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lol

I got a bruise the size of a cantaloupe from just dove loads.

Never used to happen, not even a blemish with 3-1/2” turkey loads and Slapberg 835, even on patterning trials

Till I got pancytopenia

Nope the one with the 2 dookie eating german shepards.

Whack off boy had the fear of god put in him.

Classic the day I called the law on him and his dad was their visiting also.

Explain that schit away dumb azz.


Lol!!

Good recoil pad.

Buy a pitch spacer.
1/ 8 th inch at 1st
Or maybe 1/ 4 th inch
They are slanted and reversible for pos or neg pitch.
Neg is rarley needed.

You can loosen up the pad stick 1 or 2 or 3 quarters in top of pad.
Shoot it and check for recoil straight into shoulder by observing the person.
Then install approx correct thickness pitch spacer after.

Chances are you need positive pitch on it to get the recoil straight into the shoulder instead of bucking up into the cheek bone.

Kids and women also tend to stand straight up into a gun instead of slightly forward into the gun.
Why they get bit sometimes also.

JMO....

All those meds your on dont help either for bruising.

Tagged for interest. Really looking good so far.

good looking walnut hiding under the Moss.

It’s looking good Ren.
Nice wood, better more pleasing lines.
It ought to be a pleasure to gaze at while in the dove fields. Just don’t forget to watch for incoming.

Lol

Incoming

ptsd flare up in a dove field

Well, I was referring to incoming doves.
Aren’t they dangerous and dive bomb after being shot at?
Somehow I see Ren being portrayed by Ben Stiller in the movie version.

I can get off 3 rds pretty fast.
LOL!!!
Have had idle talk at end of day with people occasionally
"You hear that fella on the feild shooting really really fast at times"?

LOL!!!

Prep for penetration coats.
25 truoil 75 mineral spirits
3 coats each peice in around 30 mins
Brush gets thrown away $1.67
Wood sucks it fast at this point
3 coats is where it is at now

Let em "dry" about 4 hrs
Hit em another 3 times with a new brush
6 penetration coats might do it depending on wood density.
Forearm and buttstock are of different densities.
Might have ta work on one more than the other at times to balance finish.
Checkering will dull out more and be around 90% after these intial 6 coats.
It will get taped off for other steps with wiping cloth applications and sandings.
Then ratio will go to 50/50.
The mineral spirits help the finish lay down and evaporate.
Which allows thin coats to be apllied
Bout 2 to 3 days of drying between most of the rest of the steps I do.

Just my way of doing stuff guys.
YMMV with what works for you.

Looking real good. Keep updating as you go.... I'm learning here.

Do you rub them between coats?

The grain in the wood does look like it should pop.

Be awhile before reduction and build up coats.
Repeat.

15 to 20 thin coats eventually when done.

Bout every 3 to 4 coats
Light Buff out with 4 ot steel wool
Hit with a tack cloth
Rinse with mineral spirits
Light sand with 600 and 800 dry
Rinse with mineral spirits with a soft tooth brush scrub


3 to 4 applicatims of cut tru oil again with 3 to 4 hr "drying"
Between

2 to 3 day drying after
Repeat.
Also alot of taping and covering of checkering at stages in the process.
The mineral spirits baths also aid in any tape residue removal.
Which can be a PITA if you dont pay attention to it well especially in the border outline.


When done.
Let "cure"2 to 3 weeks inside and outside.
Finish still hardens up over 3 4 5 months


Its a build up process.
Eventually it will hit a point where the final 2 wiping coats
Can be put on after the last reduction has been done
I like a grain look.
Those last couple of wiping coats will not be rubbed off to a "dry"
Most of the wiping coats I put on are wiped till I feel the drag Im comfortable knowing.
Its a feel thing
Too heavy the coat really does nothing cause ya took to much away.
Too light and you leave too much on and gravity causes it to sag , run or glacier on it when you set it to dry.


Everybody has different ways.
Some worry about steel wool issues embedded in the finish.
I do the mineral spirit rinses and 600 and 800 sanding to address that.


Its basically doing what works for you.

It's important to use a good tape to cover checkering.
And put it in a container between each use to keep any dust from settling on its edges.
Wiping cloth pick it up off the tape and migrate it into your coats.
PITA correcting that by doing another total reduction proces espeically on last finishing coats when ya notice it.

BTDT long long ago.

Coming along!

With that brown painted cinder block wall, it looks like your doing this in some old barracks!

Work-Release program,

craft, projects- (Moral-Welfare-Recreational Division) of the county jail

Man cave.
Paid my middle daughter and her boyfriend when they was in college yrs ago.
12.50 an hour apeice ta paint the wall.
5 hours.
Also paid em ta scrape up the old tile off the concrete floor.
4 hrs on that one.

Think I mixed what I had on hand and came with 2 or 3 gallons of that " color".

Lol!!!

Shhhhhhh.
These guys dont know that schit.

Still wonder who dailed me and my grow op in.......