A little quiz......

Ron Smith · 07-02-2012, 03:59 PM

GT, I feel your pain...

When I was working in gunshops, our gunsmith was dissassembling a customer's very expensive and rare double rifle in order to make a new firing pin . One of the extractors popped out and launched itself.

We spent the better part of a day tearing the shop apart trying to find it. A week later, after the gunsmith had fabricated a new extractor, by copying the other. He found the original in his shop apron pocket.

I may have a fortune in small parts and springs in my shop that are invisible, or in a parallel dimension. Everytime I lose one, I seem to find one that I lost 10 years ago, but never the one I'm looking for.

I nearly lost an eye a few years ago, due to a Remington 870 shotgun mag spring. The friction retainer was bent and came loose under full tension directly into my right eye. I couldn't see out of it for a couple of days.

07-02-2012, 03:59 PM	#5
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	GT, I feel your pain... When I was working in gunshops, our gunsmith was dissassembling a customer's very expensive and rare double rifle in order to make a new firing pin . One of the extractors popped out and launched itself. We spent the better part of a day tearing the shop apart trying to find it. A week later, after the gunsmith had fabricated a new extractor, by copying the other. He found the original in his shop apron pocket. I may have a fortune in small parts and springs in my shop that are invisible, or in a parallel dimension. Everytime I lose one, I seem to find one that I lost 10 years ago, but never the one I'm looking for. I nearly lost an eye a few years ago, due to a Remington 870 shotgun mag spring. The friction retainer was bent and came loose under full tension directly into my right eye. I couldn't see out of it for a couple of days. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...