Virginia Premier Pistol Gunsmithing
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Virginia Premier Pistol Gunsmithing

Pistol Services

Personal Defense

  • Trigger enhancements
    • Deburring engagement angles for a crisp, consistent break
    • Replacing hammer or striker springs
  • Sight upgrades
    • Updating from standard sights to night sights or high-vision fiber optics

Competition

  • Full trigger polishing and stoning
    • Stoning engagement angles for a crisp, consistent break
    • Polishing trigger bars for a smoother pull and faster reset
    • Spring replacement for a lighter trigger and faster reset
  • Oversize mag wells
    • Flaring mag well for a wider magazine port and faster, easier insertion
  • Extended mag release
    • For faster acquisition of the magazine release
  • Match barrel fitting
    • Replacing factory barrel with a match barrel, hand-fitted to slide and frame
  • Slide modifications
    • Milling forward cocking serrations
    • Milling grooves in the slide to reduce weight for faster ejection and reloading
    • Cutting slides for aftermarket RMR (red dot) sights

1911

  • Full trigger enhancements
    • Replacing factory plastic triggers with aluminum competition triggers, hand-fitted to frame
    • Polishing the trigger bar and frame to enhance pre-creep
    • Setting the trigger for little to no overtravel
    • Hand-stoning sear and hammer engagement angles for a matched set
    • Polishing disconnector; deburring sear and hammer pin holes
    • Replacing mainspring housing with a competition spring
    • Tuning trigger spring for a lighter trigger
  • Hand-fitted barrel bushings
    • Fit barrel bushing to frame to 0.001-inch clearance between bushing and barrel
  • Beavertail safety custom fitting
    • Hand-filing and sanding the frame so a beavertail grip safety replaces the factory safety
  • Ejection ports opened up
    • Milling the ejection port 0.005 inches deeper and beveling the back of the port so spent cases clear cleanly
  • Forward slide serrations
    • Milling front slide serrations for cocking from the front as well as the rear, and for chamber checks
  • Front sight dovetails
    • Milling a dovetail so aftermarket front sights can be installed instead of a staked front sight

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Address:
1540 Jack Mountain Rd
Monterey, VA 24465 Get Directions Phone:
(571) 429-3006
Hours:
Monday to Saturday by appointment only