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Let Me Build the Rifle to Match Your Marksmanship

Service Options and Price Range

Start building that dream rifle now. Contact me at Diamond Mountain Precision Gunsmithing in Susanville, California to explore available options. Custom rifle and gun building prices vary depending on technical and aesthetic specifications. See the service price range below and meet with me to discuss the various aspects concerning the firearm you wish to have and own.

Alaskan Bear and Moose Rifle​​ (416 Rem. Mag)

Below is a list of nationwide estimates 

I am usually at the lower end of these prices, so don't get scared away, give me a call, I am easy to talk to and will work with you on building your next long range rifle.

(Labor Only; Parts and Materials Not Included)

The charges shown are the result of a survey made of a cross-section of gunsmith/dealer customers. They are presented as a “price range” guide to assist the gunsmith.


Due to many factors - including, but not limited to, gunsmith skill level, local economic conditions, type and value of firearm being worked on, quality and quantity of work requested by the customer - prices charged by your shop may vary from those shown. The price ranges shown are suggestions only.

Service Charges Price Range

  • Per man hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 45.00 $ 80.00
  • Per man and machine hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.00 105.00
  • Minimum charge per gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 70.00
  • Written appraisals, cost estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 50.00

Clean and Oil Customer Gun

  • Consisting of completely stripping gun, cleaning all parts, checking for wear, making suggestions to a customer of services needed to put in A-1 condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 180.00
  • Metal Finishing
  • Oxynate®
  • 7 Rebluing
  • Abrasive/bead blast/wire wheel (matte) finish . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.00 300.00
  • Deluxe Finish: Same as above followed with #240 and #400 grit polish with all screw holes and corners protected and square
  • Handgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.00 320.00
  • Rifle/shotgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 325.00
  • Master Finish: Same as Deluxe Finish with all polishing marks removed, no ripples, and finished with #555 polish to a mirror finish
  • Handgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265.00 375.00
  • Rifle/shotgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00 400.00
  • IM™, Belgian Bluing
  • Handgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 325.00
  • Rifle/shotgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 350.00
  • Slow-rust bluing / browning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00 650.00
  • Oxynate®
  • 84 bluing of stainless steel or cast Win. 94’s and others
  • Add to price of appropriate normal steel bluing cost . . . . . . . . . 50.00 85.00
  • NitreBlue™ BLUING (Small parts / accessories)
  • Not including polishing time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 175.00
  • Spray-on finishes: pricing for single color for handguns and long guns; does not include price of assembly/disassembly
  • Cerakote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 250.00+
  • KG Gunkote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.00 250.00+
  • DuraCoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 250.00+
  • Bead, sandblast or wire brush stainless steel . . . . . . . 75.00 160.00
  • Electroless nickel plating
  • Depending on firearm and satin or polish finish . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.00 300.00
  • Stripping nickel, removing old nickel finish prior to bluing or replating . . . . . . . 100.00 225.00
  • Parkerizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 200.00
  • Engine-turning bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 125.00
  • Metal checkering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hourly rate
  • Engine-turning small parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hourly rate
  • Draw-filing (per man hour) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hourly Rate

Sight Work

  • Sight in customer gun - does not include
  • Cost of ammo, targets, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 100.00
  • Bore sighting customer gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 30.00
  • Pattern shotgun - does not include cost of
  • ammo, targets, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 75.00
  • Drill and tap barrel or receiver for sights
  • Per hole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 45.00
  • Cut dovetail in barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 100.00
  • Install dovetail sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 50.00+
  • Install front sight ramp
  • Sweat-on type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 100.00
  • Screw-on type (including drill and tap) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 80.00
  • Band type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hourly rate
  • Install insert in pistol sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 60.00
  • Install front/mid-rib shotgun bead (plus cost of bead) . . 25.00 75.00
  • Plug hole and re-drill for bead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 75.00
  • Install receiver sights
  • Gun drilled and tapped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 45.00
  • Scope mounting
  • Gun drilled and tapped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 35.00 $ 80.00

General Barrel, Action, and Rifle Work

  • Check headspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 70.00
  • Make chamber cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 95.00
  • Remove stuck fired case from chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00+
  • Remove live round from chamber..................... 65.00 150.00+
  • Remove obstruction from bore . . . Hourly rate
  • Remove fouling from barrel… Hourly rate + materials
  • Lap barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 130.00
  • Install liner in barrel
  • Not including cost of liner or bluing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 225.00
  • Cut and crown barrel
  • Rifles and shotguns / handguns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 95.00
  • Chamber and fit barrel to action
  • Does not include the cost of the barrel, action, polishing, bluing...........200.00 350.00
  • Install pre-threaded and chambered barrel - not including polishing and bluing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.00 200.00
  • Lap in bolt lugs
  • Not including setting back barrel or fitting new barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 75.00
  • Welding on new bolt handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 200.00
  • Forging bolt handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.00 120.00
  • Make and install spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hourly rate
  • Safeties, installing,
  • Dakota, Gentry, Mod 70 type safety w/shroud (+ finishing) . . . 150.00 175.00
  • Mark II/Beuhler type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 100.00
  • Chapman swing safety lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.00 135.00
  • Triggers (installation or adjustment)
  • Shilen, Timney, Dayton-Traister, Moyer type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 90.00
  • Double-set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 250.00
  • Single set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 140.00
  • Install muzzle brake (threaded barrel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 75.00
  • Recontour front or rear receiver ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 140.00
  • Install barrel band swivel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hourly rate

