Looking for a good 1911 gunsmith in NJ...

[Poconnor]

Many great PA pistolsmiths have hung it up or moved. For a small job I would start with JC Blauvelt or the Handgunner shop in topton PA. John Yanek or Jim Garthwaite if you can stand to wait.

Great PA gunsmiths that are no longer active or moved-


- les Baer - he tolerated me coming to his old shop and asking dumb questions, he did an action job on my S&W 17. His XP100 work was crazy good. I called Dick Heinie back in the 80s for a price sheet. Once he heard my address he said go see Les Baer and hung up on me.

- Austin behlert and family
-art leckie
-Jack wiegand
-EGW
Gemini
Pinnacle
I know I am forgetting some

[Shumba]

Jim Milk at Innovative Custom Guns does outstanding work for fair prices. I am very fussy.
Jim worked at EGW and they referred me to him.
Garthwaite built 3 guns for me many years ago. Be prepared to wait.
When I wanted a steel feed ramp on my Commander I sent it to Jim Milk.

HTH,
Shumba