How to become a gun smith

[kc30121]

So I want to learn the trade the right way and not on YouTube!! I work a nice very full time job but have always loved guns and have a huge collection myself. I want to do it as a hobby mainly but would love to open a small gun shop someday to maybe do part time.
Other then the internet, how does someone learn the trade? Any place I could “shadow” on my off days and learn in person?
I feel like I know the basics. I’ve built my share of black guns and have tinkered with my 1911’s. I’ve been around them all my life so I know my way around them but to fully dismantle most guns in clueless.

 

[Adamjen15]

You could contact Roy King, out of Adairsville. Talk to him and see if he would mind if you shadowed him or something.

 

[kc30121]

Don’t know him. Do you know how to get ahold of him? He wouldn’t be to far. I’m in Cartersville

 

[Adamjen15]

Pm sent

 

[Deleted member 79987]

https://www.sdi.edu, or so says hickok45.

 

[gh1950]

Make sure you get Dremel set with ALL the attachments.

 

[Deleted member 20875]

Make sure you get Dremel set with ALL the attachments.

Starter Kit

 

[trident3339]

https://www.sdi.edu, or so says hickok45.

Took their course using my GI bill, not worth it at all. The best way to learn is by doing it. If I had to pay for that course out of my own pocket I would have been pretty upset.

 

[sovietak474u]

Find the one complex rifle that intimidates you the most . Take it apart . If you cannot put it back together then no amount of schooling will ever help .

I enjoy 3D gun programs . The key to gun smithing is knowing all the basic operation principles. Once you have that you can eyeball guns and see what’s broken

 

[ridgerunner33]

Find the one complex rifle that intimidates you the most . Take it apart . If you cannot put it back together then no amount of schooling will ever help .

I enjoy 3D gun programs . The key to gun smithing is knowing all the basic operation principles. Once you have that you can eyeball guns and see what’s broken

Very good sound advice here.Short of custom stock making,and metal engraving.....this is the route I would take.