Gunsmith… A wonderful and exciting dream for the young gun lover. As so many have said you’ll die poor. And maybe that’s ok, but as with any hobby you really love, when it becomes a J O B – the romance seems to disappear. And it’s not just because it’s a job, but everybody wants a better deal. I smith part time as a hobby from my own shop (worked in a store for awhile) I always give my price up front and have the customer agree. It never fails – when they come to pickup the firearm, they’ve just had some disaster in their life and can’t afford the agreed price for repairs. More times than not I’m lucky if I can pay for parts. [I’m a sucker for a sad story so sue me] Every year I work on less guns than I did the year before. The customer has taken all the fun out of it.
As already suggested unless you work for a larger company or the military, you might be better off keeping gunsmithing as a hobby. If you do a good source for partime/hobby knowledge is
http://www.americangunsmith.com/