GUNSMITHING SERVICES: Detachable bottom metal installation
$250.00–$400.00Price range: $250.00 through $400.00
Our floormetal installation begin with a 3D solid model of the piece being fitted to the stock. From here, we create the toolpaths to inlet your stock while being conscious of the details for the finish work downstream. The fitting allowances for a hand-rubbed, oil finished wood stock vs Cerakote/automotive…
Reserved for stainless steel components, glass bead blast finishing provides an attractive satin like appearance. Parts such as barrels are first polished to remove any tool marks or surface inclusions. This is important because blast finishing does not hide stuff very well. In fact its quite the opposite, it makes them…
GUNSMITHING SERVICES: Install timed muzzle brake-direct fit, no clamp/lock ring
$75.00
This service is for supplied brakes that may require machine work to properly position the ports. With lighter contour barrels its quite often to have a very thin shoulder for the brake to purchase against when installed. Because of this LRI will often use a thread compound to permanently position the…
GUNSMITHING SERVICES: LRI Side bolt release and installation
$165.00–$175.00Price range: $165.00 through $175.00
Our external bolt releases are machined and installed in house. This "line-of-sight" approach allows us to deliver your project with the fit and finish you expect. Our side releases are made a little differently than others. The hole for the pin is slotted to allow energy transfer from the bolt…
Parkerizing, bonderizing, phosphating, or phosphatizing is a method of protecting a steel surface from corrosion and increasing its resistance to wear through the application of a chemical phosphate conversion coating. It been used extensively on automobiles to protect unfinished metal parts from corrosion for years.
GUNSMITHING SERVICES: MK13 Mod 5 muzzle fitting for Knight Armament MK11 PN: 98440 and Griffin Armament Gate lock suppressors: MGL-110, MGL-11, MGL-C)
$325.00–$350.00Price range: $325.00 through $350.00
The MK13 platform has become a sought-after rifle among collectors. The Knight Armament suppressors are unique and machining the barrel to retain them correctly calls for careful and adaptive machine work. LRI has developed a very reliable process to manage the manufacturing variances common to the MK11 suppressor. We precisely…
Parkerizing, bonderizing, phosphating, or phosphatizing is a method of protecting a steel surface from corrosion and increasing its resistance to wear through the application of a chemical phosphate conversion coating. It been used extensively on automobiles to protect unfinished metal parts from corrosion for years.
GUNSMITHING SERVICES: Pillar bedding on pre-inletted rifle stock
$375.00
Pillar bedding on a pre-inletted rifle stock is a service we began offering in 2020. LRI has resisted this service as it's a departure from our flagship stocking service where we inlet and install all the hardware in-house. Client demands have given us cause to revisit it.
$140.00–$200.00Price range: $140.00 through $200.00
Pinning and welding a muzzle brake, suppressor adapter, or flash hider is a method for a rifle barrel that measures less than 16" to gain compliance with National Firearms Act (NFA) regulations. The process involves drilling a hole through the muzzle device and into a portion of the barrel so…
GUNSMITHING SERVICES: Receiver and bolt repair_TIG welding
From $150.00
While the thought of it might make a lot of folks' cringe, TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) welding has saved a lot of guns from an early grave. With careful use and consideration for heat treated parts, it is very possible to restore a damaged receiver or bolt to a very…
$125.00–$215.00Price range: $125.00 through $215.00
This service is for restoring or converting an action's guard screws to the 1/4-28 size thread pitch most commonly used by domestic bolt-action receiver manufacturers.
GUNSMITHING SERVICES: Receiver scope base screw hole restoration and correction
$75.00–$225.00Price range: $75.00 through $225.00
Receiver scope base screw holes occasionally suffer from alignment errors due to flawed machining. Here, we correct the issue by soldering a plug into the existing hole or by TIG welding (when appropriate) the hole closed. Next, we finish blend the plug/weld and complete it with a bored (circular interpolation)…
GUNSMITHING SERVICES: Remington M16 extractor conversion with single or dual ejectors
From $190.00
The M16 extractor for the M700 bolt is one of our most popular upgrades. When working with magnum bolt face cartridges, an M16 extractor is an almost "must-have" as the riveted factory piece is a known failure point.
A key element to building a replica ("clone") sniper rifle is accurately marking the barrel and receiver. LRI has researched this extensively and has acquired stamps that are duplicates of the original size and fonts used whenever possible. Some are unobtainable because OEMs used machines to "roll" the identifying marks…
