Hello all,

I am here in Beckley, West By God Virginia trying to help out with the floods they experienced back in March. It is really pretty here, I am about 50 minutes southeast of Charleston and only 20 minutes from Montco where the mine blew up the other night and killed those miners. This is the closes big town to the mine and many of the people here were pretty shook up. Mine accidents really hit home in these places.

 

Well to keep this gun oriented I am trying to get ready for the Appleseed shoot next weekend so I needed to take my 597 into a smith to have sling studs mounted and posibly cleaned. Well there were internet reviews of a nice smith at a local gun store here, went in and paid him a visit, Mr Smiley is his name. Nice older gentlman in a little shop off to the side of Flat Top Arms in Beckley. Store was nice, but not much in the way of inventory, which suprised me. Prices were high also. Taurus Pt1911SS was $670, SIG P250 9mm was $560. If you were into bolt guns and different calibers they had a ton of sporting rifles. Some nice shotguns, A5 20g... Beretta Silver Snipe etc etc.

 

Mr Smiley worked on my gun, had it completed in a hour and only charged me $12 for the sling studs and cleaning the action! You have got to love small town craftsman.

 

Anyway I will be down here for three weeks... following everyones antics from afar is pretty entertaining.

I love West Virginia. I went to WVU back in the late 90's. I don't know if the correct season but if your in Beckley for "Bridge Day" you should stay and check it out. It's a huge fair on the bridge. I saw them Bunge jump a jeep one year. My heart goes out to all the families of the miners>>>>>>>

the first thing I looked into.

 

When is Bridge Day? The festivities on the bridge begin in:

-172 days -6 hours -47 minutes -15 seconds

Damn I am paying that out the door on my PT1911SS from a forum Vendor.

oh .. I forgot. On the day I dropped the rifle off there was a middle age woman in there, buying a S&W Model 19 .357 4" in pristine condition for her SON!!!!!

 

Next day, 30yo woman getting an education on 1911s, she was looking for a new purse gun!!!

 

I love free states.

Damn I am paying that out the door on my PT1911SS from a forum Vendor.

 

Is that "out the door" sales tax and NICS or just the sales tax?