Lon, I'll check next time. Didn't take the chrono. I was accuracy testing the slug yesterday. I'll fool around with velocities as I go. I didn't notice any hang time @ 150 yards though. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hello Jim, Yeah - you're right. That would blend right in there. The slugs are around 1 3/8" long. Look like a pencil. haha. I keep them in a quiver. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yesterday afternoon, around 5:30 ... it just seemed like a good idea to go to the range field. I loaded up, sat in the truck ... and looked at the overhead digital readout ... 100 degrees F. I wondered to myself ... "Who's stupid idea was this?" But, when I got to the range, the field had been harvested. It wasn't muddy. There was actually a breeze. And I was glad I came. In the courby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
The Inner Frame parts with inlaid bone scales. Garyby barnespneumatic - Gary's Galleries
Hello Tom, The shed is sort of like a dog's leg grafted onto a figure eight, with a horseshoe at a 45 degree angle. Only one on the block .. Good to hear from ya. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I withdrawal my idea. Carry on.by barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hello Florida, My shop is all manual. Manual readout. Simple tools. In that way, I can have more of the tools I really need. All the bells and whistles are very nice, if you can afford to have a complete shop like that, and maintain it. I can't. It's all I can do to maintain the building and tooling I have. Nice thing though, I can make jigs, fixtures, and tool bits, and use theby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Neil, Happy Father's Day down under. Yeah - you'll just have to keep shooting and posting here on the "ABB Forum". That's (Anything But Barnes). Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
You may have something there Jerry! You could develop this. Maybe a calander. Every month, a new setting out shooting. Putting the case in the trunk of your hot rod in July. Shooting the Thanksgiving turkey. Dress up like the kid in Christmas story and "Prang burglars climbing over the fence" in December. 'Course ... you'd have to keep it for a year to do it right. But people wouldn'tby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Thanks Neil, Great job. Very thorough. I can tell you enjoyed yourself. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hello Lon, This is called a "Turret" tool post. It rotates and holds four different tools at a time. It adjusts and locks by hand. The other lathe, I fitted out with a dovetailed unit sold under the "Phase II" name from Enco. They work well. Each tool has to have it's carrier. Then, you pop then on and off and toss a lever which locks the dovetail. Works well. This is simplier and cheaby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Cedric, What can I say. I'm with you. Been griping about it for years. People feel they paid the freight ... I should just butt out. They'll shoot it if they want. They'll shove it in the closet if they want. The story about how they were gonna use it was usually just smoke and mirrors. You remember that gun I worked my guts out to make just perfect for the guy to do nusiance Beaver rby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Thanks Bill, It's a nice lathe. Seems nice and true. Karl, The package shipped no problem. Fed Ex - Wed. I think it was. Jerry, Only the really cool machinists. Hey ... last evening our Son and his twin grandsons - Bryce and Chance, and grandson Caden, all had dinner with us on the patio. Afterwards, I said I need to go back to work for awhile. Caden wanted to go into theby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I've been getting good use from the lathe. It works very well. I've used it for some normal things so far ... and it does those better than the previous main lathe. I also have it jacked up so I don't have to bend over to use it, or to examine the work. Might seem odd to machinists that aren't 6'3" with a bad back ... but works for me. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I've been working on the trigger block and firing levers again today. Closer to having the action ready to fire. I'll be heat treating the tool steel trigger, sear bar, and hammer link this afternoon. Then I can make the hammer tube cap, main spring, and ball bearing spring guides. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yeah ... it was figured walnut. I had to pain in those color stripes to cover the repairs ...by barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Fourth time I've tried to post this. Let's try again ... Most crazy thing. The medical people involved claimed you do nothing for that. It hurt like blazes all day and night. I asked and questioned multiple times. Everyone claimed they'd been thru the circuit, and it was handled. Sounded bazar to me. Sorry Timmy crashed Jerry. If you'd have been reading him a book, this wouldn't haby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Only on AR. 34 reads. Just another daughter stung by a Scorpion in her house. How many time have I heard THAT one ...by barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Broken like a walnut shell upon arrival. Been in the shop waiting ... hoping to be noticed. I have it all restored, and am laying on the finish coats. Will go back out soon. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hello Donny, Something with mil-dot reticle. Around 18X. About 56mm front bell. Might want some quick disconnect mounts. Always worked well for me. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Donny, Sent you your parts today. Also sent 100 of the 925 grain 87 caliber slugs ... and 100 of the 675 grain 58 caliber slugs. Don't drop the box on your foot. haha. Glad you have a stout truck to carry the box home from the post office. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
that you are not my daughter, Dana. She lives in Arz. with her husband (Air Force) and their 5 kids at home. She's the daughter that had pre-mature triplets five years ago. That's a daily obligation few could handle, let me tell you. And another story .... However; last evening, she prepared a frozen meal of Orange Chicken for the kids. It was tainted. Only two of the children ate it. Tby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hello Joe, The shop is fed from an underground trunk line from the house. Doesn't have to be large. As you know, it's just little ole me in there. Turn one thing off - turn the next one on. Getting the lathe set up was just another example of one small step at a time. No serious grunting involved. I've avoided that. Glad it's done. Wheeew. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Karl, BTW ... package ships Fed Ex tomorrow. Yeah - buying the lathe is about 1% of the work. That was huge project. Part of the fun of self-employment. But - it's here and functional now. Back to the shop. Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
That's great. Escalate, Escalate, Escalate .... in a couple of months, it will be raisins at a mile! I'd be happy to see 20% of the forum shoot a watermellon from 10 yards.by barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
BTW The lathe works great. I like it. Used it some today on work I could have done on the other one, but wanted to run it some. Worked very well. Some things I did on it, I could not have done on the others. I also cast some special stuff today for a customer. Also spent much of the day making trigger block parts for the Hagan Nitro. That's coming along well. First thing this am,by barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Jerry, I haven't joined in til now. Sorry. Thanks for the post. I see you were using your "FRUMP" lens on the camera that day. WHAT did I ever do to you? Showing a man in such a state of delapidation must be a faux pas somewhere. I've thought, for some time, about offering an explanation. It would appear that "years and miles" are all I could come up with. Jerry did me theby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
My thoughts; for what they are worth. It's because you aren't watching a show about shooting, or about hunting. You are watching a show about making a "SHOW" about shooting and hunting. It's always the same type of people. People who "network" with other people like them. It's ALL about the product placement. Because it's their job. The sponsors pay. They'd make the game animals pay toby barnespneumatic - I'm just sayin'
Hi Jim, I was just re-reading, and found this comment unread without being flagged. Yeah ... one of the projects I needed this for was your big gun. Now ... was it the reservoir, or the barrel ... that you wanted to be 1 1/2" ... Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hello Keith, So far, it has indeed proven magical. It expands to meet the need. I've set up for more unique operations in that small building, than could be imagined. As you see in the pics, the building opened to admit the lathe, and then healed behind it. That's been done a few times. haha. I have to be careful to keep a door open to the outside ... Best, Garyby barnespneumatic - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum