shiftyer1
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Has anyone ordered thru them? Does anyone know the average shipping time?
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Publius1688
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'bout a week. I've ordered quite a bit of parts off them over the years. My only complaint: out of stock items, but considering their inventory, it's hard to complain too much.
shiftyer1
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thank you
rbernie
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Numrich is a solid vendor; most of us have bought stuff from them over the years with no issues at all.
jimmyraythomason
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I've used them for about 30 years and have had great service. I order online now and it takes a week or usually less for delivery of in-stock items.
Better be looking for common stuff only, and don't expect to learn anything or get much help talking to them. They are basically clueless. My experience from ordering is that you have a 50:50 chance of getting the correct part. As you might guess, they are the last place I look!
jimmyraythomason
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Only once since I first started buying from Numrich in 1978 have I received the wrong part. The part was a trigger spring for a Harrington and Richardson 38 S&W revolver. The spring I got looked exactly like the picture in the catalog but was too large for the revolver. I obviously ordered the wrong spring. NOT Numrich's fault.
rcmodel
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I have had mixed results with them.
Sometimes great.
Sometimes poor quality reproduction parts (Winchester screws) when I thought I was getting originals. That happened to me twice.
They won't get a third strike.
I can get better quality reproduction parts from Wisners.
http://www.wisnersinc.com/
rc
Sometimes great.
Sometimes poor quality reproduction parts (Winchester screws) when I thought I was getting originals. That happened to me twice.
They won't get a third strike.
I can get better quality reproduction parts from Wisners.
http://www.wisnersinc.com/
rc
OK, Moosehunt, where is the first place you go to for obsolete parts? Very few parts places have anywhere near the parts GPC has.
As for repro parts, many guns they have parts for have not been made for a century or more and the makers are long out of business; where could one expect to get original parts? No one else has even repros.
Of course, a skilled machinist can make many obsolete parts (and I have), but not economically and not easily. Few folks would want to pay $300 for a small part, but if it took a day to make, that is what I would charge.
Jim
As for repro parts, many guns they have parts for have not been made for a century or more and the makers are long out of business; where could one expect to get original parts? No one else has even repros.
Of course, a skilled machinist can make many obsolete parts (and I have), but not economically and not easily. Few folks would want to pay $300 for a small part, but if it took a day to make, that is what I would charge.
Jim
Well Mr. Keenan, my first look is always Jack First. Smaller inventory, much more honest, knowledgeable, and helpful. You're a gunsmith--you know the potential good sources. I'm basically retired from this business, forget many of the good ones. Had to be reminded the other day myself (from one of our pards here) about Gary Fellers. Good sources are out there, small guys, specialists for the most part--they make a joke out of Numerich, and as a gun smith, I suspect that you know that. If you want common parts at a relatively high price, granted, a lot of inventory, then Numerich is your source--but my experience is that even then, what shows up (pretty damn good service time, I grant) may well not be what you thought you were getting. Each to his own. Cheers!!
I have dealt with Jack First, and agree, but he has nowhere the inventory of parts for old and obsolete guns that Numrich has. I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard First and others tell me they never heard of some gun that Numrich had parts for in their catalog. Yes, I have had to deal with bad repro parts (IMHO, Dixie is far worse than Numrich in that respect), and spent too much time fitting Wolff springs, but it still beats making the part. Other small suppliers are specialized, and often have a poor selection. Some never have what is wanted, others charge high prices for broken or worn out parts and won't even discuss refunds.
On the other hand, I have lucked out with Numrich. I once ordered a firing pin for a M1903 hammer Colt and got an original, still in the century-old waxed cloth wrapping! In general, I have had satisfaction with them. As a gunsmith when I dealt with current guns, or guns "with a home", though, I always preferred to order from the factory if possible. I was more likely to get the right part and to talk to people who knew what I needed.
Some gunsmiths (and one of my bosses) would never order parts until he had enough to get some discount or other. That was OK except that the customer fumed for weeks because his gun wasn't fixed, and the boss would claim the parts had been ordered (a lie) and had "not come in." When I could, I preferred to just order the part; the customer didn't really care if it cost $5 or $7 if his gun was fixed. But the penny-pinching boss retired rich, so I guess he knew what he was doing.
Jim
On the other hand, I have lucked out with Numrich. I once ordered a firing pin for a M1903 hammer Colt and got an original, still in the century-old waxed cloth wrapping! In general, I have had satisfaction with them. As a gunsmith when I dealt with current guns, or guns "with a home", though, I always preferred to order from the factory if possible. I was more likely to get the right part and to talk to people who knew what I needed.
Some gunsmiths (and one of my bosses) would never order parts until he had enough to get some discount or other. That was OK except that the customer fumed for weeks because his gun wasn't fixed, and the boss would claim the parts had been ordered (a lie) and had "not come in." When I could, I preferred to just order the part; the customer didn't really care if it cost $5 or $7 if his gun was fixed. But the penny-pinching boss retired rich, so I guess he knew what he was doing.
Jim
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amlevin
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I've use Numrich and found that the biggest delay in shipping is UPS. UPS ground to my location is usually a full week. USPS Flat Rate packages can take as little as 3 days. To get this kind of service from UPS you pay through the nose.
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