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Hello All,
I'm an aspiring gun smith, and I've been getting ready to advertise in the paper for gun cleaning and minor gun smithing. There's still alot in the field that I don't know, but one has to start somewhere. I have no certification, but I plan to take a course in gun smithing soon. I've also downloaded several manuals and videos that I'm reading and watching. I'm getting quite a bit of experience just messing with my guns and my parents guns (I'm 24, but I live in a house right next to my parents on our farm) here at home.
I think I'll have a bit of luck because there just aren't any gun smiths nearby. I live in the country though, which is the main downside, but I've known a gun dealer or two to be in the country and get plenty of business. I should think that driving a few miles of rock road would beat an hour plus trip each way to a gun smith in the city? Also, I take great pride in not roughing the guns that I work on up. A couple of the gunsmiths around are very, very rough on the guns that they work on. I should think that would be a desired trait in a gun smith
But the main reason I haven't advertised already is that I haven't a clue what the going rate for this sort of thing is. What do you guys think it would be worth to clean guns for people as well as minor gun smithing?
My mom has an H&R .410 shotgun, single shot, that was in a car wreck and the barrel got bent almost straight down about half way out. I did a really nice job straightening it, it's not cracked at all and it shoots quite good again. The couple gun smiths that my folks had called about the gun didn't want to do it because they didn't think it could be done without cracking it. Not bragging, just an example of some of what I've been doing.
Making custom parts and such is beyond my skills as of now however.
Anyhow, thanks for any advice.
I'm an aspiring gun smith, and I've been getting ready to advertise in the paper for gun cleaning and minor gun smithing. There's still alot in the field that I don't know, but one has to start somewhere. I have no certification, but I plan to take a course in gun smithing soon. I've also downloaded several manuals and videos that I'm reading and watching. I'm getting quite a bit of experience just messing with my guns and my parents guns (I'm 24, but I live in a house right next to my parents on our farm) here at home.
I think I'll have a bit of luck because there just aren't any gun smiths nearby. I live in the country though, which is the main downside, but I've known a gun dealer or two to be in the country and get plenty of business. I should think that driving a few miles of rock road would beat an hour plus trip each way to a gun smith in the city? Also, I take great pride in not roughing the guns that I work on up. A couple of the gunsmiths around are very, very rough on the guns that they work on. I should think that would be a desired trait in a gun smith
But the main reason I haven't advertised already is that I haven't a clue what the going rate for this sort of thing is. What do you guys think it would be worth to clean guns for people as well as minor gun smithing?
My mom has an H&R .410 shotgun, single shot, that was in a car wreck and the barrel got bent almost straight down about half way out. I did a really nice job straightening it, it's not cracked at all and it shoots quite good again. The couple gun smiths that my folks had called about the gun didn't want to do it because they didn't think it could be done without cracking it. Not bragging, just an example of some of what I've been doing.
Making custom parts and such is beyond my skills as of now however.
Anyhow, thanks for any advice.