Services
We offer a number of different packages available as well as a variety of a la carte options to best serve our customers.
Packages
Seasonal Clean Up Package
- Disassemble the firearm, degrease and re-oil
- Clean and polish the barrel and action
- Apply rust inhibitor
- Clean and polish the stock. Reseal inside and out with linseed or tung oil
- Clean and polish the bore
- Includes deep copper removal
- All required screws will have loctite applied and torqued to proper specifications
Rifle Setup Package
Same as Seasonal Clean Up Package with the following added:
- Mount the scope base
- Bore, align and mount the scope rings
- Mount the scope
- Bore sight the scope
- Sight in the rifle
A La Carte
A La Carte services include but certainly not limited to:
- Scope mounting
- Scope ring alignment
- Scope repair & reconditioning
- Sighting in of the rifle
- Stock refinishing
- Stock replacement
- Stock repairs
- Action inletting and bedding
- Muzzle crowning
- Muzzle Brake supply & installation
- Recoil pad supply and installation
- Barrel floating
- Glass bedding
- Cleaning
- Rebarreling
- Hot blue: gloss, matte, high gloss finish
- Arma coating
- Cera coating
- Ammunition evaluation
- Handloading development
- Custom bullet drop compensation dials
- Non-restricted firearms sales
- Chronographing
Tikka T3
Poor groups and shifting zero issues. Notice front scope base on left picture. Base was not square. On the right, different screws, Torx head, larger head, will help hold the base centered above the screw holes, which hold the base square and prevents it from shifting.
Scope rings will be bored and aligned.
A Shimmed Base
For the most part, bases are shimmed as a cheap way to make up for inferior scope base alignment. These fiber shims worked just fine the first time the rifle was taken out we’re sure. The rifle came to us with the complaint of the rifle never hit the same zero. We call that Zero Shift. Good quality mounting systems, properly matched to the required application is what makes for a dependable hunting rifle.
Shimming scope bases should be a last resort, not a first resort to fixing the problem.
While some applications may give us no choice as to using shims, you won’t find cardboard shims coming out of our shop. Steel or stainless steel shims are what we use.
Ruger M77 Varmint 22-250
Do you have a quality Leupold scope?
Are you shooting farther than you did before?
Are you considering getting a new scope with one of the bullet drop compensators?
Most of the major scope manufacturers make them.
Not sure if you want to lay out that much $ for a new scope?
Not sure how one type of reticle will work for your favorite load?
Consider upgrading your current Leupold scope with a custom elevation turrent. These are calibrated to your specific load and hunting condition. For a fraction of the cost of a new scope.
We at Hillbilly Arms are not affiliated with Leupold, Korth or Leupold Canada. But we have dealt with them and find their work timely, capable, professional and dependable.
The Ruger above was slated to get a new barrel and scope put on it. It wasn’t shooting all that good. The scope was checked out by the professionals at Korth, then had a custom BDC Dial installed calibrated for his specific load, then the rifle received our Set Up Package. Now this Ruger is shooting less than 1/4 moa for fraction of the cost of a new barrel and new scope.
Glass Bedding Preparation
It is the little things that count:
Fiberglass re-inforcing stocks is done to add strength. We router in steel re-inforcements to further strengthen your stock.
Swivel Screw???
Ever had that front swivel screw pull through on you? Had your rifle crash down on the rocks. Even the best scope and the best scope warranty won’t stand up to a 8 pound rifle falling on the scope on the frozen rocks. They always land on the scope, just like falling toast always lands jam down. It’s a Murphy Law thing.
We can put a nut backed front swivel screw in your stock for you.
Sighting in and Chronographing
Sighting in includes but is not limited to a 100 yd. zero. By chronographing your loads we can provide you with invaluable information for handload development. At this time we are also able to do an ammuniton comparison and evaluation. Chronographing allows us to do a ballistic calculation will in turn enable you to have a custom bullet drop compensation dial providing you with better accuracy.
Stock Repairs
Shattered Dreams
Remington SXS 12 ga shotgun. Got dropped onto a very hard surface with a great deal of force, shattering the buttstock. They retrieved all the pieces, put them in a baggie and we repaired it. Order of the pictures is in reverse order to the timeline. You can see what we started with, how we got there, then what we finished with.
Stock Restoration
Weatherby Revived
Weatherby Mk-V 7mm WBY MAG restoration. Stock cracks and breaks repaired. Recoil pad replaced with Pachmayr F325 Brown. Stock restored with hand polished oil finish. Leupold M6 scope reconditioned by Leupold Canada. New Leupold STD scope mounts. Metal reblued.
Stock Replacement
Sometimes a stock just needs to be replaced. This fellow opted for this as his replacement stock.
