Can someone make decent money building black powder gun kits and selling them?

How do they hold value over factory made guns? Of course the quality of workmanship of the gun kit builder would come into play.Can someone make decent money building black powder gun kits and selling them?
If you could do for wood and steel what Michelangelo did for stone, then yes you could make a fortune.





This is as true today as it ever was





';If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap, than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door';


Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1871Can someone make decent money building black powder gun kits and selling them?
It would all depend on the skill and artistic ability of the builder as well as the quality of the kit or parts that he started with. It is entirely possible to take $600 to $1,000 worth of parts and build a rifle worth $100. If you start with one of the kits that require only sanding of the stock and assembly, and you do a good job of finishing and assembling it, it may increase in value by perhaps $100. If you start with high quality parts and build a gun from scratch doing excellent work and well done carving and finishing, you might be able to make a few thousand dollars. After building many rifles and earning a high reputation, you may make several thousand dollars for a finely crafted rifle.
check the price of the kit versus the price of a finished gun and see if it is worth it.......plus you need to find someone to purchase your finished guns.......I bought a kit and put it together and by the time I added additional materials and time it would have been cheaper to buy the gun already put together
blackpower kits are only really popular because people can save a few dollars if they want to invest hours of labor. Unless you want to make 25 cents an hour, I'd look elsewere.





In addition to the amount of work to finish a kit gun vs the actual value of the finished firearm vs a brand new one assembled at the factory, how would you go about advertising and selling them? If I was interested in a blackpowder gun, it wouldn't even occur to me to see if some local guy was buying kits and building the guns.





Even then, I don't know you from Adam, should I trust you to do a good job? If the gun is defective, do you have a warantee? How do you konw the guy selling whatever on the street corner is going to be there a week from now if there is aproblem with the product. Buying an assembled product from a store gives you a ton of protection, and a target to sue if something goes wrong