Yolo Metal Works is a gunsmithing shop specializing in building, tuning, and repairing 1911s both single stack and double stack. We draw from our experience building and tuning our own competition guns to draw out maximum performance while retaining maximum reliability.

As a type 07 manufacturer, we can go from custom gun all the way to custom ammo.

We do accept FFL transfers. Check the FFL Transfers page for details.

Gunsmithing Services
Close-up of an Open 2011 build with a mounted reflex sight, placed on a wooden workbench near power tools and equipment.

fULL CUSTOM BUILDS

An Open 2011 build. The firearm has an attached small electronic sight or scope and a long barrel with a ports and a compensator. In the background, there's a blue tool or storage cabinet, and various workshop items and tools are visible.
A close-up of a custom Limited Optics 2011 handgun with a red trigger, a textured grip, and a mounted red dot sight. The gun is placed on a world map background, possibly a tactical or map-related surface.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

  • S&W 929 revolver with an optic mounted and custom compensator attached on a workbench with a desktop CNC mill

    Smith & Wesson Revolver Trigger job and modifications

  • Close-up of metal machinery with a laser engraving mark that reads "JBW 2023 RANGE MASTER" with a eagle and star emblem.

    Laser Engraving

  • A Sig Sauer P211 GTO and a Sig Sauer P211 GT5 with installed red thumbrests mounted to the frames.

    Drill and tap for thumbrests or optic mounts

  • S&W SW22 Victory tricked out with Tandemkross brand parts

    Trigger Kit installs

  • Person holding a CZ Shadow 2 Urban Gray with a C-More RTS2 mounted to it against a plain wall.

    Customize CZ firearms

  • A custom SARSILMAZ K12 with and optic mounted to the slide resting inside a metal container filled with brass ammunition cartridges with red and white coated bullets

    Customize Sarsilmaz and Tanfoglio firearms

  • Close-up of a precision machine component with metallic parts, labeled with numbers and letters, mounted on a metallic surface with multiple holes.

    Magazine marking - etch or stainless steel color marking

YMW fabrication products

Optic Conversion Plate for SAR 9 Gen 1 - RMR Footprint Optic Conversion Plate for SAR 9 Gen 1 - RMR Footprint
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Optic Conversion Plate for SAR 9 Gen 1 - RMR Footprint
$70.00

This optic plate will allow you to mount an RMR footprint optic on a Gen 1 SAR 9 with the two M4 screws on top of the slide.

YMW Aggressive Grips for SAR 7/24 YMW Aggressive Grips for SAR 7/24
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YMW Aggressive Grips for SAR 7/24
$70.00

These grips are lightweight carbon fiber nylon and coated with silicon carbide to give you an extreme amount of traction to meet the demands of competition shooters.

Fit the SAR 7/24 only.

YMW Portable 4 Foot Wall Kit - Unpainted
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YMW Portable 4 Foot Wall Kit - Unpainted
$65.00

This bolt together wall was built to be easy to transport. The wall will be 72-73 inches tall when assembled and 4ft wide. USPSA walls need to be 69” tall to count as going to infinity. The wall uprights are 12 inches apart.

The longest piece is just under 6ft long.

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