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My day with Jim Hoag...
So I finally got around to taking my Hi-Power in for a trigger job. C&S did the work some years back but it was so light it developed hammer follow and another smith dropped in a sear with no honing...so the pull is around 12 pounds, even without the mag safety. I called Jim yesterday and told him I wanted his 4.5# trigger. No problem, just bring it by. Beautiful day today so I took my bike across Mulholland Drive to Conoga Park. Figured I'd snap a pic for the story...
Got to the shop...very unassuming place...looks like a bunch of storage lockers with office doors next to them.
I step inside, no bell or anything to warn him...I can see he's tinkering at his bench. For some reason, I didn't want to yell out to him so I coughed loudly and he came out to the counter. We discussed the gun then another chap came in holding a familiar box. I asked him if it was a Kimber...he said yes. I asked why he brought it in...tells me he's having function issues...I ask him if it's a TLE...he says yes...ejection problems? Yes. Came in for the $95 reliability package. I told him mine had the same problems...but I'm gonna have a friend take a try at the ejector before brining it to the master.
Anyway...before I left, I needed to use the bathroom. I felt funny asking to go into his shop and Jim gruffed a bit, but said go on. So I got to see his inner sanctum...just a few benches with some gun parts scattered about. Still, I was glad I got to see it...kind of like visiting Santa's workshop...
Anyway, I couldn't leave with out a pic.
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Great story.
Cool shirt.
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Neat! I'm glad that you know one of the masters and live near enough to be able to actually bring a gun to be fixed and visit a mite.
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What's even more amazing is that he's in Southern California...we have so few...
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Cool story and pics. Amazing he's still in SoCal. Hardly a friendly environment for anything to do with guns.
Then again Austin Behlert was a Master and his shop was in northern NJ.
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Nice Pics!
So, when do we get the range report? With more pics?
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Couldn't see you feet in the photo - betting your wearing them fancy black sneakers when you ride your black scooter?? Remember to keep it up on both wheels at all times. ![Big Grin](https://smith-wessonforum.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif) Watch out for morons in pick'um up trucks as they like to hog the road!!
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PS - looking at the color of those pipes, my guess is you have been exceeding the posted speed limit...be careful out there, big brother is watching.
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Nice article. Keep us updated.
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Cool story and pics. Amazing he's still in SoCal. Hardly a friendly environment for anything to do with guns.
Then again Austin Behlert was a Master and his shop was in northern NJ.
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