The 'sicle' that got away!!
 

So, I've been restoring a 12ga field-grade LC Smith for a friend for the past year. The guys on the LC Smith website have been a tremendous help in the process. I took about 20 dents out of the bbls, installed a new butt plate and screws, had Tom Carter make new firing pins from specs gotten from the LC guys, dismantled and thoroughly cleaned and inspected the innards, fixed 4 cracks in the inletted area, and refinished the stock. You think Parkers are difficult to reassemble?? They're a pc of cake compared to an Elsie. At any rate I finally got it together this afternoon and after test firing it delivered it to the owner. It's the test firing that was a lesson. After a careful stalk that would make even COB proud, and wearing hvy leather gloves, a tough Carhart jacket, Peltor shooting muffs and a face shield I leapt onto the outhouse seat, drew what I thought was a careful bead, and gave the offending sicle one barrel after the other in quick succession. I had it dead to rights, or so I thought! When the smoke cleared a look at the resultant mayhem revealed that I had only "wounded" it!! I missed most of it from 2ft away!! How can this happen?! :crying: The lesson: Stick to Parkers for that most important hunt from now on. Things will be different next time.... now where did I see the data for those pigeon loads...?

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Rich, Serves ya right for using a Smith gun!........:rotf:

What Dave said.:)

Who won the Southern last year---and with what ??????

Ouch!:shock:

I think I will just leave that alone.....:)

Not limited to Smiths....
 

I have let go of many guns over the years that I "couldn't hit sh*t with"!!

Is this perhaps a job for a unplugged, 5 shot, plastic stocked, duck gun?

they are cutting that smith pretty low rich..i bet you closed your eyes when you pulled that trigger i woulda... charlie

maybe you should start out with something less dangerous -

like a Dr Pepper can

:draw:

I smell a flinch:rotf: Maybe you need larger shot and a focal point like corn:rotf:

I have to admit it was a one-handed shot and I was leaning back from the hole a bit.... this was afterall a gun I knew nothing about; it looks fine...... but it is an LCSmith. I've never shot an LC before. Pretty cool 3-position safety though. The rear most position takes it off auto-safety mode. A tad dangerous I suppose but once you got used to it....

Maybe it was that I used #8 shot...! You think turkeys can carry some lead and escape? :p phphphph..

I would think nothing smaller than #6 shot for the sicle. I'm a big believer in matching the shot to the target.

Hated the 3 position safety on my Smith 16 field. I used to put duct tape to keep it from going back,
I traded it for a 12 ga Francotte that got traded for an O frame GH 16 Damascus that I am keeping.

We , that is, those of us who have been reading this forum for 6 or seven years are deeply indebted to Mr. Flanders for keeping the winter doldrums from making us blue and by introducing a line of humor that has produced some of the funniest material that has ever been on this forum. I salute you, sir! David

With that in mind, we have a lot of new forum members who have not seen the proper form for shooting sicles. Please repost the picture of you and your 10 parker.

Can't readily find the 10ga shot but here's my 2009 hunt with my 1883 12ga hammer gun, which resulted in a good clean kill....just the same, I abstained from having a "head mount" made...

I also once owned a smith with that safety. I never felt good about it while hunting as I could not get it off my mind. I have looked down the barrel of too many of my friends guns while hunting quail through the years. It is a very nice ejector gun but simply does not compare to a Parker IMHO. He said he probably would not ever use it and if I am with him I hope he doesn't because I don't think I could get it off my my mind even now.Thing do happen. Gerald

Thanks Richard,
That is the picture I was referring to.
Jeff

http://parkerguns.org/forums/attachm...1&d=1389035432

roto rooter - Alaskan style

:eek:

I can't imagine wearing all that crap to go take a crap:rotf:

That's just scary.

Is that the low gun mount I've read so many the old pros used? Richard is definitely keeping his eye focused on the target. Just remember to follow through. :)

I think I would be more worried about getting out of the way after I pulled the triger.

How many shotguns have you lost with the "One hand hold"?

Tell us about all the Stuff on the walls. Brings a new meaning to the words "Man
Cave"

Probable emergency supplys in case you get froze to the toilot. Everything is within easy reach. Should be able to survive till the spring thaw.

Richard, I couldn't help but notice the location of the dutch oven and teapot / stove? Is this an Alaskan adaptation for multitasking during the polar night season?:rolleyes:

My outhouse is full of interesting old stuff. The dutch oven is out here because it's bigger than I ever need -my grandmothers #8 Griswold is in the house and all I ever need. The tea pot next to it is an old one that got burned dry and the tinned copper bottom ruined, unfortunately. The dutch oven is sitting on two 100# cases of 6# nickel babbit bars. I put a lot of trinkets out there that I don't have room for in the house.... stuff that falls into the "dust magnet" category. I'll see if I can post some pictures of some of the stuff and we'll play "stump the chumps" to see if anyone can ID some of it.

What is a babbit bar?

It's the material used for poured bearings Rich. Here's a few pics of my outhouse museum...

Thanks. You just never know what you can learn here:bowdown:

Wow Richard, you've got quite a collection of cool sh!t in that outhouse! :rotf:

just lovely..seen lots of things ive never seen..and how about your own constipation pilss..richard you are prepared my friend... charlie

Who can tell me what is shown in pics 5 and 6 ?? Especially #6 which is a very cool item and has a very sad story. And pic #9?? The nickeled item in the middle. And Rich, that's a bar of babbit material in the background, the "Magnolia Antifriction Metal", and that's a very unique cool bar of it. Most bars aren't that artistic.

Rich, #5 looks to be a pressure cooker of some kind but its use is a mystery to me. No idea on the other 2 items although #9 looks like it could be set to get center in a cylinder. Jim

# 6 looks like it has some sort or electrical connection on top and conductive zinc or lead on the arms.

6 is the top and anode from an old Edison battery. Or, maybe it's a Samson

Holy Cow!! Lydia Pinkham set up business in Lynn, Massachusetts sometime in the 1800's. My brother Jonathan leased space in the old Lydia Pinkham Building when he set up his pottery business in his hippie days in the '70's. He is still listed in the area telephone books with that address tho he moved to a commune near Big Sur in about '76 or so.

Hey Rich... Save your ammo and dump those pills down the hole for instant relief.

No 5 looks like some sort of natural gas cruisable and edger is right about no 6 dont know about 9 but looks like some sort og an old fire extingisher in the back.