The ONLY reason I used them is they are the only authorized Browning Service center on this side of the metroplex andnif it has to be sent back, they could do it.

I got a bad first impression at Elk Castle myself...several times. I think I've been in there once in the last ten years, and only because I happened to be in the neighborhood anyway to see what they had in the pawn shop next door.

I've never had a Buckmark apart, so this may or may not be helpful, but when I need to straighten things like pin punches I roll them back and forth on a suitably hard surface while tapping on them with a light hammer. For those purposes it works okay, but only you would know whether you'd like to try that method.