Sent my 2004 Benelli SBE II out for a new face.
As it turned out, the outfit that I sent it to was forced out of business due to a health issue.
I asked Hooked Spur on here who he would recommend and he mentioned his friends at GSU Finish Worx. I called and talked to Chaz, one of the partners. By the end of that conversation I knew I had my guys.
Well, we went back and forth deciding what I wanted and what they could do and came up with a plan. New Bottomland and a bolt reface, AND turkey tracks...
Mike, the other partner and I went over the layout of the tracks and the coloring. He sent me pictures of the location options and I decided on one that I had envisioned.
Partway through the project, I decided I wanted a larger slammer button installed. Mike said that shouldn't be a problem and before long I got a picture of the drilling and tapping job.
I was excited but, you know, any project has it's minor let downs. I was prepared for that.
Well, today the gun arrived. Excited as anything, I cut open the wrapping while telling myself, "Don't get your hopes up too high..."
I'm telling you, I pulled that thing out of the box and WOW! They knocked it out of the park and into the next COUNTY! Could not be better...Could not be!
As you can see the bottomland is dark and defined. The flat black Ceracote is perfect and that slammer button, man does that make releasing the bolt easy!
The tracks turned out more than perfect...Everything, I mean everything is phenomenal, just phenomenal...
I'd recommend Mike and Chaz for any camo work you have. They do absolutely stunning work and it's not just surface work. They take the arm down to bare material and start fresh. They're the real deal peeps!
Thanks Steve for recommending them and thanks Chaz and Mike for doing such stellar work on the gun my late dad gave me. I know I'll be looking down at it and getting a warm fuzzy sometime in April...
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Wow it is Beautiful! Carful sitting it down like that you might not find it
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Good looking weapon!!!
That's awesome
Quote from: hookedspur on March 20, 2019, 04:17:45 PM
Wow it is Beautiful! Carful sitting it down like that you might not find it
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Hah! I was looking through the viewfinder of my camera and thinking the same thing!
Thanks for posting that pic. for me...
Man that turned out really nice. Congrats
Very cool looking. Thinking of sending out my sbe 2 after the season. Thinking bottomland for the stocks, all metal work done in flat dark Earth cerakote, and choke done in armor black cerakote
Very Nice, Been good at the 20ga M2 wish it was offered that camo from the factory
Looks great
That's what mine looks like too! I sent mine to rob Robert's to get done. I hope the finish they applied to yours lasts longer than mine did. It still looks good but it wasn't as durable as advertised.
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Very nice......
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Wow. That's a beauty for sure. Best of luck with it.
Very nice job, youhave awinner there bro
That's beautiful! Nice job.
Jim
looks great
That's one sharp lookin tom thumper right there.
-Ross
That came out great!
Thanks for all the compliments gents. I feel lucky that I stumbled onto GSU Finish Worx. It was just dumb luck by having done an insignificant deal with Steve (Hooked spur) in the past. I pegged him as a straight shooter from that deal and took his word along with speaking to Chaz. It all worked out as if there had been a plan...
I'll say again, I'd recommend GSU Finish Worx without reservation...
Yessir, that's a great looking end product!! GSU looks to be like top shelf work in my book. I first saw their work when Reynolds 243 posted some of their work. My brother just sent two H&R receivers to them for Cerakote. He said they were really good guys to talk to.
That is one sweet SBE! Really love how that bottomland looks. I think it is the best looking camo pattern to put on a gun, it pretty much blends in any terrain.
Very nice looking gun! I'd like to get my old beretta xtrema a face lift. It was also bought in 2004.
Sharp looking gun.
Six - can I ask that set you back?
1) for the hydro dip
2) for the slammer button
Thx.
The slammer was from Taran Tactical and it was $24 for the part. $10.50 for shipping. That shipping kind of peed me off.
You'd have to ask Chaz or Mike about cost. It would vary I'm sure according to what you needed done.
Their number is : (814) 288-9996
Loved the tracks on the stock. Are they inlayed or decals?
They base coat first, then put what looks like vinyl stickers on. Then they dip the finish color. After that, they peel the stickers off and it leaves the base coat showing. Makes for a good job and looks like it's going to be way more durable than a decal...
That'll definitely be more durable. It looks fantastic! Also glad to see that GSU is right here in PA, I will keep that in mind for the future.
I guess I should clarify...They put the base coat on, then shoot the color of the turkey track. Then the vinyl track. Then dip. Then peel vinyl track off, leaving the second coat showing where vinyl was...
Quote from: bigbird on March 20, 2019, 05:19:27 PM
That's what mine looks like too! I sent mine to rob Robert's to get done. I hope the finish they applied to yours lasts longer than mine did. It still looks good but it wasn't as durable as advertised.
Yes, I had some work done by Roberts. Wasn't real happy with most of it. I know Rob was sending his dipping work out for a while.
By the process, I'm sure this work will last. They put two coats of cerekote on after the dip and the primer process is industry best practice. If that doesn't wear well, I don't know what more you could do...
good looking turkey killer