Considering some work on the side- need help...

[SuperiorDG]

Why someone would put themselves through this hell I often wonder.

[J]

One thing to look at from a purely fiscal sense...

Your IATR is $2500 a year. You only need it if you are manufacturing. So you need to make $250 on each rifle to cover the IATR. Otherwise you are paying for your IATR from revenue you have earned on other facets of the business that don't even need the IATR. Then you need to cover everything else... warranty claims, insurance, etc.

Tough business to do small.

[dwalker460]

When I wanted to learn about racing cars, I literally went and volunteered with any shop or team that would put up with me. Swept floors, went and got lunch, held this and toted that. Little by little my knowledge and skills grew, and I was actually paid to show up. I believe that to be really good at something you have to suffer for your art, and I went to where the best were, and learned from them. Sometimes that meant working night jobs so I would be free during the day, sometimes that meant working for almost nothing, but I learned more about my craft than any 10 of my peers, and thats no lie. Without bragging, there si nothing I cannot do with a race car, nor any kind of race car- be it Porsche (my actual background) Mazda, GM, road race, drag race, dirt, off-raod- doesnt matter I can take a pile of tubes and some parts and turn it into a competitive car. Most of the true masters of thier craft- be it cars or guns or whatever, learned first, opened business later.

[Ronin13]

When I wanted to learn about racing cars, I literally went and volunteered with any shop or team that would put up with me. Swept floors, went and got lunch, held this and toted that. Little by little my knowledge and skills grew, and I was actually paid to show up. I believe that to be really good at something you have to suffer for your art, and I went to where the best were, and learned from them. Sometimes that meant working night jobs so I would be free during the day, sometimes that meant working for almost nothing, but I learned more about my craft than any 10 of my peers, and thats no lie. Without bragging, there si nothing I cannot do with a race car, nor any kind of race car- be it Porsche (my actual background) Mazda, GM, road race, drag race, dirt, off-raod- doesnt matter I can take a pile of tubes and some parts and turn it into a competitive car. Most of the true masters of thier craft- be it cars or guns or whatever, learned first, opened business later.

That is true... I guess this does require a lot more thought. Unfortunately there's really nothing that I can do in this case to learn- it's basically 90% selling the guns, and about 10% (at first) just putting ARs together- something I know how to do currently, just not on a mass scale (meaning I can replace my trigger just fine and take the weapon down for a complete clean). I'm not sure how productive, mainly due to distance, it would be to go hang around Bower's all day and volunteer....