I've ordered a couple of their dvd courses, well laid out and very informative. Will teach you most anything you will need to know. But like you said there is no substitute for person to person instruction. Are you intending this as career training or just for personal information to work on your own firearms? As with most employers they view self taught as not being taught at all and will prefer formal education.

Mainly just personal information. I haven't broke down any of my M&P to the little bit parts as I am afraid I will never get it put back together. There is one gunsmith and I hear he does good work, but is cocky and is pricey. I was mainly hoping to get one if it will help me as far as breaking the gun all the way down and putting it back together. Kind of as a reference guide. The others are guns like my cousin has. he has bad hands can barely shoot anymore and it is all he can do to clean his gun sometimes. if anything goes wrong I would like to be able to fix it.

I really do want to learn how to do gunsmithing work. I however can't drive 4+ hours to go to school.

Then I would just order the particular dvd courses you need, that what I did. Why pay for information you don't need or will most likely never use. You can often times find them on ebay or sportsman's guide for lower rates. Also check out midwayusa.com they sometimes have overstock in the clearance section.