Shotgun Work

  • Long forcing cone
  • Non-plated bores, per barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.00 80.00
  • Plated bores, per barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 100.00
  • Resolder rib - not including bluing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hourly rate
  • Resolder for end lug
  • Not including bluing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hourly rate
  • Raising dent in barrel
  • Not including bluing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 150.00
  • Straighten/adjust barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 95.00
  • Polish chamber/bore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 75.00
  • Back-boring - per barrel, non-plated bores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hourly rate
  • Open/modify choke - per barrel or tube, non-plated bores . . 55.00 115.00
  • Install screw-in choke (plus tubes)
  • Win-Choke®, Colonial, etc. (non-plated bore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.00 150.00
  • Port barrel - per barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 150.00
  • Refitting hinge pin lug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225.00 340.00

Muzzle Loader Work

  • Pull ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 45.00
  • Remove broken ramrod from barrel.................. 60.00 100.00
  • Stuck breech plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 120.00
  • Handgun work
  • Chamfer revolver barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 45.00
  • Chamfer revolver cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 80.00
  • Revolver action job - clean, smooth action, not including replacement of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 160.00
  • Rebarrel revolver - remove old barrel, replace with new factory barrel, labor only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 160.00
  • Straighten crane on revolver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 80.00
  • Install crane lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 50.00
  • Remove/modify revolver hammer spur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 80.00
  • Convert revolver from square butt to round butt …… 70.00 120.00
  • Semi-auto pistol action job - clean, smooth action, not including any parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.00 220.00
  • Tighten slide of 1911 auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.00 175.00
  • Fit barrel to 1911 auto, not including barrel
  • Non-ramped barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.00 150.00
  • Ramped barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 175.00
  • Fit and install barrel bushing on 1911 auto
  • Does not include cost of bushing....................... 50.00 120.00
  • Bevel magazine well of 1911 auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 80.00
  • Checker front of frame on 1911 auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 250.00
  • Stipple frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 90.00
  • Open and modify ejection port of 1911 auto slide . . . . . 50.00 120.00
  • Throat, polish barrel and feed ramp of 1911 auto . . . . . 40.00 100.00
  • Fit new trigger to 1911, does not include cost of trigger . . . . . 45.00 80.00
  • Fit custom hammer to 1911, does not include cost of hammer . . 45.00 100.00
  • Cut slide for bo-mar, w/o sight
  • Plain cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.00 160.00
  • With side shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.00 200.00
  • Cut slide for dovetail front sight, w/o cost of sight . . . . 50.00 95.00
  • Cut slide for novak rear, w/o cost of sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115.00 150.00
  • Install stake-on front, w/o cost of sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 60.00
  • Install fiber optic front sight (existing dovetail). . . . . . . . 25.00 45.00
  • Install rear sight (existing dovetail, w/o cost of sight) . . . . . 30.00 45.00
  • Flatten slide top and serrate, w/o cost of sight . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 150.00
  • Dehorn and break edges for carry
  • (not including refinishing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 75.00
  • Full melt down beveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.00 150.00
  • Modify 1911 auto frame for beavertail safety; includes fitting of safety, does not include cost of safety or refinishing . .. . . 80.00 150.00
  • Install auto pistol compensator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.00 350.00

Stock Work

  • Wood finishing (does not include any shaping)
  • Hunter finish
  • Unfilled oil or lacquer finish on average stock . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 240.00
  • Gunsmith finish
  • Filled, rubbed oil finish on average stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 360.00
  • High-gloss prices are toward the upper end of gunsmith finish prices above
  • Spray finish
  • Lacquer or polyurethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.00 200.00
  • Recutting checkering - other than by the hour, per panel
  • Simple pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 120.00
  • Complicated pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 170.00
  • Glass bedding barrel and action
  • Hunting rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.00 150.00
  • Match rifles, M-1 Garand, M1A, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 265.00
  • Pillar bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.00 265.00
  • Install recoil pad - labor only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 95.00
  • Install adjustable butt plate - labor only . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.00 150.00
  • Install sling swivels - standard and q/d...................... 35.00 60.00
  • Install stock cross bolt (not including refinish) . . . . . . . . . 40.00 80.00
  • Install recoil reducer
  • Simple installation in butt stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 50.00
  • Hydraulic butt plate-style (Gra-Coil or Counter Coil®) . . . . . . 150.00 210.00
  • Drill stock and install recoil reducer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 95.00
  • Inletting and finishing of semi-finished stock
  • Not including checkering, recoil pad, special butt plate, grip cap
  • or other attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 650.00
  • Fit, bed and finish fiberglass stock blank . . . . . . . . . . . 175.00 350.00
  • Prefinished synthetic stock fit and install barreled action . .. . . . . 65.00 120.00
  • Install adjustable comb hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.00 240.00

AR-15 Work

  • Maintenance cleaning (includes complete disassembly, clean, safety check, oil and reassembly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.00 85.00
  • Maintenance rebuild (includes new spring and new gas rings added to the maintenance cleaning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.00 150.00
  • Install aftermarket trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 80.00
  • Install aftermarket for end/free-float . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 140.00
  • Assemble complete upper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 85.00+
  • Assemble complete lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 85.00+
  • Assemble complete rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 150.00+
  • Install flash hider on pre-threaded barrel . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 45.00
  • Thread barrel on lathe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 175.00
  • Open gas ports for functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 80.00
  • Install or replace gas block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.00 80.00
  • Install or replace AR barrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.00 80.00
  • Install or replace butt stock and buffer tube . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 35.00
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