Firearms

Metal is indispensable when it comes to firearms manufacturing. Due to the extreme operating conditions that firearms encounter, metallurgical quality and firearms finishing are critical. Measuring up to crucial quality, safety, and reliability standards is arguably the most challenging and vital metric in determining firearm functionality. Corrosion or degradation should not be a concern when life or death is on the line. To that end, Reid Metal Finishing helps clients with their firearms maintenance and operational lifetime by providing top-of-the-line finishing services. 

Benefits

Reid Metal Finishing is FFL-certified for metal finishing of firearms components, and we take steps to ensure that we regularly update our certification to meet the most recent requirements standards. Our firearms finishing processes prevent corrosion and degradation of metal components on and within various weapons platforms. Given how mechanically complex some guns are, quickly keeping track of required firearm component maintenance, cleaning, and parts replacement becomes a job. Such scheduling and tracking grow exponentially more complex when managing many weapons of different types. 

In the field, multiple firearms—all subject to varying and sometimes unpredictable use and exposure stressors—need to function as expected again and again. Even the suspicion of malfunctioning weaponry can be as crippling as defeat in the field. Reid Metal Finishing believes that this kind of uncertainty is simply unacceptable. Our firearms finishing expertise ensures reliable operation and safety for the user.

Reid’s Metal Finishing for Firearms Components

Typical components subject to firearms finishing include triggers, grips, magazine coatings, barrels, and more. Reid Metal Finishing understands that corrosion comes from extreme environments created during firing and handling. 

Firearms Finishing: Triggers and Grips 

Over time, the user’s hand and fingers are a corrosion hazard. Chlorine ions transferred from the hand remain traceable even after “washing” or smearing off-hand/finger residue. The user can swiftly wear down unprotected gun grips and triggers in the long term. 

These remaining chlorine ions sneakily wreak havoc on unprotected metal. Without adequate firearms finishing, exposed chlorinated metal grip and trigger surfaces will slowly corrode with repeated hand/finger exposure. Metal components in firearms will only last when treated with quality metal finishing services. Firearms finishing becomes a valuable investment against firearm component degradation. As might be imagined, the extreme environments encountered by the firing pin, barrel, and muzzle need even more robust metal finishing to deliver optimal and reliable performance.