H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619

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Is there going to be a Northeast regional/Guns of August shoot out in Ohio this year? I checked the club website where it was held last year, and while the registration for last year's event is still there, there is nothing listed for this year.

As a C&R holder, I feel that it is incumbent on ME to know what is and is not eligible. And I do find it distressing how so many C&R holders are ignorant of what they can do. No. The age of the design does not a C&R gun make. The age of the GUN does. Unless it's one of those rare ones "on the list" that are less than 50 years old. In cases like that, I will quote the listing in the book and ask the seller if they will accept. If they won't, I don't argue. I might be disappointed, but it's their Business, not mine. (For example, my recently acquired Patton commemorative. Obviously, they accepted it.) With regard to the sales tax, I will admit that a couple of times I have purchased in a brick and mortar shop, the dealer told me it was sales tax exempt. Others have said it's not. I don't know. I don't ask. I leave that up to the dealer. Their reasoning was that it was not a "sale" it was a "transfer" from one FFL to another. Since so many dealers have said different things, I don't know what the reality is. I don't blame you for only doing it in person, and you HAVE explained in understandable terms why some dealers are hesitant. It's rather sad that it's brought about by foolishness on the part of C&R holders. If I ever make it back to Nevada, I'll stop by your shop, Creeker.

For the record, over the years I have purchased several C&R type firearms and had them shipped to my house from several other states. I have also used it to purchase in brick and mortar stores in other states and cash and carry out the door. One of the reasons I got the C&R was because many of the guns useful in this game qualify, and are hard to find in my home state. There have always been a small handful of dealers who had misgivings about shipping to Massachusetts, even though they can, and to tell the truth, I don't blame them for their hesitancy. But this is a fairly new phenomenon that I am noticing, a lot of online sellers saying "No C&R Sales" at all of any kind to any location. (As an aside, it is not unusual to go into a LGS around here, and see the tag on a pistol say, "For sale only to C&R holders.) Again, I have seen the random place do this over the years, but it was a rarity. In the past year or so, it seems to be becoming more and more common.

I have noticed that more and more people selling things on Gunbroker, usually gunshops but not always, are noting right in the details that they will not ship eligible firearms to a C&R FFL anymore. On the one hand, okay, it's their FFL and if they won't do it, I can't force them. But I do wonder WHY they are acting this way. I've seen more than a few guns recently on Gunbroker, and other online sites, that were of interest to me, but they were all. "we don't ship to C&R holders anymore." Are their any regular FFL holders here that can shed some light on this? It's very "irksome."

Those are great pistols. Used to have one.

What kind of a choke?

Eh, people have been talking about this for as long as I can remember. It'll never change. As to who would want it, who would oppose it, and who doesn't care one way or the other, I have no idea what the breakdown would be..

Well, yeah. But that would require a rule change.

And in all my years of shooting CAS, I've only ever been to 1 shoot in Pennsylvania that allowed it. Wish more clubs would do it.

Again, I don't understand why. The gun was designed with a 5 round magazine Wild Bunch requires a 97. (Or at least it used to.) Why does it write 6 round stages when the required gun only holds 5? You are pretty much forcing people to modify their guns. That makes no sense.

A few years ago, when S&W temporarily reintroduced the M1917, I wrote and asked them if they would consider marketing the .30 carbine version. They did respond. With a polite no.

I've never understood why the 6 round mod is needed.

Have you considered buying from the CMP?

.30 Carbine? Sure, if I could load it with Trail Boss, I'd shoot it in a derringer! Got the same price as above for the .32-20 version from American. Along with the words, "They are not allowed in Massachusetts." So that ends that....

Anybody ever make one?

Those events were in 1775 actually. Too bad you didn't swing by Bedford and the Public Library to see the actual flag that was carried into battle by our Minutemen and was "to April's breeze unfurled." But, Lexington and Concord (pronounced "conquered" not "Concorde) are great places to visit.

Well, you see, that's the strange part. It may be being held in Maine, but it's the TriState shoot for Massachusetts/Connecticut and Rhode Island. There may be some Maine shooters there, maybe even some from New Hampshire or Vermont, but it's "not for them." Something to consider. And who knows, the last several years, I'd been officiating at the Cowboy Church service on Sunday. Haven't been asked to this year though... But I'm still going. I think I'll shoot my Bisley's and Lightning in .32-20 this time around

I wish you could come to the Massachusetts/Connecticut/Rhode Island Tri-State match. It's being held in Maine this year. That would, I suppose, count for 4 states at once! It's in early June this year. On a similar light, the "Northeast Regional" is held out in the MidWest in Ohio in early August. I may try to get to that one this year.

$crooge McDuck would admire you.

I had a similar problem with the Euroarms replica of the Roges and Spencer revolver. Long story short, I took it to Happy Trails, who had to make some internal parts to fix it. The Jager is a "clone" of the Colt, but it is also the most obviously "not a Colt" to the naked eye. It just looks different dimension wise. (Mine's a .45. I've never had trouble with it, but maybe I'm lucky.) Anyway. I figure it if looks so different on the outside, it's anybody's guess as to if internal parts from someone else will fit or not. You may need a gunsmith who can make what you need to repair it.

Red Dot can be used well with both 12 gauge shotgun and many pistol cartridges, like .45 Colt. But I have not seen Red Dot for sale anywhere in years. Like Trailboss, which is good for everything except shotgun, it is pretty much unobtainium these days. Green Dot can work well with the shotgun, and has some use as a cartridge powder, but I have only used for 20 gauge loads so far. Win 231/HP38 are a good cartridge powder, but you must be careful with it. Far too easy to double charge and make your guns go Kaboom (Not in the good way) without meaning too. HS6 is a pretty good powder for .45 Colt. In case you can't tell, I am only listing powders I have actually loaded with, not with powders that I have read are good. They prolly are, but I only want to say what I have experienced. Of course, you can always use black powder or BP subs. That is fun, and while I have done it for novelty reasons or for use in very old guns, it is not something I make a regular habit out of.

Hmmm... I found a .33 WCF 86 for a very reasonable price. The above place has decently priced barrels. But while I do know that the .33 is supposed to be based on the .45-70, I looked up the dimensions of the rim (on Wikipedia) and they are not the same. So I am wondering if this is a viable option. Anyone who has a .33 WCF 86, can you make brass for it out of .45-70 and will it chamber? If I get the new barrel, I am still thinking about it properly fitting on the bolt face and the extractor grabbing it to extract.

Just factor it in to your reasonable price.

As Cholla said, the original smoothbore 86's were made for exhibition shooting. Me, well, I think a smoothbore 86 in .45-70 would be "better" than a 94 in ,410 for "reasons."