Mr. John was invited to our families Thanksgiving dinner at my parents home so I called and asked him to bring his Glenfield rifle with him. I'd stopped by Fort Thompson's in Sherwood, Arkansas, earlier in the week and picked up a set of sling mounts and a quality sling to install on his lever gun for him.
He arrived early for the festivities so we took the rifle out my dad's shop I used my dad's tools to install the sling mounts. As my dad and Mr. John stood around the wood stove in the shop and watched Mr. John related about his trip to the insurance company to file a claim on the door and then his visits to a couple of body shops to get some competitive bids. Interesting, with this type of incident the insurance agent said there is no deductible, so Mr. John was pleased to hear that.
As for the repair estimates, looks like the repair costs is at $1,800 to fix the truck door. He said the body shop guys all got a chuckle at his expense while they were working up the estimates.
Lastly, he took the Smith & Wesson 38 Bodyguard to a gunsmith who said about the only thing salvageable were the cylinder and few other parts and offered him $25.00 for it . . . he didn't say if he took the offer or not. Mr. John also asked me to be on the lookout for a replacement. After the Thanksgiving meal we talked a bit more about a replacement and the many available options as a replacement. I happened to have my 442 and Ruger LC9s with me and showed them to him. He said he'd had the model 38 a long time and was fond of it and he wanted to look around for another one of those.
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. Of course everyone heard the gun go off. Luckily no one was hurt, except for my pride. Embarrassing moment to say the least.
