Wiant's Gunsmithing LLC

11/19/2025

Stock day.

Hoping the tanker truck of Tru Oil will show up soon. lol

10/30/2025

Browning Auto 5 in 12 gauge. Reblued and touched up the wood a bit.
It always amazes me the quality they had on something built this long ago. Built around 1905 and still in great shape.
This one is ready to head back home to Pittsburgh.

10/24/2025

British Lee Enfield, No.4 Mark 1 made in 1942. In for a little TLC.
Looks good for going thru 83 years old and a World War.

10/24/2025

CVA 1860 Single Action Army in 44 caliber Kit.
Gun came in a box, missing a lot of parts and actually kind of rough. A few before and after pics.
Fit and finished wood grip, Polished and blued barrel, cylinder and screws, Fit and polished brass frame and hand grip frame. Checked fit and polished internals for function. Checked timing.

Nothing more satisfying than hearing that 4 clicks when cocking a Single Action Army.

10/23/2025

Springfield 67 H in 12 gauge, ready for the field. Reblued and refinished.

10/22/2025

Belgian Browning A5 "Sweet Sixteen", made by FN, ready to head home. Reblued and refinished the wood.
Very sweet shotgun.

10/15/2025

Mossberg 500c in 20 gauge. Reblue and refinish the wood.
Came out pretty good.
Nice shotgun.

10/10/2025

Another rare and beautifully made black powder gun in the shop. A G&W Pistor Cape Gun built around 1850ish. Left barrel has hexagon rifling in 62 caliber and the right barrel is smoothbore at 20 gauge. In for a cleaning and an attempt to make a ni**le protector/safety which is missing on one side.
A Cape Gun is designed for hunting large dangerous game.
George and Wilhelm Pistor made their fi****ms in Schmalkalden, Thuringia Germany. Beautiful workmanship.
On a side note, Carl Walther, the founder of Walther Fi****ms in Germany in 1886 married into the Pistor family before opening his own business.

The stories this gun could tell......

10/07/2025

Re*****on 870 Express Magnum, 12 gauge, in for a refinish and rebluing. Some before and after.

09/29/2025

Kind of a long post but well worth it. I have a mad passion for original PA muzzle loaders. Any "unique" firearm that comes thru my shop I try my best to research it. I really wanted a gunmaker name for this, but it was not to be.

Here is a couple of before, during and after pics of an original Pennsylvania 1840ish muzzle loading rifle. 37-inch barrel in 36 caliber. It came in with missing and broken parts {wood putty and JB weld}. Missing the hammer, broken tumbler and bridle screws. Missing the barrel wedge. Hand made most of these, did find a tumbler that was close but i had to modify it to work. All functioning now while keeping it as original as possible. (sadly, the barrel and drum are in bad shape, so its firing days are long behind it.)

While i don't know the gunsmith who built this, (unmarked) I do know that the barrel was made by a Haberling in Cumru Township, Berks County Pennsylvania around 1840-1850ish.
The lock was made by George Goulcher. The Goulcher family was a popular lock making business at that time.
This was near the Wyomissing Creek area in Berks County and there was at least 37 different gunsmiths/barrel and lock makers in the area around that time.

09/17/2025

As most of you know, I do not sell fi****ms in my shop. But I do occasionally try to help others in rehoming one of theirs.

A customer (retired/disabled Marine) has a Marlin 336 in 30-30 with a scope (built in 1968) that he is looking to rehome. If this is something you may be interested in send me a text or call the shop for more details. I do not have any pictures at this time but will see if i can get one.

Thank you for your time.

09/09/2025

If all you do is work on AR platforms then you do not know the joy of being covered in 125-year-old rust while working on an original Wi******er. LOL one of those days.
No Wi******ers were hurt during the making of this message.

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