Good visit
My wife and I had the opportunity to visit with Waterboy this week. It was great to see this good friend again and swap some stories. He showed me the Model 28 S&W I sold him several years ago. It had been carried by an Angola guard in Louisiana for many years and the finish was pretty rough. Waterboy had Gary convert it to 41 magnum, engrave and refinish it. It is a beautiful revolver now which is typical of Gary's work. It made me realize all over again how lucky we are to have Gary available to do things like this.
It's so unique we can interact online and occasionally
hook up. What a blessing and the uniting is indeed due to Gary and his life. God Bless!
Here is the old gun. I probably should have just let GNR refinish the .357 but a Misfit is wound differently. Logic be-damned. .41 Magnums are more befitting our collective character.
My personal quest began at the untimely death of my law enforcement Uncle Ed. His body was found by his ex-wife and before calling authorities she got a couple hill-billy scoundrels to come in a clean the place out. These S&W N-frame stocks were scratched up and dirty, found in an ashtray. An overlooked valuable remnant of the raid. I was presented the grips as a material token of his life and my memories.
Motivated, I restored the stocks (have you seen the ASKING prices for them lately?!), and sought a fitting tribute gun to place them upon. In essence creating a family heirloom honoring not only Uncle Ed but both his father and uncle (Waymon) who were also involved in law enforcement. Stonecold kindly offered a base gun at a very reasonable price for the project to come into fruition. Plus I got to meet him and his lovely life-partner wife Mrs. Georgia. So it's not just a happenstance thing, not just a gun, it's a legacy.
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