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  • Polarbear6

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    No experience with Bar None. Have used McBrides a couple of times and wasn't impressed with the customer service.

    There's a fairly new shop out on Hwy 71 west near Cedar Creek called Brother's in Arms. It's only about 15 minutes east of the airport. Run by 2 young brothers recently back from the war. They do some gunsmithing and seem to know what's what. I recently took my wifes EDC piece in for some trouble shooting and work and was very pleased with their work and customer service.

    Here's the website. Brothers in Arms
     

    Texan-in-Training

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    Bar None put a pad on my Vanguard 30-06 and did a trigger job on my wife's SP101.
    Excellent workmanship and very reasonable charges. He's gets any work I need done that I'm not comfortable doing myself.
     

    ScorpionHunter

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    Denton Tactical built my AK. Steve does great work. I've also used Bester Custom out on 290 for a trigger job and drilling and tapping. Very nice guy who did the work quickly and well.
     

    OIF2

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    Take a little ride down to New Braunfels and stop in "Hill Country Rifles". Ask for Justin McMillan. He's a former AMU (Army Marksmanship Unit) gunsmith who has built and rebuilt more 1911s and M9s in one year than most gunsmiths have done in their lifetime. He (Justin) was also head gunsmith for STI before coming to Hill Country. He also does superb rifle work, but his passion is pistols and revolvers (yes, he does awesome revolver work, too). I will vouch for him personally; he was building 1911s and working on other match pistols, including Hammerli, the Russian Toz, M41 S&Ws, etc, at FT Benning when I was a trigger puller on the AMU. He just finished building me a Marvel .22 for bullseye, on a Caspian frame. Hill Country is right off I35, exit 182.
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    Pilgrim

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    Yeah Hank Fleming is good. He's also an Austin Rifle Club Officer so you can chat with him about joining the club as well :)
     

    BIAWAR

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    Thank you for the shout out, unfortunately we are no longer doing "normal" gunsmithing. We are only doing gunsmithing related to NFA/Class 3 weapons or special project builds. Fill free to check out the website it is linked above, on our contact page and membership page you can reach out to Rob he is our machinist and gunsmith.
     

    Mreed911

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    Thank you for the shout out, unfortunately we are no longer doing "normal" gunsmithing. We are only doing gunsmithing related to NFA/Class 3 weapons or special project builds. Fill free to check out the website it is linked above, on our contact page and membership page you can reach out to Rob he is our machinist and gunsmith.

    To be clear (since the thread lists multiple smiths), this reply applies to Brothers in Arms.
     

    lightflyer1

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    Blackjack Gunsmithing is up in North Austin.

    13045 Pond Springs Rd
    Unit B
    Austin, TX 78729

    Done some trigger work and action polishing on my Savage .22 and some AR15 work as well. I will be having him thread my barrel on a Mech Tech CCU soon, for my suppressor. Very good Yelp reviews as well.
     

    Armybrat

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    Blackjack Gunsmithing is up in North Austin.

    13045 Pond Springs Rd
    Unit B
    Austin, TX 78729

    Done some trigger work and action polishing on my Savage .22 and some AR15 work as well. I will be having him thread my barrel on a Mech Tech CCU soon, for my suppressor. Very good Yelp reviews as well.
    He did some customizing on my Ruger Super Blakhawk too. Good work & a good guy.
     

    Wyldman

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    My Mechtech CCU for my G21 is threaded and running .45 through the Osprey is an absolute giggle-fest!

    Thump! Whap! Thump! Whap! Thump! Whap!

    Crush, kill, mangle, maim, destroy.
     

    palirwin

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    I am totally biased, but my Dad is the only gunsmith I use. Jim Irwin @ Irwin Restorations in Cedar Park next door to Shady Oaks Gun Range. 512-294-6331.
     
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