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11/18/2024 1:28:49 PM
 
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Section 4: Guns/General Subject: Gunsmiths Msg# 1215460
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Making a living as a gunsmith can be tough - not many people can justify paying the prices that fine, time-consuming work requires to properly customize or repair a firearm!
One custom gunsmith I knew, Joe Leinenger of Mojo Custom Guns, told me years ago that he quit gunsmithing and went back to tool and die-making because he had kids to put through school and couldn't sell enough guns to do that! I understand he is now back making guns, primarily cowboy action guns and occasional PPC revolvers. Stu |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I remember seeing adds in the gun mags in years gone by for the Colorado School of Gunsmithing, are they still in business? Most of the "smiths" I knew in my youth started out as tool & die makers before switching to gunsmithing. Today tools and dies are made using CAD/CAM so I suspect the old tool makers are a dying breed? I wonder where the military gets it's armorers, are they trained as gunsmiths or does the military just buy precision rifles "off the rack"? |
