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May 13, 2008

Thanks for the notes. I'm glad you like the PCP rifles posted in the May 8th post.

Just FYI, I have a pre-op tomorrow and will get carpal tunnel surgery Monday. I didn't have anything else to do, and had a pile of money laying around. My insurance excluded me from any Carpal tunnel issues when I bought the coverage. They sniffed out the suspected future need. So - we paid for the other wrist a few years ago, and will pay for this one. The good news is - this one is just alittle less than the one years ago!!! Yeah!!! See - there's always something to cheer about. ;?)

Slogging thru some shop stuff before I'll be forced to sit a few days after the surgery. If you don't get an immediate answer to mail - hope you at least have read this page and know why.

Hey - let me share. My grandson, Nathan, is being born today ... to my daughter Jennifer and her husband Tony. God Bless them all today, and I wish Nathan a full and wonderous life. Welcome. "Pop loves you Nathan".

Gary

May 8, 2008

Hello All. Thanks for your mail. A couple of you wrote to say they hoped everything was OK. Sorry I've not posted recently. I was taking care of a few things, as well as working quite hard. Had a few health maintenance things to take care of. Doing OK.

Our Son is improving. Thanks. That was a very dangerous and stressful segment. He will still have to be off work for another six weeks.

I took the last weekend to go to a shoot with some friends. We had a very nice time. I'll post some pics.

Here's some pics of the latest guns to get finished, and shipped. Each one of these is with it's ledger customer.

The 45 Nitro Express Magnum (500+ fpe)

The 58 Rendezvous (500+ fpe)

Detail on the Rendezvous stock

The 58 Carnivore (600 fpe)

Carnivore stock carving

32 Prairie III (280 fpe)

Prairie - detail

Woodsman XLT 62 (400 fpe)

Stock carving on Woodsman XLT

I hope you can see that I've been working. Settling that legal mess for my Mother's estate has given me far more time in the shop. Even though we've had alot of other things to deal with, I've been able to work well.

I'll need a short recovery time for upcoming carpal tunnel surgery. I've been putting it off for years - there's just been too much on my plate. But now, it simply must be done. It's being scheduled. Have no fear - I never take more than about 10% of the time stated for recovery. Since nobody's paying me to sit at home and recover on their dime, it's a wonderful incentive. haha.

Hope you enjoyed seeing the work. Yours in in the pipeline as well. There are literal tons of parts in the shop. I'm doing everything as fast as I can do good work.

Thanks for checking in.

The catalog will be upgraded and sorted out asap.

Gary

April 22, 2008

What's been happening?

A good bit of work has been completed. I have been in alot of pain the past two weeks though. We've made alterations to my meds which have helped somewhat.

My Son Aaron is recovering in Intensive Care at the Veteran's Hospital near him. There were complications related to his lower back surgery of approx. a month ago. Headaches and fever forced an emergency 911 response at midnight Sunday. He had to have surgery to correct the complications which were allowing spinal fluid to "leak" internally. He has a severe spinal fluid infection which is being aggressively treated with 3 intravenous antibiotics. His condition is now stable, while he recovers in intensive care. Thank God he got help when he did.

Our daughter continues to fight her chronic pain. Seems chronic pain now runs in the family. You are correct - it never ends. But there are blessings among the days that age you twenty years.

My daughter Jennifer is due to deliver our Grand Son, Nathan, very shortly.

Interrupted days/weeks continue to be the norm. Never anything you can ignore or delegate to someone else.

It is Spring. I'm enjoying the fine weather on the walks between the house and shop (thru the knee high grass in the yard). ;?)

Over the next couple of months, I'll rework the web site. Some work, being finalized for customers now, will complete the three year plus conversion of models. There will be a wealth of new pics.

God Bless,

Gary

April 15, 2008

In the process of moving projects along, I've done some "hard color anodizing" lately. Hope you like the colors and patterns.

April 5, 2008

Surefire Casting got me the slugs I needed at the speed of light. They were here Sat. morning. However; the morning was lousy and cold. It looked like rain.

