What is involved in learning the gunsmith trade?
- Thread starter vettes
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Do a search for the same topic. Generally speaking, though, there are no schools in Canada, so you're looking at the States. Cheap they ain't either. Then you'll have to find a very scare job. Like all other trades, nobody wants anybody with no experience and the pay scale is low.
Forget the correspondence schools too. You'd need a sample of every firearm they talk about in each lesson. That is expensive.
On the other hand, learning to do some smithy jobs for fun can be done with books and junker firearms.
Forget the correspondence schools too. You'd need a sample of every firearm they talk about in each lesson. That is expensive.
On the other hand, learning to do some smithy jobs for fun can be done with books and junker firearms.
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- south central Alberta
I had a look at tootall's gunsmithing artical and would say he is pretty much bang on . way back in the 80's I took one of the correspondence courses,and found it to be lacking. so I took the year long course at the colorado school of trades. when I was finished I worked part time for a local shop and got more experience but there was never much money made so like many of us Albertans ended up working in the oil industry making good money.
Too Talls article is spot on
i took the correspondence course in the mid-late 90's and also found it extremely lacking in alot of areas but it made for a good base of knowladge
if you want to learn smithing the best way would be to talk to your local smith about doing some work around his shop for free just to learn on your free time or go across the border
i took the correspondence course in the mid-late 90's and also found it extremely lacking in alot of areas but it made for a good base of knowladge
if you want to learn smithing the best way would be to talk to your local smith about doing some work around his shop for free just to learn on your free time or go across the border
