Gunsmithing

Students can choose from a Gunsmithing degree, diploma or certificate in a daytime or weekend program.

The Gunsmithing curriculum is designed to prepare the student to diagnose malfunctions, determine the best methods of repair, and develop skills in the repair of firearms. Students are taught:

• Machine shop - including tooling and blueprinting
• Metal finishing and refinishing Metal finishing and refinishing Metal finishing and refinishing Metal finishing and refinishing Metal finishing and refinishing Metal finishing and refinishing Metal finishing and refinishing Metal finishing and refinishing
• Firearm diagnostics and repair
• Stock making and finishing Stock making and finishing Stock making and finishing Stock making and finishing Stock making and finishing Stock making and finishing Stock making and finishing Stock making and finishing Stock making and finishing
• Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing Custom firearms manufacturing
• Laws and regulations governing firearms and businesses

More than two-thirds of class time is spent in the shops applying what you learn in the classroom.

Because of the school’s NRA affiliation, students can take advantage of NRA short-term gunsmithing, knife-making and armorers courses taught by nationally-known experts. Firearms manufacturers such as Smith & Wesson, Sig Arms, Glock, Beretta USA and Sturm Ruger have all brought their armorers schools to the MCC.

Facilities

The gunsmithing labs and classrooms comprise 5,400 square feet of student workspace including:

• Woodworking shop with stock duplicator
• Machine shops with CNC milling machines, metal lathes, surface and pedestal grinders Machine shops with CNC milling machines, metal lathes, surface and pedestal grinders Machine shops with CNC milling machines, metal lathes, surface and pedestal grinders Machine shops with CNC milling machines, metal lathes, surface and pedestal grinders Machine shops with CNC milling machines, metal lathes, surface and pedestal grinders Machine shops with CNC milling machines, metal lathes, surface and pedestal grinders Machine shops with CNC milling machines, metal lathes, surface and pedestal grinders Machine shops with CNC milling machines, metal lathes, surface and pedestal grinders Machine shops with CNC milling machines, metal lathes, surface and pedestal grinders Machine shops with CNC milling machines, metal lathes, surface and pedestal grinders
• Metal refinishing room with buffers, sanders and immersion bluing, Parkerizing, nickel plating and color case hardening facilities
• Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities Two spacious classrooms with individual work stations and locker facilities
• Welding shop Welding shop Welding shop Welding shop Welding shop
• Five-position, 100-yard outdoor
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  for use in test firing, chronographing, reloads and bench rest shooting

The faculty has a combined total of over 60 years of teaching experience in gunsmithing. Students leave the program with 24 custom gunsmithing tools and 3 custom rifles they build themselves including a custom 1911. In addition, they will travel to the annual SHOT Show usually held in Las Vegas, and attend the Brownells Career Fair in Montezuma, Iowa. The staff has an excellent working relationship with Brownells, Incorporated who recently donated benches, vises, chairs and Kennedy tool chests to completely refit two of the gunsmithing classrooms.