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MTT TL · December 4, 2011, 02:49 PM

I was reading the other day about the shortage of machinists in the US. Great occupation paying in the low 80s.

We shot ourselves in the foot as a nation about 20 years ago when the modern educators decided to get rid of shop class and because everyone was going to go into white collar jobs. Morons really.

Gunsmithing? I can't ever seem to find one when I want one that is qualified to work on stuff I can't fix. It is like auto repair where most of the car owners are tinkerers. I can fix most stuff on a car until you go inside the transmission or deep into the engine. So I don't ever go to the mechanic.

When I take a gun that is in bad shape to someone it means I can't fix it. I don't need them to tell me that they can't fix it either or they don't work on that model gun.

December 4, 2011, 02:49 PM	#10
MTT TL Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 2009 Location: Quadling Country Posts: 2,780	I was reading the other day about the shortage of machinists in the US. Great occupation paying in the low 80s. We shot ourselves in the foot as a nation about 20 years ago when the modern educators decided to get rid of shop class and because everyone was going to go into white collar jobs. Morons really. Gunsmithing? I can't ever seem to find one when I want one that is qualified to work on stuff I can't fix. It is like auto repair where most of the car owners are tinkerers. I can fix most stuff on a car until you go inside the transmission or deep into the engine. So I don't ever go to the mechanic. When I take a gun that is in bad shape to someone it means I can't fix it. I don't need them to tell me that they can't fix it either or they don't work on that model gun. __________________ Thus a man should endeavor to reach this high place of courage with all his heart, and, so trying, never be backward in war.