Prepare a plan for completing your final project in this course. In outline format, submit the following information:
• Safety: What safety precautions will you take to complete your detail strip? Do you have all the necessary protective equipment?
• Location: Where will you complete your detail strip? Is the location appropriate for the job? Why or why not?
• Research: What documents or resources do you have to guide you through the process? What additional resources do you think you will need?
• Topic: What firearm will you be using? Is this a firearm you are familiar with?
COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this lab, the student will engage in hands-on techniques with some of the gunsmith’s essential hand tools. The student will replicate appropriate tool methods on a variety of firearms with the aid of detailed diagrams and drawings. Techniques will be identified that gunsmiths apply in the use of files, rasps, hacksaws, drills, wrenches and screws, among others. Maintenance techniques of these tools will also be identified.
Course Outcomes: Upon successfully completing this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate best practices of firearms safety.
- Identify gunsmithing hand, cutting, powered, and measuring tools by their function.
- Explain the preparation of the workspace necessary to complete firearm/disassembly.
- Evaluate the role of precision measuring tools in firearms repair work.
- Develop and evaluate a plan for completing a firearms-repair project.
- Execute a field stripping procedure on a firearm.
- Research the procedure for detail stripping a firearm.
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