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this came home last night

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 9:40 am
by thuddddddd
Start of a new "custom" project. 30" 20ga sterly. Shootable #'s now. It's been opened to .007 and .015,chambers cut to 2 3/4, but I'll be shooting LP reloads out of it.
The plan is to it refinish the stock for this fall and get a restock going, using the pattern stock from my AE. Restock then figure out what I want for engraving...

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This is the blank thats it's going in
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Re: this came home last night

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 12:20 pm
by sidreilley
Nice! I wish a 30 inch 20 would follow me home. Have fun with that.

Regards

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 10:10 pm
by bbman3
It is a beauty and great looking blank1 I am checkering the stock and forend that i made from scratch to go on the 30" sterly that i won on gunbroker several months ago. It weighs the same as yours. Bobby

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 11:25 pm
by thuddddddd
Bobby, you have pictures?


I wish I had the skill to do the work myself..... I have to rely on much more talented friends to make my project possible

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 1:22 pm
by zoelib
Cool. Is that a blank of genuine French walnut?
Zoelib

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 5:07 pm
by Chukarman
The blank is French walnut.

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:28 am
by thuddddddd
I got to shoot it sat at the fox/parker debacle...... my shooting let the team down :cry: Having said that, I started out shooting a wonderful little BE of tool's, in 12 ga. When I shouldered it I knew it didn't have nearly enough cast for my fat face...... The first few stations were embarrassing, so I figured what the heck, can't do any worse with a small bore with 3/4 0z lp hand loads..... I was pleasantly surprised...... I shoot it reasonable well.... getting more and more comfortable with it, culminating in a incredible 50+ yard shot at the final station, that I was able to repeat..... guns choked .005/.015........ I think I'm going to be really happy with it.....

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 11:35 am
by Dam16sxs
Save that old stock for when you sell the gun to me. It fits me like it was made for me - what a nice 20!

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 11:47 am
by thuddddddd
for sure :wink:

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 10:19 pm
by bbman3
i am through with checkering the stock and now trying to decide the pattern i want to put on the splinter forearm.I will try to get someone to post some pictures when i complete the job.The barrels need rebluing,i cut long forcing cones a couple weeks ago.The wood i used was locally grown American walnut with some fiddleback figure,not real fancy wood like your blank.Bobby

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 6:36 am
by thuddddddd
Sounds nice. Can't wait for you to get some pictures up.

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 9:38 pm
by Stan Hillis
Take a long nap, thudddddddd. Bobby don't do pictures. He claims he can't do it, but I'm claiming that anyone what can stock and checker like him can larn to post pictures! :roll:

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 7:09 am
by FOXIST
thudddddddddd I am going to dub that little twenty "The Little Bo Whoop" I saw first hand how far that gun can reach out and smack those targets on Sat up at Addieville. Those who would doubt that twenty bore could crush a target at 55 yards are sadly mistaken. What a gun!!!! Paul

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 9:25 am
by thuddddddd
thanks :oops: and congratulations to you and your brother for carrying the team as far as you did....... Steve sucks :mrgreen: .... I won't be relying on him any time soon, for #'s :lol: :lol: me, I'm back on the "taking lessons" wagon



BTW, those were some sweet guns you have...... I need a drool emoticon

Re: this came home last night

Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 9:59 am
by Twice Barrel
FOXIST wrote:thudddddddddd I am going to dub that little twenty "The Little Bo Whoop" I saw first hand how far that gun can reach out and smack those targets on Sat up at Addieville. Those who would doubt that twenty bore could crush a target at 55 yards are sadly mistaken. What a gun!!!! Paul
What did Thudddd do that a 55 yard shot? Forget to take the safey off?