Finally!! It's finished. I guess "you'll have it back in time for the spring club start up meant spring of 2024?!
I received a call the week before last while working in B.C that the parts were ready for pick up. We arrived home Wednesday night and first thing Thursday morning I called them to say I was back(you have to call to get into their shop). They told me I could pick the parts up after the long weekend.
So I am on my way home from a goose hunt yesterday morning and I noticed someone was at the shop as I was driving past so I pulled in even though they were officially closed and picked up the parts. The finished parts looked good so I paid the bill and headed home parts in hand.
Last evening I sat down with the entire two tools it takes to disassemble or assemble the gun and I put it back together.
The long wait gave me time to source some spare parts out of the US. I had a buddy who lives in Texas order them and send them to me as Midwest Gunworks won't ship to Canada. I'm in a good position now in the event something breaks or wears out and needs replacing and I was able to get a new factory recoil pad to replace the old dried out rock hard unit that was on the gun.
Here are some pics of the finished gun assembled.
I had not intended for the gun to match our gun safe in colour but when I went to put it in the safe I noticed how closely it matches. The cerakote finish on the receiver and forend assembly seems to change colour tone based on the available light. It appears medium bright silver to almost a grey titanium based on light and angle. It's pretty neat the way it does that.
Personally I think the gun looks much better in it's current configuration than the traditional colours it came with from the factory. I'm betting it gets some really curious looks and comments now in it's new finish.
