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doublejj

doublejj

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whitebb2727 said:
Most likely. Maybe they cleaned it to the point of removing the bluing and then forgot about it.

They make duracoat in aerosol now.

I'm not so much worried about the time in this one. For one I want to take it back to a good blue finish.

Another is it's a Smith and they just don't make them like that any more.

I get what you mean though. In this case if someone brought it to me like that they would either pay for my time or they wouldn't.

If I did become a Smith I don't know if I would do custom stuff or not. Most likely I would as l like to draw and other arts.

The biggest thing here is there is no one that works on them. May be a reason for that. May not. There was one guy but he retired.


I may just duracoat this one.
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There's really no money in general gunsmithing. The only ones I know have long established practices and take in lots of guns. You need to work on like 10-15 guns a day to make money general gunsmithing. Most gun owners won't put much money into a broken gun when they can buy a used one for $200-$300.
Also if you have an FFL and you have any guns at home, your home is now open for no-warrant search by ATF agents...:shock:
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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doublejj said:
You might consider bead blasting it and parkerizing it, or sending it for one of the new gun coatings. You wont need to be as fine on the sanding as they will cover a lot of blemishes. And you will still have a beautiful & functioning gun when your done. It's easy to put way more labor hrs into a gun than it's worth...
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Oh. I forgot to mention that I will be blasting it lightly to clean the markings up.
doublejj said:
There's really no money in general gunsmithing. The only ones I know have long established practices and take in lots of guns. You need to work on like 10-15 guns a day to make money general gunsmithing. Most gun owners won't put much money into a broken gun when they can buy a used one for $200-$300.
Also if you have an FFL and you have any guns at home, your home is now open for no-warrant search by ATF agents...:shock:
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I own multiple properties. Some owned through an LLC. I got places to store guns.

That's correct. It takes a lot of guns to make money. I've known a couple smiths. I just like guns. may do it part time or something.

I could possibly just make it a hobby of finding old guns instead.

I'm fixing to order some cap and ball revolvers. I have an old Kentucky black powder long rifle. A pistol that's a cut down version of the KY. I have a .44 pietta.

I'm going to get another pieatt navy in .36 and a NAA .22 cap and ball.
 
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too larry

too larry

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BudmanTX said:
pizza hut in egypt....never would have thought.......

Egypt is on my bucket list, sheesh me thinking of vacation, sheesh i haven't had one of those in ages and i mean ages.......
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I've passed through the canal, but never stepped foot on the sand. We had played our war games in Kuwait, and were heading south in the IO when Sadat got killed. We turned around and steamed all night. Next morning there were gray ships as far as the eye could see.
 
too larry

too larry

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A little birdie told me my local state park had opened. I called my ranger buddy to get the 411. It's only open in daylight hours. None of the Orange blazed trails are open yet, but some of the Blue Blazes. Hell, at this point I would road walk to get my PUDS if I had to.

No camping yet. And when camping is back, it will be at the main campground, not the primitive camps. I did get a promise that they would let me stay at the youth camp, as long as I didn't tell anyone. So mum is the word.

Like everyone around with timber, they are trying to get some of the broken trees cut, then they will burn what is left. In the longleaf pines especially.
 
lokie

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First snow of the year. Boooo.:sad:



Good news:
Kosher Kush helped me overcome the anxiety created by this revolting development.:weed:


Bad news:
KK ran out after the first bowl.:finger:


Good news :
Sour Diesel stepped up to fill the next Rx.(:



Bad news:
I still had to confront the winter wonderland my fiefdom has become.:cry:


Good news:
The weather guy gave us advanced notice. On Tuesday we knew to expect 2" to 12" of snow this weekend.


Bad news:
I fell asleep last night and did not get my cars down to the road before it started.


Good news:
No problems were encountered parking them on the street.


Bad news:
We will have to hike uphill both ways in the driving snow just to get back to them.


Good news:
The kitchen remodel was completed on Friday so we can properly crisen it today.:fire::hump::fire::hump::hump::fire:

 
doublejj

doublejj

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lokie said:
First snow of the year. Boooo.:sad:



Good news:
Kosher Kush helped me overcome the anxiety created by this revolting development.:weed:


Bad news:
KK ran out after the first bowl.:finger:


Good news :
Sour Diesel stepped up to fill the next Rx.(:



Bad news:
I still had to confront the winter wonderland my fiefdom has become.:cry:


Good news:
The weather guy gave us advanced notice. On Tuesday we knew to expect 2" to 12" of snow this weekend.


Bad news:
I fell asleep last night and did not get my cars down to the road before it started.


Good news:
No problems were encountered parking them on the street.


Bad news:
We will have to hike uphill both ways in the driving snow just to get back to them.


Good news:
The kitchen remodel was completed on Friday so we can properly crisen it today.:fire::hump::fire::hump::hump::fire:

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cannabineer

cannabineer

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It's quiet in here .. TOO quiet

So I will tell the tale of my long-term cheap-ass disposable razor.

I like the Schick "ST" razors ... at least the ones that WallyWorld had 3 or 4 years ago. I like to shave in the shower, so that makes for reliably softened stubble. This is much easier duty for some sharpened steel. Typically i'd get 3 to 5 months of use out of one razor. Then one went 9 months. the next went 15 months. This last one I started in March 2017, and I retired it last week. 19 months off one cheap-ass razor!
It FEELS like an accomplishment.
The new razor I started just gliiiides. But the old one did a credible job, did not nick me so long as I paid attention ... but it lost efficiency. i needed 2x the passes to do the job.
I love "smug efficiency" things like that.
(Let's not discuss the fact that I drive to the store about daily. So the efficiency of my driving is really poor. But my 19-month razor excuses all my other spendy ways. Doesn't it!?)
 
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