A message for men

[mx5fan]

The grips are wood, Buckeye Burl, thin with a smooth finish.

I think my shooting is better then my photography, at least I hope so

[zena]

Zena,
Fun Sized, full auto weapons, (I just love full auto rock and roll), a range rover with a sniper rifle in the back seat, and working security hunting for Nemo in the frozen food section at Walmart (you've probably seen me) and sounds like a girl? I think your the girl of my dreams. My recomendation on a vehicle being in the Death Before Dodge tribe would be a Hummer Limo. We'll mount a twin 50 up in the sunroof and mount MP5's at each door like a cup holder.
We can take turns blasting liberals as we leave the church. Aww, that is if you accept my marriage proposal, or we could live in sin if that works better for you. Tell me you don't own a boat and clean fish or I'll just die.

Your future soul mate.

Bawanna

Proposal accepted! I like your thinking---Hummer Limo! I prefer to shoot 50's in the prone position so set me up a shooting mat and I'm good with that. And sweet tea isn't as satisfying as a nice MP5 in the hand! No boat, no fish cleaning. Any other details we need to work out? As a wedding gift, I'd love a set of pretty wooden grips...

[Bawanna]

Wedding Gift

Tell me what you want those pretty wood grips to fit and I'll start on them tomorrow. I gotta find whatever gun you choose but so far I've always found them. Did a set for a guy in Arkansas, had a Randall left hand, everything backwards but we got er done. I still don't got the hang of posting pictures but I'm trying here. I couldn't find the doggie ones I wanted, I know I got em someplace and they'll turn up. If the cyber gods bless me, theres a Kimber with a Washington State Patrol memorial pin, a set of ebony handles on my own cobra, and a Ruger with some card inlays. Cross my fingers, see if this works, chanting, chanting, profanity, Hmmm what the bleep is going on here. Come on dang it. Well drop kick me thru the gold post of life I think it worked. I think I get it. the pictures don't show up till you review or send???? This from a guy who they had to drag his rotary dial phone away from . I still miss it.
I did think of one minor detail regarding our forthcoming nuptials, we might have to move to Utah, I'm already married but she's a sweet thing (I'm not sure if she's "Fun size", not sure of the definition, not sure fun has anything to do with size really and I'd hate to give er up, here in the bleedin left heart of washington we're only allowed 1 wife at a time but who would really know? I'm serious give me a gun model, an inlay motif and the sawdust will fly in the AM.

I gotta find some of that wood like on MX5's Dan Wesson, good looking stuff.
If we move to Utah, maybe we could invite her also????? Please Please since I'm on her OK list kind a sort too. Let me know, I'll go pack.

[Bawanna]

I'm on the prowl for some buckeye burl like on that Dan Wesson. They are drop dead gorgeous. Can't stop thinking about them.
I did some changes on the K40 Myrtle Grips since the look just didn't blow my dress up. (here we go with the sexist remarks again). I'll post a pic later when completed and see how they look.

[Bawanna]

K40 Grip Saga

Well I've spent a couple day messing around with some new grips for my K40. I went with Myrtle to start looking for a flashy blonde look, just didn't make it for me. So I've been wanting to experment with some bedliner texture that I modified my glock with. That left it with waaaay too much contrast. Sooooo, I stained the blonde wood and made it darker to knock the contrast down a few notches. We kind of went back to the plain look so went for a shiney inlay that I found in my junk drawer, not sure if they will grow on me or they are destined for the wood stove. Lessons learned for sure. Let me know your thoughts, ideas assh, I mean opinions. I can take criticism. Any riverboat gamblers out there, these might be for you!????
Probably should a started a new thread but I just figured out how to post a picture without a bottle of advil so don't want to take on too much too soon.
We're definitely going with some Buckeye Burl when/if I can find some.

