Patriot 1:9 Gunsmithing Services 

Custom Gun Builds

Building custom guns involves creating personalized firearms tailored to your specific needs and preferences. Here are some offerings you might consider including in your custom gun builds:

  1. Precision Engineering: High-quality materials and craftsmanship to ensure accuracy and durability.
  2. Customization Options: A variety of grips, stocks, barrels, and finishes to choose from.
  3. Performance Upgrades: Enhanced trigger mechanisms, improved sights, and advanced recoil systems.
  4. Aesthetic Choices: Custom engravings, unique color schemes, and personalized designs.
  5. Specialized Calibers: Options for different calibers to suit various purposes, such as hunting, competitive shooting, or personal defense.
  6. Consultation Services: Expert advice and consultation to help clients design their ideal firearm.
  7. Testing and Tuning: Thorough testing and fine-tuning to ensure optimal performance and reliability.

If you're passionate about firearms, a custom build allows you to create a one-of-a-kind piece that perfectly fits your needs. 

Gun Transfers

We do gun transfers for $25 per gun. It is another way to show our clients that we appreciate their business.

Where to Shop

Our shop’s FFL is already on file with:

 

Guns.com

We recently learned that Guns.com has changed its FFL listing process. It now only shows FFLs with verified business addresses and storefronts.

While we appreciate their focus on customer safety (their stated reason for the change), this may impact how you transfer a firearm purchased through Guns.com to our shop for transfer services.

Here’s what we can tell you:

Customers Can Still Request Us: You can inform Guns.com customer service that you’d like to use Patriot 1:9 Gunsmithing for your transfer by calling 1-866-582-4867 or using their Contact Us form.

We Will Not Send Hundreds of Individual FFLs: Guns.com‘s policy changes mean we will no longer send FFLs for individual orders placed through their website. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Here are some options:

Continue Shopping with Guns.com: If you choose to proceed with your purchase on Guns.com, we encourage you to inquire about alternative FFL transfer options in our area if they cannot send the firearm directly to us.

Explore Other Options: Many reputable retailers online and locally would be happy to sell you a gun. A list of reputable retailers at the top of this page consistently sends us firearms for transfer.  A quick Google search will keep you updated on the local firearm retailers.

We remain committed to providing exceptional transfer services and are happy to answer any questions. Feel free to text us at 304-989-0390 or email patriot1_9@patriot19gunsmithing.com.

 

 

Guntab.com

If you are using Guntab.com for safe payment when buying guns online, we are a listed FFL. Search for FFLs using the 25526-zip code. We are listed as PATRIOT 1:9 GUNSMITHING, LLC.

Sending an FFL

If you are purchasing from someone who asks you to have your FFL send a file copy of their shop’s license, send me an email that includes the seller’s email address, your name, your telephone number, description(s) of the gun(s) you are having transferred, and any identification numbers (auction number, item number, invoice number, etc.) that will identify the firearm (s) being transferred to the seller. I will take care of the rest.

ID Requirements

At the time of transfer, we will need to see the following:

      • Valid government-issued (by an agency of the US Federal Government, the State West of Virginia, or your local government) photo identification that contains your name, residence address, sex, and date of birth. A combination of government-issued documents is acceptable. Primary identification must be at least 30 days from the date of original issuance.

For West Virginia residents, a current West Virginia Driver’s License (issued more than 30 days ago) will cover the identification requirements (address must be a physical address (no post office boxes) and current).

Questions

If you have any questions, send us a text or email.

 

Buying a Gun Online is Easy, and We Can Help

I have received many calls recently asking me to explain what is needed to buy a gun online. So I thought it might be time for a post on the topic.

If you want to buy a gun from an online retailer, go ahead. It is much like buying a book from amazon.com. For example, you go to www.budsgunshop.com, ⇒ find the gun you would like to buy, press the “BUY NOW” or “ADD TO CART” button, press the “CHECKOUT” button, sign in or register an account, complete the transaction.

