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(We will keep adding to this page as we have the chance to photograph new work, please do stop back)

Below: A Smith & Wesson Hand Ejector before; this gun had been badly refinished, notice the "proud" seams on the sideplate/frame junctions where the two parts were incorrectly buff polished seperately. Also, the "hogged" screw holes from buffing with a loose wheel. This is the hardest and the most labor intensive kind of damage to repair.

Below: The same gun in the process of resurfacing, about half-way there! This is very timing consuming work.

Below: A similar Smith & Wesson .38 that was actually worse than the .357 Magnum above and heavily rust as well, shown here after under-going a tedious hand re-surfacing. The side is now about 90% done, some evidence of very deep rust pitting remains. Notice the seams are almost invisible and the edges of the screw holes are sharp once again like an S&W should look! You are looking at about 6 hours of steady hand labor.

Below: A Smith & Wesson .357 Registered Magnum as it came into our shop, this gun had been given a very poor refinish job. The yoke and frame were buff polished seperately (always a big NO-NO!), notice the apparent gap at the seams.

Below: The same area of the same Registered Magnum shown in stages during our careful re-surfacing work.

Below: We'll just let this speak for itself.

Below: An 1876 vintage S&W U.S. Army .45 Schofield that had been given up for dead! If you have one that is this bad, please don't ask, I won't take in another job like this, even if you CAN afford it!

Below: Before. No, there is no "after", we didn't even think about repairing this barrel!