How many of you do your own firearm repairs?

I do ALL my own. Except where a piece of machine shop machinery is needed. I avoid some, like you say, I do not take things apart unless there is good reason. I am an advocate of " If it AIN'T broke don;t fix it. But, to replace parts or make improvements frankly, I do not trust most gunsmiths to NOT be butchers. My guns ONLY go to smiths I know well , or I do it myself. I do have the knowledge, and have worked with my hands on metals most my life.

Also have gotten to learn allot from very good old guys who taught me bunches. Did allot of reading, of sophisticated techniques to improve competition firearms. V_P I highly suggest beginning a hunt.......Try to locate and buy a bunch, as many years as you can find of a magazine called " Precision Shooting ". I learned so much for that $35.00 a year subscription. I know Tex is a fan also. They are now gone, but, I have EVERY copy I ever received. ( AND I AIN'T PARTING WITH ONE ) One day when I am done and maybe selling off my guns. That was THE BEST magazine for shooters there ever was. Deals mainly with Bench Shooting. Now remember that OK ?

If I'm just replacing stuff I can do it, Minor tweaks like polish or debut sort of stuff I'll take a swing at, but if I need to cut metal there's a gunsmith I know for 1911s and factory custom shops otherwise.

Thinkingblade

i do that with most of my guns. i absolutely hate being a clueless moron that expects and relies on other people to do it for me. its hard enough for me not being able to change my own car oil. i know how but lack the space and tools to do it. i just hate this i feel stupid and weak. most of this stuff really isn't that hard. and i love working with my hands and i just know my anal desire for perfection (to practically a ocd-level) will top work quality of even the best shop in the nation.

but some stuff i still send it out, ones that involve machine tools like a lathe or press, ones that require welding and grinding, rebarreling (don't have the tools yet), woodworking (also lack of tools), single action revolvers and if my norinco sks trigger group breaks i'd either send it out or just buy a new one.

also hot bluing, color hardening or that fancy color finish, stock finishing because store-bought polyurethane clearly isn't the right finish, if anything needs to be sand or bead blasted, cerakote and parkerizing.

generally everything else i do, and its not that hard to pick it up either. youtube and gun forms helped alot, but most of it i learned just reading the manual and performing a basic disassembly as i read the manual's instructions. i do that with every gun. the purpose is to familiarize myself with my firearm.

I do many of my own repairs. However, I do know the limitations of my tools and skillset, which is why I have gunsmiths I pay to do the repairs and mods I can't or won't do.

I do all of my own repairs. I have never used a smith for anything outside of tapping for scopes or to put on a new barrel. Things that rate an a mechanical repair are usually able to be done by someone reasonably mechanically inclined.

I don't have a machine shop in my garage, but the repairs and tuning I can do by hand I do myself.

I do/did as much as I can with the tools I have. Back when my buddy still had his gun shop open and I had access to the shop I did even more.

I do them to the extent that is necessary and only limited by the lack of knowledge or specialized tools....

I repair departmental firearms as part of my job.

I enjoy working on my own a LOT more!

....just the usual, minor stuff...I usually don't screw around with trigger groups...etc.