I got my M712 from AirGun Depot. Best price and they know thier stuff.
Great company to deal with and highly recommended by me.
http://www.airgundepot.com/legends-m...ull-metal.html

The Wooden "9" grips I ordered from Ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/i6C-WWI-WWII...item485c1ee659

The Wooden Stock/Holster I'll order from here.
http://airsoft.tiger111hk.com/p12558...ml?language=en

The "9" grips are just to see if they fit and get a pattern from. I plan to have a Stock Maker cut me some custom grips out of some good wood.

Then I'll probably get a different Leather rig for the Stock and cut the Stock for the longer Mag with the M712.

:yeah:

Stock up on CO2 carts if you buy the M712!
You'll get about 3 18 round mags full of BB's out of 1 cart!
The blow back action eats a lot of gas!
But it's as close as I'll ever get to owning a real M712 so I can deal with it.
:D

Oh. And congrats on the Nudie looking award.
:haha:
:salute:

Just picked up a Ruger Blackhawk Elite .177 caliber 1200 FPS break barrel. Out of the box you need to think about tightening up all the fasteners that hold the darn thing together with blue locktite, otherwise your shot pattern will be all over the map. Scope is nothing to write home about but sufficient for hitting tree rats at 20 yards.

all in all I like it.

Walked in the door at home a half hour ago to see the package with the M712 waiting for me.
:D

This thing is amazing!! So now it's time to 'Read the Freakin Manual'.
Then I'm a gonna load it up and punch holes in that pesky trash can out back!
:rock:

What did the trash can do to you that you gotta poke holes in it?

The "9" Grips came in today.
It's gonna take a small bit of trimming to fit them to the M712 but I expected that.
:yep:

They are nicer then I expected though.

I'm thinking the router table thing for a dremel would be perfect to adjust the "9" grips.

I didn't like the gloss on the "9"s so I hit them with steel wool.
The "9"s are the top set. The bottom grips are the stock plastic.
Notice there are imperfections on the "9"s and the plastic are so danged perfect!
I find the flaws in the "9"s make them more perfect.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...es/9-Grips.jpg

Don't remember if I posted this before so here it is anyway.

Twas a few nights after Christmas, when from the top of the house
A creature was stirring, Maybe a mouse?
The Wife in her stockings screamed "You don't seem to care!"
So to avoid an arse whooping decided to peek up there.
The children are long gone so it falls on my head,
to be mauled by a rabid squirrel desturbed from it's bed.
So I throw on my Carharts and my SMG-22 cap,
take a few hits from my Special Beer tap.
I go out on the lawn and fight with the ladder,
When Nancy peeks out and says What the Heck's the matter?
"Away from the window!" I yelled at my Honey!
Twas at this point the neighbors seen it was funny.
Me stumbulling 'round in the new-fallen snow,
Drunk as a loon with no pants on below.
Wrestling a ladder and getting my arse beat?
They'll post it to Youtube thinking it's neat!
With the posts to Facebook, so lively and quick,
They videoed me as I got really sick!
More rapid than IRS agents they came,
But my vomiting by now seemed really tame!
"Now Dangit! You ladder! I'll recycle your butt!
Unless you co-operate and get against the hut!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall,
I'm pretty sure that's where I took a great fall!
Now the leaves I was smokeing might not be legal,
But you can fly to the sky just like an Eagle.
So up the ladder my dumb arse went,
Armed with an Air Gun and a mind that was bent!
And then, in a panic, I heard in the attic
The growling and pawing of a creature quit manic!
As I thought in my head, about turning around,
out of the opening it came with a bound!
Now I think it was furry, with claws on each foot,
I couldn't tell as in my eyes it through soot!
A bundle of joys it definitly was not!
A world of pain it definitly brought!
The eyes! How they Glowed! Was I going crazy?
It's feet were like razors, It's all so hazy!
His drooling little mouth got close to my neck
So I jumped from the ladder said what the heck?
The air gun I had was nowhere to be found
and the Demon above was coming down!
I landed on the porch knocked out of breath
and the Bastum kept coming to deliver my death!
The neighbors are filming and laughing with glee,
I'm fighting for my life with nowhere to flee!
A twist of my head, the air gun I spot,
I knew I should have bought that scope with red dot!
Not a sound did it make, but went straight to it's work,
Didn't see me grab the air gun, stupid jerk!
Laying the barrel aside of it's nose,
I said a quik prayer, up in the air it's brain rose!
He fell off me and gave a sad death yell,
That's when Nancy came out and said "What the Hell?"
Now the creature is dead and I'm probably a Youtube star,
Thank God this Christmas is over with only a scar!

Funny twist on the classic. :O:

The air gun I picked up is a bit older version of one I already have, and I think Crossman sells a new version of these. The one I already have is a late 60's model and it's pretty close to this one. Both fire .22 pellets sown an eight inch rifles barrel. Great guns.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...Gun/132001.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...Gun/132002.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...Gun/132003.jpg

:o

Nice!!
Wanna sell that?
:D

Well not any time soon but thanks for asking. Here's a shot of the two together. The newer one I believe I bought from Gunbroker or maybe Auction Arms about five years ago.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...Gun/132004.jpg