Services & Prices Note: Prices are subject to change without notice, call for current pricing.

The following is a partial list of the services offered: Please note the package prices are only suggestions for work. You may not need all of the work in the package such as lowering the port on Colt model 1911's since all of the ejection ports on new model 1911's is lowered from the factory.  Also, prices are all over the board for sights and night sights.  There are so many variations sometimes it is difficult to quote accurate prices without seeing the gun and what it will take to install sights, but prices run all the way from a around $85.00 to install sights on guns with dovetails already cut to around $225.00 to install low mount night sights on guns that have to be altered to accept the sights. When installing low mount sights always keep in mind the metal might have to be finished when the job is complete.       Ruger Mark II   Government Model 1911        (Suggested work on your pistol.)   Action and trigger job $135 Steel trigger (adjustable) $35 Barrel compensated (integral) $95 Scope mount (Tasco, Aimpoint or Millett scope extra.) $55+  Matte black Gun Kote polymer finish $125 Slab sided match grade bull barrel $245 Groove top for scope rings $75 Accuracy tested at 50 yards (Ransom rest) $45   Back Revolver (Suggested work on your revolver)   Action honed, tightened, double and single action  pull smoothed and reduced, cylinders numbered, gauged and polished, internal overtravel adjustment installed & more. $135 Custom match grade Bull barrel (6") installed with minimum cylinder gap and correct forcing cone $225 Barrel compensated $95 Aristocrat rib installed $185 Double ball detent yoke lockup $65 Chambers beveled $35 Davis extended rubber grips $35 Hammer partially bobbed and sharp edges removed. (Spur removed on double action only revolvers) $25 Scope mount for optional Tasco or Aimpoint scope $45 Tested for Accuracy $45 Weigand interchangeable front sight system  $125 Back   Semi Automatic Custom Carry  Reliability Work Work listed below is work suggested for carry handguns.  You choose the work you need done.  Many new handguns such as Kimber and Springfield have some of this work already performed.    (Includes the following on your pistol)   Ramp & Throat the barrel to feed all quality ammunition $45 Trigger and action job $65 Novak, low mount, fixed, rear sights and a dovetail front. Add about $75.00 for night sights. $140 All sharp corners removed Meltdown (Does not include refinishing.) $45 $155  Extractor tuned $15 Install Match link and bushing (model 1911 only) $35 Refinish entire pistol with Gun Kote, blue or phosphate (Does not include high polish and pit removal.) $125 Tune or replace ejector $10 to $35 High rise beavertail safety for the tactical package (refinishing not included.) $85 Extended thumb safety and fitting $45 Beveled magazine well. $35 Custom hammer $55+  Back

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Browning High Power  Suggested work on your pistol
	Action honed and trigger pull lightened (overtravel installed)	$135.00 to $165.00
	Commander hammer	$95
	Fixed Novak sights and dovetail front (Add about $75 for night sights.)	$145
	Front strap checkered to 30 LPI	Not available (The front grip is too thin.)
	Front strap stippled	$95 (Add $95 for rear.)
	Front strap fish scaled	$185 (No longer available.)
	Extended beavertail welded on as shown	$145 (Does not include refinishing.)

Smith & Wesson Model 41 with a full accuracy package".
 "Grips are custom made by Dick Horton of Mt. Vernon, Il.
                     618-244-3389

"High Standard Victor with grips made by Mike Turner."
                   "Grips no longer available".
 

Rimfire (.22 caliber) Suggested work on your pistol or revolver
	Your barrel relined with Olympic quality liner	$175
	Action job	$115
	Scope mount	$45+
	Adjustable steel trigger	$35
	Ransom Rest test	$45

 

Bullseye/Tactical  Accuracy and 1911 Work Suggested On Your Pistol
	Your basic government model 1911-A1 with the following features added: Match grade barrel and match bushing, fitted	$285
	BoMar low mount rear adjustable sight and a dovetail ramp or partridge front sight serrated.	$190
	Trigger pull adjusted to 3.5 lbs	$65
	One Metalform magazine	$23/$25SS
	Front grip checkered 20 lines per inch	$145
	Ejection port lowered	$35
	Videki match trigger.	$35
	Dovetail front sight	$65
	Test target fired at 50 yards with 5 or more different loads	$45
	1/8" Fishscaling, pictured, on front grip (add $45 for each size smaller than 1/8".) (Refinishing extra) (1/8" shown)	$145
	1/8" Fishscaling, pictured, on mainspring housing (Housing must be flat and replaced.) (Refinishing extra) (1/8"shown) To install a Brown MSH already fishscaled runs around $65.00.	$95
	For Tactical Pistols add:
	Extended safety	$45
	High-rise beavertail	$85
	Bevel magwell	$35
	Custom hammer	$55+

