Gee, Brad...
Gonna have Tim paint some fairies and butterflies on it???
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Gee, Brad...
Gonna have Tim paint some fairies and butterflies on it???
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." - Ronald Reagan
No need for fairies and butterflies. This sumbuck is gonna shoot!!!
Just wait till I cinch the last screw. I've got the trigger set at a nice 2lb. Funny how every trigger is different. This one isn't really what I would call "crisp" but it doesn't suck! It's almost like you get it started and it just takes the trigger away from you. Just a different feel than the Timneys I'm used to.
Oh well, I'd shoot it any day of the week. It has an endearing quality to it.
Precision in the wrong place is only a placebo.
Tim, the fact that it will shoot was never a question...
Brad's choice of wood, however, is questionable...
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." - Ronald Reagan
I had a pair of pants in those same colors in High School LOL
Charter Member #148
Tim, you get this rainbow fairy rifle done yet?
We wanna see pictures...
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." - Ronald Reagan
Me thinks you should have twisted it, left handed to the left about 4-5 inches per foot, now that WOULD make it shootOriginally Posted by sgt.mike
Hey Tim isn't that the same barrel I used as a pry bar swaging sum bullets the other day, I think I bent it slightly. You did orient the bend down Right?
BTW on a serious Note,
Tim hope you saved the setup in QL I want to see what you ran that you was telling me about on the phone the other day. probably have to wait until you clear out some of those Rifles before I come over don't want to slow down your mad skills LOL
Charter Member #148
The rifle is not finished yet, and that's all that's holding me up is the finish. The humidity has been above 75% around here for a month and I have been trying to get the poly to take (I've got three coats on it so far) but it's looking like dog. Last coat I shot still felt tacky 24 hours later and was kind of milky looking. No big deal, it's all going to end up helping to seal the wood, but I need two weeks that are less than 75% humidity around here. It's frustrating!
Oddly enough, the stocks that I am finishing with Tru-Oil are looking awesome in spite of slightly longer dry times (not nearly as bad as the polyurethane finish). Unfortunately, if I finished this rifle with Tru-oil, it would taint the colors horribly and look like manure. I'm peddling as fast as I can, but unless somebody want's to drop me $1000 for a humidity controlled paint booth, it's just going to have to wait on the weather.
Sorry Brad! It's the Achilles heels of gunsmithing in Arkansas. Stuff rusts if you breath on it, and paint doesn't dry worth a hoot at this time of year.
Just remember: Cheap, fast, or quality. Pick two. I'm not making a dime off this so you're stuck with #1 and #3.
LOL!
Precision in the wrong place is only a placebo.
Tim, we expect nothing less...
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." - Ronald Reagan
It's coming along. It will not quit raining here, so I plugged my AC in and it's been doing an OK job of keeping the shop dry-ish.
I'm shooting coat after coat of clear, and I'm working it up to a high shine. I intend to take it to my photographer as soon as it's finished. It's just a pet project at this point, like a drag car in the corner of the shop.
I just wish I had a big snazzy scope to mount on it for pictures.
Precision in the wrong place is only a placebo.
Thought an update might be appreciated.
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Precision in the wrong place is only a placebo.
Sweet looking rifle for sure!
Larry Gibson (aka the "humpee" Or "Gibbon"?)
The stock makes my eyes HURT!
Charter Member #148
I figured to do some unique stippling on this rifle, as it may be a long time until I get another one that could actually pull it off.
Here's some more photos:
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Precision in the wrong place is only a placebo.
Reminds me of San Francisco in the '60s.....pure psychedelic but being old school I prefer
Pretty anyways, good job Tim.
Larry Gibson
Nice looking rifle thus far, Brad will have a good one.
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An old Cherokee was teaching his grandson about life. "Inside me two wolves fight," he told the boy.
"One is evil - he is anger, envy, greed, arrogance, self-pity, resentment, lies, false pride, and ego. The other is good - he is joy, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, generosity, truth and faith. The same fight is inside you - and every other person, too."
The grandson thought for a minute and asked,"Which wolf will win?"
The old Cherokee replied, "The one you feed."
Tim, what kind of tool did you use to do the stippling on the pistol grip?
Well, like everything in life, it's not the tool but how you use it. In this case, I used a 60 degree point mill in a rotary tool. It's no faster than anything else, but I believe it is a little more permanent, and the rotary tool doesn't change the color of the wood beneath as a soldering iron would etc etc.
Keeping the borders "just so" is the hard part, but oddly enough all the time I spent tooling leather came in big handy with stippling, as the motions and skills are nearly identical.
Precision in the wrong place is only a placebo.
Tim, let me know what I owe for shipping, a case, and incidentals.
I will keep you in the loop on what works but am not real interested in posting lots of results, etc as I prefer to not get involved in a bunch of hoopla or arguing.
That is about exactly what I was hoping for. Any firm ideas on final weight?
You will learn far more at the casting, loading, and shooting bench than you ever will at a computer bench.
Does it shoot with a lisp?
I don't know but I bet it doesn't.
I let my wife and daughter pick the stock colors. I happen to like them. A rifle like this deserves to be flashy. Heck, it probably made Tim appreciate walnut a bit more.
You will learn far more at the casting, loading, and shooting bench than you ever will at a computer bench.
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