess professional electricians or plumbers, and I don't fault a gunsmith for pointing out that the home-destroyed abortions that come into his workplace should not have been attempted.

Who knows better the damage caused by amateurs, than someone who fixes the damage caused by amateurs?

LOL!!! How true..If you saw some of the guns I've fixed over the years that were owned by "knowledgable" shooters,you'd be glad most clubs don't allow loaded guns be carried during a match.I just fixed a gun built by a well known area gunsmith,broke my heart to see the lousy work this guy gets BIG bucks for..No,don't ask who he is...