By about 2 pm, it was beautiful, and I decided to go back to the range after machining during the morning.

I decided to try a "Po-Boy Shooting Bench" technique. It worked pretty well.

I was trying different slugs at 50 yards. I haven't had a chance to make the sizing die I needed, but I wanted to try several slugs in an "as cast" state.

The rifle is a Barnes Nitro Express Magnum.

The carving helps alot. haha. ;?) Can't hurt ...

This 6K slug works well as cast. There's a double.

Another wide double

Now the K8 ... a very heavy 45 slug - about 435 grains I think.

Another tight double there ...

What! No double? haha

I'll make that sizing die and take several slugs back once more, if I keep the rifle a couple of more days.

Hope you enjoyed the range trip.

Thanks for reading!

Gary

April 3, 2008

Nitro Express Magnum

I tried to get in a session before the predicted afternoon rain. I took everything ... except that one hex wrench I needed. But, I had a good session anyway.

Nitro on my bench. The reflective billet riser seems to disappear while reflecting the clover field. ;)

The near target is 25 yards to sight in the scope. It's just a cardboard "flag" target. I installed new 50 and 100 plywood and stake backers today as well. The 100 yard backer is at the end of the tire tracks way out there.

I did a test session for trigger modifications and a re-barrel modification. I shot a few of these 50 yard targets. Not bad - not yet Barnes though. I need a different slug, which I didn't have today. A group of my slug molds are with Surefire Casting, and I need to refresh my inventory.

Another ..

And another. Tried a couple of different bench techniques, which moved the groups.

It got colder and colder. I really thought it might snow. I actually did need that wrench to make an adjustment. And I need to cast some slugs. But this was a good "function fire" test. I'll be back with the modifications asap.

Great rifle. Extremely powerful and great fun to shoot!

March 28, 2008

Hey Rex ... I got that bluing session done! ;?)

A few shots from today's all day session ...

A fine pot of soup ...

Suited up ... nice and safe. Still got a couple of chemical burns on my forehead though today. All you have to do is accidentally touch a glove to your glasses and brush skin....

;?)

Racks of parts above left, and a tub of parts in the oil tank. I did four complete cycles today.

Turned out well. I'm sure glad that's done. That moves some work along. Feels real good.

Gary

March 27, 2008

Thurs. afternoon, 2:30 pm ... still working thru some prep. and equipment issues. Hope to fire the bluing tanks yet this afternoon. Believe it or not ... it's even "more stressful" here working thru the problems. haha. ;?)

"I'm givin' it all I got Captn."

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I'll come back and tell you how it went later ....

Gary

March 23, 2008

I hope everyone has a great Easter Weekend. I hope you can celebrate the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ.

I've been feeling a bit beat up lately, but I'm ready to blue on Tuesday or Wed. Looking forward to having that behind me. I have a few ledger projects going in the tanks.

I gathered up a page of targets posted here thru the years, from out Raptor slug. Take a look at that if you'd care to. http://www.glbarnes.com/Raptors.html

Have a great weekend.

God Bless,

Gary and Kelly

Just a bring to date: Our daughter with the chronic pain, has finally been approved to get to a pain specialist clinic. Our daughter who's pregnant has developed gestational diabetes. Our Son who just had back surgery is healing pretty well. Kelly's mom with Alzheimer's seems somewhat improved lately. Kelly's Dad with severe diabetes has been pretty stable this last week. And, we're SOOO glad it's Spring.

March 15, 2008

We've launched a trial program (thru our slug casting service - Surefire Casting) - of offering the Barnes 45 Raptor Slug to the general public.

I'm not doing the casting work, so don't be concerned about a time drain.

We know that the 45 Raptor is very accurate thru the popular Korean barrels. You may have one, and wish to try some Raptors.

Here's a page that tells you all about it:

March 11, 2008

Today's adventure. I know you think I make this stuff up. Read and prepare ... if you live to middle age ... you will face all of these things too.

