A gunsmith used a hammer, chisels, anvil, handfile, and a furnace. For material they would use iron, wood, metal, silver, coal, and brass
a forge bellows and hammers
The best place to buy Gunsmith tools would be at a home hardware store such as Lowe's or Home Depot. They would also be available at stores such as Amazon or eBay.
Metal working, wood working, use of hand, power and machine tools. Math, chemistry, knowledge of metals, wood. BUSINESS classes- since a gunsmith runs a business. There are colleges that teach gunsmithing, such as the Colorado School of Trades.
You really want to let a gunsmith do this.
Best left to a gunsmith with the proper tools.
The main tools were a forge and bellows, ananvil, hammers, water buckets,and a small selection of files and tongs.
Best left to a trained gunsmith with the proper tools.
You take it to a gunsmith who has the proper tools and training.
Not without specialized tools and equipment that a gunsmith has. Trying to do it with ordinary tools will destroy the frame or barrel.
Take it to a gunsmith or be prepared to invest in tools and books that will allow/describe the procedure.
I have only seen a gunsmith use a tig machine on one occasion, and that was tor the repair of a brass trigger on an antique rifle
Actually, quite a bit. A good gunsmith is usually a skilled machinist, who will use a lot of math.