This Rifle is Going to Kill Me !!!

[Slowpoke]

I'm presently building a 40 caliber York Rifle from a kit that I got from Jim Chambers and I swear this thing is cursed. Since I've started I have....

1. Dropped the barrel and the tang smashed into my toe.
2. I got inletting black in my eye and half blinded me.
3. I stuck a small chisel in my index finger
4. While using a file on the butt plate, it slipped and sharp butt plate sliced a deep wound in my hand. Wife's a Doc and said it didn't need stitches but if I had some super glue she could close it up for me........ (very
painful).... I thought my wife loved me.
5. I was soldering a piece of German Silver on the toe plate...... burns galore.
6. I finished the final inletting the barrel and found that the barrel was bent.
6. I step on a sliver of brass and it's was deep in my foot that wife couldn't get to it without killing me.
7. Finally last night, I was doing some insize carving with and exacto knife. I handed it to a buddy to hold. I turned my back for a second, and when I turned around he had it sticking out. I rammed it in the side of my wrist all the way to the bone. The floor looked like a slaughter house.

I'm glad this thing is almost finished, I don't have anymore blood to spare. Furthermore, I'm afraid to shoot it... it may be the last straw.

Chuck

 

[Liver eatin’ Johnson]

Slowpoke,

I'm afraid to shoot it... it may be the last straw

:crackup:

Gonna have to change your name to Morepokes :imo:

 

[Slowpoke]

Oh the shame...... :boohoo:

 

[Musketeer]

I believe you've been bilked! :shocking: You may have gotten one of those rare kits built by Jim Chambers' evil twin, Torture Chambers! :shocking: :crackup: :crackup: :crackup: :thumbsup:

 

[robinghewitt]

Warner Bros. are filming the new Harry Potter movie here, (we are very scenic)

I could sneak on the set tomorrow and try to swipe a magic wand for you to wave over this thing ::

 

[Birddog6]

That all sounds pretty normal to me.. Isn't is supposed to be that way ? ha ha ! :huh:

 

[Slowpoke]

A quick one Robin is, a quick one indeed.... I've demoted you from Squire to Neife

 

[Stumpkiller]

I think you should name this gun "Christine."

You might want to have someone check the gun over before you shoot it. Someone like . . .

 

[jh45gun]

Will all that grief I bet you will aprreciate it when it is done. :hmm:

 

[kentucky bucky]

Are you by any chance working on this "demon gun" in the evening when you are really tired? I do stuff like that when I'm tired and/or tense.

 

[brushbuster]

:relax: :results:
I'm building one of those "kits" myself.

My gun is a york .50 with a wood patchbox. I figgerd since this rifle is challenging enough as it is, I am a goin to leave it plain. Hopefully after these storms quit blowin up o'l L.C will send me my barrell so's I can complete it before next season
I have another kit from Sitting fox my daddy outlaw bought
with the stock engraved already and the tang inlet ain't right (Gaps).I might finish this one by the following year mebbe. :curse: :shake: :applause:
P.S Are we havin fun yet :crackup: :crackup: :crackup:
p.s.s I'd tie that gun to a tree with a hunnert foot string the first time i shoot it if I wuz u :m2c: ::

 

[Slowpoke]

Are you by any chance working on this "demon gun" in the evening when you are really tired? I do stuff like that when I'm tired and/or tense.

I know what you mean, but I get to work on this gun 1 hour a day..... While my daughter takes her nap.

< ------ Trouble Maker


Chuck
Domestic Engineer

 

[750k2]

OK! I'll take the hit and be the nice guy....
Send it to me and I'll send ya a picture of me and you can frame it and tell people "that's the guy that saved my life" but don't count on me helpin ya again...
eace:

 

Now let's look at this logically.

You cannot build this gun without the series of disasters listed, comming close to cost of life and limb, while engaged in the simplist of activities.

Yet you have managed to procreate!

Passing these genes on to another generation?

What were you thinking????

:crackup: :crackup:

I hope her mother, the doctor, has the domiant genes for coordination!!!!

If not keep this child away fron the electric curling irons when she reaches her teens.

You still have all of those dangerous thinners and solivants left to deal with. The poison hazards, the fire hazards.

Is your homeowners insurance paid up?

Birddog 6 makes a nice finished gun!

 

[Keith]

I know what you mean, but I get to work on this gun 1 hour a day..... While my daughter takes her nap.

With all these accidents how long do you really work on it? Between stitches, superglue and burn ointment.

You should be afraid to shoot it. I volunter to take it off you hands.

P.S. How old is your daughter, she looks about the same age as my 9 month old daughter.

 

[Slowpoke]

She'll be ten months tomorrow. :cry: They grow up so fast. I've done other work before but this rifle has just got it in for me.

Chuck

 

[Trina]

She'll be ten months tomorrow. :cry: They grow up so fast.

Hey Slowpoke just wait till she hits 21 :cry: my girl got there last Feb. Makes you feel old as well. Very cute little gal you have there.

Sorry about the problems with the "demon gun" sounds like a good thing your wife is a DR. otherwise you would be in real trouble :crackup: Thanks for the chuckle.

 

[musketman]

I'm glad this thing is almost finished, I don't have anymore blood to spare. Furthermore, I'm afraid to shoot it... it may be the last straw.

Nothing to worry about, the price in blood has already been paid...

I wouldn't sell it if I were you, what if it was used in a violent crime?

After all, your DNA is all over it, inside and out... :winking:

You and the gun are blood brothers, but beware, don't let it see you holding another gun...

 

[kentucky bucky]

That's it!!! You are just like me, I've got 2 of them girl critters running around. (2 and 5 years old) If you only have 1 hour of peace and quiet to work on your gun, you are always subconsciously in a rush. Been there..got the T-shirt! This is why you are murdering yourself slowly with your own tools! A sense of urgency causes me enough stress to make the types of mistakes you have described. You may want to stay up later and work at night on the quiet stuff. Working tired may be better than working rushed! :m2c:

 

[Randal Zartman]

Slowpoke, Look at the gleam in your daughter's eyes. She must be looking at Larry's butterfly gun and thinking "Daddy please make me one of them frontstuffers for my birthday". :winking:
By the way is it December yet and when can I pick up my new gun from your raffle? :haha:
Zman