Assassin

Does anyone read the new shiny chronical? There was something about the old newspaper format that made folks want to pick it up. It was different not just a shiny magazine. Until there is a substantial increase of membership, advertisers won't pay for ads, which is what should be paying for the chronical.

Only a small percentage of shooters used TB. Most I know switched to Titegroup, Unique, Clay's, Red Dot, Promo, and other fast burning SG powders.

You'll want to practice properly. If you crawl into windows, always shoot left target first instead of first target you see, or dancing around rather than planting your feet, the list goes on. You'll only get better at bad habits. Although running your guns is important, it's only a piece of the puzzle. Find a good shooter to critique you and tutor your practice.

TB was developed primarily for CAS. It came out around 2005 when we had 60-70k shooters. The demand has diminished along with our membership. Probably, less than 5-6% of CAS shooters were using TB. Maybe a thousand shooters buying a couple pounds annually isn't exactly profitable. I don't know of any others that use TB.

Sorry to hear this. Reb was a good guy.

Your club does that too?

It's more to do with pressure and heat potentially melting the base of the bullet. The coating is just a replacement for lube and makes for much cleaner loading. .

I'll still disagree with your theory. Regardless of how fast a shooter may cycle their action if it takes them the same amount of time to aquire a good sight picture, for them, and break the shot they have gained nothing. It takes them the same amount of time to run a stage. Just because they have the tools doesn't mean they'll be any faster, yes the potential is increased. However, some shooter will never move any faster. Give them the best holsters made and if they still use both hands to pull their pistols and holster they're merely looking better doing it. Guess I'm just saying the better shooters have the most to gain by SS'ing guns and the others have little to nothing to gain unless they can break bad habits and smooth up their shooting skills. FYI, my Corvette guns are misfiring and are only running on 4 cylinders.

What's Strawmaning? So, you're telling me that the consistent 40 second shooter will miraculously become a 39 second shooter by investing $1000 in short stroking his/her guns. Me thinks, not. One must shoot at a certain level or speed in order to potentially gain time. Just because the gun is capable doesn't mean the shooter is capable of shooting or cycling the actions. I'd be happy if any of my POS guns even made it through a match. I should just sell them all and buy a new sawmill. Most shooters I know aren't running SS'd pistols. Only reason I have a pair was I wanted a pair of birdheads and I got a good deal and they happened to be SSSS. (stainless steel short strokes). I don't know if they are quicker. Is there a test we can try at the next match.

I'll throw my 2 cents in, have to agree with Bud. Short stroked anything will probably only help those that shoot in the top 10-15%. Anyone below that level is still trying to cut seconds rather than fractions of seconds. In order to gain seconds, work on fundamentals. One glitch or hiccup and there goes the time gained with SS'd guns, multiple hiccups adds multiple seconds. Once that goal is reached join the arms race and spend the money on SS's.

I have a pair of short stroked Vaqueros. They just started having some light strike issues. The springs were cut to accommodate the shorter travel of the hammer, and probably stretched for fine tuning in order to fire Federal primers. I'm replacing the springs with some lighter Vaquero springs. Don't know if they're any quicker, probably only advantage is when engaging multiple hit targets.

There goes Phantom, stirring the pot without stirring the pot.

Didn't take it as a negative, more of a positive. I'll be a Silver Senior in June, and not ready to mosey. Movement will attract new and younger shooters.

If you've got big bays, use them. Hell On Wheels is a shooters match, it's not for everyone. However, no one has to run, they can mosey. Even with the movement the times are equivalent to those matches with little to no movement. And, best of all it's in Wyoming.