[zena]

Tell me what you want those pretty wood grips to fit and I'll start on them tomorrow. I gotta find whatever gun you choose but so far I've always found them. Did a set for a guy in Arkansas, had a Randall left hand, everything backwards but we got er done. I still don't got the hang of posting pictures but I'm trying here. I couldn't find the doggie ones I wanted, I know I got em someplace and they'll turn up. If the cyber gods bless me, theres a Kimber with a Washington State Patrol memorial pin, a set of ebony handles on my own cobra, and a Ruger with some card inlays. Cross my fingers, see if this works, chanting, chanting, profanity, Hmmm what the bleep is going on here. Come on dang it. Well drop kick me thru the gold post of life I think it worked. I think I get it. the pictures don't show up till you review or send???? This from a guy who they had to drag his rotary dial phone away from . I still miss it.
I did think of one minor detail regarding our forthcoming nuptials, we might have to move to Utah, I'm already married but she's a sweet thing (I'm not sure if she's "Fun size", not sure of the definition, not sure fun has anything to do with size really and I'd hate to give er up, here in the bleedin left heart of washington we're only allowed 1 wife at a time but who would really know? I'm serious give me a gun model, an inlay motif and the sawdust will fly in the AM.

I gotta find some of that wood like on MX5's Dan Wesson, good looking stuff.
If we move to Utah, maybe we could invite her also????? Please Please since I'm on her OK list kind a sort too. Let me know, I'll go pack.

Utah is all good for me as long as we can travel to the coast frequently. Don't like to be land-locked. And please do invite mx5! She's got the prettiest grips I've ever seen. No wonder you are obsessed by them!

[mx5fan]

Utah is all good for me as long as we can travel to the coast frequently. Don't like to be land-locked. And please do invite mx5! She's got the prettiest grips I've ever seen. No wonder you are obsessed by them!

Zena, you're too kind, just too kind and Utah is just across the state line, so count me in

[Bawanna]

Geography

Utah is all good for me as long as we can travel to the coast frequently. Don't like to be land-locked. And please do invite mx5! She's got the prettiest grips I've ever seen. No wonder you are obsessed by them! Haven
't figured out how ya attach them quotes yet, dang I'm dumb.

Well actually I'm quite fond of Wyoming myself, love being close to the Buffalo Bill museum in Cody. However at mention of Ms Zena's fondness for the coast maybe we can link up here in Washington? Except for the abundance of terribly left leaning liberals its pretty country. If Ms MX5Fan accepts our proprosal which it seems she already has it will be even prettier with her beautiful grips. Just fire up the Hummer limo and gather every one up. Sounds like a solid plan to me.
Ms Zena, you never told me what to make you some pretty wood handles for. I'd be honored to make ya some. I found a few that liked those Kahr grips so maybe they ain't so bad. Might take a might longer than usual though, I ran my strong hand (right) thru my table saw (now thats really dumb) yesterday so its kind of mangled and sore as the dickens, but all digits are accounted for. Added real emphasis to the Hawaiin good luck sign digit but gets in the way. Perfect time to work on weak hand drills I guess. Typing totally sucks with a wounded wing, I can tell you that. I've also got time to head north and see if my wood supplier has any of that buckeye Maple. I'm all packed whatever you ladies decide. Give me feedback on them K40 handles would you? Always appreciate the finer sexes (am I allowed to say that?) input for future grips.
This took about 8 times longer than normal, gotta go finish that aborted project from yesterday. Extreme caution will be applied for sure.

[zena]

I guess I can do the west coast....spent 6 years in Portland, OR....got bored with the lack of weather/seasonal changes. Never made it up to BC. Could we all honeymoon there? I know it's supposed to be real pretty. Can we all CARRY there? Have you mounted the Dillon Aero on the Hummer Limo yet? Can't travel cross country without all the right accessories! I don't know "wood" well so am not sure what to ask for. Except I really did like mx5's grips!!

