82nd airborne
03-08-2011, 12:45 AM
I just wanted to put this in writing, as much for myself as for anyone else.
My father is an amazing and vast resource when it comes to firearms. He is the reason I now have a successful gun company. Some of my earliest memories are or sitting at the loading bench or casting with him, and setting for hours as he tediously labored, making some of the finest walnut stocks I have seen to date. My father did not have that same privilege, his father worked for a particular government organization that pressured him to disappear, separating the two when my dad was six weeks old. We looked for him (my grandfather, dad’s father) for years, but since dad had his name changed several times, as did his father, the task was impossible, without God’s hand in it.
Apparently, He saw fit for our family to be reunited. December 10th, 2010, my brother found a real estate listing under the last name we had for our grandfather. He called the number, and the gentleman on the other end was skeptical to say the least. After it was proven that we were his grandchildren, he agreed to meet us with his wife. They were both wonderful people.
By now, you are wondering why this is on a gun forum. Here is where the relevancy comes in; he happened to be a caster and a gun nut with well in excess of 100 Ideal moulds, most of which he passed down to me this past week. He used to own a gun company making some of the finest wildcat AR’s and bolt guns I have ever seen. He has made hundreds of ultra accurate 6x45 AR’s for Texas guides and others.
The similarities don’t stop there. His reloading bench was set up just like mine and we have never met! His mannerisms were just like my fathers, and they hadn’t seen each other in over 50 years!
Many of the Ideal moulds he passed on to me are new in box.
Last week he got us all together and said there were certain things in life he cherished that he had hung on to because there was no one to appreciate them properly. He then proceeded to pass these items out to us.
He handed me a 1931 Colt woodsman, almost brand new condition, with a 7.5” barrel. It is one of the finest handeling pistols I have shot.
To my brother he gave a Small ring 98 Mexican mauser chambered in .358x57 and 5 bullet moulds. It had a highly figured, hand crafted manliicher stock, a Lyman sight that is as intricate as a swiss watch that replaces the bolt stop, so unlike conventional sights, it will not bust your knuckles. The sight alone cost over $2,000. It is the finest Mauser I have ever handled.
To my father he gave a 8.5” barreled Uberty single action army that he built up in .32-20. Excellent craftsmanship.
My mother receive a beautiful .22lr J-frame in pristine condition.
I have alwasys wondered where that part of me came from, and if we would be close if we ever met. I am a spitting image of this man, and I am proud of it. I cant tell you all how thankfull I am to have a new grandfather, and on to p of that he is a caster and a gun nut of the highest order!
Aaron
My father is an amazing and vast resource when it comes to firearms. He is the reason I now have a successful gun company. Some of my earliest memories are or sitting at the loading bench or casting with him, and setting for hours as he tediously labored, making some of the finest walnut stocks I have seen to date. My father did not have that same privilege, his father worked for a particular government organization that pressured him to disappear, separating the two when my dad was six weeks old. We looked for him (my grandfather, dad’s father) for years, but since dad had his name changed several times, as did his father, the task was impossible, without God’s hand in it.
Apparently, He saw fit for our family to be reunited. December 10th, 2010, my brother found a real estate listing under the last name we had for our grandfather. He called the number, and the gentleman on the other end was skeptical to say the least. After it was proven that we were his grandchildren, he agreed to meet us with his wife. They were both wonderful people.
By now, you are wondering why this is on a gun forum. Here is where the relevancy comes in; he happened to be a caster and a gun nut with well in excess of 100 Ideal moulds, most of which he passed down to me this past week. He used to own a gun company making some of the finest wildcat AR’s and bolt guns I have ever seen. He has made hundreds of ultra accurate 6x45 AR’s for Texas guides and others.
The similarities don’t stop there. His reloading bench was set up just like mine and we have never met! His mannerisms were just like my fathers, and they hadn’t seen each other in over 50 years!
Many of the Ideal moulds he passed on to me are new in box.
Last week he got us all together and said there were certain things in life he cherished that he had hung on to because there was no one to appreciate them properly. He then proceeded to pass these items out to us.
He handed me a 1931 Colt woodsman, almost brand new condition, with a 7.5” barrel. It is one of the finest handeling pistols I have shot.
To my brother he gave a Small ring 98 Mexican mauser chambered in .358x57 and 5 bullet moulds. It had a highly figured, hand crafted manliicher stock, a Lyman sight that is as intricate as a swiss watch that replaces the bolt stop, so unlike conventional sights, it will not bust your knuckles. The sight alone cost over $2,000. It is the finest Mauser I have ever handled.
To my father he gave a 8.5” barreled Uberty single action army that he built up in .32-20. Excellent craftsmanship.
My mother receive a beautiful .22lr J-frame in pristine condition.
I have alwasys wondered where that part of me came from, and if we would be close if we ever met. I am a spitting image of this man, and I am proud of it. I cant tell you all how thankfull I am to have a new grandfather, and on to p of that he is a caster and a gun nut of the highest order!
Aaron