SH recommended gunsmiths

[bullseye13]

I think it would be a good idea to start a Hide recommended gunsmith's (long guns) sticky thread, and give the guys that do excellent work some credit. It would be nice if it was broken down by state then city. If this isn't a good idea then It can be deleted. If so, let' s get it started.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona
Phoenix Custom rifles In Tempe AZ- 480-467-8090

Arkansas

California
Griswold Brothers Gunsmithing In Ventura CA- 805-477-0115
R&D Precision In Glendora CA- 626-806-4389
Spartan Precision rifles 510-755-5293
Tactical Operations

Colorado
Gre'-Tan Rifles LLC. In Rifle CO- 970-878-5421
Match Armors Shop
Connecticut

Delaware

Florida
Southern Precision rifles. In Naples FL- 239-289-2338
Georgia
Accurate Ordnance In Winder GA- 678-219-0096
American Precision Arms In 706-367-8881
Gradous rifles In Hephzibah GA- 706-554-2959

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois
Wick Custom Rifles In Albion IL- 618-446-5213

Indiana
AJ Brown Arms Co. In Bloomfield IN- 812-384-1056
Saltman Gunworks Inc. In Tipton IN- 765-675-2040
Iowa
Controlled Chaos Arms. In Baxter IA-515-344-4443
RWS Gunsmithing. In Manning IA- 712-655-3819
Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana
Louisiana Precision In Shreveport LA- 318-422-0421
KMW Long Range Solutions In Forest Hill LA- 318-748-8732


Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri
Bullseye Shooting supply. In Marshfield MO- 417-859-4455
Cresent Customs In Kansas City MO- 816-841-9322
GA Precision In North Kansas City MO- 816-221-1844

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey
Shooters Corner. In Lake Hopatcong NJ- 973-663-5159
New Mexico

New York

North Carolina
Arrow Dynamics Precision. In Lawndale NC- 704-473-2351
Tooley Custom Rifles. In Gastonia NC- 704-864-7525
North Dakota

Ohio
Short Action Customs In Welligton OH- 440-309-6085
Thunder Valley Precision. In Kimbolton OH- 740-502-6530

Oklahoma
Beanland rifles In Gould OK- 580-471-3380
Surgeon rifles In Prauge OK- 405-567-0250

Oregon
Straight Shooters Supply. In North Bend OR- 541-297-6500
Pennsylvania
Dave Bruno rifles In Dayton PA- 814-257-8089
Wolf Precision rifles In Johnstown PA- 814-262-7994
Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota
Long rifles Inc. In Sturgis SD- 605-490-2561

Tennessee
Pitt’s Precision rifles In Taft TN- 931-993-6122
Predator Custom Shop In Knoxville TN- 865-521-0625

Texas
Atwell Precision rifles 214-679-3763
Pichford Custom Gunworks. In Waller TX- 936-372-9017
Roberts Precision rifles In Spring TX- 281-651-5593
Scout Supply Company In LaGrange TX- 979-242-2855
S&S Precision In Argyle TX- 940-566-7001
Vanden Berg Custom In Webster TX- 281-480-3180
Vermont

Virginia

Washington
High Speed Shooting Systems. In Yakima WA- 509-945-6623
RBros Rifles. In Elma WA- 360-791-4741
West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming
Glenrock blue. In Glenrock WY- 307-436-2330
RGS LLC. In Casper WY- 307-315-6054
Twisted Barrel LLC In Douglas WY- 307-797-0257

 

[ollie]

Dave Bruno in eastern Pa. has been a excellent smith for hunting and tac rifles.

Dave Bruno Rifles

 

[shdz-762]

Griswold Brothers Gunsmithing in Ventura,CA
Griswold Brothers Gunsmithing

 

[drglock]

Phoenix Custom Rifles

 

[TeaRex]

Roberts Precision Rifles

Spring, TX


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[texote]

S&S Precision
Argyle Texas

 

[Bob L Swagger]

Robert Gradous
3021-A Old Waynesboro Rd.
Hephzibah, GA
30815

706-554-2959

Gradous Rifles

 

[6brshooter]

Brian Wick at Wick Custom Firearms located in Albion,Il. Does awesome work on tactical, BR, and varmint rifles. Also does great work on silhouette and xp100 projects.

