Customizing my Officer XS

[Bob Blair]

I have a nice stainless Officer XS model that I would like to have modified. I would like to send it to a smith who could make it absolutely reliable, maybe a little more accurate (but not at a cost to the reliability aspect), add some nice grip checkering, do some gentle edge relief and generally make my pistol a thing of beauty. Money?.......an arm and a leg is OK if necessary but not two arms and two legs! Oh yes, I really don't want to wait two years for the finished product.

The question is who do I send it to and am I asking too much. I was in Tulsa at the gunshow this weekend and fully planned to leave it with Cylinder and Slide but they weren't there. Since I have to SEND it anyway, I thought I'd ask the knowlegable sages here for your opinions. Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Bob

[Joni Lynn]

Try Bob. He does top notch work and isn't backed up for a year.
http://www.rodgerspistolsmithing.com/

[RandyColt]

Jim Garthwaite in Watsontown PA is who I would send it to, but I'm much closer to Jim than you are. Jim reliability work is excellent, he could da a carry bevel and touch up you would not know from factory work and the last I heard he was not seriously backed up. Just my thoughts, there are many good pistolsmiths out there.

[John]

Alan Tillman, in Texas is my prefered one. After all, he is the only US-based gunsmith I've tried, and his work is top noth. Contact details should be in the Home Page, if not PM me.