Gunsmithing

[stitchnicklas]

Stitchnicklas...I attend Lassen and I do not know of any courses that uses AGI videos. I would be interested in knowing about them. It would be much simpler to sit on my butt and not have to purchase 43 different firearms to work on. Not to mention the thousand of dollars I have had to invest in tools and materials.

i read online from lassen school last year they recommend the agi series for study aids,the agi teachers are gunsmiths and lassen grad's.
if you wanna have a pissing contest over what education is best and who can drop 50k+and not have a job and pay bills and up and move ...go ahead.
enjoy susanville,me i will be right here in riverside already in business and happy.
in 3 years i will be happier in Missouri.....
so go ahead..be mad...when i get a chance to find the links from before i will,gonna be a while since my harddrive crash last month and i lost alot of saved data including links i save

[Bob Hostetter]

If you want to become a gunsmith (not an armorer) then you should probably start out learning to be a Tig welder and a Machinist first. You might also want to spend sometime learning metal prep as well from painters/polisher's. Then in your spare time learn how guns work.

[my1911tle]

Bob

If you want to become a gunsmith (not an armorer) then you should probably start out learning to be a Tig welder and a Machinist first. You might also want to spend sometime learning metal prep as well from painters/polisher's. Then in your spare time learn how guns work.

I have worked on many machines, conventional and CNC. I do have allot of experience working on guns along with precision machined parts most of my life. Some welding, but no Tig experience. But I would like to have proper credentials to be able to market myself. I know by taking formal classes I will learn so much more than I already know. I appreciate everyone's input on this post and have been taking it all in. I've begun inquiring with local city codes and zoning as well as instructional schools. Lassen is out of the question, but AGI may be able to help someone like me. Thanks again for all the replies.

[my1911tle]

Gunsmithing School

Well,
The City of Mission Viejo squashed the home based business idea. The whole plan was to work on guns at home and get certified to make some extra $$$ while doing what I love to do. But fate has it that the City does not allow any home businesses involving guns at any level. To pursue this would involve working for a gun shop, gunsmith or renting some business space to operate any sort of gunsmithing business. Although I would love to have my own business doing gunsmithing, it's not really worth going through everything to try and make it as a gunsmith since I already have a good full time job. So, I will continue my hobby and save my money at this point. If things change for me I would seriously consider changing trades, but for now, I will have to buy more guns if I want to continue my hobby. I will be needing a bigger safe!!

[my1911tle]

Gunsmithing

there are internet courses also
agi and penn foster
i am taking agi's class,some folk dont care for them or have other words to say about them.
but i wager they have NOT taken them and also Lassen uses agi's video course in their classes.....that says something right there.
for agi you would need attention span,drive,$$$ for junk guns to utilize in practicum of the course and either a large collection of your own guns for hands on training aids or Friends that trust you.

Do I need a certificate or diploma? If I bought the CDs and knew what I was doing, got the business licenses, ffl, coe, boe, etc, would I need the paper? Diploma or cert?

[stitchnicklas]

Do I need a certificate or diploma? If I bought the CDs and knew what I was doing, got the business licenses, ffl, coe, boe, etc, would I need the paper? Diploma or cert?

cert to start no,01ffl yes.
but taking 1 or 2 courses and starting off is not the way,learn the craft with hands on also while gaining experience

[my1911tle]

Gunsmithing

cert to start no,01ffl yes.
but taking 1 or 2 courses and starting off is not the way,learn the craft with hands on also while gaining experience

I want to complete a full course like agi. I've been doing my own guns for a while. Here are some that I've done. I want to put it to good use while learning more and more.

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=996784

[SimonBirch]

I've been looking at AGI also even though everyone bad mouths them. I would love to start an apprenticeship somewhere with a gunsmith but I have no idea where to start. I'm currently taking a machinist course and have learned a lot. I graduate in july and would like to continue learning but about gunsmithing.