Christmas comes early

I've been inletting my new stock this evening and it is coming along nicely.  Now I just need to get some bedding compound.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Tallya just discovered a cool nursery rhyme on my computer(Twinkle Twinkle Little Star). We will slowly work up to the Matrix.

THE SMILE SAYS IT ALL

Another proud owner of Russian history.

Happy Valentine's Day

Well Pope Gelasius I is responsible for the whole thing but Pope Paul VI deleted Valentine's Day from the General Roman Calendar of saints in 1969. But it is still celebrated around the world.

The anomalous February

It's cold but extremely pleasant these days we are having. If karma is real, all hell will come down on us in the spring. And maybe not, who knows this may be the year of years. If you are able, get out and walk every day of your life.

Benton's request

Now I have customized Brenton's Bolt action. Maybe I should look into Gunsmithing as a side interest. I do admit this gun thing is becoming addicting. We now have a little gun  work  bench down stairs where Chad keeps  the arsenal clean and ready.

KiKi wears masking tape

KiKi suffers another day of humiliation. But it helps pass these winter days. However winter seems to have passed us by for now. We are enjoying unseasonable warm sunny weather for the month of February. Jude rolls in a bit of cat weed. Yesterday we went to the desert and enjoyed a day of shooting and MRI's. Good times!

A taste of things to come

I've got my "Russell Gun" (read Mosin-Nagant) taken apart as I am anticipating the arrival of my new stock.  The bolt has been shipped to the old man for customization (bent-bolt procedure) and the barrel will be taken to the local gunsmith to be shortened (docked 6-7") and re-crowned.  I should receive the new stock soon and I'll proceed to post updates and video tutorials on how to pillar bed the new stock and float the barrel for increased accuracy.  The final step will be mounting a scope and taking it to the range.  Here are pictures of the break down:

- benton