Thought i would share a few pics from my Gunsmith/Makers apprenticeship

juice1304

Hows it going lads as some of you know I recently moved to Germany to start my new life here as an apprentice to a master Gunmaker/Gunsmith. It took a couple of years to find this job and I am feeling rather lucky to have gotten it as it is completely unheard of to have a foreigner as an apprentice for this particular trade I believe there is only in the region of 15 people trained a year.
Anyway i thought i would throw up a couple of pics as thought some of you might be interested. I haven't taken many as alot of the Firearms are custom and i don't want to be stepping on anyone's toes.
Some of the work i have to do may seem rather simple such as in the first pics, I have to file a cube 50mmx50mm by hand which is completely square the whole way around and no light may pass the precision square it is pretty challenging lol. The last apprentice took two years to complete his i have managed half of it in a week so im pretty pleased with myself about that. I have moved onto more complicated tasks at the moment refinishing firearms etc.. i am not really meant to be doing alot of what i am at this stage but they say i am up to it, im not so sure some of the time lol. The pics i have now of the Firearm i have started refinishing this week are of an old J.p Sauer M30 Drilling the same as issued to the Luftwaffe during WWII as their African survival rifle.

This is my Werkstatt


The beginning of mein Würfel (cube).


Before, sorry the pics are a little ****ty i will take some better ones the next time.

juice1304

juice1304

And here it is towards the end of the week i have oiled it and left it to dry it needs a few more coats etc.. and i need to do some work on the metal work however its coming along nicely. My boss actually said its a joke he couldnt find any problems scratches noting and with all the others there has been problems even after them doing it for a couple of years. So i have the real test next week ill be working on a purdey. :eek:

skipking

nice work best of luck in the job, who knows maybe you will be making a stock for me some day.

bravestar

Rock on juice! Fair play to ya mate

Vegeta

This is amazing juice, really admire your attitude too. Thanks for sharing this with us.

meathstevie

Well juice, you're definitely doing something right when the gaffer hands you pieces worth more than a very nice German car to work on. Fair play to you.

MrTom1

Keep us informed ! thats excellent that you picked a career that you wanted, keep up the hard work and stick loads of pics up

homerhop

way to go bud, looking forward to chatting ya when you get home for a bit

brianfrancis45

Well done for getting the job Juice. It's great to see a lad with such a passion for his work . You obviously have a natural talent for it and I'm sure that if you continue in the same way that you have started , you will make a first class gunsmith. Onwards and upwards...

Cass

Been over a year since you started this thread. How are things going? Anything new to show off?

clivej

Also are you here over the holidays??? Be great to catch up again.