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Run It Hard.

Three Pistols · One Platform · Built To Be Run

These are not case guns. Every barrel, slide and frame is cut, finished and inspected under one roof in Peoria, Arizona, then built to be carried daily, shot hard and cleaned whenever you get around to it.

Peoria, Arizona 60,000 sq ft · Machined in house 9×19mm
The Nomad

Simple. Relentless. The Nomad is in stock and shipping now. Build yours

Now available · UG-5 Nomad

Simple. Relentless.

The Nomad · Double Stack 9×19mm · In Stock

We took everything out of the Nomad except the part that matters. Same steel, same bench, same tolerances as the Alpha and the Phantom — and a barrel ported through the top of the slide. Nothing on it is decoration.

Barrel4.5″ Top Ported Trigger2–3 lb SlidePort Cut Lead timeNone
Now available · The Nomad is in stock

The Lineup

Everyday · Flagship · Carry

Same platform, three missions. Start with the Nomad, step up to the flagship Alpha, or cut it down to the Phantom, then configure the build on its product page.

UG-5 Nomad with the black MJD grip
United Gunworks
Nomad Full size · Simple. Relentless.

Everything the Alpha and the Phantom are held to, with nothing on it that does not earn its place. A 4.5″ match-grade barrel ported through the top of the slide, and a grip in black or flat dark earth. In stock, no queue.

Caliber9×19mm
Barrel4.5″ Top Ported
SlidePort Cut
Trigger2–3 lb
Two grips
UG-1 Alpha in black PVD
United Gunworks
Alpha Full size · Flagship

The 4.5″ ultra ported barrel over an ultra-low-mass slide. Built to track flat and come back on target before you've finished the reset. Three finishes, all of them black at the core.

Caliber9×19mm
Barrel4.5″ Ultra Ported
Length8.2″
Trigger2–3 lb
Three finishes
UG-4 Phantom in black PVD
United Gunworks
Phantom Compact · Carry

A 3.8″ match bull barrel over our dual recoil spring system. Small enough to carry every day, built to be shot like it isn't. All black, or black with copper highlights.

Caliber9×19mm
Barrel3.8″ Match Bull
Length7.5″
Trigger2–3 lb
Two finishes
Live fire · 9×19mm

Round Count.
Not Shelf Time.

Range tested before it ships
Slow motion · 5-axis cell Peoria, AZ
Inside the shop

We Own Every Tolerance.

Machined · Assembled · Inspected · One roof

Most shops order barrels, buy frames, and put their name on the slide. We bought the machines instead. Bar stock comes in one door and a finished pistol leaves the other, and every tolerance in between belongs to us.

That's why the trigger breaks the same on every gun, why the slide-to-frame fit feels the way it does, and why we can change something on a Tuesday and be cutting it on a Wednesday. It is also why Run It Hard is an instruction rather than a slogan.

Close up · The platform

Details Matter

Machining · Fit · Finish

The surfaces, cuts and interfaces that separate a spec sheet from what you actually feel in the hand. Tap any frame to open it full size.

Alpha from above, optic cut, rail and 9x19 chamber marking
01 / 08Assembled In HouseOpen frame +
Slide serration and machining detail
02 / 08Rigorous QAOpen frame +
Alpha and Phantom side by side
03 / 08Feel The DifferenceOpen frame +
Phantom held in a firing grip
04 / 08Perfect GripOpen frame +
Alpha in its fitted case with United Gunworks challenge coins
05 / 08Premium PackagingOpen frame +
Alpha at the range, muzzle forward
06 / 08Tracks FlatOpen frame +
Black PVD finish detail on the slide and frame
07 / 08Black On BlackOpen frame +
United Gunworks pistol, studio photograph
08 / 08American SteelOpen frame +
United Gunworks · Reels

In Motion

Short cuts from the range, the shop and the studio. They play silently, so nothing interrupts what you're doing.

01 / 03The Studio
02 / 03The Frame
03 / 03Precision
01 / 03
Nothing bought in

Assembly Is Not
Manufacturing.

Peoria, Arizona · 60,000 sq ft
Compliance notice

Firearms are transferred only through a licensed FFL dealer. You must be legally eligible to purchase and possess a firearm under all applicable federal, state and local law. A completed ATF Form 4473 and background check are required at your dealer's counter before the pistol is released to you. We do not ship firearms to residential addresses. State and local restrictions may apply. Specifications, pricing and lead times are subject to change.