After the morning's business routine, I'd gone to the shop. Things started to flow - I had the clear plan for the day. After about a half an hour, I came thiiiiiiiiis close to calling Kelly and telling her to not bother me for less than a meteor strike. About then, my cell rang ... Home ..... and it was Kelly. She had a hot bowl of soup for my lunch. Great!

I finished my operation, washed up, left the shop. Halfway up the walk ... the door of the house bursts open ... and Kelly flies thru ... very upset. The nurse helper who visits her pants regularly to help out ... had found her father extremely unresponsive ... suspected a stroke. Call 911 - we're on the way.

Paramedics, Ambulance, gurneys, paperwork, phone calls, driving, parking garage, emergency room, blood work, etc. ....

Kelly's dad is a long time diabetic. Her mom has severe Alzheimer's. Dealing with mom, has altered their patterns. Kelly's dad allowed his blood sugar to tank to 25 ... while just sitting watching TV with her mom. He never felt it coming on. He just faded off and mom was never even alarmed ... telling the nurse "he'd been sleeping".

Had the nurse helper not happened in, he'd have simply sat there and died with her mom never alarmed at all. Bad, bad situation.

He's been stabilized and returned home. Thank God again.

7:30 pm.

March 10, 2008

This missed us by about 1/4 mile Saturday.

I walked from the shop to the house to get coffee. Half way up the walk, I looked at the sky ...OH MY GOD!!! Boiling Black and Sulpher Yellow clouds! And then, that quick ... I thought I could hear a train .... but it wasn't a train!

I grabbed Kelly and a couple of coats and beat it to the basement. It was already hailing and driving rain.

The worst never hit us - thank GOD!!! Sincerely.

This damage was some at the very edge of our village - approx. 1/4 mile from the house. Looks like that Oak was just twisted off counter-clockwise - like pulled pork ...

We don't get that kind of weather here. 114 years old house and even much older town standing here. But ... we did Saturday.

Julio was shooting again in Peurto Rico. Yukon II 58 GS.

3 1/2" of phone books leaning against a post ...

In ....

And out!!! (Real Fast!!)

And still slabbed off the side of the post as it kept going!

Alittle over 700 foot pounds of energy there.

Phone books really expanded from the debris trail left inside.

Checking Zero ... 50 yards .... Nice double there too.

Nice 75 yards .... Great clover leaf!

100 yard group using the 4X shotgun scope I mounted on it years ago for my own use. AND ... there's a DOUBLE there again!

Another 100 yard group with the 4X and ANOTHER DOUBLE! OK ... that's amazing. You better buy a lottery ticket Julio! haha.

This was why I loved these little short Simmons scopes. Here's the Diamond reticle in the fixed 4X and here's Julio's hold points. Pretty simple I think. And some fine shooting there Julio!!

Yeah ... I suspect he could tighten up those doubles if he could actually see the target! haha. ;?)

Gary

March 9, 2008

Hope you are all well.

I got some good help assembling that small trailer I told you about.

Very handy unit. Sorry - I picked a picture that was alittle blurry. You get the idea. I loaded up a bunch of tubs of debris that had been waiting. And I have two of the 100 pound propane tanks loaded in this pic.

These guys were no help at all! ;?)

The trailer carries the tanks well. I took them to the appropriate places. Returned the one. Had the other tested. Went back in a couple of days and retrieved the full tank. Works great. Will be very handy. It's a small thing, just a 4 by 8 trailer, but it's the small things that make the big things possible. ;)

I've nearly completed the group of parts I wanted to run thru the bluing shop - in order to not run the whole process for one or two items. I'll have another batch of the needed things to assemble some guns.

Show you asap.

Oh ... during the same period, I went thru the process of finding out what was going on with my extremely painful left wrist. It's been seriously painful for two months. Seems to be a hyper-extended tendon. Very painful thing. Improving slowly. I also had another two epidural injections in my back. They've just kicked in this morning. I feel ten years younger today. It's like a vacation from the endless pain and aches. I also have a new medication for my fibromyalgia which is very helpful. I know that I sound like a heap of problems. Sure wasn't my choice to run into all this stuff to deal with. Yet - we've got things under control for the time. I'm getting alot done. Praying the circumstances hold and let the work flow.

