Gunsmithing Help picking a Gunsmithing school ..

[BigRso]

Hello everyone,

As always when I have a serious question I turn to this forum. I am looking to get more educated on gunsmithing, I have really fallen in love with firearms. I have been a tech for a communication company for 12 yrs will not be leaving my current employer but would love to learn a trade that can potentially turn into a job I would be happy to do each and every day. I am located in NY so not many options at least that I could find. Keep in mind I do work sun- thurs until 4pm and have a family so I found two online courses one from pen foster another from ash worth college both affordable. Then I saw AGI as well, any input is welcomed if anyone has taken these courses or can point me in the right direction I greatly appreciate it.

Thank you and be well,
Mike

 

[RazrRebel]

I'm really interested in this too. I looked at all of them but was wondering if anybody had any first hand experience. My work schedule is 6 days a week right now, so correspondence, video or books would work good for me also. Not really looking for a income as much as the self sufficient aspect of this. I live in a really rural area and decent gunsmiths are few and far between. Plus what few around are a couple hours away. Any info would be appreciated.

 

[BigRso]

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[RazrRebel]

Wow did you really put hijack as your edit. First time in this forum that I came across a doche bag, you could of left it as is and no worries. You are obviously a Di-k...

Just trying to be nice. I had asked a question not pertaining to you post and realized I shouldn't have got off topic. Thats why the edit. As far as the name calling I'm not really going to stoop that low.

 

[BigRso]

Just trying to be nice. I had asked a question not pertaining to you post and realized I shouldn't have got off topic. Thats why the edit. As far as the name calling I'm not really going to stoop that low.

In that case I apologize and will edit post.

 

[Lucky Jack]

I went to Colorado School of Trades. It's a good school although I was very impressed with how well prepared one of my gunsmithing "cubs" was when he graduated from Murray State College. I've also worked with a guy who graduated from Yavaapi (not spelled right I'm sure) who had his act together right out of school too.

I understand that CST has recently added CNC machines in their machine shop area (about time Robert Martin upgraded some of the equipment in that shop.) CST is a general gunsmithing school and you choose a "specialization" before you graduate. After speaking with Hans Vang (a CST grad) I decided to stick with general gunsmithing for 4 or 5 years and went to work as a general gunsmith right after graduation. I would guess that over half of my graduating class does NOT work in the gun industry or as a gunsmith. I guess they just needed a place to hang their hat for a while and CST was it. Seems like a lot of time and money for a hobby.