Pistol Gunsmithing | Sterling Custom

Personal Defense

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

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

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 holes for pins.
- Replacing mainspring housing with competition spring.
- Tuning trigger spring for a lighter trigger.
Hand fitted barrel bushings
- Fit barrel bushing to frame to the 0.001-inch clearance between bushing and barrel
Beavertail safety custom fitting
- Hand filing and sanding frame to allow beavertail grip to replace factory safety
Ejection ports opened up
- Milling ejection port 0.005 inches deeper and beveling back of port to ensure spent cases clear port and alleviate stove piping
Forward slide serrations
- Milling serrations on slide front to allow cocking slide from the front as well as rear and perform chamber checks
Front sight dovetails
- Mill dovetail to allow new aftermarket front sights to be installed instead of staked front sight