Standing Wolf
Member in memoriam
The model I was scheduled to work with this morning called to cancel. That's more than a good many models do, and her excuse was inarguable: morning sickness. Oh, well!
As long as I had cameras and lenses and assorted other gadgetry out, I took some pictures of the flowers I bought yesterday. As always, some turned out well, some turned out badly, and most were mediocre. That's the norm for me, so I didn't mind the low ratio of keepers to tries.
By and bye, I decided to take a few shots of my new old Kimber. I bought the gun several years ago, and was well impressed with it. It's what Colts I bought years ago should have been. I bought a .22 long rifle slide for it this past summer. I assumed it would be a pretty good plinker. I was mistaken. It had the potential to be a match pistol. I turned it over to my gunsmith to concoct a second main spring for it, since out of the box, the slide functioned perfectly with high speed ammunition, less than reliably with the standard velocity I shoot bullseye with. As long as the gun was out of commission for awhile, I stripped the finish from the Fung stocks (http://jnb.com/~funggrip/index.html) and added some wing walk compound and refinished the walnut with tung oil. She's definitely a shooter! I can't still see the iron sights very well, but that's hardly the pistol's problem.
I set the pistol on a speaker, and leaned it carefully against a lens I wasn't using. I took a few shots. I set pistol and lens aside, arranged the back drop cloth to cover the speaker, and replaced lens and pistol on the cloth. I readjusted the pistol. I re-re-re-re-readjusted it to make sure it was stable. I took a step toward my camera, and the pistol hit the floor. The right grip panel and palm rest broke off.
If you happen to know of a glue that will let me save these truly excellent stocks, let me know, please.
As long as I had cameras and lenses and assorted other gadgetry out, I took some pictures of the flowers I bought yesterday. As always, some turned out well, some turned out badly, and most were mediocre. That's the norm for me, so I didn't mind the low ratio of keepers to tries.
By and bye, I decided to take a few shots of my new old Kimber. I bought the gun several years ago, and was well impressed with it. It's what Colts I bought years ago should have been. I bought a .22 long rifle slide for it this past summer. I assumed it would be a pretty good plinker. I was mistaken. It had the potential to be a match pistol. I turned it over to my gunsmith to concoct a second main spring for it, since out of the box, the slide functioned perfectly with high speed ammunition, less than reliably with the standard velocity I shoot bullseye with. As long as the gun was out of commission for awhile, I stripped the finish from the Fung stocks (http://jnb.com/~funggrip/index.html) and added some wing walk compound and refinished the walnut with tung oil. She's definitely a shooter! I can't still see the iron sights very well, but that's hardly the pistol's problem.
I set the pistol on a speaker, and leaned it carefully against a lens I wasn't using. I took a few shots. I set pistol and lens aside, arranged the back drop cloth to cover the speaker, and replaced lens and pistol on the cloth. I readjusted the pistol. I re-re-re-re-readjusted it to make sure it was stable. I took a step toward my camera, and the pistol hit the floor. The right grip panel and palm rest broke off.
If you happen to know of a glue that will let me save these truly excellent stocks, let me know, please.
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