I have been a lurker for over 15-20 years seeking answers to questions I believe few people have and a lot fewer people willing to take the time to help out an unknown. I had an issue with my HK53 built by somebody else in Florida and after spending $$$ trying to get it to work I resorted to posting a query on HKPRO years ago (by years I mean 15-20 years ago). I did the post at 2:30 am explaining my problem of my "new" 53 was dropping mags before first round.At around 2:35 am I had a reply from some guy in Oklahoma asking if it was OK for me to talk on the phone with me. Of course I said yes, pm's #s and waited. He called a few minutes later and introduced himself as Ghilliebear from Oklahoma and proceeded to tell me that what probably happened was the builder had used a 91 mag catch on a 93 receiver. He explained that it was an easy mistake to make and unless you have both side by side you could not tell the difference. By 4:15 am ((with Jeff on the phone) he walked me through the switch process. We were done, I thanked him and asked what do I owe him. He said... Nothing. I then thanked him by sending him a couple of pounds of home made pecan brittle I concoct in gratitude along with the 53... I figured that if my local builder had screwed that up. what else could be wrong? Well he found a few things that were not to his liking, corrected them and made the 53 look and fire as it was meant to. BTW he never berated the prior builder.
That started a relationship that has been going on for almost 2 decades, maybe longer? I will not take an HK project anywhere near a range until Jeff has his meats all over it, and he has built for me easily over 8-10 firearms, and a plethora of repairs, all spectacular lookers and shooters.
That began my HK fanboy status (not a bad place to be) and Jeff continues to build and repair for me as needed. We'd talk once in a long while, but it is of great comfort to know that his team is a phone call away to make my HK problems away.
My stuff runs the gamut... HKMp5, MP5K, 53, 91, 104, 93, a few handguns, All run and serviced by Jeff. Terry Dyers is also another one of those smiths that have reached mythical status (in my book) and he has built me a few weapons. He is also fantastic, but my relationship is nowhere as close as the one I have developed with Jeff with that single 2:30 am phone call! Another individual in our world that has been helpful. is Jim Corby with Side arm Sam's in Pompano Beach and Ruben Mendiola who went to high school with me.
Like I said at the beginning... It's about time... My relationship with firearms started as a kid with a 22 Ruger 10/22, through a lengthy period as a LEO, All the way to the present... well over 50 years all told.
That started a relationship that has been going on for almost 2 decades, maybe longer? I will not take an HK project anywhere near a range until Jeff has his meats all over it, and he has built for me easily over 8-10 firearms, and a plethora of repairs, all spectacular lookers and shooters.
That began my HK fanboy status (not a bad place to be) and Jeff continues to build and repair for me as needed. We'd talk once in a long while, but it is of great comfort to know that his team is a phone call away to make my HK problems away.
My stuff runs the gamut... HKMp5, MP5K, 53, 91, 104, 93, a few handguns, All run and serviced by Jeff. Terry Dyers is also another one of those smiths that have reached mythical status (in my book) and he has built me a few weapons. He is also fantastic, but my relationship is nowhere as close as the one I have developed with Jeff with that single 2:30 am phone call! Another individual in our world that has been helpful. is Jim Corby with Side arm Sam's in Pompano Beach and Ruben Mendiola who went to high school with me.
Like I said at the beginning... It's about time... My relationship with firearms started as a kid with a 22 Ruger 10/22, through a lengthy period as a LEO, All the way to the present... well over 50 years all told.
