long rifles rifles and hand guns
What did gunsmith make besides guns
Guns
What did gunsmith make besides guns
You would start as an apprentice to a gunsmith, and learn the craft of gunsmithing while helping the gunsmith to make or repair guns.
TO make clothesbecause they needed warm clothes in the winter
A gunsmith or an arms dealer. A weapons manufacturer if they make the guns that they sell. Your Friend, Sleek Mouse
make guns and gun powder Also cleaned up after the head gunsmith. Source: my head
There is a John Hill listed as a gunsmith in an 1841 trade directory of London. Address given as 76 Tooley St.
That will be a matter of luck, of finding a dealer in parts for scarce guns, or having a gunsmith make the part. Out of production for many years.
because some of them needed another way to hunt back in the days
a colonial gunsmith made 4.4 billion dollars a month.
They do some work on contract They can blue a gun pr parkerize a gun and make $300. Gunsmithing pays well. A good gunsmith could make $100,000 if they had a steady supply of guns to work on, but there would be slow times like the Summer. But they could also sell guns. I would say they could easily make $50,000 a year. But it's a lot easier work than being a mechanic and a mechanic needs a garage and tens of thousands in tools and equipment. Plus a mechanic gets greasy and there's a lot of labor involved.