Best,

;?)

Gary

February 29, 2008

Get a cuppa coffee ... ;?)

As you've read, I've worked toward a needed hot bluing session. Let me reduce the efforts to a small story. ;?)

The pipe burners under the tanks, require a pretty good draw of gas, so you can't just hook them up to the Gas Grill tank. The min. size needed for the tanks is the chest high, 100 lb. tank it's called. I don't know why they call it that. It weighs less when empty - and more when filled.

Well, mine was sucking fumes. Now ... taking it to get filled doesn't seem too hard, so long as you are up to original build specifications. I'm not any more. 6 bad discs (most likely from 35 years of moving crap like filled propane tanks - haha). AND, my personally owned tank is out of test date now. So - it has to be taken to a test station, registered, etc.

The tank I've rented all year, is also empty ... and is also now out of test date. It has to be taken back to the rental place and exchanged/filled.

Well now, pick-up with it's cap isn't great for this. In the first place ... Maryland law requires that tanks be transported in the upright position. NOT laying down. So ... unless you have a lift-gate truck with high vertical racks, that's not easy.

Some places used to "look the other way" while people loaded their tanks by tipping them, and sliding them quickly into the back of the truck. But ... I'm not up to "quickly" dumping a monster full tank - which most likely weighs something like six tons .. haha ... into my tall 4X truck bed.

Now ... of course, you can be on contract for a rented tank ... form a different company. And, we are ... they'll bring one and set it off .... in something over a month ... or more. Then, they'll charge you for coming to fill it on a regular basis ... during which visits, the tank will still be 3/4 full ... because I can't blue frequently. Thus ... the independent nature of the previous tank arrangements. Besides, the current tanks are back thru a narrow work yard, and into a small access door. I doubt a "company" guy would place their tank in the awkward location. So; I'll be arranging for a new location, concrete pad for the new tank, and new gas lines to the bluing shop.

In the mean time, exploring options, we looked into a low ride small utility trailer. Found one at a very reasonable price. But ... all the trailers had a wire mesh deck ... which, when walked on, flexed like walking on a mattress. You'd NEVER place or haul a full 100 lb propane tank on there. Look some more ... found a nice one ... with no floor, intended for a plank or plywood decking. Bought it. Ready to have it prepared to take home, and they tell me ... now ... as soon as you come back with your tag for the trailer ... WHAT? ... you mean you can't provide a TEMPORARY TAG??? nope.

So, I dash on over to the Motor Vehicle Administration ... which is nearly across the highway from the trailer sales place. Got there at 4:33 pm. Right ... they close the doors at 4:30 ... and you can be sure they aren't open a nanosecond beyond.

Next morning, I'm back there. Now ... brand new trailer - title, no lean, pc. of cake - right? No. You wait in line to see the Warden. She scowls at the paperwork, circles five things, tells you to fill this out and come back. I go to a desk ... fill out the things, and get back in line. One guy ahead of me doesn't have a green card. Another guy ahead of me has a paper saying he doesn't need documentation ... which he does need. He doesn't speak English ... the desk person doesn't understand - and finally ..... after ten minutes of patient cooooing tones, gives them a paper, phone number, and tells them he has to make an appointment with this person/agency. The lady ahead of me wants to GIVE a car to her grandson. And she has some power of attorney to sign for someone. Her grandson must be from Jupiter, be in the witness protection program, and be a finalist on American Idol. Something like that. The discussions went on foreeeeeeee..................eeeeeeever......

I FINALLY get back up there. The woman scowls at me again, now circles about twelve more things on the paperwork. Fill these out .... "hey ... why didn't you tell me to do that before ..." the lady claims that was another lady. I don't think so ... whattachagonnado? And, she says, I didn't have to wait in the line again .....!!!!!!!!!

I finally get the stuff filled out ... for this LEAST of all POSSIBLE transactions. A new utility trailer that just needs a tag. I get a number, and go sit down.

I'm E-21 ... and E-15 is lit up on the number displays. I see the lady at the E-15 window when I sit down. She stays there, stays there. She never says a word, but first one lady, then two, are staring at their computer like they are waiting for it to bake a turkey.

I wait .... wait .... mutter ..... wait .... and wait .... and MUTTER. I go back to the number guy. Isn't there an EXPRESS WINDOW for SIMPLE STUFF?????? Nope ... you wait. But the lady has been at the same window for 20 minutes .... literally.

I wait ... and wait. I see another E window doing E-18. Then, she casually closes up her window, counts out her cash drawer. Locks it up, grabs a plastic bag and Jug-o-Blue Sludge .... and strolls off on break. After 10 minutes, she's seen here and there ... strolling around. Then mans another window ... does one or two "B" transactions .... then strolls off again. Now - there's about fifty windows ... with only about 4 manned.

I wait literally 45 minutes for this lady to finish. By then, I'm nearly postal. The lady finishes with that lady, and then proceeds to sort and staple papers, at a glacial pace, for the next .....

BING ... E-21 ... BING .... E-21. I leap from my seat like I'd been launched from a missile silo. I simply "appear" at the E-21 window in a blurrrrrr of knees and elbows. The lady sleepily drags her eyelids to me, and slowly reaches out for my papers. Half way thru the exercise, I ask ... "How LONG do you fiddle with ONE customer. I mean ... by my time stamp here ... that lady was at the next window LITERALLY 45 MINUTES???? She mumbles ... Car Dealer. We tried to make them go to the Glenn Burnie Office. But we couldn't. Ah ... that explains why the lady wasn't exasperated OR TALKING for 45 minutes. And, why we PESANTS with utility trailers can just grow old and die in line.

No WONDER the economy has slowed. With these sort of incompetent, NUT-ZOID systems.

Well, I get my tag. That was Easy.

I take it back to the trailer place. Point out that they overcharged me $40 from the invoice price on the papers they gave me, and the trailer tag. (I also paid state tax on the overcharge - of course). They refund that to my card. (Nuts ... caught again!) They tell me to go out to the yard, and someone will be along to unlock and hitch the trailer for me.

A guy appears. I start chatting as we start to work. Nothing. Humm ... he's immune to my jokes and chatter. We work, unlocking, and trying to get things ready. We unlock the tongue unit, and try to hook it onto the ball hitch. Of course, mine's too large. And, the trailer has a 4 prong electric hook up - and the one in my bumper is 6 prong. So, I need a 1 7/8" ball and a converter. "Don't go away". Oh ... you've figured ... the guy doesn't speak English.

I fly back over the the store, gallop back for an 1 7/8" ball, and plug converter. Stand in line. Buy the stuff - rush back. The guy is gone. I wait, and he comes out of the building 100 yards away. At 50 yards, I make the universal hand gestures for "We need two large adjustable wrenches!!!" He nods, and turns around.

He comes back with a huge adjustable wrench and a hugh pipe wrench. We attempt to break the bond of the nut on the 2" ball. Of course, it's simply welded in place - after only two years. He tugs and strains. He also points out the wiring pigtail UNDER the bumper which has a 4 prong connector hanging down. He makes the universal gesture for "Hey ... you just bought an adapter which you didn't need."

Then I join in, we co-ordinate, and we both tug and strain. Then, we regroup, put both shoulders and feet into it, and strain our collective guts out. Nothing. I expected the wrench handles to snap off, if we don't pull the bumper off the truck frame first. Nothing.

I make the universal gesture for, "Wait, let's take the square hitch insert out, take it back to your shop, and heat the nut with a torch". He gives me the universal look for "Sure ... let's just do that".

So, we fight and tug, hammer and strain. And - finally, we get the simple spring clip out of the lock pin. Lovely. Then, of course, the square hitch insert shank is fused into the square hitch socket. So, we exchange the universal look for "$%^ @#$% .... WHAT next!!!!!???" ;?)

I give the universal sign for, "I'll just drive the stupid truck around to the back of your shop and we'll get a bigger HAMMER!!!" He heads off the the shop, and I drive around.