[Bawanna]

Yep,the seasons here are pretty unexciting. Kind of wet and wetter although we get lucky sometimes in summer and snow isn't too bad to deal wih in winter. Might want to rethink BC, it is beautiful but no guns period. The queens hounds would not be happy. I haven't been there since common sense and self preservation took over my life. I was thinking maybe an Alaska cruise but I'm told no guns on a cruise ship, not sure I buy that but I haven't confirmed that one way or the other.
I actually mounted three Dillon Aero's, just made the Hummer look more balanced and we need to cover our rears, six, backside what's the correct PC word for where we just been and I thought we could all three enjoy them at the same time. I should say 4 to include my lovely wife but we can share an Aero and she likes to watch. (Aeros being shot just to be perfectly clear on that.) Had to upgrade the suspension to handle all the ammo I thought we would require but a small price to pay for love.
What kind of gun you want to hang handles on? That's the first bridge to blow up (I mean cross). I'm on the trail for some of what I effectionately call Mx5 wood so maybe we can make that happen. Let me know what kind of gun and I can start thinking on it. Lots of choices for wood out there. Flashy with alot of contrast or more subdued. I got lots of purple heart or zebra wood, rose wood, coco bolo, sometimes I stumble onto a really pretty piece of plain old walnut. Hard is good (for checkering!!!) Wood like zebra checkers but it gets lost in all the color which is fine. The color shows thru but you still got something (a grip) to hold on to. Think on a inlay too, a pin or a button or whatever, makes it a one of a kind proposition. Tell me a gun and we'll just go till we get it right.

[Bawanna]

Limo

Status report. I found a source for Buckeye Burl. Not great news, it's a big ole slab about 5ft accross and I don't recall how thick for 3,000 bucks. Trying to find just a small slab to play with. Would like to find some that's had the stablilized treatment so it don't crack etc etc etc. Gotta make some pretty handles for the wedding gift to Zena. Not sure what'll I'll do for Mx5, hard to top them lovely handles of hers.
Attaching a progress photo on the Hummer limo. Got the rear end beafed up for all the required ammo. The mounts for the Dillon aeros are in place, removed the guns for security reasons. Not totally nuts about the color scheme, I'm leaning towards maybe a flame job but would that be too flashy? I added 6 more MP5's like cup holder mounts, total 18 now. The rig is kind of long and didn't want us to be too far from a weapon.
Yours in paranoia
Bawanna:80:

[wyntrout]

Surely you'll want to up-armor it? That'll cost a mountain of those green thingies.
Wynn

[Vinikahr]

I was browsing on the Glock forum and came across a thread asking "Are men being emasculated?"I didn`t answer it because I keep all my deeper thoughts for this forum.That is when my mind lets me have a deep thought.Here is my answer.I absolutely love strong women.A woman who can overcome the obstacles that society puts in her way is the most sexy and attractive creature that walks this earth in my opinion.I just don`t understand how a man would not be drawn to such a woman.I would much rather have a lover who can guard my back than one who gets her life advice from Oprah.Real women don`t want an emasculated man,they want a solid dependable partner.If a man lets himself be emasculated by the media,there wasn`t much manhood there to begin with.I`m walking out the door for holiday.See you later.

My wife is such a woman! Met her in the Armed Forces! Wanted someone to be my partner and my equal. :4:

[Bawanna]

Surely you'll want to up-armor it? That'll cost a mountain of those green thingies.
Wynn

What price love, what price security. Already loaded with armor, that plus all the ammo that Zena required for her hope chest is why we had to beef up the rear end. 16ply truck tires that look cool killed the penny bank too. The dollar meal is a mere dream right now.

[wyntrout]

Vinikahr: "My wife is such a woman! Met her in the Armed Forces! Wanted someone to be my partner and my equal"
Amen. That's how I met my bride of almost 24 years. We both retired from the USAF. I hit the lottery with her. I can't run her off... thankfully, 'cause I'm hard to live with. Both of us were married before. I'm very good friends with my ex and my wife would like to shoot her ex, with good reason.
We have a partnership -- she works and I take care of everything else... eventually. I sit here and shop quite a bit... and wait for packages. I'm doing the wash today, among other things. I'm quite distracted sometimes with this forum.
Wynn