About John Carduner from a Customer.
Let me start this Customer Testamonial by saying earlier comments by MDS folks got me interested in the subject of this prose. I had been looking for a Gunsmith to do some work on a 1911 that was on its way to me back in July. I contacted Mr Carduner by eMail, but he is readily available by phone. The eMail method was my choice. In any case, I explained to him basically what I was looking for, and after a series of eMail exchanges, my 1911 finally arrived. Mr. Carduner suggested a Aug 6th meeting to discuss the details of the work. His approach was friendly and laid back, yet very professional and from his conversation, it was easy to determine he was extremely knowledgeable of the art and science of Gunsmithing, especially 1911. (I've been around Firearms and Firearms people for over 50 years)
I hasten to add there was no self bloveating about his outstanding workmanship, or how absolutely superb his work was, and/or how folks were beating down his door. We discussed the work at a leisurely pace, and after an hour, he had made a list of notes, and then made an estimate, which was well within my own thoughts on the matter. He took possession of the piece thru FREESTATE, and said he would be in touch after he made thorough exam of the piece THAT EVENING.(Aug 6). He called the next day, discussed a few items, and then gave me an estimate of work completion.(Aug23). He called me a few times to discuss progress. All was going well. Then on AUG 12, he called to inform he was about to do test firing, and if all went well, he suggested an Aug 14 meeting at FREESTATE. He confirmed the test firing, and confirmed the Aug 14 meet to finalize our business. We met, did our business, and I left with his final words about his Guarantee of work. I suggested I would like to run about 500 rounds thru the piece before any judgements made, he agreed.
This was no small list of work, I should add, including drill and tap for install of scope; trigger work; barrel and slide fitting, taking up grip safety slack, thumb safety work..along with little odds and ends that he felt would make the piece much better.
So, if you are looking for a Gunsmith, with a very high level of knowledge and experience, coupled with a very low key friendly approach, you can do no better then JOHN CARDUNER, who works out of FREESTATE Range. He and they are listed in IP section of the Forum. Finally, kudos to FREESTATE, always a busy place, but they handled the paperwork on the piece in a quick and friendly manner.
A real 5Star rating all around.
R
Let me start this Customer Testamonial by saying earlier comments by MDS folks got me interested in the subject of this prose. I had been looking for a Gunsmith to do some work on a 1911 that was on its way to me back in July. I contacted Mr Carduner by eMail, but he is readily available by phone. The eMail method was my choice. In any case, I explained to him basically what I was looking for, and after a series of eMail exchanges, my 1911 finally arrived. Mr. Carduner suggested a Aug 6th meeting to discuss the details of the work. His approach was friendly and laid back, yet very professional and from his conversation, it was easy to determine he was extremely knowledgeable of the art and science of Gunsmithing, especially 1911. (I've been around Firearms and Firearms people for over 50 years)
I hasten to add there was no self bloveating about his outstanding workmanship, or how absolutely superb his work was, and/or how folks were beating down his door. We discussed the work at a leisurely pace, and after an hour, he had made a list of notes, and then made an estimate, which was well within my own thoughts on the matter. He took possession of the piece thru FREESTATE, and said he would be in touch after he made thorough exam of the piece THAT EVENING.(Aug 6). He called the next day, discussed a few items, and then gave me an estimate of work completion.(Aug23). He called me a few times to discuss progress. All was going well. Then on AUG 12, he called to inform he was about to do test firing, and if all went well, he suggested an Aug 14 meeting at FREESTATE. He confirmed the test firing, and confirmed the Aug 14 meet to finalize our business. We met, did our business, and I left with his final words about his Guarantee of work. I suggested I would like to run about 500 rounds thru the piece before any judgements made, he agreed.
This was no small list of work, I should add, including drill and tap for install of scope; trigger work; barrel and slide fitting, taking up grip safety slack, thumb safety work..along with little odds and ends that he felt would make the piece much better.
So, if you are looking for a Gunsmith, with a very high level of knowledge and experience, coupled with a very low key friendly approach, you can do no better then JOHN CARDUNER, who works out of FREESTATE Range. He and they are listed in IP section of the Forum. Finally, kudos to FREESTATE, always a busy place, but they handled the paperwork on the piece in a quick and friendly manner.
A real 5Star rating all around.
R
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