L.A. County Gunsmith?

[Peaceful John]

Friends,

Could you recommend a top flight gunsmith in the Los Angeles County area?

Cordially,
Peaceful John

[Jerr]

John,

I have some work done at Bain and Davis, prices are reasonable and I've never had any problems with their work. Actually they're working one of my 1911 rights now.

Bain & Davis Gun Shop
(626) 573-4241
307 E Valley Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91776

Jerr

[Mute]

L.A. County is pretty huge. You might want to narrow your location a bit.

[aplinker]

L.A. County is pretty huge. You might want to narrow your location a bit.

I think top flight might mean more to him that distance.

I'm currently unhappy with the 3 places I've used since King's went away... Sorry.

[Black Majik]

There's also Alan Tanaka and Jim Hoag to consider.

[gonguncrzy]

Brad at Ammo Bros in Cerritos is top notch. Did some work on my 1911 and I was very pleased. Love shooting that gun!!!

Ammo Bros
15961 S. Piuma Ave
Cerritos, CA 90703
562-865-3980

- Jose

[glockster]

There's also Alan Tanaka and Jim Hoag to consider.

Tanaka has an outstanding reputation. He has never done any work for me but he has for many friends of mine.

[Black_Talon]

Tanaka has an outstanding reputation.

+1

I've been using him for years.

[J-cat]

I like Dave Lawfer of Dave's Metal Works in Covina. He builds a 1911 as if he were building a benchrest rig. His machining ability is superb. He also works on revolvers and AR's.

[nobs11]

I'm currently unhappy with the 3 places I've used since King's went away... Sorry.

Say what? I didn't know this. When did Kings Gun Works shut down? They worked on 2 of my 1911s. Quality work. Won't ever sell em.

[randy]

https://www.davesmetalworks.com

This is what I can say about Kings and being open. They were bought out and expect a name change.

Parts will continue to be sold under the Kings name and they were kept by the Capone family.

The new owner is some kind of gun smith. I don't mean to dimish his/their abilities I just have no knowledge of the quality of the work.

This also could be wrong information it's what I heard from somebody that should know.

[TheGanzman]

Tanaka has an outstanding reputation. He has never done any work for me but he has for many friends of mine.

He's done quite a bit of 1911 work for me, on four different Pre-80 Series Commanders - top shelf!

I'm alittle worried about him though - I've stopped by his shop 4 times in the last 30 days, and no one is there; stopped by TODAY and there were 4-5 FedEx, DHL and UPS "attempted delivery" notices stuck to the door. Does anyone know what's up? I hope he and his family are O.K. - seems like quite a long time to take a vacation...

[eric1972]

I've had luck with Dean Wilkerson in Van Nuys on a couple occasions -- he put a couple sights on some pistols for me, and also replaced a broken safety switch on a shotgun.

Dean Wilkerson Gunsmithing
15735 Strathern St Ste 5
Van Nuys, CA 91406
(818) 988-7266

[Black_Talon]

I'm alittle worried about him though - I've stopped by his shop 4 times in the last 30 days, and no one is there; stopped by TODAY and there were 4-5 FedEx, DHL and UPS "attempted delivery" notices stuck to the door. Does anyone know what's up? I hope he and his family are O.K. - seems like quite a long time to take a vacation...

Funny you should mention that. I've tried calling his shop several times over the past few weeks and the phone has never been answered (well, the answering machine picked up....).

[J-cat]

I've had luck with Dean Wilkerson in Van Nuys on a couple occasions -- he put a couple sights on some pistols for me, and also replaced a broken safety switch on a shotgun.

Dean Wilkerson Gunsmithing
15735 Strathern St Ste 5
Van Nuys, CA 91406
(818) 988-7266

He missed the sight pin on my Python and whacked the sight base instead. Never again.