By hammering (with penetrating oil too) for about 30 minutes, and prying, pulling, and hammering again (enough to have hammered all the copper sheet into a duplicate Statue of Liberty), we got the hitch out.

Laying there on the ground, gasping like a fish on the beach, I struggled to focus one cloudy eye on the guy, and blinked out the universal code for, "you take the thing into the shop, put it in a honkin' big vise, and use a pipe on the handle of that big wrench, which is under my left buttock."

He immediately understood, and took off with the hitch insert.

When I rejoined our hero, in the shop, I thought; "heck ... the OTHER trailer NEEDS that 2" ball. Let me just get another hitch insert from the store. So, I made the universal gesture for, "Wait!, I've just thought ... I'll get another hitch insert!!!!"

So; I burst thru the swinging doors of the stock room, into the store proper. Mothers grabbed their children to their skirts, as some wild eyed disheveled mad man dashed up and down the isles, feverishly scanning the merchandise". Employees reached for their side pockets while I yelled ... "Don't tazzze me Bro!!!" ... ;?)

I get the hitch insert, and go scan my card for the fourth time. I gallop back thru the swinging doors with renewed hope in my heart ....

My good friend, who's name I don't know ... takes the new hitch insert and we go out to the truck. We install the insert into the socket. We fight the old pin back in. And, I give the universal gesture for, "Where's the darned Spring clip to lock the hitch insert pin?"

What'shisname, makes the universal gesture for ... "Crap! ... It's back out in the field where the trailer was first sitting!" I make the universal gesture for, "I'd expect no less".

We get the hitch installed, drive the truck back out to the field for the trailer, and hook it up. "That was easy".

We now try to hook up the four prong electrical pigtail to the four prong pigtail hanging under the bumper. (I'd returned the adapter when I got he additional hitch insert). And, of course, the pigtail didn't want to engage. So, I asked Kelly, who was miracoulously still in the truck, for some/any kind of lotion/cream/cleaner/whatever. And, of course, she appeared in under a minute with a small vial of hand cleanser gel. I wasn't even surprised. Thank God, she lives in a different world than I do. And I sure do enjoy visiting her world once in awhile as she hands me things which I've hunted for hours. ;?)

I lube up the pins and hooked it up. My good friend makes the universal gesture for "let's check the lights ... wait ... all the right side lights are out".

I make the universal gesture for " .................."

After awhile, I became aware that I was just standing there staring, and was very cold in the snow flurries and wind. I decided I'd take the trailer around and go back and buy back the 6 to 4 adapter I'd returned half an hour ago.

When I came back out of the store, my friend hooked it up. And, then made the universal gesture for ... "the right side lights are still out". He began tugging at wires, twisting stuff, and tapping on the small light units. He went to rotate a side marker light, rotated it from a square light to a diamond light ... and the right side lights came on. Ahh ... a ground problem. Good ... that was simple.

I gave him the universal gesture for, "thanks buddy, I appreciate you sticking with me .... by stuffing a $5 bill into his shirt pocket ... giving him the thumbs up ... and turning back to the truck."

And then, we could go to Lowes for 3/4" treated plywood for the deck, side rails, and tail gate.

And, we got the stuff. Had the plywood ripped and crosscut to size (that helped) ... and went out to strap the stuff to the naked trailer frame ... in the freezing wind, and snow flurries. Of course, there was nothing to strap to. So, to Kelly, I made the universal gesture for, "there's nothing to strap this stuff to, and I'm freezing my buttstock off."

She looked at me and said, "You Idiot!, I speak English."

So, I strapped the straps to themselves, and we ... went back to the trailer store. Because, I needed about 600 bolts, and where Lowes sold them by the individual bolt, nut, lock, and flat washer ..... the other place sold them by the pound.

Back there, I noticed, for the first time, that the trailer looked more like a ski-jump. Yeah ... I should have thought to get a "drop hitch" insert instead of a "duplicate" insert. I went in and made the universal gesture for ... "Would you please allow me to exchange the hitch insert I purchased an hour ago for a 5 1/4" drop hitch insert .... while I go buy a hundred pounds of bolts, nuts, washers, and .... tailgate hardware?"

