Spreadfire Arms
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i have a question to pose.
if you have to get your firearm worked on, and you don't know how to do it yourself, and had the option to:
1. take it to a factory certified armorer, or
2. take it to a person who claims to have worked on that type of gun for years and thus does not "need" to be a factory trained armorer
which one would you take it to, assuming both parties charge the same amount of money and turnaround time is the same?
my question stems from someone i know who says he has been working on AR-15's for the last 27 years of his life.
when i went to Blackwater USA for Bushmaster Armorer school his reply was, "I'm going go to Colt's Armorer School, it's a better name than Bushmaster."
when i signed up for the Colt Armorer School scheduled next month he said, "I got an invitation to go but I turned it down because I'm going to do the Rock River school instead." Never mind Rock River doesn't have one yet.
now he is saying that he does not need any armorer certifications because "they couldn't teach me anything anyway" and his 27 years of working on AR-15's is good enough.
i'm just wondering if these certifications mean anything to a guy, when he takes in his firearm to be worked on, if the guy is factory certified or not?
i'm going to Colt and Remington next month.....just want to know if i'm wasting my time!
if you have to get your firearm worked on, and you don't know how to do it yourself, and had the option to:
1. take it to a factory certified armorer, or
2. take it to a person who claims to have worked on that type of gun for years and thus does not "need" to be a factory trained armorer
which one would you take it to, assuming both parties charge the same amount of money and turnaround time is the same?
my question stems from someone i know who says he has been working on AR-15's for the last 27 years of his life.
when i went to Blackwater USA for Bushmaster Armorer school his reply was, "I'm going go to Colt's Armorer School, it's a better name than Bushmaster."
when i signed up for the Colt Armorer School scheduled next month he said, "I got an invitation to go but I turned it down because I'm going to do the Rock River school instead." Never mind Rock River doesn't have one yet.
now he is saying that he does not need any armorer certifications because "they couldn't teach me anything anyway" and his 27 years of working on AR-15's is good enough.
i'm just wondering if these certifications mean anything to a guy, when he takes in his firearm to be worked on, if the guy is factory certified or not?
i'm going to Colt and Remington next month.....just want to know if i'm wasting my time!