Geoff Corn at Match Armorers Shop, formerly located at Oakland City In, now in southeast Colorado. Tactical and varmint rifle, also a god on m14 nm work.
I have a couple rifles built by each, all lazers. Quality of work is right there with GAP. Brian does awesome work on tikkas, my sporter is going in next week to get rebarreled. I am pretty lucky, Brian lives about 10 miles from me and always fits my projects in. Barrel went south a week ago, new one should be here monday and probably have the barrel action back by midweek.

 

[FALex]

Bob - I think you're missing a few pics...where are the Sentinels??

Awesome rifles, by the way. Thanks again for all the help!

 

[SuburbanHick]

accurate ordnance..... Winder GA.....Mark was amazing to deal with ... the work they put out is amazing as well

^^^need i say more?????

 

[BullzeyeNJ]

Jon Beanland at Beanland Rifles in Gould, OK

Home

 

[BullzeyeNJ]

Jered Joplin at American Precision Arms in Jefferson, GA

American Precision Arms

 

[DamnYuppie]

Marc Gordon at Short Action Customs, great guy and fantastic attention to detail!

 

[downhill]

Texas Brigade Armory. Mike Lau. Great work and e nice guy.

 

[Rob01]

People I use and trust:

GA Precision, MO
Crescent Customs, MO
Terry Cross KMW, LA

 

[Guy Montag]

MikeR at Tactical Operations, as good as it gets.

Tactical Operations


If you're an "I want it now" or needy buyer, find another builder, you're just going to piss Mike off!

 

[buckey]

Marc Gordon at Short Action Customs, great guy and fantastic attention to detail!

Yep - Mark is great to work with!!

 

[kyyotestalker]

Russel Banks at Scout Supply Company in La Grange, Texas. Great turn around times and great to deal with!

http://scoutsupplycompany.com/

 

[Gray]

Another Vote for Mark at Short Action Custom. Phenominal work and great attention to detail.

 

[cjgemm]

Jered @ APA was my best experience so far, Would highly recommend APA.

Mark from Short action Customs would be on my short list as well, waiting for some work from him now.

 

[tt66]

Here is another vote for Russell at Scout Supply Co, in LaGrange TX. He just finished up my second rifle from him, a .243 Shorty. I could not be happier.

Tim

 

[EL34]

You guys could do it kinda like subguns.com did their recommended dealers list, took a certain number (5-10) of recomendations from members before the dealer was added. Kind of a vetting process.

 

[phillip61]

Texas Brigade Armory. Mike Lau. Great work and e nice guy.

I've often wondered about these guys, they have a great web site, a .25" moa guarantee, nice looking rifles and really good prices.

 

[glockdan78]

I busted out some my sniper magazines and it looks like the smiths at tacticalrifles.net put out some lasers. Also I seen em a few times on discover channel. Sticky this mods.

 

[Done Vida]

Howard Pitts
Pitts Precision Rifles
Taft, TN

 

[glockdan78]

In all seriousness ....
Louisiana Precision ....shreveport
Surgeon.....Prague Oklahoma
R&d precision.... Kalifornia

Those three really shine in my experience

 

[Speeddog]

Chad Dixon:

One of a kind Scimitar custom:

 

[dlouie87]

Marc Soulie of Spartan Rifles in CA.

Spartan Precision Rifles - Home

 

[tcob68]

Another vote for Jon Beanland! I've had 2 rifles built by Jon and the fit and finish are absolutely perfect and they are definitely shooters! On top of that Jon is a super nice guy with a wealth of knowledge and joy to visit with.

 

[bullseye13]

You guys could do it kinda like subguns.com did their recommended dealers list, took a certain number (5-10) of recomendations from members before the dealer was added. Kind of a vetting process.

Not a bad idea. In my opinion, i think we should have at the top of the list, the Premier or big dog list, then list the smaller guys that do great work broken down by state. If a few people want to call bullshit on someone's recommendation, or a smith's work starts heading south, we can remove them.

Let me know what you guys think, and lets keep adding the good guys!

