ITAR Registered · Type 07 FFL + Class 2 SOT
Defense Machining and Anodizing, ITAR Registered with an FFL.
Aluminum parts and firearms components for defense programs, cut and finished at one address in western Kentucky. ITAR registered, with a Federal Firearms License and the SOT that goes with it. Anodized in our own tanks to MIL-PRF-8625F.
ITAR Registered
Type 07 FFL + Class 2 SOT
Firearms Components
Anodized On Site
The direct answer
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Can you take export-controlled work and firearms components?
Yes to both, and the paperwork behind that is already done. We are registered with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. We hold a Federal Firearms License and the Special Occupational Tax certificate that goes with it, which is what allows manufacture and modification of firearms components rather than just handling them.
The part that is harder to find: we anodize all of it ourselves, in our own building, on our own line. So a controlled aluminum part gets machined, finished and inspected without ever going out to a third party who would need their own clearance, their own schedule and their own opinion about whose fault it is when the color comes back wrong.
Credentials and specs
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What we hold, and what it lets us take
Registered with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
A controlled print is routine work here, not an exception somebody arranges
Held
Manufacture and modification of firearms components, and anodizing them on the same site
MIL-PRF-8625F, in our own tanks
Machining and finish under one quality system, at one address
Black, clear, red, green, blue
On the line now. Custom colors need volume, and we will tell you how much before you send the print
120 inches of machining travel, 120-inch tanks
The largest part we cut is the largest part we can finish
Built to AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015. Documentation complete, internal audits passed, certification audit pending
The system your program would run under is already in use
Have a print with a color callout?
What we make
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What we make for defense programs
Machined aluminum components, in quantities that run from one difficult part to a production release. Housings, bodies, brackets, plates and fittings, finished in the color the program calls out and packed so they arrive looking like somebody cared.
Aluminum is the only material we machine in quantity. That is a business decision rather than a limit, and on a defense program it is the reason the finish is not somebody else's problem: the only material we buy is the only material anodizing works on, so the whole building points the same direction.
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What our registrations let you send us
Standard is registered with the State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. An export-controlled drawing can come here as routine work, the day you have it.
We also hold a Type 07 FFL with a Class 2 SOT. That lets us manufacture and modify firearms components and anodize them in the same building, so the part never goes out for a finishing step.
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Green is how the part gets identified
On defense hardware, anodize color usually has a job. The drawing calls out Type II, Class 2, green, and the green tells whoever handles the part what it is.
Plenty of work outside defense runs the same way. One customer needed a pair of fixture gauges anodized, one green and one red. If a part fit the green gauge, it was good. If it fit the red one, it was not.
Dyed color lands in a range around the target, a little lighter or darker from one batch to the next. We keep that range tight by holding the tank chemistry in line, in our own building, on the same line that finishes the parts we machine.
Black, clear, red, green and blue are on the line now. Outside those five, a custom color is a question of volume rather than capability, and it is a question we can answer on the phone in about a minute.
Firearms, and questions
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Firearms components, including parts we did not machine
We anodize gun parts made by other companies. It is a growing part of the finishing business and it is work we want, whether the part came off our own mills or arrived in a box from somebody else's.
The license and the tax certificate are what make that straightforward. A component can be machined here, modified here, or simply finished here, and none of it requires a second vendor with a second set of credentials and a second lead time.
Questions we get from defense buyers
Can you anodize parts we machined somewhere else?
Yes, and we do it regularly. Send the parts and the specification they are called out to. It is the same line, the same tanks and the same inspection as the parts we cut ourselves.
Our print is export controlled. What do you need before we send it?
Nothing unusual. We are registered with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, so a controlled drawing can come to us directly. Ask for our registration details and our handling controls and we will put them in writing before anything is sent.
Do you do laser marking and masking?
Both, in house. Marking and selective masking happen alongside the anodizing rather than at a third vendor, which matters when a masked area has a tolerance on it.
What is the largest part you can machine and anodize?
120 inches, and it is the same number twice on purpose. The largest machining envelope is 120 inches of travel and the anodizing tanks were sized to 120 inches to match it, so a part that fits the mill fits the tank.
Will you take a one-off, or do you only want production runs?
Both. A single part that needs an experienced hand and a release of a thousand identical parts are the two kinds of work this shop is built for.
The Straight Answer
Our drawing still says MIL-A-8625. Is that a problem?
No. MIL-PRF-8625F superseded MIL-A-8625, and many drawings still carry the older number. If your contract calls for a specific revision, tell us when you send the print.
What happens next
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What to send with the print
Don't be concerned if you do not have all the details. Send us what you have and we'll let you know what is missing.
The model and the drawing. A STEP file and a PDF is the usual pair.
Quantity, and whether it is a one-off, a first article, or a release against a schedule.
The finish specification, including the type and class if the print calls them out.
The color, and a sample part if there is one to match.
Whether the drawing is export controlled, so it gets handled that way from the first email.
Next: See how we anodize
The Ask
Send us the hard one.
Need parts in a hurry? Send the print and we will tell you what we can do.
