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Ok, Landrun was my last outing for “Tells Primers”! I’m tired & my shooting is suffering. Its time for me to just be a shooter again! But I acknowledge there are those who will be disappointed in my decision. For them & , but they do anyone else who can benefit from my experience Im going to tell everyone where I got all my primers to sell. There are some who believe I have a special relationship with dealers or distributors and I bought primers by the pallet from them for huge discounts!! It ain’t true. I hunted the internet for the best prices. Period. And when all was said and done it came down to 2 names: Ammoseek.com & Bruno’s Shooter Supply in Phoenix! Ammoseek is a search engine linked to multiple dealers. It’s simple to use. It HAD to be for me to use it!! Go to the website, click on reloading components. Then click on primers. Then fill in the brand you want, and more specific details, if you want. Press search. It will then give you a list of your wants in order of cheapest to most expensive by seller! Select what you want and go to the sellers website for purchasing! You then can decide if the shipping costs and taxes are right for you. Is this what you want to pay? If so, order away! Here’s a word of advice: shipping costs are NOT equal everywhere! It depends on who the seller uses. You’ve got to check it out yourself. Also, how many you order can affect costs. One supplier I used averaged $10 per box added on if I ordered 5 or 6 cases. I just checked and found if you only order 1 case the added cost was $15. You have to do some homework if you’re going to buy primers online, but it’s worth it if you’re willing to buy enough! It may not be worth it if you’re only looking to buy 1 or 2 thousand at a time. That’s what retail stores are for! I never intended to be a retail store. But if you use/need a significant amount of primers-it’s the way to go! Now we come to Bruno’s. Small business in Phoenix, but they do online! And here’s where it gets interesting-if you’re not in Arizona they don’t charge sales tax!! That’s a GREAT savings! But there’s a catch: you gotta wait till they have a SALE! Their regular prices- so-so. Their sale prices are awesome!! And their shipping is pretty reasonable! Ok, now everyone knows where I got the primers I sold! Go to it!! It just takes a little effort, but it’s worth it!

People hurt doesn't count, because that's not funny. I was shooting Frontiersman gunfighter style at the Tri-State (CT, MA, RI) a long time ago. It was a hot weekend, easily into the 90's and humid. One of the shooters was feeling the weather worse than the rest of us so I had him take over the unload table where he could sit down. I went up and did the posse chores he had been doing and then went up to the shot. Shoot rifle, all 10 rounds go down range. Moved to where the pistols were to be shot. Drawn the pistols and the first one goes pop instead of bang. Ok, not uncommon when shooting cap & balls. Fire the second shot and again get a pop instead of bang. At this point the voice in my head wakes up and starts waving its hand for attention. By the third pop instead of bang, it occurs to me that by having the other shooter sit and work the unloading table and doing his posse chores, I had forgotten to put powder and ball into the cap & ball pistols. The next day, with some nervousness as he didn't know me very well then, he presented me with a badge with an updated alias: Empty Chamber Chantry, which I found funny as hell.

I know I'll get lots of hate replies but in my opinion any club that allows reshoots for anything not covered in the Shooters Handbook is doing their members a disservice! I saw a young boy at EOT, several years ago, who had trouble during the main match and just stopped and said, "I'll take my reshoot". He argued with the TO for over a minute saying he wanted his reshoot. He was a pretty good shooter but didn't buckle because of this. In my opinion, if you're going to run a Club, follow SASS rules and then your shooters can shoot anywhere. Thanks Randy

I would like to thank the Oklahoma territorial marshalls for hosting landrun, a truly great match. My family and I have been there 3 times now. The match is always run professionally and smoothly. We had a great time and are already making plans to attend next year!! God willing. The stages seems to flow well and smooth. The vendors had almost every thing a cowboy or cowgirl could desire. The range events and activities were great. A huge shout out to all the members and volunteers that make this match possible and run. THANK YOU!! The slow poke family even came away with some extra bling. My son took 2nd, my 14 year old daughter took 3rd in classic cowgirl, my wife took 3rd in lady duelist!! I am so proud of them all! IMG_20261010_221020.heic

Land Run 2026 was the best one I’ve shot!!! Stages were interesting and varied. Lots of choices! Varied distances. Events were many and fun. Banquet and award ceremony was absolutely the best one I’ve ever attended!!! Thank You!!!!

