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Marky · December 14, 2005, 02:50 PM

What a hard one. All i can do is share info about it in accordance to what goes on where i live. Around here smiths are a dying breed. Weather or not you could actually make a living doing it would presumely depend on the demand in your area. I would think one would have to do it out of your love of the firearms world, as opposed to just doing it for a pay check. I would think it would be a scary endevour just like any hands-on trade, meaning with how much you would have to charge for your skills to make any money with factory guns and all of the technology that is incorporated into them these days. In general for the amount a smith would have to charge to ''accurize'' a gun he could probally order a custom shop model for the same money. But you might do OK with repairing firearms, if you are factory certified that is, as to not void a warranty on a firearm.

December 14, 2005, 02:50 PM	#17
Marky Junior member Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: HUNTINGTON, W.VA. Posts: 325	Gunsmithing What a hard one. All i can do is share info about it in accordance to what goes on where i live. Around here smiths are a dying breed. Weather or not you could actually make a living doing it would presumely depend on the demand in your area. I would think one would have to do it out of your love of the firearms world, as opposed to just doing it for a pay check. I would think it would be a scary endevour just like any hands-on trade, meaning with how much you would have to charge for your skills to make any money with factory guns and all of the technology that is incorporated into them these days. In general for the amount a smith would have to charge to ''accurize'' a gun he could probally order a custom shop model for the same money. But you might do OK with repairing firearms, if you are factory certified that is, as to not void a warranty on a firearm.