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Sometimes you get lucky
Eric Krewson:
I am inletting the ramrod pipes on my Kibler kit, do the first one, it came out well, inlet the second one, nice fit and start on the third one. I have to file a lot off the tab to get the pipes in and not hit the barrel so I reach for pipe #2 to compare the tab with pipe #3 after a bit if filing. Where is pipe #2, I put it on my work bench, I keep my workbench clean, it is gone. I shift a few things around knowing it got under a piece of paper, no pipe. I did hear something hit the floor while I was bent over the gun in my optivisors, I have a pick-up bed mat in front of my workbench for anything to fall on and be easily found, no ramrod pipe is on the mat.
I enlarged my search, under the bandsaw, under the work bench, I crawl on my hands and knees all over the shop floor, no ramrod pipe. I look in the house where I took a coffee break earlier, no pipe.
I walk to the mailbox and check the driveway because I did walk down and get the mail while I was working on the pipes.
I am sitting in my house scratching my head, I have turned out the lights in my shop, I get my super bright tactical flashlight and go back to the shop, I search with the lights off and my spotlight bright flashlight that really isolates individual things, no pipe.
I must have a ghost messing with me is all I can think, I guess I will order another pipe.
On things like this in the past I often find the item months later in a perfectly obvious location, go figure........
JW_Halverson:
Hate when that happens. Haints, boojums, sprites, or little people...call them what you will, but they are touchy and once offended are hard of hearing when it comes to apologies.
Stringman:
Always enjoy watching your gun builds, Eric. This uns no different.
Eric Krewson:
I am stretching out this build trying to add a few little things but not so much as to make it too ornate for a southern rifle.
I added a toe plate for a little bling, temporary screws of course;
johnfolchetti:
Nice work inletting that from scratch.
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