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So then it’s not about safety, it’s about revenue.

I always wanted a cowboy gun for my collection. A buddy of mine, retired marine, said his eye sight wouldn't allow him to see the sights good any more. He had a Uberti Cattleman 45LC in stainless., What a nice gun. When you cannot afford or find a Colt Peacemaker, Uberti makes fantastic arms. In any event, I bought it from him. I already had a Uberti Yellow Boy Lever action, also in 45LC... The rifle is beautiful. Wood is excellent and brass is like gold. Which brings me to the point of this post. Uberti does not sell any pistol in stainless with brass features. But I wanted a lil brother for the rifle. So I started a project. Brass is beautiful but also a pain in the arse to keep from tarnishing and finger prints. I have a solution for that later. I decided to electroplate certain parts in Gold. Gold will not tarnish like brass. But all the look. Here are some of the steps... hope the pictures come out in logical order... (Did a few bullets too)... Broke down entire gun. Electroplating is fun. You can do it at home. This is not your KMart gold dip. You are actually electroplating via electric. Table top kits are avail for different finishes....Only caveat is certain metals will only stick to certain surfaces. Gold happens to stick onto stainless steel and a couple others. If you wanted to do copper, you'd have to plate another metal onto the gun that copper will stick too. If any of you are curious in taking on a project, check out Caswell Plating. They are NY State.... great people to deal with. https://www.caswellplating.com/ Oh, yea! If you never heard of it, Renaissance Wax or Ren Wax for short, stifles all tarnishing and makes wood look like a million bux. I believe it was created originally for museum pieces. A lil can goes a long way. It will reduce finger prints on brass and such and make grips and stocks luster. I did an experiment. I polished all my brass weapons. Knives, etc. They would tarnish quite rapidly if left unattended. After several months, went back to check and viola, no tarnish. Great stuff....

I have issues with it. It shouldn't be a law. But ultimately, it won't matter. It won't be enforced. Drivers will ignore it. Nothing will change.

Here is my 74 I did a month or so ago.

This is the reason for the law.

Sold 2 pistols to get the money to buy my favorite CZ that I couldn't find for a long time. I don't buy guns online nor order them sight unseen. Just too much risk for me plus I don't use credit cards. So for several years I haven't seen this particular CZ in person at a shop nor for sale by a person. So I saw this brand new CZ75B SAO at Guns And Leather a few weeks ago. CZ has discontinued them. I was able to get it and it's so nice ! It's not the "fancy dancy $1,500 CZ professional this and that" gun , but it's a 75b Single Action Only and can be carried cocked and locked. All steel , heavy and built great. Trigger is nice and just awesome. Can't wait to shoot some steel with her. The older I get , the more I am liking hammer guns again.

I never win anything. I know everyone says that, but I don't. Maybe this breaks the run! Anyhow, I went for the Falco Falcon. I pimped the hell out of it. Expect a comprehensive review

At 45, you still have plenty of good years to shoot competitively. Tennessee Sports Foundation (tnsportsfoundation.org) outside Jackson and Desoto Rifle and Pistol Club in Como, MS (destogunrange.com) are cheaper options, but probably still over 50 miles. Natchez Trace State Park used to have a rifle range. Definitely over 50 miles, but free.

For quite awhile I wished the phones would be programmed to not work while in a vehicle. No text, no talk, no gps, no nothing. People are poorer drivers because of all the devices, heck I have seen knotheads watching movies while driving. It is dangerous enough out there if people are paying attention. Then add to this the idiots that are drinking or high on dope and driving.

I think it’s a shame we need it but we do. Generally, I’m not too keen on any more behavior modification laws, but this is different. People operating a vehicle need to be focused on driving and not causing fatal accidents, damaging the property of others, and generally inconveniencing every one else trying to get somewhere. Of course enforcement is not the question or even an issue. Cops can’t enforce most of the laws on the books anyway, there simply aren’t enough of them. The point is to make people of aware and most will (might) eventually adjust their (bad) habits on the road.

That is a fact. There isn't enough LEO to enforce it. I see truck drivers all the time talking on a phone, saw a dump truck driver doing it today. CDL holders were not to use a hand held for quite awhile. I am wondering if this will apply to LEO also??

I was surprised to see that deaths caused by distracted drivers are approaching that caused by drunk drivers. I’m not sure how they know that; but I suspect those that are the problem will not change; just like drunk drivers. Not doing something that will kill people while driving a car is basic common sense. People that need laws to explain it to them don’t have a chance.

So obviously dude has sever mental problems, but sometimes the kindest thing that can be done is to take ‘em out back and give them the Old Yeller treatment.