 

IPSC Competition Work Suggested On Your Pistol
	Includes Bullseye &Tactical Accuracy package above plus:
	Compensated for reduced recoil, screwed to the barrel and fitted to the bushing (Built to fit in our shop)	$250
	Extended ambidextrous stainless steel thumb safety	$85
	Smith-Alexander magwell guide housing installed and blended to fit (refinishing not included.)	$125
	Checkered walnut grips	$55+
	Dovetail front sight ramped or partridge	$65
	Matte black Gun Kote baked on polymer finish	$125
	Scope mount (scope extra)	$65 to $155
	Front cocking serrations	$95

Caspian Tactical Pistol with Tactical Accuracy Package & more
(All parts including matched slide & frame furnished).....$1950

Same as above but with a Les Baer slide & frame.........................$2350

Custom High Capacity Pistols built from scratch...$2350 +
(STI frame, Colt slide & bullseye tactical package)

Refinishing with high tech polymer finishes......starting at $125
(Hard chrome, E-Nickel, Bluing - price on request, but usually run around $185.00 and up depending on the amount of polishing and metal preparation involved.)

	Caliber conversions	$450+  No longer available
	Custom barrels & front sight	$250
	Sight changes	$160
	Oversize base pin fitted	$35 to $65
	Action jobs	$115
	Barrel lining or reboring	$175+
	Steel extractor housings	$45
	Forcing cone recut	$25
	Recut crown	$25
	Remove end-shake	$75

Free spin pawl installed                             $65

Turn around time is usually one to two days.  All you need to ship is any model lower unit without the magazine. You can ship US Priority mail for $3.85.

Extended slide release                    $39.00
 

	Install thumb safety	$ 115.00 plus $12.00 shipping.
	3.5 pound trigger connector	$   35.00
	Various sights installed	From $  75.00

Full accuracy job using a Bar Sto match barrel.......................................................  .$550.00  Note:  I have found the installation of a BarSto match barrel gives excellent accuracy.    Installation of a BarSto match barrel, including the barrel, runs, $395.00.

Action job decreasing the single action pull to 3.5 pounds with an overtravel screw........................    125.00

Gun Kote entire gun (baked on polymer finish in various colors).................................................... 125.00

The Beretta 92F shown has has a full accuracy job installed including an action job including an overtravel adjustment and a Jarvis match barrel system  with an adjustable collet bushing (no longer available).  Accuracy with quality ammunition is under three inches at fifty yards.  Tightening the slide to the aluminum frame is no longer an option.  What it boils down to is the Beretta 92 is not a pistol you should use as a precision match pistol.

Metal finishing is the most expensive part of custom gun work.  If you want square corners, sharp screw holes and ripple free flat surfaces the metal must be hand sanded without use of power equipment.  Grit paper is wrapped around flat pieces of rubber eraser and other backings, concave surfaces have to be polished with grit paper wrapped around matching convex surfaces and round surfaces must be shoeshine polished.  The gunsmith starts with 120 to 220 grit paper on every surface, progresses through 320, 400, 500 and 600 grits.  The metal is then caustic blued, carbona blued, color cased, nickel, gold or silver plated, glass beaded, or finished with a combination of all of those.  Following is a estimate of what it will cost you to finish a Ruger Blackhawk revolver to a high polish with a combination of the above described finishes:

1200 grit finish on all parts............................................................................................................$350.00 Add $75.00 for very light  removal of rust pits.  Removing heavy dents, abrasions, pits, and other marks while preserving lettering is very costly and is quoted on a piece by piece basis.

Color case frame and carbonia blue all other parts....................................................................  375.00

Nickel or silver plate handle.......................................................................................................    175.00

Nitre blue all screws and pins.....................................................................................................    75.00

Engraving  by Terry Theis, Weldon Lister or Brian Powley................................$1,350.00 and up for deep relief 50% coverage. Deep relief 75% coverage engraving will cost around $1,800.00 to $2,500.00.  These prices are ballpark figures dependent on the engraver, size of the gun, hardness of the metal, and many other things that effect the art of engraving.  Engravers are artists who work at the highest level of their trade so prices are subject to change and fluctuation dependent on many factors, but the prices quoted will be close for plain scroll engraving without initials or scenes.  Shipping to and from the engraver is extra and is usually around $70.00.  Before engraving the surface must be polished prepped for the engraver which is an extra charge.  The least expensive surface preparation if the metal surfaces are free of pits and scratches is glass beading which will run around $65.00 and up.