Trust Our Onsite Gunsmith Services

From repair to refurbishing, cleaning to painting, Shoot Smart Gunsmiths will keep your firearm in top condition.

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Gunsmith Hours

If you can't get by during gunsmith hours, drop off your gun at the front desk and we'll see it gets safely to the gunsmith.

Location Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Alliance 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 5 pm 10 am - 5 pm
Benbrook Drop-off only 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm Drop-off only 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm Drop-off only
Fort Worth Drop-off only 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 6 pm 10 am - 6 pm Drop-off only
Grand Praire Drop-off only 10 am - 7 pm Drop-off only 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm Drop-off only
West Drop-off only 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm 10 am - 7 pm Drop-off only

If you have a firearm that you need repaired correctly the first time, you need to take it to these guys. None better in this area. Thank you gentlemen for the fine work you have done on my guns."

- Tripadvisor review

Gunsmith Gallery

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Gunsmith cleaning a gun

CLEANING PLAN - LET US DO YOUR DIRTY WORK

Your firearm needs frequent cleaning to keep it in top condition. Our Firearm Cleaning Plan takes the hassle and worry out of it. This plan includes one cleaning a month to keep your firearms in pristine condition. Easy drop off and pick up for your convenience.

BUY CLEANING SERVICE

Our Gunsmithing Services

Check out a few of our gunsmithing services. Click the button below to download a PDF of all our services.

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FULL LIST OF SERVICES

Firearm Inspection & Certification

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Regular firearm inspections and certifications can be a headache for any business or organization to manage, especially for insurance purposes. Let our skilled team of certified Gunsmiths take care of everything with our firearm inspection and certification services.

Services include:

  • Safety Inspection
  • Function Check

Add-on Services Offered:

  • Cleaning
  • Test Firing

Firearm inspection and certification services can be completed on-site at your location or in our full-service Gunsmith shop and range. Contact us today for a quote.

Before and After Gunsmithing

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Gun after handle has been stippled

Meet Our Gunsmiths

With today’s wide variety of firearms, their mechanical operation and required maintenance can be both intimidating and confusing for many – especially first-time gun owners. That’s why our Shoot Smart Gunsmiths are so beneficial to our customers. Each of our certified gunsmiths are trained to offer the best in personal service to keep your firearm functioning at its best level of performance and reliability.


Our gunsmiths are there to clean your gun, repair it, or modify it to better suit your personal needs. And, they’re outfitted with the skills to do the job right the first time.

Alex Van Sickle

Alex Van Sickle

Manager, Alliance

  • About Alex

    Alex Van Sickle graduated from the Pennsylvania Gunsmith School in 2015. Ever since he was a kid, he always had a passion for firearms and learning about them. He joined the Shoot Smart team in August 2015.


    While gunsmithing may be his passion in life, he also enjoys hunting, 3-position small-bore, trap, camping, snowmobiling, and steam engines.


    Lever-actions and pistols are his personal favorites to work on, but he will gladly build a rifle to fit any person. Alex is from the Buffalo, New York, area. He works in the gun shop at the Shoot Smart Alliance and Benbrook.


    Contact Alex directly at alex@shootsmart.com. 

Taylor House

Taylor House

Alliance

  • About Taylor

    Ever since Taylor was young he has had a passion for firearms. Taylor started is career in the firearm industry as a Shoot Smart Range Guide with the goal of becoming a Gunsmith one day. With his drive and passion he was able to achieve this goal.


    Taylor joined the Army Reserves and served 6 years as a 91B, which further strengthened his love for guns. Soon after starting at Shoot Smart, Taylor accepted a position as an apprentice in the gunsmith shop. Working hands on in a professional shop only increased Taylor's knowledge of firearms. In 3 years, working under the Gunsmith Manager and the other gunsmiths, he went from barely knowing how to disassemble a firearm to being a fully certified and competent gunsmith.


    Now Taylor specializes in modern firearms and cerakoting. "If you want to start a new build, set up your firearm for a specific task, or make it look sick I'm your guy" -Taylor House


    Contact Taylor directly at taylor@shootsmarttx.com



Blaid Esparza

Blaid Esparza

Alliance

  • About Blaid

    Blaid graduated from MT Training Center in 2022. He was born and raised in Grand Prairie, TX and ever since he could remember he’s been around firearms. At an early age his grandfather got him into appreciating and understanding firearms, which led to his career choice, gunsmithing.


