codyadams
Well-Known Member
Sorry for the long back story, if you want to just cut to the chase, skip to the bold paragraph.
So my wife finished up her Associates RN Degree (nursing), and we are now working towards getting her a BSN, we have about a year until that is done. During that time she will work at an acute care center, and god willing, in a year and a half to two years she will get accepted into a CRNA program and after roughly 3ish years of that, she will have her Doctorates Degree in Nurse Anesthesiology.
I am currently employed in Law Enforcement with a little over 5 years in. When my wife goes into her CRNA program, we are going to have to sell our house and move where ever her school is, and I am going to have to resign my full time job to be a full time stay at home dad with our 3 young kids (currently 6, 4, and 2-1/2 months), and live modestly off of a student loan and part time work, as the CRNA programs are very intensive, and she would not be able to work and go to school, will constantly be on call, and we could not afford constant daycare for the 3 years. We were barely able to get by for the 3 years while she was full time schooling for her ASN with only my income, I don't know if we could do it with a much more intensive schooling.
It is going to be a very long road, but we will get there. When we do, we will move back to Wyoming, and our financial situation will be very comfortable compared to what we have grown accustomed to. She is extremely grateful that I am willing to make such a huge sacrifice for our family so that she can achieve this, and she asked me if I could do anything, regardless of income or cost to achieve it, what would I want to do. Well, that was an easy choice. I would like to work on and build custom firearms. My wife told me to start looking into how to achieve that, so that after her schooling, I can go to a trade school to learn smithing. So here I am, one of the best resources I know of to talk to some of the best gunsmiths in the world. It seems that one day, my dream may become a reality.
I have a fair bit of knowledge with woodworking, fitting, bedding jobs, load development, fine tuning rifles for accuracy, some light fabrication, and I am pretty good with my hands and pay attention to detail, but I am a far cry from anything resembling a gunsmith. Also, I have exactly zero knowledge on running a metal lathe or mill. I need a great trade school to look in to, so that I can get the hands on experience I would need to get on my feet after I graduate as a professional gunsmith. I would like to hear from people that have attended and graduated gun smithing schools, to hear the pros and cons of the school/schools you attended, so that I know a few good options to look in to. I would prefer ones in the western states, so that it would minimize the amount of time/distance from my home state of Wyoming. Any first hand insight will be greatly appreciated.
A big reason we are going to all this trouble is to prove something to our children. My wife and I both come from modest backgrounds, as do our parents, and I appreciate that every day of my life, our families have survived solely by hard work. But with all the laziness, self entitlement, and arrogance that floats around in today's society everywhere you look, we want to show our children first hand, that no matter what obstacles stand in your way you can achieve anything through hard work, sacrifice, and determination. The long road of trials will look much shorter once we are at the end. I could go on more on this subject, but I have already turned a forum post into a novel.
Thanks to everyone for any help. God bless and take care.
So my wife finished up her Associates RN Degree (nursing), and we are now working towards getting her a BSN, we have about a year until that is done. During that time she will work at an acute care center, and god willing, in a year and a half to two years she will get accepted into a CRNA program and after roughly 3ish years of that, she will have her Doctorates Degree in Nurse Anesthesiology.
I am currently employed in Law Enforcement with a little over 5 years in. When my wife goes into her CRNA program, we are going to have to sell our house and move where ever her school is, and I am going to have to resign my full time job to be a full time stay at home dad with our 3 young kids (currently 6, 4, and 2-1/2 months), and live modestly off of a student loan and part time work, as the CRNA programs are very intensive, and she would not be able to work and go to school, will constantly be on call, and we could not afford constant daycare for the 3 years. We were barely able to get by for the 3 years while she was full time schooling for her ASN with only my income, I don't know if we could do it with a much more intensive schooling.
It is going to be a very long road, but we will get there. When we do, we will move back to Wyoming, and our financial situation will be very comfortable compared to what we have grown accustomed to. She is extremely grateful that I am willing to make such a huge sacrifice for our family so that she can achieve this, and she asked me if I could do anything, regardless of income or cost to achieve it, what would I want to do. Well, that was an easy choice. I would like to work on and build custom firearms. My wife told me to start looking into how to achieve that, so that after her schooling, I can go to a trade school to learn smithing. So here I am, one of the best resources I know of to talk to some of the best gunsmiths in the world. It seems that one day, my dream may become a reality.
I have a fair bit of knowledge with woodworking, fitting, bedding jobs, load development, fine tuning rifles for accuracy, some light fabrication, and I am pretty good with my hands and pay attention to detail, but I am a far cry from anything resembling a gunsmith. Also, I have exactly zero knowledge on running a metal lathe or mill. I need a great trade school to look in to, so that I can get the hands on experience I would need to get on my feet after I graduate as a professional gunsmith. I would like to hear from people that have attended and graduated gun smithing schools, to hear the pros and cons of the school/schools you attended, so that I know a few good options to look in to. I would prefer ones in the western states, so that it would minimize the amount of time/distance from my home state of Wyoming. Any first hand insight will be greatly appreciated.
A big reason we are going to all this trouble is to prove something to our children. My wife and I both come from modest backgrounds, as do our parents, and I appreciate that every day of my life, our families have survived solely by hard work. But with all the laziness, self entitlement, and arrogance that floats around in today's society everywhere you look, we want to show our children first hand, that no matter what obstacles stand in your way you can achieve anything through hard work, sacrifice, and determination. The long road of trials will look much shorter once we are at the end. I could go on more on this subject, but I have already turned a forum post into a novel.
Thanks to everyone for any help. God bless and take care.
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