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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Gunsmithing
Would really appreciate some advice for smithing...
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1250464" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>You'd have 20yrs of machining experience IF you worked at machining full time for 20yrs. Just like a part time police officer, does he have the experience a full time officer does? There's a huge amount of difference between someone who can fit a barrel blank or muzzle brake and a gunsmith. There are many, many things that are a gunsmith knows and does, that are maintenance/modification/customization/repair of firearms, that have little if anything to do with a mill or a lathe. There is SO much more to gunsmithing than machining, and that machining can't and won't teach you. Much of it that is better-off being shown "how to" than being explained "how to". Being "shown how" can save a lot of time and trial and error and misunderstanding. The work force has changed, workers used to work with their hands and make things, now the work force is dominated by sales and services (like credit card processing). Most people don't even work on their own car/pick-up, anymore!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1250464, member: 24284"] You'd have 20yrs of machining experience IF you worked at machining full time for 20yrs. Just like a part time police officer, does he have the experience a full time officer does? There's a huge amount of difference between someone who can fit a barrel blank or muzzle brake and a gunsmith. There are many, many things that are a gunsmith knows and does, that are maintenance/modification/customization/repair of firearms, that have little if anything to do with a mill or a lathe. There is SO much more to gunsmithing than machining, and that machining can't and won't teach you. Much of it that is better-off being shown "how to" than being explained "how to". Being "shown how" can save a lot of time and trial and error and misunderstanding. The work force has changed, workers used to work with their hands and make things, now the work force is dominated by sales and services (like credit card processing). Most people don't even work on their own car/pick-up, anymore! [/QUOTE]
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