Hey guys, I might be going to the Colorado school of trades next year, its all up in the air but if I do, I want to learn as much as I can now about gunsmithing\guns just from online. Anyone got any good resources?
Btw, I'm new too
I plan to stick around for the next few years
Don't
Go
To
Colorado School of Trades...........
I regret the 3 months and the money I wasted on them. Best damn decision I ever made was to close up my tool box and walk out of there. Moved to Trinidad, Colorado and went to Trinidad State Junior College for Gunsmithing.
1,000,000% better in all conceivable ways. The summer NRA classes are on right now at TSJC so the shops are all open. Take a walk around if you can.
CST has eight gear head lathes.
TSJC has 16 belt drive Southbends, 3 gear head Colchesters, 3 Harding tool room lathes, and four more gearheads I have forgotten the type.
CST has 1 Bridgeport mill
TSJC has 16 with DROs.
CST has one bead blaster that is filled cheaply with sand.
TSJC has one filled with beads and a second with aluminium oxide.
CST doesn't have a horizontal mill and cannot teach you how to make octagonal barrels or barrel fluting.
TSJC has a horizontal mill and a variety of cutters.
CST teaches only Hot caustic bluing, if your lucky and a customers firearm requires it, you might parkerize something.
TSJC teaches Hot caustic bluing, parkerizing, rust browning, and one other old fashioned technique the name of which is on the tip of my tongue.
CST you will stock one rifle from a semi inlet and another in fiber glass.
TSJC you will do you first stock from a blank, your second may bea semi inlet or fiberglass.
I still have my one three inches three ring binder with all the handouts fom CST. Looks lonley next to the 14 or more binders of materials from TSJC.