Happy Jack, SASS #20451

Some of you obviously have never stayed in NY, CHI, LA, DA, Phi, etc. I usually am there for a trade show and the cheapest place near the show that isn't a whorehouse is in the 250 to 400 dollar range. I don't care what it costs when I am in Chi or LV I stay at TRUMP hotel !!!

Attention BP cartridge shooters. Just got an email from Buffalo Arms about some hard to find Starline brass. 45-90 45-110 50-70 and 50-90 Get it before it is all gone.

One of my FAVORITE matches in the old days was The Siege at San Juan It was a hoot every time I shot it. Haven't been for a few years. Try it, you'll like it.

We had a 28 Ft airstream, LOVED it. But can't travel since the stroke and we let it go for MORE money than we paid got it after 15+ years. (It was used, 1 year old when we bought it, they traded it in on a 30ft. one). We towed it for 3 years with a Ford excursion, but we bought a f250 and towed it with that. I would recommend if you are going to tow it with a SUV buy a BIG one. You will add about 100pounds of stuff to the trailer. We weighed ours and averaged 1500 pounds of additional weight over the years.

I have been using that same decapping die for years. Absolutely worth the money. I bought extra pins for it and have never needed one. i have decapped thousands of military crimped 308 and 556 without a single failure.

Evil and I go back a loooong ways. I am proud to call him a close friend. Well deserved.

I'm not a computer guy so am I supposed to change my password before the big change or am I supposed to wait until the change???

Horace, great photo with Fred and Travis.

For serious stuff I use Imperial Sizing Wax. Now made by Hornady. Every benchrest shooter has used it exclusively for as long as I can remember. It is also the lube of choice for making wildcat cases.

I handled the prototype revolvers at the SHOT show last week. They were VERY pretty but were NOT smooth to cock. trigger pull was very nice but tough to cock. Maybe they were just over-sprung. The Owner used to work for Colt so I am sure he knows about their trademarks. He said at the show that they would be available by late Summer. Will have to wait and see. (incidentally the company has done the CCH work for Colt for many years so they are certainly legitimate)

The President of Standard worked for Colt for quite few years. Left about 3 years ago. He was also very familiar with the USFA SAA program. I think they are trying out the market with many different prototypes to see what has interest. They even had a semi-auto Thompson in the booth. Beautiful looking work on all the firearms. I have no idea what will actually happen.

I have many 1911's and some of both. I prefer the arched ones. They seem to point better and fit my hand.

I just got back from SHOT. I handled the SAA samples they had at the show. It is a legitimate company. They have done the CCH work for Colt for years. The revolvers loked great, BUT they were extremely rough handling and were seriously over=sprung. Should be available by late Summer.

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.

CC: The Great American Outdoor show. There is a pinned thread by Misty about it on the regular wire.

BT, will you please post the application as a PDF so I can download it and send it in. I need all the computer help I can get. I can print out a pdf, but can't seem to print out anything else.

We do NOT use them for our rifles. If it is a bolt gun just take the bolt out, sight through that on the target put the bolt back in and shoot it. If a gun you can't see through the barrel shoot on large graph paper at 25yds. then adjust. Not very hard. We usually get within 2" after 4 rounds.

BTT one more time for those who might have missed it.

I will be there. SASS isn't listed as having a booth this year. Probably the most CAS activity will be at the Cimarron and EMF booths. SHOT is to the trade only so I don't think it is a great venue for SASS. They are doing the BIG PA show this year which is open to the public. It is now owned by the NRA and SASS always has a booth at the Annual NRA Convention so going to this show makes sense.

Chief Rick: Call Larry Weber in Las Vegas. 702-363-9998 He can give you the info you need.

Flash suppressors work by cooling the powder gasses by contact with cool metal. The suppressor must have sufficient mass and coverage to cool the gasses below the point of being SO hot that they appear to burn in the air. Sound suppressors use internal spaces designed to no only cool the gas but also slow its exhaust speed below that of the speed of sound. With supersonic bullet speed you still hear that crack of the bullet breaking the sound barrier if you are in line with or front of the muzzle. Suppressed firearms firing bullets below the speed of sound are VERY quiet.

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I have built 48 tables here on my range. They are 32" tall with 32X48" tops. That way I get 3 tops from a 4X8 sheet of marine plywood. We have severe winds occasionally so I use concrete form stakes to hold them down. Those stakes are GREAT. They come in various lengths depending on your need and have holes drilled through them every 2" to make fastening them to the table legs easy. I made some smaller tables but occasionally it is hard to keep long guns on them when in a hurry.

I have two Star brand buildings. Quite happy with them. One is office/whse. 50X110. Shop is 30X50. Need another building to store heavy equipment BAD. Probably will put up a quansit type about 40X60.

For those of you who participate in/manage Wild Bunch matches but do NOT frequent the Wild Bunch Forum the NEW 2017 Volume 10.1 WBAS Shooters Handbook and the NEW 2017 Volume 10.1 WBAS RO Manual are both posted on the SASS Homepage under the "Shooters Handbooks" link. Please download them and update your reference material. THANKS