Edit: Maybe at the bottom we could even have an "at your own risk" list too?

 

[cfulback32]

Atwell Tactical in Richardson, TX has done good work for me.
Atwell Tactical |

 

[Early Cuyler]

Big +1 for Robert Gradous! Had him work over a stock R700 with his accurizing package and it is sweeeeeeeeeeeet. Once my Manners stock comes in, I'm gonna hand it over to him for full build with gre-tan blueprinting and all that. I can't wait!

 

[hondo1312]

Marc Soulie of Spartan Rifles in CA.

Spartan Precision Rifles - Home

THIS

I have one of his rifles, and he's currently rebarelling another one for me. Fair prices and great communication.

 

[scudzuki]

I busted out some my sniper magazines and it looks like the smiths at tacticalrifles.net put out some lasers. Also I seen em a few times on discover channel. Sticky this mods.

Funny guy.

Joe

 

[farrier]

Jamie Dodson, Wolf Precision, Johnstown,Pa. Great guy to deal with and his builds / gunsmithing speak for themselves.

 

[cmh2007]

Add pichford custom guns in texas to the list

 

[GhostFace]

Saltzman Gunworks Inc out Indiana

Ray can build you any thing his 1911 and rifles are just amazing abd hid prices are very reasonsble. Turn around time isnt that bad either. One heckuva nice guy too!

 

[cotntop]

I have had good luck with SOUTHERN PRECISION RIFLES in Naples, Florida.

 

[Smcarroll]

RGS here in casper Wyoming does great work.

RGS, LLC | Casper, Wyoming | Custom Rifles and Machining

Glenrock blue in glenrock Wyoming is great for blueing and duracoat.
Glenrock Blue

 

[223ai]

Without hesitation, the best experience that I have had with a gunsmith has been Aaron Roberts, at Roberts Precision Rifles in Spring, TX. He apprenticed under Clay Spencer, his machine work is the best that I have seen, and he turnaround is second to no one. He and his wife run very efficient shop, but most importantly, they are great to deal with. Do yourself a favor, and give him a call.

 

[blackblue]

Had dealings with these people so far all have been great
Cresent customs
Short action customs
Jon Beanland
Phoenix custom rifles
Longrifles inc

 

[phillip61]

man this is crazy, I have never heard of Louisiana Precision until this thread, and I live 45 minutes from Shreveport. I have to go there at least every other month to the VA hospital. So since reading about him on here today I have contacted him via email and requested were exactly he is at so I can visit in a few weeks when I return to the VA. Thanks for pointing this guy out to me.

 

[19Scout77]

Alan Brown, AJ Brown Arms Co., Bloomfield, Indiana.
Cameron Fairbairn, Bullseye Shooting Supply, Marshfield, MO
Bob White, Shooters Corner, Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[ertlonggun]

Straight Shooter Supply in North Bend Oregon
541-297-6500

Shawn and Bradey have built me two custom rifles
6.5x55 30" barrel on a 700 action and HS PST 026 stock

338 Lapua Mag 29" on a Stiller action in an XLR chassis

Both rifles shoot like lasers, and I have another in the works with them.

 

[5RWill]

Throw in another +1 for Jered at APA. He's the only smith i've done business with from here but it was an excellent experience.

 

[Rooster931]

Greg at SPR in Florida "AKA Bugholes" needs mentioning here. He is on the Hide and his work is outstanding. The action work and barreling he did for me on a .308 build truely resulted in bugholes.

Looks like someone mentioned him a few posts up but I will agian!

 

[Pointblanktx]

Another vote for Aaron Roberts of RPRifles.com! He has built me 2 custom 6.5 Creedmoors and the quality and accuracy shows for itself. Best of all, he has great turnaround times!

 

[ollie]

Jamie Dodson, Wolf Precision, Johnstown,Pa. Great guy to deal with and his builds / gunsmithing speak for themselves.

+1 for Jamie, he's a great guy and he's not to bad behind the trigger either.

 

[ZiaHunter]

Score High Gunsmiths, Albuquerque, NM

 

[RobertB]

YOu got the towns swapped on LA precision rifles and KMW BTW