Accuracy Speaks: The On-Site Gunsmith Keeping Competitors in the Fight at Rio Salado

Bob LaMarca’s free match-day gunsmithing service at Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club is the kind of above-and-beyond support that’s hard to find in competitive shooting.

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posted on March 8, 2026
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The Accuracy Speaks shop on the grounds of Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club. Tucked near the shotgun sports area, the unassuming building is a lifeline for competitors dealing with firearm malfunctions during major matches.
Photo courtesy of USPSA

When the trigger went haywire on my calibration gun, I was fortunate enough to borrow one from one of the other range masters serving at the USPSA Area 2 Championship. I was even more fortunate to know that Bob LaMarca, the gunsmith at Accuracy Speaks, located on the grounds of Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club, was in residence and could probably fix my gun.

As soon as he opened, I brought the non functioning Glock clone in. Bob assured me he knew about Glocks and would take a look. I told him that the trigger wasn’t working and that I couldn’t take it down because of that, but he just smiled and said, “Leave it with me,” so I did.

Bob LaMarca of Accuracy Speaks standing in his gunsmithing workshop at Rio Salado Sportsman's Club
Bob LaMarca in the Accuracy Speaks workshop at Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club. LaMarca provides free on-site gunsmithing to competitors during sanctioned matches, a service that has earned him a devoted following among USPSA shooters. (Photo courtesy of USPSA)

 

Later that day, I went to check on progress, and it had been fixed! Bob said he couldn’t determine exactly what had gone wrong, other than it appeared that the trigger itself was broken. The gun would act reset all the time but wasn’t activating the striker. Click, click, click, even though the slide wasn’t activated—like a live trigger, but not.

Because he didn’t have a new Glock trigger in the shop, Bob actually went home, where he knew he had an old Glock trigger, brought it back and installed it. The gun worked fine the rest of the match, and I’ve been using it ever since. It even has a better trigger pull than the original.

This over-the-top service is something that Accuracy Speaks provides to every competitor at a sanctioned match on the range, free of charge. Bob only asked that I help spread the word about the service, and I’m happy to oblige him for the marvelous help he provided me. Oh, and to send back the old trigger he installed if I replaced it. On the way soon, Bob.

Any time you are shooting a major match at Rio Salado and have gun issues, Bob LaMarca is the man to see. He works out of an unassuming building on the range, nearer to the shotgun sports area than the main handgun ranges, but he seems to stay busy and was kind enough to take time to fix my gun problems as a priority. Service like that is hard to come by anymore.

Even if you don’t have any gun issues, take the time to stop by and say hello—Bob has got lots of stories and is a friendly guy. And thank him for his services!

Article from the January/February 2026 issue of USPSA’s magazine.

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