Colt Pony work?

[tigger3672]

I cannot get Scott McDougall to respond to my calls. Does anyone have recommendations for a gunsmith that can do similar work on a Colt Pony? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[shooter2]

I'm in the same boat.

Contact Teddy Jacobson in Texas (www.actionsbyt.com); a friend has a couple 1911s that have been done by Teddy, and turned me on to his work. Teddy has been very responsive to my Email inquiries and has quoted me a very favorable price and turnaround time. All I'm waiting on is getting enough pennies scraped together...

[Critter]

Teddy does first rate work, and it is my understanding his turn time is quite quick these days.

[shooter2]

The only thing Teddy won't do is cut the slide to install "real" (Novak, AO, etc) sights. Which is fine, as high-profile sights are silly on a pocket gun, anyway, and most folks want ~$300 to do the work (on a $400 weapon!). What Teddy will do for about $45 is drill the rear sight and install painted dots, and paint the front sight a contrasting color. Paint work is sealed and should hold up pretty well. Good compromise between the crappy stock sights and the godawful expensive tritium variety.

I shopped around at a number of custom shops/smiths (McDougall, Cogan Custom, Cylinder & Slide, etc) before making up my mind to go with Actions by T. C&S would've gotten serious consideration, but they are currently running a 4-month backlog.

[Critter]

What kind of work done you want done to the pistol particularly? Are you looking for checkering or stippling, a carry bevel, action work, etc... My wifes husband does some of that stuff. ;)