Shotgun

I needed one in Northbridge at 06.20 on Sunday. A [censored] 'Rodney' was
told by his [censored] mate to 'knock the cyclist over'. A big swerve,
gave him the bird, took off. Much more satisfying in a roadrage
kindaway to Park the bike, crack shottie, load with rock salt shells,
safety off...
Maybe I should watch Dawn of the Dead and Shawn of the Dead in tandem
again?

Theo Bekkers said:

I'm sure Lotte will be interested in this. :-)

I had a friend's shotgun at home on the weekend as he wanted the stock
modified to make the top adjustable. I was a bit nervous cutting into the
stock of his Pirazzi, $15,000 worth of gun. He was very happy with the
result. Phew!

Not suitable for road rage use.

Why not? Single barrel?

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Theo

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I'm sure Lotte will be interested in this. :-)

I had a friend's shotgun at home on the weekend as he wanted the stock
modified to make the top adjustable. I was a bit nervous cutting into the
stock of his Pirazzi, $15,000 worth of gun. He was very happy with the
result. Phew!

Not suitable for road rage use.

Theo

Pictures? I'm not a firearms enthusiast by any means, but I like pretty
workmanship and a $15k shotgun probably involves no small amount of that.

Resound said:

Pictures? I'm not a firearms enthusiast by any means, but I like
pretty workmanship and a $15k shotgun probably involves no small
amount of that.

On this site
http://www.perazzi.it/std/coord.asp?cdSrv=catalogo_prod&cdLng=en&idCategoria=64&
This one det Sc3

Details Sc3 competition or game models / 105,107,108

Theo

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Resound said:

Pictures? I'm not a firearms enthusiast by any means, but I like
pretty workmanship and a $15k shotgun probably involves no small
amount of that.

On this site
http://www.perazzi.it/std/coord.asp?cdSrv=catalogo_prod&cdLng=en&idCategoria=64&
This one det Sc3

Details Sc3 competition or game models / 105,107,108

Theo

I knew there'd be funky handfinishing, but that engraving is nuts. Most
pretty indeed. I can well imagine being nervous sutting into that stock too.

Resound said:

I knew there'd be funky handfinishing, but that engraving is nuts.
Most pretty indeed. I can well imagine being nervous cutting into
that stock too.

Yes. When you buy one of these you pick the four engravings you want for
each face from a catalogue. Then they make it. My friend is pretty damn good
with that gun (even better than Lotte), he has been in the Australian Trap
team representing Oz overseas on a couple of occasions. Regularly shoots
48/50 in double trap. Recently won the State Championship by 12 targets. The
top part of the stock has a piece cut out of it and sits on two metal dowels
in brass slides so it can be shimmed for height. I cut some of the bottom of
the piece so he can get more adjustment and to get some angle adjustment. I
also made two more pieces from some New Guinea walnut I had lying about.

My current project is to make some lace spindles. The problem is to find
suitable timber that will turn down to 3mm with a smooth surface and still
retain strength. Also to turn it without breaking it. :-) Ebony works well
but it is a little scarce and expensive. Need to hone up on my tool
sharpening skills.

Theo

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Resound said:

I knew there'd be funky handfinishing, but that engraving is nuts.
Most pretty indeed. I can well imagine being nervous cutting into
that stock too.

Yes. When you buy one of these you pick the four engravings you want for
each face from a catalogue. Then they make it. My friend is pretty damn
good with that gun (even better than Lotte), he has been in the Australian
Trap team representing Oz overseas on a couple of occasions. Regularly
shoots 48/50 in double trap. Recently won the State Championship by 12
targets. The top part of the stock has a piece cut out of it and sits on
two metal dowels in brass slides so it can be shimmed for height. I cut
some of the bottom of the piece so he can get more adjustment and to get
some angle adjustment. I also made two more pieces from some New Guinea
walnut I had lying about.

My current project is to make some lace spindles. The problem is to find
suitable timber that will turn down to 3mm with a smooth surface and still
retain strength. Also to turn it without breaking it. :-) Ebony works well
but it is a little scarce and expensive. Need to hone up on my tool
sharpening skills.

Theo

This is sooooo OT, but what the hell. Maple apparently makes excellent
dowels; I would have thought that lace spindles wouldn't have to be *that*
strong (my girlfriend occasionally makes bobbin lace). Do the final size
reduction using scrapers?

Resound said:

This is sooooo OT, but what the hell. Maple apparently makes excellent
dowels; I would have thought that lace spindles wouldn't have to be
*that* strong (my girlfriend occasionally makes bobbin lace). Do the
final size reduction using scrapers?

Maple makes excellent dowels because of its ability to expand and stay
expanded when moisture (glue) is added, not because it turns well. Scraping
introduces chatter, particularly in small items, it's better to cut.

Theo

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Resound said:

I knew there'd be funky handfinishing, but that engraving is nuts.
Most pretty indeed. I can well imagine being nervous cutting into
that stock too.

