Looking for a smith for competition guns

[Jonnin]

My wife is looking into the bullseye competition shooting, does anyone know a gunsmith in TN (prefer chattanooga/knoxville area, or even GA/atlanta / nearby alabama area) who does this type of work? It would be setting up a .45 1911 from scratch and some work on a .22 (or from scratch if needed)?

We are really just getting started in the sport, but want to get set up decently and having someone localish is a big plus as it avoids the problems of mailing back and forth 50 times.

[R1100R]

I know of one in Nashville. Used to shoot on the AMU Europe team.

He works on mine. He's semi-retired ,so I don't know if he does full builds anymore. He does have a wealth of knowledge though.

Edited December 6, 2010 by R1100R

[Jonnin]

I can do nashville if I must. Can you private message me his name & number, or if you prefer, ask him first for me?

As I said, we are just starting out, so we should be low maintence after we get some decent gear. At our level, we would not need constant adjustments to the guns, as our skills are not to the level where we can blame the gun! (When I said mail it back and forth 50 times, thats the stuff that being local avoids, making sure the grip is correct and minor stuff where he can poke it, hand it to you, get feed back, poke again, etc... which is not fun to do via mail order). I honestly see it as being a setup then maybe a once a year checkup for some years to come barring major malfunctions.

Edited December 6, 2010 by Jonnin

[dlm37015]

just go to champions choice in lavergne by one off the shelf .major pearson is one of the greatest bullseye shooters of all time

[Jonnin]

Thanks, I will check it out