Grayguns Inc. is dedicated to providing the highest grade pistolsmithing services, parts and firearms instruction to our clients.   Our strong commitment to personal and friendly customer service, leading edge innovation and consistent, top quality work is a reflection of Bruce Gray’s 35 year career as a highly regarded custom gunsmith, competitor and practical shooting authority. 

Beki Gray lends her service-oriented attitude, unflappable grace and sure management hand to our office operations.   Beki’s professional background is broad and varied, divided between medicine and the arts.  She is a hospice and palliative care specialist and nursing supervisor, and also runs her own successful glasswork studio, Ratwife Beads. 

Bruce and Beki regard kindness and consideration as high-order values to be practiced on a daily basis, and these values set the standards for our business.

Joining Bruce at the bench is apprentice Scott Folk, who has quickly earned an excellent reputation for outstanding work and responsive customer service.   An avid shooter, Scott came to Grayguns Inc. in 2004 with strong skills and practical experience drawn from his aerospace machining and quality assurance background.   In addition to custom pistol work, Scott’s areas of responsibility include job scheduling, customer correspondence & quotations, parts design and assistant instructor duties for our shooting courses.

Shannon is our trusty bookkeeper.   The gunsmithing biz is quite complex to manage, yet Shannon makes it look easy.  She maintains detailed electronic files on all of our clients so we can instantly track work orders and sales invoices to meet your needs efficiently.

Grayguns Inc. also employs a small cadre’ of trusted part-time helpers to assist us with inventory, shipping and shop maintenance.  All firearms work is performed individually, one gun at a time by Scott and Bruce.  Grayguns Inc. is a true custom gunsmithing firm, not a production outfit charging premium prices for compromised work of indifferent quality.

Our Terms are Simple

We don’t require deposits or prepayments. When your pistol is nearly complete, we’ll notify you of the charges due and ship upon reciept of your payment. Momentarily we are unable to accept Credit Cards, but we're working to fix that as quickly as possible. We currently accept the following forms of payment: Personal Check, Business Check, Cashier's Check and Money Order. Our listed prices do not include actual charges for FedEx return shipping.

Shop Turnaround Time

If you have a pressing need and we can find the time, we will expedite your job for a modest 20% surcharge to cover our extra, late night hours at the bench. In fairness to all of our customers, we may not always have the extra time. The exception is for law enforcement duty weapons.  Highly elaborate custom work can be time-intensive, and it can be difficult to estimate shop time accurately.  We ask your patience, and invite you to contact us for an update as your work progresses.

The Grayguns Guarantee

Grayguns Inc. proudly continues Bruce Gray’s 30 year policy: We guarantee our work for as long as you own it. If you ever have a problem related to our work, we'll correct it immediately free of charge, with no hassles. For the fine print, please be sure to read our complete warranty and statement of liability.

We make shipping your pistol to Grayguns Inc. as easy as possible. Here’s how:
Under Federal law, any lawful gun owner may ship a firearm to an FFL holder through a common carrier like FedEx or UPS for purposes of repair or modification and receive it back directly. You do not need to ship your pistol through a dealer unless your local or state laws require it. Non FFL holders should not ship handguns to Grayguns Inc. through the US Post Office.

If you have unusual requests, be sure to include copies of our email correspondence or a letter detailing what you want us to do as well. We’ll also need your complete contact information, including phone numbers and your home and email addresses. Take your securely packaged pistol directly to a FedEx or UPS service center.

Affiliated shipping agents such as mailbox stores and copy centers are not permitted to accept firearms. You are required by law to notify the counter person of the contents of your package.

Be sure to insure your package for full replacement value. FedEx and UPS require handguns to be shipped via next day air. Selecting a slower service will save some money but may result in a denial of your insurance claim in the event of loss.

For shipping address and scheduling information, please email: 

Scott@Grayguns.com

Please DO NOT ship any firearms or firearms parts to our corporate office!  

Please use this mailing address only for all letters of correspondence and payments:

GGI
Attn: Beki Gray, Secretary
PO Box 501
Fossil, OR 97830

Gunsmithing, Product Development and Technical

I’ve been a fulltime pistolsmith for over thirty years now.  I currently am president of a small business, Grayguns Incorporated.  Our pistolsmithing activities are primarily limited to two main areas: high grade custom 1911’s and service pistol trigger modifications and competition work.  I came into custom pistolsmithing at a wondrous time of wild experimentation when the discipline was still new and most of the innovations we now take for granted in practical shooting had not yet been doped out; I was one of the leading dopes.  By simply being present on the combat shooting scene in the 1970’s and 1980’s I had the opportunity to shape the development of many handgunning innovations that have proven to be influential.  I’ll cite a few notable examples:

