Colorado School of Trades

10/13/2026

Another group of outstanding gunsmiths hitting a shop near you! Huge congrats to Kenneth, Pierce, Myles, Max, Quintin, and Dennis on obtaining their Associate Degree of Occupational Studies specializing in gunsmithing!

10/06/2026

CST students creating jaws to remove the barrel from a Ma**er.

They will then chuck this up into a hydraulic jack and use a breaker bar.

09/30/2026

Design and Function Instructor, Jeff Evans and CST Student, Bereket Bekele working together to diagnose a Beretta.

Others are inletting and shaping stock, fitting furniture, refinishing stocks and doing general repairs/cleaning!

09/17/2026

Specializations student, Quintin Moffis using his stock making skills to make another custom walnut stock!

In these shots he is using the 3-axis mill to cut the barrel channel with a mortis bit.

09/16/2026

Congrats to our newest grads! Go rep CST and the industry well.

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09/15/2026

Congrats to our newest graduates! Brad, Nick, Sam and Tyler are on to go great things in the industry.

Good luck to these four Gunsmiths!

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09/14/2026

Huge progress for Myles on his full length Trapdoor r***e. Myles had a beat-up, old, Trapdoor barreled action and finished the metal first.

Using our rust-browning equipment Mr. Koester applied a gorgeous finish to add a sleek patina look. He then ordered a stock blank from legendary CST graduate, Cecil Fredi.

Since then he has inletted and began shaping the full length stock. It should be one glorious piece when he gets finished.

09/09/2026

Shown is current Specializations student, Myles Koester starting to shape the bottom portion of his Mannlicher stock.

09/04/2026

09/02/2026

The second quarter at CST demands our students learn machining. This is the section where they will utilize manual lathes, mills and other machines to build skills like turning, facing, reaming, and threading.

They will later on use this knowledge and the machine to complete their project r***es.