Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971

I stop at Wild West Mercantile annually to shop. This year I have a $50 gift certificate given to me at Bordertown to spend. (Thanks, Claudia Feather for your continuing support of SASS.) I shop WWM's bargain bin. Most of the trousers I wear at CAS matches came from the bargain bin.

I replaced some failed smoke alarms last year. The new ones came with cheap Chinese carbon zinc batteries that I replaced with better batteries. I keep a few in my gun cart to toss to a TO if needed to replace a dead timer battery. They are good enough to get through a match.

Long Hunter chronographed her ammo fired out of her revolvers at EOT years ago. These were legal loads when shot from her revolvers.

These are my wife's knockdown smokeless loads. I don't load smokeless knockdown loads because these work so well. She only burns up a box or two every year.

My wife shoots 100 grain bullets in her .32 H&R mag cases when shooting smokeless powder. I've loaded Bullseye, Unique and N320 for her. She prefers N320 because it burns very clean. I actually increased the N320 load to the published maximum because some inattentive spotters were calling light hits as misses. Those 900 fps loads might be what your wife needs.

Snakebite's advice is sound. A local range where I shoot is on land leased from the state. We turn the entire range over to the state police for training at no charge when requested. All we ask is that they abide by the restrictions of our insurance and write a thank you letter to the State Land Commissioner. We recently got our lease renewed. Those letters really helped.

Relax. We don't apply our penalties in full force on new shooters while they are learning - except the most severe safety violations. Have an experienced, patient shooter coach you through the process from loading table to unloading table. Tell the Timer Operator you are a new shooter and welcome coaching. You may be shooting with shooters who are wearing championship buckles. They didn't get fast their first year and neither will you. Breath while you are shooting and keep your eyes open. Try to shoot last and watch how shooters move and shoot. In particular, see how they screw up and get procedural penalties. Be mindful of these and avoid them yourself. Have your wife talk to the ladies about their costumes.

I've found that many sporting goods just stock muzzleloading supplies seasonally. Check your local stores during muzzleloading hunting season and accessories may be available. You can order Hornady .454 diameter lead ball from Bass Pro Shops and pick them up at your local store. Same for Pyrodex or Triple Seven powder though I prefer real black powder for cap and ball revolvers. At Bordertown I announced that MidSouth had Remington #10 caps. A few shooters got together and decided to order 5,000 and split the order.

This was done for the New Mexico State Match this year. No issues were reported. Our berms lack grass and spray paint marks target locations well. Some of our tables are built into fixed props and cannot be moved.

Congratulations to Doc Barium, my wife on winning Ladies Frontier Cartridge and a clean match. Congratulations to Trizzlee the AZ LFC champ. Congratulations Shirttail Bess LFCD champion. All these ladies shot on posse 17.

It does not take much shot to produce 3/4 or 7/8 oz reloads that are considerably cheaper than LNLR AAs. A simple single stage shotgun press can easily produce enough shells for a match.

Gun Clubs are reloadable. I just shot a couple of boxes of reloaded Gun Clubs here at Bordertown. However, STS and Nitro. hulls make better reloads. If you like the Gun Clubs just buy them as they are less costly than AAs.

If someone wants to shoot my shotgun they need to bring factory ammo and not reloads. There are a few I have shot with for years whose ammo I trust. For anyone else factory ammo only!

Missouri Bullets sells BP-lubed bullets. I load them for my revolvers but not my rifle as they lack enough lube for the rifle.

I very much agree that the situation described by the OP created a significant unfair competition. However, I would attempt to shoot the stage to completion and only stop if instructed by the TO. If told I needed to reshoot I would not protest.