I sent my well used and beloved Remington 1100 shotgun a number of years back. Brad and Mary were kind enough to take on the job, restore it and refinish it in CPII....I shot a lot of Trap with that shotgun and it has held up beautifully....it's a very slick treatment similar in my opinion to NP3 or Teflon so it cleans up really easily, absolutely perfect for a shotgun. Honestly it still looks new. What really endeared me to them is that they found a small part that was broken in the 1100 (which didn't surprise me as the shotgun was well used), they called me to let me know, sourced the part and repaired it for me for almost nothing. Pretty cool. I'm strongly considering sending them a semi-auto pistol for their newer Dusk finish....I saw it on someone else's pistol and it looks very nice. I bet they get pretty busy especially during their sales...their prices are really good... so i wouldn't be surprised if it took a while ...what i can tell you is they've been around for a very long time, they do terrific work and several well known gunsmiths referred them to me. The proprietor and his wife Mary are very nice people to work with. They could have taken advantage of me with that broken part but they didn't...they ordered the part, installed it, treated me very well and restored a firearm that is very dear to me. Mary and Brad, thank you again. read more

These folks are awful, they have opinion on them split right down the middle, love em/hate em, I am squarely in the latter group, and what follows is exactly why! I sent them a brand new 92A1 slide which a local gunsmith had ruined the finish on(cosmetically only)and contracted them to apply what they call their "Dusk" plating too. Dusk is simply another in a long line of attempts to darken nickle plating, with the Dusk itself very likely a nickle/boron nitride plating finish. The darkening treatment(not ever disclosed or disclaimed by Mary prior to application)is strictly a surface trick, which instantly compromises itself upon routine use! I sent them my slide and offered to pay a premium in addition to the cost for expedited service, they said no, but they also did act upon the request to expedite, all seemed well, at first! 8-days after shipping them my slide I called and inquired as to its status, done she said, shipping today, great says I, shoot me a tracking number. None ever came, nor did my slide show up on successive days when it should have if shipped as stated by Mary! Finally, four days into waiting for what was supposed to be a priority shipped return I call again, and this time she's much shorter with me, its coming tomorrow(Saturday), again no tracking number sent! It shows up Saturday, and upon initial inspection all looks fine, finish is attractive, I install the slide on the frame and work it for several minutes by hand, all appears well, I head out into thew back yard to test fire the firearm. I load just three magazines(60-rounds)and run them through the Beretta, instantly a large, half dollar sized ugly blemish materializes on the forward underside of the slide(where the guide rod is). This blemish is a combo of ugly white, shatter pattern(think a cracked windshield)and smudge, nothing like it looked like just 240 seconds before, and its glaring and obvious! Thus I stop, and immediately break down the pistol and closely inspect the slide, internally the rails are a long, hit and miss pattern of dark and shiny white, at some points it appears substrate is poking through! I send them an email expressing my disappointment, accompanied by photos, I make it clear to them I expected better, and that if any damage is permanent its on them, mostly I want it fixed! I send it back to them, on my dime! What I got from them is exactly what you would expect from a disreputable mom & pop operation, the wear is normal they say to the rails, its just the nickle shining itself up, which by the way is a result they never once disclosed or disclaimed in advertising the finish. I ask them what about the ugly incontrovertible blemish to the slide? Normal wear they say, normal wear? They refuse to fix it, the warm fuzzy old gal is now fully out of the closet, she's offended she says by me, by my email, and by my cheek for expecting better for my $175.00, she hangs the phone up on me, she still has my valuable property in hand! I am a professional photographer, I have photos of the half dollar sized defect they refused to address, however I no longer want them touching anything, they are clearly incompetent, or simply malicious. At no point was I even remotely rude to this fraud, you contract for a professional service you expect a professional service, that is certainly not what I received. I still await the return of my property, which they collected a fee for to refinish professionally, I have prepared legal action against them in the event any other mischief has been effected, I will be shipping the slide off to APW/Cogan where Bob will remove their defective Dusk and replace it with hard chrome. I challenge CCR right here to a little debate, and I will take that challenge to any internet gun board they so wish to and post all of the emails, and photos I have, their business will dry up swiftly when folks see what they did, and how they justified it, refusing to refund, replate, or even apologize for the colossal waste of my time and the material loss of my money. Indeed I consider their Dusk finish to be a fraudulent product and one open to a serious legal challenge as nothing about its instantaneous loss of continuity(darkening)is disclaimed or disclosed on their web page, she had numerous opportunities to advise me of this flaw and failed to do so, further, the defect forward on the slide is an obvious defect, it contains shatter pattern diffusing of the plating, a result of just three magazines of ammo being run through the pistol, there isn't another plating firm in the United States, not one, who would consider that acceptable! read more

