I've got a couple of questions
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Won't really matter which one you do first then. Sounds like your settled on the 1911.
I'm guessing High school class ring.....if so you got plenty of time. Take armorer courses instead of college courses. Work at a gun shop or with a gunsmith instead of some part time job.
Someone had a thread about an online gunsmith course a while back before the big crash and it's probably buried here somewhere. Can't remember who the course was given by but no amount of studying and tests will replace hands on experience so both will be needed if you want to be successful.
Your location says Dublin. Do you plan to set up shop in that area? If so, what is the most common firearm in the area? Is it one that would be a good candidate for supplying gunsmith work?
Figure out where what platform would supply most of your business and start with that. Learn the right way to mount a scope. Getting them level is a huge PITA and I would gladly pay to have my scopes mounted for me just to avoid the hassle. Wouldn't be that hard to learn, relatively little investment, and business from lazy people like me.
Also, please punctuate a little better. Some of your posts are kinda hard to read.
I'm guessing High school class ring.....if so you got plenty of time. Take armorer courses instead of college courses. Work at a gun shop or with a gunsmith instead of some part time job.
Someone had a thread about an online gunsmith course a while back before the big crash and it's probably buried here somewhere. Can't remember who the course was given by but no amount of studying and tests will replace hands on experience so both will be needed if you want to be successful.
Your location says Dublin. Do you plan to set up shop in that area? If so, what is the most common firearm in the area? Is it one that would be a good candidate for supplying gunsmith work?
Figure out where what platform would supply most of your business and start with that. Learn the right way to mount a scope. Getting them level is a huge PITA and I would gladly pay to have my scopes mounted for me just to avoid the hassle. Wouldn't be that hard to learn, relatively little investment, and business from lazy people like me.
Also, please punctuate a little better. Some of your posts are kinda hard to read.
RetArmySgt
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I had the thread on that, it was Penn Foster.
Is that what made you think high school? I'm sorry I'm awful in grammar and spelling so sorry for my punctuation just be glad there is spell check lol. Any way no I'm Married and in collage. That is why I can't get with a gunsmith right now as I work 50+ hours a week and go to class full time. I still have 2.5 years till I'm out but my wife will finish in December (I'm older than her it's just I slacked in high school and she took half her collage or more in high school and I changed majors after my first year so that was 2 semesters waisted) any way after she graduates and gets a job ill be able to settle with me having less pay that's when I plan to start getting with a gunsmith and taking armorers classes.
As for staying in Dublin no I don't plan to stay here I'm either looking at the outskirts of Waco or outskirts of DFW. Ideally would be me getting a job at a firearm factory after I graduate.
Thinking about it a little longer it will probably be best for me to start a career along my field of study build up some funds while learning more gunsmithing and all other aspects of guns and than opening a shop.
Oh and my major is industrial technology/ industrial engineer that's were the manufacturing side comes from I love working on the lathes mills and cnc's
I will never work on another's firearm unless I am confidant in my ability even when working on mine I take every precaution when testing.
I just connected "class ring" with high school. Didn't do much college and never really though about rings for it.
Take some courses, apply what you learn to your firearms for practice, then consider making money with it.
Best advice I know to give. Free advice and nothing more than outside opinion. Keep in mind, doing something for a living has the ability to make you hate a hobby you enjoy, lol.
That's an understandable conclusion. My wife has been going on and on about class rings so I thought hey sounds like a good reason to get a 1911 lol.
Ya that keeps going through my mind to. But I've also heard from many people if you love/ enjoy what you do you'll never work a day in your life.
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Dublin. Wait . . . . Cut-N-Shoot
1. Houston
1. DFW
2. San Antonio
You're gonna need to move or travel. Good luck with your dream, seriously.
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Dublin. Wait . . . . Cut-N-Shoot
1. Houston
1. DFW
2. San Antonio
You're gonna need to move or travel. Good luck with your dream, seriously.
Wrong!
It's Gun Barrel City.
willypete9
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ya no im not a real fart smeller but ya no the difernce in a misspelling cud be the difernce in life or deth! imo I don't see how you can get into college if you cant spell it!
