John Crews, Gunsmith

I began my gunsmithing training as an apprentice for a gunsmith in Santa Ana in 1979 while I was attending college. I then moved to Colorado and studied gunsmithing at Colorado School of Trades. I intended this to be a "sideline" skill to compliment my primary career goal of police officer. After completing my gunsmithing certification, I returned to California. In 1982 I was hired by the Santa Ana Police Department.

Almost immediately, I became involved in the department firearms program. In 1986, I was transferred from patrol to the range as the department's primary armorer and firearms instructor. I remained in this assignment for two and a half years.

Returning to patrol, I retained co-lateral duties as armorer and firearms instructor as needed. Periodically, I attended factory armorer training for various manufacturers. These included Smith & Wesson, Sigarms, Glock, Beretta, Ruger, and Remington.

In December 2013, I retired as a full-time Cop after 31 years. During most of my adult life I have maintained an FFL and provided gunsmithing services to law enforcement and local customers. In July 2020 I escaped California for North Idaho and started gunsmithing for a shop in Ponderay, Idaho, where I worked for two years.

Now I have again started my own business, working in my own shop on my property in Sagle, Idaho, and continue to provide top quality gunsmithing services.