Armorer / Gunsmith Training Question

[Babarock]

Hope this is the right forum, if not ...

SWMBO posed the question to me over the weekend of "If I wanted to get certified as a armorer or learn how to be a gunsmith, what training would I need to take and where could I take it?"

I said I knew Glock offered an Armorer course and I suspect other gun makers do also but I know little about the former and nothing about the latter. I knew nothing about what is involved with becoming a gunsmith. I said I would reach out to the experts here and see what they could tell us or point us the right information.

So what's the scoop?

[n4sxx]

Contact penn foster for a home study course on smithing also I think there is an ad on the sidebar of this site

[blackdog]

Hope this is the right forum, if not ...

SWMBO posed the question to me over the weekend of "If I wanted to get certified as a armorer or learn how to be a gunsmith, what training would I need to take and where could I take it?"

I said I knew Glock offered an Armorer course and I suspect other gun makers do also but I know little about the former and nothing about the latter. I knew nothing about what is involved with becoming a gunsmith. I said I would reach out to the experts here and see what they could tell us or point us the right information.

So what's the scoop?

Yes penn foster is a great one. All u got to do is just google it and there will be hundreds of them pop up. Online and actual trade school colleges. So maybe in your local area. Side note I had a gunsmith buddy I called him an armor once and he got pissed off said he wasn't an armor. But a gunsmith. I don't know what's up with that but what ever I don't know if all of them r like that.

[Arc Angel]

Personally, I'm convinced that Glock, Inc. is using their, 'Armorer's Course' largely as an advertising tool. Any monkey can be trained to disassemble and reassemble a Glock. What is more, in my opinion, spending 3 to 5 days in a factory course does NOT turn MOST people into competent armorers and, certainly not, into competent gunsmiths.

In recent years I have become amazed at the large number of people who have taken the Glock course, and are, now, calling themselves, 'Glock Armorers'. I run into some of these guys every now and then; and, quite honestly, with only very few exceptions I wouldn't let any of them so much as touch one of my Glocks.

If a person doesn't know, at least, the rudiments of how to be a competent gunsmith then it's a pretty safe bet that he's not going to be a genuinely competent armorer, either. Like I said: Any monkey can be trained to disassemble and reassemble a Glock, or to read a parts catalog.

(Yes, I'm aware there are competent Glock Armorers out there. My point is that these people represent a significant minority of all those who are presently, so loosely, using the title.)

[ta2guy73]

I took a home study course back in the early 90's. I really wish there would have been some kind of trade school available in my area at the time. I learned a lot from the course but there is no substitute for hands on training. After completion I contacted all the area gun shops, pawn shops, etc. and a few of them hired me on an as needed basis to clean and service the used firearms that they took in. I learned so much more by actually having the firearm in my hands than I did in months of study text books and tech manuals.