Anyone have Novak work on their 3rd Gen?

[DanHend]

Title pretty much explains it. Since we can forget S&W on these, supposedly Novak still works on these and will fit match barrels and do trigger jobs. Anyone try it?

Also, they have a 5903 for sale on their site for $1,333 that looks pretty nice:

SMITH & WESSON Model 5903

 

[rbmcmjr]

My 4516-2 visited their shop ~20 years ago for a duty action job and carry bevel. It was my first ever "custom" pistol. It still is the standard by which I judge other TDA trigger pulls.

I was under the impression that they no longer work on the S&W line but can't confirm that since their website is down for maintenance.

 

[03Fatboy]

They still advertise it, but unless something has changed they only put sights on them now. What a shame too, they appear to do nice work.

 

[DanHend]

Anyone know who does work on 3rd Gens?

 

[18DAI]

Karl Sokol at Chestnut Mountain sports does excellent work on 3rd gen guns.

I'm told Cylinder & Slide still works on them, but they are extremely pricey, for me.

I hope Wilson Combat will take a look at the 3rd gen guns and do something. They have done excellent work with Beretta 92's recently. Regards 18DAI

 

[housedog]

+1 for Karl Sokol, he is doing some work on my 4563 right now....good gunsmith, reasonable prices, but long wait/backlog as you would expect these days

 

[dajonga]

So, is carefully filling-in my 4506-1's dead night sight Novaks with white enamel paint a bad idea? I cannot really justify new sights, but sights are hard to see.

 

[rbmcmjr]

Anyone know who does work on 3rd Gens?

Rick Devoid at Tarnhelm: Tarnhelm Supply - Gun Safety Add-ons, Smart Guns, Defense Training, Gunsmithing, Expert Witness

I have no personal experience with his 3rd Gen work but I do own a Magna-Trigger gun from him that works just fine.

 

[Sevens]

So, is carefully filling-in my 4506-1's dead night sight Novaks with white enamel paint a bad idea? I cannot really justify new sights, but sights are hard to see.

May be beyond your budget but I hear that many folks will take the entire slide off the pistol and ship only the slide directly to Trijicon and Trijicon will re-lamp the night sights for less money than new sights, install of same and/or full FFL shipping since it's only the slide being shipped.

And if the carrier questions what is in the package, it is "machined metal parts."

On the other hand, I'm not one of the "purists" who believe that it is sacrilege to alter and modify guns no matter what they are, so I would say that very careful work with some white paint (or maybe try typewriter correction fluid/white-out) is also a viable option.

Afterall... it is YOUR handgun.