There are parts assemblers, gunsmiths, and gun builders. Neil Sbardella (Sbardella Arms) out of West Haven VT is the latter. He’s a serious machinist operating out of a serious machine shop in the Green Mountain State. He is literally building 1911s out blocks of steel. They feel like a singular piece of iron and they shoot lights out. Because this gun was made (not assembled) it gets hand checkered English Walnut by master woodworker Shawn Simonds. I was born in 69 and of course Neil Young.
