Gunsmithing Trade Schools

Pennsylvania Gunsmith School

• The Pennsylvania Gunsmith School (PGS) offers a Master Gunsmithing program as a two-year course (lasting 16 months). The PGS program focuses solely on gunsmithing, allowing students to learn in a shop setting with hands-on training. The teachers are professional gunsmiths. Areas of study range from gun-repair basics to complex customization of firearms.

  PGS encourages potential students to arrange a visit to the school to meet with enrollment personnel and see the actual training program in action. Classes start each month, with the exception of July and December. Financial aid is available, including Pell grants, federal direct student loans, Workforce Investment Act and private loan programs. PGS is a member of the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

  Pennsylvania Gunsmith School
  812 Ohio River Boulevard
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15202
  412-766-1812
  pagunsmith.edu

NRA Short-Term Gunsmithing School -- Murray State College

• The National Rifle Association (NRA) offers short-term gunsmith courses in affiliation with select universities, including Murray State College. Depending on the course of study, classes can last from several days to two weeks and are held in the spring and summer. The Murray State College course offers training in areas including basic mill and lathe machine operation, rifle re-barreling, stock-making and engraving. You must furnish your own firearms, tools and other supplies for the program.

  Housing is available on the Murray State campus, and the school must receive enrollment fees four weeks before the start of your first class. The NRA makes scholarships of $250 available to qualified students through the NRA Foundation to help cover expenses including registration fees, tools, and room and board while attending classes.

  NRA Gunsmithing Schools
  Murray State College
  One Murray Campus
  Tishomingo, OK 73460
  580-371-2371
  mscok.edu

Yavapai College Gunsmithing School

• The Gunsmithing Journeyman Certificate program at Yavapai Gunsmithing School focuses on custom firearms and will prepare you for employment in an established gun shop. The school is an accredited institution, featuring instructors who own and operate a business involved in the gun industry. The journeyman course of study includes milling, grinding and heat treatment of firearms. Computer-assisted drafting, shotgun design and stock-fitting are also part of the curriculum. Yavapai College of Gunsmithing also offers advanced degree programs that prepare students for opening their own gunsmithing businesses.

  Yavapai College
  1100 East Sheldon Street
  Prescott, Arizona 86301
  928-717-7720
  yc.edu