Learn how to program a CNC lathe or milling center.
You can make more money. It will be in a nice air conditioned shop. You might want to start by taking machining classes at a local community college.
Once you learn machining then be a gunsmith.
Welding is handy to know.

I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger!
There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.