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[I Swan]

Do NOT ever have any custom 1911 work done. 18 months is nothing and I've heard of smith's sending unstarted guns and refunds back to guys who ask "how much longer?"

I'd be OK with that. There is plenty of options. I am thinking of asking for my gun back. I am not impatient. I have hundreds of other guns. But 3 months to fit a barrel to a 1911 is getting a bit silly. No other work being done. I'm sure I'll get bent over too on price charged I got a high and a low quote on what final price will be. I've waited 100 days before to DROS a gun I paid and have waited for CMP guns so I am by no means an impatient child or something.

[trigger945]

I'd say stick it out and wait for the gun with the options that you truly want. I had a similar experience having some work done on a revolver. As frustrating as it was, the time eventually came to have it back in my hands. It was the least painful option and probably the smartest one.

Good luck to you!

PS - Why can't gunsmiths just take 10 or 15 guns at a time instead of holding on to a gun for a long time without even touching it? I mean, you can queue the customer and get a deposit to have them in queue without taking possession of the gun, right? Then when they are about a month away from getting their gun worked on, then maybe ask them to ship the gun then, and not way sooner?

[jimmythebrain]

If the refinisher is CCR then I had a similar wait, with no communication from them. I was wanting new night sights for a Sig GSR "revolution" 1911 as part of a house black Cerahide refinish. They could not get the sights in. After a long enough wait I asked that they just send the refinished gun back without new sights.

When I got the pistol back is was perfect (minus new sights) and I was very happy the quality of the work. The wait did not bother me much as I have a bunch of 1911's and this was a range gun, not a CCW pistol.
If this was my only pistol or a CCW piece the wait would have been unbearable.

I later sent them a Beretta Slide to have CerPlated and the turn around was about 2 weeks. That work too was perfect.

I will do more business with CCR in the future.

Once a gunsmith gets your gun, it is a waiting game to get the pistol back.

Some refinishers claim to be doing finish work for manufacturers and that slows down their private customer turn around time.

[heidad01]

Where is "a place"?
Why are you hiding "Kate"s real identity?
Why didn't you buy your parts and asked a refinishing shop to order for you?

That said, there is no kind of sites that are that rare except the ones made by St. Michael. Buy your own and send it in, then you can hold them to the two week promise.
Also, stop emailing vendors. You want a straight answer, Call them.

Good luck.

[Mr. Patis]

Is it "Kate" Upton?

[Par5In2]

lol, reminds me of what I saw posted yesterday on IG