Quote Originally Posted by kilopi505 View Post
So if a gun factory machine operator/fitter and turner says they are a gunsmith, even though they don't have a certification of graduation from some gunsmithing course, it is valid enough that those who graduated from said kinds of courses or apprenticed to a gunsmith can't dispute the claim by the machine operator/fitter and turner?

Thats a tough one. Typically in a legal sense the one with the qualifications is the one with the most authority regardless of their actual capabilities. That is in my country however. You can't tell anyone about anything without having some kind of permit/licence/or certificate. However, if the dispute was about mass manufacturing in a way that the fitter was well versed in and had years experience over the gunsmith then things may change, but if it were a dispute of old parts, old guns, and generally forgotten skills and tools the gunsmith SHOULD have the more authority.