Category Archives: Gunsmithing School

Black River Technical College

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began in 2020

January 31, 2020 board approved BRTC to offer a gunsmithing technology program

  • Certificate of Proficiency in Gunsmithing Technology in 3 areas:
    • Riflesmithing
    • Shotgunsmithing
    • Pistolsmithing
  • Technical Certificate in Gunsmithing Technology
  • Associate of Applied Science in Gunsmithing Technology, Rifle Emphasis

Pocahontas, AR
(870) 248-4000

https://www.blackrivertech.org/gunsmithing

Sonoran Desert Institute

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started in 2000

  • Distance-Learning
  • 1921 School of Gunsmithing opened in Scottsdale, Arizona
    – managed by the family of the founder of the Institute
  • 2001 approved by Arizona State Board
  • 2004 by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC)
  • 2012 acquired by Trade Training Company, LLC
  • 2014 introduced armorer courses
  • 2018 become an employee-owned company (ESOP)

Sonoran Desert Institute
1555 W. University Dr.
Ste. 103, Tempe, AZ 85281

800-336-8939

https://www.sdi.edu

American Gunsmithing Institute

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started in 1993

  • Started by Alumni of Lassen College Gunsmithing School
  • Master Gunsmith Robert “Bob” Dunlap was going to retire, so they video taped his gunsmithing lessons
  • he taught Design, Function and Repair, the theory being that you can’t fix something unless you truly understand how it works
  • Bob tought his entire method on video
    – took over 2 years. It ended up at 108 hours
  • the American Gunsmithing Institute was born
  •  There was nothing like it at the time and there hasn’t been anything like it since
  • preserve Gunsmithing Knowledge through the addition of new courses
  • Distance-Learning

American Gunsmithing Institute
351 Second Street
Napa, CA. 94559

1-800-797-0867

http://agigunsmith.com/

Piedmont Community College

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178-acres

Established on July 1, 1970

  • July 1, 1970 Established
  • 1979 Name changed to Piedmont Technical College (PTC)
  • July 1, 1985 expanded to include Caswell County
  • 1984-85—Person County Campus expanded
  • 1987 Caswell County Campus opened
  • 1987 Name changed to Piedmont Community College (PCC)
  • five semester Gunsmithing program
  • 2,080 hours
  • Gunsmithing certificate
  • Gunsmithing diploma
  • Associate’s Degree

Piedmont Community College
Person County Campus
1715 College Drive
Roxboro, NC 27573

(336) 599-1181

http://www.piedmontcc.edu/guns

Montgomery Community College

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9,000 square feet

  • September 7, 1967 first charter issued to Montgomery Technical Institute
  • 1968 Adult Basic Education and adult high school diploma programs began
  • 1975 64,000 square feet Campus built on a 149 acres
  • 1978 accredited by State Board of Education Department of Community Colleges
  • 1983 Montgomery Technical Institute became Montgomery Technical College
  • 1987 name changed to Montgomery Community College 
  • 1992 Business, Industry, Technology Resource Center (BITRC) created
  • 1994 44,800 square feet electronic library
    – for the  the North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH)
  • 2004 3,000 square feet Criminal Justice Complex built
  • 2009 6,400 square feet Forest Management Technologies program added
  • 2020 campus now includes 134,400 square feet on 153 acres of land
  • Gunsmithing degree, diploma or certificate
  • Daytime, evening, or weekend programs
  • offers a two-year associate degree program in Gunsmithing
  • two-thirds of class time is spent in the shops applying what is learned
  • Students build 3 custom rifles and a custom 1911
  • NRA affiliated Gunsmithing school (1 of 4)
  • Offers NRA approved short-term gunsmithing courses
    – three days to two weeks in length
  • Woodworking shop
  • Two machine shops
    – 13 milling machines
    – 23 high-speed precision metal lathes
    – surface and pedestal grinders
  • Welding Shop
  • Five-position, 100-yard outdoor firing range for use in test firing, chronographing, reloads and bench rest shooting
  • Midway USA Arms Room
    – the most comprehensive, up-to-date firearms inventory possible
  •  Brownells Labs

Montgomery Community College
1011 Page Street
Troy, North Carolina 27371

(910) 898-9740

https://www.montgomery.edu/programs/gunsmithing/