Who is great gunsmith for an old pistol

[savageshooter86]

my co worker has an old Smith Wesson 38 that he inherited and he wants to see if it can be restored.

Who is a person to send to? All I know are guys who work on bolt action rifles

The original owner had sent off to be fixed and they sent it back with a few spare parts but didn’t fix it

I have pictures if anyone wants to see. Message me your email

 

[JRS]

If you want to restore it, send it to Smith & Wesson. A full restoration is not inexpensive. Hamilton Bowen can offer a great deal of information. Talk to him.

 

[sawcarver]

The two best revolver Smith's I know are

Ken Kelly at Magnaport in Michigan
Office phone
(586) 469-6727

Or

Chris Rhodes
Bayside Gunworks in WY
http://www.baysidecustomgunworks.net

 

[coford]

https://cylinder-slide.com/Store

https://www.turnbullrestoration.com/

Both of these are top notch. He will most likely end up with more in the gun than it's worth but It may be worth it to him.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Smith and wesson themselves. Sent my k22 in a few years back to reset its past hard life

 

[ben lurkin]

For that kind of work, I would recommend Gary Reeder out of Prescott, AZ. Here's a link showing the before and after of a couple S&W pistols he restored after they were in a fire:

http://www.reedercustomguns.net/forum/index.php?id=53267

I have a couple of his custom revolvers and they are both accurate and a joy to shoot.

 

[dave@aDave]

Whatever happened to Cake-Davis (spelled right ?) in Sacramento, Calif? They used to do a lot of PPC revolvers. In the early 1980's they did some work on a very early .44 Magnum Pre-Model 29 that I have. Very nice work at a reasonable price.

 

[riflewoman]

Davis out of Sacramento is long gone.