Abilene, SASS # 27489

Captain Baylor used to recommend that for APP (and maybe 777). He made a little jig to cut them to length.

Slim, I have one (pretty sure it is the Cheyenne) but it is 90 miles away. I'll be there next week and look for it (I "think" I know where it is).

I remember 20 years ago reading about paper hulls being coated with wax (to waterproof them, I guess) and when firing several with BP the gun would get hot and they would stick. I don't know if they still have wax on them but the few I've seen lately didn't appear to.

Like they said totally normal for years, all the way back to when it was called Cleanshot. I don't use a strainer, but you do need to get all the little pieces broken up before dumping it into your measure.

Actually they are not at all hard to find now, Cimarron has plenty in stock. However this one is a good discount. Those "barbs" or "eyelashes" on the hammers are, I believe, a leftover from when shotguns were all percussion, and that little extension was supposed to block flash from the cap. (or something like that )

You guys done some driving!

Side matches start tomorrow. A final weather update. Tomorrow will be hot, high of 90, and windy. Saturday will be very windy, and calm Sunday. Saturday and Sunday highs in the upper 70's for the main match. That wind on Saturday is a "cool front" so low Sunday morning will be upper 40's. I am making sure I'm wearing hats with stampede strings Friday and Saturday just in case (I got one new set of strings delivered today). Seeya!

I leave the soapy water jug at the car and dump the brass in after the match.

Don't forget that after being bought by CZ it becomes a 6th generation! edit: taking bets on how long before this gets moved to the saloon?

I remember that topic. To search the Wire you need to go to google and type in site:sassnet.com xxxxxx which in this case I typed in site:sassnet.com 1897 forend stipple and found it. and the one Chicken George mentioned was this: https://competitionstocks.com/product/1897-shotgun-slide/

At least I have the excuse that I haven't shot the second one yet.

Howdy Major, You have gotten me confused. I have an older Cimarron Pietta Frontier (.357) made in 2015 and recently bought a new made in 2024 to pair with it. I have not shot the new one yet and have to admit that I did not notice the differences in the hammer spurs until your post prompted me to go look. Both seem to be exactly the opposite of yours. The older gun has the Colt-style cross-hatching and the newer gun has the straight serrations, which is a big step backwards to me. Maybe they just have a giant box of mixed hammers they pull parts from?? The newer gun also has less polish on the blued parts and screw heads, but the action on it is great. Older Pietta on left, newer on right.

Bob, the newer Ubertis with 3 clicks have the original single-groove shorter base pins, so those are easily available. I know VTI had them in stock as of a few weeks ago because I ordered one (to replace the crappy Pietta pins). VTI's p/n for this one is UB:400021/noSafety and it's $21.90 edit: at the time I ordered, Cimarron was out of stock on that base pin. I didn't check Taylors since I had other stuff to order from VTI as well.

Does "Bridgeport Model" mean it attaches to a bracket on your gun belt and you can just rotate it and fire?

They're out of stock on those calibers. I've got a 44 Russian and a 44-40 box but I only use them for photo props.