Just realized that's LEAD flowing..... like water...... yikes!by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
What makes this for me is the all the decorative bits _outside_ the bear. Frames the awesome bear carving just right. Cant wait to see the oil on.... Whatcha got for us next week Gary?by dan_house - Gary's Galleries
Cool stuff! Is the stock ready for application of a finish before you start carving?by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Jerry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- The bad > ones have been answered and in every single case > so far, another reason for poor accuracy has been > discovered, investigated and alleviated. Can you tell us what these reasons are/were? Without embarassing anyone of course......by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
barnespneumatic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Deep relief carving, > from the maker of the rifle, is worth ten times > what any pc. of wood could bring to the table. So > - there's no point in doing both - and having them > compete. Would this an instance of where choosing straight grained mahogany would be better than walnut?by dan_house - Gary's Galleries
Musst be the way the gun is oriented in the pic...... Oil finish on that one?by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
neil wrote: "I guess there is no such thing as standardisation....... " Sure there is. Just a lot of them......by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Its loaded by moving/twisitng the brass band on the barrel? Love the pistol grip! Custoemr request or more Barnes innovation?by dan_house - Gary's Galleries
Ive wore out my thesaurus trying to find words big enough to describe how cool Gary's stuff is.... and how much cooler its getting... Cant wait to see the range results! How long is that thing?by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
barnespneumatic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thing is ... I want the forum to be successful. I would say it is. >I want it to be enjoyable. I save it for last every day. Always the best spot to come to >When I come in, week > after week, and there's barely anything new ... > it's boring to me. Boring is not a word I would apby dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Happy Birthday Jerry! did you get a cake shaped like a slug?by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
barnespneumatic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Follow-up during a coffee break at 2:40 pm. > > Couple of things that keep coming up: > > > > 2). Regarding showing Barnes Guns: ... "Why > bother since I'm not accepting orders anyway?" Welllllll, from the readers stand point....... first Barnes guns have been a huge influenby dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
This guy's work is insane..... Didnt know Gary had a German cousin.....by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
rotorhead Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm glad to see that the spinning bit didn't get > to add a side dish of Gary Fingers to it's buffet. > > > Those things look pretty hungry when they're > running, and they're patently omnivorous. Shop safety. Top priorty at all times. All times. there are things I wont do when other peopby dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
didnt know you could anodize lead heheheheby dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yep, can tell already this one's gonna be cool.....by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
what? you mean the colored slugs arent cast of colored lead? ??by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
barnespneumatic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The "Purple Pumpernickel" strikes again!!! Oh man, that takes me back edit: now after some thought, I think that was theby dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I know that the pics were taken under a variety of lightings and other conditions, but I'd swear the wood is mellowing already..... must be the heat..... big time envious now! cool stuff!by dan_house - Gary's Galleries
Rotor head saz:Nothing makes people airsick faster than watching the Grand Canyon go by at 100 knots at 100x zoom Gee thanx for that image..... just reading that makes me nauseaus.....by dan_house - Gary's Galleries
I'm guessing its the new active adaptive camo.....by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
barnespneumatic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I see somebody has a flair for history too. I see > the title of the slug pic. > So the next design would have to be called the "Fat man"? Airgunning ahs entered the atomic at finally? Can the Soviets be far behind? Gary, you dont have any friends named Rosenberg do you? ok, I'll stop.....by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Jerry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > dan_house Wrote: > > I generally agree, except for one point: air > power > > lets a lot of us shoot at home in our > > yards\basements\garages. > > Very true and that means more shooting time. > But, don't shoot this gun in your garage or > basement unless you are installing aby dan_house - Gary's Galleries
Jerry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm often asked by folks who become aware of my > airgun hobby, "what's the advantage to air power?" > It's an honest question and not meant to offend. > I tell them there is no advantage. I generally agree, except for one point: air power lets a lot of us shoot at home in our yards\basements\garages.by dan_house - Gary's Galleries
barnespneumatic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've gotten to this stage now. > You cut stencil for that dot parttern?by dan_house - Gary's Galleries
Just keeps getting better......by dan_house - Gary's Galleries
Oh good grief..... Where to start? (insert long list of adjectives expressing "holy-cow-thats-cool) But what really struck me is how much I was taken aback, and its still incomplete. No finish on yet and who knows what else Gary has left in his carving tool. Or maybe it is s good thing that it was revealed at this stage..... If Id have seen it in its fully compleated glory, I'd have choby dan_house - Gary's Galleries
As an aside.... Niether Native Americans nor Aboriginal Australians have dragons as part of their mythos.... (Native AMericans did have the "Thunderbird" whcih according to some interpretations could be dragonesque, but usually more like a big buzzard...) But yea, most every other culture in the world has dragon myths..... Vikings had dragons carved on the Bows of their ships......by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Gary, what's under that? steel? aluminum? both? Is there more prep, or a difference in prep for this type of finish? More or less time involved? Cant wait to see the finished gunby dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
"Be vewy vwey qwy-et...."by dan_house - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum