Some more Framing work.

Well, when we moved offices there was a pile of old posters and such.

And one caught my eye. It was pretty damaged but I thought it could work. Course then I had to make a frame for it.

I'm okay with the job I did staining it. It wasn't as even as I liked, but it came out in a nice aged style

Squeak or Treat Prizes.

So I made out real good in the Squeak or Treat raffle to help Bonnie.

That includes a new rifle sling from Echo Slings (which I've paired with a *new* gun that's over 60 years old) and a custom windchime made by Mark of Rimfire Designs.


But today I'm talking about the other batch of prizes. Four drawings by Ezra Hinson.  Originally I was planning on getting the con-artist brothers  but Erin convinced me to pickup the whole set.


Even a basic picture frame can do work if you use a sharp scalpel to shape the border and use a bit of beeswax rub on the wood.   Just make sure you get a frame that isn't painted and is at least realish wood.

Not bad for charity work.

The key is to know how to improvise....

So I sent Erin a gift earlier this week.

And when I was wrapping it, I was unable to find my ribbon.

So I improvised.   I'm quite happy with how it came out and the reception it got.


How was it done?   Well there's two ways.   Both involve wrapping the paracord around a dowel/pencil/braid of cord.

The longer, but better way, is to wrap it, tighten, and then leave it be for a week or so.

The quicker is to wrap and then gently wave a lighter (or heat gun) over it to get it to set in position.

ATTN Florida and Illinois Gunnies

Robb Allen has some info on the Florida State House making noises to drastically weaken self defense law.

And in Illinois there's movement on some very nasty mandatory minimum sentence laws.
Funny how certain parties get all "tough on crime" when guns come up, but for any other issue are adamantly against minimum sentencing (Like how showing voter ID is racist but that same logic doesn't apply to Universal Background Checks).

ATTN: Virginia Gunnies

Bloomberg's decided to give over a million dollars to McAuliffe for ad buys in the final two weeks of the race.

Add in  Gabby Gifford's PAC constantly sending out mailer and McAuliffe  saying he want to ban magazines, ban private sales, and limit people to one gun a month...

well, you're looking at a big, big gun grabber reaching for that brass ring.

What's interesting is that McAuliffe  as a more than comfortable lead,  given his war-on-women push and that Cuccinelli is a woeful candidate.   One wouldn't think he'd want to let the cat out of the bag on him being a gun grabber,  then again he's a DC fixer from NY so those Bloomberg bucks are appealing.

Then again, what better way for Bloomberg to puff up his ego then come long near the finish line and gloat about how he "saved'  McAuliffe.

Edit:  Read the comments to get an idea that it's not Cuccinelli-boostering.   As it's more god-what-an-insufferable-nanny  Bloomberg is.

ATTN Illinois Gunnies: Some Gun Bills up.

Thirdpower has the list from the ISRA

Ruger Single-Ten and Wolff Spring kit

Okay.  The Wolff 30oz spring kit worked wonders for my Ruger Single-Ten.    If you have one or any of the Ruger Single-Six family (or any Ruger single action) I'd strongly recommend you look into it.

The range officers at Iggle Crik agreed too.   Had a funny conversation too.

Range Officer 1:  Normally when I see someone roll their shoulders and knees and do the little "range" dance before they shoot they end up all over the place, but you were shooting real good, just one ragged hole.

Range Officer 2: *points to my 1911s*  Someone who bothers to put in custom 10-8 and Caspian flat triggers and puts the same trigger on their 45 carry gun and their 22 plinker gun and doesn't put in any other taticool crap tends to know what they're doing.

Range Officer 3: Yeah, haven't you seen him at the range before?

Course a bit before this conversation RO2 and I were talking about 1911  external versus internal extractors,  the fall of Kimber and trigger design.

Then RO1 had got behind the trigger of my Ruger and was impressed with the trigger pull.  That said, I'm real happy with the Ruger Single-Ten.  If you want a 22 single-action plinker revolver it will do.

It doesn't take much to really improve a gun. Mostly it's practice and working the shooter,   but there are a some mods and tricks that work.