Come Into Bawanna's Famous Grip Emporium

[Bawanna]

I need to find somebody close that has a newer MK9. Also been trying to talk my co worker into selling me the loaner I use for the old ones. Not sure why since I've had it for 2 or 3 years now and he don't miss it. Just asked him yesterday if he'd like to visit it, he said if I brought it back I'd have to take something else since he don't have enough room in his safe, told him to get another safe duh?

What do I get if I become officially famous? Do I have to do drugs and alcohol and have tons of money and do red carpet walks and stuff?

Outside the money, maybe I best lay low for awhile. Me being shy and all, them red carpet walks might not be a good fit.

[Bawanna]

I was trying to figure out how you know how many views but I see it now. I'll have to look at that once in awhile.

What's the magic number for famous?

[yqtszhj]

You're probably famous already. I’ve actually seen references to this thread on another gun forum (can’t remember which one) where folks were looking for custom grips and were referred to Bawanna on Kahrtalk.

I’m sure the money is rolling in already, isn’t it?

[Bawanna]

Not so much that I've seen, maybe the wife is hoarding it from the mail box?

I did get a nice windfall thanks to wlfman and his wife which was unexpected.

I don't feel famous, maybe it'll hit me tomorrow........................or the next day.

[Wlfman13]

Bawanna,

You definitely earned that "windfall".

I love love love the dark MK grips you made for Steve. (Yep, triple love).

I sent a couple photos via PM/email of a Mossberg. Blonde. Don't know anything about it, but figure you would. Kinda the same color blonde I envisioned for the next Charger Mares Leg...

I'm doing my best to make you famous... All it takes is showing someone (Range Officer, gun-shop sales guy, gunsmith, etc.) the Charger Mares Leg with custom Bawanna stock. Their eyes bug out, then I offer to let them hold it (they are always afraid to ask, for some reason), and then they spend 5 minutes rubbing it. One guy SMELLED it, and that sniff was the final determining factor to assign the term "a certain level of bad@$$ery that an AR15 pistol, and an "off the shelf" custom 1022 rifle just don't have".

-Wlf

[Bawanna]

Aww shucks, I love the sniff. I sniff a lot of guns myself. Cept AR's, nothing to sniff there. Put a wood stock on an AR and one would really have something.

[AIRret]

Definitely, no RED carpet, that's almost as bad as shag carpet!

[Bawanna]

I started playing on my Charger Mares Leg this afternoon. I decided to attempt to use the original buttplate, just modify it and refit it.
Took a long time and still some fine tuning to do but it turned out ok so far. I doubt I would go this route again.

I cut the forend off as long as I could, remembering my carpenter days where we learned you can cut it shorter but you can't uncut it, course we didn't have all these wonderful expoxy's and glues like we do now days neither, so maybe we can put stuff back.
Still pondering on that end.





Done for today, was kind of hot round here, the man cave stays pretty cool at least for awhile.

Time to hit the recliner.

Happy Fathers day to all you Fathers out there.

[gb6491]

I like where the butt plate is headed
Regards,
Greg

[Bawanna]

Sort of a blank canvas and nobody to please but myself. I went back at it for a bit, ended up cutting off the pistol grip and making it English style.
Cut out a hunk of the forend as I want something to remind my hand not to reach too far forward. It worked well on Wlfmans so I did kind of the same thing.
Rounded off the end of the fore end but not sure where that's gonna end up just yet.

I know the finish Ruger puts on these things is TOUGH. It don't sand off easy. I originally intended to try not to mess with it, but messed with everything so much I'm gonna have to completely sand it all down and refinish. That's ok. No time frame.

[DeaconKC]

Looks good so far! The only thing I have heard that would strip Rugeer's finish is acetone and even that is iffy. Good luck!

[Wlfman13]

Bawanna,

I like it, so far. I didn’t think there was a way to use the original butt plate, but you proved that thought wrong.

I love what you did to the forend of mine, and I’m really interested to see the English-Style stock on yours.

-Wlf

[Bawanna]

I'll get some more pictures first chance I get. Fella here at work thinks I ought to Remington it an put an ebony forend tip on it.
Pondering that. I did forend cut out just like I did yours to remind my hand not to travel too far forward. The sling/bipod base will act as a last stop but I want a early warning system too. Too late in the game to shoot a hole through my weak hand although I don't do much with it, cept it's handy typing I guess or keyboarding I guess they call it these days.

[AIRret]

Can't wait to see the finished product…..but take your time!

[DeaconKC]

Can't wait to see the finished product…..but take your time!

Yes! Keep all those digits!