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I think I'm done.
Colonel Plink
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Keep in mind, when I inherited Great Granddad's old Ithaca Hammerless, he had already hacked a bunch off of the butt and farmer-rigged a slip-on pad for it. Last night, I steamed out a bad ding on the comb and today I stripped off the finish from the pistol grip back so I could sand out some scratches and get her back to hunting.
There never will be any collector's value on it, but hey, it was my Great-Granddad's gun, you know?
There's some interesting Tiger-Eye effect in that walnut. I think I got the color matched up okay.
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There never will be any collector's value on it, but hey, it was my Great-Granddad's gun, you know?
There's some interesting Tiger-Eye effect in that walnut. I think I got the color matched up okay.
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Comments
looks like some better than average wood too!
Are you sure you don't want to attach a picatinny rail so you can add some cool tactical accessories?
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,,,,,I'm willing to bet 'she'll' work as hard for you as she did G. Granddad ,,,,,,,,[;)]
It is fun to see the look on trap shooters' faces when I take it to the range.
quote:Originally posted by LaidbackDan
Looks great!
Are you sure you don't want to attach a picatinny rail so you can add some cool tactical accessories?
Ooh! Or I could Krylon the whole works bright pink and give it to my daughter!
quote:Originally posted by forgemonkey
,,,,,I'm willing to bet 'she'll' work as hard for you as she did G. Granddad ,,,,,,,,[;)]
It is fun to see the look on trap shooters' faces when I take it to the range.
quote:Originally posted by LaidbackDan
Looks great!
Are you sure you don't want to attach a picatinny rail so you can add some cool tactical accessories?
Ooh! Or I could Krylon the whole works bright pink and give it to my daughter!
Make sure you add the rails before you Krylon it, otherwise the rails won't match.
Make sure you add the rails before you Krylon it, otherwise the rails won't match.
Good Advice.
Putting the Pachmayr recoil pad on it was a bit of a challenge. I think Great Granddad cut the excess off during a three-day drunk period. Sanding the butt straight took some time.
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
Make sure you add the rails before you Krylon it, otherwise the rails won't match.
Good Advice.
Putting the Pachmayr recoil pad on it was a bit of a challenge. I think Great Granddad cut the excess off during a three-day drunk period. Sanding the butt straight took some time.
Don't you just wish you could ask your great grandfather, "What on Earth were you thinking?!"
quote:Originally posted by Colonel Plink
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
Make sure you add the rails before you Krylon it, otherwise the rails won't match.
Good Advice.
Putting the Pachmayr recoil pad on it was a bit of a challenge. I think Great Granddad cut the excess off during a three-day drunk period. Sanding the butt straight took some time.
Don't you just wish you could ask your great grandfather, "What on Earth were you thinking?!"
Yeah. He was a much shorter man than I am, so he needed to lose the LOP. But still. He could have gotten off the farm long enough to have a real wood worker do the job. I don't know. What the hey, it ate up a nice afternoon, anyway.
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
quote:Originally posted by Colonel Plink
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
Make sure you add the rails before you Krylon it, otherwise the rails won't match.
Good Advice.
Putting the Pachmayr recoil pad on it was a bit of a challenge. I think Great Granddad cut the excess off during a three-day drunk period. Sanding the butt straight took some time.
Don't you just wish you could ask your great grandfather, "What on Earth were you thinking?!"
Yeah. He was a much shorter man than I am, so he needed to lose the LOP. But still. He could have gotten off the farm long enough to have a real wood worker do the job. I don't know. What the hey, it ate up a nice afternoon, anyway.
He was probably like every other old-time farmer I've ever known (including my late maternal grandfather): "Why should I pay someone to have it done when I've got the same tools and can do it myself" without ever thinking about the knowledge and skill required to do it the right way. There's still a John Deere B at Grandpa's farm that has a Buick muffler on it because he didn't want to buy a replacement stack from John Deere.
He was probably like every other old-time farmer I've ever known (including my late maternal grandfather): "Why should I pay someone to have it done when I've got the same tools and can do it myself" without ever thinking about the knowledge and skill required to do it the right way. There's still a John Deere B at Grandpa's farm that has a Buick muffler on it because he didn't want to buy a replacement stack from John Deere.
Exactly. This old shotgun has "0001" electo-pencilled on the underside of the action in two places. It's pretty unobtrusive. I asked my Pop what it meant and he said the Colorado National Guard did it during WWI, but I haven't found any verification that the Guard registered guns in WWI.
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
quote:Originally posted by Colonel Plink
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
Make sure you add the rails before you Krylon it, otherwise the rails won't match.
Good Advice.
Putting the Pachmayr recoil pad on it was a bit of a challenge. I think Great Granddad cut the excess off during a three-day drunk period. Sanding the butt straight took some time.
Don't you just wish you could ask your great grandfather, "What on Earth were you thinking?!"
Back when he did it that shotgun was a fairly cheap tool and nothing more.