We got up at 7:40 because Ellen had an 8:45 doctor's appointment. I took off all of the crap from the sleep study and put it in the return box. Then we left for the doctor's.
I sat outside while Ellen had her appointment. When she was done we went to Lowe's and bought some rust remover. I near as I can tell, no one in Austin sells Kroil, so I ordered some. We shipped off the sleep test stuff and then we went to a blood draw place so Ellen could have her blood tested. By then it was 10, so we had breakfast at Jim's. Then we went home.
When we got home we went out to the garage to start day 2 of the great gun cleanup. Ellen started on her 28 ga and I started on the Marlin lever action. I discovered the problem was a sticky hammer. I fixed it and put it in the clean gun pile. Then I didthe final cleaning of a couple of other long guns. When she was finished cleaning I put Ellen's 28 ga back together.
After that we split tasks. Ellen cleaned 3 shotguns. Then I showed Ellen how to clean rifle barrels. I started refurbishing the safe shelves. They were stained and warped from the water. Apparently the water had run along the outside wall and into the safe. We hadn't noticed. I lso attached a shelf to the middle of the second shelf to reinforce it. It was badly warped.
Ellen cleaned several .22's while I was doing that. She's getting pretty good at it. That's good, because there are 4 to go. Fortunately the only barrel with rust damage so far was the 97. For all I know it was damaged when I purchased it.
By then it was 4. I decided we'd done enough for the day. We really made good progress. The last thing I did was open the Astra. I had to hit the mag release and the slide release with a hammer to unjam them. I took the slide off and it looked good inside. It will probably be shootable, but there will be rust pitting.
We went back inside and surfed. I has a HEB salad for dinner. After dinner I watched TV.
No comments:
Post a Comment