If I can detour the thread for just a quick moment to show off my 10th grandchild born today. Nine grandsons and finally now a granddaughter.
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She is going to grow up around many, many rough and tumble boys. I almost feel sorry for her.
@shoelessjoe sent me some pointers. I would like to give them a try if work would quit interrupting.I hope the title didn’t jinx you.
Hopefully this is the beginning and end of your Springfield troubles.
Trust me, it can get a lot worse.
I don’t want to sound like an *******, but this makes me feel less alone in the world.
Welcome to the Springfield club bro….
I may have put a very faint idiot scratch on mine when I first got it and took it apart and put it back together again. I think it happened about 10 minutes before @ColtRevolver first posted about "idiot scratches." I read his post 10 minutes too late. It's a very faint scratch, but it's there.
It's a rite of passage, man!
Go for an Emissary they are ultra pretty. Bull barrel no bushing. I almost went that way.The positive side is, I can now consider it to be my 'practice Springfield' which is allowed to make all of my boo boo's on and I can go get me a really pretty Springfield like your Ronin to keep 'idiot scratch' free.
I was going to say. Wear those scratches proudly, men! Except this one Sauer und Sohn Russian-capture K98 Mauser I have. It looks like blood pitting and dropped in the snow... Don't want to know.
Back as a young man shortly out of school I bought a Remington 1100. Those of you old folks will remember how beautiful that gun was. The 2nd time I took it duck hunting I scratched the stock. I could have cried. One of the guys I was hunting with who was quite a bit older than me patted me on the shoulder and said "those are memories". I guess they are because 35 years later I still remember that like yesterday.
The best guns tell a story through their dings and marks.
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We are all manatees. Life gives you marks.
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No veering. Absolutely necessary post and very much on point.
