Post by hammerdown77 on Mar 19, 2012 22:24:12 GMT -5
I posted this originally on TheHighRoad.org, but I wanted to share it here with you guys since I think it is a great ending to an interesting story.
www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=8045551#post8045551
It is a follow up post to an original thread from last year where I was inquiring about custom work to my Cimarron and stated I did not want to send it back to Cimarron again because of how long they took to index a barrel and return the gun. That original thread was started in July of 2011. Well, at the end of January of this year, I got an email saying someone had replied to that old thread. Turns out it was Ryan Hoover, the owner of Hill Country Precision Gunsmithing, the shop who handles all gunsmithing services for Cimarron, and he was offering both his apology for my previous unpleasant experience with their shop, along with a FREE action job, shipping costs included. I gladly accepted this offer, and here is the rest of the story:
(text from the follow up thread over on TheHighRoad.org)
This is a follow up to the thread I created regarding custom work for my Cimarron Model P, located here:
www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=603093
If you read the thread, you will see that Ryan from Hill Country Precision Gunsmithing generously offered to pay for shipping both ways and perform an action job on the revolver for free. I gladly took him up on his offer.
While Ryan had the gun, I also discussed changing out the sights for something more usable, such as the wider front blade and rear notch that comes on the upgraded Evil Roy model (and also mimics the sights Ruger is putting on their Vaquero/New Vaquero). He said he would be glad to do it, and I gave him the green light to perform the work.
I received the gun back last week. Cocking the hammer straight out of the box I was amazed at the smooth and effortless action. The trigger pull was very nice as well, light but not too light, and crisp. The sights were also very nicely done. He widened the rear notch by hand (so I understand) and combined with the slightly wider front blade, it made for a much easier to acquire sight picture.
I must have cocked the hammer hundreds of times that first hour I had the gun in hand. I just could not get over how nice it felt, and there's nothing like the sound of those four clicks as the cylinder rolls over. Had a big grin on my face the whole time.
That afternoon I took the gun out to the range for a test fire. The sights were so much more usable than before, easy to see against different backgrounds, and in varying light. For those of you struggling with the standard narrow v-notch rear sights on Colt clones, I highly recommend this sight upgrade. Between the new sights and the slick, effortless action, the gun was 100 times more enjoyable to shoot than before.
This gun has a little "history" behind it as well. Last year my house was broken into and I had quite a few guns stolen, including this Cimarron. The Cimarron was the ONLY gun the police recovered. They found it under the bumper of a suspect's SUV who had been arrested for a gun shop burglary a couple of weeks after mine. It had some dings and scratches on it, but overall it was still in excellent shape considering where it had lived since being taken from my home. I have no intention of having the gun refinished, or having any of these cosmetic imperfections taken out. To me, they are just part of the story of the gun.
Again, thanks to Ryan at Hill Country Precision Gunsmithing. You and Cimarron have yourself a loyal customer, and I will not hesitate to recommend their firearms and your gunsmithing services to anyone who might ask.
www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=8045551#post8045551
It is a follow up post to an original thread from last year where I was inquiring about custom work to my Cimarron and stated I did not want to send it back to Cimarron again because of how long they took to index a barrel and return the gun. That original thread was started in July of 2011. Well, at the end of January of this year, I got an email saying someone had replied to that old thread. Turns out it was Ryan Hoover, the owner of Hill Country Precision Gunsmithing, the shop who handles all gunsmithing services for Cimarron, and he was offering both his apology for my previous unpleasant experience with their shop, along with a FREE action job, shipping costs included. I gladly accepted this offer, and here is the rest of the story:
(text from the follow up thread over on TheHighRoad.org)
This is a follow up to the thread I created regarding custom work for my Cimarron Model P, located here:
www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=603093
If you read the thread, you will see that Ryan from Hill Country Precision Gunsmithing generously offered to pay for shipping both ways and perform an action job on the revolver for free. I gladly took him up on his offer.
While Ryan had the gun, I also discussed changing out the sights for something more usable, such as the wider front blade and rear notch that comes on the upgraded Evil Roy model (and also mimics the sights Ruger is putting on their Vaquero/New Vaquero). He said he would be glad to do it, and I gave him the green light to perform the work.
I received the gun back last week. Cocking the hammer straight out of the box I was amazed at the smooth and effortless action. The trigger pull was very nice as well, light but not too light, and crisp. The sights were also very nicely done. He widened the rear notch by hand (so I understand) and combined with the slightly wider front blade, it made for a much easier to acquire sight picture.
I must have cocked the hammer hundreds of times that first hour I had the gun in hand. I just could not get over how nice it felt, and there's nothing like the sound of those four clicks as the cylinder rolls over. Had a big grin on my face the whole time.
That afternoon I took the gun out to the range for a test fire. The sights were so much more usable than before, easy to see against different backgrounds, and in varying light. For those of you struggling with the standard narrow v-notch rear sights on Colt clones, I highly recommend this sight upgrade. Between the new sights and the slick, effortless action, the gun was 100 times more enjoyable to shoot than before.
This gun has a little "history" behind it as well. Last year my house was broken into and I had quite a few guns stolen, including this Cimarron. The Cimarron was the ONLY gun the police recovered. They found it under the bumper of a suspect's SUV who had been arrested for a gun shop burglary a couple of weeks after mine. It had some dings and scratches on it, but overall it was still in excellent shape considering where it had lived since being taken from my home. I have no intention of having the gun refinished, or having any of these cosmetic imperfections taken out. To me, they are just part of the story of the gun.
Again, thanks to Ryan at Hill Country Precision Gunsmithing. You and Cimarron have yourself a loyal customer, and I will not hesitate to recommend their firearms and your gunsmithing services to anyone who might ask.
