Got my little Richards back last Friday. Between hot-welding and then cut & fill, the broken ejector is working flawlessly again. Terry Nicholson at Nicholson Restorations is still a master at such things. A quick and inexpensive fix to what would have otherwise been a long and relatively expensive problem to resolve. Thank you Terry!
Yes, VERY happy Thanksgiving
Mike
Whew! I was worried I'd be watching you use a Muslim gun next grousemas...
Happy Thanksgiving, Lloyd!
Best,
Ted
Thanks Treb. It is good to have it back.
Good golly miss Molly! Little Richard looks great! Good you got it back quickly. Gil
Any chance of seeing a "before" photo of the damage?
I'm just happy you said little Richards. Now I'm listening to his music. Long tall Sally!
Some things break in odd places eh.
It's good to see the little beauty back out in the field though.
I see it broke at a stress concentration point. Glad it got fixed up and is back in action.
You folks are too-gracious. This is nothing more than a tired old Brummy boxlock. It fits me better than any other gun I've ever carried for grouse, but it's nothing special to look at really. The wood is fairly plain, the engraving is nice but minimal and now fairly shallow and worn. The tubes have little dents and dings and there is even some freckling in the interior now. The checkering is getting shallow and the blueing almost gone in spots. Built in 1906, it has served faithfully and well for what? 111-years now. The screw heads have clearly been turned and god-only knows what other work has been done on it over the years. Nothing fancy here, just a good old bird gun.
Heck, it's not even that light for a 16 (5lbs14). All I know is that it works for me
Lloyd,
Yes, perhaps exactly as you said but that's the true beauty of it. Everyone of us should have a gun that is truly "our bird gun". You have provided a very nice example of just that.
Karl
Lloyd gets to handle some pretty nice double gun stuff in his line of work.
I think he is a bit jaded. I've handled the gun, and it is a bit more than he gives it credit for, in my humble opinion. I, speaking for my shooting only, wouldn't want it any lighter than it is, either.
We are both lefties, but, his LOP requirement is longer than mine. This gun is cast for us, but, I couldn't bear the thought of shortening it up to fit me.
That said, it sure comes up nice.
Best,
Ted
Ted, you are too-kind as well. A very Happy Thanksgiving to you and all!
Nice photo. The gun looks just about perfect.
Lloyd, let's see if you hold up as well at 111 years.
Gil
The English did it better. Let us be thankful this wonderful year and Amazon.com making it possible for us to get Turkey, sweet potatoes,..... for little less at legendary Whole Foods Market of Texas. Now I can buy items at additional saving plus regular stuff like wonderful raw Canadian honey, beer, Canadian bacon, yogurt, shampoo,......and world best gun oil 100% Jojoba oil from Kalifornistan USA (the oil itself my come from New Mexico, Texas, Arizone,...I don't know). What is even better the Whole Foods Market in on the way home from Cabela's and Wegman's next to it. Bless us all on this wonderful uniquely American holiday. Maybe I will wash some Canadian apple pie down with Samuel Smith brewsky in fine French crystal mug!
Jag
Just don’t watch any French-Canadian hockey. You’re liable to puke your pie and beer.
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At least Winnipeg is having a good year. (Go Wings!)
A local radio personality suggested yesterday that if you want to consider how fortunate we really are for our Thanksgiving circumstances here, just consider how things are going in Venezuela right about now. The average Venezuelans are now, on average, 30 lbs lighter than they were 2-years ago (her numbers). Evidently, the animals in their zoos have all been killed and eaten because it's so-bad down there.
I can't imagine how all these millennials & younger folks think socialism is so great, Venezuela is a textbook example of what happens after socialism takes over.
