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This is a link post Relaxing video of making expensive bespoke shotguns.
Nearly 20 minutes long but probably the most relaxing 20 minutes of 2014 so far.
 (I helped save b3ta! cupboardy, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 22:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post gunmetal?
is it you?
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 22:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post shame it is 360p :(

(I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 22:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post its like Omega Man
you all come out at night
 (sithemong, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 22:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post *Wanks*

(Brokeback Coccyx Tear my guns from my cold, dead glans.., Fri 19 Dec 2014, 22:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post Looks very English gentlemanly.

(I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 22:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's our daily carry.

(I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 23:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is why I keep coming back.

(I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 23:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Close enough?
www.mydailycarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/photo.jpg
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 23:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post That ticks all the boxes
Knife-carrying, Gun-toting, Freemason, Christian.

I would sleep safer in my bed knowing these folk are out there, standing their ground.
 (I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 23:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post there is also weapon grade 'pen'

(I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 23:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Someone ask for your signature on a petition to fund the preschool?
Stab them in the eye.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 10:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post deadly in the wrong hands mine !

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 12:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not even joking.
www.good-kit.com/reevaluating-tactical-pen-tactics/
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 17:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post JIminy Cricket!
That must weigh a ton. He must be in the business.
 (I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 23:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Normal for Texas.

(I helped save b3ta! cupboardy, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 23:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post for a given value of the word "normal".

(I helped save b3ta! smaggers Like a gibbon on helium, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 9:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post What's got 100 balls and fucks rabbits?

(I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 23:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B5Pf2BNIQAAWGgv.jpg:large
 (I helped save b3ta! gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Fri 19 Dec 2014, 23:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post When i wuz a lad
I went on a guided tour of this place. Me mum was in the habit of phoning up strange places and asking if she could get a tour, this was one of them. Amazing how many places will show you around if you got a nice little old grey haired lady to ask them.
 (I helped save b3ta! simbosan liked your link on, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 1:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha.
Childhood well spent?
 (I helped save b3ta! omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 11:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post That was ace!
I'm not a massive fan of firey death sticks, but the craftsmanship and engineering of that is something I can very much understand! Theres some beautiful work in there!
 (I helped save b3ta! LP, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 8:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fabulous workmanship
and helpful in justifying their huge price. You know you're dealing with craftsmen when they have to make their own tools.
 (I helped save b3ta! Nuisance Value, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 10:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post s/have to/choose to

(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 16:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Lovely to see craftsmanship like that
But I can't help but think what an utter ballache at the same time. So much refinement and tinkering. A CNC machine would have got it perfectly accurate first time.

I can understand the desire to have a craftsman's touch on something like a musical instrument, but surely the worth of a gun is measured against its accuracy?

Or do they just sit on mantel pieces?
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 10:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post A Casio watch can tell the time just as well as a Breitling
Only one of them is valued.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 13:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, I realise these are probably going to be ornamental/decorative
Bizarre though when you actually think about it.

Although I think you'll find a lot of watch making is done using CAD/CNC fabrication.
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 13:40, , Reply)
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Isn't this true of literally anything attached to a brand though...
 (sithemong, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 13:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post I guess it depends on the item/use
If it's decorative, I can understand the desire to have an artisan object. But, to use the linked example, if I was actually going out shooting I would prefer a computer controlled manufacturing process to meet those infinitesimal tolerances required for perfect accuracy.

I don't think that necessarily puts something in the realm of cheapness, either. For example, my mate works for a company that makes carbon fibre components for F1 cars. A process that's heavily computer controlled and perfected (aside from the actual laying up of the carbon fibre itself). But those components still cost the earth/perform their task in a far superior way to when things were all hand-tooled by highly skilled craftsmen.
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Sat 20 Dec 2014, 14:06, , Reply)