CCS Gunsmithing

Again he can come through with the impossible. As director of a security company we encounter problems that the general public might not. This time is was a simple fix but when I spoke to two other repair facilities, both said they couldn’t or wouldn’t do it. Whatever your repair needs are, CCS Gunsmithing can and will fix it. Thanks again.

Just stopped by for my first time to grab some ammo, and now I’m a return customer. The owner’s massive grey hound was there which was cool, and the service was great.

I had good luck with these guys after receiving reccomnedations from a few shops in town. They are an old school no nonsense business, but they know their stuff. The work isn’t the cheapest in town, but you do get what you pay for here.
Had my rifle threaded and a brake installed, and bolt handle extended. They told me 4 weeks, and had it done in 2.5. Work was flawless — everything looked like it came from the factory. I noticed that they tweaked the action a bit to smooth it out even though I hadn’t asked for it. No charge. Nice.
I can see how people might take them for unfriendly because they are very direct about what works and what doesn’t based on their experience, and they may not agree with your opinions. Chris is a big man with a booming voice which may intimidate some people. But they are honest and don’t candy coat anything which is refreshing and rare in Las Vegas.
If you want someone to tell you you’re pretty and give you a HJ, go to Pahrump. If you want good quality work on guns from people who know what they’re doing, go here.

After reading all the reviews. I decided to take my gun to this shop for a tune up. They were friendly and accomplished everything they promised earlier than promised. I’m not saying that the bad reviews posted are unfounded but I found the experience very good. Highly recommend.

How is this place still in business?!
This place is poorly ran. The guns they have for sale, whether consignment or new, are about 30% above most market advertised pricing. I asked if they could work with me on the price on a bersa thunder. Nope! That was the answer.
The lady that «runs» the store is mostly rude only caring about you if you intend to spend money. I watched her go nuts on someone about clearing a firearm then asking to disassemble it. It was a used gun so I figured he was well within his manners to ask to see the easily reached internals. She went on and then cried about how one time a gun went off in the shop. I guess it was a negligent discharge or something.
Now, lets talk about their shotty work. I was originally there to get a model 429 serviced. There was an issue where upon firing, shards of something (bullet fragments I imagine) would fly back and spray you in the face. Well, I let the other owner, previously mentioned owners husband, and he went to work. He had to order parts. No big deal. They were late. Again, I understand. A week after projected completion and several status calls from me to them, the gun was ready. I paid close to $ 200 to have the pistol «repaired».
I took it to the range a week later. Fired the first shot and WHAM! Shard to the cheek. It stung but I made nothing of it until my dad let me know my face was bleeding. Awesome. I called the shop back and was met with disbelief as they had just repaired the gun and would need to charge another service fee to look it over again.
I just sent it to smith&wesson and they fixed the issue for less than $ 100.
If you’re looking for average smithing and high priced low grade firearms, go here.
Their only saving grace was all of the other useless but interesting garbage in their shop.

This is a good little shop. I am pleased that they sell new 8 mm Mauser ammo for my rifle rather than 1950s surpluss ammo that only works half of the time. I wasn’t exactly interested in buying ammo when I first stopped in but I walked away with it anyhow. I guess a trip to the range is in order now. Besides ammo, I took my Mauser into the shop for further identification. I only know it is an older Mauser and nothing more. The owner was kind enough to look at it and try to identify some of the markings. He spent several minutes looking at markings in a book. None of it seems to match what I have. I stumped the gun guy. LOL. He did say it is a nice looking rifle. Most people seem to agree. I still wish I knew more about it. Finding info on an aparently rare gun is not so easy to do. Even for an expert. At least he tried.
A word of caution, when you see the sign «beware of dog,» it is a big dog. Scared the heck out of me when I first saw it. But it is very friendly. A Great Dane. Like Scooby.

Dropped an old model 74 Winchester .22 rifle to get re blued 11-​7-​2010. Said it’d be $ 250 and a about 6 weeks. Every 3 months I went to check the progres. Always gave me some bs about being too busy with LVMPD stuff to get to mine. After almost 1 year, I went in yesterday 10-​27-​2011 and said give it to me I don’t care the condition. He still wanted $ 100. Talked him down to $ 75 because he did have it re blued. Walked out with a ziplock bag full of parts, the stock, and barrel. I’m done with these people.

This is the only gunsmith in town I’ll let work on my firearms. Chris is a walking encyclopedia of weapons history and is one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. His prices are fair and the workmanship is flawless. Despite the other review, Sandra (Chris’s wife) is actually a very enjoyable person, once you get to know her. She’s a no-​nonsense kind of person that doesn’t sugar coat anything. I tend to appreciate that kind of personality and very much enjoy talking to her. CCS is a family operation and they treat their customers the same way — like family.

It’s hard to give this place a low rating, and it’s hard to give it a high rating. You have to first ask yourself «What am I looking for?».
If your looking for a gun store to buy a gun, well good luck in this city. And good luck here. They do not carry much guns for sale. And the ones they do are ridiculously over priced.
But on the other hand they do a pretty good job at gunsmithing. Which is what has had me in there a few times.
If it’s customer service your looking for, well good luck at this store. They have your typical «know it all» older guy working behind the small counter, wearing your standard gun store issue open carry shoulder holster fit with a 1911. From what I’ve gathered on a few trips there the owners are husband and wife. And I have yet to see any kind of friendlieness or courtesy from her. She seems to be pissed off and inconvenienced every time she helps a customer. And she talks down to the guy in the shoulder rig relentlessly. Which is maybe why he talks down to customers. Just the circle of life there I guess. The gunsmith who I believe is the husband/​owner is a very nice knowledgable guy. Every time he has helped me he has done it with a smile and has always done great work. They had another gunsmith in there who they called out front so I could ask a question. I was greeted by a guy with a slavic accent who was stuffing his face with a pastrami sandwich who I could barely understand. And after dealing with the wife/​owner a few times I really didnt think it could get much worse. I actually walked out in the middle of trying to decipher his accent and mouth full of food.
I have really only had one decent experience here. But all the bad trips over shadowed by the good work they have done for me. It’s almost like the agony and extacy. Gotta face one for the other. If you can deal with getting talked to like your 7 years old then its worth getting work done here. But it also takes 3 to 5 days. If not then I advise you shop around. This place just might be worth it if its your end of town.