• Currently working on the development of advanced 1911 and service pistol designs for production
• 1997-2001 Designed successful line of innovative competition bullets for OTB Co.
• 1997 Designed .40 S&W variant of P-35 pistol now in production by Arsenal
• 1996-1999  Assisted in development of Tasco Optima/Firepoint red dot sight.
• 1995 Built first practical, electronically sighted 1911 dedicated carry pistol
• 1992 Developed line of trick wire-EDM hammers and sears for various handguns
• 1991 Pioneered use of EDM for muzzle compensator design and manufacture
• 1987 Built early HiCap 1911 prototype1987 Developed 9X21 for IPSC competition
• 1986-1988 Assisted HK in redesign of P-7 drop safety and trigger mechanisms, correcting breakage and AD issues inherent in earlier version(s).
• 1986 First shooter to win major IPSC match with electronically sighted, hi-capacity pistol (using highly modified P-7 M13)
• 1983 Developed 9X23 for IPSC competition
• 1983 Designed fully-supported chamber, ramped barrel for competition
• 1981-2 Built first modern compensated, optic-capable 38 Super “Race Guns” for IPSC
• 1982 Assisted in R&D of Colt 80 Series firing pin safety device and Officers ACP pistol
• 1979 Developed first modern-style high-grip beavertail safety
• 1979 Built first 38 Supers for IPSC competition

Competitive Shooting

I have been competing for thirty-three years, beginning when I was a teenage kid.  I hold the highest classifications in all three action shooting disciplines, NRA Action, USPSA/IPSC and IDPA.  I have gold medals from several world-championship teams, and have managed to win a number of state, regional and national titles over the years with HK, SIGARMS and other pistol platforms.   At the time of my retirement due to orthopedic problems and surgery, I was ranked in the top 15 Production Division shooters worldwide.

Most recently I placed seventh in Production at the IPSC World Championships (WS13) held 2002 in Polokwane, RSA.  I’m confident that this is the highest world-level placement of any shooter using an HK pistol, which was my platform at the time.   I’m strongest in NRA Action Stock Gun division, where I’ve either won or placed second at the Bianchi Cup National Championships until 2002.

Recent highlights include:

• 9-02 IPSC World Shoot 13, South Africa, Seventh place, second USA, Silver Medal (USP9)
• 8-02 World Speedshooting Championships, California, 2nd IDPA (USP Expert)
• 8-02 USPSA Race Gun Nationals, Oregon, 23rd (USP Expert)
• 7-02 USPSA Factory Gun Nationals, Illinois, 13th, 7th in category (USP Expert)
• 9-01 Golden Bullet Championship, California, 1st overall (USP Expert)
• 5-01 Oregon Open USPSA Championships, Oregon, 1st overall (USP Expert)
• 9-01 Toys for Tots Charity Invitational, California, 1st overall (USP Expert)
• 8-01 World Speedshooting Championships, California, 2nd IDPA (USP9)
• 7-01 USPSA-2, Arizona, 14th, 4th in category (USP Expert)
• 10-00 IDPA Western Regional Championship, California, 1st overall (USP9)
• 9-00 IDPA Nationals, Mississippi, 7th, 1st in category (USP9)
• 5-00 NRA Bianchi Cup, Missouri, 2nd , 1st Barricade Event, 2nd Practical Event, 3rd Shootoff, 2nd Jackpot, (USP Expert)

Grayguns Inc. offers a limited lifetime warranty to our customers. The work performed and parts installed by Grayguns Inc. is guaranteed to be free from defects in material and workmanship for the life of the original purchaser. Grayguns Inc. will be liable solely for the replacement and installation of parts as originally supplied and installed by Grayguns Inc. for the original purchaser that fail through a defect in materials or workmanship that arises through normal, safe handling and use of the item as specified by the manufacturer’s owner’s manual. Unauthorized work or parts installation, improper or unsafe handing or firing with any non-SAAMI-standard ammunition will immediately void this warranty.

Grayguns Inc. assumes no liability expressed or implied for any damage or injury that may result from the improper handling or use of parts or firearms. Grayguns Inc. cannot control nor be responsible for the manner in which our work, parts and information is used, and specifically disavows any other representation, warranty or liability relating to the suitability, condition or use of products and services delivered by Grayguns Inc.

1) Always treat all firearms as if they were loaded.

2) Never allow the muzzle of any firearm to point at anything you are not willing to destroy.

3) Never put your finger near the trigger until you are ready to fire. Do
not depend on any mechanical device for safety!

4) Always be sure of your target, and what is behind and in front of it.

Important:

I acknowledge I am personally and solely responsible for the safe handling, use and storage of firearms in my possession, and I have read, understand and accept the above terms, warranty and firearms safety information.

Important Shipping and Mailing Information:

1. Do NOT ship any firearms or firearms parts to our corporate address!

2. There is NO direct postal delivery to our shop in Fossil, Oregon.  We cannot receive mail there, only packages!