Associate of Science Firearms Technology

A gunsmith is a person who repairs, modifies, designs, or builds guns. Gunsmiths do modifications and changes to a firearm that may require a very high level of craftsmanship.

• The classifications, action type, and operating principles of all major types of firearms.
• Firearms-repair safety, cleaning firearms, diagnosing, troubleshooting, and repairing a variety of common malfunctions, and assembling a firearm from parts.
• Customizing woodwork, engraving metal finishes, and applying custom finishes to firearms.
• Fit barreled actions, and describe the process of performing advanced techniques to fit barreled actions.
• Improve firearms accuracy by installing and adjusting metallic sights and/or optics.
• Improving firearms by synthesizing advanced procedures, such as accurizing, repairing metal finishes, and advanced woodworking.
• Principles of ballistics as they relate to ammunition production.
• Machining operations as used in firearms manufacture and customization.
• Firearms service, sales, and repair, and apply basic managerial practices to a firearms-related business.