During the checkout process, they will ask you what FFL you want to use to transfer the gun. Sometimes this step will come via email after you have checked out. When it comes up, tell them you would like to use Patriot 1:9 Gunsmithing (304-989-0390 / patriot1_9@patriot19gunsmithing.com).

If you are told during the checkout process, or by email afterward, that the buyer is responsible for making sure that your FFL sends the seller a copy of their FFL. To do this, simply send us an email that includes the seller’s email address, your name, your telephone number, description(s) of the gun(s) you are having transferred, and any identification numbers (auction number, item number, invoice number, etc.) that will identify the gun(s) being transferred to the seller.

Once you have completed the transaction with the seller and sent us the email described above you are good to go. You will receive an email from us letting you know that the paperwork for your transfer has been sent. When we receive your gun(s) in the shop, we will contact you to let you know.

Then you come into the shop with your West Virginia driver’s license and twenty-five dollars cash per gun. You fill out the federal and state paperwork. We run you through the computer, and as soon as it is approved you can take your gun(s) home with you.

It really is that simple. If you have any questions, please give us a call at 304-989-0390 or stop by the shop.

Firearm Repair

Offering firearm repair services is an excellent way to ensure my customers' firearms are functioning safely and efficiently. Here's what I include in my services:

  1. Diagnostic Services: Comprehensive inspection and assessment to identify any issues.
  2. Cleaning and Maintenance: Thorough cleaning of all components and regular maintenance to keep firearms in top condition.
  3. Parts Replacement: Sourcing and replacing worn or damaged parts, such as springs, barrels, and firing pins.
  4. Restoration: Restoring old or antique firearms to their original condition.
  5. Customization and Upgrades: Offering customization services, such as adding new sights, grips, or other accessories.
  6. Safety Checks: Ensuring all safety mechanisms are functioning correctly and performing test-firing.
  7. Functionality Testing: Testing the firearm to ensure it operates correctly after repairs.
  8. Consultation Services: Providing expert advice on maintenance and repair needs.
  9. Emergency Repairs: Offering rapid repair services for urgent situations.

By providing these services, I can help firearm owners maintain their equipment safely and effectively.

 

GUNSMITH/HOUR

$30

Gunsmith/hour is our shorthand for one qualified and competent gunsmith, with all of the tools necessary to perform the task for one hour.

This does include the use of machine tools.

The minimum charge for shop labor is $30 per gun, per project. Shop labor hours are rounded up to the nearest quarter of an hour.

If I have to clean your gun before working on it, we add an ultrasonic cleaner cycle & dry charge to the invoice. We do not contact the client before cleaning the gun.

Unless specified, prices are for labor only and do not include parts.

Prices are guidelines and are subject to change.

 

TEST FIRE

$10 plus ammunition

For safety reasons, all jobs that involve action work must be checked for headspace and test fired before the gun is returned to the client.

Guns are test fired for function, not accuracy. No targets are used during test firing. A minimum number of shots will be fired (per barrel/chamber and/or action type (double-action/single-action)) unless more are needed to replicate a specific malfunction.

The cost of ammunition varies based on caliber/gauge. Its price varies from $0.50 to $3.00 per cartridge. Clients can avoid the ammunition charge by providing quality factory ammunition of their own.

Patriot 1:9 Gunsmithing does not sight in guns for its clients. Only the combination of a specific shooter, specific ammunition, and a gun can be sighted in. Since the client is not the shooter during the ‘sighting in’ process, there is no guarantee that the gun will shoot the same way for the client.

While we don’t sight in, we will ‘put your gun on paper.’ This is billed at the Shop labor rate.

 

 

CHECK HEADSPACE

$25

For safety reasons, all jobs that involve action work must be checked for headspace and test fired before the gun is returned to the client.

We recommend checking headspace before any significant gunsmithing work is done to modify a gun for a specific purpose. This is intended to protect our clients from having expensive work done on a gun that may not be suitable for the purpose intended.

Basic Cleaning

Remove Light Surface Rust

Hourly Rate

If you have a gun with spots of surface rust with otherwise good bluing this is the service for you. We use oil, steel wool, and what some have called black magic to remove the surface rust and leave the underlying bluing mostly unchanged. Any areas that leave the bluing too far gone will be cold blued.

