I have been fortunate in the two places I have recently lived to have made the acquaintance of two gunsmiths - one with 48 years experience and several patents - the other whose dad was a gunsmith and he followed in his footsteps for over 60 years. Both of those gentlemen charge between 50 and 60 per hour, have set rates for basics like pad installation or scope mounting, can machine anything, including making custom guns or repairing out of date ones. Both have a sea-container worth of spare parts for fixing anything, can work on every type of gun, have the machinery, including bluing tanks, etc.
For getting started, consider what your skills are
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