I'm in the same boat in the Salt Lake area. I want to put the FTE on my 5r. I placed a call this morning to Precision Guns in West Haven just west of Ogden. No luck getting a live body but I left my contact info. When I get the info I'll pm it to you if you want.
If anybody else has experience with them it would be appreciated. Thanks.
+1 For Brad a Wasatchprecisionarms Unfortunately because of his work load he is only at his phone Tuesday through Thursday 2-5pm. The best around this area!
Roger Burch is the only one I'd let touch my gun. He builds rifles for most of the PD's in the state and I've yet to hear a single complaint. If you're interested PM me and I'll get you his number.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bandit19</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Roger Burch is the only one I'd let touch my gun. He builds rifles for most of the PD's in the state and I've yet to hear a single complaint. If you're interested PM me and I'll get you his number.</div></div>
Update....I could never seem to get a live body or returned phone call from any of the suggested smiths so I sent the barrel to GAP for the install. 3 to 4 weeks and maybe I'll get to comment on their work.
Roger's does all of our department's work on long guns, and i've been using him for all of my personal builds/mods as well. A buddy of mine swears by www.wasatchprecisionarms.com Brad Stair's work too.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: lawdogc22</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Driver any update? </div></div>
Yup. I received a call about two weeks after GAP received it saying it was complete and asking how I wanted to pay for the work. The $250 I was told would be the cost included return shipping and insurance. I didn't expect that. I figured I would be paying another $25 to cover S&I for the return trip. The installation looks great. I just remounted the scope tonight and hope to shoot it this weekend if it's not too wet. If you go this way and need a box to ship, let me know. I haven't trashed it yet.
I finally shot last weekend. All I can say is it's worth every penny. We shot out to 800 yards. I could easily track the bullet path through the scope. What a blast.
Roger Burch is outstanding... He has done a couple of full blown 100% custom Tactical Bolt Action builds for me as well as some existing rifle mods/machine work. I know there are several great smiths around the State but Roger does exceptional work. He builds high attention to detail tack-drivers.