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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16875 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #30 - Jul 9^th, 2025 at 10:39am	Print Post
	bpjack wrote on Jul 9^th, 2025 at 10:28am: And my superior negotiating skills got $500 off the asking price. I am working on grafting some wood onto the forend. Testing my poor woodworking skills. A little tip to make the wood repair easier Jack. I do forearms pieces by leaving the forearm on the barrel. Put some of your wife's Saran Wrap around the barrel, and replace the forearm. Then make up a piece of walnut close to the size you need for the filler; especially close to fit the area it butts to the break! Then tape off the forearm close to the area and use clear epoxy to glue the repair piece on the forearm, and use rubber bands cut from bicycle inner tubes to hold it tightly while the epoxy cures. Once it's had plenty of cure time remove the rubber bands and the forearm, and begin final filing and sanding to blend the donor wood. Then whatever finish you like to match it.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3147 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #31 - Jul 9^th, 2025 at 11:49am	Print Post
	Too late for your advice Vall, I will know shortly how my graft works. I have seen your work and it is excellent. Jack

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11730 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #32 - Jul 9^th, 2025 at 1:04pm	Print Post
	bpjack wrote on Jul 9^th, 2025 at 10:28am: And my superior negotiating skills got $500 off the asking price. Yes, I give you an A and a gold star for your haggling skills considering it was your first quality HW purchase. I could tell you were nervous. You did good.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3147 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #33 - Jul 9^th, 2025 at 2:35pm	Print Post
	Nervous? No way. More like excited. When the guy countered my low ball offer, I couldn't get my stash of cash out of my pocket fast enough. I did make an appointment with the eye doctor to see if I can improve my iron sight shooting.

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3723 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #34 - Jul 9^th, 2025 at 4:00pm	Print Post
	speaking of those negotiating skills, Jack- if you want a better cut of things in Joe's will, cancel the eye doctor and say you will spend that money on a good set of scope blocks. Just sayin'


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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3147 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #35 - Jul 9^th, 2025 at 4:22pm	Print Post
	Scope blocks I have. Milling machine I have. But Joe knows where I live.

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7441 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #36 - Jul 9^th, 2025 at 7:04pm	Print Post
	You can made a clamp arrangement to go on the flats of the barrel, full width, in front of the forearm and 1/2 flat, at the rear. Bridge the two clamps and put your scope blocks on that.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3147 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #37 - Jul 9^th, 2025 at 7:12pm	Print Post
	I have thought about that Frank. It would be interesting to see any samples.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3147 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #38 - Jul 10^th, 2025 at 11:19am	Print Post
	The reality is that I have several scoped 32-40s I can shoot. 3 high walls and a Ballard. I also have a 32 RKS high walls being built that will have a heavy barrel. I will leave this rifle as is and challenge my iron sight skills. I don’t think I will practice my offhand shooting with it though. I really like my 39-30 Wesson short barreled Ballard for offhand. It has one bad habit though. It usually hits right where it is pointed instead of where I hope it would hit. I did end the Spokane ISSA shoot on a high note, however. The very last shot of the match was in the 20 shot offhand any sight match and it was a 25. Jack

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7441 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #39 - Jul 10^th, 2025 at 12:24pm	Print Post
	The bullet has to land somewhere

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3147 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #40 - Jul 10^th, 2025 at 12:38pm	Print Post
	I think my bullets are afraid of the color red. I remember watching Bob Zimmerman keep all 10 offhand shots in the red at Tacoma one year. Being an electrician having to work on wiring overhead for years helped as well as shooting offhand flintlocks all the time. It would help if the two record targets were not directly in line vertically. I seem to frequently drop a shot from the top target onto the bottom and one from the bottom on the top. I had 12 shots on my top target but one was a double that I didn’t see but the other was 1/2” from the bottom of the paper from a high shot
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16875 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #41 - Jul 10^th, 2025 at 6:40pm	Print Post
	bpjack wrote on Jul 10^th, 2025 at 12:38pm: I think my bullets are afraid of the color red. I remember watching Bob Zimmerman keep all 10 offhand shots in the red at Tacoma one year. Being an electrician having to work on wiring overhead for years helped as well as shooting offhand flintlocks all the time. It would help if the two record targets were not directly in line vertically. I seem to frequently drop a shot from the top target onto the bottom and one from the bottom on the top. I had 12 shots on my top target but one was a double that I didn’t see but the other was 1/2” from the bottom of the paper from a high shot Never helped my shooting Jack! By the time I retired I couldn't get my hands above my head even if a cop had a gun on me! My shoulders were shot from all that overhead work.

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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3147 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #42 - Jul 10^th, 2025 at 6:52pm	Print Post
	Bob did have shoulder surgery on both shoulders and was not shooting offhand for a couple of years but came back strong.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16875 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #43 - Jul 10^th, 2025 at 6:57pm	Print Post
	bpjack wrote on Jul 10^th, 2025 at 6:52pm: Bob did have shoulder surgery on both shoulders and was not shooting offhand for a couple of years but came back strong. That sounds more like what happens to old electricians like Bib and I. I had steroid injections once, and swore I'd never let them do that again! My shoulders were great by a year after I retired.

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3723 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Yes Joe, it is another high wall Reply #44 - Jul 11^th, 2025 at 9:17am	Print Post
	here is something that can help.


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