To the gunsmiths out there, how do you become a gunsmith? I spent 15 years as a mechanic but i'm burned out, my passion is firearms. I've worked on and built my own stuff, stone fit 1911 slide to frame, cut crowns, fixed feeding issues, replaced internal parts. Do you have to go to one of the schools, which school is actually worth it, can you apprentice instead of schools? I've googled it but it's not clear to me, so I wanted to ask people how they did it. TIA
Ya could just legally change your name... 
Luck.
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Luck.
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There are not a lot of gunsmithing schools in the USA nowadays, but we have one here in Oklahoma.
This is, from what I hear, a really good gunsmithing school. LINK to Murray State Gunsmithing School
They have a youtube channel, just go to youtube and search gunsmith school murray state
Good luck to you
This is, from what I hear, a really good gunsmithing school. LINK to Murray State Gunsmithing School
They have a youtube channel, just go to youtube and search gunsmith school murray state
Good luck to you
Murray State Gunsmithing School and the gunsmithing school in Trinidad , Co. are the best two in the country. MSC crams a 4 year class into a 2 year class. At MSC some days are up to 12 hours long but, you learn from top experts. I took a lathe class there in 2004. We got out of class one day for a few minutes to watch them bend and reshape a wooden shotgun stock. They have various week long classes during the summers.
One of the schools (I think Trinidad) had an entrance exam that requires the applicants to take a billet of mild steel and a mill bastard file and carve a perfect symmetrical 1" cube.
If you are going to do bluing, you need a good head for chemistry and attention to details along with some quality equipment. These days finding parts can be quite a challenge.
I can do alot of gun repair things. I have restored and customized guns, built 15 ARs over the years, But that doesn't make me "a gunsmith"
My best guns I have done was converting Ruger Blackhawk to Bisley models, built a cool do it all scout rifle out of an Ishapore 308(orange based paint remover gel and roll up the gun parts in black plastic on a hot sunny day removes cosmoline easier, that Ishapore was caked in cosmoline.)
I have built some nice home defense shotguns, a couple very accurate varmint rifles and done lots of parts replacement and gun upgrades for friends and family, but I am still not "a gunsmith"
If you are going to do bluing, you need a good head for chemistry and attention to details along with some quality equipment. These days finding parts can be quite a challenge.
I can do alot of gun repair things. I have restored and customized guns, built 15 ARs over the years, But that doesn't make me "a gunsmith"
My best guns I have done was converting Ruger Blackhawk to Bisley models, built a cool do it all scout rifle out of an Ishapore 308(orange based paint remover gel and roll up the gun parts in black plastic on a hot sunny day removes cosmoline easier, that Ishapore was caked in cosmoline.)
I have built some nice home defense shotguns, a couple very accurate varmint rifles and done lots of parts replacement and gun upgrades for friends and family, but I am still not "a gunsmith"
I never called myself a gunsmith, I was asking how to become one.
Just looked at Murray State.
I should be a college web page proofreader.
https://www.instagram.com/msc_gunsmithing_program
I should be a college web page proofreader.
Socail Media:
Murray State College Gunsmithing Facebook Pagehttps://www.instagram.com/msc_gunsmithing_program
The board will provide good answers and smart azz answers. Like change you name to Bubba and wa la your a gunsmith.
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