Looking for Experienced Gunsmith-BC

[u/AdhesiveCam]

Good morning folks,

As titled, I'm looking for recommendations for an experienced gunsmith preferably in BC, although I would be willing to travel.

Back in '23 Kelowna had a devastating wildfire that destroyed well over 100 homes, mine and several friends of mine included. In those houses unfortunately was recently frozen, now irreplaceable handguns. Pictured is mine and in very poor condition.

I am looking for a gunsmith to attempt to repair mine, girsan regard MC in 9mm and two iwi jericho's for a friend, both in much better condition than mine, one in .40 and one in 9mm.

If you have any experience with your local gunsmith, please rave them to me. We were going to go through Dlask, but unfortunately for us, fortunately for him, he is now enjoying a well-earned retirement.

I'd rather take them in person, but I would be willing to ship if the right gunsmith doesn't happen to be on my doorstep.

Cat tax including feet in lieu of my nasty feet. I apologize.

[u/Dickastigmatism]

This is anecdotal but I read here of a US company that replaced a destroyed frame with one with the same serial number and the RCMP considered it the same gun. I'm not sure if Girsan or IWI would do that, especially if the gun is out of warranty, but maybe worth looking into.

[u/imjonjoncanada → u/Dickastigmatism]

I live very close to the NY border and if a miracle worker could get this thing cleaned up, OP could import parts (as long as they are furniture, not part of the action/receiver). That said, if the frame somehow isn't warped, I would seriously question its integrity under load. Sidebar, every time I have brought parts over the border, I declare and it starts a great conversation. Usually ending up with "how much was that stainless Glock conversion barrel?", or "Wow, nice upper receiver for that AR, what a deal" (the second part was obviously years ago lol).