[koginam]

I was aksed a question today by a young man looking to start into the gunsmith trade, he wanted to know "if there were any gunsmiths of color" the following was my reply "As to gunsmiths of color in over thirty years as a gunsmith and having contact with hundreds of smiths throughout the world I have never asked what color they are. I assume there are some but I really can't tell you its not something that comes up in our conversations. I don't believe it would make much difference one way or another a gunsmiths success is based on his workmanship and reputation. In today's world with computers customers look at a smiths web site, check out forums to learn about a smiths work, many times we received guns from all over the country and never meet the customers." Have any of you had work done by a gunsmith of color?
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[Bucolic Buffalo]

No I haven't used a gunsmith of color before. I've not run across one. With that said, I don't give a tinker's **** what color the gunsmith is if he does really good work at a reasonably fair price.

 

[wpage]

Interesting question...
Certain there are many out there.
Never asked either. Many times they work behind the scenes in gun shops so how would you know.

 

[m141a]

I once had a slide colored silver by one of those spray and bake finishes. Oh, and an AR-15 made OD Green.

most times, I leave the guns the color they come.

Clothes and skin pigment do not make a man.....his actions and charactor do.

If this thread gets stupid, and you know what I mean.....it will go away as fast as it showed here.
Period.

 

[wcm]

Didn't know they came in colors, thought they were just gunsmith's. Judge everyone by their qualifications and their integrity. Nothing else really matters.

 

[jmortimer]

Questions like that typically come from liberals who would have a hard time in the conservative world of firearms. Sounds like a chip on the shoulders question. Any conservative I've met would only care, as stated above, can you do a good/great job at a good/great price? I'm a Christian and would rather have work done by a Brother in Christ but would also rather have a heathen do the job if the Christian would screw it up.

 

[ribbonstone2]

In the 1980's and early 1990's, the biggest gunsmithing concern in the area was mostly pure gunsmithing... really didn't have a store front, although if you knew where he was could walk into a 'kind of" store front about the size of an elevator.

Would be the master smith and two or three aprentice smiths doing most of the work at benches along the walls. He'd go from place to pace, checking the work, and directing them...would take over at a ticklish moment, but generally he stayed as a slave driver (I know..was one of the slaves for a summer).


Had a few people of color (and down here in new Orleans,with a long history of Creole/ Islanos/ freen people of color/ etc...it can mean a lot of things besides what the rest of the world thinks of as black and white) that passed though over the years. Stick with it, and you'd learn enough to be a competent fitter-of-parts. Really put in the time and you could learn to be a decent maker-or-parts.

But he lost that shop (liked the drink a bit too much, and a few other laws that got bent)... then the hard headed old b. didn't get out of St. Bernard in time in 2005 and is assumed drowned (unidentified dead).

So yes...have seen gunsmiths of color in training...and suspect at least some of them learned enough to make a go of it.

 

[Cheezywan]

Like the rest, I see no relevance to the question. Equally non-relevent to being a smithy is the fact that "white" is a color.

Cheezywan

 

[jbee]

> I'm a Christian and would rather have work done by a Brother in Christ but would also rather have
> a heathen do the job if the Christian would screw it up.

Amen to that!

 

[slim 60]

well i know god can t be color blind..he created the beautiful colors of the wild flowers of every kind..but he loves all his children the same ..in my opinion..thats what hes taught me to do..slim
ps.. in bryan center nursing home in salisbury n.c... the nurses are in my opinion earning thier wings as they care for my wife and others with various ailments..all color nurses there.. i love an appreciate them all.. my sweet karry couldn t be in better care..it looks right now like ,she may not be on this earth much longer..then i ll really be tested..but the father has carried me for a while now.. so ive total faith that he will get me through it ..one way or the other..im ready to go
when he says its my time..he knows the true best for all.
sorry for getting off subject ..ijust got home from seeing her..

 

[kdub]

Yup - not a relevant topic.

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