10-Ring

Wish I had taken better pictures of the prep process, but I didn't because I've done it so many times it's not really fascinating. I did it a little different this time though. Sanded what I could with 80 grit, then used a citrus stripper. After that I washed it with Dawn, then slathered another heavy coat of Dawn on and let it sit over night. This morning I rinsed it off, then let it sit in hot water, changing the water out every hour of so until there were no suds or color from the old stain in the water. The Dawn did a really good job lifting out the oil stains around the receiver. After cleaning it up, I found a hairline crack in the wrist of the stock. To my knowledge there isn't a lot that can be done to that other than reinforcing, so I cleaned the area really well and put Gorilla Glue in it and worked it into the crack with a straight pin. It should expand into the crack as it dries. Currently everything is sanded to 150 and the glue is drying. I'll go a final sanding at 300 grit. Wipe down with mineral spirits, and start the Tru Oil process.

I've camped at Cedars several times as well. Seems kind of silly but it's only 6 miles from my house. Sometimes we call with friends there and sometimes it's just an easy get a way. Should be 35 miles/ 1 hour drive to downtown from there. We're RV campers so I'm going to throw this out there. State parks aren't going to get you away from RVs unless there is a tent only area. Actually stayed at Cedars last weekend and it was full of RVs.

Nothing impressive. Looks more aluminum than silver, (just like the receiver ). It's just an old Ted Williams Model 34. Hope it will be a good shooter. Here's a before pic. Excuse the disaster of a workbench.

About the time I get done with one I swear to myself that I'll never do another. Yet a short time later I come across a rifle or shotgun that begs for my love and I can't help myself. Just stripped this one down today. Had an ugly reddish varnish that didn't show the natural grain of the wood. The picture is just water on the wood after I washed the stripper off. That grain is amazing. Thinking it's just going to get a good sanding and about 30 coats of TruOil. 

Nearly 20 years ago I had a gun stolen. Filed the report, all of that good stuff. I had just bought the gun a couple of months earlier. (Side note, I bought it from an acquaintance who was a dealer. Turned out he was sloppy with paperwork and had not entered the gun on his logs. I recall that the ATF was not amused, but don't recall what happened to him over the incident.) About 3 years later in contacted but the jurisdiction where I reported the gun stolen. They told me that I could come get it anytime. I was pretty excited to get it back and went down there a day or two later as I live about an hour away at that point. I picked it up and it was absolutely filthy. Detective said it was recovered in Nashville a year earlier and had been held as evidence for the trial. I still have it, don't have much use for it, haven't shot it in years, I guess I hold on to it because there is an interesting story attached.

I own the same rifle, and it, of all of my rifles probably gets picked for duty more than all of the others put together. It's a hard caliber to beat for a truck gun, which by my definition in a gun you keep in the truck that is good for anything you may encounter. I've taken squirrels, groundhogs, deer, and pigs with it. Doesn't get much more versatile than that.

Racoon, not possum. I've studied this in depth through placing trail cams in my coop. I've also locked possums in my coop just to prove a point and have never had an issue. Possums are incredibly lazy, and have poor eyesight, making them lousy predators. They are extremely talented in finding carrion, also they aren't generally scared of people especially when eating. As such, it's common to walk up on a possum eating a chicken that a raccoon killed and left. Possums will eat eggs, and I wouldn't trust them around chicks. But, I have yet to see any hard evidence (videos) of a possum actively killing a healthy chicken.

I'll take butter over margarine and sugar over artificial sweeteners. Key is moderation, which I struggle with.

Bingo

Yep, looking like you guys are correct and it is a K11. I'll check for sure when I get home.

Just acquired this and decosmolined and cleaned it up. Not my first rodeo with cosmoline, but I did something different this time. Soaked everything heavily in Simple Green and let it sit for a day or so. Spray it again and wipe it down. Repeat the process with PB Blaster. Go over all wood, and any metal showing rust with 0000 steelwool. Process seemed to work well. Seems ammo is currently unobtanium. If anyone has 5-10 rounds they could spare, I would love to shoot it. Last picture is before I did anything to it.

Per your request... You want to give the government money to proclaim that you won't be made to give the government money?

I would be honored to run from that position.

Helping a friend restore his grandfather's old Remington Model 58 shotgun. It needs blueing bad. He said that he tried to blue it himself years ago, but he can't recall anything about the process that he used. While money is always a concern, he wants a nice restoration of a family heirloom, so it is not of the utmost importance. Does anyone have recommendations of anywhere local that does this kind of work?

I agree, we don't need to promote people vacationing here. The woo girl epidemic is crippling Lower Broadway in Nashville clogging up the road with all types of pedal taverns and tractors hauling obnoxious drunks who are having so much fun that they decide to move here, drive the housing prices sky high, and then complain about how we don't do things the way that they did them back in Connecticut. Tennessee is a horrible place. Hot in the summer, cold in the winter, with a very short spring and fall. The level of humidity is such that we have forgotten what it really means to truly dry off. We're infested with alligators, rattlesnakes, chiggers, ticks, and mosquitos that are difficult to distinguish from hummingbirds. Our roads are treacherous, curvy, and poorly maintained. All of the natives are hillbillies who will do their best to drive you back to wherever you came from. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

It was already harvested but still had plenty of melons. I'll be hunting that field in Saturday, I understand they bush hogged it this year after harvest. Doesn't make sense to me that they were attracted to watermelons, but I'd never seen that many birds in a day before.

I'm lucky enough to know a few people who have private fields that I get to shoot. I won't hunt until this weekend. Best hunt I ever went on was over a watermelon field in Arkansas. It was phenomenal, I think the 100 or so people in the field all limited.

These idiots again?

My favorite is bison, but I keep a wide variety. Bubblegum seems popular with the fish as well. I'm using the same set up as @OldIronFan. The 2 lb sos is a must to get any casting distance out of that 1/64 oz jig. It's getting really hard to find though, it's probably been a year since I've seen it on the shelf.

I have 2-3 acquaintances who are looking for basic firearms training and I'm trying to point them in the right direction. Looking for basic as in never handled a gun before and looking to get a carry permit, but would like to become proficient and maybe even get some advanced training as well after the basic training is completed. Anyone had outstanding instruction that they can recommend in the Nashville area?

Without a bucket truck, crane, or climbing gear that's going to be a tough one. If you can get to it, a cut 3/8 the way through from the bottom, then cut from the top about 6" closer to the trunk should put it on the ground without pinching the blade.

The Parkland flea market across from Cedars of Lebanon state park has a dozen or so Mexican food trucks every Sunday. I've had several good meals there.

There is more to life than shooting. I've cut way back on trigger time due to the current climate but have no intention of walking away. Things will return to how they were eventually. In the meantime I'm enjoying some of my other 27 hobbies.

Gotta love it when it's an easy and free fix!

I figured for sure it was time for a new battery. That one came in it when I bought it in October of 2017, and it had been sitting for a while. I'll go knock on wood now.