Gunsmith in Houston Area for M14

Minigtr

Hey everyone

I am about to acquire a USGI M14 and the previous owner decided to "camo" the barrel and stock. Now the stock has been sanded down back to its original finish leaving the metal parts to contend with.

My question is: Where in the Houston area is a trustworthy gunsmith that i can leave this rifle to have it restored?


many thanks in advance

yoshmyster

I'd figure outwhat kind of paint was used and clean it myself. A bit of paint stripper/thinner and time. After that you'll know if it's worth "restoring" (what ever that means to some folks).

cpermd

USGI M14??

I doubt it.

CP

CS8161

There is a gunsmith in Louisiana named James Willis, Willis Arms, he refinished three handguns for me and does EXCELLENT work.
http://willisarms.com/

nmyers

I'd follow Yosh's advice first.

I'm sure that there are some fine gunsmiths in your area, but my experience is that the best 'smiths to work on service rifles are "service trained armorers". If you can't find one of these in Houston, I'd ship it to:

Roland Beaver
1127 Hwy 64 E
Bald Knob, AR 72010
501-724-6388

Neal

Maalox

I would contact Collector's Firearms (Fondren and Richmond) and see who they recommend. They have a serious collection in addition to the items they sell.

http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/

MMMarvis

You could even ask around at m14forum.com

11b6r

If you have a "USGI M14", the firearm is a Class III machinegun. It will need to go to a smith with a class III, or you will need to do some paperwork with the ATF. And I DO hope you already HAVE some paperwork with the ATF, like a paper with a transfer stamp on it.

If you think that an M14 is NOT a Class III because it has a selector switch block, you need to do some study real fast. If you already know this, please excuse the lecture.