Notice: Effective Tuesday, Aug. 1st, We Will No Longer Be Accepting Third-Party FFL Transfers.
We will still be processing direct orders (in person or online) for firearms purchases directly from Gibbs Custom Gunsmithing. The dramatic increase in regulations & requirements from both federal & state agencies in the past few years, coupled with the continual and ongoing changes based on court rulings for a myriad of state and federal lawsuits, along with the lack of definition of State of Illinois regulations, have created an untenable climate for a small shop. It has become virtually a full time job to keep up with the current regulations, and to document that each transfer complied with those in effect at the time of transfer. We have hit the point where we must decide whether to triple our transfer fees to cover the cost of the labor now required, or to discontinue them entirely. As our focus always has been, and remains, gunsmithing & Cerakote, we have opted to focus our energies on our core services. We regret the loss of resources for our customers’ 2nd Amendment rights, but we encourage them to take it to the voting booth. We remain available to you for purchases, gunsmithing & Cerakote. All the best,
 
Jeffrey, Paula, Ron & Angela
Gibbs Custom Gunsmithing LLC

​If you’ve been eyeing a custom Cerakoted scope, time to make your move! Example: VX-6HD package saves $505! 
Only thru Monday 6/5. ​

•Save $250 on scope over $2000 (Code: FLASH250)
•Save $200 on scope over $1500 (Code: FLASH200)
•Save $150 on scope over $1000 (Code: FLASH150)
•YES! You can combine this with our everyday scope Cerakote discounts & manufacturer sale prices
Here’s the deal: Order ANY in stock scope & Cerakote package, and apply the proper coupon code at checkout to receive your discount. If ordering by phone, mention this offer to receive your savings. This is a custom special order and current turnaround time is 4 to 6 weeks.
The basics: Please let us know in the notes section at checkout what color you would like or what we are matching. All normal Cerakoted scope order procedures apply. For pricing & full details, see Cerakoted Optics.

RIFLES
Possession: FELONY
Any semi auto center fire rifle that can accept a detachable magazine (regardless of capacity) and 1 of the following 
• Folding / Telescoping Stock
• Pistol Grip / Thumbhole stock or similar
• Forward pistol grip
• Flash hider / threaded barrel
• Grenade launcher / flare launcher
Also any semi auto center fire rifle as described below
• Any semi auto center fire rifle with overall length less than 30 inches.
• Any semi auto center fire rifle with a fixed mag that can hold more than 10 rounds

PISTOLS
Posession: FELONY
Any semi auto center fire pistol that can accept a detachable magazine (regardless of capacity) and 1 of the
following
• Accept a detachable magazine outside of the pistol grip
• Has a shroud that encircles the barrel (partially or completely)
• Threaded barrel
• Second pistol grip
Also any semi auto center fire pistol as described below
• Any semi auto center fire with a fixed mag that can accept more than 10 rounds.

SHOTGUNS
Possession: FELONY
Any semi auto center fire shotgun that has both of the following attributes.
• Folding / Telescoping Stock
• Pistol Grip / Thumbhole stock or similar
Also any semi auto shotgun as described below
• Any semi auto that can accept a detachable magazine
• Any semi auto that has a revolving cylinder
• Any semi auto with a fixed mag that can accept more than 10 rounds

MAGAZINES
Possession: (1) Misdemeanor; (2 or more) FELONY
Transfer: FELONY
Regardless of relevance to any of the potentially banned items and regardless of caliber…
ANY Magazines that can hold or be readily converted to hold more than 10 rounds.

50 BMG
Rifle: FELONY Ammo: Misdemeanor
Any rifle chambered in .50 BMG & any .50 BMG cartridges

ASSAULT WEAPON ATTACHMENT
Possession: FELONY
Any device capable of being attached to a firearm designed for making or converting it into any of the banned firearms listed. (Example: you have a pump shotgun with an adjustable stock and integral rail that is not prohibited, but also have a detachable pistol grip laying around in a drawer, you will be guilty of a felony.)

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As part of our 7th Anniversary celebration, we've got two unique rifle raffles we hope you love as much as we do! First up, our custom "Let's Go Brandon" rifle: all Palmetto State Armory build using their LETSGO-15 lower with an irreverent "FJB"-themed custom Cerakote by yours truly. We had a lot of fun with this one! Keep scrolling for more pics. You can get your tickets at the shop, by phone or online through our webstore here.

Save up to 43% 
vs. Standard Camo Patterns. (Save 25% vs. everyday prices.)
•The full protection of Cerakote.
•The artistic appeal of custom work.
•The color control to create your vision.
•Faster & more affordable than ever!

If you’ve been wanting custom camo Cerakote without the hefty price tag, time to make your move! Here’s the deal: After 6 months of R&D, we’ve got ShadowCam™ nailed. To introduce it, and as an experiment, we’re running this special—our first ever public Cerakote sale. If it works out, we’ll do this occasionally as we perfect new techniques and patterns. If not, lesson learned and no more sales:) Fingers crossed, here we go... read on for pricing and full info.

• Handgun* $300—Save 39%
• Shotgun* $335—Save 38%
• Rifle* $335—Save 38%
• AR Style Firearm* $440—Save 38%
• AR Kit (Upper, Lower, Handguard) $365—Save 40%
• Large Part (Frame, Slide, etc) $135—Save 43%

*Guns include teardown/reassembly & all parts except stock. Shipping not included. (Savings shown vs. standard 3 color camo.)

