Would you or someone you know go to a college whose credits are recognized nationally if this college offered an Associates Degree in the Applied Science of Gunsmithing?
I want to talk to these people be they regular readers or not.
Seriously, if you know someone who might, give them my email addy (up there on the top bar) and tell them to write me. Spread the word. This is important.
Every day of the week, and twice on Sundays.
I’m already in school for business management. If I could do gunsmithing instead? Oh hell yes. Talk about a degree I could make money at….
AGI has a course you can take on line. I signed up for the stringer and I get e-mails from them daily showing some gun smithing trick.
I don’t know about making a lot of money as most of the gun guys I know are tight wads.
If you can do the smithing for someone running the pro circuit that might get some green, but the best you could hope for is to keep fed.
That is my goal anyway.
OK, how about…
Talk about a degree I could save money with!
I don’t know which city you live in, Paul, but every body else I talk to says that their area smiths are getting old and retiring/dying off or the smiths they have are turning away work because they’re too busy.
I have to rotate between three smiths myself beause one of them only does high end work on bolt action rifles, and another only does pistols. Because that is all they want to do. The third guy, who doesn’t specialize, is the only one of the three who is younger than 70.
Frankly, anyone who could only “keep fed” must be a piss poor smith or only want to work 1 or 2 days a week. My guys have so much work that taking a week long vacation puts them 2 weeks behind. Besides that, their only complaint is that they have even less range time available than they used to.
Phil, I’d be interested. I’m below 70 but, not by much. If I could find classes some where close to the Chattanooga area, I’d be in.
I know my job will be phased out in a few years and need retirement income.
If I was many years younger – definitely!
Ask me in 4 or 5 years when my son is looking at schools.
Phil,
I guess I could be a bad example as I can’t find a smith so I do most of my own. There is a big box store that has a smith department I use for things I can’t do as yet.
Not done any trigger work yet as that can make an unsafe gun. But I do take them down sometimes and thoroughly clean the slide and action.
If you have mechanical ability and a little tool make in you, it is enjoyable way to pass some time.
Currently the top gunsmithing school in the country is run out of the community college in Trinidad, Colorado … P.O. Ackerly’s old program.
I would be interested. I need to find more time to read, almost missed this post.