I think what I am trying to get at is if you are half keen have a go. I’ve been bones of my arse broke, and made it, and again not too good currently but that’s because of conditions and I have a forward plan.
If you don’t try and be a couch potato you will never know.
Well I am currently giving it a red hot crack. The rest will be history 
Your statement about being right at work reminded me of this:
Now I know the profits of farming must be invested back to the farm as every season is a gamble that doesn’t always pay off. Many friends and my family were farmers, some of the toughest workers I know, and great problem solvers! But very rewarding work. And there is a lot of fun to be had when you finally do get a little downtime.
Many of my holidays at school were spent building fences, harvesting, and general chores of the day, but once it was done we always made fun for the afternoon and evening.
My grandad did it tough, seemed to never have two bob to rub together, and any time a neighbouring property was selling or downsizing he would reinvest into more land. Everything was always for the farm. Only did well when they retired and sold up, 24 years on they still haven’t touched a pension.
That said, the first couple years they only survived on the veggie gardens and fruit trees they had planted! Nanna was very good at making preserved fruits, jams. chutney and baking. Successful farmers are some of the most diversely skilled people around. True jack of all trades.
As for luck, well… luck favours the prepared!
That’s it, you get it.
100% of the farmers around me for couple hundred clicks are either 84yo or the younger ones are sons and daughters of a 3rd and even 5th generation farm that’s been handed down to them.
My extended family Uncles Aunties going back to the 1800’s were either farmers or military to the Great great’s.
But I never got born in to it directly and handed a farm inheritance. I decided to have a go as my options were many but the outdoors and animals I like it instead of where I was cooped up in a factory doing the grind of production. Did it for 13years anyway that was enough, time for a change.
I see how hard it is to start a farm today as a younger friend of mine tried. You HAVE to have 50% cash up front before (and there is only one bank) Bendigo bank Elders will loan you the rest. Now the price of land since I bought has gone up and returns have stayed the same people just can’t do it. Commonwealth, ANZ won’t even look at you as it is deemed too high risk and they do not do rural loans. So how is somebody supposed to start a farm from scratch like I did, with nothing. They can’t today, it’s too hard.
When I say the Autobots roll out that means Bendigo bank is collecting on your collateral, they send the Kenworth T909’s in and get your sheep as you have to sign a document to get that loan from Bendigo bank. As you are not repaying your monthly repayments which is principle and a steady 7%.
That’s 3 times now Bendigo bank has used my truck loading facilities to load up bankrupt farmers that don’t service their loans.
I should send them a bill instead 
Yea right, wishfull thinking.
Review by Vas and Scott
I know it should probably be in the Real Steel thread, but hey… it’s relevant… it’s a Luger. 
Yep a classic pistol for sure. First adopted by the Swiss in 1900, the German navy in 1904, their army in 1908 and on from there … The US trialed it in the 1900s but settled on the 1911.
I’m going to order a set of timber grips for the Luger, from sixmm.
Let’s see how long it takes…
Following this 
with interest. 
Order placed.
$13.00 for shipping…
It includes a note , lead time will be over 30 days for delivery…
Do they even have it in stock.?
lets see how this goes…
well…
sixmm have posted the Wooden Luger grips…must have had them in stock.
Also, the M17 upgrade spring has left HK, so its inching its way closer…
Ok…luger day for the grips has arrived…
Plastic grips are quite hollow.
Wood grips, are thicker and sturdier.
I got two pairs…
Plain , real wood from 6mm.
Cross hatched, plastic wood from Kyairsoft.
The plastic ones, fitted perfectly OOTB.
The wood ones , needed a little filing down to fit.
Used the plastic ones as a template…some of the wood retention snubs, were too wide…
Plastic grips fit perfectly, and look the part.
Shame they are hollow…you can feel it, when you pick them up.
Wood grips look good, but i wish they were cross hatched.
I wonder, can you get that done here locally?
Would it ruin the finish.?
Maybe a bit of no more gaps, on the inside of the plastic grips, would give them a bit more weight and rigidity…
Other side…
@JazzyWard , if you still drop in here once in awhile…
This is as good as it gets, for a luger in OZ…!! 
Definitely checkered BME - the plain wood just isn’t correct.
Yes thin plastic is a shame. Same issue with the Webley - everything else is great (except for the incorrect target type latch), but the thin plastic grips are a disappointment and completely unnecessary for them (and the Wingun Webley) to cut such corners.
Now you just need either a silver mag or at least paint the bottom of your black mags in the wood grain finish. Early magazines (WWI) had a wooden base to them.
I’ll do the @Friendly_Fire trick, of adding some no more gaps, on the inside of the grips.
He showed me that trick, on the henke shottie pump.
It adds weight, and rigidity.
It works really well. Transforms it, from a light flimsy plastic feel, to heavy and solid feeling.
I’ll get a paddle pop stick, to spread a layer around the inside.
Don’t want it too thick, it still has to fit onto the grips unimpeded.
The plastic chequered grips do look the part, nice facsimile wood finish…
Here is the prep done…
@PAB , you may wanna try this with your ‘wobbly webley.’
Grab some Selleys no more gaps.
You can apply with gloves on / paddlepop stick.
Smear it around, and smoothen with a wet glove.
Keep rinsing you glove clean and wet, and you can remove material from the margins to get them clear.
You can even rinse off the upper side, if any material gets on the upper surface.
The real wood that fits is quite raised internally, you can add a fair bit of material. This gets rid of the hollow plastic feel, and gives it some weight. You can end up heavier than the wood grips!
Got all the margins clear…give em 24 hrs to dry.
I did a test fit, and they went on and off perfectly.
Sooo much better, feels heavy and solid, not like cheapo hollow plastic.
Give your webley a hit…!!
I’ll do mine, and the pump on the henke as well.
Thanks BME, that’s great - I’ll try some. I did use some glue before, but this didn’t have that much of an effect. Hopefully the No More Gaps does the trick.
Good stuff - nice looking luger - but you’ve got the front sight on backwards.
This pics show just how hollow the grips are…
You can get a fair bit of material in, to make it heavier…
Bit of a optical trick, with the angle of the dangle, on the sight…
Its come off, i need to give it a clean up, and re-attach with some 5 min araldite…
So it can come off again, should i ever want to reattach the SW kit ( Not very likely)
Thanks BME. Actually I’ve found Selley’s PlastiBond gives the same sort of results - works well. And if you add some die/colouring to the mix you get a great result. Anyway great looking Luger. Just a shame we can’t get the WE Tech Lugers as is.