Yes. <snip>

My current project is to make some lace spindles. The problem is to find
suitable timber that will turn down to 3mm with a smooth surface and still
retain strength. Also to turn it without breaking it. :-) Ebony works well
but it is a little scarce and expensive. Need to hone up on my tool
sharpening skills.

Theo

This is sooooo OT, but what the hell. Maple apparently makes excellent
dowels; I would have thought that lace spindles wouldn't have to be *that*
strong (my girlfriend occasionally makes bobbin lace). Do the final size
reduction using scrapers?

Hmmmm... Theo, when you work out how to turn lace bobbins at that small
a diameter, let me talk to you about the weaving bobbins that I need....
They need to be as narrow as the lace bobbins, but slightly longer (I'm
guessing) and a slightly different shape for weighting.... 🙂

Kathy said:

Hmmmm... Theo, when you work out how to turn lace bobbins at that
small a diameter, let me talk to you about the weaving bobbins that I
need.... They need to be as narrow as the lace bobbins, but slightly
longer (I'm guessing) and a slightly different shape for
weighting.... 🙂

Hi Kathy,
I've sent you an email requesting dimensions and contact details.

Cheers

Theo

Kathy said:

Hmmmm... Theo, when you work out how to turn lace bobbins at that
small a diameter, let me talk to you about the weaving bobbins that I
need.... They need to be as narrow as the lace bobbins, but slightly
longer (I'm guessing) and a slightly different shape for
weighting.... 🙂

Hi Kathy,
I've sent you an email requesting dimensions and contact details.

Cheers

Theo

Theo Bekkers said:

Kathy said:

Hmmmm... Theo, when you work out how to turn lace bobbins at that
small a diameter, let me talk to you about the weaving bobbins that I
need.... They need to be as narrow as the lace bobbins, but slightly
longer (I'm guessing) and a slightly different shape for
weighting.... 🙂

Hi Kathy,
I've sent you an email requesting dimensions and contact details.

Cheers

Theo

ooooh, oooohh, excited Kathy!!!! 🙂

I only just saw this thread, but I'm already excited and jealous.

The first and only time I ever fired a gun, I was about 9 years old and it was a big long thing (air rifle I think? Tiny little bullets). Anyway, my first shot went precisely where it was aimed - at a coke bottle. I still want a shotty though.

Lotte

LotteBum said:

I only just saw this thread, but I'm already excited and jealous.

The first and only time I ever fired a gun, I was about 9 years old and it was a big long thing (air rifle I think? Tiny little bullets). Anyway, my first shot went precisely where it was aimed - at a coke bottle. I still want a shotty though.

Lotte

He he, I remember when I was about five, shooting with a bb gun, not happy at all because I could not hit the middle of the target. I guess I must have made some noise about it because my grand father got fed up with it, gave me a double barrel shotgun, I fired both barrels and definitely hit the middle, I was happy again. 🙂 It did have a good kick though. 🙂

Lotte said:

The first and only time I ever fired a gun, I was about 9 years old and it was a > big long thing (air rifle I think? Tiny little bullets). Anyway, my first shot went > precisely where it was aimed - at a coke bottle. I still want a shotty though.

I remember as about a 13 year old (or so) hunting bunnies with big brother and dad and a couple of others. I shot a bunny with a 410 shotgun (little itty bitty shotgun) right up the bum. Was most satisfying, but the bunny was completely inedible, as it was full of tiny bits of lead from one end to the other.

I quite liked firing the shotgun. it was more fun than the other gun we had (a 22 I think), which only fired every _other_ time you pulled the trigger. Quite unnerving, not knowing whether the bloody thing was going to go off or not.

One of those shotguns would be quite suitable for bike use - you could cut the barrel down nice and short - maybe even make a frame mount for it, like a Zefal pump...

Cheers,

Suzy

I think it needs to be integrated, bar ends aimed at a spot 10 feet ahead of the bike, a double barrel top tube etc. Aim with the bike!

come on guys, we are getting dangerously close to the "do you ride with a gun poll" in the cycling equipment forum, where most crazy yanks says, sure, I neve leave home without one.

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come on guys, we are getting dangerously close to the "do you ride with
a gun poll" in the cycling equipment forum, where most crazy yanks
says, sure, I neve leave home without one.

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Claes

And here I thought we were venturing into the relatively unexplored area of
"do you ride with lace bobbins"? Could start a whole new look in knicks and
jerseys. Could crosspost to alt.alleycat.textiles

Claes said:

come on guys, we are getting dangerously close to the "do you ride with
a gun poll" in the cycling equipment forum, where most crazy yanks
says, sure, I neve leave home without one.

What is crazy about that?
I think it would be a very effective way to deal with tail gaters and
side swipers "I just want to positively identify the vehicle before it
hit me as I could not see the number plate at the time officer"

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