Welcome to APWCOGAN .com
Accurate Plating
and Weaponry, Inc.
5229 County Road 99
Newville, Alabama 36353
Dear Friends and Valued Customers,
If you haven't used our services in the last few years please note we
moved to the beautiful state of ALABAMA. We have re-established
our new facility a little further upland from Florida, in good deer
country, and slightly north of the coastal hurricane belt. I guess
we swapped Hurricanes for Tornadoes.
Let me tell you about Accurate Plating & Weaponry. Accurate
Plating and Weaponry, Inc., opened it's doors in 1977. We are
currently in a modern 5,000 sq. ft. facility in Newville, Alabama.
For thirty years we operated in Clearwater and Safety Harbor, Florida
both part of Tampa Bay.
It's important to know who you ship your gun to and clearly what is
being done to it . After all to most folks their personal
protection firearm or competition piece, their hunting rifle or shotgun,
duty weapon or heirloom is a very intimate matter. It represents their
interest, taste, level of accomplishment and just might save your neck
one day. We understand that.
Accurate
Plating & Weaponry, Inc. has served the Firearms Industry as the largest
operation of its kind specializing in all aspects of custom gunsmithing,
firearms refinishing, repairs and custom upgrade refinishing.
We do it all and we do it in house. Very few
companies can make that claim. We know, we do their refinishing.
There are over
1500 names and companies in our current database. We have been fortunate
to of received over 50 feature magazine articles about our work since
the early '80's, literally on every type of weaponry. It shows the
diversification of our work.
We don't have to namedrop but we finish
firearms for some of the largest manufacturers, pre-owned gun dealers,
many custom gunsmiths and for the general public. Our customer
base is huge, Alpha Precision, Masaad Ayoob, Jim
Clark, Caspian, D&L Sports, Merle Eddington, Eagle Grips, Phil
Hemphill, Frank Garcia, Hogue Grips, KBI, Kel-Tec Arms, Kahr
Arms, Rob Leatham, Bill Rodgers, Springfield
Inc., Roger Sigman, Jack Ragsdale, JoJo Vidanes, Hank
Williams Jr. just to name a few. Colt FN and others.
We
have maintained the absolute bottom line in our pricing to stay
affordable and competitive. In 2004 we experienced a 17% increase
in operational costs alone for maintaining a business of our stature.
That's not the costs of raw materials which have skyrocketed. The
industrial base in Florida which worked well for us for years was
replaced by the housing bubble, creating overpriced condos, unaffordable
housing and that drove business and people away. Looking back it was
small thing compared to today.
It takes a lot to move 8000 square feet of space and downsize the
operation to 5000 feet but nights of careful planning kept us at full
production and we made it fit. The good news is key employees
moved too and we love it up here.
Our mission is simple and we provide the platform to give you service.
- We do
provide excellent work. Many of our employees have been with us for
years.
- We
maintain a large parts inventory.
- We have good
turn around times because it's “all in house”, one stop shopping.
- Accurate Plating and Weaponry
offers the largest selection of finishes in the industry. Some ask
why? It's simple, some finishes are better for some applications
than others. Diversification, you get the best for your needs. The
finishes are as diversified as the customers interests are. And many
of our finishes offer more than just protection from the elements or
a new look.
- Our premier product Hard Chrome is
an essential natural friction remover for the "accurized" firearms
we build. It prevents "galling" on some softer or dissimilar metals.
- In Gunsmithing, we began as one of
the pioneers of competition-style enhancements such as
compensators. We were one of the first in offering them on
competition guns and then taking that knowledge to concealed carry
pistols and revolvers.
- And we are a little different in
our approach to smithing, As an integral part of Accurate, the
in-house Cogan Custom Shop offers Professional Gunsmithing, not mass
production assembly techniques as used on almost all types of
firearms.
- Mass production sometimes means a
larger hammer. We build custom guns from your existing firearm or
parts, and parts we may have or supply. Again, gunsmithing and
finish restoration under one roof, your gun never leaves our shop.
Your
patronage over the past 30 years is deeply appreciated. And we
will continue to offer you the same outstanding AP&W Service and
Quality, the only difference being our address. Our website will be
updated with the information you want and we promise you a more exciting
visual look at the work we are capable of. They
say a picture is worth a thousand words. It may take longer to download
but it will show you our attention to detail. They will be pictures that
don't hide the details.
Something else, we
share something in common, our love of country, support for our troops,
and a love of firearms. These firearms help forge this country, feed
this country, and have defended the freedoms that this country was built
on. The management and staff of Accurate Plating and Weaponry is happy
you dropped in.
Robert "Bob" Cogan
Robert “Bob” Cogan
President Accurate Plating and Weaponry
NEW! CONTACT US FOR QUOTES BY PHONE!
Please, If you
are interested in a quote for your firearm, you may call us and speak
with Dana, our office manager, a warm nice human being. Some things are
done better the old fashioned way. Less mistakes too. Email is fine but
takes too long to type out those long answers and the phone is faster.
We think you would rather speak with a human too.
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