Jake Klarer

Owner and operator of Fern Hills Customs a family owned gunsmith shop specializing in custom builds and firearm repairs.

• Responsible for all day to day operations of running a business.
• Scheduling times to meet with potential clients, Logging firearms into and out of system, keeping up with BATFE compliance daily.
• Running background checks , completing sales transactions and handling of quickbooks.
• Ordering of all merchandise, parts, and supplies.
• Working with a customers idea on a firearm and bringing it to life from the ground up for a true custom build.
• Established relationships with manufactures prototyping and designing parts to allow firearm to be sold in other states.
• Consulting with exporters on making firearm compliant for sales outside of the U.S.A.
• Specialized in the application of cerakote.

Operated the Regional gunsmith shop for Gander Mountain out of the Huber Heights location serving 9 stores across 3 different states.

• General cleaning, repair, designing , and building of customer firearms.
• Responsible for researching, locating, and ordering of all parts.
• Provided maintenance on all tooling and machines for every day use.
• Kept up to date log information for OSHA, EPA , and BATFE compliance.
• Met weekly, monthly, and yearly sales goals.
• Assisted in daily customer service transactions, back ground checks, and the Logging of firearms in and out system.
• Evaluated and purchased all used firearms, including safety checking, and test firing for proper function.

• Provided excellent customer service skills to assist customers in selecting the correct hunting, fishing, or camping item
• Performed cashier duties, such as ringing up sales, processing payments and issuing receipts.
• Specialized in Firearm sales and special orders.
• Restocking of shelves and maintaining a neat and organized department according to company standards.
• Demonstrated knowledge of store products and services.