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What are the requirements for importing the firearms your business wants to import?
What firearms would your business import? If I were to go through the trouble of importing firearms then I am going to look for either a...
Regulations Regarding Trading Firearms for a Firearms Business
Living here in Texas, if one individual wants to trade with another individual you can do so with little to no paperwork involved. Though...
Identifying Resources Your Firearms Business Would Need to Appraise Firearms
The way I have always gone about giving someone a price on a firearm, whether one is being bought or sold, is to use the Blue Book of Gun...
Summarize the important bookkeeping a firearms business owner and business manager need to know.
In order to summarize the important bookkeeping basics a business owner and business manager needs to know for running a firearms...
Who are your competitors & What would distinguish your firearms business from others?
Who are your competitors from a national perspective? Now that firearms sales can be conducted online and shipped from my FFL to another...
Summarize the things needed to run a successful Federal Firearms License and live fire facility.
The firearms customer is important because without them you have a failed business. Finding ways to reach the local population or even...
What are Roller, Gas & Lever Delay Blowback Systems & how do they work?
1.Explain how the rollers in the roller-delayed blowback system delay the opening of the action. The rollers in a roller delayed...
Do you believe a firearms business owner needs to be more concerned about record keeping or less?
Record keeping as a business is always a smart thing to do. Whether it is invoices for orders of firearms accessories or actual firearms...
Considering Specifically What the Firearms Market is like in My Location
Continuing with this line of thinking and considering specifically what the market is like in my location is a little tougher than...
Reflecting on your time with SDI, what are important concepts you have come to understand?
Reflecting on your time with SDI so far, what are the most important concepts you have come to understand? Explain why these were so...
List your top three approaches for finding your customers and explain why you have selected these.
When looking for a new or fresh customer pool for your business there are tons of things you can do to try and increase foot traffic. The...
Ruger 10/22 “doesn’t seem to want to kick out the brass”.
Customer brings you a the following rimfire carbine. He says it’s worked reliably for years, but recently it “doesn’t seem to want to...
Browning Buck Mark Troubleshooting
Customer brings me a Browning Buck Mark that is experiencing a failure to extract. He says he has only tried one type of ammunition since...
What is Bluing and Browning and can we talk about both hot and cold methods?
Both cold bluing with Perma Blue solution and Browning using Laurel Mountain solution give you the fastest results and don’t require the...
What are the Differences Between Laser Etched & Hand Engraved Work?
First off, I would want the customer to understand the difference between Hand Engraving and Laser etched type work. Beginning with the...
Costly Decisions for the Beginner Gunsmith
While looking to price out the listed equipment for this week’s assignment I did what most people do today, and I looked everything up on...
How has Steel Types and Machining Processes Changed in the past 50 years?
Depending on the type of steel used to make the firearm, the service life of the weapon may vary greatly. Of course, this is still...
Choose three components within the 1911 platform and answer the following questions
The 3 components I have chosen for this week include the trigger, firing pin and extractor. What are the critical dimensions associated...
What ethical concerns are important to consider each time you receive a firearm for gunsmithing?
Identify at least one case of unprofessional work that has been performed on a 1911, how this work negatively affected the operation of...
Summarize Key Principles of Federal Law Applicable to Firearms Transactions
• Summarize Key Principles of Federal Law Applicable to Firearms Transactions To start you will need to determine if the person...
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