Certficates and certifications don’t mean anything, it just means he/she passed something but it doesn’t make them a gun smith. Kind of like most college degrees nowadays.. they mean nothing about ability but hey I got a piceof paper. FFL has nothing to do with being a gun smith but a gun smith could have an FFL but then again so could th eguy flipping burgers at Mikey D’s.
First thing comes to mind is why are you asking? The quick answer from the question is you don’t much if anything about guns, if you did, then talking to a supposed gun smith, you’d know if they were or not. 2nd asnwer is you have a gun that might need fixing, you don’t know anything and are aksing.
Bottom line.. a lot of gun smiths have reputable shops and are well know and you can check with a little research on who’sood and who isn’t and then there’s the guy someone knows who’s just shxt hot on working with guns and can fix anything because it’s hobby and the guy is just talented.
You are too kind to point out my idiocy. Thank you.
It would seem to me before you would leave a weapon with someone you would want some sort of licensing, bonding, certification. Yes, you are correct that a license or degree does not make you competent or trust worthy; driving down the road confirms this, but such sanctioning is a start at least.
It just seems to me the potential for screwing something up and the potential for disaster is high. If he does something to a weapon that causes injury, disappears with a weapon, loses a weapon, or simply dies before the work is done, how do you get your weapon back or what recourse do you have? If he is just what ever he claims to be the shame is on me for failing to abide by caveat emptor. I’m simply trying to be aware. Others ask me about him and I was hoping one could say he’d be licensed, have an FFL, schooling, something. I am pretty sure this guy isn’t what he claims. Heck, why can’t I claim to be a gunsmith and collect a few weapons and experiment on them?