Abilene, SASS # 27489

Seems like most of the B-Western shooters I've seen just wore regular jeans.

"Does Anyone Shoot Successfully With Progressives?" Do you mean, like if you are trying to introduce your liberal inlaws to firearms??

Hi La Sombra. I have no idea and don't know if anyone will think to look in this forum. Was the question whether okay for CC?? Are you coming to Gamble Gulch this year?

Uberti flat springs are somewhat prone to cracking or breaking. Aftermarket flat springs are much more reliable. Wire springs will never break but sometimes they can get weak. I prefer aftermarket flat springs.

that there is a very good deal!

Or cheerios. When I dropped my BP shells from 1 1/8 oz to 1 oz, the crimp was slightly concave. I heard someone else mention the cheerios and I already eat them so now I drop one cheerio over the shot before crimping. Don't drop the cheerio in the bottom before the shot. On a Load-All, that will plug up the end of the drop tube . I also use 7.5 shot instead of 8 as less likely to leak out of a crimp pinhole in my smokeless hulls.

That is the gunleather that EPS calls the Duke Rig.

For sure AA's quality isn't what it used to be. And some people have a lot of problems shucking them. I use STS and Gold Nitro for BP shells but use AA's for smokeless, to keep them separate. Perhaps I'm just lucky, but I rarely have a AA stick in my Baikals or SKB. Polishing your chambers might help, but I think that can be overdone which causes more problems. p.s. put your alias on your orange checker/sizer (well, and everything else). (a sharpie mark with scotch tape over it works great). A lot of people have those checkers and they all look the same.

And even if they gauged fine after loading, check them again just before shooting. Some hulls like STS you will find are still fine but others like AA's may need sizing again.

I asked PWB about some variations like this. Placing a cartridge sideways in the belt tongue keeper, or putting one vertical in the belt in the center between where the tongue goes into and out of the buckle (if you can visualize that without a pic) are also not legal. Long ago a lot of people were keeping an extra in their hat band. Also not legal.

Looks like it done got done!

Potter, if this will do, PM me your address and I will send it (the holder only, you can't have my badge ). The edges of the badge are pretty much even with edge of the outer layer and it will fit a 2 1/2" belt. Scout, thanks for the heads-up.

Dawg beat me to it. I just found a couple that I haven't used in years and was going to offer you one.

I know someone (forgot who) that has a '73 in .32 mag - I saw it within the last year. Don't know which 'smith did the work but you start with a 32-20 '73. So it can be done, and might end up costing less than what the Marlins go for. Needs the chamber sleeved (or cut off and re-chambered) and probably some carrier modification. Cimarron actually has or had one sitting on the shelf for years. It was a .32-20 that was converted by Lonnie Ammann. The Shoot magazine guys had it to test and it was jamming. They were told to use Black Hills factory ammo, which they did and it worked fine. But for whatever reason, Cimarron never had Uberti put that one into production.

Well that was the cause of the problem with me, not the solution, so I guess it's a YMMV thing. On the two rifles on which I have installed a SGB loading gate , I now have to push that last round in further in to avoid the jam (I also use a spare round or an antler tip as the pusher). You are not just pushing the last round in further, you are also pushing the base of the last round more to the left so the gate can close completely.