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repairs to building one-of-a-kind custom rifles. The beauty of the Sonoran Desert Institute
We will be at your side every step of the way, gunsmithing program is that you can start out
helping you learn and helping you start your by handling minor gun repairs, mounting tele-
new career as a gunsmith. scope sights, boresighting rifles, installing rifle
slings and such at nights or on weekends while
But even if you do not want to go into gun-
still keeping your regular job. Then later, as busi-
smithing on a full-time basis, the course will
ness builds, you can go to work in a regular gun
still do many good things for you. What you
shop or open your own business. Either way, the
learn from the course will enable you to trouble-
training that we provide for you will help you
shoot and repair almost any firearm. No more
every step of the way.
waiting several months to get your own firearms
repaired by a professional. With Sonoran Desert Your Sonoran Desert Institute training is de-
Institute training and the accompanying tools, signed to make you a “top-notch” service tech-
you will be able to do most jobs yourself. Once nician. You will learn not only how firearms
you get your Federal Firearms License ($200 work and how they are constructed and operate,
for the first 3 years, $90 on renewal, but check but also how to fix the trouble when something
with the ATF, as these fees may change), you goes wrong. Also, in the lessons and training
will also be able to buy guns and ammunition at exercises on bluing and stock refinishing, you
wholesale prices, which can mean a significant will learn how to turn a rusted and badly abused
savings to you. firearm back into a thing of beauty. And that is
what being an expert is all about. The exper-
Whether you are going into the gunsmithing
tise we offer you in the gunsmithing course will
business full-time, or just want to make sure that
equip you to handle just about any gunsmithing
your own firearms give you the kind of service
job that comes your way.
and accuracy you want, you are ahead with the
Sonoran Desert Institute course on gunsmithing.
Over 37 million hunting licenses are issued each
year in the United States, with an estimated 310
million firearms in civilian households. There
are also thousands more being manufactured
or imported each year. All of these firearms will
eventually need repairs. This is where you come
in. With the knowledge that you gain from this
course, and the practical shop experience we
recommend for you, you should be able to cure
many of these “sick” guns and put them back into
service—all the while getting paid for your time.
Furthermore, you can learn the ins and outs of
all types of firearm actions—single-shots, bolt-
actions, lever-actions, slide-actions, and even
semi-automatic weapons. This knowledge will
broaden your opportunities for profitable em-
ployment with existing gun shops or firearm
manufacturers. Really good gunsmiths are in
short supply in the United States.

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