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Old 10-30-2012, 12:47 AM   #11
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Unless you own the shop or are a gunsmith you won't make much. I don't even get payed for working the shop (currently) I do however keep what I make from smith work and the owner profits from the parts I order because I use the company credit card to place the orders. He actually makes more than I do from a trigger job. Lol
I make good money when I have work and I benefit from getting dealer pricing from a few more distributors.
95% of what I make goes back into the shop anyway. Basically I work for free.
You're in MA right? What store?


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You're in MA right? What store?
He's at Old Mill it's in his signature.


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Yep and yep
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Oh and to the OP DON'T GET A JOB AT A GUN SHOP! Not only does the pay suck but you spend your entire paycheck at the same shop that's paying you like crap
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Oh and to the OP DON'T GET A JOB AT A GUN SHOP! Not only does the pay suck but you spend your entire paycheck at the same shop that's paying you like crap
Yep again. Lol
Unless you have a much needed skill.
I know the new and up and coming firearms and I can reverse engineer any gun you put in my hands. My boss is a pro with older guns and knows the ins and outs of the business.
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Yep and yep
In Leomentser?
You get hit with the storm like we did in Worcester County?
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Yep. Ripped our sign out of the ground so we packed all the guns in the vault and called it a day.
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Power here was out for a few hours, just got it back on recently.
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Hey mountain, have you guys gotten in any XDSs? If so have they been selling quick?
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No we haven't. Probably not ma compliant. 90% of what is ma compliant is on backorder. It's a nightmare right now. We were lucky to get a few shields in.


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