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joel518•5mo ago

Pro tip: A customer in Boise brought me a 1911 with a slide that wouldn't lock back.

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oliverp56•5mo ago

Vent: A customer's 'cleaned' 1911 nearly took my finger off in the shop

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the_phoenix•5mo ago

Customer asked me to 'blue' a Glock slide with a Sharpie

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vera_sanchez•5mo ago

A regular at my shop in Tucson said my trigger jobs felt 'too light' for a carry piece

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andrewh95•5mo ago

I finally saw the same barrel crown mistake three times this month

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ivan40•5mo ago

A week of wall-to-wall work on a single Winchester Model 70

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barbara_butler•5mo ago

Spent a whole weekend on a 1911 ejector that just would not fit right

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victor_taylor32•5mo ago

A guy in Boise showed me a trick with a broken firing pin spring

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emma_smith•5mo ago

PSA: A batch of 'cold blue' solution from a vendor in Phoenix turned a customer's barrel purple.

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skyler_smith2•5mo ago

Got schooled on barrel threading at a match in Bend

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christopher903•5mo ago

Pro tip: don't buy a used chamber reamer without checking the specs yourself

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dixon.felix•5mo ago

I just finished my 100th trigger job and the number caught me off guard.

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kelly338•5mo ago

Can we talk about fitting a match barrel on a Glock 19

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angela890•5mo ago

A customer's 1911 taught me to never trust a 'gunsmith' who only works on Glocks

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karen739•5mo ago

A customer's misfire showed me I was wrong about headspace for years

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