Hi guys who is the best gunsmith in New Zealand to supply and fit a barrel for a rifle at competition standards ?
6mm Krieger or Broughton 27" 1-8 twist is what I'm after?
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Hi guys who is the best gunsmith in New Zealand to supply and fit a barrel for a rifle at competition standards ?
6mm Krieger or Broughton 27" 1-8 twist is what I'm after?
Try Mike Collings in Whakatane. His dad used to also supply and fit Kreiger barrels.
MC is off to USA for Palma so probably not for some weeks, but worth a shout.
Tony Tightridge in Christchurch .He is a bench rest competitor. Nobody is more anal than those guys when it comes to quality equipment.
Is Mitch Max still around?
That is the person that I want to work on my rifle .Only accurate rifles is of interest to meQuote:
Originally Posted by Friwi
How can I get hold of him?
Tony Titheridge is your man alright. PM me if you don't hear from him on here (TonyT) as I have his details
He has done a couple of rifles for me, they shoot very well when I do my partQuote:
Originally Posted by The Claw
Your Avatar says Auckland....Dean Maisey is in Tauranga, a 2 1/2 hour drive and in the advertisers section here.so easily contactable, make an appointment and go for a drive?
B
+1 for Dean Maisey. When I was looking to build my last custom rifle I visited Dean. This gave me the opportunity to meet the guy himself, look at his shop (immaculate and extremely well equipped) and look at some of his work. The decision then to go with Dean was too easy. Sure there are many others around (an some not too crash hot as well) who are only a courier away but I preferred to be able to do the personal thing which included dropping off all my bits and discussing and agreeing what it was that I wanted to achieve, and then collecting the finished product. I too live about 2 1/2 hrs drive from Dean. I have also used Scott Traill for a trigger job (EM332 superb result) in which case I did't need to visit his shop and sent the job via courier. Scott too has a very good rep.Quote:
Originally Posted by shift14
TruFlite - give Grant a call and talk thru what you want.
Thanks guys
How did you get on with Tony Tightridge, did you achieve the result you were after?Quote:
Originally Posted by Breyt
I'm thinking of getting a re-barrel job done myself and I'm looking for a good 'smith'... only 'accurate' rifles are of interest to me too!
I have a new Sako Quad barrel hopefully turning up today that Tony did for me. Excited to see how it goes
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Oh sweet, I too'd be interested to know how that goes!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Claw
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by chainsaw
I just had Dean Maisey supply and install a pacnor barrel for me. Thumbs up for Dean, very pleased with the accuracy so far. Had it powder coated up here in Auckland (cause I'm vain and it looked like it needed to be tactical AF haha)
I'm not getting into shit slinging but I wouldn't be getting dean to do any work for me.
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Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking, but I wasn't game enough to say it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cartman
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Allan Carr for all things Mauser, Mitch Maxberry for all things Remington, oh and he did my Jongmans barrel as well.
The work Dean has done for me was completed in a timely and proffesional manner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cartman
I'd happily reccomend him to others.
B
There are a few gunsmiths around too. I've not really heard of any really bad ones. I reckon the kind of experience they have is excellent to have close by. In Australia just finding one is a mission and a half
He sure is and you'll never hear anyone say anything about his work.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
Unless they're a NRA committee member... ;-)
Except me Craig! Lol. I've had Mitch do some work for me and was very happy. Neat, tidy and well priced.