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im new to the forum and didnt know where else to post this so please bear with me. my question is how did you start out at being a pistol smith. did you guys just pick up a frame and started checkering it? did you find a book that showed you how to do these things? . im asking cause i always been in fire arms , when i was little i use to give them the sawed off shotgun look. anyways could you guys point me in the right direction in how to start , it could be a book or video. i wouldnt even know how to begin doing anything like checkering, slide serrations anything like that. thanks in advance for your responses.

thanks for the 140 veiws and no replys. i guess ill keep looking at the pictures around and try to figure out how do it

Not really a good weekend to be asking the smiths questions. I know quite a few of them are at the SHOT show. I'm sure once they get back and get caught up someone will answer you.

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pick your self up a copy of the book "gunsmithing" by Roy F. Dunlap. you can get it through brownells. some of the info is very dated, but the basics are there.

thank you very much sir.

figgy, Some 'smiths started out as machinists of various kinds. Some took gunsmithing courses at Colorado School of Trades or some other college courses. Some started out doing it as a hobby that sort of took on a life of it's own. It helps to have some mechanical aptitude, and experience in machining is really helpful. Best,

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well i build turbines and combustors for jet engines and im learning some maching but not like milling or lathe , more like air flow and plasma. maybe later on when they show me aome other machines i might be able to try different things.

While the class isn't all things to all people, the Patriot online 1911 class will teach you a lot and at least help you to begin to know what you don't know.