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Teaching somebody to chamber a barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="Josh P" data-source="post: 1624916" data-attributes="member: 60236"><p>I was in your shoes once. I was told that I would not be able to figure out how to build rifles. So I went to my gunsmith to ask if I could apprentice with him and he didn't have the time. So I started to learn by reading all I could get my hands on watched hours of DVD's and YouTube on lathe operation threading turning whatever was out there. I bought a lathe and started to apply what I learned doing muzzle brakes and thread jobs for suppressors. Now my Smith has time to help me because I showed some initiative. Nowadays so many people want to build a rifle but its lots of work. Time to build a rifle is small in comparison to the time needed to learn how to build a rifle. It takes me the better part of a day to set up, thread, chamber, and crown a barrel. Most just can't give a day away they have work to do. Like others have said you may have to trade a good bit of your less skilled labor for some of their highly skilled labor and tutelage. May need to commit a large amount of your time to someone willing to trade a little of theirs. I'm no direct help I'm in Washington. Learn all you can and good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josh P, post: 1624916, member: 60236"] I was in your shoes once. I was told that I would not be able to figure out how to build rifles. So I went to my gunsmith to ask if I could apprentice with him and he didn't have the time. So I started to learn by reading all I could get my hands on watched hours of DVD's and YouTube on lathe operation threading turning whatever was out there. I bought a lathe and started to apply what I learned doing muzzle brakes and thread jobs for suppressors. Now my Smith has time to help me because I showed some initiative. Nowadays so many people want to build a rifle but its lots of work. Time to build a rifle is small in comparison to the time needed to learn how to build a rifle. It takes me the better part of a day to set up, thread, chamber, and crown a barrel. Most just can't give a day away they have work to do. Like others have said you may have to trade a good bit of your less skilled labor for some of their highly skilled labor and tutelage. May need to commit a large amount of your time to someone willing to trade a little of theirs. I'm no direct help I'm in Washington. Learn all you can and good luck. [/QUOTE]
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