Pistol Gunsmithing | Sterling Custom | Virginia's Premier Gunsmith

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

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

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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