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A Couple New Projects
December 16, 2023
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   Not being one to let opportunities for impulsive decisions fly, I
have picked up a couple more projects.  The first being chickens.
Friends had an excess rooster and hen which their existing flock
would not accept from another breed and came my way.  They have been
simply enough sorted for now by fabricobbling a scrap material roost
in a corner of the barn.  Such frivolities as egg boxes, a possible
run, and more birds will be a springtime concern.

   My second project is a slightly more interesting revolver test.  A
not-really-used Charter Arms Bulldog was picked up cheap for a god
awful hitch in the trigger and broken gun pricing.  While fiddling, I
noticed the hitch to occur as one specific chamber carried up so I
plopped down the money and took the little 44 Special home.  The
hitch was mostly eliminated with some stoning, carbide scribe
feeling, and abrasive paste cycling in the one bit of star which had
a teeny defect catching the hand.  That mostly sorted (the remaining
ghost of a hitch will be remedied by vigorous dryfire), I cut the
pinkie section off the stocks to shorten to a two-finger grip.  The
cut was blended to proper finish by sanding and abrasive pad.  While
the tools were still out, I also rounded the tip of the hammer spur
to a semicircle with file and sandpaper to make it less snaggy.  The
hammer may get fully bobbed in the end, however.

   Now to finish typing here and go pack a range kit to test
function, point of impact out to 25 yards, and velocity with some 240
grain flat point "cowboy" loads from the ammo locker.  If that all
goes well, I'll have to cook up a kydex inside-the-waistband holster
when I return home.  While not planning on making the little big bore
snub a carry gun, it will be fun to see ho long it holds up to a diet
of light to middling 44 Special and maybe a handgun match just
because.  For the latter, I should also lay in some HKS speedloaders
when I get around to ordering more ammo and reloading components for
the fool thing.  And paint the sights after any filing needed for
regulation...there ain't no rest for the wicked.

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kimek
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