Service & Repairs

Imagine the worst. You’re in field on the best peg on the busiest drive of the day with birds flying high and fast, you pull the trigger… and nothing. You curse the gun, then you curse yourself for not having it serviced in a long time.

With our combined expertise and decades of experience we can provide preventative servicing work as well as a wide range of repairs reducing the risk of spoiling your next day in field. We cover all manner of repair and servicing work, from preventative maintenance with a strip, clean and service before the season starts, to making or replacing a main spring for a vintage Best London gun.

We specialise in the repair and servicing of Best London and vintage English shotguns. We also have extensive experience of European and international manufacturers.

Whatever your issue, our team at L. W. Butler can provide you with a resolution – and always to the very highest standards of quality and workmanship.

Shotgun service and repair options include:

Strip, clean and service (ideal preventative maintenance pre or post-season)
Replacement pins, screws and springs
Firing malfunctions, firing pins, single trigger and lock regulating
Ejector malfunctions and timing
Barrel work – re-blacking, re-laying of ribs, re-engraving, dents raised
Choke adjustments
Action tightening, re-jointing and tightening
Stock repairs

Rifle service and repair options include:

Strip, clean and service
Scope fitting & zero
Barrel threading
Barrel floating
Action bedding
Trigger replacement and regulation
Fitting sound moderators

Restoration

There’s often that one shotgun or rifle that’s been in the family for generations and has a special place in the gun cabinet, but the sad thing is, it’s usually seen better days and doesn’t get the use it once did. That’s where we can help.

Our restoration services can bring that prized gun back to life, so it’s as good as (if not better) than the day it first left the workshop.

Restoration options include:

Restocking and balancing, stock setting
Refinishing and chequering
Barrel boring, blacking and re-proofing
Action renovation, re-engraving, lacquering, rust removal, furniture re-blue