I debated putting this post up, but I decided to do so because the actions of the folks at PWD were so egregious that I think people should know who they are doing business with.
This happened to a friend of mine, who is/was in the process of heavily customizing his Beretta 81 (we can debate the concept of putting so much money into a $250 gun, but that's really a separate discussion, and frankly makes sense knowing my fiend). My friend is a machinist as well as a programmer. He love building precision parts, so much so, that he runs a business custom manufacturing precision spinning tops (the ones that spin for 10 minutes+).
So, when he got his Beretta 81, he wanted to customize it from stem to stern. He skeletonized the hammer, machine custom sights, crowned the barrel, customized the guide rod with spiral lightening cuts, customized the grips screws, and a bunch of other work. He put 14 hours of shop time into it.
He wanted a custom coating to go along with his work and to have the barrel and guide rod TiN coated. He went with PWD and they quoted him $500 and 2 weeks work.
After 5 weeks went by, my friend was informed by PWD that his custom parts were stolen from a shipment to the TiN coating shop. This is where everything went off the rails. Despite being assured that the shipment had been insured (which supposedly also contained several $1k+ target barrels for other customers), the owner made several statements that seem to contradict this. My friend provided replacement value for his parts, including machine time, and the owner lost his .
My friend went to the shop to discuss this, which results in him being insulted extensively and then physically assaulted by person I presume is the owner. After the police were called and a report filed (referred to DA if charges will be filed... knowing Greenwood, I'm sure that will go no where), PWD then insisted that the new price for the work done was $700 (cause "things came up") and that he was SOL on the lost parts until USPS finished their investigation.
As it stand, the gun is still with PWD and this is likely to go to court.
If you want a more details summary, you can see what my friend wrote on the Beretta forum where he had been documenting his custom work in a thread.
https://berettaforum.net/vb/showthread.php?t=144658&page=9
TLDR - the people that run Personal Weapons Development may be good at doing coatings, but they are terrible people to do business with and take no responsibility for their own mistakes (and apparently, will just assault you if you question them). I'd steer well clear of these folks. There are plenty of other very reputable businesses, many of them run by members here on INGO who will do great work on your guns without all the drama.
This happened to a friend of mine, who is/was in the process of heavily customizing his Beretta 81 (we can debate the concept of putting so much money into a $250 gun, but that's really a separate discussion, and frankly makes sense knowing my fiend). My friend is a machinist as well as a programmer. He love building precision parts, so much so, that he runs a business custom manufacturing precision spinning tops (the ones that spin for 10 minutes+).
So, when he got his Beretta 81, he wanted to customize it from stem to stern. He skeletonized the hammer, machine custom sights, crowned the barrel, customized the guide rod with spiral lightening cuts, customized the grips screws, and a bunch of other work. He put 14 hours of shop time into it.
He wanted a custom coating to go along with his work and to have the barrel and guide rod TiN coated. He went with PWD and they quoted him $500 and 2 weeks work.
After 5 weeks went by, my friend was informed by PWD that his custom parts were stolen from a shipment to the TiN coating shop. This is where everything went off the rails. Despite being assured that the shipment had been insured (which supposedly also contained several $1k+ target barrels for other customers), the owner made several statements that seem to contradict this. My friend provided replacement value for his parts, including machine time, and the owner lost his .
My friend went to the shop to discuss this, which results in him being insulted extensively and then physically assaulted by person I presume is the owner. After the police were called and a report filed (referred to DA if charges will be filed... knowing Greenwood, I'm sure that will go no where), PWD then insisted that the new price for the work done was $700 (cause "things came up") and that he was SOL on the lost parts until USPS finished their investigation.
As it stand, the gun is still with PWD and this is likely to go to court.
If you want a more details summary, you can see what my friend wrote on the Beretta forum where he had been documenting his custom work in a thread.
https://berettaforum.net/vb/showthread.php?t=144658&page=9
TLDR - the people that run Personal Weapons Development may be good at doing coatings, but they are terrible people to do business with and take no responsibility for their own mistakes (and apparently, will just assault you if you question them). I'd steer well clear of these folks. There are plenty of other very reputable businesses, many of them run by members here on INGO who will do great work on your guns without all the drama.