With the realization that we are all just temporarily here on this mortal coil, I wanted to take a moment to tell everyone that it's important now more than ever that we vote with our dollars. And I mean not merely for our own consumption and self satisfaction. The way we spend our hard earned- for most of us, anyway- dollars is a tangible reward to whomever we give those dollars to for a good or service they produce.
Just this past couple days I learned of the passing of Tedd Adamovich, proprietor of Blu Magnum grips. I had the great pleasure about four years ago of having two sets of stocks made up by him for a 24-3 and a 625-6 Mountain gun. One square butt, one round. They turned out just beautifully and have made both pieces better for his efforts.
It made me think of the fact that there just aren't really that many people who are masters of what they do in today's world, particularly as it regards things like century plus old firearms and tools created in a different era. Whether thumb cockers, trigger and thumb cockers or self loaders of the Browning persuasion, those of us who appreciate and realize the true timelessness of the old machines are in a minority. The men and few women who understand them and provide services related to them are getting fewer and fewer as time marches on.
It's important for us to understand this because it is conceivable that there actually can come a day when there will be nobody or so few people who can 'smith on wheel guns or produce useful stocks as to make the use and owning of such pieces untenable.
The only way to assure the longest enjoyment of our tools/toys is to vote with our bucks and take advantage of services and goods that are available to us today, before they go away. We are blessed that there are still other stock makers out there but Mr. Adamovich's passing marks a loss for the industry and our community. I'm thankful I was able to patronize him and am hopeful that I may find another maker who can make stocks as pretty and functional as his.
Just this past couple days I learned of the passing of Tedd Adamovich, proprietor of Blu Magnum grips. I had the great pleasure about four years ago of having two sets of stocks made up by him for a 24-3 and a 625-6 Mountain gun. One square butt, one round. They turned out just beautifully and have made both pieces better for his efforts.
It made me think of the fact that there just aren't really that many people who are masters of what they do in today's world, particularly as it regards things like century plus old firearms and tools created in a different era. Whether thumb cockers, trigger and thumb cockers or self loaders of the Browning persuasion, those of us who appreciate and realize the true timelessness of the old machines are in a minority. The men and few women who understand them and provide services related to them are getting fewer and fewer as time marches on.
It's important for us to understand this because it is conceivable that there actually can come a day when there will be nobody or so few people who can 'smith on wheel guns or produce useful stocks as to make the use and owning of such pieces untenable.
The only way to assure the longest enjoyment of our tools/toys is to vote with our bucks and take advantage of services and goods that are available to us today, before they go away. We are blessed that there are still other stock makers out there but Mr. Adamovich's passing marks a loss for the industry and our community. I'm thankful I was able to patronize him and am hopeful that I may find another maker who can make stocks as pretty and functional as his.
