Restoration Services
Metal Finishing
Attention to detail is the key difference between a poor refinish and a true restoration. Whether it was Colt, Winchester, Parker or L. C. Smith, every manufacturer had their own unique methods and formulas. We have spent years studying benchmark firearms to accurately duplicate a variety of historical metal finishes. We are pleased to offer traditional bone charcoal color case hardening, charcoal bluing, rust bluing, nitre bluing, black oxide hot bluing, French gray and plating services.
Woodwork
Our approach to woodwork is to hand fit and finish wood, just like the craftsmen before us did. Woodworking services include:
• Custom stocking to your dimensions
• Hidden repairs and alterations
• Recoil pad installation
• Leather covered pads
• Hot oil stock bending
• Custom checkering
Fine Gunsmithing
Whether it's a rifle, shotgun or pistol, we carefully perform our repairs and alterations by hand. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Mechanical repairs to ejectors, single trigger adjustments
• Choke boring, chamber and forcing cone modifications
• Rifle rebarreling and muzzle brake installation
• Complete stripping and cleaning
• Custom parts fabrication and mounts
• Custom Springmaking
• Rib relaying and Sleeving
Color Case Hardening
Will Bros. Restoration is experienced in color case hardening vintage and modern firearms. We are pleased to offer our traditional bone charcoal color case hardening process to individuals, gunsmiths and OEM accounts. If you would like to have your parts or firearm color case hardened by Will Bros. Restoration, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Nitre Bluing
Nitre bluing produces a vibrant, electric blue color on carbon steel through a special molten salt bath solution of sodium and potassium nitrate. The finish is delicate, but quite exceptional on highly polished parts. Throughout the years manufacturers and collectors have chosen nitre bluing to add a touch of elegance and beauty to their firearms.