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Bag o’ Gun no more!


Solomon Kane 18264

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Story time.

About 30 years ago I picked up a little Forehand & Wadsworth .38 5-shot top break pocket gun. Shot it a little, then decided to take it completely apart and clean it. Problem was, I was very inexperienced with gun repair and couldn’t get it back together. Stuck it in a bag and promptly forgot about. That was about 20 years ago. 
Cleaning out the back of bins like we all do from time to time (Found a set of sights for a Savage 99 that I never owned) I found my bag of gun parts. 
After about a year of off and on tinkering, using the accumulated wisdom of the last 30 years, I finally put that gun back together. Not sure what I’ll do with it or what lesson it’s supposed to teach me, but it felt good getting it to run again.

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Nice job! I love when I'm done completely disassembling something and wonder what the heck I was thinking.... Then I get to figure it out, which is challenging and rewarding. Right now I've got a situation with a Mosin, and I mean a situation. Surprisingly, I look forward to these "opportunities." 

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id say the lesson is - we need to always have something to stimulate us , a need to exist , my father died with a list of "things to do" that were undone , i did a few when i was there to burry him , i hope to leave a similar legacy , in the meantime im doing what i can every day to get ahead on that list of mine 

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7 hours ago, Hillbilly Cat said:

Nice job! I love when I'm done completely disassembling something and wonder what the heck I was thinking.... Then I get to figure it out, which is challenging and rewarding. Right now I've got a situation with a Mosin, and I mean a situation. Surprisingly, I look forward to these "opportunities." 

What is your Mosin situation?

kR

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32 minutes ago, Hillbilly Cat said:

I am too embarrassed to admit what I did! 

Oh come on! It wouldn't be like anyone on the wire here to make a snide remark.:D:lol:

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When I was in high school my friend’s dad, a teacher and motorcycle enthusiast, liked to tinker with his bikes. More than once he tore down a bike engine, put it back together and even though he had an unknown part or two left over the bike still ran fine!  My dad, a former auto mechanic, blew up when he found out that I let Mr Fruchey work on my Honda. 
 

Seamus

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Sabe mas el diablo por viejo que por diablo…. Roughly translated that means “the devil knows more due to his age than because he’ the devil”…. Amazing what a little fine aging can do …and not just to liquor and wine!

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10 minutes ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

My Dad did the same thing to an American Bulldog.  Unfortunately, he lost some of the parts.  :(

Maybe I'll take it to a gunsmith to see if he can bring it back to life.

I did a few internet searches and found few parts. You might get lucky with your Bulldog model. I’m still missing a spring, but I think I can make one if I can see an example. 

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