- The next
generation!
- Repair
& refinishing services for later model firearms and
military weapons
Expert, specific repair and
refinishing services for more modern & military rifles,
handguns and shotguns.
David T. Chicoine e-mail: davejr@oldwestgunsmith.com
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- Repairs.
Refinishing, including several different types of
classic blueing, nickel plating, color case
hardening, parkerizing and melonizing. Beautiful,
factory-like refurbishments. Restoration work and
rebuilding. Combat shotgun work. Custom Colt AR
work. Single and Double Action revolver combat
work. Action work. Stock work. Sight work.
Repairs of all types. Custom work. Cleaning.
Refurbishment of fire or flood damaged guns.
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above:
a custom 98' Mauser in 22/250 built on a VZ-24 action,
custom and finish work by DRC (see more of this gun)
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Below are some examples of the
types of firearms we will accept for - cleaning - repair -
refinishing - and custom work -
- Colt: single
actions, side-swing double actions, semi-automatic
pistols & AR-series weapons
- Hi-Standard:
semi-automatic pistols
- Lugers
- Mauser:
rifles and semi-automatic pistols
- Marlin:
rifles and shotguns
- Military:
bolt action, revolvers and semi auto rifles and handguns
of many nations
- Remington:
semi-automatic pistols, rifles and shotguns (also
870 and 1100 combat work)
- Savage:
rifles and shotguns
- SIG: pistols
- S&W:
modern (post-1898) side-swing, double action revolvers
and semi-automatic pistols.
- Uberti:
revolvers and rifles
- Walther:
semi-automatic pistols
- Winchester:
rifles and shotguns (also 1200 and 1300 combat
work)
Below: A Smith &
Wesson .357 Registered Magnum c1936, restored by David T.
Chicoine
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Above: German kar98k Mauser 8mm
caliber as rebuilt by Yugoslavia after WWII.
Below: Australian version of the
British SMLE .303 caliber No.1 Mk III.
- For metal finishes, we offer several
different types of blueing (factory-spec blue, matt blue,
slow rust blue) parkerising, Melonizing, as well as
electroless nickel plating, matt nickel, hi-tech hard-chrome
plating and moly-coat baked on finishes. (We do
not offer anodizing services for aluminum
alloy gun parts.)
- For wood finishes, we offer traditional
factory-spec hand rubbed oil and a more modern poly-coat
sanded in finish. We also offer dent removal, stock
repairs of all types and we will re-cut checkering.
- Repair work of just about every imaginable
kind is offered, including rifle sights, handgun action
work and shotgun forcing cone and choke work.
- We also offer all sorts of custom work,
rifle, pistol, revolver and shotgun, including combat
work on Colt AR based rifles and Remington 870/1100
series shotguns.
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above: an early
Remington 1100 "combatized", below: an 870
Express Remington combat ready, both built by David T.
Chicoine
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below 3 photos: a
badly rusted WW1 Luger brought back from oblivion and an
S&W .44 H. E. 2nd Model, c-1920's, both restored and
refinished by David T. Chicoine
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David T. Chicoine e-mail: davejr@oldwestgunsmith.com
For full details on how to legally send your
gun in for any of these services and about how to obtain a cost
estimate for your gun, please refer to the instructions shown in
the Gunsmithing page or the Prices
page and then e-mail us for a shipping address.
Remember, we cannot give exact cost estimates
without actually examining your weapon first-hand, however we may
be able to give you a ball-park figure via e-mail if you will
send us a detailed description of the rifle and of what you have
in mind.