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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ Princess of Whales Sterly |
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Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:14 pm
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Location: Glendale, AZ
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Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:06 pm
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Yeah but you gotta wonder about a guy who has to call his gun "Princess" ?
Well done Drew!
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Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:57 pm
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| Welcome home to the Princess! Nicely done. |
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Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:02 pm
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| Very nice Drew! Is that a rubbed oil finish on there? |
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Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:43 pm
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| Nice, Rev! How much wood did your smitty take off? He started with the standard un-capped SW grip, right? |
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Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:10 pm
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This is a 39' (by letter) Utica gun and had an odd acute angle pistol grip (uncapped) sorta like a Perazzi trap gun-looked terrible and blocky compared to Philly Sterlys. Wish now I had taked a 'before' pic. I was thinking about doing a round knob but he (correctly) observed the flat knob would look more appropriate and he was really just making the stock look like the earlier guns. He also improved the inletting for the trigger guard and cleaned up a couple of screws-actually had to top weld then re-cut, color, and engrave the trigger plate screw.'Crisped up' the trigger pulls a bit. The pic doesn't show the Brownells 'Old English Style' pad he fit and that looks 'period appropriate.' Also fixed the safety which would occasionally reset with recoil and installed a new front sight for me. I think he felt bad for having the gun more than 3 mths and only charged $170 for all the work 
We'll see how long it takes to get my 12g Sterly back now  |
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Wed Sep 13, 2006 7:57 pm
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| She looks great! Now start practicing for SD and Kansas! |
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Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:41 am
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Hmmm . . . she doesn't look large enough to me to be a Princess of Whales. Princess of Sharks, maybe . . . or, perhaps like Lady Di, Princess of Wales. |
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Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:45 pm
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Well doc, at least the man did not say princess of walruses, or princess of elephant seals. I think he's jealous. I like it. Nice looking stock job. Now about your attire for the hunt. Please forgo the charteuse tu-tu and matching ballet slippers this year. I understand that several cows dropped dead from shock last year.  |
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Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:32 pm
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Well done Rev! Does the gun "fit" you now; drop, etc? Looks good.  |
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Eat your hearts out Merkel Maniacs and Parker Putz
