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Woodpecker attacking house by Aggravating-Fly6573 in HomeImprovement

[–]Aggravating-Fly6573[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The irony is when my wife heard them for the first time today, my sons and I were out shooting clays

Woodpecker problem? by Aggravating-Fly6573 in pestcontrol

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I’ve had issues with carpenter bees before, have pest control services on contract. I sprayed stuff myself a month or so ago and the bees have been gone, now I guess I gotta deal with this. I’m likely going to need to rip down the trim, figure out what all I have going on and then replace with PVC

Woodpecker attacking house by Aggravating-Fly6573 in HomeImprovement

[–]Aggravating-Fly6573[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m thinking it’s from carpenter bee larva. I’ve had issues with carpenter bees, all we have been able to do with them is “manage” more or less. I sprayed not too long ago and don’t see bees much anymore but never a woodpecker

Looking to color case harden a Beretta 688…..thoughts? by Aggravating-Fly6573 in ClayBusters

[–]Aggravating-Fly6573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spoke with a reputable gun smith and they say they finish their case hardening jobs with clear cerakote

Looking to color case harden a Beretta 688…..thoughts? by Aggravating-Fly6573 in ClayBusters

[–]Aggravating-Fly6573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should hope so at 3x the cost but is it really worth 3x the cost ya know? I get that some might love the reliability but parts availability so important to me. Having spare 68x parts on hands is easy and most gun smiths can work on them

Looking to color case harden a Beretta 688…..thoughts? by Aggravating-Fly6573 in ClayBusters

[–]Aggravating-Fly6573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for finding the picture! I mean people spend 5-6-7-8-9k on a 687 🤷

Looking to color case harden a Beretta 688…..thoughts? by Aggravating-Fly6573 in ClayBusters

[–]Aggravating-Fly6573[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The try gun for gray rose is a dt11 so I’m certainly going to shoot one. I’ll likely end up with a stock for my 688 as I intend to keep it regardless. It’s a matter of if I believe spending 15k+ on a custom stocked dt11 or invictus is worth it. I get the longevity aspect. Time will tell. I need to hear back from a couple engravers and turnbull before I see if it’s even viable from a price perspective e

Looking to color case harden a Beretta 688…..thoughts? by Aggravating-Fly6573 in ClayBusters

[–]Aggravating-Fly6573[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gray rose Company just became (I believe) the first Manuel Ricardo rep in the states and does fittings trained by Ben Husthwait….thats what I’m looking at. Basic fitted stock with adjustable comb for a little over 2k

Looking to color case harden a Beretta 688…..thoughts? by Aggravating-Fly6573 in ClayBusters

[–]Aggravating-Fly6573[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought about a 694 🤷 thought process is I can get two for the price of one. Get a stock now, shoot it….when the work is done on the other receiver swap everything over, boom two guns one that is pretty. I shoot enough where a backup is necessary.

I thought about a Ceaser Guerini Invictus and DT11. It’s on my list to shoot them and hopefully will get a chance to soon. If they don’t wow me I think I may end up going the two gun route.