We do not provide estimates for this work as it is impossible to tell how bad the rusting is before cleaning.

This service can be a stand-alone service or be added to a DCOA with Ultrasonic Cleaner or DCOA without Ultrasonic Cleaner.

 

 

Ultrasonic Cleaner Cycle & Dry

$40 per gun

This involves putting something in the ultrasonic cleaner and running it for twenty minutes and then taking it out and drying it with compressed air.

If we have to clean your gun before working on it, we add this service to the invoice. We do not contact the client before cleaning the gun.

DCOA with Ultrasonic Cleaner

Most guns $80
Extremely dirty add $20

We have heard this service called various things – Detail Clean, Annual Inspection, Gunsmith Strip, etc.

Regardless what you call it, our Disassemble, Clean, Oil, Assemble (DCOA) service includes complete disassembly of the gun (if it comes apart and can be put back together again, we take it apart), ultrasonic and/or hand cleaning as needed of all appropriate parts, checking for wear and proper operation, application of a rust preventative, proper lubrication, and reassembly.

This service includes one magazine (if applicable to the gun being cleaned). Additional magazines can be added at $10 each.

This service includes up to two cycles of hand cleaning the bore of the gun. Our prescribed method of cleaning bores is as follows:

  1. Run a wet patch through the bore. The solvent used will be the one pertinent to the job at hand. We commonly use Butch’s Bore Shine, Shooter’s Choice MC#7 Firearms Bore Cleaner, Sweet’s 7.62 Solvent, Hoppe’s No. 9 Gun Bore Cleaner, and others.
  2. Wait a few minutes (no more than five).
  3. Run a brass core, phosphor bronze bristle cleaning brush through the bore for thirty strokes (down and back is one stroke).
  4. Run a wet patch through the bore.
  5. Run a dry patch through the bore.
  6. Run a dry patch through the bore. If the last dry patch is the same color coming out as it went in you are done. If not, return to step one and repeat all steps.

 

If more than two cycles of the above-described process are needed to clean the gun the additional work is invoiced at the hourly shop rate.

This service includes two cycles through the ultrasonic cleaner. If more than two cycles through the ultrasonic cleaner is required to clean the gun the ‘extremely dirty’ fee will be added.

Most gun manufacturers recommend that this service is performed on every gun annually

DCOA without Ultrasonic Cleaner

Most guns $100
Extremely dirty add $40

We have heard this service called various things – Detail Clean, Annual Inspection, Gunsmith Strip, etc.

Regardless of what you call it, our Disassemble, Clean, Oil, Assemble (DCOA) service includes complete disassembly of the gun (if it comes apart and can be put back together again, we take it apart), hand cleaning of all appropriate parts, checking for wear and proper operation, application of a rust preventative, proper lubrication, and reassembly.

This service includes one magazine (if applicable to the gun being cleaned). Additional magazines can be added at $10 each.

This service includes up to two cycles of hand cleaning the bore of the gun. Our prescribed method of cleaning bores is as follows:

  1. Run a wet patch through the bore. The solvent used will be the one pertinent to the job at hand. We commonly use Butch’s Bore Shine, Shooter’s Choice MC#7 Firearms Bore Cleaner, Sweet’s 7.62 Solvent, Hoppe’s No. 9 Gun Bore Cleaner, and others.
  2. Wait a few minutes (no more than five).
  3. Run a brass core, phosphor bronze bristle cleaning brush through the bore for thirty strokes (down and back is one stroke).
  4. Run a wet patch through the bore.
  5. Run a dry patch through the bore.
  6. Run a dry patch through the bore. If the last dry patch is the same color coming out as it went in you are done. If not, return to step one and repeat all steps.

 

If more than two cycles of the above-described process are needed to clean the gun the additional work is invoiced at the hourly shop rate.

This service includes thirty minutes of hand cleaning. If more than thirty minutes of hand cleaning is required to clean the gun the ‘extremely dirty’ fee will be added.

Most gun manufacturers recommend that this service is performed on every gun annually.