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Serving Lakeville, Minnesota
Gun shop and gunsmith serving Lakeville, Minnesota
Lakeville sits at the southern edge of the Twin Cities metro, right where I-35 leaves the suburbs and heads into farm country — and that farm country is exactly where we are. From Lakeville it's about 42 miles southwest to our counter in Le Center: down I-35, west on MN-19 through New Prague, south through Montgomery, and into town on Highway 99. Figure about 45 minutes, most of it easy two-lane driving through Scott and Le Sueur County farmland, with none of the metro traffic you fight going north.
Let's be straight with you: with roughly 75,000 people, Lakeville has no shortage of places to buy a firearm. What Dakota County has far fewer of is shops that will actually work on one. Younger Gunworks is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business — founder Mike Wolbrink is an Airborne Ranger who served combat tours with the 82nd Airborne — and the shop is built around the bench as much as the counter: Cerakote refinishing, laser engraving, trigger work, scope mounting, ultrasonic cleaning, and a Silencer Shop kiosk, all under one roof. Buy your gun wherever you like. When you want it fitted, refinished, engraved, or fixed, that's when the drive down I-35 pays off.
For Lakeville customers
Why folks make the drive
Plenty of stores between Lakeville and the river can sell you a gun. Here's what actually brings people down I-35 to Le Center:
- FFL transfers — $30. Buy online from any retailer or auction site, select Younger Gunworks as your receiving dealer, and we'll call you the day it arrives. The paperwork takes a few minutes at the counter.
- Gun sales and special orders. Around 150 firearms in the store and 50-plus wholesalers behind them — special orders usually land in two to three shipping days, and our small-town overhead makes the price worth checking before you buy in the metro.
- Suppressors without the runaround. Our Silencer Shop kiosk handles the ATF paperwork and we do fingerprinting right in the store, so one trip covers it. Suppressors purchased elsewhere can transfer through us for $100.
- Cerakote custom coating. Our "Color My Gun" service applies H-Series Cerakote for a full color change or a finish tough enough for a wet duck blind.
- Laser engraving. Fiber and CO2 lasers let us "Tattoo Your Gun" — names, dates, patterns, or memorial work, cut into metal or polymer.
- Gunsmithing and optics. Trigger work, scope sales and mounting, and repairs on common makes and models, with a MantisX system you can try in the store.
- Ultrasonic cleaning. A deep clean your solvent and patches can't match, finished with a function check and an optional test fire — smart insurance at the end of a hunting season.
- Lasered awards and gifts. Retirement plaques, challenge-coin displays, tumblers, and leather patches for police, fire, and EMS departments — plus Blue Label duty-purchase programs for those who qualify.
From Lakeville to the shop
Make the trip
From most of Lakeville, plan on about 45 minutes: I-35 south to MN-19, west into New Prague, south on MN-13 through Montgomery, then west on MN-99 into Le Center. We're at 16 E Derrynane St on the north side of Highway 99, directly across from the Le Sueur County fairgrounds, with a row of parking spots directly opposite the shop. If the neon OPEN sign is lit, we are at the counter.
Hours are Tuesday through Friday 10am–5pm and Saturday 10am–3pm, closed Sunday and Monday. If the drive doesn't fit your week, we ship lasered gift and award orders nationwide — call 952-767-6620 or email info@youngergunworks.com and we'll get it started.
Get DirectionsLakeville FAQs
Quick answers
How far is Younger Gunworks from Lakeville?
About 42 miles, or roughly a 45-minute drive. Most people take I-35 south to MN-19, go west through New Prague, then follow MN-13 and MN-99 into Le Center. Once you leave the interstate it's relaxed two-lane driving the whole way.
Can I have a gun I bought online shipped near Lakeville?
Yes. Pick Younger Gunworks as your FFL at checkout and the retailer ships straight to our Le Center shop, where the transfer is a flat $30. We'll call you when it arrives, and the paperwork takes just a few minutes at the counter.
Lakeville has gun dealers — why make the drive to Le Center?
Buying a gun is easy almost anywhere; the bench work is why people drive. We do Cerakote, laser engraving, trigger work, scope mounting, and ultrasonic cleaning in-house, so one trip covers what would otherwise mean shipping your firearm off for weeks. Prices reflect Le Center overhead, not metro rent.
Can I buy a suppressor through Younger Gunworks?
Yes. Our Silencer Shop kiosk walks you through the ATF paperwork and we do fingerprinting right in the store, so a single visit gets your application moving. If you bought a suppressor somewhere else, we can receive it on transfer for $100.
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