Thread: Shooters Service Center

I live blocks away, and until my wife happened to be driving my car , I'd never turned my head to the right and noticed this place.

Been getting ammo and cleaning supplies off and on for a while now, and a few older shooters I've met at the range have specifically praised the workshop.

Small but decent selection of pistols & parts. Good luck getting in, with their hours you'd swear it's almost a secret club. But if I owned a gun store I'd set my own hours too. Life is short.

I lived in North Portland and never knew it was there. Then I found a Springfield 1911 Loaded lightweight and just so happens to be for sale from someone who works there. Anyway, I had a chance to look around while we did paperwork and they had a small collection of hand guns and rifles. What they had a lot of was small parts, magazines, etc.... They are a bunch of friendly people and I would recommend if your in the area to check them out.

I used to go there a lot when I was in college because it was right near my school. Usually has a good stock of cheap ammo to buy and a fast-changing inventory of cool guns to check out. I learned pretty quick that you have to call ahead before going there though lulz. Fortunately there is a coffee shop across the street to chill in until they get back if they are gone when I get there.

I have to agree that they are very nice people, very knowledgeable and don't get mad when you have questions for a "do-it-yourself job. I would recommend them if you can get there when they are open.

I've bought and sold here. Good prices and solid customer service. Real nice guy with good advice. Really out of the way location for me though.

I took a class from him when he was at the old location, near Freddie's.
Shortly after he moved to the present location I had him do some work on a new Commander that was spiting shells all over, & a couple stove pipes. Very happy with the work done. Turn around time was terrible, though.
Sold it, miss it, sob sob.

anybody know if SSC is open? I'm out of town and really need to contact them. I've called several times, and all I get is a fax machine or something.

Thanks.

Keep calling. They're open Wed. through Sat. & may close for lunch. 503-289-1280.

John has worked on four of my pistols over the past couple of years. In each case the work was very well done, reasonably priced and the communication was good.

Just bought a STI Spartan form him. Great service and good price. I ordered a 9mm Spartan from him to be picked up next week.

Whats his going shop rate?

I will never buy from him again. I've been waiting on certian parts for 3 weeks now. He told me it would be one week to get them in from Brownells, his first story was "they are on back order", which was not true, because I called the day I ordered them through him and they were in stock. His story is now "they are waiting on the rest of my order to ship". Also, altough his sign and phone recording say he is open Wednesdays, he hasn't been for the last two. Really really makes me mad. I will never go there again, ever.

Was in there pre-plotting my share of the Tax return today,

Just found out from Dave they're keeping some Sunday hours as well now.

Call ahead unless you feel lucky.

After having a bad "smith" experience on the Washington side of the river, I took my slide over to Shooters Service Center to have new Trijicon Tritium sights installed. Called to verify hours, headed over and everyone I met was just great. 1 week later all my sight trouble of the past was resolved and I could not be happier with the final install. Will definitely be bringing more work their way. Now it's off to the range.

John runs a very credible business. He is also an excellent gunsmith.

Only had some gun smith work done there, but the price was right, the work was done well, and quickly at that. Owner served in Vietnam in the same unit I served in in Iraq - bonus points!

Ihear tell they are open sundays now ! wed thru sunday is what I was told. going over wed to pickkup an extended mag release for my 1911,and just prowl a bit. they do have a facebook page now too,and will answer questions on there.

Now that SSS is on facebook,I was hoping that any time they were gonna be closed when they are supposed to be open would be posted so we'd know.
think again !!
I 'should' know better than to go there without calling 1st,because of past history.
but why should I have to ? doesn't OPEN MEAN OPEN on certain days?? And is it too much to ask to warn at least the Facebook users when they are gonna shut down for a coupleof days ??

It's 44 miles round trip to try to keep my business 'local',but I won't make hat mistake any more!! Just one time too many,folks. I hate paying the shipping on small things that they said they had,but hate wasting time and fuel even more.

You should never rely on a Social Media page, Neighbor... Unless it's a big corporation that pays someone to specifically monitor their web presence.

They don't even have their own actual web page, (a Facebook page doesn't count as a web presence to me)

Only time I've seen a computer in use is when they've been quoting me prices on a few pistols.

With the small crew that runs the place, the shop can be closed by a Dr's Appointment, or Snow on Germantown road, or Lunch. Or last week they had a notice taped to the front door that they were closed entirely until Saturday. (or was it the week before?)

I'm spoiled in that I can walk 4 blocks and see if the Neon sign is on over the door, so I feel your pain at the wasted trip, I guarantee you that I've been caught by the unannounced, "odd" hours more times than most of their other customers. (Tulip bakery 100 feet away has great donuts... Nothing like guns and a donut in the morning)

but as I said in post #33...

Call ahead unless you feel lucky.

I certainly don't have the luck... just missed a SR22 pistol last week. Congrats to whoever beat me to that one.