it's official, i'm now a gunsmith...

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AMMASHOOTA

Gary Gruber
Well, i knew i coudn't hang out a shingle and call myself a gunsmith -- i didn't have a bandsaw. Got a lathe and milling machine, but that band saw kept eluding me.

just 20 minutes ago i passed a yard sale -- it was raining and this guy was retiring from a life of working with his hands. i picked up a used but not abused 1/3 hp saw for $20.

victory is mine!
 
alinwa said:
So I was just reading over on one of the other forums as how that bandsaw is what you use to change scopes from second focal plane to first focal plane, it's a quick easy conversion I hear........?
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a buddy of mine who i shoot pistols with changed two of his fingers from second focal plane to first focal plane with a bandsaw. at least he doesn't have to worry about being fingerprinted anymore.
 
Tim Oltersdorf said:
Good grief how many times do I have to explain this to you lesser mortals? It is more then a demigod can bear. A band saw? Based on string theory and the krebs cycle you must use a laser guided sledge hammer. Get that, a LASER GUIDED SLEDGE HAMMER!!!! A single celled, no make that a virus, no make that a prion has enough intelligence to intuitively understand this. Thats it. I am going to retire to my fortress of solitude and muse upon the ruination of the human race. Tim
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darn. i'm sorry. just when i learned how to headspace a barrel with it.
 
alinwa said:
owwww!
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this guy is literally as tough as nails. Vietnam vet, marine. he chops off the tips of two fingers, goes and sits in the ER for 6 hours. no joy. he goes home and puts bandaids on what is left of his fingers. long story short: 6 months later and this guy has -- and i am not joking -- regrown his fingers. i think he must have gotten real angry with them. he's one of those guys you want as a friend. even the local cops stay away from him.

showed up at the range after a 4 month hiatus, and is shooting just as well as he did prior to the accident. and one was his trigger finger.
 
bill larson said:
I need an ANVIL like that...... anyone got one....????
bill larson
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Like this one, posted earlier but the photo server puked:

You will need some of this type of tooling for trigger adjustments and sight alignment.

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forginghammers.jpg
 
Tim Oltersdorf said:
Good grief how many times do I have to explain this to you lesser mortals? It is more then a demigod can bear. A band saw? Based on string theory and the krebs cycle you must use a laser guided sledge hammer. Get that, a LASER GUIDED SLEDGE HAMMER!!!! A single celled, no make that a virus, no make that a prion has enough intelligence to intuitively understand this. Thats it. I am going to retire to my fortress of solitude and muse upon the ruination of the human race. Tim
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Proper tooling shown in the above post.
 
alinwa said:
hmmmm, I learned in gunschmidting schoole that the single most important tool behind the anvil was the ubiquitous balled peenus

nice anvil though

whish't I had one like it

al
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196 pounds, Swedish Tool Steel, made in 1929, has all the info cast into the base.

Neat anvil, it really has a good tone and sings!

I have a 155 pounder made in 1846 in Birmingham, came over with the ancestors from merry old England on a wind powered boat.

I have a bunch of ball peins, but no balled peenus hammer. This could be the basic cause of my poor shooting rifles! Don't have the right tool.
 
Any tool is the right tool, if it's the only tool you got.
 
Had a friend come out who wanted his barrel cut off. I measured it, took it to the band saw and cut it off at the length he wanted. Handed it back to him and said it's cut off. He looked at the end of the barrel, handed it back to me and I took it over to the lathe and crowned it.
 
The only thing official about being a gunsmith and making a living at it, is you will not get rich, but hopefully be able to pay the bills. But.......you should be very happy doing what I think most of us here love to do.
 
AMMASHOOTA said:
6 months later and this guy has -- and i am not joking -- regrown his fingers.
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Really??? I thought only amphibians could do that.

Here's the key question: Are his re-grown fingerprints the same as the originals?

I really need to know.
 
eddief said:
The only thing official about being a gunsmith and making a living at it, is you will not get rich, but hopefully be able to pay the bills. But.......you should be very happy doing what I think most of us here love to do.
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wait a minute...people are supposed to PAY me to do this?
 
vicvanb said:
Really??? I thought only amphibians could do that.

Here's the key question: Are his re-grown fingerprints the same as the originals?

I really need to know.
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email your address and i will forward it to him. he will personally visit you and answer your question.

by the way, are you on a PPO or HMO?
 
alinwa said:
wise words

I saw a thread a few yrs back that gave me shivers. A fellow went to all the courses, practiced to gain proficiency, engaged in heated debates re the merits of XX&X versus YYYY in a "situation" but what really happened was more like "my wife was out of town for two weeks on business, I was working 16hr shifts and falling into bed every nite. I was glad the cocked-N-locked burglar med'cine I kept under the pillow was thin or else I'd have bruises! Then one night it happened! I came groggily awake to hear someone fumbling with the bedroom door and by the time I saw the perp looming he was clear around to my side the bed!!!"

"I was worried about muzzle flash goofing up my night vision so I speedrolled off the far side of the bed and as my trijicon's swept the baddie my wife said 'Ohh honey, sorry to wake you'...... 'we got done three days early and'.... 'honey??'......"
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i do a lot of tactical training, take classes, teach. there is very little that can fully prepare you for everything that comes down the pike; however, maintaining a relaxed vigilance at all times goes a long way. it won't help you if you walk around a corner into trouble, but it's a start.

talk to anyone who has been to war and back. it affects each one differently. some never leave it. they are always ready. there is a price paid for all of this...
 
AMMASHOOTA said:
with all due respect -- you will never see him coming...
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I know a guy like that. He was a tunnel rat in Nam. Great guy, good friend. Give ya the shirt off his back. He's the self propelled definition of fearless, sort of a human Doberman. Cross him, even in fun, the look you get has you smelling a freshly opened grave.

Fitch
 
I, had read years ago, that if the amputation, is less than the first knuckle, it is better to do nothing but keep the finger clean, and wait for the results. A friend's son, took off about half of the first joint on his left thumb, with a freshly steeled, 10" chef's knive, while cutting salad fixings, in a cooking school. He was not aware that it was gone(not looking), until he saw the blood!
One of the most important things to remember in a shop, is to always know where your hands are. If you have not eaten for several hours, go to" Because You're Worth It", and search for" lathe accident". It may save your life!
Regards,
Bob
 
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