Is gunsmithing a viable career?

I've thought about being a gunners mate in the Coast Guard

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Prescott Community College, Prescott, AZ has a great program.

That's just a low estimate/starting wage.

yes, my family used to own a all the necessary business paper work but the ATF has a stick so far up their ass they make it extremely unpleasant to start a gun smithing/gun shop business.

I would learn to be a cnc/metal worker first then turn over to gun smithing. you would earn more and have a wider option of jobs.

Good luck. You guys would be making less than the average teacher

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So is it even worth trying If I'm completely unskilled in that department? I have no background in this and neither does my family

lol i make 17$ an hour selling dope

Everything I want to do is illegal or impossible fuck this gay fucking earth

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I'm not saying no just learn and apply a trade job like CNC, plastics, wielding, mechanist, or black smithing.

you can later turn that into use on gun smithing. but as of right now the ATF has a stick up their ass and won't let go because of how easy it is to actually make and manufacture quality fireams.

my family's business basically consisted of inventorying police department's armory' them making recommendations of what fire arms to purchase and not selling them the firearm but giving them a reps info.

It's still sad that some guy who is mopping and cleaning up trash, is making more than some one who went to school for shit. Full benefits too.

I went the learn to code route, but that was several years ago. I think that nowadays, you want to have skills that are outside the standard office job set. Not to go all "SHTF PANIC!" on you, but having real world skills like should be helpful.

A good technical college will get you up to speed fast. Don't slack in any of the optional courses like communications or accounting, because report writing and presentations will be what makes the difference moving up.

Trinidad State Junior College has a program that will cover just about everything as far as basic skills.

currently going down the IT/Tech route and I just didn't enjoy it very much

A good way to ruin the joy you have in your hobby.

Fixing the shit retards do to their guns, putting scopes and rails on shit, refinishing shit that will ruin the value of the gun, dealing with morons calling every other day to ask where their shit is and when it'll be done... and on the flip-side having to store firearms for YEARS while you wait for an owner to pick it up.. and yes that does happen albeit not very often.

All that fun for something like 15 bucks an hour AND you get to deal with people possibly stiffing you for parts you order on their behalf. Also dealing with ATF at times.

Go into the trades. Learn to weld and use a CNC machine. 3D printer experience would probably help too.

If you don't like it now, I don't think it will get any better if you get a job in it. I hope other people will chime in with their own views (because I'm biased owing to what I've seen), but I'm not optimistic about the current IT industry.

I make 25 an hour as a chef.

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"having to store firearms for YEARS while you wait for an owner to pick it up"

A simple solution for that is to make them sign a contract that says if they don't pick up their gun within say 3 months after you talk to them and let them know it is ready, you get to keep it.

The tech industry is growing but I don't think it will matter because of the amount of STEM and "Learn to code" shilling in schools. The entirety of the next 2 generations are going into that field and are going to overload it

Getting into a gunsmithing career has been my plan too. Once my enlistment is up I was thinking about using my GI bill to go to the Colorado School Of Trades. It seems to be pretty well recommended.

Yep. Though when was the last time you saw a contract like that when you left a gun with a smith? I would imagine that quite a few folks would balk at signing such a contract even though they fully intend to pick up their firearm. I'd love to see it field tested though just to see how people react to it.

Why not both? Also if you really like guns, don't make them your job. You'll begin to hate your hobby.

Unless you strike it big in a niche market there is no money in it. The chances of you becoming the next Jim Fuller are slim to none.

Janitor master race.

Now whats the cost of living where you live, tard

Ive got a friend from souyh Carolina who makes what I make as an engineer, doing school maintenance

However, for his 1200 sq ft house he paid something close to 200,000 for his house, and I got mine for 140,000, 1500 sq ft space, with a few acres of land, more resent construction

And supposedly, my house alone would go for 250,000 where he lives

And if youre my Uncle living in Seattle, itd top a cool million like his did two years ago.

Cost of living is a bitch

>14/hr as machinist
ours are at $33 starting. if your a 14/hr machinist you should start job hunting.

Trust me user, it could be much worse.
t. same position but colorblind as shit

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Fargo has postings without a degree for 20/hour for a button monkey, 25 for a monkey who works overnight, 27 for a machinist with a degree and 32 for one who works overnight.

Custodian dick

I have a friend who went to that gunsmith academy 2 year program in Pittsburg.
He worked for several years at one of the largest range/gun stores in the Seattle area (lots of money coming through there, very high costs of living)
He was making $15/hr.
He quit after a few years and does HVAC now and actually makes a living.

It was actual advice from a experienced gunsmith to a gunsmith in training so to speak. Although, I think it was actually 6 months.

Alaska needs gunsmiths.