When you run a pistol in your every day life, it happens that they jam frequently.  This goes for rifles as well, but it seems like pistols tend to be a little more finicky for most of us.  In fact, most of my experience with malfunctions come in pistols.  If you are having malfunctions here are several things to try to solve the problem. Clean the pistol.  I know it sounds like a silly thing to say, but most semi-auto systems that start to...

The last two days have been crazy.  We received 18 inches of rain!  2 out of 3 interstates were closed in the city.  Houses were destroyed, and many lives were forever changed by the flood of 2010. I want to thank you for your support and prayers during these times.  Our shop, home and family are all safe, as are any items we have in our possession right now for custom work.  The only casualty of this mess was my cell phone.  Please email me if...

Gun Rust is an owner’s worst nightmare.  You have saved for a long time to finally be able to afford that great shotgun for the bird season.  You took your time picking it out.  Of course you had your favorite gunsmith fit it for you.  Everything is a go.  Before you left the store, you decided to get a fancy case to keep your gun  safe as you travel.  You go home, put it in the closet and are devastated when you pull it out to find...

Every year at this time, the leaves change, the deer begin to rut, and muzzleloaders across the country begin to rust.  Call a sign that fall is here, or that the Christmas season is upon us.  This mysterious phenomenon has made many a gunsmith a little extra Christmas cash. To be truthful, I was a victim of my own neglect one upon a time as well.  I had taken my first deer with a muzzleloader, and in the excitement I simply put it away in my...

As I am sure you know, the weather affects many things in shooting.  A cartridge left in the sun during the summer will build pressure adding another variable to the shot.  This is why so many precision shooters keep dope books (not that kind, dope means information in the shooting world) for every rifle that they have.  They want to know what bullet is going to do on a cold bore or a rifle that hasn’t been fired. Now that the weather is...

We haven’t updated the price list to include this area of work yet, but will asap.  If you are interested in getting a J-Frame trigger job or equivalent on your Taurus or Charter Arms, it is $100. This includes the tuning of springs, polishing the plungers, polishing the trigger itself to a high polish, and cleaning the inside of the gun.  This also includes a test fire of 38 special.  Other calibers will be charged cost of ammo. If you...