smithing apprentice

[shodog805]

so i recently got into mod-ing my weapons and it dawned on me that i really enjoyed what i was doing. i was wondering what it takes to get into the industry professionally. is there an apprenticeship invoved or are there dedicated schools? any help would be greatly appreciated

[cactus]

Lassen in Susanville CA has a gun smithing program, has some great summer classes as well. Good luck

[Fjold]

Want to be a gunsmith? Get a FFL and put a sign up that says "Gunsmith"

[randy]

While you are taking apart everything you can find to see how it works and then put it together. Find somebody to teach you to be a machinest.

[JMB Fan]

Want to be a gunsmith? Get a FFL and put a sign up that says "Gunsmith"

That's funny and so true and sad at the same time.

[Fire in the Hole]

Lassen College NRA Gunsmithing Schools gunsmith training offers gunsmithing classes during the regular school year and gunsmithing classes during a special summer session.
A Guide to the
Gunsmithing Program at Lassen Community College
produced by Friends of Lassen Gunsmithing

Lassen College offers regular session (September through May) gunsmithing classes and summer session (June through August) gunsmithing classes covering the entire field of gunsmithing.
Please note: this is not the official Lassen Community College Gunsmithing Program site; to visit that site, click the photos below


Lassen Community College

https://www.lassencollege.edu

P. O. Box 3000
Susanville, CA 96130
(530) 257-6181







Click the image to visit the Academic Program Gunsmithing courses

NEW Spring 2009 Course Schedule The summer 2008 NRA Gunsmithing Program has ended. The 2009 Schedule will be posted as soon as it is released. Click the above banner to enter lassengunsmithing.com.

NEW 2009 Spring Program Gunsmithing Faculty Biographies
Contact the Gunsmithing Dept. for info

NEW Gunsmithing Program Guidebook with tool lists and pictures: Tool Lists and Photos

For additional information, contact the NRA Program Director, Kelton Freitas, at (530) 251-8800, (530) 251-8809, or by mail at: Lassen Community College, P. O. Box 3000, Susanville, CA 96130. Susanville is located in northeast California about 85 miles northwest of Reno, Nevada.



lassengunsmithing.com is sponsored by a friend of Lassen College Gunsmithing


2008 Lassen College NRA Gunsmithing Program
The printed Class Schedules for the 2008 summer session are not ready yet (soon we hope) but the schedule has been approved and is available now at our lassengunsmithing.com website. As was the case the last couple of years, lassengunsmithing.com contains all information regarding the summer NRA Gunsmithing program including registration form, class selection form, etc. The entire class schedule of the summer program is available via the site, including the class descriptive material, tool lists, etc., usually sent out after registration Click a class listing in the Table of Contents in the left column for a short description of the class; click the class name at the top of the right column for the detailed info. You may print (click in the window you want to print before clicking the Print button) the detailed info for all classes you plan to attend or call the office for mail copies of this material from the school. Instructions to guide you through the registration process are available via a link at the bottom of the Table of Contents or at the Registration Instructions page.

The paper schedules will be available eventually but for those of you in a rush, all of the information is here. If you know of someone who might be interested in attending the summer NRA Gunsmithing Program but does not have Internet access, please step forward and lend both of us a hand. We thank you in advance.

NOTE: If you have problems with or questions about the Internet Registration process, call (530.251.8800) or email (gunsmithing@lassencollege.edu) the Program Office or email the site manager (sitemanager@lassengunsmithing.com) for assistance and to let us know what needs clarification on the website. Thanks.



2008 Lassen College NRA Gunsmithing Schools

2008 Lassen College NRA Gunsmithing Program Enrollment Forms

[shodog805]

Thanks all. I checked out lassen it looks like a blast. Saddly I live in slo county and the finacial aspect of picking up and moving is not in the cards right now. Is there anybody in slo county willing to take on am intern so to speak.

[22popnsplat]

actuallly you need to learn to be a Machinist before learning to be a gunsmith . A good gunsmith makes a decent living but you have to be a business man also and know how to manage your time , only a few can put all 3 together sucessfully

[Seesm]

Yeah to be take seriously just hanging the sign with the FLL will only get you well so far...

I have two friends that are very good with smithing before going and they now have learned so much going to Lassen... Old school to new school...

[freakshow10mm]

Get a machining background first. If you are slow or have help, you can have the machines run as a small job shop too. If you spend $10K on a mill and $12K on a lathe and both are sitting idle for most of the days of the month, they aren't worth the money you paid for them. When the machines are down, there's money falling out of your pocket. Also rent out time on your machines too. I rent my lathe out by the hour. Come over, use my tooling, make your part, clean up and leave. You break something, you pay for it.

[Ford8N]

Get a machining background first. If you are slow or have help, you can have the machines run as a small job shop too. If you spend $10K on a mill and $12K on a lathe and both are sitting idle for most of the days of the month, they aren't worth the money you paid for them. When the machines are down, there's money falling out of your pocket. Also rent out time on your machines too. I rent my lathe out by the hour. Come over, use my tooling, make your part, clean up and leave. You break something, you pay for it.

That's a good idea. Reminds me of a truck driving friend of mine. When he's not driving he leases out his truck. So you never see the truck sitting at his house. He said it only makes him money when it's on the road, if he's driving it or someone else.

[m24armorer]

And if they get hurt on your machine?

Really a bad idea....

[freakshow10mm]

Covered under my insurance.

[crob241]

gunsmith

If you want to get the best gunsmith training and get paid while doing it, do what some of the best in the business have done, join the military, they call it small arms specialist I think, in the old days you were a armorer

[shodog805]

If you want to get the best gunsmith training and get paid while doing it, do what some of the best in the business have done, join the military, they call it small arms specialist I think, in the old days you were a armorer

already spoke with a recruiter on sevral occasions just couldnt get passed the pay scale. my wife and kids couldnt survive off that pay