Well ....

The Twilight Camo is all done. I think it looks really neat, if I DO say so.

I'd love to show it to you ... but Dory wants to see it first. (Hey ... he acts like he owns the thing or something ....

Anyway ... it will cure for a couple of days. The mold and sizing die is ready. A range visit ... and then a crate. Hey ... are these things EVER done?

After he gets it ... I'll show you pics. As you know ... he's been pretty stingy with the pictures of the OTHER Barnes gun. It's a "Barnes Owner Thing". hahaha.

Gary

Can't wait to see the pictures and infos. I really like these ultra bore guns.

The finish is curing nicely. It looks even better to my eye this morning. I'll definitely use this technique again.

Very interesting to use a new technique, then walk away from it. Come back later, and view it fresh again. Only takes overnight to be able to look at it with a critical eye, as if seeing something new. It's very satisfying to be pleased with it all over again at a later date. It's confirmation that it was a good idea.

Gary

In a much less creative way, I know that feeling Gary. If I have slaved my guts out on a chore around the home, like, say, clearing a nasty patch of gorse with the chainsaw, there is something particularly satisfying about viewing it the next day and saying, "Yeah, I did good with that." Makes up for the gorse prickles I have to dig out of my arms and legs
But anyway, waiting to see this new finish with bated breath
Cheers
Neil

dont tell me , youve got that mottled moonlight sky pic effect onto a gun ,,, looking forward to seeing it , even if im totally wrong and its completely different im sure it will be spectacular.
you do make a stiff rod for your own back sometimes.... but ,,,, wouldnt be the same any other way.
t

Thats right...rub it in.

"Oh boy, you oughta see the super-duper-extra-ultra-cool toy I got you, but I can't show you till next month...sorry."

That's the problem with instant gratification, it just takes so dang long.

You'd have to talk to Dory about it. He's the one that put the "gag order" on the project until he's seen it. I've always shown every other gun during the build process. I've been working on the gun blindfolded myself. That's why it isn't done yet.

Gary

I was just trying to be the other gun. Guess that's not working to well. I was only putting blinders on the last , step, paint of course that's what everybody wants to see. Dory



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You mean I ... DON'T ... have to work with this paper bag over my head???

Whoopie! ... I can't wait to go out and see what I've done last week .....

Gary

"have to work with this paper bag over my head"

That ought to make it even better. 50 years of intuitive design experience, going into the paint scheme. Dory

Darn. We used to at least be able to see the guns BEFORE the customer got them.

Wow ... I went out and looked at it.

Amazing ... wish I could do that stuff when I was watching. But, it would make me dizzy.



Gary

Ok, now you are just being cruel!!!!!

Is this your way of getting us all to beg??

Run up the post counts???

I agree with Jerry, we should get to see the guns FIRST

Hey - I told you. It's all Dory's fault. The man doesn't have a heart I tell you! That gun is simply bursting with good will to share to all mankind, and he's demanded I stuff it all into the crate and send it. Why, the crate will have to be three times normal size and cost twice as much to ship ... just with the extra horded excitement normally shown on these pages.

Here we sit, in our workboots and boxer shorts , eating cereal in the dark ... while Dory waits like a spider by the mailbox ....

Gary

Just got back from taking one of my sons to college. I ask just one favor and it turns into this torrent. Have patient guys. Now that Gary, has the bag off his head, it should be shipped this week.. And I will post pictures.

Gary, I already have spiders in my mailbox, I guess I'll have company. Dory

You better take some pictures Gary, just in case... I'd say give the crate overnight to get there and then post all the shots you have. And never grant this favor again! But that's just me.... Of course, since we can't see the progress on Dory's gun, we're all much more interested in seeing how the Dragon progresses so maybe that's where we might vote (if we had a vote) that you spend your time.

Is there gonna be a red-carpet Hollywood-style release? A grand unveiling on some reality TV show? A coordinated multi-continent staged debut? A "leaked" casual mention to the rendezvous crowd, with a thin trickle of low-resolution "teaser" shots to build the tension?

Or I guess you could just post a couple of photos when you get it in the mail.