Too much Bud Light, nothing to do, the internet and a credit card can be an issue for some people...especially me!
Anyway, a buddy let me try a different lot of Eley Match recently. Looked like it wanted to shoot decent, so got on this thing called the internet to order a brick.
Trouble was, my eyes wandered away from the ammo section, next thing I know a lot of boxes started showing up here.
Piled it all together, gave it to a friend and this is how it turned out:
Trident by kseatm, on Flickr
Looks nice! He shot it a bit to test his chamber work:
1st outing/Trident by kseatm, on Flickr
Think it might be ok.
It's a Trident action, and the cool thing is, these come with the name of rock bands as serial numbers. When I got to pick mine, had an idea of what I wanted but it wasn't to be. For some reason, Culture Club wasn't available Who doesn't like Culture Club?
Anyway, chose The Kinks. And not because I have an affinity towards cross dressers named Lola...Mostly because of spending one of the best weeks of my life in London many years ago. Hung out with a few guys named John, Paul and George. No, not those guys! These were just three drunk guys I met riding the Tube. We had fun though:bthumb: Even found some pictures a few years ago from one of our adventures. My wife made me throw them away.
Oops, got sidetracked there.... Anyway, going to put this thing to the test tomorrow. Can't wait!
Wanted to try one more BR build for awhile. Thought long and hard about a 10x and almost got one, but after fighting my Falcon for two years just to get it to shoot, didn't want to go down that road of having to fix a custom action just to make it work correctly. So, decided on a 2500x and started saving. Been saving my nickels and dimes and finally just said the heck with it. My friend Don Blue did the work, and he did his usual great job. He'd promised me he would do this gun back when I told him I was going to get one. It just happened sooner than expected. Think I mentioned this about a year ago. I move kind of slow sometimes.
Just glad I could get him to do it. It's nice to know someone that cares about what they do. And Don cares! I think he's more excited about this stuff than the people he does the work for! But then, he is "The Plumber of Piney Hill". Not sure why that matters though...
So, thanks Don! Can't wait to see how it shoots.
Now, anyone need the complete Smokey And The Bandit movie set? East bound and down indeed...I really need to stay off the internet...
Kenny
Edit: Sometimes people don't realize I'm yanking their chain. The actual names of the three guys I met in London were Bob, Gavin and I have no idea anymore. But, good guys all. And no animals were harmed!
Anyway, a buddy let me try a different lot of Eley Match recently. Looked like it wanted to shoot decent, so got on this thing called the internet to order a brick.
Trouble was, my eyes wandered away from the ammo section, next thing I know a lot of boxes started showing up here.
Piled it all together, gave it to a friend and this is how it turned out:
Trident by kseatm, on Flickr
Looks nice! He shot it a bit to test his chamber work:
1st outing/Trident by kseatm, on Flickr
Think it might be ok.
It's a Trident action, and the cool thing is, these come with the name of rock bands as serial numbers. When I got to pick mine, had an idea of what I wanted but it wasn't to be. For some reason, Culture Club wasn't available Who doesn't like Culture Club?
Anyway, chose The Kinks. And not because I have an affinity towards cross dressers named Lola...Mostly because of spending one of the best weeks of my life in London many years ago. Hung out with a few guys named John, Paul and George. No, not those guys! These were just three drunk guys I met riding the Tube. We had fun though:bthumb: Even found some pictures a few years ago from one of our adventures. My wife made me throw them away.
Oops, got sidetracked there.... Anyway, going to put this thing to the test tomorrow. Can't wait!
Wanted to try one more BR build for awhile. Thought long and hard about a 10x and almost got one, but after fighting my Falcon for two years just to get it to shoot, didn't want to go down that road of having to fix a custom action just to make it work correctly. So, decided on a 2500x and started saving. Been saving my nickels and dimes and finally just said the heck with it. My friend Don Blue did the work, and he did his usual great job. He'd promised me he would do this gun back when I told him I was going to get one. It just happened sooner than expected. Think I mentioned this about a year ago. I move kind of slow sometimes.
Just glad I could get him to do it. It's nice to know someone that cares about what they do. And Don cares! I think he's more excited about this stuff than the people he does the work for! But then, he is "The Plumber of Piney Hill". Not sure why that matters though...
So, thanks Don! Can't wait to see how it shoots.
Now, anyone need the complete Smokey And The Bandit movie set? East bound and down indeed...I really need to stay off the internet...
Kenny
Edit: Sometimes people don't realize I'm yanking their chain. The actual names of the three guys I met in London were Bob, Gavin and I have no idea anymore. But, good guys all. And no animals were harmed!