Armorer Courses

[holford2009]

Anyone know where I can find information on S&W M&P Armorer courses?

 

[armorer951]

Here's some additional info from the Smith and Wesson Academy regarding their training courses and field schools.........


http://www.smith-wesson.com/sites/default/files/FFSITES_APR.pdf

 

[spirit4earth]

Unfortunately that’s just for LE or military.

 

[Muss Muggins]

I am unaware of any factory/company facilitated armorer's training for (edit: the general public) regarding any Smith & Wesson platform . . .

 

[first-model]

IMHO, Smith & Wesson shoots themselves in the feet by not making this training available to a broader base of consumers. Glock does it vis a vis the Glock Sports Shooting Foundation, and having take nthe class twice now, I can attest to it being a ton of fun.

Being an armorer is also a good nod to safety, and I'm at a loss to imagine how having safer gun owners could be a bad thing.

Mike

 

[Muss Muggins]

I suspect they're waiting for confirmation that owners actually read and following the user manual before branching out into the unknown . . .

IMHO, Smith & Wesson shoots themselves in the feet by not making this training available to a broader base of consumers. Glock does it vis a vis the Glock Sports Shooting Foundation, and having take nthe class twice now, I can attest to it being a ton of fun.

Being an armorer is also a good nod to safety, and I'm at a loss to imagine how having safer gun owners could be a bad thing.

Mike

 

[first-model]

I suspect they're waiting for confirmation that owners actually read and following the user manual before branching out into the unknown . . .

All the more reason for proper instruction. And based on my experience with the Glock armorer's training, there's nothing "unknown" about it. In fact, Glock specifically recommends against a lot of the modifications that the bubba gunsmiths of the world love to do to their guns.

I've yet to see a situation where providing people with instruction was a bad thing. In the case of S&W, I think they're just being provincial about it. Their loss ... I have more Glock polymer pistols in my gun safe than I do S&W polymer pistols.

Mike

 

[seldon14]

I am unaware of any factory/company facilitated armorer's training for any Smith & Wesson platform . . .

They offer the class for guns shops.

 

[Muss Muggins]

They offer the class for guns shops.

And LEO's, corrections, and military. But not for the general public . . .