What are the specific issues that your GM has with the Gunslinger class?
Early firearms only. Leave the advanced stuff out of the game. If your GM can't handle even that, perhaps consider playing the Bolt Ace type. If he won't even allow you the Bolt Ace, perhaps it's time to find a new GM.
Gunslingers are honestly not that powerful as-is, so it's unfortunate your GM is not allowing them. Is this purely from a rules standpoint, or is he having you play in a setting where black powder+ does not yet exist?
One house rule I would suggest is it does bother me that gun attacks hit touch AC - it's annoying a bullet can pierce 10+ natural armor. Instead, if you and your GM are up to doing a bit more math, have guns do 'armor penetration'. What this means is guns bypass a certain amount of armor when you attack with them - pistols begin at 2, while rifles begin at 4. When your guns gain enhancement bonuses, they add to the armor pen on a 1-to-1 scale.
In addition, unless your campaign is a modern campaign, there should not be modern firearms available (unless your GM allows them for whatever reason).
Have him look at my firearm rework. I wrote these house rules to make firearms more fun for GM and player alike after doing research on the subject. They eliminate touch attacks, but make misfires a nonfactor and add Dex-to-damage as a feature. In addition, I patched the gunslinger and a couple of archetypes.
Change all the firearm-related stuff to sword-related stuff.
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Change all the firearm-related stuff to sword-related stuff.
Play a Swashbuckler he means although that is a completely different character.
Ask you GM what he does not like and he may answer and then you will know what you need to change , until then it is guessing in the dark