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Only a few miles South of Trinidad over Raton pass is the NRA Whittington Center and ranges.
If you are in the area it is great to visit both.
Gunsmithing a popular major at Trinidad State Junior College
By PABLO CARLOS MORA | ​[email protected] The Pueblo Chieftain
TRINIDAD � Students and faculty agree the gunsmithing program at Trinidad State Junior College is right on target.
�This is the finest program in the country,� said Dave Nolan, a professor of gunsmithing who leads the school's current crop of 55 gunsmithing students, including five women.
Gary Yee, 53, a second-semester student, said he moved from San Francisco to the Apishapa Valley near Aguilar to enroll in the two-year program.
�You learn in easy, progressive steps how to �sport-erize� or convert a military weapon, in this case a Mauser 98, into a gun for use in sport or hunting,� Yee said.
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Program oldest, largest in U.S.
By PABLO CARLOS MORA | ​[email protected] The Pueblo Chieftain
The gunsmithing program at Trinidad State Junior College began in response to the many World War II veterans in Trinidad who stopped by a gunsmithing shop owned by Parker Otto Ackley.
�There were so many veterans in his shop asking to get work done he set up a program at TSJC," gunsmithing instructor Dave Nolan said.
"The first class was held in 1947, making it the first gunsmithing program in the U.S."
The program gradually grew into the largest in the country, Nolan said.
Today, there are 55 students enrolled.
The students come from across the country and across Colorado.
Corey Hamsmith, 25, a student from Parker, talked about how he and his classmates view today's advances in gunsmithing, including the use of fiberglass.
�Wood is old school,� Hamsmith said, as he worked with a fiberglass stock. �A fiberglass stock is a different technology. As a man-made product, it doesn�t change with the weather."
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Only a few miles South of Trinidad over Raton pass is the NRA Whittington Center and ranges.
If you are in the area it is great to visit both.
Gunsmithing a popular major at Trinidad State Junior College
By PABLO CARLOS MORA | ​[email protected] The Pueblo Chieftain
TRINIDAD � Students and faculty agree the gunsmithing program at Trinidad State Junior College is right on target.
�This is the finest program in the country,� said Dave Nolan, a professor of gunsmithing who leads the school's current crop of 55 gunsmithing students, including five women.
Gary Yee, 53, a second-semester student, said he moved from San Francisco to the Apishapa Valley near Aguilar to enroll in the two-year program.
�You learn in easy, progressive steps how to �sport-erize� or convert a military weapon, in this case a Mauser 98, into a gun for use in sport or hunting,� Yee said.
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Program oldest, largest in U.S.
By PABLO CARLOS MORA | ​[email protected] The Pueblo Chieftain
The gunsmithing program at Trinidad State Junior College began in response to the many World War II veterans in Trinidad who stopped by a gunsmithing shop owned by Parker Otto Ackley.
�There were so many veterans in his shop asking to get work done he set up a program at TSJC," gunsmithing instructor Dave Nolan said.
"The first class was held in 1947, making it the first gunsmithing program in the U.S."
The program gradually grew into the largest in the country, Nolan said.
Today, there are 55 students enrolled.
The students come from across the country and across Colorado.
Corey Hamsmith, 25, a student from Parker, talked about how he and his classmates view today's advances in gunsmithing, including the use of fiberglass.
�Wood is old school,� Hamsmith said, as he worked with a fiberglass stock. �A fiberglass stock is a different technology. As a man-made product, it doesn�t change with the weather."
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