There is a young gorilla at Uberti whose job it is to make sure that all of the screws are tight. The young gorilla's dad makes sure that the magazine tube cap is tight also.

Actually, it's time for the US to get rid of the UN entirely and the statue goes with them.

Just wanted to kick up some dust with this! We have some big matches coming up, so here's a friendly reminder: Spotters — you do NOT need to be the second-closest person to the target. 😂 Take a step or two back. You can still see the targets, the shooter can still hear you, and—BONUS—the videographer might actually be able to get some good footage without having your backside fill the entire frame. Brass pickers — same goes for you. We appreciate your dedication to keeping the range tidy, but please don't park yourself directly in the spotter's line of sight. And remember, there's usually a camera lurking somewhere nearby trying to capture the action. And while we're talking about spotters... PAY ATTENTION! 👀 Watch the targets. Watch the shooter. The job is to spot. Not visit with your buddies. Not watch the brass hit the ground. Not admire the stage props. And not stare at the shooter while apparently seeing absolutely nothing happening downrange. Because here's the official Spotter's Rule of Thumb: If you don't see a miss… IT'S A HIT! 🤠 I'm sure the Safety Police, Range Sheriffs, and assorted Wire Karens will have something to say about all this. Before you fire up the keyboard, please note that “stand back and don't block the view” is actually the safety portion of today's program. 😂 This public service message is brought to you by the Bureau of Cowboy Action Visual Evidence, dedicated to proving that, yes, we really did shoot that fast—and no, that wasn't a miss. 😉 We look forward to seeing all the evidence in all its smoky, six-gun glory and sharing it with the world on Yo*+Tube and F*#ebook. — T-SQUARE

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This type topic is hard to discern and try to give an 'exact' answer that will work for everyone. Let me explain, from my own personal experience. As Cowtown Scout stated (and I assume from his experience), barrel length has nothing to do with the accuracy. BUT....in my experience, I found that 7+ inch barrels created an imbalance feeling in my hands (both hands). And... 5.5" barrels also felt imbalanced in my hands. And this imbalance was causing me some horrible misses. I actually use 3.5" barrels on my Rugers. And, I've had much better shooting results using shorter barrels in .32's, 357's, and .45 Colt calibers. And the only thing I can relate the improvement is the 'feel of balance' for me. So, my only advice would be to suggest trying different barrel lengths. I've shot Gunfighter category for over 20 years in SASS. Nothing else but Gunfighter. I feel your concern because I've gone thru the same issues. And I know some TOP Gunfighters who use 6+ inch pistols, 5.5 inch. 4.5 inch and a few with 3.5 inch. Ya just gotta find what works for YOU. Best regards ..........Widder

Hola Cowboys and Cowgirls! I made a stage generator and I would love for some cowboys to test it out! Here’s what you need to know: I created it because I always forget something when stage writing and have to make updates on the fly LOL it includes every sweep I could find (thanks to everyone that has made sweep collections online) Here’s the link https://mississippiriverrangers.org/873-2 Here’s the feedback I’m looking for: Are there any sweeps you would like me to add? How is the functionality? Is anything missing? Do you have any ideas for improvement? Thank you in advance to everyone that tested! Cheers, Padre de Cinco Pres. Mississippi River Rangers Co-Director Smokin Guns at Rabbit Ridge Jedi Gunfighter #389 SASS #111846

Crud builds up in my RCBS bottom pour casting furnace especially when using wheel weight lead. So I disassembled the valve-pour mechanism and cleaned everything up. The problem was I buggered the tiny screw that secures the valve stem to the handle, and Ace Hardware did not have a replacement. So I used a 65 cent hitch pin to hold those parts in alignment, which should also make future cleaning faster and easier. Kinda proud that I came up with a good solution!

