J.S. Sooner, SASS #73526

A LGS near me has two for sale, great prices. I didn't look at them for condition. Marlin 39A 22lr 1961 $599 Marlin 39A 22lr 1987 $629

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Could be an older primer drop to be. MEC did have priming systems that worked wire tubes instead of the tray type. Prior user may have changed it to a tray system. The tubes may fit if they are large enough for 209 primers. A friend had the tube style and said he used a longer proper size curtain rod that would hold more primers. I sold a MEC 650 with tube feed. Turned a piece of aluminum tubing to fit.

May need adjustment. https://www.mecoutdoors.com/Images/document/grabber.pdf

You need a pusher like this. I have different types and shapes. Sell them at local matches. Some attach to a bullet bag/ block others hang it on their knife or in an extra ammo loop on their belt.

Great price for that package. Well worth 4x the price. I bought 2 Mec 600 jr's at a yard sale a couple years ago, found a couple missing parts and flipped them, more than doubled my investment. The primary parts missing on these presses are the priming cup, anvil and spring. Primer catch trays are usually gone but any small plastic works.

Above on station 6, final crimp, my Grabber. Below on station 5.

A corroded, stuck primer and really mess up your day on a progressive loader. That is the only time I ran into much resistance pulling the handle on my 8567N Grabber. Now I run the hulls through a collet sizer - de primer on my Size master before loading on the progressive.

Smokeless, just wipe them off before sizing and de-priming on my Size master. I like to find problem hulls prior to loading on my Grabber. I will wash black powder shells if I want to reuse the hulls. Wash them in a bucket of soapy water outside. I did them in the kitchen sink one time many years ago. Thought I could get it done before my wife and daughter returned home from shopping. Didn't work, I got the stinky eye from both of them as the kitchen smelled like the fireside circle on Blazing Saddles with all the cowboys eating them beans.

Bucket of water, shot sinks, powder floats. Dump water with powder on flower bed, dry shot on a clean rag. After drying, add some powered graphite to the shot.

I have an ArmaLaser green TR39GS for Ruger LCP Max if the buyer or others are interested in adding it to their setup. I like iron sights, this came on a gun purchase, less than a year old. PM me if interested.

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You need more room if the stage has doorways, windows or props to work around.

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Sounds like you may be looking at a Jimmy Spurs rifle. They are smooth, I handled one but never shot one. I have a set of Ruger's, they are smooth. The 24" barrel can always be cut down later if you decide to.

Which one feels better to you? Looking at Taylor's web site. Taylor tuned models are short stroked. I have 2 Taylor Comanchero's, they are short stroked. About the same a my Cody cut and weld short stroke rifles. I prefer the 20" over a 24" rifle for reasons stated above. Plus you can always add a C&I short stroke package.

What double do you shoot? I have Stoeger, Bakail, CZ and just picked up an SKB, looking to trim the stocks on some. My daughters Bakail is too short for me, my thumb will punch my nose if I shoulder it like my Stoeger. The SKB, single trigger, seem to be longer from the trigger to the release lever and breech. Do you keep the distance from your thumb to your nose as others posted? I remember a post years ago from Longshot Logan on cutting a 97 stock. He recommended the negative angle cut for the same reasons. Thank you, JSS

I agree that some shooters may be able to save time and gain an advantage with taking both SG knockdowns on first pass but picking up a ten second penalty. The only ones that may save time would be in the slowest 10-15% of shooters. None of the top shooters I shoot with could make up the entire 10 seconds by not shooting as written. If I were the RO for this shooter, I would not give a SOG for his actions.

I would give a pass to the shooter: no call. Lucky miss for the shooter or assume they just dumped the round into the berm. I primarily shoot a double barrel and would load 2 for this stage. If the required KD went down I would have two options. Open shotgun, shuck spent and loaded shell, (that would be my choice) or could dump the last round into the berm, then shuck both empties prior to moving onto the rifle.

If the shooter took one shot and both SG targets were knocked down, shucked shells, moved onto the rifle position engaging all rifle targets then move back to the shotgun position, they would be required to place one shot above the down shotgun target into the berm. Then move onto the last pistol.

This system works well, I have one on my Rugged Gear cart. http://ryderumbrellamount.com/

Bonus for black powder? What’s the penalty for falling over?

We have used a derringer or pocket pistol on stages before. Always load off the clock, started with gun in hand, two handed firing allowed. Just had to hit the cardboard target (very close) and place the derringer on the prop when finished. I wouldn't run a stage with reloads and movement with a derringer. IMO it would be unsafe and present many opportunities to sweep others. Not a good thing to do on the clock.

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