Looking for GOOD gunsmith for 1911's in Reading/Allentown area

[LumpyBrass]

Looking for a good Smith in the Reading /Allentown area.
Not some guy with a bench and tool box in the back room, but a craftsman capable of performing modifications and tuning.
Preferably on STI's.
Thanks

[IntenseImage]

Id go see Randy at Handgunner in Topton

[LumpyBrass]

Id go see Randy at Handgunner in Topton

I wouldn't let him get within 50 yards of any of my guns!!!

[IntenseImage]

I wouldn't let him get within 50 yards of any of my guns!!!

I love when people make claims with no background info

[LumpyBrass]

I didn't want to trot out my experience with him.
He's a hack with tools.

[98Redline]

I asked a similar question of the guys at EGW a few months back.

Short answer: There aren't any. If you want to take your chances there are a ton of fair smiths out there. If you want a true 1911 pistolsmith, you are going to have to send your gun away.

[jb7304]

Chuck Lutz is doing gunsmith work at Sarco in Easton.

[762xIan]

I asked a similar question of the guys at EGW a few months back.

Short answer: There aren't any. If you want to take your chances there are a ton of fair smiths out there. If you want a true 1911 pistolsmith, you are going to have to send your gun away.

Fully agree.....send it off or learn how to do it yourself.

One of the things I have noticed is the gunsmith trade sure does lack good pistol and revolver 'smiths. Be a good area for someone to pick up and make some money. Anybody can put an AR together, don't make them a gunsmith.

[daschnoz]

Looking for a good Smith in the Reading /Allentown area.
Not some guy with a bench and tool box in the back room, but a craftsman capable of performing modifications and tuning.
Preferably on STI's.
Thanks

Not exactly in your back yard, but Jim Garthwaite has a VERY good reputation.
http://www.garthwaite.com/

In the interest of full disclosure, I've never actually had any work done by him personally (I don't own a 1911).

[CartBone69]

I didn't want to trot out my experience with him.
He's a hack with tools.

That's a matter of opinion I guess there are a bunch of people that think otherwise, and all the work he has at the shop says something, I know people who have had a lot of work done by him with great results.