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This is the last episode I made before heading off to gunsmithing school at the Lassen College Gunsmithing Program in Susanville, California. I hope to keep making a few episodes when time permits, but with 12-14 hour days in the classroom, this old-timer might not be able to keep up the same pace.
Mark,
Great video
Bob
WACA Life Member--- NRA Life Member---- Cody Firearms member since 1991 Researching the Winchester 1873's
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That was a fun video. Happy trails to gunsmithing school.
I call myself a collector as it sounds better than hoarder
Mark, I really enjoyed your video and loved the choice of guns. Both 44-40’s and both original, you made a old collector smile. Tom
TR said
Mark, I really enjoyed your video and loved the choice of guns. Both 44-40’s and both original, you made a old collector smile. Tom
Thanks Tom! They’re both great guns that have been workhorses rather than safe queens. Makes it easier to load them in the pickup and take them up on the mountain to shoot. Both very enjoyable to shoot. Thanks for watching. Mark
November 7, 2015
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I’m going to miss the videos as you focus on gunsmithing school. I’m sure you’ll miss the Cinnabar as well. As I understand it gunsmithing is a labor of love. The biggest problem for me is that a gunsmith is expected to work on whatever comes thru the door of your shop whether it’s a Krieghoff or a Model 12 or a Harrington & Richardson.
I know you’ve put a lot of thought into this change of direction in your life and I’m hoping for the best for you and your wife.
Mike
TXGunNut said
I’m going to miss the videos as you focus on gunsmithing school. I’m sure you’ll miss the Cinnabar as well. As I understand it gunsmithing is a labor of love. The biggest problem for me is that a gunsmith is expected to work on whatever comes thru the door of your shop whether it’s a Krieghoff or a Model 12 or a Harrington & Richardson.I know you’ve put a lot of thought into this change of direction in your life and I’m hoping for the best for you and your wife.
Mike
Thanks Mike. Fortunately, the school is close enough to home that I’ll drive back to the ranch on most weekends and will try to keep up with filming some episodes when I’m home and my “honeydew” list isn’t too long. I’m also planning a weekly recap from the gunsmithing program, showing what we’re working on if there seems to be an interest in that sort of thing.
Erin and I are getting along in years and the next generation doesn’t have an interest or aptitude in ranching, so we’ve leased out most of the ranch and I find myself with far too much time on my hands and nowhere near ready to retire. Since we won’t have to rely on gunsmithing as our only source of income, I plan to specialize on the guns that I find most interesting – vintage firearms. I also plan to help out our neighbors with their general gunsmithing needs, but we are so remote and sparsely populated that a general gunsmith would quickly starve here.
I’m very fortunate in that I’ve become very good friends with a couple of retired gunsmiths who specialized in vintage firearms and whom I consider to be among the very best in the world at their craft. I hope to spend the next couple of years learning the basics at school while spending time learning from world-class mentors.
The title of the last episode, “Farewell to The Cinnabar” caused quite a stir, particularly among our friends and family. We even heard from several of the foreign exchange students we’ve hosted on the ranch over the years. Thankfully, I’m only leaving the ranch temporarily and plan to eventually set up shop right here on The Cinnabar.
Thanks so much for watching our channel. Making these videos is the real labor of love, but we’re really having a good time with it. Mark
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