So you want to be a gunsmith?

It’s not seen in quite the same light as it once was: being a gunsmith.  Sure, every bit as respected in the gun industry and shooting community, but not nearly as burdened with a stigma as it once was.  An aspiring gunsmith can learn a lot here on the website.

At www.netgunsmith.com the original intent of the website was to help gun owners become more familiarized with Gunsmithing and the idea of fixing broken weapons, modifying firearms for better customization, usefulness or special projects.  Gunsmithing tutorials on www.netgunsmith.com are an idea, that we think has a lot of merit in this world where people are becoming increasingly self reliant, and where gun owners are more fully integrated into the gun experience.  These gunsmithing tutorials will be comprehensive, and we suggest that you read them in their entirety before attempting to move forward on projects using these gunsmithing tutorials as a basis.

As a disclaimer: These gunsmithing tutorials are NOT an adequate replacement for a qualified well equipped real gunsmith.  They are for general knowledge purposes and we as the publishers of such information will not accept liability or responsibility for mistakes made or safety concerns caused by improper use of these gunsmithing tutorials.  www.netgunsmith.com will not intentionally publish information that is a safety risk or encourages you as a gun owner to shoot, modify or use your firearms in a manner not consistent with the safest and best practices advised by the maker of your firearm and industry organizations.

Our goal is to provide a wealth of knowledge to help you understand the art and trade of the gunsmith from a modern and a historical viewpoint.  Secondarily we want to help you understand the theory and implementation behind gunsmithing.  We believe these gunsmithing tutorials can help you to do this.

In the coming months and years a large volume of media and content will be produced to help gun owners understand the gunsmithing business, and the practical projects we as gunsmiths take on every day. Our gunsmithing tutorials will be unmatched in their quality.

Please respect the fact, that we believe it is in the best interest of our readers and the industry to be patient and comprehensive in our placement of gunsmithing tutorials on our website; it may take some time to amass a large quantity of content and we will structure it so that the advanced tutorials come after the basics.  You can follow along in this channel of our website: Gunsmithing

The gunsmithing tutorials are limited to about 1500 words or less in most cases, to allow a proper amount of digestion of the content to occur.  It will consist of some 250+ basic gunsmithing tutorials.

We thank you for visiting our page.  Please let us know what we can do to improve the content by contacting us at info@netgunsmith.com

On site resources for Gunsmithing

If you have a question and need to talk with us about a specific situation you have please utilize the page at:

http://www.netgunsmith.com/2012/02/ask-the-gunsmith/

An ever expanding glossary of terminology for the gunsmith and gun owner are located at:

http://www.netgunsmith.com/gun-terms-and-gun-dictionary/

Additionally the parts of the gunsmithing tutorials are listed here:

1. http://www.netgunsmith.com/2012/02/introduction-to-gunsmithing-part-1/
2. http://www.netgunsmith.com/2012/04/introduction-to-gunsmithing-part-2/

Gunsmithing How To Articles

Take a look at small projects or big; the gunsmithing how to articles at www.netgunsmith.com are so clearly laid out that it’s easy to understand the concepts, techniques and tools required to perform general gunsmithing tasks.

Find our Gunsmithing How to articles here:

http://www.netgunsmith.com/2012/04/gunsmithing-how-to-replace-a-glock-extractor/

Gunsmithing tutorials

Gunsmithing tutorials are an important part of the gunsmith learning curve and the gunsmithing process in general, regardless of your level of proficiency in shooting or guns.  Knowing what another gunsmith does to perform a technique can offer excellent insight into the task at hand. Even seasoned gunsmiths can find new ideas and techniques when going through gunsmtihing tutorials.  These gunsmithing tutorials will  range from simple shop tasks to complex parts replacement, and even full on gunsmithing projects.

You can see some of our Gunsmithing Tutorials here:

http://www.netgunsmith.com/2012/04/gun-oil/

http://www.netgunsmith.com/2012/04/breaking-in-a-barrel/

A Gunsmith guidebook

Being a gunsmith requires a  very specific set of skills, technology, understanding and tools.  You can find some help here with the crew at Net Gunsmith, where we want you to become a gunsmith if you have such an inclination.  We aren’t too proud or too unsure of ourselves such that we would keep all our secrets, well, secret.

A Gunsmith needs support; here it is:

http://www.netgunsmith.com/2012/05/tools-for-guns-files-part-1/

Everything for the aspiring Gunsmith

Our goal is to help you understand your guns better than you currently do.  As a bunch of gunsmiths, we take gunsmithing seriously, but we love everything about America, gun rights and shooting.  We also love the peace and protection that comes from knowing how to handle your weapons and protect yourself and your loved ones.

You will see more than just gunsmithing tutorials and gunsmith specific content on the website.  You’ll find stuff like politics, military and law enforcement technologies and gun product reviews, as well as shooting techniques.  Don’t worry, there will be plenty of gunsmithing how to articles; gunsmithing tutorials, gunsmith specific articles and gunsmithing resources, because after all, we are Net Gunsmith.