Griff

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Hmmm. since I already knew how to disassemble/reassemble most leverguns, I didn't HAVE to watch the videos, or make snarky comments about other folks' replies.

Feels silly doin' this at this late date... SASS Alias: Griff SASS #: 93 Where you are from: orig: Richmond, NZ - now: Texas How long you’ve been Cowboy Action Shooting: 1985, Coto de Caza

Gawd, I love trucks!

While I'm in the camp that sez you should call the penalty, even at a club monthly... It can still be handled discretely and with kid gloves. It can still be a learning opportunity. And... depending on the size of the club, number of shooters in the posse, a reshoot offered for no score so the shooter can see what could have been. I've handled it both ways over the years, and I'm still undecided which is the best. But, the most consistent is to stop the shooter at the time of the infraction, call the penalty, as that also a learning experience. 1) for the shooter to understand what happens under "match" conditions, and 2) for the club to learn how they react of a bad situation.

EOT, 2021, 12 stage 3 day match. Frontiersman... 3rd day I shot the first 4 stages... pouring rain. Not a problem... I went under one of "big top" covered eating areas to charge my pistols keeping them dry. Wrapped 'em up in a couple of Wally World plastic bags and holstered them. Last stage of the day, I also filled my in-line capper, and put it in my vest pocket. I'd had a clean match so far. One more stage, 24 shots to go. Got to the loading table and loaded my rifle and capped both guns. As I recall, order was rifle, shotgun & pistol. Clean thru the shotgun... and to the next position and drew the first revolver, got 4 shots off. Fifth shot went "pfft". Pulled out the capper and capped the sixth chamber... "pfft" again. Pulled all the caps off and recapped the two FTFs. Pfft, and bang. Did that with the 2nd pistol, but started out with only one shot the went off. If I counted correctly, it took me 31 caps to get the 10 pistols shots off. 180+ seconds.... BUT... I was clean! 1st clean match at EOT in 6 attempts! Dead last in Frontiersman, and if you discount stage & match DQs, last overall! Did I mention, it was a clean match?

And your '73 rifle doesn't disassemble the same as the '66 in the above videos. The side plates lift away from the receiver at the rear, and fit into a shallow mortise at the front. IMO, Brownells' "MagTip" screwdriver sets are the best you're going to find.

Caps are not equal. Size chart: To ensure consistent ignition , caps need to be firmly on nipple face. The hammer springs I use in my suppository guns will not set off caps.

As someone pointed out a long time ago... almost any leisure time activities is expensive. Priced what it costs to start drag racing recently? ...bass fishing? ...Water skiing, snow skiing, golf, heck even bowling can cost thousands per year if you pursue it as a serious hobby. I have 2 old street rods...; & just parked they cost more per year than a new rifle. Cowboy shootin' is CHEAP in comparison!

Hard to chamber... firing? A pipe dream.

My off-the-cuff answer would be "No." As per above: "Shotgun ammo loops may not accommodate more than two rounds per loop, and rifle/revolver ammo loops shall accommodate only one round per loop." But, if it's not used, who cares? I don't believe you can define that as a "cartridge loop." I looked up "cartridge loop" in the dictionary, and didn't find a single picture of that as an example.😉

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Yep, it's a "competition" model... as in, I hope all my competition uses one! Just kidding... they are a bit better than other stock models, as in they are slightly short stroked over the standard rifle or carbine. I've long maintained that there isn't a factory produced firearm used in cowboy action that was capable of competing at anything resembling an advantage. Anything you'll buy will need work to be truly competitive. Sure, if you want to poke along with me at 40-60 seconds per stage... you factory guns will be fine... but, will they be just as good 40 years later? I highly doubt it. While I poke along at my own pace, I do so with guns that are as finely tuned as I can afford. Ain't a one among them as is stock. My 3 single shots are as close as that comes, and even they have had trigger work.

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Beautiful setting.