Jackalope

I am, too!

I use a Lee factory crimp die for 44-40. Since it's a bottle neck cartridge, the crimp die doesn't have the sizing ring you mention. Occasionally, a 44-40 cartridge will bulge a little bit after loading and crimping. I find these at my loading bench with a chamber checker instead of at the loading table at a match. YMMV Regards, Jackalope

It is true. I have witnessed this. 🤠

Sorry to be a spoiler, Griff, but mine works with anything I've tried, including acorns from a wrist rocket.

Mine works great. I've not tried anything bigger than 45-70, but it sees through the cloud just fine.

I use Microsoft Power Point for target layout and shooting instructions. I would never be confused with a real graphics designer, but they seem to get the message across clearly. I generally include a story that culminates in a gunfight. For example, Jake stepped into his bedroom and found his wife in bed with his friend Tom. Jake hollered, “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” His wife turned to Tom and said, “See, I told you he was stupid.” That's what started the gunfight.

It kinda looks that way, doesn't it? As match director for our local club, I'll write the stages (most often with a short "...that's what started the gunfight" story) a few weeks prior to our match. I'll review and tweak them and, eventually, my bride, Anita Margarita, will proof-read them and we'll adjust the stages as needed. We set up the steel on the Sunday prior to our regularly scheduled Saturday match. Using the same target positions, Anita will write stages for a Tuesday match. If anything is still wonky, we can make whatever adjustments might be needed for Saturday. Somehow, we always make time for a walk-through prior to our safety meeting, etc. There are rarely any questions but we walk it through anyway because I'm unwilling to have one posse shoot a different match than the other. I don't really think the readers are impaired as much as the phrase, "at the ready" is ambiguous. If your author insists on such language, perhaps you could help with some constructive suggestions regarding clarity.

Maybe not in Nevada, but they do around here. If you have more than one posse, why in the world would you not have a walk-through (or similar)?

If you don't find contact info for the maker or if they can't help you out... Check Amazon for AJ Tack Black Jingle Bobs. I purchased some of them recently. AJ Tack also carries rowels. Maybe you can find a suitable replacement there. Good luck...

Sedalia Dave askes a good question. Since I came into possession of a 20-inch .357 rifle, I've been wondering about it myself. I've been considering the Accurate 36-155C, mostly due to the nose length. T Bone, it looks like the measurements you listed for lube grooves are the width of the groove. Have you determined the volume of the grooves?

Imis, I went directly to the source with a similar question. The contact info on their reply email is: From: Federal Contact Us <cs@email.federalpremium.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2023 11:41 AM To: Federal Ammunition Product Service <Anoka.Prodserv@VistaOutdoor.com> Subject: Federal Ammunition Contact Us – Technical Services/Quality

We discovered the same thing at Oak Ridge today. We had to resort to using paper! Oh, the horror! I don't know anything more about the software deal but it was fortunate we had a bunch of left over paper score sheets from years gone by.

🙄 I've often heard the rational for this is to "preserve a clean match". In reality, the bonus target (hit or miss) is still a five second target, the same value as any other target on the stage and the only impact it has is complicating the scoring process. As much as I hate to disagree with Scarlett, I'm with Creeker on this!

I'm beginning to think Colorado Coffinmaker is on to something. If I should ever try traditional-style shooting again, I would seriously consider shooting my left gun left-handed and the right gun right-handed just to eliminate a time-eating process of handing a gun over and back. It seems it would also provide some flexibility regarding transitions and direction of movement. You have plenty of experience using both hands gunfighter-style so this might be something worth trying.

If there is enough threaded end protruding, you might be able to cut a screwdriver slot in it with a Dremel cutoff wheel. Or, drill a tiny hole in one end of the broken screw and try a very small Easy Out.