Semi-Auto Thompson Stock Adapter...

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Are you taking in work for free now?

I lose money on any job I do.

I had posted this scan from the Numrich catalog to someone's thread here once before...But here it is again...

[John Sabato]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I had posted this scan from the Numrich catalog to someone's thread here once before...But here it is again...

That Numrich adapter item would be handy at twice or three times that price, but what the catalogue never told you was that it doesn't include the machine work necessary to whack at least .25" of metal off the flat surface of the lower receiver to make it "look" right. If you just drill and tap the two holes, The 1928 removable stock would not fit properly, it would just "fit"...

While I have made many parts over the years with hand tools, and am pretty darn careful and productive with a mill file, I would not attempt to make that lower receiver modification without a milling machine or equivilant.

Just one OOPS is all it would take and a $1700 firearm would be an ugly paperweight...and I can't afford to replace that receiver. The $180 is the insurance that if the machinist doesn't do it RIGHT, he is liable for fixing or replacing it. ...and it takes me a long time to push that many pennies into a pile.

Rich, I know you live alone... and your only "job" is pleasing yourself at your address, ...but do you have children? Grandchildren? If not, then you don't know how much of a hassle (and often a waste of time) your personal priority list can be... you almost never get to the big stuff that is only important to you.

I wouldn't trade any of my grandchildren for Georg Luger's personal sidearm (well maybe just one... ), but I sure would like to drop a satchel full of money and own it!

There is an old proverb (...not from the bible) that says that "Life is what happens while you are making plans" If you look up the origin, you will probably find my photo next to it as the example.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Rich, I know you live alone... and your only "job" is pleasing yourself at your address, ...but do you have children? Grandchildren? If not, then you don't know how much of a hassle (and often a waste of time) your personal priority list can be... you almost never get to the big stuff that is only important to you.

Regardless of our life choices, you can still pull out your Sears charge card and buy the exact same 3in1 machine I have, and not have to wait or pay thru the nose for the little things you might want. If you were once a gunsmith, then it would not be a big learning curve. Mistakes is how we learn. I've posted Samuel Beckett's adage about failure on my shop wall.

And when asked, I respond "Ah git bet-tah ev-ra day"...