Online Gunsmith Courses

[lonewolf23c]

Originally Posted by kville79

Pimpness... bet you it didn't take long for them to throw him in the arms room when he came to the unit :)

No he was assigned that position from day one. Its great cause when I have a weapon go down I call him and he walks me though the steps to find out what's wrong with the weapon and I just order the parts, then when drill comes around he comes in and installs the parts and shows me how to do it. Its great having him around.

[Kerbouchard]

The, 'this sounds to good to be true' online gun smithing courses are of course, to good to be true.

I know a few people who started. They never got anything out of it and it always turned out to be a scam.

If one of you sticks through it all and actually achieves a real certification, I, as well as everybody else would be interested, but I don't think we'll ever hear that story.

The online courses are scams. If you want your license, go to an accredited instructor.

[lonewolf23c]

Originally Posted by Kerbouchard

The, 'this sounds to good to be true' online gun smithing courses are of course, to good to be true.

I know a few people who started. They never got anything out of it and it always turned out to be a scam.

If one of you sticks through it all and actually achieves a real certification, I, as well as everybody else would be interested, but I don't think we'll ever hear that story.

The online courses are scams. If you want your license, go to an accredited instructor.

Try Penn Foster Career School before you go spreading rumors. Maybe the people you have talked to just haven't applied themselves. I've taken a few online business courses that I've received certificates for which have now been transfered to my local college for credits. I took online classes while I was deployed.

[45tex]

For God's sake at least give him a chance before you crap all over his dreams.

[Kerbouchard]

I'm not trying to spread rumors. There is nothing wrong with online courses. My degree was finished online while I was in Iraq.

Just be careful what you get into. From what I have heard, most of the online 'gunsmithing' courses are scams. Part of why I believe that is I believe that it is very hard to learn a physical skill without first hand experience.

Like I said, If you know of an online gunsmithing course that has achieved something like the OP is asking about, let me know.

From your posts, it sounds like you, personally, have first hand experience with a master. That's a lot different than an online course. As always, YMMV.

[lonewolf23c]

Originally Posted by Kerbouchard

I'm not trying to spread rumors. There is nothing wrong with online courses. My degree was finished online while I was in Iraq.

Just be careful what you get into. From what I have heard, most of the online 'gunsmithing' courses are scams. Part of why I believe that is I believe that it is very hard to learn a physical skill without first hand experience.

Like I said, If you know of an online gunsmithing course that has achieved something like the OP is asking about, let me know.

From your posts, it sounds like you, personally, have first hand experience with a master. That's a lot different than an online course. As always, YMMV.

I figured I would try the online course, I'm not a millionaire so there's no way I could afford to attend a gunsmith school, not to mention my job prevents me from traveling out of the area.

[Kerbouchard]

Good luck to you. Let us know how it goes. I think a lot of people would be interested in a quality gun smith school that is affordable and can be done from the convenience of our own homes.

[lonewolf23c]

Originally Posted by Kerbouchard

Good luck to you. Let us know how it goes. I think a lot of people would be interested in a quality gun smith school that is affordable and can be done from the convenience of our own homes.

Thanks,

I'll keep this updated as the class gets started. They're supposed to send out all of my books, and then send out parts for each lesson so hopefully that happens within the next couple of weeks cause I'm anxious to get started.

It helps having a master gunsmith at my unit that can help me out if need be. I feel pretty comfortable with the class, I've done some simple repairs but nothing major on personal weapons, however I have done some major repairs on military weapons so that will help out with this class I'm sure.

I will also post some photos when I start receiving materials.

Bill

[Fisherman777]

Originally Posted by lonewolf23c

Thanks,

I'll keep this updated as the class gets started. They're supposed to send out all of my books, and then send out parts for each lesson so hopefully that happens within the next couple of weeks cause I'm anxious to get started.

It helps having a master gunsmith at my unit that can help me out if need be. I feel pretty comfortable with the class, I've done some simple repairs but nothing major on personal weapons, however I have done some major repairs on military weapons so that will help out with this class I'm sure.

I will also post some photos when I start receiving materials.

Bill

That's great. I'd like to read your review on this school as well. I'm interested in doing the same thing.

[lonewolf23c]

Originally Posted by Fisherman777

That's great. I'd like to read your review on this school as well. I'm interested in doing the same thing.

I will be posting updates as the class goes along. I have a year to complete the course, which will be interrupted by 2 weeks of annual training for the National Guard, but other than that I will be able to stay on top of the course. From what I've heard and read about on the course its going to be pretty interesting, hopefully it holds true.

Bill