Father,son, and revolver project

[raisedin99]

Congratulations to your son and you to.

Thanks for teaching him some of life's lessons. He will be a man well before his peers.

terry

 

[Vbk76]

Today I dropped the side plate off at an engraver...took trips to three different places..

Yesterday was funny...so 3 days ago we sent off for a factory letter on his revolver. Some history,geography, etc for him..he put it in the mailbox...yesterday during the 43 mile commute home he calls me all excited..."Dad the smith and Wesson letter came" told him no way, it's just for the letter I sent away for last month..he says nope says fixed sight and mine has a fixed sight...then I said, " so who's name was on the package?" Silence....was funny..got home and sure enough he tore that envelope open so bad it looked like a honey badger wanted it...point being even the wife was surprised how excited he was...and....he thinks Roy gets those letters out super quick

 

[Vbk76]

So it laser sighted in shooting high. I didn't want to teach him the 6 o'clock hold. So I welded a bead to the front sight,filed,cold blued, and painted. It lasered In so to the local range I went. (Inlaws farm is 90 minutes away). It's ready for summer now

This is at 15 yards freehand

Schools out next week.

 

[Protocall_Design]

I thought the wondersight (rear) was adjustable for height?

 

[Vbk76]

It is. But fully bottomed out it was still high...I even filed the firing pin back corner where It stick out of the hammer to get a few hairs lower...the brownells sight calculator said the front needed to be .091 higher....

 

[Shooter Mike]

Let us know when you get the boy down on the farm. Shooting a pistol that you helped tune with your dad, priceless.

 

[Vbk76]

Well I picked up the engraved side plate today. The engraving came out nice. But.
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I am a pretty easygoing guy. I went from annoyed to laughing pretty quick. Glad it's something I can redo/fix if I choose to or let it ride and laugh...(ignore the tape residue)

 

[Troystat]

Neat project, looks like you have a good kid. Its fun to have ones children involved with our projects.

 

[Vbk76]

Showed the wife ...she said "it's kind of comical...like a misspelled tattoo lol

 

[Vbk76]

Went out to the inlaws farm this break. It's way hot in VA today. Radio saying 106 with heat index. FIL and their neighbor are seeing a lot of bear in their woods so I let him carry his revolver for the first time. It was a good lesson on what to do if we see a bear and also about sick/injured/aggressive animals. He said he felt better being able to protect himself. So we hiked around the property while it was cool out. We also talked about his grandfather/my dad and how today is the 50th anniversary of the day he got on the freedom bird and left Vietnam for home. (I shot my 1911 in remberance) Great father son time and teaching him important stuff. In the afternoon we shot a little bit before we got to hot. Life is Good.




Turtle

 

[Vbk76]

So my boy was all excited the factory letter arrived


So we researched how far Dothan is from us and then discovered the company is still in business. Tomorrow we'll write them a letter and see what they say. You never know
Porter Hardware - Wikipedia

 

[CelticSire]

I think I can speak for my fellow Forum members when I say that we've had almost as much fun following this thread as you have had doing the project with your son.

 

[Vbk76]

Glad you guys are enjoying it

The store closed in 2014 but is now a museum. Apparently the gun counter is still there and there was a shotgun range in the building! I sent an email to the museum so we'll see
E.R. Porter Hardware museum opens in Dothan with much fanfare | Government | dothaneagle.com

 

[NCBeagle]

I really like this thread. Good stuff. Look forward to sharing times like that with my daughter. She's only 14 months old but goes to all of the gun shows, gun shops, and pawn shops trolling for revolvers with me. Also, she's likely the youngest member of the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association Signed her up in Reno last month.

 

[wopr1967]

Great job! The world definitely needs more dads who take the time to teach their children. I'm sure he learned many valuable lessons, and created many happy memories for him later in life.

 

[Vbk76]

Not much to add but a funny pic..

Morning walk in bear country with his smith. Wearing my Ronald reagan t shirt ...funny.

 

[dmy]

Leave the side plate as is

I think you should leave the engraved side plate as is. At some point, I hope it makes you smile like it did for me. It really matches the rear sight paint and front sight bead. It brings a bigger smile when you posted your target.
Knowing that it is a one-of-a-kind priceless piece that will never be sold, it adds to the great memories.

 

[AzShooter]

What a fantastic story. You are a great father to do this and he's an exceptional so to do all that work with you. I taught my young son to work on his guns and to reload when he was 15 and he still works on them and now has a Dillon 650 press to reload on. Start him off on a single stage press and look out. Looks like he found a great hobby.

 

[Vbk76]

Out at the inlaws farm today. I shot my "new" victory..he shot some .22 and his revolver. You can see the orange circle paper target. And way out you can see the white plate further back

 

[Vbk76]

We also did some family history .. We discussed his maternal grandfathers father who served with the 45th in Sicily and Italy during Ww2. Explained how important the m1 Garand that his great grandfather carried during the war was. Then he shot his m1 for the first time..a 1943 Springfield I bought for him a few years ago.. Afterwards he "complained" how heavy it was. I explained how he carried it every day and how it kept him alive. Then I made him load up for range cleanup. Not playing G.I.joe.(he's not like that) But just to drive home the point. Just that little bit of walking around with some gear made him realize a little bit of what his kin did for him