H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619

I've never had problems with it. I always measure every charge. If it's giving you problems, I'll gladly take it off your hands.

I have long felt that the so called 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court is not. It's really a 5-3-1. Five Conservatives, three Liberals and one squishy Moderate that you have no idea where he's going to go. He's been leaning more right than left of late, but that's only since President Trump replaced the other Moderates with real Conservatives in his first term. I was "afraid" that if one of the Conservatives were to leave the court during the Biden years, we'd be at 4-4-1, and the squishy one would move back to the left again. There is a good chance that President Trump will get to make 1 or 2 more picks in his new term, but the odds are that it will be replacing leaving Conservatives with new ones, leading to no real change on the Supremes. The chances of one of the three Liberals leaving in the next four years are slim.

Perhaps this is wishful thinking but... Article IV Section 1 of the Constitution reads.... "Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof." Seems to me that reciprocity already exists. Or at least it should. We need the Supreme Court to weigh in on this. The lack of reciprocity is unconstitutional.

What is 38 SW long? I've never heard that designation before.

This makes me think of the whole running .44 Specials in a .44 Magnum gun. With a revolver, of course, it's no problem. My first SASS rifle was a Rossi 92 in .44 Magnum. I figured I would run Specials in it. I didn't use for very long before I got a 73 in .32-20, and then finally started obtaining .45's. But, I still like to take out the Rossi out for old time's sake every now and again. The only problem was, it had a tendency to stove pipe new rounds on their way to the chamber. When I got a real 92 that someone had rebarreled to .44 Magnum, it had the same problem. Switched to Magnums downloaded to .44 Special levels, and I never had a problem again. That's why I don't run Specials in my Magnum rifles. More recently, I acquired a pre-83 Winchester 94 in .44 Magnum, just cuz I wanted to have one. To be honest, (and I am a bottom tier shooter) I found it to be pleasant to shoot, and it worked just fine at the match I took it too just to try it. Comparing it to the Rossi, I did not find that it hindered me in any way. I know 94's have a bad rep for out game, but well, this one worked. Maybe I was lucky. Here's me running my Rossi 92. (Pistols are an Uberti Cattleman and an original Great Western in the same caliber. We won't speak of the shotgun...) Here's me running the 94. As you saw, not appreciable difference between the 92 and the 94 for me. In fact, I think I did better with the 94. Go figure. But... I had FUN!

You are most welcome. Yeah, i seem to see more .32-20 73's and 92's, and even Marlins and Colt Lightnings on the used market than I do the larger calibers, and usually for a lot less money. It's perfectly legal, caliberwise. To quote the Handbook... Revolver Calibers: Must be centerfire cartridges of at least .32 caliber and no larger than .45 caliber Although the .32 caliber revolvers and .36 caliber cap and ball revolvers are legal, they may not be powerful enough to handle all reactive targets. Rifle Calibers: Must be centerfire of at least .32 caliber and not larger than .45 caliber. The only allowed exceptions are the .25-20 and .56-50. .32-20 is listed in both sections in the examples but not limited too lists. So, according to the rules, even .32 S&W or .32 Short Colt would be SASS legal. Good luck finding guns chambered for them though! I do have a vintage 1860 that was converted to the former, and a vintage Marlin in the latter. Modern Marlins can be found in .32 H&R Magnum, which is just an elongated .32 S&W Long, but I don't know if they shorter cartridge will work in it. Cimarron also makes a scaled down Colt Clone with dual .32-30/.32 H&R that you could use the S&W rounds in. Historically, the only revolver chambered for .32-20 was the Colt, and they are a little harder to find. S&W and as far as I know, did not offer it. Today, you can get Colts, clones, and Rugers. Not sure of what else. I remember someone, I think it was Taylor's, advertising a 58 Remington converted to it many years ago, but I never saw one. .32-20 is a very addictive caliber... I am surprised to learn that you can get them in Canada. I thought .32 caliber was outlawed up there. Can you elaborate?

Interesting pistols! I've got one myself with adjustable sights. Do yours have adjustables or are the the fixed site version?