A dummy dial installed aboard Air Force One outsmarted a demanding president. During his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson was legendary for his micro-managing demeanor, famously subjecting aides and staff to the relentless persuasion known as the "Johnson Treatment." Aboard SAM 26000, the customized Boeing VC-137C serving as Air Force One, this intense scrutiny extended directly to environmental conditions. Johnson frequently badgered the flight crew to adjust the executive cabin’s ambient temperature, demanding immediate temperature drops or heat increases during long flights. However, aircraft environmental control systems on mid-century jet transports lacked individual multi-zone digital precision, meaning pneumatic valves and bleed-air mixers required manual adjustments that took considerable time to alter cabin air temperature. Frustrated by constant summonses to the presidential suite for unperceivable thermal shifts, the U.S. Air Force flight stewards and maintenance crew sought an ingenious engineering trick. Technicians retrofitted the cabin wall near the president’s desk with a prominent, custom-built control knob labeled for climate regulation. Unbeknownst to Johnson, the dial was completely dummy hardware, connected to no electrical wiring, pneumatic ducting, or actuator assemblies whatsoever. Whenever the temperature felt off, the president simply reached over and turned the non-functional dial to his desired setting, fully satisfied that he was actively commanding the jet’s internal atmosphere. Mysteriously, the persistent complaints ceased immediately, proving the efficacy of psychological feedback over physical engineering. SAM 26000 served presidents from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton, but the story of LBJ's decoy thermostat remains one of the most famous pieces of aviation lore from the early jet age. Today, the legendary aircraft rests at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, holding decades of high-stakes diplomatic history and clever cabin crew improvisation.

Good points T-Square. But when I am videoing a shooter, I don't think it is the spotter's job to stay out of my way - more the opposite. They need to be where they can see the best and I need to avoid blocking them. If they can back up and still see the targets, that's great, but their job is a requirement, mine is just peripheral!

And, if you are not spotting, please don't distract the spotters. Spotters, don't look around afterward and see what the other spotters are saying. Call 'em as you see 'em.

Backstory required - when I was a young lad in the 80s, I was strangely taken by the Star 28/30/31 series pistols, but kids right out of high school don't have much money, and I wasn't even old enough to buy from an FFL yet. Flash forward 42 years...and the Star 30M pistol is all over the place another stash located, probably the last ones, since production ended in the very early 90s. I am no longer young, but I am also no longer broke! So I bought one, shipped to my FFL from J&G Sales up in Prescott - Forty knows them well. Nice people. I have been VERY happy with it! Even bought more magazines, (OUCH!$$$), and holsters. Yes, I carry this Spanish tank sometimes. So, with the absolute lack of spare parts, (I think I got the last spare firing pin from SARCO, just kidding), and the killer pricing on these, I decided to do something goofy - I bought a second one from J&G as a parts donor gun. Something breaks, I have a spare. This one is actually a year older than my shiny one...and it did not have the same charmed life. My first one was never issued a unit crest, and I think it was babied, shot a little and then stored lovingly away by a master craftsman on a Wednesday morning. This one? Not so much. This is after much cleaning, and there is still something in that bare circle where the unit crest was ground off. All surplus handguns are a pig in a poke, and I realize that, but this one was readied for storage by two hung over Spanish privates on a Friday afternoon who just wanted to head out to Madrid and get hammered. The bore was...well, you tell me. This is after cleaning with 5 different more cleaners and much hard scrubbing. The whole bore looks like that. Now this IS a used gun, buyer beware, etc., and I fully completely understand that. J&G Sales did NOTHING wrong, not one bit. But I did e-mail them and I started off with I don't want my money back, I don't want to return it, and I don't want freebies, I just want suggestions on how to clean this bore, since this is a gun they are quite familiar with. I also asked it this qualified as a "dark" bore. The reply was interesting, as they said no, not "dark", but "frosted" which comes from corrosion. I shoulda guess those Spanish peacocks were using corrosive ammo. Great - you can scrub it until the cows come home, but no joy. It was shooting shotgun groups at 10 yards. But remember, I bought it as a parts donor... Then they blew me away. They pulled a nicer barrel off another pistol and are sending it to me as I type this, asking if I would like to swap? Well, yeehaw and giddyap, durn tootin' I would! Never asked them for a thing, and they could have walked away saying, gee, too bad, and I would have still purchased from them, but they didn't. They even put a return stamp on the package, after I said I'd be happy to cover return shipping. It will be nice to have two guns that shoot straight. Now maybe, if all goes well, I might upgrade it to backup carry...winder if Mernickle would like to do a two gun rig for Star 30Ms? 🤠 Looks like J&G Sales is gonna get more of my money... TL/DR, J&G Sales has excellent over-and-above customer service.

