Praise for John Pierce, Gunsmith and 'True Gentleman'
In our Shooters’ Forum, member David C. posted this account about David’s recent positive experience with John Pierce of Pierce Engineering. It’s nice when a good deed gets acknowledged. Dave wrote:
“I don’t know if you guys know or have heard of John Pierce, but he makes a fine action and custom rifles if you want one. Well his shop is only about 5 miles from me so I went to see him yesterday. I had bought a Stevens .243 with the idea of making a 6mmBR out of it. I had it apart and had cut 0.600″ off and put the same amount of threads on it. I just wanted [John] to ream it for me if he had the time.
Well, John took one look down the barrel with his borescope and said ‘It’s Junk’. He then went through his take-off barrels and found a nice stainless bull barrel and said ‘this will work’. He then crowned it, cut it off and threaded it with a shoulder so no Savage nut was required. He then reamed it and put it all back together and checked the head space.
If that wasn’t enough, John then loaded 15 cases for me, gave me 100 primers and showed me around his shop. Now mind you I had been there most of the morning. Let me tell you, this guy has his stuff together. Boy does he make a great action. I said, ‘Well how much do I owe you?’, and he said ‘Nothing… just go shoot it and have some fun’.
I did buy him lunch, LOL. Guess where I will be getting my next rifle? Thanks John, you sure made this old man’s day.” – Dave C.
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Thank you David for sharing this story… and thanks to John Pierce for doing a kind and selfless act.
Roy
I have found John to be a first class guy to work with in my dealings with him. The Pierce Target Action serial number #002 that I used was built very well.
Nat Lambeth
John will take the time to answer your questions and discuss your project until everyone is on the same page. He is very polite and thorough. I have really enjoyed my dealings and conversations with him. The short action repeater I bought from him is a joy to work with. Thanks John.
John is a great guy and a great gunsmith. I have dealt with many, but none compare to John! Cant wait for my action!
John and his whole crew are fantastic. I am rather new to the high end of shooting, and John took an amazing amount of time with me personally to go over different techniques and equipment. First class all the way.