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Rare Carcano rifle

Chuck — Wed, 25 May 2016 08:00:52 +0000

In my youth I had the opportunity to look at and take a couple of pictures of a very rare Carcano rifle. Judging on the way I look, with hair and all and not that many wrinkles, these pictures were taken 35 years ago or so. It is not often that you get to see something as rare as this and I wish I would have taken a few more pictures. This is a Moschetto Model 1891 (carbine)

A view of the top of the rifle

Close up of the receiver area

Another view of the receiver

The crest in the side of the stock

Weekend up date 3-23-15

Chuck — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:00:09 +0000

Busy weekend. A number of small and large projects were completed this weekend so lets get to the list.

The first was completing the painting in the fab shop. This is what it looked like.

And this is how it looks now.

I hope to work on the last of the lighting next weekend.

The wall in the wood shop was sanded and another coat of mud put on. This is the before we even started it picture.

Then after we took out the window and framed it in.

This is how it looks now.

We moved some equipment around in the wood shop it allow easier access and use.

I need to build a dust cabinet around the cnc router and I wanted the access to be where I can install and remove fixtures and parts.

I finished the radial arm saw table.

My wife started on the new library/document room.

Cabinet of manuals

Files of data collected over 35 years.

We also got the cnc router up and running. The parameters had been changed and it took most of Saturday getting it to work properly. Here is a quick video of it cutting air.

The other project that was worked on was the photographic stand for rifles and pistols. The first version I was using a lazy susan to allow me to move it.

However there was to much movement so the final version is just bolted to the board.

Weekend Photo session, rare and engraved Walther

Chuck — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 08:00:53 +0000

I had the opportunity this weekend due to the rain and miserable weather to do some indoor photographing. I used this as a chance to practice taking pictures in low light with no flash, as if I were in a museum.

This set I am showing you are pictures of a very beautiful Walther PPK in 380 with a bottom release magazine. This is a 1930 original engraved pistol that is beyond belief.

This is the worst one. I did not get a close enough picture and not enough depth of field.

Let me know what you think. There was no photoshop done to any of these pictures. I did used paint to reduce the size. I hope you enjoyed them. My next task is to make a stand to hold rifles and pistols. I am still trying to improve my picture taking skills. All comments are appreciated.