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Gunsmith Schools, which ones are good?
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<blockquote data-quote="sable tireur" data-source="post: 1226955" data-attributes="member: 27307"><p>Shockandawe1980,</p><p></p><p>No it isn't but it is the one skill which requires a shop, the machines and the instructor in order to learn. It's much simpler and less costly to take these courses at a community college than it is to acquire the machines and try to teach yourself. Most of the other skills we learned in school are bench techniques and metal joining. Unless you used a stock duplicator some of this was done on manual machines then a ton of hand work at your bench. I write a program now and do most of the inletting on my mill.</p><p></p><p>With two jobs and a 3 year old I'd say your time is full no matter how excited you get thinking about gunsmithing. I suggest getting some books from the library and some DVDs to get started studying as much of the generalized information as you can. You Tube for the great majority of stuff you find there is useless. There are some well done pieces surrounded by a ton of crap. There are also some very good websites which have tutorials which might help with some techniques and problem solving.</p><p></p><p>Start small. Try doing some simple repairs. Things like wood or metal checking is in demand and can be done in your spare time at home with little investment. Timing and tuning revolvers is another task readily learned and accomplished at home. There is really no need to be the best all around gunmaker these days. In fact, they are getting scarce. Find out what you really enjoy doing and head in that direction.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sable tireur, post: 1226955, member: 27307"] Shockandawe1980, No it isn't but it is the one skill which requires a shop, the machines and the instructor in order to learn. It's much simpler and less costly to take these courses at a community college than it is to acquire the machines and try to teach yourself. Most of the other skills we learned in school are bench techniques and metal joining. Unless you used a stock duplicator some of this was done on manual machines then a ton of hand work at your bench. I write a program now and do most of the inletting on my mill. With two jobs and a 3 year old I'd say your time is full no matter how excited you get thinking about gunsmithing. I suggest getting some books from the library and some DVDs to get started studying as much of the generalized information as you can. You Tube for the great majority of stuff you find there is useless. There are some well done pieces surrounded by a ton of crap. There are also some very good websites which have tutorials which might help with some techniques and problem solving. Start small. Try doing some simple repairs. Things like wood or metal checking is in demand and can be done in your spare time at home with little investment. Timing and tuning revolvers is another task readily learned and accomplished at home. There is really no need to be the best all around gunmaker these days. In fact, they are getting scarce. Find out what you really enjoy doing and head in that direction. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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