Czexy! I liken 'em

This should generate a lot of money.

Looks good!

I like the full size CZ's. Very good pistols in my opinion! I wish you good luck with it.

Wood chipper where are you when needed?

OK, thanks, Chuck.

I'm ok with it, seems so many wrecks are caused by inattentive drivers, and phones being, IMO, the #1 distractor it is about time.

Last week I went to E. Tennessee and got to check-out Smokey Mountain Knife Works and Buds Guns. SMKW was much larger than I expected. There had to be over 100 people working there! It was huge. I had always wanted an Old School NAVY KA-BAR so I decided to pick one up while I was there. I also found that they have a “Big Brother” to the traditional KA-BAR; so I got it also.

Just remember, with a good target and back stop they’re reusable bullets.

did you upload a picture for them to laser onto the leather for you? I will be curious how leather works for IWB, seems like it would get flattened making reholstering tricky.

http://www.strategicedge.us/gun-range You'll have to get on the waiting list for membership, but it's 100% worth it.

An associate was asking about a display case for his wife’s pistol I believe. So I decided after seeing some display cases for insane prices, to make my own out of more or less cheap prices. This one will be for my Nighthawk Custom Falcon 1911. I started out with a humidor I had when I was on a cigar kick with the club. Humidors make perfect cases for your gun. Why? Its designed to keep moisture in so your cigars don’t dry out. Ones that are well made have a nice tight seal. ‘But John, we don’t want to keep moisture in. It will hurt the gun’. Correctomundo! But using it to keep moisture out works too! If you are not a cigar smoker, a humidor keeps the cigars from drying out by putting a moisture pad inside. We simply won’t be using the moisture pad nor the cheapo humidity gauge they usually give you. So lets start. One used but still in great shape humidor with glass lid. If you don’t have one, you can pick up something decent for about $50. I added a lik leather NH tag to use to open lid. They are air tight and easier to open with something to grab. If you use a humidor, they sometimes come with a lil shelf and divider. Toss them. Next, we added a little antique bronze clasp. 5 for $12 on Amazon. They come with tiny wood screws. You’ll need a jeweler type phillips head and a small awl to start a hole. Do not screw in without a starter hole. Also a mini pad lock with skeleton key. Next, you’ll want something to lay in there like velvet. I chose purple velvet. Rather than buy it by the yard, I actually got 2 - 14”x14” pillow shams with zippers on Amazon for about $11... This is a lot cheaper than buying it by the yard plus you don’t gave to sew anything. Just stuff it and zip it. You will need something to stuff it. That is your choice. I already had a bag of poly fill from another project. You can even rio open al old pillow and use the guts. Next is rechargeable Silica packs. I got a 25 count bag cheap also on Amazon. I chose to line the bottom of the case and also throw some inside the sham. Once you beat it and adjust it to get in the right position, you can see how the gun sits and adjust as needed. Next is optional and not cheap. I picked up 2 - Sensor Push bluetooth temp/humidity sensors for $50 each. One for the box and one for my safe. After calibrating them and pairing them to my phone, I inserted one into the display case. You don’t have to do this but I’m a bit of a tech nerd so.... [emoji6] You can also use a cheap digital one too. This one transmits data and stores 20 points which you can set alarms in the app if moisture increases. Kind of more important in my safe but....[emoji16] Here is a sample of the data. I just put them in so it will take time to level off. That’s pretty much it. Outside of the sensors, its cheap, easy and looks great. You can go crazy with it or go simple.

Great post!

Looks like nice work.

If you want to add another rattle can method to your collection, you can work wonders with fishnet stockings for a snake skin... Just don't tell your wife you used them. lol.. Here is one I did on a build quite awhile ago. Sold it since.

I shoot 65#. Go back to the 2017 season and see what I got. You don’t need a lot of poundage. I used to shoot 75-85#.

Looking at several holders now. Really don't like any of them. Might just give up phone in car completely. lol I mean we all survived before cell phones...surely we can do it again. Maybe.

Howdy John and Welcome to Tennessee and TGO!!!

The real important thing is what do you carry everyday? Chances are you will need stuff when you least expect it.

The company I work for has a "no phone use" while driving. My thinking is LEO will hit hard for a some weeks to a few months, then slack off for a bit.

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You see, this looks like about the right carry option for me... Or maybe this

Every time I see this post pop up the title makes me think a fella’s planning to have an accident.

Just go to downtown Memphis. I'm sure no one would notice.

With a little practice you will be shooting 60lb in no time. Not to brag but I do shoot at 150lbs. (It is not relevant that it is a crossbow with a crank to pull the string back)

That's good, because I hit Enhance and realized what the uniforms of those other six guys say.