Anyone know their hours of operation off hand? Been trying to call them. Or better yet, does anyone know if they stock snap caps there? I'm looking for some but I want to avoid driving to town if possible. Thank you!

I wanted some work done on my .45 a while back. Tried calling and emailing. No resonse at all.

Ah.. oh well. I guess I'll just stop by their shop tomorrow. Maybe give them a tip or two about customer service, haha. Nah, seems like they've been heavily back-logged with custom orders. But still...

Kaneohe Gun Shop has some snap caps on hand.

seems like they've been heavily back-logged with custom orders. But still...

Yep. That's the problem with some companies now days.  If they are back logged they should let people know, not leave them hanging out there, wondering what the heck is going on.

Kaneohe Gun Shop has some snap caps on hand.

OGC TACTICAL has some as well, just depends on what caliber you want.

I have errands to run in town anyway so OGC it is. I will still stop by E-Tac hopefully later today to check out their Saigas.

I had some work done there last year....it took WAY longer than expected and I am already getting somoe rust on the grip where I had it coated. In addition, it would sometimes take days, or weeks for him to return my calls. While I hear from others that he does good work, I would not be inclined to return there for anything else. If I did, I would make sure I got, in writing, when the work was to be done and make sure to hold him to that.

While doing some research for getting some work done on my Saiga, I found out that they had a change of ownership in the past couple years. From what I could find out, there were unhappy people before the change and unhappy people after. Slow responses and slow work. The quality before the change over was supposed to be top notch but don't know about the current quality.

They do have a nice web site though, FWIW

Just looked at the new site and it is unclear if the primary of the "old"  company, Cem Esteban, is still involved. If you are having trouble getting a response from the company, I'd wager a hefty sum that he's still involved and if so, it sounds like his old habits persist.....

HiCarry, that is the name of the guy (Esteban) who promised to finish my pistol in three weeks which ended up taking six weeks instead.  I heard of other who had to wait longer.  Getting a hold of these guys was just so frustrating.  We wasted alot of gas and time to bang on the door with nobody answering while they were in the shop.  Nice guys but please be upfront and mange customer expectations.  I am not bashing them, but I regret going to that shop as of now. 

Don't ever send Cem Esteban or E-Tac or whatever dozen names they have for their "company" now.

They are nothing but con men and thieves, they will take your gun and or money and you will never see it again.  They stole $2500 from me, refused refunds, made nothing but excuses, told me they had my gun ready three times, told me it had to be rewelded three times, painted three times, going on three years now I have nothing to show for it.  And I am not the only one, check saiga-12 forums if you don't believe me.

You've been warned, don't give these guys your business they are nothing but lying criminals.  Seriously, lying criminals.  If you live off the island they know damned well you won't be able to do anything when they don't do what you paid them to do.

Lowest of the low

Don't ever send Cem Esteban or E-Tac or whatever dozen names they have for their "company" now.

They are nothing but con men and thieves, they will take your gun and or money and you will never see it again.  They stole $2500 from me, refused refunds, made nothing but excuses, told me they had my gun ready three times, told me it had to be rewelded three times, painted three times, going on three years now I have nothing to show for it.  And I am not the only one, check saiga-12 forums if you don't believe me.

You've been warned, don't give these guys your business they are nothing but lying criminals.  Seriously, lying criminals.  If you live off the island they know damned well you won't be able to do anything when they don't do what you paid them to do.

Lowest of the low

If this is true,

I'm glad they never returned my calls for some work I was trying to send them a while ago.
 
I just send ALL smith work to CONUS now.  Local smiths (in my experience) have either never returned my calls, had little to no experience doing what I wanted done, or gave off a serious shade-tree mechanic vibe.  No thanks, I'll eat the shipping for pro work.

If someone has GOOD experience using a local smith for things like virgin AK kit builds, machining, refinishing, I'd like to know who they are.