The cashier said, "we'll do anything to get you out of here!"

So, I still have two empty propane tanks that are out of test date. I have one on order that will arrive in a month. I have a trailer in the driveway that only needs to have it's deck, racks, and such installed. I have a new hand truck which I bought on my gas supplier, and then drove to the trailer place and saw them $20 cheaper.

But ... by golly, I'm working for myself making .... what was it .... fighting the fight. Taking the out of date tanks to the enemy. Rolling new hand trucks onto dump trailer beds. Carrying tanks according to the laws and rules of this great State of Maryland! Da dah, dada dah, dada dah ... for a duck could be somebody's mohhh-ther ....

And, that's how you blue steel airgun parts.

My coffee cup is empty. Gotta go.

Gary

February 23, 2008

Got some pics from Julio, in Puerto Rico. He has a Barnes Yukon II 58GS.

It shoots the 58 round ball at 963.7, as you can see. He also reported the 450 Grain Barnes buffalo slug @ 838.3 fps. That's 702.4 fpe. Take note of the accuracy displayed below with the Barnes slug.

Rafael is Julio's brother. Julio says this was the first time he'd ever shot a big bore PCP. Not a bad start ....

Julio won the friendly competition. Excellent shooting guys. The slugs were Barnes Buffalo slugs; cast, sized, and shipped by Surefire Casting.

Rafael with a 4 ft. Iguana. They're everywhere down there Julio says. Varmint status.

February 17, 2008

Getting ready for another bluing session. It's alot of work and a real mess ... so I try to have a few things to do at a time.

These are being lathe threaded with a single point interior cutter.

Wanted to also offer you these classic Barnes Tees. They feature the Barnes circle logo. The print is on the BACK of the shirt. It's a 100% cotton, heavy weight pocket Tee.

The logo is in three colors - overlaid. So - they have to use three screens and print each one three times (registered of course). That makes them just alittle more expensive ... but they really "Punch".

There's also the Barnes Pneumatic URL printed on the sleeve.

L-XL shirts are $17.50

XXL and XXXL (special order) are $19.00

No way to get them there but to send them. Post office has a $5 box that should take a shirt - maybe two ... or a hat and shirt.

Next size is the $9 box that you can pack more into.

Here's the hat ...

Nice quality cotton canvas hat. 6 panel - so it lays nice on the head - doesn't stand up in the front. The eyelet vents, back clasp, and back strap eyelets are antiqued brass color metal. The back strap is the same black canvas - no plastic snaps ya know - they really are nice hats.

The Barnes Pneumatic circle logo is embroidered in a "stainless steel" color thread. Looks very nice.

The hats are $15.00 each.

So ... a shirt and hat could use the small $5 shipping box. If you got two shirts and a hat, you'd need the $9 box. I think we could even get two shirts and two hats in the $9 box. Probably 4 shirts in the $9 box.

If you'd like anything. Please send your request to this special e-mail address. klly_barnes@yahoo.com

And the check for your requests to:

Barnes Pneumatic

Box 138

New Windsor, Md. 21776-0138

The shirts and hats are laying here in the office now.

Thanks for reading. ;?)

Gary

February 11, 2008

We got a chance to get out and shoot Saturday. Weather was predicted to be horrible ... but they're never right anymore around here. It ended up being 50F in the afternoon.

Kelly provided a hearty breakfast for Jim, Jerry, and myself. Jerry's about 2 1/2 hours away. Jim about an hour away.

We had a great time conversing over breakfast. Here's a snap of Jerry.

We set up our base camp in about 1/2 an hour.

shooting benches and the Nautilus in the rack here.

Jim and Jerry shooting.

Where's all the guns coming from? Well, Jim bought his Scout off the internet classified. Jerry (being on the ledger) asked for my hunting rifle from 06. Jim found and purchased the Alpine 45 off the internet classified. The Carnivore 58 was my 07 hunting rifle.