Happiness is a new gun 2

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Originally Posted by Bawanna

I was hoping for a Daisy Red Ryder but guess I don't have to worry about shooting my eye out this year.

We had one when I was running the property room at the PD. Don't recall the circumstances, weather it was stolen recovered or found or what but it was absolutely mint, the original wood stock. Real nice. Wanted it bad but alas no legal way to obtain it unless it went to auction which it didn't do when I was there. That and the Single Action Colt mentioned before got checked on a lot whenever I was out there.

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My buddy had his dad’s when we were kids. He had it slung across his back one day when we were riding our bikes around after shooting bottles in an empty lot. Cops got called and parents got called. His mom stuck it away and it was never to be seen again. Couple years back, after both his folks passed, we found a hidden little storage area in his parents old room. Little nook leading into the attic space. It was in there, along with a damascus 12 ga, an old double barrel 12 ga and his dad’s 30-30 lever. Forget the makes. He sold them all off, keeping only the lever, at pennies on the dollar to a lgs. I was not into rifles at all at the time or I woulda given him more. Live & learn.

Replaced the WC SS drop-in beavertail I had installed with a factory Tisas SS. The Wilson had a very large and unsightly gap behind the frame tangs that I just couldn't stand to look at anymore. The gun came with a black bearvertail to start. Also, added some new shoes and a magwell. This is my learnin' gun. It didn't cost much to begin with so I'm risking only that if I somehow ruin it. Not likely since I've saved all the original parts, untouched and I'm not doing any mods to the frame. Still, fitting some of these parts can be tricky. This last SS beavertail was anything but drop in. It took me most of a day to get it to work properly.

Looking fantastic dao! I’ve worked on some beaver and some tail, but never any beaver tails. You got me beat! Your Tisas is looking gorgeous!!!

Agreed, that's a sweet looking gun right there.

Thanks guys. Beavertail is quite exotic Bird. The sense of having done something unusual and fine when finished is worth all the work I tell ya. :D

Since we're now empty nesters I've inherited our kids' old "schoolroom" as my shop. It adjoins the garage so tools are handy. And I've built two butcher-block topped tables for the room, one for tweaking and cleaning firearms and the other for everything else. My son gave me a flame-topped stool for Christmas that I shortened by 2-5/8" so it fits me and my tables perfectly. I have some clamps on order and when they come in I'll be able to mount a pair of my spare MC footpegs (Kuryakyn Wings) to it so that I can be most comfortable whilst working on various projects. I'll take some pictures of it when I get the wings mounted.

That’s good stuff, dao, especially the 1911.

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Originally Posted by dao

Thanks guys. Beavertail is quite exotic Bird. The sense of having done something unusual and fine when finished is worth all the work I tell ya. :D

Since we're now empty nesters I've inherited our kids' old "schoolroom" as my shop. It adjoins the garage so tools are handy. And I've built two butcher-block topped tables for the room, one for tweaking and cleaning firearms and the other for everything else. My son gave me a flame-topped stool for Christmas that I shortened by 2-5/8" so it fits me and my tables perfectly. I have some clamps on order and when they come in I'll be able to mount a pair of my spare MC footpegs (Kuryakyn Wings) to it so that I can be most comfortable whilst working on various projects. I'll take some pictures of it when I get the wings mounted.

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Jeleous when I hear about some of yall's workshop set ups. We had 1 or 2 days of cold, but back up to Hades type temps already, so the skeeters are still aplenty out in my work area.

It's all relative Bird. You have skeeters and beautiful weather. We have fewer skeeters and cold rain from October thru March, then warm rain thru May, and sometimes longer.

My cousins from Missouri are shocked when we leave the doors open and don't have screen doors. We just don't have the bugs like they do. This year we seem to be inundated with stink bugs, flying little ugly beetle looking things. Lived here over 30 years and never had them before but they are everywhere this year. they are kind of like sloths, move real slow, if they get on their back they are stuck and can't move. Move something and there might be dozens of them laying underneath.
Wife claims if you squish em they put off a scent that attracts more of them. Figured the cold and snow would run em off but they are still around.

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Originally Posted by Bawanna

My cousins from Missouri are shocked when we leave the doors open and don't have screen doors. We just don't have the bugs like they do. This year we seem to be inundated with stink bugs, flying little ugly beetle looking things. Lived here over 30 years and never had them before but they are everywhere this year. they are kind of like sloths, move real slow, if they get on their back they are stuck and can't move. Move something and there might be dozens of them laying underneath.
Wife claims if you squish em they put off a scent that attracts more of them. Figured the cold and snow would run em off but they are still around.

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We have stink bugs down here where we live but this year they were more abundant than normal. I figured it was because we had more rain this year but I’m not sure.