falconpilot
Gold $$ Contributor
Alot of times on the internet all we hear of are the bad things...I just wanted to pass a little valvuable info along to all my fellow shooters. Disclaimer - In no way am I connected to or sponcered in any way by Howard..I pay just like everyone else.
Howard Pitts of Taft, TN is the owner of Pitts Precicion Rifles. I meet Howard at the Regional F-Class championship back in the spring and he is hell of a nice guy. At the time, I just happened to have a Dowling built 6.5 x 284 who's barrel give out while shooting there,over 2000 rounds), and someone there referred Howard. After watching his daughter Halley shooting all weekend,she kicked a number of well known butts!!) with a gun that her dad had built, I decide to have Howard rebarrel my gun. This gun was a hummer before, and even more of a hummer when I got it back. Not only does it shoot the lights out, the quality of work was top notch,and the turn around time was impressive.
Move forward a few months...I had a 6BR built and chambered my another very well known gunsmith. Great guy, fast turn around, but the gun give me problems from the get go. The brass,Laupa)was just too big for the chamber. I tried bumping shoulders, using small body dies, everything I knew of, and finally after about 800 rounds, give up.,Moral to this story is ALWAYS use your own reamer, one that you know is right) THe gun shot in the high .30 to low .40s.
I'd decided that I wanted a Dasher anyways, so a call to Dave Kiff had the reamer on its way. Another call to Tim North and I had another barrel on the way - Tim is a great guy, went way out of his way to help, and makes a damn good barrel.
I next called Howard, explained my situation, and he told me to get him the equipment. He set my old barrel back, and chambered both barrels for me...Three weeks later, gun returned with the same top quality work that I had recieved the first time around..Again, at a price that is unbelieveable.... Shot the gun over the last two days...While Fireforming the brass, the gun is shooting in the 20's. With formed brass, I turned in a 5-shot 100 yard group of .089,this is with my set back, fireforming barrel), my best group ever.
I just wanted to point out a gunsmith that is honest, very accommadating, produces incredible work at a very fair price. Anyone looking for a smith, should give Howard a call at 931-425-6895 or 931-993-6122.
Thanks Howard
Jim
Howard Pitts of Taft, TN is the owner of Pitts Precicion Rifles. I meet Howard at the Regional F-Class championship back in the spring and he is hell of a nice guy. At the time, I just happened to have a Dowling built 6.5 x 284 who's barrel give out while shooting there,over 2000 rounds), and someone there referred Howard. After watching his daughter Halley shooting all weekend,she kicked a number of well known butts!!) with a gun that her dad had built, I decide to have Howard rebarrel my gun. This gun was a hummer before, and even more of a hummer when I got it back. Not only does it shoot the lights out, the quality of work was top notch,and the turn around time was impressive.
Move forward a few months...I had a 6BR built and chambered my another very well known gunsmith. Great guy, fast turn around, but the gun give me problems from the get go. The brass,Laupa)was just too big for the chamber. I tried bumping shoulders, using small body dies, everything I knew of, and finally after about 800 rounds, give up.,Moral to this story is ALWAYS use your own reamer, one that you know is right) THe gun shot in the high .30 to low .40s.
I'd decided that I wanted a Dasher anyways, so a call to Dave Kiff had the reamer on its way. Another call to Tim North and I had another barrel on the way - Tim is a great guy, went way out of his way to help, and makes a damn good barrel.
I next called Howard, explained my situation, and he told me to get him the equipment. He set my old barrel back, and chambered both barrels for me...Three weeks later, gun returned with the same top quality work that I had recieved the first time around..Again, at a price that is unbelieveable.... Shot the gun over the last two days...While Fireforming the brass, the gun is shooting in the 20's. With formed brass, I turned in a 5-shot 100 yard group of .089,this is with my set back, fireforming barrel), my best group ever.
I just wanted to point out a gunsmith that is honest, very accommadating, produces incredible work at a very fair price. Anyone looking for a smith, should give Howard a call at 931-425-6895 or 931-993-6122.
Thanks Howard
Jim
