American Firearms & Gunsmith

I support local businesses.
That said Jan and his staff are the most helpful around. Not your usual eccentric Smith. I have never been mislead on any of their services. And the end result, good work!
Not much more to say but

I don’t know why this place got such bad reviews. I have been here several times and they are always very helpful. Sure they are more expensive than other shops on their DROS, but it’s a small shop and really what you are paying for is convenience of not having to wait in line at another place for hours because it’s cheap. Pay a little more and you are in and out. I will continue coming here, but that’s just my two cents. I love supporting small businesses such as yourselves!

Asshats with no sense of customer service. «If you don’t like it, do it yourself,» was the reply I got to a question. None of my dollars are going to this rude fest.

This review is not on the actual gunsmith work as I have not fired my weapon yet.
If you decide to take your weapon here for any type of repair, make 100% sure you get the work and $ estimate on paper. I was quoted a certain amount for work to be done on my rifle and when I returned to pick up my rifle the Fees were Double what I was verbally quoted. Since I had no documented proof of the fees I was initially quoted,(the guy who quoted prices for me was not there to verify), I paid the amount and walked away without any further discussion on the topic.
Get everything on paper and save yourself surprises.

These guys are great. Went there to get my shotgun fixed and after I left it there for a few days, wasn’t charged anything because they weren’t able to fix the problem. They were totally honest about my gun’s problem, explaining and showing me why they couldn’t fix it. What impressed me is that unlike most other people who would have charged me some ridiculous amount just for having left my gun overnight, these guys were very kind and considerate. They saw how frustrated I was in trying to find a solution for a long time. They didn’t take advantage of me or the situation. They had already worked on another one of my rifles, so I trusted their expertise. They’re very friendly and down to earth. Unlike the employees at some popular gun stores who try to make you feel foolish for asking honest questions, the owner and some of his employees are kind and willing to answer your questions satisfactorily as best they can.

I recently took my Colt in to have it ceracoated and while I was at it, I wanted to put new night sights in. The front sight dove tail was an odd size, so to use a standard, replaceable front sight, I ordered Novak’s and asked Jan to weld up, blend, and re-​cut the front sight dove tail. He agreed to do the job for $ 150.00 and about a 10 day turn around. I had the guy doing the coating job drop it off as he was headed that way any way. When it got there, Jan said to the person dropping it off that it didn’t need to be re-​cut and he could fit the sight to the existing cut for a lot less money. I picked up the pieces a few days later, disassembled, as the re-​coat job still had to be done.
Well, as you can see from the picture, a retarded, drunk donkey could do a better job of «fitting» the sight to the slide. Fortunately, this hack did not take a cutter to my slide, otherwise, the gun may have been a total loss. Anyone, let alone a gunsmith, who would do that kind of work and send it out the door as a completed job is a total hack, a con-​artist and a crap business man. Fortunately, this clown only ripped me off for $ 55.00 and an hour on the road.
If you want absolutely crap work done, and the lowest level of customer service on the planet, go see Jan at American Gunsmithing…

Jan and Joe have been nothing but professional with me. I own a small knife business and these two have worked on my guns and did it professionally. I am extremely satisfied with both the quality of work and the cost of doing business with them. I would recommend them to anyone. We are only human and can’t please everyone all the time. But these two go out of their way to make sure the job is done right. Thank you Jan and Joe.

My Yugo SKS kept jamming up on me so I took it here based on other reviews. The staff is friendly, but I have to say the owner ripped me off.
First of all, I was told they would look at it for free and call me to let me know what the problem is and quote me a price before looking at it, I was also told it shouldn’t take more than two days.
I didn’t receive a call for about a week, and when I did it was to tell me to come pick it up and that I owe them $ 120.00… This made me pretty mad that they didn’t bother to call me and tell me what needed to be done, had I know it would cost $ 120 I would have taken it somewhere else… I wish I did because it gets worse.
I go to pick it up and the owner explained to me that they cleaned the rifle and straightened the firing pin… They «straightened a $ 3 firing pin!!! Why would a smith tap a pin to straighten it?
Having no other choice but to pay, I did and grabbed my rifle, the owner then proceeded to tell me my rifle was illegal in ca and that he’s doing me a favor by giving it back to me… Luckily one of his employees (I wish I remembered his name, he was really cool) told me his boss had no clue what he was talking about and explained to me why my SKS was legal here in ca.
A week went by and I took it out to the desert, shot 30 rounds and it locked up again… I took it home, did some research, stripped the rifle to clean and try to find the problem, and the gas system was filthy, they did not clean the rifle at all. They basically hammered the pin straight which made it worse, ant took a rag to the outside of it. So I paid this guy $ 120 for nothing.
I took my rifle to a new local gun store in Rowland heights, made friends with the owner who immediately solved my problem, cleaned the rifle, and did it all in 20 mins.
I will never go back to american firearms and I would not recommend them to anyone.

