Machinist gun owners

[ConstitutionCowboy]

It's the mechanical aspects. Guns are machines. High performance machines. Need I say more?

Woody

 

[Ky Larry]

I've wrenched on everything from jet engines (USAF vet 1971-1979).boats.motorcycles. cars, heavy equipment, and food processing equipment.There is nothing like a well timed Colt or S&W revolver except maybe my 850 Norton Commando. Serious factor.

 

[morcey2]

I'm a gun guy and a car guy. I put my self through school in Computer Science by working as a mechanic. I would love to learn to be a machinist, even on a rudimentary basis, but I just haven't had the time. I've passed up on a couple of moderately sized lathes and mills in the last 5 years, not because I didn't have the money but because I knew I wouldn't have the time. As the kids are moving out and I start having more time, I'll probably pick them up. I'd love to have a lathe if only for the purpose of receiver and barrel work.

Matt

 

[Deus Machina]

Like some of the rest of you, I'm not in the trade but there's a lathe and mill in my garage.
I still plan to make a semi PPSH. I started machining on paintball equipment, though. Sometimes a firearm and something holding a constant 800 PSI three inches from your face aren't that much different.

 

[Mr.510]

I put in 20 years as a machinist, mostly cutting race car parts. Nearly everyone in our shop of ~25 guys was into cars or bikes, about 2/3 owned guns, and 25% carried concealed at work every day. (My guess is half the guys that weren't into guns were prohibited persons.)

I've made everything from titanium guide rods and billet aluminum grips to custom sights, rails, scope mounts, and suppressors. Shortened, re-crowned, and/or threaded a few dozen barrels over the years too. (All the above was done legally.) I don't want to live under a Federal microscope or I'd probably be a gunsmith now.

 

[Reloadron]

Im a cnc machinist in northwest ohio, most of the guys in my shop own/use firearms. Same with the last place i worked, at first i thought it was just coincidental because im from rural northwest ohio but i recently joined a machinist group on facebook and theres almost as many gun posts as there are on my gun groups. I know gun owners come from all walks of life but how many of you work in machine trades?

Located here in NE Ohio (Cleveland suburbs) and while not a machinist I was afforded the opportunity the last 23 years to have a machine shop at my disposal. Retired after 40+ years electrical engineering from a large manufacturing facility. I worked in an area called (the out buildings) and we had a nice machine shop for doing prototype design work. Wasn't unusual to arrive at work several hours early or remain several hours over with a gun in a bag in tow. All the large CNC operations were in the main buildings but that little machine shop was a blessing. Damn, I miss that.

The main facility was the old TRW plant where among other things the claim to fame during the Vietnam era was we manufactured the TRW M14 rifles. They even had a test range. Long before my time there but cool.

Ron

 

[ljnowell]

ASE Master Tech here, mechanical devices are my thing so guns are my passion. Revolvers specifically.

 

[MachIVshooter]

ASE Master Tech here

Just be sure to forget all the "correct" test answers and learn the right way to diagnose/repair actual motor vehicles!

 

[ljnowell]

Just be sure to forget all the "correct" test answers and learn the right way to diagnose/repair actual motor vehicles!

I spent years in the trenches and have a college degree in automotive. I also used to teach automotive at the college level. ASE tests are used to prove that people can learn and hold a basic knowledge. Being a good tech comes from years of problem solving and twisting wrenches.

I like to think I have a solid grasp on it.

 

[Propforce]

Not "in the trade" but as an engineer who design "controlled explosion" devices, I appreciate the men who brings what's on a drawings to reality & enjoy a finely crafted piece of master workmanship in revolvers and pistols.