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2/14/2012 8:25:34 PM EDT
any recommendations?
2/14/2012 8:28:32 PM EDT
[#1]
I graduated from Trinidad State several years ago. I recommend them.
2/15/2012 9:40:53 AM EDT
[#2]
I graduated from Pennsylvania Gunsmith School a few years back, as have a few posters on this board. I'd recommend them, although I know that the courses have changed since I went through the program.
2/15/2012 3:11:36 PM EDT
[#3]
In the industry, the schools with the top reputation for turning out stone cold professionals are Colorado School of Trades, and Trinidad Junior College.
Others have good reputations too, but these are the top.

Here's the list:

Colorado School of Trades
1575 Hoyt Street
Lakewood, CO 80215
Phone: 800-234-4594

Lassen Community College
P.O. Box 3000
Susanville, CA 96130
Phone: 530-257-4211

Modern Gun School
80 North Main Street, P.O. Box 846
St. Albans, VT 05478
Phone: 800-493-4114

Montgomery Community College
1011 Page Street
P.O. Box 787
Troy, NC 27371
Phone: 800-839-6222

Murray State College
One Murray Campus
Tishomingo, OK 73460
Phone: 580-371-2371

Pennsylvania Gunsmith School
812 Ohio River Blvd.
Avalon
Pittsburgh, PA 15202
Phone: 412-766-1812

Piedmont Community College
1715 College Drive
P.O. Box 1197
Roxboro, NC 27573
Phone: 336-599-1181

Pine Technical Institute
900 4th Street
Pine City, MN 55063
Phone: 800-521-7463

Trinidad State Jr. College
600 Prospect
Trinidad, CO 81082
Phone: 800-621-8752

Yavapai College
1100 East Sheldon Street
Prescott, AZ 86301
Phone: 520-776-2150
2/15/2012 7:20:09 PM EDT
[#4]
I went to Colorado School of trades.

Learned a shit ton. Had a fuck ton eof fun. We all got jobs when we got out. Now I think only a handful are actually "gunsmiths" for a living. One buddy at Mcmillan, One at Les baer, A bunch went to Gander but they got rid of their gunsmith shps.
2/16/2012 9:18:39 AM EDT
[#5]
Trinidad, but I'm biased since I'm a summertime student there.

Which reminds me, I need to figure out what I'm going to take this summer and get registered.

2/16/2012 9:20:03 AM EDT
[#6]
Quoted:
Trinidad, but I'm biased since I'm a summertime student there.

Which reminds me, I need to figure out what I'm going to take this summer and get registered.



Hurry up. They fill up fast.
2/16/2012 9:35:30 AM EDT
[#7]
I know.
2/16/2012 9:41:51 AM EDT
[#8]
How long does it take to go through the program?
2/16/2012 9:52:47 AM EDT
[#9]
Most schools are two years long for full time students.  Some students at Trinidad are selected to enter the "third year" program in which they work in the retail shop.

If you're interested in the summer programs, the time for that depends on your own commitment.  Last summer at Trinidad there were two guys in my class that were there for 9 weeks.  One is retired military, the other a kid from down where I grew up that was a sophomore in college in real life.  Do a search on "NRA Gunsmithing" for links to the four schools that participate in the summer program.

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