Is there any profit to be made at all in starting a gunsmithing business? What kind of business can you get with that or contracts? Is it even doable as an individual or are the only successful ones large businesses?

>>57966501 (OP)

No

Elaborate?

No

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I just want to make money via playing with guns. If you're gonna crush my dream, then at least crush it with evidence and not just with being gay.

No

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>>57966501 (OP)

youd be better off opening a gun store and offering gunsmithing services.

What about like a gun builder set up where I could specialize in building parts kits and shit? Especially in regards to AK's which are notorious if you don't know what you're doing?

>>57966501 (OP)

First you need to do a research market in different social media and the availability of customers both online and in the place you want to open your business.

>building parts kits for customers

I may be wrong but I think that it's illegal. It may have to do with what receiver you're using. If you're building an AK off of a Tapco flat vs a serialized receiver there may be a difference. I haven't built any parts kits rifles since they dried up so I dont know the laws off the top of my head.



You would be able to assemble ARs for customers and itd be a much larger market than parts kits.

>>57966501 (OP)

You either have to be in the right location or have the right niche. You will not be able to compete on prices for retail firearms. You need to offer a service specialized enough end users can't just swap parts and cheap enough to beat just buying something new. Or something so over the top or custom so no one else has it.

Several LGSes in my area specialize in made to order ARs. I personally think it's dumb (especially in a market that you can by factory built ARs in a million configs with actual warranties), but some people gotta snow flake.

I'm sure with proper licenses such as an FFL you would be able to assemble parts kits and build receivers without the ATF shooting your dog.

What about fixing orders or contracts for local law enforcement? I doubt they have someone on the payroll that fixes and maintains their shit, they have got to contract that out right?

Most decently sized police departments have certified armorers, and the ones that don't just send their guns and accessories to the manufacture for service.

well fuck me then

Local PD here have certified armorers. They're regular officers but have certs for the guns their department uses

For sure but they would have to be serialized by the class 7 FFL that assembled them. OP was asking about profit, theres not a lot of profit out there for people that want to have parts kits build. Its very rare.

So what sort of niches can be filled then beyond just opening a gun store and selling guns with a high mark up due to needing to actually generate revenue?