My grandson, Nick The Kid with his first Arizona elk and mule deer and a Missouri bass.

4:30PM Apparently someone leaked to the putz that I called. He calls me back starting with "oh I'm so glad I was able to reach you. Are you ready to re-allocate your funds...." I gave him a white lie and told him I needed to run. I would call if I needed his services..... 5:20PM Received a call from the branch manager. He introduced himself and said he wanted to hear the story from me. I told him what had sparked my contacting the firm in the first place and what my original intentions were. When I got to the part where my 401K was gone, he said "oh my, you weren't expecting that were you?" "I can understand where that would be a real shock." He then explained legally what they can do. 1) There is no way LEGALLY to restore the account, since I'm no longer employed with the company where the account was created. (I looked it up. He's correct.) 2) My pension, while it's well hidden, is still there. That wasn't touched. 3) There are no tax implications nor penalties since I didn't REMOVE the money from the firm. If I had done that, it would have been a whole 'nother issue. 4) At this point, I have two options; A-Keep the funds in the IRA they are currently sitting in and have it mimic the distributions I had selected in the old 401K, or B- Roll the funds over to the 401K I have with my current employer and make any necessary changes there. 5) There will be no fees or penalties. This is entirely on them. He spent 45 minutes of his time walking me through everything and asked me what I wanted to do from here. We talked through a few options and decided he would have one of his senior advisors call me tomorrow and get into more details on the options. He closed by profusely apologizing for the bad employee and said he would have at least one conversation with him because the way he treated me was against their ethos and training. He thanked me for my time and said he hopes to meet me one day at the local office. I feel quite relieved with all this new info. Hopefully, we can make the new distribution of the funds better than they were before.

Cry, because the next bottle won't be $19 like it used to.

Since the rain has quit, I went and looked it up. According to the all-knowing internet, it came ashore about 65 miles west of here, right at two and a half hours ago. It had been a three when it was out in the water but they say it had slowed down to a two by the time it come to land, and now it's a one as it's headed north. Lights flickered on and off a few times. One time they were off for almost 5 seconds. I looked out the front door and there's a whole lot of leaves on the driveway. Apparently the trees took a shaking up. But I don't see any other damage. Apparently it missed me.

I took the powder Hopper off and was emptying the powder into a container. All of a sudden, i saw some kind of large item come out. I reached in the container, and found that a shell had fallen into the powder Hopper. My guess is that it was at the bottom clogging things up. Thank you all for your insight and your suggestions!

From SHB..."Once the first round goes down range, the competitor is committed to the stage". Shots have already gone downrange...no reshoot under SASS rules.

@Lawdog, suggested Goth Cowgirl as a category after being lured away by these desperadoes. La Sombra

This is when I cull them. Randy

On my way home from dropping my car off at the body shop and feeling about half P----d there was a guy ahead of me driving a big SUV. I was gaining on him because he was driving slowly and his entire vehicle was covered with dogs. Golden retrievers, one and all. Two on the right front seat with their heads out the window. Two more on each side on the second row back...with their heads out the window Two more on the right side of the third row and one on the left.... with their heads out the window. One more with his head out the sun roof. Ten dogs, all with their heads out the window, wagging their tails as hard as they could and having a good time riding with Dad, who was not not going over 20mph on the the far right lane. I have never seen that many dogs all at one time' riding in the summer heat and having fun. Everyone was passing and waving and honking and he was waving and honking back and the dogs were all wagging and grinning. I followed him about a half mile until he turned off and came on home feeling just plain happy. ! That made my entire week. I hope I see them again.

Not the Buntlines. At Bordertown, you'd snag them on the targets.

The fatter I get, the more my shells naturally tilt. Guess i'm getting fatter in exactly the right place.

This raffle was first announced at EoT, sent out to every SASS member in the monthly bulletin, and on the full-page back cover of the Cowboy Chronicle and on the SASS FB page. Tickets were available through the SASS Mercantile. Congratulations, Sheriff Coffee!!

