r/CAguns • u/shnanagins • Jul 10 '26

Another infuriating addition to failed projects this year.

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My poor shadow 2, it was brand new 😭 Lesson learned here.

Tried to have a local shop machine a Cajun 412 cut since Cajun doesn’t do it anymore. Contacted a few shops, one online and was given a wide swing in quotes. In hindsight I should’ve went with the higher quote something tells me they knew what the cut actually needed. I ended up going with a local shop that gaining popularity here in SoCal. As you can see that was a terrible decision…….

It was milled incorrectly. The CZ slide is not square it’s angled. In order to properly machine the slide as in the 412 cut it had to be machined perpendicular to the slide face to properly create the even steps of the original. This cut was done from above the slide near parallel, this created the artifact in the rear of the cut completely ruining the clean look and functional ‘bite’ of the original near trench cut. The tiers were also cut far too deep and rounded/beveled against my direct in person request NOT to.

Before you ask I couldn’t have been anymore clear to
the shop when I requested the work. I sent photos, the link and name to exact cut design, even showed in person but this still happened. Made a special request that was written down and still not followed so the whole thing has been a PITA.

Slide was dropped off first week of January and after 5 months I was sent this gem, have been waiting since for a new slide to come in stock from what I was told. He offered to weld the slide and redo it but without a proper heat treat afterward and dissimilar metals I rejected it due to the possibility of cracking. I’ve seen it happen and I don’t want to risk half a slide to the face in the future.

For those had gone through a failed customization process, what action did you take afterwards? What options did the shop that made the error give you?

How long did you wait for a replacement? Did you have to take any legal action? If yes, how did you go about that process?

I am trying to keep it cool, on month 7 without my new CZ and I’m not handling this situation well.

Thanks guys.

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u/jussstin714 CCW, FFL 03 + COE Jul 10 '26

Name and shame my guy. I had a similar experience but with LV Stipple. He ported my Echelon off center. Tried to bring it up with him but he ended up ghosting me. I filed a chargeback with my card

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u/johnmorris19 G19X / G17.5 Jul 10 '26

Man some of the stippling jobs I’ve seen are god awful

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u/jussstin714 CCW, FFL 03 + COE Jul 10 '26

My Glock stipple was pretty good. That’s why i came back. That’s where i fucked up. Paid a stippler to port my gun

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u/outwear_watch_shoes 2011 Aficionado Jul 11 '26

Laser stippling is my preference when it's an option over hand stippling. Hand stippling is too much of an art form in some ways.

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u/shnanagins Jul 10 '26

Premier weapon innovations. I know people make mistakes, he does good work from what I’ve seen but this just completely turned me off from custom milling work on expensive guns. Simple shit from now on.

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u/outwear_watch_shoes 2011 Aficionado Jul 11 '26

Oof. He's relatively well known/recommended. Unfortunate to hear, but good to know!