Gunsmith in League City, Texas?

[skeezix]

Can anyone recommend a good gunsmith in League City, Texas (or close-by)? My daughter's Russian Makarov broke.

Thanks.

Lorin

 

[bluetopper]

Explain. I'll bet we can help.

Makarovs are the easiest guns to disassemble/reassemble and work on there are.

 

[skeezix]

Not sure what happened......

Thanks for your reply, parasite.

I'm not sure the what, when, or how of the breakage. She sent me an email:
I took my gun to the range a few weekends ago and the de-cock and the firing pin fell out of it.

I don't know if it fell apart while she was shooting it, or when she was operating the decock/safety lever, or what. Her boyfriend looked at it and said he couldn't fix it. But I doubt that he knows much about the mechanics of how a gun works. I assume she still has the parts that "fell out of it".

The gun is a Russian IMEZ IJ-70 17A commercial version (single stack with adjustable sights) that was imported in the mid-1990s. I bought the gun new and never had any problem whatsoever with it (until now). It had about 500 rounds of UMC yellow box ammo thru it.

I read some reports some time back about the decock/safety levers coming off some of the Bulgarian Maks, but I don't recall the details.

I initially told my daughter to bring the gun home to Midland with her when she comes in May and I would either fix it or get it fixed. However, if I can find a good gunsmith in close proximity to her home, I'll just tell her to get it fixed there.

I have a schematic of the Makarov, and unless a part is really broke, I can probably put it back together. But until I get my hands on it, I don't know what the problem is.

Lorin

 

[dirtyjim]

the arms room on 518 has a gunsmith.

 

[skeezix]

Arms Room

Arms Room will probably get the job as soon as my daughter can get the gun to him.

Lorin

 

[bluetopper]

The safety detent spring just needs to be pryed out a little to hold itself secure or you can just order a new safety from makarov.com..............cheap fix.

The old safety can be took out and the new one installed in about 30 seconds.

 

[skeezix]

Thanks!

Thanks for that Makarov.com link, parasite.

The instructions and pictures look simple enough. I'll just wait 'til the gun comes back to Midland and do it myself. I'll PM you if I run into a snag and need some help.

Lorin