Abilene, SASS # 27489
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3 hours ago, John Kloehr said:
I'll take it. PM inbound. Hopefully before the moderators delete it, 'cuz it's a pinup
soiled dove costume contest entrant???
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On 1/2/2021 at 8:06 PM, Fox Creek Stitcher said:
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On 1/3/2021 at 2:08 PM, Texas Maverick said:I have no idea what you are offering here so I guess i don't need it. LOL
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I think he was trying to quote a post from a couple years ago, which apparently can't be done. Stitcher, if you haven't already, just send a PM to Al Overa.
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They are on CASCity also.
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12 hours ago, Doc Coles SASS 1188 said:
...Not sure why I am only wearing one gun. ...
Looks like you were doing a Duke impression, and he only wore one.
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10 hours ago, Snakebite said:
Coincidence, as I first see this - I am wearing a pair of Horsefly pants!
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Nice alias, Owen. Keep at it and you might go by your middle name and be Number 1.
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22 minutes ago, McCandless said:
Cowboy Mounted Shooter, Lily Rodgers with news commentator Paul Harvey, in the Superstition Mountains, AZ. 1989
My nickname for Lily has been "Smiley", always laughing and showing off those pearly whites!
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9 minutes ago, Marshal Dillon said:
When were the early days for SASS? I just want to know if I am concerned apart of those days.
I consider the early days to be everything before me. So yeah, you are one of the old timers.
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34 minutes ago, Griff said:
I believe that these shots are from one our first North Texas Roundups 1992(ish?)... Set up crew and a couple shooters near an early gun cart, pre-prohibition against horizontal guns.
That was before my time but I think that is Miss Hattie in the bottom pic (name on the cart, too), and so could that be Dallas Stoudenmire in the middle pic?
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Y'all might keep in mind that Amber Oakley's first post requesting pictures also asked for the following info:
SASS Alias:
SASS #:
Where you are from:
How long you’ve been Cowboy Action Shooting:
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SASS Alias: Abilene
SASS #: 27489
Where you are from: Texas
How long you’ve been Cowboy Action Shooting: 19 Years
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If the rounds you fire just go "Piffit" and you have time to run down and move the target, your probably not meeting "power Factor."
Unless your first name is Clark.
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Drop in cylinders are .454 so they use 45 ammo.
FYI I just bought two 44 special Open Top Uberti 7.5 pistols.
Like them very much. BUT!
All of the Open Tops are built wrong and need work right out of the box.
If you dont have them fixed they will wear them selves out in a year or two.
So if your heart is set on them .
Like mine was.
You need to figure on spending 160.00 to 200.00 per gun.
To make them right.
If you dont have them worked on , right out of the box New.
Most gun smith's wont work on them once they beat the hell out of there selves.
Good luck on you decisions.
Rooster .
You may or may not need to do a lot of work on the guns. My four conversions have had nothing but spring kits and no problems through thousands of rounds.
The Howell (aka R&D) and Kirst 45 Colt conversion cylinders for the 1860 are 5-shot. The Kirst has safety notches between chambers so you can safely load 5 (including SASS). Not sure about the Howell cylinder.
While the Uberti conversions in .44 and .45 are just slightly larger frame and cylinder size than originals or C&B guns, the .38 are about the same as originals. Even the 1860 Richards-Masons and 1860 Type II Richards in .38 spcl. Those models in .38 have the army grip and barrel, but the frame and cylinder are the same as the '51 Richards-Mason (no rebated cylinder). The pictures on the website do not show this. I have a .38 Type II being held for me (until I can get to Fredericksburg during working hours), and I plan to put a Navy grip on it which will turn it into an 1861 conversion.
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Thank you sir!
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I can count on one hand the number of live rounds I have jacked out over the years, so I sometimes do not carry spare ammo, and a rifle reload is very rare these days, but when we have one I and others have been known to use one of the methods shown in the pic. Is either of these legal?
thanks.
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At Shot Show, Cimarron was showing their new "Bad Boy" with flat top frame, octagon barrel, target sights, and Army grip from Uberti.
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Abilene, thanks for the info. For the first time in many years I am not going to make it to the show. You guys have fun and tell Joe hi.
He's right here and I just did. See you at WR.
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Jack today was setup day and I walked by the EMF booth and did not see any SASS presence, although nobody was there for me to ask. So I'm not sure where they'll be. I'd like to know myself, to go say hi but also because people stop by the Cimarron booth sometimes and ask us where SASS is.
Saw Misty and Amber at the show today. SASS is not exhibiting this year.
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Deuce, do you know what booth Misty will be at?? SASS isn't listed as an exhibitor this year? EMF, Cimarron??? I figured to stop by and say HI if I ran into her.
Jack today was setup day and I walked by the EMF booth and did not see any SASS presence, although nobody was there for me to ask. So I'm not sure where they'll be. I'd like to know myself, to go say hi but also because people stop by the Cimarron booth sometimes and ask us where SASS is.
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For a number of years the Uberti '73 short rifle (20" octagon) in .357 shooting .38's was the choice of many champions. Some were cutting them a little shorter and liked that so 18" octagon and 18" half-octagon rifles came into production and are also very popular. These are all available with straight stock or checkered pistol grip, which is strictly personal preferance. The pistol grip rifles cost around $100 more. The carbines with round 19" barrel are popular as well, but not as much as the rifles. The carbines do not have a dovetail front sight so it is not quite as easy to install a bead on front. Also the lighter front end tends to wander a bit for some. A 16" carbine will wander a bit more, but some like those, too. Now enter the '66. Some think it is prettier
, it has the same action as the '73 and all the same race parts fit. Costs around $100 less than the '73. The '66 does not have the trigger interlock safety so it is possible to fire it out of battery in the heat of things. Doesn't happen often, but is something to consider. The '66 is made in 19" carbine and 20" short rifle. All these guns are available in 24" but not nearly as many shoot those.You could buy a stock gun and shoot it, then have it slicked up and short stroked, if you want but you will find the springs rather heavy in the Ubertis. Those are easy to adjust if you wish. A "factory" competition rifle from Uberti will be nice but probably not as nice as the ones produced by good 'smiths in our game. And as mentioned above, many buy their rifle through Cody or Longhunter or Pioneer Gun Works, or a number of other fine 'smiths, and it is totally ready to go.
What usually gets mentioned in these discussions and Sam said it first is that it is highly recommended to go to one or more shoots and ask to handle some different guns. The shooters are always happy to show off their gear. That way you find out what feels good in your hands, and that is important. As for myself, I happen to have 16" and 19" carbines and 20" rifles in various calibers and I love them all. None are short stroked, just springs adjusted, but I am fine with that.
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This will be the fourth range for the Cabs, and I sure wish I could make the first shoot there. But I'll be driving back from Shot Show at that time.
The slower you shoot, the more time you are having fun playing cowboy!
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Come on guys. It was just a joke. People here have no humor anymore.
And some folks don't know how to use smileys ?
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Just buy a Colt SAA and take it apart. It's filled with Uberti parts. At least that's what I read somewhere on the internet
Like much of what is on the internet, that is not correct.
VTI sells Pietta reduced power main springs. I don't know how they would compare to the ones the OP is wanting.
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First I've heard of a chain gang shoot! Sounds interesting.