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Offline kev93

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Any gunsmith recommendations for Vaquero work?
« on: August 26, 2011, 01:33:02 PM »
 Any members on here have recommendations for a good gunsmith from the forum?

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Re: Any gunsmith recommendations for Vaquero work?
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2011, 01:46:25 PM »
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Re: Any gunsmith recommendations for Vaquero work?
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2011, 03:16:33 PM »
Iowa,  I don't mind sending my gun to a good smith. I 'd just like to get a few little things done to it. I want someone who know Vaqueros

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Re: Any gunsmith recommendations for Vaquero work?
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2011, 06:29:06 PM »
Jim Finch at Long Hunter Shooting Supply in Amarillo, Texas does an excellent job on Ruger Vaquero action jobs.  His pricing and check list of items reviewed on a Ruger action job can be found at:  http://www.longhunt.com/gunsmithing/ruger.htm

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Re: Any gunsmith recommendations for Vaquero work?
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2011, 09:59:59 PM »
Kev, an old one or a new one? I have messed with several old Vaqueros and Blackhawks (and Security Sixes and Redhawks and Super Redhawks), and was all set to do my usual Ruger thing when I got a pair of New Vaquero's this spring.

What I usually do is polish the sides of the hammer and the hammer cutout, chamfer the cylinder, recut the cylinder throats, polish the chambers, lighten the trigger and hammer spring, and then just simply shoot it to smooth things out.  It's not all that hard, but if you are doing just one then some of the tools will cost more than paying someone to do it if they are all set up to do it...

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The reason that I ask old verses new...

On this pair of New Vaquero's, everything was already done on them by Ruger... They got it all right all of a sudden... nothing needed to be done except to simply shoot them.




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Re: Any gunsmith recommendations for Vaquero work?
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2011, 01:33:18 PM »
Silly me, bought my old and new vaqueros because they were rugers and if anything was ever wrong with them ruger would fix and quick.

Had no clue there were any smiths that worked on them, then possibly they were maytag repairmen who could not stand the stress and pace of thier work.
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