Anyone ever gone to gunsmithing school solely to work on their own guns?

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Not for any commercial gunsmithing career? I put this here rather than gunsmithing, cuz it ain't really about gunsmithing per se, or any specific part/problem of a gun - seemed more of a general question.
 
NRA has a program with a number of junior colleges that have gunsmithing programs. Courses are usally one week long and cover a single topic, like stock making or sporterizing military rifles. I think I'm going to take machine shop this year.

This is the school in Trinidad Colorado, it was originally founded by PO Ackley back in the '40s IIRC.

http://www.trinidadstate.edu/nra/index.htm

I think there is a JC in Oklahoma that is part of the NRA program.

JohnDog
 
I think that I would rather go to cooking school if I had to chose one. While I would love to have the knowledge (& tools) to do my own stuff I don't think that the time/cost could justify itself.

Perhaps one day after that lottery ticket matches :D .

Greg
 
I am trying to learn how to work on my own guns, but more along the lines of an armorer than a gunsmith. I'd like to be able to tear down anything I own, make "minor" repairs, and then put them back together so that they work.
 
The majority of those who go do so without going into the industry. The few who graduate are a different animal. Less than 50 people a year graduate from all the schools nationwide.

I have found the AGI video courses to be as good as any other instruction, and superior to much. The instructors they use are all people who teach gunsmithing in classrooms and with the NRA summer programs. I think that they offer a more reasonable method of instruction for the individual who has the tool skills in place.
 
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