For all the comments that are coming..Yeah, I know this is not a pistol, but there will be some coming in this thread. It is all about the master plan.
For the next week I will try to post some pics of guns going to the Shot Show by the LTW smiths. No reason not to start if off with a project that has been going on next to my bench for quite some time. The only way I can describe it is, that it is like sitting next to Dr. Frankenstien in his laboratory. Or hanging out with Jesse James on Monster Garage. I don't get it.
Lew doesn't get excited about much and Ted less than that. Mention Scoutzilla and they both perk up like check day at the welfare office. They both grin a little and we take side bets on how many rounds Mark Downing is going to shoot through this before he gets his Ti rotator cuff.
The metal work is something to watch come together. The picture can describe what kind of work goes into building a "full boat" custom shoulder fired anti-aircraft gun.
We think Mark is planning to spend this summer in Afrfica. Hunting...........whatever he wants. Seriously, watching Ted checker a stock by hand makes you realize how tedious the work can be. Checkering the fronstrap of a 1911 by hand is one thing, checkering the the wrist of a rifle stock by hand looks the same to me as checkering a potato.
There is an obvious labor of love when a couple of true professionals spend untold hours putting a rifle together. Truth be told Ted would rather sit behind the bench and build one off rifles all day. You could never charge for something like this due to the hours spent.
Hopefully Ted or Lew will chime in and provide some details regarding what went into this one. Enjoy the photos.
Here is the hand checkering I was going on about.
And yes, that says .458 Lott. "Dude, whydid you put a scope on a 12ga.?"
Metal work?
My favorite an ebony cap added on to the stock. Freakin' seemless.
Ah, Helllo, big enough for ya, Mark?
Ted and Lew used more oil on this stock than the Valdez ever carried.
Lew isjust a tad wierd when it comes to metal work. Let's put it this way, if Lew was in charge of the Space Program we would not have left Cape Canaveral yet. "A there is .0001 tolerance here, is that going to be acceptable?" Love ya, Slim.
Mark before his wife or mother find out.
Fast forward a month, here is Mark when his wife/mom sees his receipt from Yost-Bonitz custom that reads...1-Scoutzilla rifle in .458 Lott.
Some additional pics of a OACP built by Ray Harms of Yost-Bonitz Custom. A very well done gun.
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