Carter's Gun Shop Inc

"I have had John do a few smithing jobs for me. He has installed a number of barrels to Mauser actions, 4 so far and has installed M1 barrels to several rifles. If he says they are true I believe him. He has also done trigger work on my 1911, it is now perfect. I have a friend who always takes his firearms to John. Never a problem, he is my go to guy when I can't fix it myself."

"John is an incredible gun smith who clearly knows his trade very well and has practiced for a long time. He’s done work on a few shotguns of mine as well as multiple after market sight installs on a few different pistols. His work has been consistently excellent and his prices are extremely reasonable. Service is prompt as well. Would recommend and he is the only gun smith I use when I need one. Carters also had a good selection of shotguns."

"This was well worth the drive. He fixed the Lugar before I could return to the counter from perusing his classic old time shop. A grand place. Then, he took my old 1870’s Winchester Into the back room where he fixed the forearm stock from sliding around . He customized a part, and did it while I waited. Cool guy. I respect him."

"Carters handled a gun transfer for a 22 I won in a auction. Things from the start were red flags of problems to come. The phone was out of order and could not reach them. Then when I come in on Monday. I was informed he holds guns for 4 days just to make sure everything is legal. So I show up Thursday and he says "I don't think it's ready". Then asks me which gun was mine. If you don't know which gun is mine. Then I wonder how he could think it's not ready.so I said you told me Thursday and he kinda sighed. I would like to know how he thinks he can hold guns longer then the legal 72hrs. To be honest he makes you feel like your bothering him. So I will never enter his place ever again. If this is how he acts for a transfer. It might take a year buying one from him directly. So I would avoid and buy elsewhere."

"I went to here to turn the barrel in my M1 Garand in a touch. Front sight was on the left side and rear sight is favoring the right side. The “ Gun Smith “ came out of the back room with a torpedo level. He says according to my level it looks good. He didn’t have any more precise tooling to check it or want to use the smart level i had. I suggested to use a drill rod laying on the rear sight bridge and the flat spot for the front sight. That way you can see if the barrel lines up with the receiver. All he did was move the front sight to the center. I wouldn’t recommend anyone come here for any gun smithing or anything else."