Colorado School of Trades

08/13/2026

Quite a collaboration between two CST students: Corbin Peck & DNA Fi****ms

This one has a unique story. A customer supplied Browning Superposed was lost and left in a field for a year. It came in with the checkering marred, a broken toe, rust/pitting on the metal, wood finish cracked and a chipped buttplate. Miraculously, it was was still fully functional.

Corbin Peck took on the steel, Dennis Nunez took on the wood.

Doing everything they could to retain factory roll marks and engravings, these two came together to restore this classic Browning for usage in the field.

While not all the pits in the steel could be removed, Corbin did an excellent job of removing rust, polishing and rust-bluing the carbon steel components. Dennis used his skillset to apply a near exact, original finish to the stock, repair the toe, fit and install a new buttplate and recut the checkering.

Excellent work, Corbin & Dennis!

08/10/2026

Congrats to Alan, AJ & Paul! These folks are headed to the industry to do some big things!

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08/03/2026

Current student Myles Koester used his own J. Stevens 94B to case harden with LT Arms . Versus a clear Cerakote finish, Myles decided to use lin-speed oil.

This finish is actually boiled linseed oil and petroleum thinner. This is a fast acting finish and is meant to protect the color case hardened finishes underneath.

07/29/2026

07/23/2026

07/21/2026

Pictured is Walker Wroten going through the process to mix, apply and cure Cerakote to components on his project rifle.

He used Graphite Black to accent the small pieces and later applied Sniper Grey to his synthetic stock.

07/17/2026

All CST students complete walnut stocks for their project rifles from a blank. In class, they learn how to take measurements, finishing and shaping processes and many other skills.

In the lab, students will inlet, shape, bed and finish their walnut stocks to make the American Classic Rifle - Made famous by CST graduate and industry legend, Jerry Fisher.

07/14/2026

3 more graduates into the Gunsmith world!

Congrats Jake, Tristan and Garrett!

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07/09/2026

Another CST project rifle to add in the rafters-

Max Mathews built his project rifle into a 6.5-284 Norma for taking Antelope and Deer. He complete a nice stock from a blank, too!

07/04/2026