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I haven't missed a show in NW Ohio where my parents sold off a large part of my collection for my wife, who was freaking out because the doc's were telling her I wasn't going to make it and she just didn't know what to do.
There were only a couple of those guns that I was disappointed in losing but a slight miracle happened today. I had stopped a fellow walking around with a Smith 2 1/2" Model 66, wasn't mine and he really wanted a lot for it. Thanked him and went on my way. About ten minutes later I was stopped dead in my tracks. My custom Ruger SBH was lying on a table, right inside the front door. I asked the guy how much and handed him the cash. I had been putting off sending a replacement Old Model .44 to Mr. Bowen to work his magic on, once again. Don't know why, really but it must have been for a reason. Had a little meltdown on the way back to my table, but I can't tell you guys how happy this made me today!
Anyway, had a little meeting with the family when I got home and now they know for sure how much this thing means to me.
jb
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Now that`s a Purdy hand gun jb
Very nice congrats on getting it.
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You can't know how happy I am for you Jason.
That is one of the coolest guns I've seen on this board and I have thought of your story a lot.
Made my whole dang weekend!
P.S.
I have an old 3 screw SBH that is a good candidate for it's twin. I should do it.
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OldWin wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 7:26 am
You can't know how happy I am for you Jason.
That is one of the coolest guns I've seen on this board and I have thought of your story a lot.
Made my whole dang weekend!
P.S.
I have an old 3 screw SBH that is a good candidate for it's twin. I should do it.
Appreciate it. I know we've chatted about it a couple of times. I've been looking at the one I bought to replace it and not sure what to do with it now. It's a 5 digit old model but not a collectible. Nice but well used.
Anyway,
Thanks again, guys. I knew you all would understand.
And that line about the buzzards is pretty close to what I said to everyone. She was scared and I get that, but my .44? Dang!
jb
jasonB " Another Dirty Yankee"
" Tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"
Jason, I think highly of the affordable quality offered by Stan Dolega of Wolf Ears Equipment in Laramie, Wyoming. That said, a Bowen deserves to go a little on the swanky side.
P.S. Stan sewed me a few loops for .50-70 in addition to the loops for .44 Special.
Joe,
There were some pretty heated discussions on the subject. However, I had never made it really clear what were investments and what was personal. A huge mistake on my part. I had the Ruger made up before I met my wife and even though I took it everywhere, no one really knew what it was to me and what I had invested in it. The black and plastic stuff was easily replaced and even upgraded. I was really thankful that they hadn't gotten to the Winchesters!! The 1911's have been mostly replaced, though there were two A1s that amazing histories that I will never be able to duplicate. Maybe someday I'll run into those was well.
Now,
While I was trying to replace the Bowen Ruger and picked up these two. The Stainless New Model has a really short grip for my hands and kicks like a Russian Mule! The other is an Old Model made in 1967 that has some miles but is a good shooter. Neither of which do I have any attachment to, but they're cool. Haven't decided to do with them yet.
They make a nice picture, though.
This is what I'm thinking for the new holster; full flap cross draw, border stamped. Should protect it nicely.
jb
jasonB " Another Dirty Yankee"
" Tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"
J Miller wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:32 pm
If my wife or any body else sold off my guns before I was dead and I survived, there would be hell to pay. I would NEVER let them live it down.
Joe
If I survived to find my guns sold, I'm not sure I'd be living anywhere near whichever family member sold them. I'd hope my wife would wait until after the funeral at least!
My wife was scared and panicked. Nothing more. Funeral arrangements had already been made, I was on the way out. The doctors had gotten the family together twice, telling them I wouldn't make it through the night. Only through the absolute stubbornness of my Viking heritage that my heart refused to stop. Everything else was shutting down. It's called Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and most guys my age don't survive it ( Doc AJ will back me up here). If they do, most are severely disabled. We, along with most people I imagine, aren't prepared for a significant other to check out at 47! Most of my investments are in real estate and not easily liquidated. My guns were. Always have been. That's just how it is. She was getting money together for my funeral! But, I'm still here and I still get to wake up every morning next to a beautiful woman and that's more important to me that my possessions. I'm thrilled to have one of my favorites back for a fraction of what it would have cost to replace it, but it still could have been replaced. It's just stuff. I've made an ( almost) full recovery in the last two and an half years. There were a lot of days that I just didn't want to get up but the love and devotion and sheer strength of this woman made me get up and get moving.
But that's just me.
jb
jasonB " Another Dirty Yankee"
" Tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"
You are a lucky man Jason. What's more, you realize and appreciate it. So glad to hear you are doing well.
I've had the conversation with my wife, but there's really no danger. My sons will take all my guns. I call them the poorest investment I ever made. Just gonna give em away.
Not true really. It's something we all have in common and it keeps us close.
"Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round.
2ndovc wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 7:52 pm
My wife was scared and panicked. Nothing more. Funeral arrangements had already been made, I was on the way out. The doctors had gotten the family together twice, telling them I wouldn't make it through the night. Only through the absolute stubbornness of my Viking heritage that my heart refused to stop. Everything else was shutting down. It's called Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and most guys my age don't survive it ( Doc AJ will back me up here). If they do, most are severely disabled. We, along with most people I imagine, aren't prepared for a significant other to check out at 47! Most of my investments are in real estate and not easily liquidated. My guns were. Always have been. That's just how it is. She was getting money together for my funeral! But, I'm still here and I still get to wake up every morning next to a beautiful woman and that's more important to me that my possessions. I'm thrilled to have one of my favorites back for a fraction of what it would have cost to replace it, but it still could have been replaced. It's just stuff. I've made an ( almost) full recovery in the last two and an half years. There were a lot of days that I just didn't want to get up but the love and devotion and sheer strength of this woman made me get up and get moving.
But that's just me.
jb
I, for one, appreciate your take on it. A good woman sells a good gun - you've still got her and that's worth rejoicing over. That's one reason we've got burial insurance, one less thing for either of us to have to deal with when the inevitable happens.
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