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Don't disparage Lucas. They were the first to get 4 functions (semi bright, dim, flicker & off) out of a simple on & off lighting system.

I thought I had left the Prince of Darkness behind many years ago. However he has returned, in the form of a 1976 Triumph TR6 my son received as a graduation/18th birthday gift.

The Prince is living up to his reputation. Hahaha.

So, what thread system do Boss, Woodward, H & H and Purdey use today? Is it one of those numerous ones previously listed, or metric?

BA

KY Jon. It is good to see the old ww11 Dogma is still alive on your side of the pond regarding warm Ale. So let me cut to the chase Metric threading was introduced in practical terms in 1903 in Britain well before the ISO Metric system that was set up in 1947. And what is this Brutish metric threading than you did not know was Metric, it is the British Association BA to you and still very much used today. I do have this Idea that if you cant keep to gun subjects you revert to personal or country assassination. Well have a go at this Britain gave the World warm ale, Trial by Jury, Democracy. steam locomotion, standardisation of Gunpowder, the Industrial Revolution that made the world you have today to name but a few. And of course the language you speak and write so not bad for a small Island on this blue planet.

I like warm ale and am reconciled to BA threads but after owning an MG and several Landrovers I still get nightmares about Lucas. The worst: I was trying to drive a heart attack victim to a remote airstrip on a moonless night and the headlights crapped out in high grass. We ended up stuck in a warthog hole for a couple of hours. The guy survived.

And some damn fine shotguns!

Don't worry Damascus, this was just good light-hearted fun. We have athletic teams called "Yankees" and "Canucks" here. (We also have Vikings, Trojans, Spartans, Irish and the two High Schools in Mclean are the Saxons and the Highlanders. No "Limey's" but that's what we called British bikes in the 1960's - I suppose because Dr. James Lind cured Scurvy with Vitamin C from limes and ever since British sailors were required to eat a lime a day,)

Having been weaned on Triumph's and BSA's, before they did the unthinkable and switched to American threads for the market, I got used to whitworth standard and only recently gave my whitworth tools and special tools for Triumph's and BSA (Bastard Stopped Again) to a friend of my son who restores/works on vintage motorcycles. And I like British pubs too.

Now if you were, say, to mention something about Tennessee and the color orange, then it would get serious quickly.

1965 Triumph Bonneville at Ft. Bragg . . . 1954 BSA DBD-34 Gold Star, The fastest BSA flat-tracker in NC or Alabama,



And Bushveld, I did own a 1972 500 "Gold Star" which was essentially a punched up 441 Victor but with a big tank. I took it to Singapore and rode it all over Malaysia getting knocked off one road by a timber truck. Took it with me to Pakistan but never rode it - traffic was just too wild. It was stolen out of a shed in N.Alabama (I suspect a Tennessean who visited the property) while I was on my first trip to Africa.

This offer from bushveld is incredibly kind and generous.

It stands in stark contrast to some of the gunsmiths here who do continual Free Advertising in their tagline, and then neglect to pay Dave for sales made as a result of those ads.

We have been treated to seeing some examples of bushveld's craftsmanship on several occasions, and his work is first rate in every way. It may not seem like much to some, but there is much more involved in making, engraving, and bluing a gun screw than one might think.

I am reminded of a story told by a gunsmith in one of the excellent Brownell's Gunsmith Kinks books. He described the process of measuring the screw size and thread pitch, choosing correct screw stock, turning the head and shank in his lathe to the correct length and diameters, setting up and doing the thread cutting, indexing and finishing the head, and finally cutting the screw slot in the correct position. He didn't do the extra steps of matching engraving or bluing. After finishing, he proudly showed his new screw to his wife, who had come into the shop. She looked at it and said, "Oh, how nice... you made a nail."

Why don't you ever call me by my name?


Karen, I am not taking work, nor have I been for several years. I'm more busy than I desire to be, booked up a couple of years out and have a steady stream of interest from repeat clients. Keep trying though, I guess you just do not tire of being a failure. After all, you did dust yourself off after not quite making rent a cop to work yourself all the way up to door greeter at Walmart, that does show determination on your part.

See if Papa Smurf frAnk will hold you tight and offer you the emotional support you need to start a direct conversation with me. It must be rough being such a delicate flower that you need to run from direct confrontation at your advanced aged.

All my best to you and frAnk.

Steve