Allison & Carey Gunworks

This is an old school place that was highly recommend by many folks when I moved to the area in the late 90's.

I had an old mauser that needed to be reblued. Everyone else sends it out to get done, and I liked the fact that they blued it onsight. I had supported a chemical finishes company in my line of work, and appreciated that they had that expertise in-house.

When I tried to sight in the rifle after the work, the bullet would not chamber without some force which was not the way it was when I brought it in. I had to go back and they had to something to the chamber. At a minimum, I would expect them to check the tolerance of the chamber after doing a bluing. Not verifying your work is just poor.

Probably 5-6 years ago (and before I got my own tool) I needed a glock sight pushed a bit and was recommended here.
I show up and ask they guy if he can push it and he turned up his nose at me. Literally.
I waited and he said yeah but it'll be $50.
I said that was a bit steep and left after a glance around. Looks like a bunch of old school stuff so for those into it, excellent, but I got the feeling that if what I wanted to buy or have worked on was newer than 1980, they wouldn't be interested.

I went in to purchase a peep style sight for a special AK I was building. When the guy asked what I was mounting it on, I said it was for an AK I was building. He then grabbed the peep sight, hung it back on the rack, turned and walked away. When I asked what the problem was, he ignored me and went back to working on some fudd gun. In no way was I rude or disrespectful.