I have been here once for my ar 15 … And I am going here again on Monday for my AR pistol… Price is so much reasonable … Not to mention very friendly and accommodating people …

I took my shield here for night sights to be installed. They’re very reasonably priced and most importantly would do the install while you wait. Numerous other smiths wanted me to leave the gun for weeks… for a 20 minute job!
Jan was very helpful and made sure I was happy before I left.

A womans persecpective. As you can imagine, a lot of men aren’t really good in understanding that women can be knowledgeable about guns, not to mention we can shoot. That we don’t want Pink guns. There has never been a time when Jan did not give me the best advice possible, in addition to customizing one of my 1911’s. I get more compliments on my Rock Island 1911, than on my Dan Wesson or Colt 45 1911’s. He has integrety and is an honorable gentleman. He is direct, no nonsense. Jan is someone you need on your gun team. He always has a kind word for my husband who has been his customer for a very long time and has been in serious condition. So, my best advice, see Jan. Regards, LQ LR

This gunsmith is one of the few gunsmith that can live fire your ammo to help troubleshoot any issues. For no charge, they test fired my AR-​15 and found not problem with the cycling.
I should’ve stopped there FIRST.

I’ve been here about 3 – 4 times in the past few years getting my duty weapon fixed/​customized. Jan is great, real nice guy to deal with and will hook you up if you bring in a duty weapon. Half the time he will fix/​adjust your weapon on the spot and let you walk without a bill. Awesome guy, I’ve recommended him to a few guys and all come back thanking me saying good things.
Strongly encourage taking your business to this place!

I’m not the most mechanically inept person in the world, but for the life of my I couldn’t put my Mossberg 500’s bolt back in correctly. They lubed it up, reassembled, and I was out the door in 10 minutes, free of charge. I’ll be sure to be back for more extensive work in the future.

I took my smith and Wesson 9 mm model 915 to American gunsmith to have the sights moved a little to the left. Jan was there and I waited for two other customers to finish their business with him. The last customer had a very unique .45 that was green and different. Awesome looking gun. Jan told me he could make the gun lighter and make the spring softer. He said he would need it for a couple of days. He moved the rear sight and said try this first. He charged me nothing for the service and said have a nice day. I plan on taking the gun to the range and see how it shoots soon. Good honest work. AAAAA+++++
Thanks Jan American Gunsmith

Bill S from Huntington Beach is a dumb as*. I wanted to do a DROS there the same weekend but they couldn’t because the person (I assume was Jan) was at the gun show. How can you expect them NOT to go to the gun show.
I don’t know Jan, and have only done business with Amer Firearms once and they were great. I do have plans to go there any day to have my lower completely assembled as well as my upper checked to make sure its done right.
Based on my one & only time I’ve been at this place, I give them a 5 star review.

I wouldn’t recommend this place at all. I talked to Jan on Monday July 29^th and informed him that I’m coming in Saturday, today, to have my upper fully assembled. The price was right. $ 45.00. What Jan failed to tell me is that he was going to the gun show and took all his tools with him. That’s fine. You have other shop workers right? Right. Sadly, the other gunsmiths didn’t have tools. How does a gunsmith shop not have tools to do the job I was looking for. One guy made a comment, «If I knew you were coming I would have brought my tools». Really??? You work in a gunsmith shop you idiot why wouldn’t you bring your tools. It’s like a mechanic telling me he didn’t bring he tools to the auto repair shop to do an oil change and rotate my tires. Or going to a restaurant and being told that they don’t have food to serve. The gentlemen who tried to help me was very kind but wanted to jimmy rig something to hold my upper into place while he tries to tork my barrel. Completely unprofessional. I wasted 2 hours out of my day along with gas to walk away extremely disappointed. I hate my time being wasted and Jan wasted my time.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
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I decided to get my aftermarket trigger installed here. Was quoted few days but ended up being 2 weeks. So I picked it up and went to the range, but clip after clip the casing was getting stuck in the ejector. I took it back to Jan immediately and he said that the part he tampered with (ejector) was broken. He said he was going to order me a part right away and that there would be no charge. After 3 weeks have gone by, I finally get a phone call from the shop telling me to come pick it up. Finally, right! When I get there, the guy in charge tells me Jan told him to charge me $ 65 for a decleaning. I was like WTF??? There was no mention of any charge during this process. I received no phone calls from this shop that I was to expect a $ 65 charge. So I am extremely pissed at this moment. The guy there calls Jan and I speak with him. I ask him why he never called me regarding the decleaning fee of $ 65 when the entire time we had an agreement of $ 0 fees. He starts rambling about how «this is not a service center» blah blah blah. Well, Jan, you kind of are a service business *******. You should call your customer before going ahead with any jobs requiring extra $, right? He then says if you don’t want to pay, then just leave it at the shop. Of course I don’t want to pay. but what other choice do I have at this point? So I ****ing paid the fee. Never looking back.
Folks, stay away from this shady business and its owner (Jan). He can call himself a mason but **** his dishonesty and shady business practices.