Pennsylvania Gunsmith School®
Our School

Our School

PGS facilities undergo constant upgrades and improvements to assure students have the highest quality equipment to perform the highest quality work. The school is located in Avalon borough, five miles from downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Avalon is a quaint older community with a lot of history behind it. Housing opportunities are nearby and many sports and cultural activities are within an easy drive.

The school building consists of a stand-alone structure and is approximately 10,500 square feet. It’s much larger than it appears from the front and has an upper and lower level. The building houses:

Upper Level

Large workshop consisting of workbenches and vises for each student
Machine shop with more than a dozen lathes and several milling machines
Ancillary rooms for bluing, parkerizing, hot rusting, welding, buffing, and polishing, media blasting
Large group instruction classroom housing learning devices such as black/whiteboards, projectors, Videography
A school store for tools and material available for purchase
A well-equipped tool room full of specialty tools available for student use
Library Resource Center
Student use desktop computer and printer
Administrative, Admissions, Financial Aid offices

Lower Level

Large workshop consisting of workbenches and vises for each student
Woodworking shop with lathes, mills, drill presses, heat treat oven
Alternative finishes spray booth and curing ovens
Ancillary rooms for sanding, grinding and with a jointer, a table saw and vertical saws
Large group instruction classroom