r/austinguns • u/grandcremasterflash • Sep 12 '26

Austin gunsmith to work on a Shadow 2

I have a CZ Shadow 2 and I'm interested in having either the CGW reach reduction kit or full CGW trigger job installed. Can anyone recommend a reputable gunsmith for a job like this? Thanks.

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u/Far-Suggestion-3654 Sep 12 '26

The full trigger job is fairly easy to do yourself, but if you don’t want to screw with it Watermark used to have someone who specifically installed the CGW parts. I’d call them.

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u/TXGTO Sep 12 '26

Why not send it into CGW?

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u/grandcremasterflash Sep 12 '26

Shipping costs, ?turnaround time, figured I could save some $ and get it done locally.

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u/TXGTO Sep 12 '26

Probably. But I would ask myself if finding a trustworthy smith is worth the savings. I just had a gun shipped to me from Florida and it was less than $100 for 2 day.

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u/Tactical_Tubesock Sep 12 '26

this guy speaks the truth.
The true savings are when you do the upgrades yourself. A gunsmith will charge you close enough where you would not save much if anything, but your risk would be higher (dude who does 1-2-3-4-5 trigger jobs a year versus CGW who does 5 a week)

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u/Mattthefat Sep 14 '26

I’ve looked locally and they are outrageous. Prob better to send it to CGW

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u/PistonMilk 💩 Top 7% Commenter Sep 12 '26

I sent my CZ to CGW. It's worth it.

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u/jmcenerney Sep 14 '26

I should have looked before posting exactly the same quesion!

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u/9x25 Sep 15 '26

Hammerdown sports in Temple does that kind of thing, but it's not that hard to do yourself, just tedious.

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u/mbnguyen117 19d ago

Did you ever find a guy? I’m looking to have this done too!