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The Rainmaker, SASS #11631

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  1. As far as I know, yes. When I lived in CA, I purchased my two '58s and EMF shipped to my door. I also ordered the Kirst Konverters and they shipped to my house as well; so I would not see why you could not do that. However... that was over 20 years ago and CA has changed for the worse since then so... IDK.
  2. Lazy stage writing can bring up all kinds of what-ifs. State what you want the shooter to be doing before and after the beep. Ambiguity after the timer goes off is meant for shooters to have choices, but if you intend something specific to be done(or something to NOT be done) then spell it out and make sure the posse marshals understand. And the "back-handed" shotgun start always cracks me up.
  3. Don't forget all the work he CBB did running Doc Holliday's Immortals in Griffin, GA! He got us through a tough time and we may have folded if he hadn't stepped in. His real triumph though is his family... and I'm sure he'd tell ya that. Great folks! We love em... and we'll keep em!
  4. The Turkish shotguns being produced are very nice and pretty decent quality, the only problem I see are factory support and parts. The importers (if they are still around) get very little in the way of parts, if any at all, and good luck trying to get a hold of a Turkish factory. My daughter runs a Zenith that was made by Tedna (very similar to Huglu, that makes the CZs) and I smoothed it up a little and replaced and lightened some springs and it runs great. I just hope nothing breaks.
  5. I get the whole "clean match" thing, especially if you aren't competing for top honors, but have some courtesy and know when to pack it in. So ya bought a P or a miss, it ain't the end of the world and you weren't getting the Cadillac anyway. Folks will appreciate it.
  6. Sorry you have lost your father. I'll be in the LV area 19-24 Mar and would be happy to help you with this. PM me if you're interested.
  7. Go ahead and pick up that Pedersoli and give it a run. If the sights aren't up to your standards (I bet they will be for what we do), then upgrade. As mentioned, the MVA or Shaver sights are hard to beat. Oh yeah, and shoot only BP from that Sharps... just like it was meant to be.
  8. I'd much rather fix it myself (if one is inclined) as opposed to sending it back. You have the delay AND the one I saw that they fixed on a friend's .357 '92 was horrible. Looked like they bent the extractor up with a pliers and then back down in order to get more tension. TERRIBLE!!! Have anyone but the factory fix it.
  9. Practice? Oh yeah, monthlies. Unless I'm wrong, I think what the OP is looking for is a live-fire timer to load on his phone. I don't think he's looking for a separate timer, even if you can connect it to a phone or tablet.
  10. Thorough cleaning as mentioned and if still a problem, I'd give StevesGunz (512-564-1015) a call and go over with him what he thinks could be the problem. My guess is either it is still rough from being new (yes, new and rough DO go together... for them) or it is, as Lumpy stated, all fouled up.
  11. Remember what he (Widder) said, practice, practice, practice.
  12. Sad; Goody was definitely a big addition to the Wire discussions and will be missed.
  13. What pistol targets did they engage in the wrong order? They engaged 5 "shoot where they were" targets then 5 on the plate.
  14. I do think this was important to bring up, for clarity if nothing else, but if someone actually has the intent to take an advantage (cheat) on a stage after they have earned a P, then they are just as likely to "claim ignorance" and say they just forgot the sequence. Yes, we are pretty sure why they did it but do we really know for sure. Mattie Ross said it best, "who knows what's in a man's heart?". If someone actually heard them state why they were gaming the stage, THEN they earned the SOG.
  15. Occur or addressed? I think sometimes we already know they have a P and we just disregard additional infractions when really, they are not so minor. I do think it is easy to lose track of where you are at on a stage (heck, I write em and I still get lost) but a dump "appears" to be a time saver and running through something close to a sequence (such as a Nevada Sweep) at least on the surface, looks like even though you forgot the sequence, you are trying to get through it without "making up for the P" with a dump.
  16. I agree with the above desire to have the printed version back available. I do know that cost plays a big part in going digital and probably the main reason for going the way it has. If the printed version were available again, maybe when you renew your membership, you could opt for the printed version and pay a little more in dues to make up the cost to print them. Just an idea as I do know a lot of folks that would pay extra to have a hands-on copy.
  17. I have been shooting CAS for quite a while now and am probably a "middle of the pack" shooter. I don't practice as I should and know I could get better if I did. I do, however, take my RO duties very seriously and have seen many shooters over the years (many) that have done something that I know was done to gain an advantage. From "jumping the timer" to the aforementioned target dump and I do try my best to give the penalty when appropriate. But sometimes I am not the TO and just an observer and see that happen and most times, it ends up biting them, as they have a hiccup somewhere else that takes back their time and usually more than they were going to gain. Sometimes they "get away with it" and that's when I figure that they have to live with themselves and their cheating ways. Yes, that's how I view it, cheating. I'm pretty sure people who do this know exactly what they're doing and if that's the way you do better, then you go ahead, but you have to look at yourself in the mirror and if you are ok with doing things like this, then I pity you. Have I made mistakes? Sure have, but I also do my best to make it right as well. I have called penalties on myself and will continue to do so as warranted. Am I perfect and everyone should do as I do? Not even close, I just try.
  18. Sir, you're a ruffian and a scoundrel... but ya ain't no cherry picker! (although a certain ice cream favorin' fella accused ya of being a nit picker). Have fun and shoot em up! If I had the holsters for it and I could keep my thumbs from gettin' all confused, I may just be a gunfighter meself.
  19. This conversion should be a parts replacement with maybe some minor fitting. If you can strip your pistol down, it will be no problem. A good resource is Power Custom; they'll walk you through whatever you need.
  20. How IS this SASS legal? Doesn't follow the original contour, same as the 3D printed grip some pard asked about. Hmmm
  21. Nice to see another lever gun in the world of tacticals. Priced a little outta my range though. Like the "real" Henry being made by Henry Repeating, nice to look at but I'll stick with what I got.
  22. Make sure the loading gate spring is seated correctly; if it is not seated on the gate properly, you will have those problems. Easy to miss that.
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