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Rafe Conager SASS #56958

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  1. 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 

  2. 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 

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  3. 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 

  4. 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.  

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  5. 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

  6. 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

     

  7. 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?

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  8. 9 hours ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

     

    Nah, Nope, NONE OF THE ABOVE (Except for the Lovely Scarlett Darlin:wub:).  I've been shooting Frontier Cartridge seems like FOREVER.  I have always been running APP.  For Pistol/Rifle Cartridges or Percussion, I run 3f APP.  3f meters well thru my DILLON powder measure with only an occasional bridge.  If running reduced charges, I use Cream-0-Wheat for filler.

     

    Been running Magtech 12Ga Hulls FOREVER as well.  Never need to resize them although they are picky about primer seating.  I use an inexpensive Lee Classic for seating primers.  For the Shotgun I load 40Gr 2f APP, scooped (by weight) and (by Volume), A Ballistic Products "Spitfire" Wad for a One Ounce payload.  A BPI 1044 (10Ga) wad works well also but you need to cut the petals back some.  Oh, Only time you need to resize a Magtech hull is if some Ham Hock steps on one:ph34r:

     

    Welcome to Frontier Cartridge > Resistance is Futile, You WILL be Assimilated  :D

     

    Now for the "Nope, None" Rest of the Story (quote Harry).  Totally unnecessary to lug a jug of water around a match.   Just dump yer fired hulls and cartridges inna cartridge bag and haul 'em home.  When you get home, dump 'em all inna sink or bucket of water cut with a goodly amount of White Vinegar and let soak for 30 minutes.  Rinse and Dry then Reload.  Whoops, I do separate Shotgun from Pistol/Rifle inna Soak. 

    I don't lug a jug of water around the match, I bag my brass until I get to the truck then dump the brass in the jug and let it roll around the back of the truck. Just like a washing machine the brass is clean and ready to dry and takes less tumbling to get shiny. 

    Rafe 

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  9. You can load regular plastic hulls with app or black powder, I'd save the brass hulls for style points.  Cheaper and easier to use plastic hulls, load the same way as smokeless just have to adjust your load data to accommodate more powder just be careful to not blow a hole in your pattern by using way to much powder.

    Rafe

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