Below is a list of lead times for our most common custom services. If you have received a shipment notification, and your order contains any of these items, please make sure that the lead time has passed before inquiring about your order.
*Please note: If you have more than one custom item, those lead times will stack. Meaning if you have Barrel Reaming and Cerakote, the total lead time will be 1 week + another 6-8 weeks total.
*Times do not include carrier transit times.
Service | Lead Time | Notes |
Bull Nose Machining | ~1 Week | |
Custom Slide Machining (SS Patterns / CMS / Serrations / Coffin Cuts / Custom Configured Slides) | ~5 Weeks | |
Slide Melt | ~1 Week | |
Slide Melt w/ Cavity Fill | ~5 Weeks | |
Slide Melt with customer supplied optic that's not on the list | ~5 Weeks | |
Drill & Tap Optic Mount | ~1 Week | |
Barrel Cut/Crown | ~1 Week | |
Barrel Threading | ~3 Weeks | |
Barrel Reaming | 1 Week | Excludes warranty work |
Guide Rod Assembly | 3 Business Days | |
Sight Installation | 2 Business Days | |
Frame or Slide Assembly | 2 Business Days | |
Test Firing | 1 Week | |
Other Custom Work (such as installation or customization of customer supplied parts) |
1-2 Weeks | |
Barrel or Slide Engraving | 1-2 Weeks | If all graphics are in place ahead of time |
Slide Cover Plates & Plug Engraving (Custom) | 3 Business Days | If all graphics are in place ahead of time |
Crown, Compensator, Magazine, Knife, or Frame Laser Engraving | 1 Week | If all graphics are in place ahead of time |
Poly80 Serial Number Engraving | 3 Business Days | |
Timberwolf Grip Engraving | 5 Business Days | If all graphics are in place ahead of time |
Two Tone Polishing | Same as base coating lead time | |
Flash Nitride | 8-10 Weeks | |
Cerakote | 6-8 Weeks |
*Refinishing services are not completed in house. To keep the cost of refinishing services low for our customers, ALL refinishing work is sent to be completed once we receive a certain number of orders. Once that quota is hit, then the lead time begins.