I have one of the original 1000 Golden boy 22lr lever guns when production was still in Brooklyn NY. Does any one know something these rifles? I know the engravers who engraved all the rest of the hand engraved ones in my collection, I would really like to know who the engraver was on this one...
I have ordered this video too. Most of Sams videos are on purple power. I am surprised this one is being shipped to me on a DVD. It is nice to go one place to select which video for back ground sound while I engrave.
The bottom gun filled a long time wish. In 2003 I sent a new 9410 Winchester to their custom shop at the factory in New Haven, Ct.
Leslie Dengler was the shop manager at that time. I asked her for their grade 1 coverage. Since this was a first year production gun of their .410 shotgun in a...
Hammer and chisel can last a long time even longer if practice is two or three hours at a time. I still can't draw very well so my basic practice is cutting line art drawing. I have now entered retirement and seldom can fit in an eight hour day. Two or three hours is hard to keep from being...
If you can get a copy of John Shippers book, you can learn a lot from it. I attended his work shop last fall. His book is like a hard copy of his class. You will be off to a good start.
Have I mentioned that when I was working I didn't have time for engraving. The books I have read all encouraged to look at real study pieces. I have been to gun shows and looked at engraved guns. Only problem is you see them once and never again. One of the takeaways was to help budding...
These Winchesters were all done for me over the last 20 years. I think all engravers are FEGA members. Completion dates were 2003, 2008, 2013 & 2018
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An excellent suggestion, I have been using an orange neck warmer I bought for hunting, from Kmart years ago. I never thought I would need one for every family member so they could walk around the neighborhood.
I have experimented with a number of vises over the years. 1st harbor freight centering vise mounted on Dad's old bowling ball placed inside a cherry wood box filled with marbles. A little cumbersome, but the kids kept playing with the marbles, need less to say many marbles never returned.
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