Rafe Conager SASS #56958

Mine is in 45colt, I use Schofield ammo. Love it but it doesn't like black powder. So it only gets played with every so often. I've tried all the subs but no bueno. Rafe

I won a box and the velocity is a lot lower than my reloads, scared the heck out of me the 1st time as I thought I had a squib. But they were real pleasant to shoot once I got over the difference. Rafe

1 miss

I'm in! Now I have to wait until October. Rafe

Shoot frontiersman and Frontier cartridge duelist with 45 colt! No issues . Rafe

I have shot 45 colt for the last 20 years, switched to black powder about 15 years ago. Yes I get blowback but I can run a match with little more than a spritz of balistol on the carrier. Have shot bordertown, winterange and eot with no issues. Is it worse than a bottleneck cartridge probably. But very doable. I shoot a 73 and 66 and both work just fine only tear down and clean inside before a big match. Your mileage may vary but I'm sticking with 45 colt Rafe

A lot will depend on the primers that you are using. Federal primers are softer and require less force so the 30-19 should be fine, if you are using winchester or cci primers I would go 40/19. Especially if you are an occasional shooter. You can always change springs later. Most shooters have fiddled with spring pressures. Rafe

Chief Rick, I hope you don't think I am questioning how you wrote the post. There was no order of how a shooter engages the targets just which weapon and how many targets that needed to be engaged. Not being there I can only comment on how I would call it.

Creekers stage would Absolutely eliminate any what ifs, Most folks I have shot with would abide by any call made on the ops stage, however there are shooters that would argue with a fence post over a call. I have been know to make calls on myself. Rafe

I am not trying to GIVE the shooter a miss or a P, However OP states that "With rifle, engage the 10 rifle knock-down targets". "The first three rounds knock down the first three targets. Shooter misses the fourth target with the fourth shot. Shooter re-engages the fourth target, knocks it down!" Meaning that Shooter did not engage all 10 rifle targets with the rifle as instructed shooter only engaged 9 of the rifle targets, #4 was engaged twice. How could this not at least be a P for not engaging all rifle targets with the rifle. I shoot at several clubs and the unwritten rule for a target that falls or was not set before the stage is shot is that the shooter shoots where it would be. No misses. So u8nless the OP was posting the instructions different than written I stand by my call. And will gladly hand the spotting stick/timer to someone else if I am wrong! Rafe

The black frame is wear?

Is that black paint on the henry, if so will it polish/strip off

Ok I'm confused OP states that instructions are "With rifle, engage the 10 rifle knock-down targets." Then states that shooter re-engage missed rifle target so how is it not at least a p for not engaging all rifle targets with their rifle?

Clean and a "p" instructions clearly state with rifle engage "all" rifle knockdown targets, shooter did not engage all knockdown. Rafe

No issues, I use 125s on my pistols with no problem with knockdown. Rafe