Thanks alot everyone. I will let my family know how much support you guys are and have provided.
Im sure Mr. Bud Williams has a few things to say and some points to make about Lawton Machine. I want to say we will continue my fathers dream and make you all the best dam rifles that can be made. Thanks again.
Registered: 08/17/08
Posts: 17
Loc: Post Falls, Idaho
A very sad day for so many. To Sue and the family, no words I express shall take away the pain, please know that my heart aches with you.
Barney always made me laugh. He was so sweet and considerate. He could be the "man's" man, yet he could get in there with me and do things which most men would not do. He would jump into the kitchen and help make food. He helped me plant my garden seeds in spring. He had the funniest way of calling the cats.......he loved our cats. I have included some photographs of the times we spent together, please take a look at them. The one photograph is Barney planting my seeds in cups.
Barney my friend, thank you for being a good friend to me, you will always stay near to my heart!!!!!!!
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Boere Girl = Klein Stoutgat (Naughty little shit) "Proud to be an American" "Erg Windgat ook my Maatjie"
This is from lrbsniper (Bud Williams). He cannot post this cause he is on a plane headed out here right now and wanted me to do it for him. Thanks bobby.
Barney Lawton/Lawton Machine It is with a heavy heart that this post is being submitted. On the evening of January 27, 2009, my lifelong friend, Barney Lawton, lost his 9 month battle with brain cancer. From the time he was diagnosed in May, he did his best to compress the many things that he wanted to do in the time he had left. Among those were trips with his wife, quality time spent with family and friends, a visit to a Montana water slide park with his grandchildren, a long range elk hunt this past fall with a .375 Chey-Tac kill at 810 yards, along with taking a respectable whitetail buck. Undaunted by people telling him he couldn’t go, he attended and competed in the Montana 1000 Yard Benchrest Championship shoot last August, where he placed third in Closest to Center. He was really proud of that accomplishment! Some time in June or July, Barney and some of his friends were invited to a wild pig hunt in south Texas. You would have thought that he had been given his “make-a-wish” hunt of a lifetime. From that time forward, he lived and breathed being able to make that trip. The problem was that the ranches were not available until the end of January, due to already existing scheduled whitetail hunts. Up until three weeks ago, I fully believed that we were going to get this hunt in before it was too late. All the arrangements were made only to be circumvented by a rapid deterioration in his health. Even given that, when I spoke to him as recently as this past Saturday, the 24th, we talked of which gun he was going to take, where you hold on the pig for a clean kill, what we were going to do with the meat and a multitude of other things necessary to prepare for the trip. I told him he was personally going to have to supervise going over the vehicle to be used…his response “Yep”. I reminded him to get his ammunition reloaded…his response “Yep”. I told him he had to eat more to get his strength back…his response “Yep”. I told him he had to drink a lot of fluids…his response “Yep”. I told him I had to go and I would talk to him later…his response “Yep”. I told him that I loved him and all I got was “Yep”. I told him to be good…and the last thing he said to me was… “No promises”. Anyone wishing to send cards or to contact the family, the address is: Sue Lawton 580 ½ N. Montana St. Dillon, MT 59725 (406) 660-0688 Barney’s wife, Sue, Lawton Machine’s employees and myself, want to take the time to thank all the people out there, who have shown their support and loyalty to Lawton Machine over these past months. In spite of an increase in orders, the shop has been able to significantly reduce the time needed to deliver barrels and actions, while improving appearance and quality. Credit for that sets squarely with the dedication of each and every person within Barney’s organization. All necessary arrangements are in place, assuring the continuity of Barney’s legacy. Lawton Machine is looking forward, with your patronage, to providing quality equipment and service to the shooting community for many years to come. lrbsniper
Registered: 10/25/08
Posts: 197
Loc: North Eastern Wyoming
Thank you Barney my friend for all the help and support in getting my own gun shop going. You my friend were one of the few that really believed that it would all work out and told me to keep my head up. You always told me that I was "one of a dieing bread that still did the cool stuff like case hardening and stainless blueing" . Thanks for the time and support old man. A friends love never forgotten, Chuck
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