Had some free time yesterday afternoon…well, honestly, I was just sick of putting up with the people I work with… Being self employed means it’s a quick conversation when I tell the boss to pi$$ off!
It’s been a challenging year health wise for me and I am really focusing on the things that make this life worth the trouble. For me that is my two boys at home aged 14 and 11. They both turn a year older this summer, but it just reminds me how soon they will be gone. Well enough of that…
My soon to be 15 year old is 6’2 already and a damn fine shot. It has really come together for him in the last six months shooting iron sights and his muzzleloaders. I have 2000 yard rifles and he is very solid to 1200 or so…but irons are a different animal as we all know. But, two weeks ago we were out shooting and he was stacking balls on top of each other off hand at 50 yards. Hurrah!!
He is cross dominant, so lefty on long guns. I picked up his Leman from a friend and rebarreled it to .58 with a Rice barrel. Rice is money well spent! The Enfield we got at the Gettysburg reenactment a few years ago. Both are his, and favorites of his as well.
Had a bunch of this barn wood and since my rifles are hung up around the house I figured I would get his out of the corner in his bedroom.
It didn’t come out too bad! Used three pieces of 1x4 vertically on the backside and painted them black so you couldn’t see them. Laid out the guns and then placed the screws holding it together behind where the guns would be to hide them. Also used wood glue. That worked out well.
Cut, stained and glued the dowels. Going to add a short shelf at the top. The knives are hiding the hooks and screws mounting it to the wall. The shelf will conceal those and give a spot to display other stuff.
Not a bad four hour investment. He wants to get started with AMM and The Texas Army next year…that’s gonna get fun! He is already snorting and ready to go to rendezvous this summer.
Come to think of it, this child is too!!
It’s been a challenging year health wise for me and I am really focusing on the things that make this life worth the trouble. For me that is my two boys at home aged 14 and 11. They both turn a year older this summer, but it just reminds me how soon they will be gone. Well enough of that…
My soon to be 15 year old is 6’2 already and a damn fine shot. It has really come together for him in the last six months shooting iron sights and his muzzleloaders. I have 2000 yard rifles and he is very solid to 1200 or so…but irons are a different animal as we all know. But, two weeks ago we were out shooting and he was stacking balls on top of each other off hand at 50 yards. Hurrah!!
He is cross dominant, so lefty on long guns. I picked up his Leman from a friend and rebarreled it to .58 with a Rice barrel. Rice is money well spent! The Enfield we got at the Gettysburg reenactment a few years ago. Both are his, and favorites of his as well.
Had a bunch of this barn wood and since my rifles are hung up around the house I figured I would get his out of the corner in his bedroom.
It didn’t come out too bad! Used three pieces of 1x4 vertically on the backside and painted them black so you couldn’t see them. Laid out the guns and then placed the screws holding it together behind where the guns would be to hide them. Also used wood glue. That worked out well.
Cut, stained and glued the dowels. Going to add a short shelf at the top. The knives are hiding the hooks and screws mounting it to the wall. The shelf will conceal those and give a spot to display other stuff.
Not a bad four hour investment. He wants to get started with AMM and The Texas Army next year…that’s gonna get fun! He is already snorting and ready to go to rendezvous this summer.
Come to think of it, this child is too!!