My favorite caliber is .45 Colt. I have more guns in that caliber than any other. But oddly, I don't have a 73 in that caliber. My first 73, a real Winchester is a .32-20, and for a short while it was my primary main match rifle. Here it is paired with a Colt Bisley Fun story about this rifle. More than a few years ago, I was at the Michigan state championship shoot, and this was the rifle I used. As I was leaving the parking lot to go to the shooting area, a pard looked at my gun cart and ask me if that was a real Winchester. When I said it was, he said he'd never seen one before, only replicas, and asked if he could hold it. Then he asked if he could work the action. When I said sure, he tried, but he could not lever the lever. He checked to make sure the lever lock was not locked, and when he saw that it wasn't, he said he thought something was wrong. With some concern, I took the gun and worked the action no problem. Long story short, he was so used to slicked up short stroked Uberti 73's, that he could not work the "heavy" action of an unmodified Winchester! This rifle, and later a few pistols, started my love affair with the .32-20 cartridge. Since this rifle I have acquired a Winchester 92, a Colt Lightning, a Marlin 1888 (The top eject Marlin!) and a Uberti 66. It is likely I will obtain other rifles in this caliber as time goes by. The only reason I don't shoot it more often is that, like all bottlenecks, it takes a little more effort to reload. Gotta lube them cases, y'know. I have an antique 1st and a 3rd gen SAA, and in addition to the pictured Bisley, another one that is nickeled. My second 73 is 16.5" Uberti that I kinda sorta customized. It's a .44-40 I really wanted a 73 Mare's Leg, but nobody makes one. So, I just chopped the stock on this one. Overall length is over 26", and the barrel is still 16+ so no NFA 34 problems. I know Mare's Legs are not SASS Legal for some reason, but they are fun to shoot! I also have an uncut buttstock in case I ever have a need to actually use it as a rifle. As far as .45 Colt goes.... Well, I've got more pistols than I can count off the top of my head. At least 20 or so. Mostly Colts/Clones, but a few other things as well. Replica cap and ball Colts and Remingtons that have been cartridge converted, replica S&W Schofield and American, a replica Remington 75, a converted replica Rogers and Spencer, and I think that's it. For rifles in .45, I have an AWA Lightning, an Armi San Marco 92, an Uberti 66 (Which I guess is "close" to being a 73) and a Uberti Burgess. Why don't I have a 73 in this caliber? Well, partly because if I get a hankrin' t'shoot a 73, I can pull out the real Winchester. And partly because I've become a Lightning guy, so I don't see the need to get one. But that being said, if I came across a used Uberti in .45 for a really good price, I might jump on one.

very very nice. For some reason, I think ivory looks "better" with silver colored guns than blue ones.

Just wondering how popular .44 Magnum is in our game. I don't see it all that often, and while I do have a couple of batteries in the caliber, I don't use it very often. Now, granted, I don't, and I doubt that anyone does, use "full power" loads in the is caliber. My own load is no more powerful than my .45 Colt loads, for example. And those are no where near the maximum end of the scale, But for me, the caliber "secondary" one, and I only trot it out when I have a ken to use the specific guns I have chambered for it. Which I admit is once a year at best. That being said, how many people actually use the caliber, either as a primary or secondary cartridge, and what guns do you use? I have a Rossi 92, a rebarreled Winchester 92, a pre 83 Winchester 94, an original Great Western, a Uberti Cattleman, a Virginian Dragoon and a Chiappa Mare's leg. All are fun guns to shoot, but I don't really use them for CAS all that often.

The 87 is a great gun. I have an original Winchester, and a Chiappa "Terminator" one. I also got a standard stock for the second one, giving me an 18.5" barrel one in standard configuration. My Winchester has 30" barrels. The Chiappa a great out of the box, but I did feel that the trigger return spring was bit too heavy, so I replaced it with a lighter one. That's the only mod I have made. I am not sure who makes the Cimarron, so I won't hazard a guess. Once you learn how to use it, the 87 is a lot of fun to shoot.

Ah.... Pics.... From top to bottom... Petta .45. Uberti .45 Remington .38 Uberti .38 (Uberti Remington 75 .45) Uberti .38.

I have three 58's. Two Uberti's that I converted with Kirst cylinders and a real Remington with a factory conversion. All three of them had the same timing issues that I shall now describe. When you cock a single action revolver, it should rotate 1 chamber. All three of these pistols had a tendency to rotate 1 and half chambers, mostly when you cock it really fast.. Since it happened with both reproductions and an original, I tend to think that it is a design flaw. I asked the gunsmith who fixed the timing issues, and he confirmed that this is a common problem and that it IS a design flaw, but he did know how to fix it. These are all .38's I do have a 4th 58, this one is also a Uberti, and it came with both a cap and ball and a Holland style conversion cylinder from the factory. It's actually a commemorative issue one. It does not have timing issues and I have a feeling it was tuned by someone to work correctly. This one is .44/.45 And a 5th one, also a .44/45 with a Kirst cylinder. This one is a Pietta. No timing issues here either.

It may be the oddest looking thing out there, but how many of us, especially over the age of 55, owned one, once upon a time? Yeah, it would be expensive. It is some pretty extensive and elaborate engraving.... As far as "clone" goes, I use it to mean, Not a Colt, but a copy of the Colt. So, USFA, Uberti, Standard Manufacturing, Pietta, AWA, even the original Great Western, are clones. Ruger, Remington (and clones thereof) and other makers of single action revolvers are not clones, they are just something similar.

What all do people think of having an SAA clone engraved to match this...