Gunsmithing Shining a turd

[TORKAR]

Thought this was amusing. I received a Westernfield 12ga for Cerakote. We did the vent rib, stock,pins, trigger group and slide in graphite black and the barrel and receiver in stainless. The material used cost more than the shotty is worth. Came out nice though.

 

[gunnergirl81]

Re: Shining a turd

We generally just use Flitz high gloss turd polish, but your results are much nicer. We've polished a few turds. Funny thing is that now and then you'll find a turd fan who will pay real money for them.

Nice job.

 

[TORKAR]

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Bwahhhhh haaaa haa, so true!

 

[Tripwire]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TORKAR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thought this was amusing. I received a Westernfield 12ga for Cerakote. We did the vent rib, stock,pins, trigger group and slide in graphite black and the barrel and receiver in stainless. The material used cost more than the shotty is worth. Came out nice though.
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So, you have a business, and do gunsmithing.

You get a customer, who for whatever reason, brings in a cheap gun for work....and I'm assuming, since you did the work, that the customer is willing to pay what you require for the work.

Then, in a stroke of what can be only pure brilliance, you decide to post on the world wide web, a pic of the gun and mock that customer by naming his cheap gun a turd.

Basically calling a paying customer an idiot in public, and laughing at him.....re: your “Bwahhhhh haaaa haa”

Now, what if that customer sees this thread and recognizes you, his gun, and the insults you've dealt him.

I wonder if he would then be willing to come back next time and give you more money for something crazy, or even something that might better meet your approval?

In these trying times are you so secure that you can afford to risk pissing off a customer like that?

What if that customer was me?

Nice move genius............

 

[Beef_Supreme]

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So what part of your disclaimer does the above post fall uner Trip?

Probably the better option for the OP would have been 'Look what a wonderful job I did on an otherwise dull and less popular firearm, how awesome to have an opportunity to let my madskills shine through!'

 

[gunnergirl81]

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PC gone wild.

We want more polished turds!

We all make our own sandwiches, and we'll take the bite when the time comes. Relax, its just the internet.

 

[TORKAR]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tripwire</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TORKAR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thought this was amusing. I received a Westernfield 12ga for Cerakote. We did the vent rib, stock,pins, trigger group and slide in graphite black and the barrel and receiver in stainless. The material used cost more than the shotty is worth. Came out nice though.
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So, you have a business, and do gunsmithing.

You get a customer, who for whatever reason, brings in a cheap gun for work....and I'm assuming, since you did the work, that the customer is willing to pay what you require for the work.



Then, in a stroke of what can be only pure brilliance, you decide to post on the world wide web, a pic of the gun and mock that customer by naming his cheap gun a turd.

Basically calling a paying customer an idiot in public, and laughing at him.....re: your “Bwahhhhh haaaa haa”

Now, what if that customer sees this thread and recognizes you, his gun, and the insults you've dealt him.

I wonder if he would then be willing to come back next time and give you more money for something crazy, or even something that might better meet your approval?

In these trying times are you so secure that you can afford to risk pissing off a customer like that?

What if that customer was me?

Nice move genius............ </div></div>

Partially correct Trip,

I do have a business... however the gun came to me from my good friend who owns a gunshop and received it on a trade among several other guns. The owner shows it to me and says "look at this turd, think we can polish it?" I say back unto him "for I am a genius and can polish thou turd to a high luster, giveth to me and let me undertake thy turd to make shine."

Now, the fate of the turd has not yet been determined. It may go on a shelf with a price tag or hang on the wall next to a Cerakote poster. Either way, the work came out very nice and if it get's sold it won't be passed off to a prospective customer as the latest and greates tactical shotgun... rather, an obsolete Westernfield that got a new skin... and try not to break it cuz parts are gonna be scarce.

 

[hero's machine]

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Oddly, I too am polishing a turd. It is a $100 pistol given to my dad by his dad in 1960. It broke a spring in about 1980 and has been sitting in a garage rusting ever since. I could buy a barrel from numerich for $40, but this has a sentimental value to my family......so I am cleaning it up for my dad as a surprise.

I was able to draw file all but the last bit of rust pits and save the marks and not make it look stupid. It will be fun to see dad get his mits on this after being essentially lost for 30 years.

Not a hijack I hope.....just sharing my turd polishing. It's my turd, and I know its a turd, but I picked it up by the clean end.

 

[TORKAR]

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Great job with the file and kudos for undertaking a turd polish project! I just draw filed the pitting out of a Marlin 30-30 and will throw a before and after up on here. I'll be careful not to refer to it as a turd as I wouldn't want any panties to get bunched.

 

[JamesOC]

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Oh I have polished my fair share! I would look into using stones for moving up through the grits, Geisweinn is my prefered supplier if not that try just putting sandpaper on a block of wood. Keep all the corners sharp. Are you going to blue it or how do you think you will finish it?

 

[hero's machine]

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I have blocked it out to 600 with paper wrapped around my file. All lines are sharp still. I was going to rust blue it, but I may shift to cerakote. My dad has ms and is not always able to clean it. I am going to engrave his name and get new springs and such and get it to him soon....I fear he's on borrowed time, and this one will hit home as it was a gift from his dad way back.

 

[Tripwire]

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Understandable, then.

You did give the turd a nice polish.......

If I recall back to my very first shotty gun, at like age 11, it was infact a Wards-Westernfield, 12 gauge pump....with that stupid poly choke thing on the end of the barrel.

Dad ordered it from the Montgomery-Wards catalog; that two inch thick thing that came in the mail at the change of every season.....WAY before anyone even dreamed of the internet.

I didn't know what a turd was at that age, in that time, but by damn I had me a 12 gauge pump gun.

 

[MarinePMI]

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Add another who's first shotgun was a Monkey Wards.

Mine was a 16 ga. Still have it, but is no longer safe to shoot (pins have worn through the aluminum action to the point the whole FCG wiggles and doesn't always keep the slide/bolt in battery). She's a wall hanger now...lotta memories (and dead Texas doves) with that shotgun...