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WOW!

Good job on the sand box, Like the cover, will keep it from being the neighborhood "cat box".

Welcome to the group!

Caldwell makes some good products, looks like a pretty good deal!

have had excellent service with RM ATV

welcome from fly over country

4 hours ago, 01RUBY500 said:

(Yah she banned a lot of stuff that made no sense but booze & weed were not one of them, guess boats are more dangerous)

She didn't ban the closing of liquor  stores and weed shops because they need the money from the taxes these businesses generate.   

16 hours ago, Fishfiles said:

All this electrical stuff is above my pay grade ....

what he said!

that has to hurt!!

welcome!

nice old "flat latch" you have their. Gandpa did a ! of a job on those grips, definitely more hand filling than those original Round butt magna grips. Great family heirloom!! if you have any more info about your grandad's relationship to the gun, old pictures of him with it, keep those together and right down anything you know about it so when your gone your son has the complete history. Keep it LIGHTLY  oiled to prevent corrosion and enjoy!

17 minutes ago, 01RUBY500 said:

Very nice and great job. Do you still have the original grips?  I have one of those my grandfather handed down to me and he had made larger grips for it to fit his hand better and they are beautiful and he hand checkered them. I have had it appraised a couple of times and luckily I have the original grips also because even though the ones grandpa made are nicer it becomes 10times more valuable with the originals. So I put them back on it so they don’t get lost. It will be handed down to my son someday. 

Thank you. It did not have the original grips, it had a set of Magnas from the 50's that were beat to crap oil soaked and funky. I have been looking for some pre-war service style, like the originals, but haven't found any I could afford. Took the escutcheons and medallions out of the junkers and used them for these grips. still keeping an eye open for a used set that is not to beat up, that I can restore. If you have time post  a pick of the grips your grandfather made. 

Spent the  last couple of days carving a set of stocks for a Smith & Wesson K 22 Outdoorsman, the gun was built in 1934 and had been orphaned.Some pitting on the cylinder, carefully removed the pits and polished it. Sent it off to Bobby Tyler in Texas to have it blued. While it was away I worked on the stocks. The extractor housing and rod were bent as well, chucked it in the lathe and straightened it with the help of a dial indicator. here are some pics of her ready for another 86 years. I have named her "Corona"!

welcome!

Mine was tequila, they found my buddy and I the next morning passed out in a newly planted soybean field with and empty bottle and a salt shaker and some half eaten limes. Have never cared for the taste of limes since!

1 hour ago, _Wilson_™ said:

i just ditd one of mine a few months back... even located a bottle of ever clear .... lol .... I'll  be using that a hand sanitizer sence there's not a single bottle of rubbing Alcohol  to be located in columbia ... made plenty of room for more meat 🙂 bread etc ....

theres not telling how long that PGA has been in there .... 

I don't think their is "best drunk by..." on PGA is their?😀

my daughter lives 100 miles north of me, nearly 70 there this afternoon, tonight thru Sunday they are in a winter weather warning 3-9" of snow with 30+ MPH winds gusting to 40-50 MPH, still have 40 cows that haven't calved yet, bet they will have a bunch tomorrow. Welcome to spring in northeast  Nebraska!

lot of BTU's in that stuff.

10 hours ago, _Wilson_™ said:

my full skips are basically like that. no issues sawing bodark all day long with one sharpening....that's about the hardest meanest hard wood around here ... 

Sawed up some Osage Orange [bodark] for my dad in law a few years ago, swore to God it was so hard I saw sparks!

We used to make Bass balls with White bass. chop up the bass form the balls with cracker or bread crumbs and a little egg, into the deep fryer, pretty ! good!

welcome, you cab learn a lot here!

10 hours ago, Steviejim said:

Best mower i ever had totally self powered, built in GPS guidance system, maintenance free, never misses a spot, cuts when wet no matter how tall grass gets, and its only 1 HP !

self storing in winter!

doubles a Fertilizer spreader!

Welcome aboard sir!

commercial construction for 44 years, retired for two. 

A trick I learned fishing for cats that suck the bait off the hook. thread the shrimp in the hook then take some cotton sewing thread and wrap around the shrimp 10-15 times. Keeps the bait in the hook. works on the lakes and rivers around here, should work on those Louisiana cats as well. I use frozen shrimp from the seafood section at Wally world.