Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933
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Posts posted by Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933
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Every time you cock the hammer the firing pin moves from one barrel to the other. You could theoretically look at which firing pin is exposed and manipulate the hammer until you got it set to fire a particular barrel. It is not an over/under shotgun. One barrel isn't full and the other modified. It does not have a barrel selector switch. Out of curiosity what possible difference would it make which barrel fires first?
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They are putting pictures on the sole of boots now.
CLEARLY visible when ever you take a step.
I wonder what the ruling will be on this?
If it's your picture MDQ.
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You want a great side match gun - BOND!
You want a great concealed carry pocket piece? Smith Detective Special. No derringer fits the bill.
Good luck, GJ
+1. The question was about competition. If you want to compete the Bond is the choice. For self-defense a two shot die cast zamac derringer would not be high on my list.
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Nothing you can paint on will be permanent. What works well for many people is flat back modeler's paint in the rear sight notch. Then go to Home Deport and get a little bottle of applicance touch-up paint for the rear surface of the front sight. White shows up surprisingly well and the applicance paint is fairly durable.
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If you want to compete you want a Bond. As far as caliber you do NOT want a .45. The object is two quick shots. The winners normally get both shots off in less than a second. No matter how you load a .45 the recoil is not conducive to getting off two QUICK shots.
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Don't you have to worry about setting off a cap by pushing on it with something hard? Saw a pic once of an exploded thumb from pushing on a cap with it. Just curious.
There's hard and then there is HARD. No one in their right mind is going to use a steel rod to push on a cap. Most people use deer antler, a piece of wooden dowel or plastic. One of the purposes is so you don't wind up with an exploded thumb. Remember the word "pushing." The object is not to hammer, smash, use a hydralic press, etc., the object is to "push" the cap on until it seats. Many posts are made about center fire rounds not going off on the first hit. The first question usually asked is are the primers seated to the bottom of the primer pocket? Same with a C&B. You want the top of the nipple cone to be in contact with the priming compound inside the cap. You also want a friction fit between the nipple and cap otherwise the cap will fall off when the gun fires. So with proper fitting nipples AND caps they are a sliding fit and merely need to be "pushed" onto the nipple. Anything other than that and the shooter needs to work on their nipple/cap fit.
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I only suggested "pre-pinching" because the shooter said he was already having to pinch his caps at the loading table. I've never done it myself.
I was referring primarily to Post #5. Pinching caps is not the solution to loose fitting caps.
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Anyone that recommends "squeezing" caps to make them "fit" on the nipple is osmeone you don't want to be taking advice from. Sure sign the shooter does not know what they are doing.
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Try Tauras, I have order Thunder bolt parts
The locking brace on a Uberti is nothing like a USFA, Taurus, AWA, or Pedersoli
It is interesting you said you ordered parts for the Thunderbolt from Taurus. When did you order them? Did you get them?
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Cap and balls are ".44s." Their bores are .454 which makes them an actual .45 the way bores and grooves are measured these days.. Been that way for 150+ years. Just got to adapt to the nomenclature. Rugers only came in one caliber. If someone is advertising a conversion cylinder for a Ruger it is going to be .45 Colt. I use the Cowboy Special as it duplicates the feel of my C&B load.
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Most dealers haven't gotten any Federal primers in a long time. Dillon's has not had any in months. I ordered some from Brownells/Sinclair and after several months I did get a notice that they were cancelling the order because of continued uncertainty of when they would get any primers. What a lot of people have done is to order from multiple seller's and hope one of them will get some primers. I got an email from one saying I had two hours to respond if I still wanted some that had been ordered months ago. I wasn't home and by the time I opened the email the two hours were up and they were out of stock again. Doesn't do any good to whine about it. You just have to keep lookiing.
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Wrapping and unwrapping your thumb from around the stock on your rifle as you fire then lever. Lots of new shooters do this and it is a real time killer.
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are you looking for rifle parts the guy that normally has them in stock is http://thesmithshop.com/usfa.html
The Smith Shop does not carry any Uberti parts and none of the USFA parts are interchangeable with Ubertis.
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Why would anyone compete in a costume category if they're going to complain about being held to the rule
Why would someone call someone else a rule nazi for enforcing the rules? Some people at matches large and small complain about everything.
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If we are creating a list let's add:
Rule Nazi
Costume Police
SASS is Only Entertainment
Just Saying
If I never hear any of those again it will be to soon.
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I have had some Uberti Lightning parts on order from VTI for two years. I also put in an order with Taylor and Company. Took about 18 months to get the parts from Taylors but they finally did manage to get them. Hope you have a backup rifle or two.
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Thanks! I'm certainly interested in seeing them. Are they something I can drop in, or do they need to be fitted? (no one I know of going to Winter Range...)
As I ALWAYS say. "Drop-in parts drop in until they don't." No one can tell you if a part will "drop in" until you try them in YOUR gun. Guns are machines. They have tolerances. Sometimes the tolerances stack in your favor, sometimes they don't. Generally the hammers fit with no problems.
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If you have a friend going to Winter Range ask them to stop by the Pietta tent. Alessandro usually brings several boxes of replacment hammers in a variety of styles with him. I bought a pair a couple of years ago. If I can find them I'll take a picture and if they are what you want I can sell you these and pick up more at the match.
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What "handbook" are you talking about? I've never encountered such a thing on the SASS wire.
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First of all were are you staying, there is the overflow at the main campground Ben Avery. Also SASS was talking about non-hookup sites near the main tent. The overflow can use the dump station at the camp ground and you bum water and maybe electric from the fence riders in the campground. The SASS sites you need to talk to them about the availability of dump and water on site. There is the mid camping area not far from the SASS site and someone would surely let you hook in for water, dumping is harder because of hose lenght.
To be clear this should be "Winter Range." SASS is at Founders Ranch.
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Howdy
I am proposing a new rule to be voted on at the next Territorial Governors meeting.
The use of the term 'Period Correct' will be banned. Sounds too much like Politically Correct. Try using an alternative term such as Historically Accurate.
Shooters who are heard to use the term on a stage will have thirty seconds added to their time.
Shooters who use it a second time will be ejected from the match. Ejected so that they land butt first on a Saguaro cactus.
Posters who use of the term on the SASS Wire will be severely reprimanded.
OK, it's January and I may be suffering from cabin fever a little bit.
But I have always hated that term, and just read it one too many times.
Wait just a second, isn't "period correct" a phrase rather than a term?
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Take them apart and look. Very simple machines. If a gun won't stay on half-cock the typical problems are a broken half-cock notch on the hammer or the tip of the trigger is broken off. Cylinder not lining up is typically the hand. They are a single tooth design and when they wear the cylinder doesn't fully advance.
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If I am cold my ammo performs very poorly. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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Short of like the difference between a Rolex and a Timex. The Stoeger is fine for a lot of shooters.
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Fun shoot but as noted the RV parking is strictly dry camping. Last year a bunch of us stayed at the Willow Wind RV park in downtown Hurricane. We reserved the party room and had a couple of very nice get togethers. There are a couple of nice places to eat in Hurricane and they are only a very short distance from the RV park.