    While gunsmithing may be his passion, his hobbies include mountain biking, adventuring new places, martial arts, and of course shooting sports.


    Blaid specializes in modern firearms (AR’s, Glock, etc.) and cerakoting. He always pays great attention to detail and takes an honest approach to gunsmithing.


    Contact Blaid directly at blaid@shootsmarttx.com



Blaid Esparza

Sam Arnold

Alliance

  • About Sam

    Originally from Dallas and raised in Granbury, Sam started in shooting sports through hunting with his father and grandfather as a child. This early exposure led him to competitive shooting with 4H in middle school, where he competed in air pistol and rifle, .22 at 50 and 100 yards, and muzzleloader silhouette. His experiences fostered what he describes as an obsession with shooting sports.


    Before entering the firearms industry, he attended culinary school and gained experience working in restaurants across Texas and California, eventually working aboard the Pride of America cruise ship in Hawaii. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, reloading, and occasionally handcrafting knives. Sam is now fulfilling his dream of being a gunsmith!


    Contact Sam directly at sama@shootsmarttx.com



Thoryn Lefever

Thoryn LeFever  Benbrook

  • About Thoryn

    After graduating from Murray State with an AAS in Gunsmithing Technology in spring of 2022, Thoryn came to work at Shoot Smart after relocating back home to Texas.


    Thoryn has been apart of the Shoot Smart team since August 2022. He started at the Alliance gunsmith shop and recently moved to being our full time gunsmith at our Benbrook location in January 2023.


    Thoryn grew up in Fort Worth, being interested in firearms from a historic and mechanical beginning, always enjoying maintenance and upkeep on his own firearms.


    Both in school and at Shoot Smart he has excelled in pistolsmithing, specifically 1911 fitting and repair, but also has experience with many other handguns and rifles, as well as a variety of cerakote work. Outside of work, his hobbies include powerlifting, martial arts, and writing.


    Contact Thoryn directly at thoryn@shootsmarttx.com

Curtis Ross

Curtis Ross

 E. Fort Worth

  • About Curtis

    After retiring from the United States Marine Corps in 2014, Curtis furthered his love of firearms by starting to work on and customize the firearms of his friends and family. Soon after, he attended the Gunsmithing program at MT Training Center in Grand Prairie Texas. 


    Upon completion of the program, Curtis attended CNC school to learn advanced machining techniques. While at CNC school he was contacted by Winchester Gallery and offered a job as their Gunsmith.


    Curtis has experience in the competitive shooting world of IDPA, IPSC, NRA National Matches and shot competitively for the Parris Island Shooting Team. He has also coached and instructed more than 25,000 students on basic, intermediate, and advanced shooting skills that encompass ranges from 3 yards out to 2000 yards. He has also taught basic and advanced reloading skills to several students.


    His gunsmithing passions are precision rifles, 1911 handguns, and restorations.


James Caldwell

James Caldwell

 Grand Prairie

  • About James

    James started working with metal and machine tools at a young age doing Custom Fabrication and coppersmithing work in high school and working professionally as both a welder and a machinist.


    He started working with Firearms when he joined the army in 2006, where he trained as a small arms artillery repairman at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. After being honorably discharged, he continued work as a machinist, fabricator, and armorer until he attended Yavapai College's advanced Gunsmithing program. Before joining the Shoot Smart team, he worked as a gunsmith at silhouette Precision Sports and Scheels.


    Firearms are more than a way to make a living; they are a passion for James. He loves learning everything he can but not just about the mechanical function of each firearm and its design quirks, development, and history. He also enjoys long-distance bench rest shooting, hiking, and playing guitar.


    While building custom 1911 pistols and precision bolt-action rifles is James' passion, he's perfectly comfortable with just about every firearm. He will never back down from a challenge, especially if another gunsmith says it can't be done.


    Contact James directly at jamesc@shootsmarttx.com.



Dave Cockrell

Dave Cockrell

 W. Fort Worth

  • About Dave

    Dave grew up in upstate South Carolina and graduated from high school in 1976. He attended Trinidad State Junior College from 1977 to 1980, earning a degree in gunsmithing. After graduating, Dave moved to Arlington, Texas, and has been gunsmithing ever since. Dave's favorite firearm is the Winchester Model 70!


    Contact Dave directly at davidc@shootsmarttx.com.