I am posting under this name, because I really dont want guff on my "real" name.
I was not impressed at all with Jame's Re-Finish job.
Complaint #1 The Dura-Coat finish on the Loaded Chamber Indicator started to flake/peel off the first day I got it back withought firing. I noticed right away when I put a snap cap in the chamber.
Complaint#2 The Dura-Coat finish on the frame, surrounding the Loaded chamber Indicator, near the front of the ejection port has also started to peel. This occurred after the first time I fired the weapon, 3 days after I received it back
Complaint #3 The Dura-Coat finish was not smooth around the whole slide. There are flakes/artifacts on the top left edge of my slide, and also on the ribs where you grab onto the slide to cock it. Almost as if some dura-coat had perhaps dried a little in the airbrush, or the airbrush was not properly cleaned after a previous application.
Complaint #4 The barrel was not re-finished. Their may be a coat of clear-coat on it or something, but I would have rather had it re-finished black with a clear over that. I honestly believed it was going to come back finished matte black like the rest of my slide. When you get your barrel back like you sent it out, it looks like crap, and you feel jipped.
Complaint #5 It shipped out from in 3 days later than he said it would. (not that big of a deal, but when your told something, you count on what you heard.)
I chose james because you hear great things about his re-finishing, low prices and fast turn-around. You get what you pay for I suppose. Now im looking to get it re-finished again, but now am going with Tripp Research OR Springfield Armory to do it.
When I talked to james over the phone He was very polite. He also mentiond he had something like 40+ slides in. Maybe he is trying to hurry, maybe thier was something wrong with the Dura-Coat, who knows.
I just had a bad experence and would like to let fellow XD owners & board members know about it.
I was not impressed at all with Jame's Re-Finish job.
Complaint #1 The Dura-Coat finish on the Loaded Chamber Indicator started to flake/peel off the first day I got it back withought firing. I noticed right away when I put a snap cap in the chamber.
Complaint#2 The Dura-Coat finish on the frame, surrounding the Loaded chamber Indicator, near the front of the ejection port has also started to peel. This occurred after the first time I fired the weapon, 3 days after I received it back
Complaint #3 The Dura-Coat finish was not smooth around the whole slide. There are flakes/artifacts on the top left edge of my slide, and also on the ribs where you grab onto the slide to cock it. Almost as if some dura-coat had perhaps dried a little in the airbrush, or the airbrush was not properly cleaned after a previous application.
Complaint #4 The barrel was not re-finished. Their may be a coat of clear-coat on it or something, but I would have rather had it re-finished black with a clear over that. I honestly believed it was going to come back finished matte black like the rest of my slide. When you get your barrel back like you sent it out, it looks like crap, and you feel jipped.
Complaint #5 It shipped out from in 3 days later than he said it would. (not that big of a deal, but when your told something, you count on what you heard.)
I chose james because you hear great things about his re-finishing, low prices and fast turn-around. You get what you pay for I suppose. Now im looking to get it re-finished again, but now am going with Tripp Research OR Springfield Armory to do it.
When I talked to james over the phone He was very polite. He also mentiond he had something like 40+ slides in. Maybe he is trying to hurry, maybe thier was something wrong with the Dura-Coat, who knows.
I just had a bad experence and would like to let fellow XD owners & board members know about it.