Puller
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Very nice find . . . at current lumber prices you probably could have traded off a couple of those 2x8's and covered the cost of the new rifle.
I bagged a Pale Whale of mine - Browning 92 .357!
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Very nice find . . . at current lumber prices you probably could have traded off a couple of those 2x8's and covered the cost of the new rifle.
Old Corp
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Congrats! They are indeed beautiful.
Like you, kept an eye out for quite awhile for one, but just never worked out, and prices started getting outta my range.
So, I grabbed a cheap stand-in, the Rossi 92 16" .357 and must've got a 'good one'. No issues whatsoever. Fun shooter and has one buck to it's credit so far.
But like all bargain hardware, the wood is almost fence-post grade.
It'll never be a Browning - - enjoy yours!
Like you, kept an eye out for quite awhile for one, but just never worked out, and prices started getting outta my range.
So, I grabbed a cheap stand-in, the Rossi 92 16" .357 and must've got a 'good one'. No issues whatsoever. Fun shooter and has one buck to it's credit so far.
But like all bargain hardware, the wood is almost fence-post grade.
It'll never be a Browning - - enjoy yours!
OP
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It is wonderful, and we love the view. It's a huge blessing really.
I dug up some other pictures of the view proper:
I'm currently sitting at $28,000 (as you see it). But at least the bulk of the lumber is paid for, I still need to buy the wire for the rails, and of course labor costs.
This house is awesome. I have over 4.5 acres, on a river, and I'm 5 minutes from Costco, and about 7 minutes from my wife's job at the local hospital, a fact which does not dissuade the wolves from running around down at the river bottom there... Hell, the year before I moved in my neighbor got some pictures of a wolverine running by down there. Not sure why the wolverine was here, but with all the whitetails I'm pretty sure I know why the wolves were hanging out this last winter. So because the house is positioned up on the bluff above the river, and across from the river is a big chunk of property that floods so bad it can't be developed, the deck is a wonderful place to watch nearly every kind of wildlife Montana has to offer.
I assume that's why when the house was built in 1970 the design involved 8ft overhangs, and a deck that wraps around 3 sides of the house. So no matter what time of day it is you have shade/sun somewhere on the expansive 1025sq/ft deck. Which we knew was an issue (being original from 1970 and made of fir), but it took a while to save enough to even try to get it replaced, then even longer to find someone to do it, and now we are in the middle of super expensive wood time.
Should be great when its done. The kids should love it. Planning on high rails and gates on both ends so they can just go out and play on it. After that the only big project on the house is getting a new roof in roughly 5 years, the old one is ok but it was installed wrong and I have to find bits of roof after ever windstorm and go up and glue them back down. The other small project is to get my underground 15yd pistol range (effectively just a large cement drain pipe extending out of the foundation 15 yds), properly ventilated. Not so much a consideration in the 70's.
My gun collection has certainly shrunk since I got married, but the kiddos are worth it, and in the long run this house is too.
Looks and sounds like HEAVEN to me!
Larry
Larry
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