It's pretty simple—Step 1. Choose your color scheme:

Step 2. Reserve your spot with $50 deposit: Either by phone or online through our store. We’ll email full instructions and a “customizing” form to get all your preferences (Steps 3 & 4.)
Step 3. Choose your pattern:

Step 4. Specify details: Pattern everything or make some parts a solid color? Which color? Looking for lots of contrast or a subtle effect? “Custom” is still our middle name!
Step 5. Get your work in the week of Oct 10th-15th. Drop off or mail in. Cerakote will be completed by Oct 24th.

Simple enough, right? Still have questions? Feel free to give us a call or shoot us an email. Ready to reserve your spot? You can do it here online, or "analog" by phone. Thanks as always for choosing Gibbs Custom!

It's a combination of patterns and techniques we've developed over time: clean lines and blurred shadows; carefully selected complimentary colors; versatile enough to dial from subtle to bold—the whole is truly more than sum of it’s parts! And, bonus: it’s more affordable than traditional camo.

Lights are low, drums start rolling, "Ladies and Gentleman, Gibbs Custom proudly presents... ShadowCam™!" Spotlight hits center stage and the crowd goes wild! Ok, maybe a teensy bit overdone, but it can't be helped we're drama mamas. We absolutely love our new ShadowCam™—the combination of clean lines and blurred shadows; the way our carefully selected colors interact in each palette; the versatility to dial it from subtle to bold at the owner's preference—the whole is truly more than sum of it's parts. We're stoked and planning intro specials next month!

Not only does it look great, it's super versatile and more affordable than traditional camo. You get all the protection and durability of Cerakote; all the artistic appeal of custom work; and all the color control to bring your vision to life—faster and more budget friendly than ever. In a nutshell: better, stronger, faster, and of course cheaper. Nailed it; happy dance:)

We'll be having ShadowCam™ week in early October with deeply discounted introductory specials. We're putting the final touches on our samples and hammering out the details as this is written; keep an eye out next week if you have a project in mind. Or shoot us an email to be added to the notification list when full info is available. Thanks as always for being part of our world!​

NFW we made it to five years ha! In all seriousness, we can't thank you enough, Gibbs Gun Nation, for the incredible ride this thing continues to be, and it's all you. Our triple digit exponential growth, year after year, is due to one thing, and one thing only. You. We're banned from advertising on social media and most places small businesses use to increase exposure. But you told your friends, and they told their friends, and we've spent the last five years running around with our hair on fire.   ​

dramatically improving our efficiency, rework rates and turnaround times (not to mention, our personal quality of life—thank you, universe!) In addition to the Cerakote shop, we tripled the gunsmith workspace, doubled the administrative workspace and we expect to open the new public areas early in the year (pending the final rules from the great state of Illinois on our Gun Dealer License security requirements. You voted Pritzker in, people—now we all live with it.) So assuming we're not moving to another state pronto, that should finish up our near-term physical improvements.

On the work side, we had many "firsts" this year: Howard Simon, our engraving partner, devised a means to engrave decoratively on Glock factory slides—previously not an option with their super-hard coating. We should probably get some pics together and let the world know ha! Eh, baby steps :)

This year brought some really fun gun Cerakote projects—purple Kryptek, freehand Grassland camo, snow camo, our WWIA custom set and the Chicago S&W Governor spring to mind. We did our first car parts—gloss black truck bumpers; our first custom putters—nitre bluing, brown bluing & Cerakote; and lots of matte black home accessories (that's a little bit of a secret, stay tuned for more on the subject soon.) Our largest-ever scope Cerakote order left the shop this summer—Burnt Bronze Leupolds for Weatherby Vanguard packages.  Lots and lots of them, yay!

But the very best part of 2019 has to be the terrific team that is finally coming together! Helping Jeffrey in the shop, we're lucky to have Ron, a delightfully incongruous combination of sportsman, apprentice, and superintendent who has added immeasurably to GCG. His first contribution was instituting weekly meetings—at the local bar after the shop closes. Yep, a love match from the start.  Brenda came next, and has settled in helpfully as our self-appointed Administrative Support Specialist—which roughly translates to much-needed shop Mom (along with occasional much-needed comic relief!) Next we snagged Joan, who has been helping Paula get our office life in such immaculate order you could eat off our files. Imagine our glee to eventually discover Joan is a "closet bad-ass"—I mean, how many retired computer teachers do you know with a hot rod trailered in the garage? Oh yeah, she's a keeper. And this fall, Angela joined us to help as needed, promptly creating and promoting a GCG Instagram page (follow us! @GibbsGuns). We've made a little photo studio and she's off to the races, apparently our new marketing department :) She's currently training on the counter, and we expect she'll dispatch those duties with her characteristic cheerful efficiency when training is done. 

We look forward to another milestone year in 2020: our 5th anniversary. We've continually upgraded our systems throughout our growth, and we have high hopes that this infrastructure will carry us efficiently through to the next level. In addition to completing the expansion, we'll have our bluing setup running within the month; we're finalizing a bar-code, cloud based tracking system for work coming through to provide better information and communication as your work goes through the system--definitely an area in need of an upgrade we realize. We expect to add shop staff; we'll be headed back to Oregon for advanced Cerakote training; we'll have an exciting announcement mid-year; and our favorite thing--we have a totally BA new Cerakote thing-a-ma-jigget we'll be testing this year and if all goes well, unveiling for our 5th anniversary in November. 

​Thanks again for choosing GCG, and we look forward to many good years together! Peace out.

Woo hoo! Our shiny new Cerakote shop came online a couple of weeks ago, and for the first time EVER, we can use the "P word." We can make Promises. So if your killer new Cerakoted rifle needs a matching scope on a schedule, we've got this.​..