Franken-Bubba’s Johnny Cashed carbine.

[bubba.50]

A shade tree mechanic, or gunsmith, is an adept student. He learns as he goes. Every year he knows more and more.
My cousin Hughes was a good shade tree mechanic in SW Virginia. It was not long after he moved to Philadelphia that he became the main troubleshooter for Bradford White's commercial and industrial applications.

I live in the hills of southwest Virginia in the bottleneck 'tween WVA & NC and my uncle, brother and a couple cousins were all awesome 'shade tree mechanics' in the truest sense of the word as most of their work was in the shade of the old apple tree in Granny & Grampaw's yard which was used numerous times to pull & re-install engines & trnsmissions etc. LOL

 

[SOLANCO]

I live in the hills of southwest Virginia in the bottleneck 'tween WVA & NC and my uncle, brother and a couple cousins were all awesome 'shade tree mechanics' in the truest sense of the word as most of their work was in the shade of the old apple tree in Granny & Grampaw's yard which was used numerous times to pull & re-install engines & trnsmissions etc. LOL

Mom was a Crabtree from Rich Valley over the mountain from Marion. I was a kid in the early 50's when Granny's farm first got electricity. The aunts and uncles bought her a TV and danced to the music on the local commercials. Cooking and heating were wood. Plumbing was out back yonder. Farm was five miles up a dirt holler from the two lane. Four other dirt farms on the holler, two of them family. Good times.
Precious memories.

 

[Okie Hog]

Bubba, that's a great looking rifle.

 

[bubba.50]

Mom was a Crabtree from Rich Valley over the mountain from Marion. I was a kid in the early 50's when Granny's farm first got electricity. The aunts and uncles bought her a TV and danced to the music on the local commercials. Cooking and heating were wood. Plumbing was out back yonder. Farm was five miles up a dirt holler from the two lane. Four other dirt farms on the holler, two of them family. Good times.
Precious memories.

I’m a couple counties up l-81 from there.