gunsmith near Annapolis or south?

bigmike349 · Nov 13, 2020

Can anyone recommend a gunsmith near Annapolis or south? Looking for some basic work; just inspection, test firing, cleaning, and lube of some used firearms I've gotten from gunbroker over the past year. this includes an iver johnson champion 12 gauge, ruger bisley super blackhawk, and us model 1917 rifle.

jstolz · Nov 13, 2020

Looked at some older threads. Anglers does some, but other than that you’re out of luck for Annapolis area. I would suggest Scott’s gunsmith in Glen Burnie.

pop-gunner · Nov 13, 2020

Reach out to Ken Bingham 443-822-7243.
He's got a shop down in Lothian.

Biggfoot44 · Nov 13, 2020

I'll bite ;

Is there a reason you think they need test firing ? Known problems ? Fire damage ? Or ???

I suppose to be extra cautious , the headspace could be checked on the '17 Enfield .

An IJ single is about as complex as a brick . If it locks up tight , the tang lever is more or less centered when closed , and no visible cracks anywhere , that's pretty much all there is to it .

(Super ) Blackhawk is pretty much indestructible ( as long as hasn't had 10k rds of IHSMA handloads ) . Does it look like it was beat upon with sledge hammer , or rattle when you shake it ? An Revolver Person could do a basic check of timing , play, endshake, and gap in well under a minute .

Just saying , you would be looking at many months backlog , and $$$ that would be 99.999999% unnecessary absent any apparent actual problems .

If you were to seek a reasonably knowledgeable look over , and some pointers on cleaning & lubrication , I'm sure plenty of MDS'ers would be glad to for no more than cold beverage and slice of pizza .

Heck , if you're going to the Fredrick Gun Show tomorrow , bring any or all of them along , and stop by the MSI booth , and I'll throw the Mark I eyeball on them .

bigmike349 · Nov 17, 2020

Biggfoot44 said:
I'll bite ;

Is there a reason you think they need test firing ? Known problems ? Fire damage ? Or ???

I suppose to be extra cautious , the headspace could be checked on the '17 Enfield .

An IJ single is about as complex as a brick . If it locks up tight , the tang lever is more or less centered when closed , and no visible cracks anywhere , that's pretty much all there is to it .

(Super ) Blackhawk is pretty much indestructible ( as long as hasn't had 10k rds of IHSMA handloads ) . Does it look like it was beat upon with sledge hammer , or rattle when you shake it ? An Revolver Person could do a basic check of timing , play, endshake, and gap in well under a minute .

Just saying , you would be looking at many months backlog , and $$$ that would be 99.999999% unnecessary absent any apparent actual problems .

If you were to seek a reasonably knowledgeable look over , and some pointers on cleaning & lubrication , I'm sure plenty of MDS'ers would be glad to for no more than cold beverage and slice of pizza .

Heck , if you're going to the Fredrick Gun Show tomorrow , bring any or all of them along , and stop by the MSI booth , and I'll throw the Mark I eyeball on them .

Just trying to be overly cautious for old guns is all. the blackhawk is the newest and the serial number dates it back to 1986. I was born in 84 so that is old to me. I guess I'm just worried about that these guns have been through before they got to me. I'm a collector who didn't grow up around firearms and I only just got into this in the past 5 years or so. I know enough to know I don't know enough. for the most part these guns will just sit in a safe but I still want them to be functional.

Thanks for the advice and invite, it is greatly appreciated. I gotta work tomorrow so that's a no go but maybe I can stop by another time at another show.

GuitarmanNick · Nov 17, 2020

You can probably find a video on each one of those guns that will show you how to perform all of the necessary checks. Revolvers should always be looked over very well before firing the first time. Lots of things can wear and cause problems. Usually, excessively worn areas will be easy to spot. Always a good idea to check the gap between the cylinder and the barrel using a gauge on any newly acquired revolver.

rmnhsd · Nov 17, 2020

Scott is a really good gunsmith, however he is usually backlogged. Every time I needed somethi8ng threaded his work was flawless but it took weeks. I think he hired another guy however so this might have changed. I would recommend giving him a call.

J Beard · Nov 24, 2020

pop-gunner said:
Reach out to Ken Bingham 443-822-7243.
He's got a shop down in Lothian.

Ken is still around? :shocked:

He did some work for me about 30 years ago

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