/k/ I need advice

>>32158451
its a terrible fucking idea.
Gunsmiths dont make shit

I'm not really in it for the money, more something I would enjoy doing. Do you think it would be possible to work as an apprentice and supplement that with another job until I'm more experienced and can start a business or something?

>>32158451
I've though about the same thing. Gunsmithing is a job I could do for free but I like eating too. I would establish a career that pays well and do gunsmithing on the side.

>>32158490
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Gunsmith/Hourly_Rate

If I were you, I'd stay in state, get a stem job, and do gunsmithing as a hobbie.

If people can do your job as a hobby, it's better to get a job that pays and do your hobby as a hobby.

I was also wondering if I'd be able to learn gunsmithing at a tech school when I have little mechanical experience.
I grew up in CT and never really had a chance to tinker around with things, would a school be able to provide me with the skills I would need?

If you're going to do college, do STEM. If you're not going to do college, become a machinist, mechanic or electrician.

>>32158451
>gunsmithing school
>school
Why do Burgers try to learn things in school that you can only learn from a master craftsman?

>>32158623
Well I planned to go to the school to get a basic skillset and hopefully make some connections to people that I could learn from in the future

>>32158640
Why don't you just search a master gunsmith and apply for a apprenticeship? Or is this not a thing in the US?

>>32158682
The problem is I don't think I have any relevant skills right now and I doubt many people would want to teach me from scratch.

>>32158713
Have you asked anyone? The concept is made to learn from scratch

>>32158611

>If you're going to do college, do STEM

Mediocre STEM graduates are about as useful as exceptional art majors and twice as replaceable, and there are a LOT more mediocre STEM graduates looking for a career than art majors. I've had to bounce three of them this year for the same position because having to explain basic shit to someone who can't find solutions on their own gets really fucking old pretty fucking fast.

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but that's how it is. Keep your expectations reasonable.

>>32158786
could you be more specific? what stem majors where they?

>>32158786
This is a moronic and reckless response.
>mediocre stem graduate twice as replaceable
>t.art major

>>32158451
have fun repairing fudd rifle nr 2469!

From my research it looks like you don't get paid much starting out repairing some dingus's 1911 but once you've been working at it for a while you can get some marketable skills and open a business or work for someone who needs a specialist, and you can get better pay that way.