The Sky Is Falling - The Sky Is Falling

Missouri Marshals Loadin Blocks is now closed. After over 22 years, 5045 blocks made it just isn’t fun anymore. My eyesight and arthritis are making it harder every day to make them. I really appreciate all the support I have gotten over the years. I will be completing the orders I currently have but once they are done, that’s it. Happy Trails Missouri Marshal

Ingenious field-expedient damage control saved the U.S. Navy’s old flagship in the closing hours of World War II. On the night of August 12, 1945, just three days before the cessation of hostilities, a low-flying Japanese torpedo bomber evaded radar pickets at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, and launched a single torpedo into the stern quarter of USS Pennsylvania (BB-38). The detonation blew a massive 30-foot breach below the waterline, devastating the steering gear flat, flooding the aft machinery spaces, and killing 20 crewmen. With the stern settling rapidly under thousands of tons of seawater, damage control parties executed a famous piece of improvised salvage engineering: routing high-capacity submersible pump hoses up through the Barbette of Turret #4 and out through the muzzles of its triple 14-inch/45 caliber guns. By discharging floodwaters through the elevated gun barrels, technicians dewatered lower compartments without opening watertight hatches or compromising critical transverse bulkheads. Stabilized over six days of round-the-clock pumping, Pennsylvania was towed by fleet tugs to Guam, where salvage technicians in Floating Drydock ABSD-6 welded a massive steel patch over her blasted stern. Cleared to make the 5,000-mile voyage to Puget Sound under her own power using only two operating propeller shafts, the crippled battleship suffered another catastrophic mechanical failure en route. Severe thrust-alignment stresses on the damaged stern caused the starboard shaft to fracture at the strut; the violent vibration threatened to tear the patch off the hull, forcing shipwrights to cut the trailing shaft and let it drop to the ocean floor. Pennsylvania limped into port on a single remaining propeller, a remarkable testament to structural durability and seamanship. Deemed economically unviable for permanent wartime restoration, the veteran dreadnought was assigned to Operation Crossroads in 1946, surviving both nuclear air and underwater detonations at Bikini Atoll before being scuttled off Kwajalein in 1948.

Try taking the side plates off to expose the “lever springs”. Gently pry the springs off the lever to remove tension and make the screws easier to remove.

2026 Trail Driver Award We are proud to announce that TENNESSEE has claimed the 2026 Trail Driver Award at the Southeast Regional Championship! The Trail Driver Award is determined by the combined scores of the top 10 shooters from each state in the region, making this a true team accomplishment. Congratulations to the Top 10 Tennessee shooters whose scores brought this award home: Mountaineer Mac — Top Overall Shooter for the Match Picket Blackfish Kid Mr. Black Dew R Dye Slater Randy Saint Eagle Cleve Tennessee Williams Long Colt Tommy Ten shooters. One team. One state. One Trail Driver Award. Congratulations, Tennessee! You represented your state—and the Southeast Regional—proudly! The Trail Diver banner will be proudly displayed at the 2027 Tennessee State Match.

We really should inspect the sculpture closely to see what it would take to cut the knot off of the barrel some night! It’d look great as a snubby!!

OHMYGOD!!! Children with knives and fire and guns. Working with dangerous tools and climbing trees and walking to school more than a block from home. Riding bikes for miles on dangerous public roads and playing on swings, jungle gyms, and on hard surfaced play grounds. Swimming in lakes, ponds, and irrigation canals. Their parents should be jailed and the children put into group homes where they won't be endangered. Or maybe we should take the do-gooders, woosies and wimps out of the equation and encourage these things that many of us survived and thrived on. How did we ever grow up and live to older ages with all we were doing as kids? Quite nicely, thank you.

Twenty-six years ago... my son, Sassparilla Kid age 8, after his first day dove hunting. Some might not approve!

Looks OK to me. As noted, similar to wearing an ammo slide over a belt. "Tilt" not excessive...IMO.

NEW SPOTTER GUIDLINES TO...."Next shooter" T Square comes down and shoots Spotters all agree.....5 misses and a "P"