On 2009-11-25, RAM? wrote:
Ignoramus20054 wrote in
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As far as guns are concerned, everything I have seen about that
industry suggests to me that it is hard to make a good living by doing
full time gunsmithing.


It's obvious, Iggy, that you've never been to Texas - otherwise you'd never
have made such a rediculous comment.

Even the Urbanites love their customized shootin' irons and, with one
hunting season or another open almost at any time, they enjoy shootin'them.

Out in the boonies people tend to do even more shooting - with everything
from .17 to .50 in rifled arms and from .410 to 10ga Magnums (especially
during dove, goose, & duck seasons).

Yes, people love customizing guns, but gunsmithing is a competitive
business.

The gunsmiths who I have seen in Illinois were rather poor. (I have
seen two)

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