Reply With QuoteI was following some dude on a boat building forum only to find out later that the dude died on me before I could see his finished boat.
Hopefully you're still kicking...just really busy :)
I know man. I been watching for an update!
I was following some dude on a boat building forum only to find out later that the dude died on me before I could see his finished boat.
Hopefully you're still kicking...just really busy :)
It has been almost three months.
I've been periodically checking this thread. I wonder what happened. Bedding my 20 moa scope base tonight.
Anything yet? i wish i could have ran into this earlier, i would have liked to help you out with some parts. cant wait to see the end results
I just read this whole thread and joined so I could demand an update. Lets hear it!
I thought for certain this thread I had forgotten about would be updated!
yeah, well, just goes to show what thinking'll get you.Originally Posted by bower4311
Anything?
This is odd....
We need closure!!!! Hope everything is alright.
The last time the OP was active on Savage Shooters Forum was on 04-01-2013 at 08:24 AM.
I don't think you will hear from him again.
I'm not surprised. A lot of people comes, get their issues resolved and leave never to come back with the resolution and much less give back to the community that help them.
Well, he joined in 2011, total 64 posts, so minus the posts on this thread, he was at least a little active prior. Reading the first few posts on this thread, he seemed very appreciative of people- his friend who helped start him in a new career trajectory, etc. Maybe I'm doom and gloom, but I wonder if something serious happened to him health-wise. Fact is the only constant in life is death; we'll all taste it some day.
I enjoyed reading this thread and sincerely hope the best for him. And if he's gone from this world, then blessings to his family and loved ones he left behind.
Brian
Learning something new, experiencing something new and sharing the journey are reason enough to get out of bed each day!
He may be enjoying his new built for cheap rifle.
It's a bit of a let down to read this entire thread only to find out it died before the big moment. Sure wish he would follow up.
Maybe the program buried deep inside his computer "killed it" one month past the extended warranty date, like happened to mine last month??
"X2"
Neat thread. For something so sentimental, I'd have chosen wood stocks and blued barrels. I know they're not very "sniper" like, but wood and bluing just has so much more character. When a good old blued and walnut gun gets handed down through generations, it just adds so much more sentimental value. I know when I have a son, I'm going to encourage him to buy wood and blued guns (when practical).
There is zero sentimental value in a rifle for me if it makes me a slave to wiping it down every time the temperature or humidity changes. I try now to do stainless only, but if there is any carbon steel in it, it gets the cerakote treatment. With that process one can make it look how you want, but have reduced maintenance overhead.
I have twice this summer found the start of rust on my blued 1911 slide. I am now oiling it on a weekly basis. I don't want my assets to make me a slave, so that slide will be getting the cerakote treatment pretty soon too.
No! Don't do it! You need the brass rod dehumidifier and the sack of dehumidifying crystals in your safe. If you're talking about an everyday carry gun then yes, stainless is the way to go. If you're talking about a hunting rifle/shotgun you break out a few times a year, you just have to make sure it's cleaned and oiled after each use and it's fine.
I don't know where you live man, but here in the great northwest, Oregon to be precise, if it ain't stainless or sealed with cerakote, it's rusts, like right now. I frog lubed my entire Remington 870, took it to the trap range, it was muggy. 1 hour later my gun is rusted. There is no stopping it.
Remind me never to move to Oregon. I would cry if my 870 rusted up. Literally cry.
My 1911 is my EDC and sits in a car that might go from the 40's in fall to 80+ during the day then back to 40's by nightfall. Winter is even worse. Go from the heated house to the hunting blind and it is a drop from 70+ to something from -10 to 26F for several hours. Then back up to 50+ in the truck and then back to 70+ in the house. I have to wipe off all condensation and sometimes wait for the frost on it to thaw and then wipe off all the condensation.
Perhaps it will be better in CO where the air is drier due to the altitude, but at 900ft MSL the humidity/condensation/frost thing is killing me and I hate blued steel.
I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, just south of Salem, and I have a couple of 870's in the closet, my grandpa's 16 gage and my parkerized HD 870 in 12- not to mention my other assorted carbon steel closet dwellers (yes I need a safe) but I don't have an issue with rust, not yet knock on wood
You are one of the lucky ones... My 870 is parkerized too, it's the worst rusting gun I have ever owned. And I have had two of them, and both were like that.I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, just south of Salem, and I have a couple of 870's in the closet, my grandpa's 16 gage and my parkerized HD 870 in 12- not to mention my other assorted carbon steel closet dwellers (yes I need a safe) but I don't have an issue with rust, not yet knock on wood
I have a safe now with a desiccant can. It's pretty nice to have dry storage for all my children. But like I said, take my shotgun to the trap range and it rusts in an hour. Have to bring it back and wipe the whole thing down. I can't wait to swap the barrel on my savage to a stainless... Stupid Oregon weather.
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