Elected to American Pistolsmith Guild

[Srboostjunkie]

Congrats

 

[Garys]

Well deserved from what I've seen posted here. I have no doubt that your builds will easily surpass their standards.

Congratulations.

 

[Matt_SERE]

Wishing you the best of success on your two submissions.

Congratulations!

We knew you when...

 

[BattleSnail]

congrats. Based on the pictures I've seen of your guns, it's well deserved. Can't wait for my Colt!

 

[Retired-LEO]

Congrats!

 

[dustoff22]

Don't know you from Adam but all I've read and heard, you're deserving of such an honor. Most impressive. Hope to meet you some day.

 

[jasons]

Just wanted to share my election to the APG at the SHOT show last week. Came as a surprise from a friend who invited me to the dinner. Now I have a year to build two guns for them to tear apart for full membership. The list of guild members is like a who's who of master craftsmen. I hope I can meet the challenge, there are just about sixty members in the US. To see some of their work or a list of members go to: www.americanpistol.com

Thank you to all the NES members for the support and encouragement since 1992.

Crap, your prices just went up.

Congrats!

 

[01SVTvert]

Congrats.

A 1911 from you is on my bucket list.

 

[Royal]

Congrats! This is going to push my custom 1911 timetable out a bit.

 

[wahsben]

Congratulations!

 

[weldingmachine]

Very cool!
Grats!!

 

[dgrafton]

That is awesome! Congratulations Greg!!!


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[Viper22]

Congrats!!!

 

[BlackwaterFence]

Congratulations

 

[Greg Derr]

Thanks very much for the kind words and well wishes. I don't see a change in my business model. I plan on dancing with who brought me to the dance for a long time. I'll keep you posted.

 

[Mike-Mike]

Good work!

 

[Parker Duofold]

I'm sure this was a great surprise for you! Congratulations.
You've done a few trigger jobs for me and currently have a 1911 of mine that is out being hard chromed to complete "upgrades."

 

[frenchman]

If your guns have to go through the same torture as a blade when someone becomes a member of the blade smith guild, then they better be as functional as they they be gorgeous. Takes a hell of a smith just to be considered a prospective member. Congratulations.

 

[exojam]

Greg,

For folks like me who do not know, can you expand on this “Now I have a year to build two guns for them to tear apart for full membership”?

Do you select two different models (of say handguns) and basically take them down and modify internals/extrenals, replace existing components with better ones or take a model and put your personal touch on it?

Thanks and congratulations on your achievement.

 

[usp45ct]

Gregg, now that you are on verge of notoriety, do you have a mark that you put on a gun to signify a gun was reworked by you?

 

[EvolutionArmory]

Greg,

For folks like me who do not know, can you expand on this “Now I have a year to build two guns for them to tear apart for full membership”?

Do you select two different models (of say handguns) and basically take them down and modify internals/extrenals, replace existing components with better ones or take a model and put your personal touch on it?

Thanks and congratulations on your achievement.

The guild requires you to build some guns with set features from a checklist that they created. The guns are then looked over with a fine toothed comb by other guild members to ensure that the smith submitting the guns is building the guns to the standards that are expected from guild members.

 

[FreeWillie]

I've only seen two of the guns that you've done and they were absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations on the nomination and I wish you success in your submissions to the Guild.