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Gunsmithing
Can I make a living as a gunsmith?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fergal White" data-source="post: 450274" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p>As already mentioned theres a lot more to becoming a gunsmith than just going on a course. I know of several individuals that went on basic machining courses and then went and braved it into custom rifle building. The results in a lot of cases were pretty brutal. I was fortunate to have spent over 25 years as an injection mouldmaker before I started seriously into rifle building, I spent several years asking lots of questions, reading books, speaking with very experienced rifle builders and I still have an odd occasion where I need to make a call. The real ideal situation would be to put in a few years working in a precision engineering background and then maybe go on some course on gunsmith, you'll find the course being a walk in the park if you already have a good background in precision. The thing about working in a precision environment gives you the luxury of being able to make mistakes whereas once you start working on expensive guns that luxury no longer exists, you f**k up an expensive rifle or barrel belonging to some guy then you've got a very expensive bill to sort out including a major drop in your reputation. Make the mistakes on pieces of steel not on expensive guns. Thats just my advise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fergal White, post: 450274, member: 20599"] As already mentioned theres a lot more to becoming a gunsmith than just going on a course. I know of several individuals that went on basic machining courses and then went and braved it into custom rifle building. The results in a lot of cases were pretty brutal. I was fortunate to have spent over 25 years as an injection mouldmaker before I started seriously into rifle building, I spent several years asking lots of questions, reading books, speaking with very experienced rifle builders and I still have an odd occasion where I need to make a call. The real ideal situation would be to put in a few years working in a precision engineering background and then maybe go on some course on gunsmith, you'll find the course being a walk in the park if you already have a good background in precision. The thing about working in a precision environment gives you the luxury of being able to make mistakes whereas once you start working on expensive guns that luxury no longer exists, you f**k up an expensive rifle or barrel belonging to some guy then you've got a very expensive bill to sort out including a major drop in your reputation. Make the mistakes on pieces of steel not on expensive guns. Thats just my advise. [/QUOTE]
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