After a local Bay Area gun shop and their "gunsmith" attempted to install night sights on my previously immaculate XD9... CCR Refinishing corrected all of the damage to and refinished the slide in an absolutely perfect form. This handgun is the first firearm I've ever purchased. She's my baby, and CCR treated her better than I ever could have imagined. Perfect attention to detail on the finish, which was done in their proprietary "Cera-Hide". A trip to the range confirmed my total satisfaction with their sight-in. I now love this weapon even more than before she needed repair. The transaction was smooth from beginning to end. Mary answered any and all questions I had, and helped me feel at ease from the get-go. What's the catch? You will wait... A long time. I waited four months for my slide to get back home. Ultimately though? WORTH EVERY PENNY. Highly recommended, and I look forward to doing business with Mary and Brad again! CCR Refinishing rocks!!! read more

Mary and Brad at CCR never cease to amaze me with the quality of work they do! I've had them do over 10 pistols for me and never have I been disappointed. If you need your work done in a week you better send it out for some spray-on finish elsewhere. If quality is more important than speed, these guys are worth the wait. read more

Recently, I was fortunate to be able to purchase my old duty gun, a Smith & Wesson 9mm, from the police department that I used to work for back in 1996. Needless to say, through the years after it was reissued, it had received quite a few dents and dings and the blue finish was worn in several areas due to holster wear. I learned of CCR from a friend of mine and I gave them a call and spoke with Mary and explained that I would like the gun refinished. She made the suggestion to have it refinished in the house black Cera-hide finish. I sent the gun to them and 6 weeks later I got it back completely refinished including the magazine I had sent with the gun. Well, when I opened the box and saw my old partner, to say I was astounded would be an understatement. The job that they did on it was beautiful, a lot better than the new original finish when it was first issued to me. I don't usually write reviews on things, but I felt that I had to spread the good word. The care and professionalism that they take in their work is truly refreshing. True, it does take some time for the turn-around (quality work takes time) but it is well worth it and their pricing is far better than anywhere else that I checked. After the holidays, I am going to send my 1911 ,45 to them for a two tone job on it. If you go with CCR, you won't be dissappointed. read more

I couldn't be happier with the finishing work that was performed on my LC9. It did take a considerable amount of time, but the price was right and it was well worth the wait. They can be hard to reach by phone sometimes, but they are a small operation and always seem to have plenty of work. If you have the time to wait, and the patience, then you can't go wrong with Brad and Mary at CCR. read more

I've had a product worked on by them before and it came out amazing, but now I've sent in a slide to be cp2 and the turn around quote was 10 days, I've been waiting 25 days now and nothing, I wouldn't be so upset if I was able to communicate better, if Mary does answer the phone, all she says is "it will be done by the end of the week " only radon I have it 3 stars is cause their cp2 is amazing, but bad customer service. read more

Back in 2006 I had a S&W model 36 revolver that was badly pitted from rust completely restored by CCR. Now over five years latter it still looks perfect as it did the day I got it back from CCR, not a flaw visible. They are friendly and will work with you to give you exactly what you want. read more