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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: beekeeping1341 on March 04, 2015, 07:10:52 AM

Title: Firearms engineering job?
Post by: beekeeping1341 on March 04, 2015, 07:10:52 AM
I just recently bought a scar 17, and absolutely love it, and I've always loved firearms so lately I've been wondering what I need to do for school and what else I would need to do in order to actually engineer things like the scar and other modern firearms. I think it'd be a very rewarding career and would probably pay better than being a heavy equipment mechanic (that's my mos) on the outside of the gate. If anybody has any pointers on how to become a firearms engineer I'm all ears!!! :shaka:
Title: Re: Firearms engineering job?
Post by: ren on March 04, 2015, 09:13:12 AM
In terms of a formal college degree, mechanical engineering. In contrast, Ronnie Barrett and Kalashnikov had no formal training. If I remember, Kalashnikov was an armor officer?  and the M107 was born out of a garage.