Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L

My back story could fill a few books and even inspire a few movies

That's one of the funniest things I've ever read

Just picked this up today to match my 5 1/2" Colt. It's the Great Western II Hand of God model with the gold cross inlay (which I don't really care for, gonna replace with Colt "eagle" grips). Supposed to have a real, sorta, form of case hardening and nicer blue. I can tell you it has the smoothest action out of the box I've felt, no aftermarket springs/tuning needed. Best part, it was less than half the cost of the Colt.

My daughter gave me one for Christmas, I use it all the time, works great!

I've been buying Uberti parts from Cimarron lately. Usually cheaper than VTI.

Yes Yes, it is stiff to open, but the hammers cock with a swipe of the hand. I spect the opening will ease with extended shooting. My first, and still my current BP shotgun is a Steven's 235 hammer gun. 30" full chokes that I cut to 24".

Lumpy, if that question is for me, I load 25grs of 2f with a 230gr RN 45 acp bullet, pan lubed with 60/40 crisco/beeswax, and crimped with a Lee Factory Crimp Die over the front band. Usually Winchester primers and Starline brass.

I use Schofield loads (25grs 2fg w/230gr RN) exclusively in my Colts and Uberti Schofield . The Colts will easily run 4 stages before starting to bind, the Schofield is lucky to go 2. A quick spritz with moose milk and a rag gets it up and running. When the loading gate tab on my 66 carbine (38-40) broke I switched to my Henry and 73 to finish the match. I was going to use the Schofield loads but feared the RN bullets might cause a problem in the magazine.

By the time I got my stuff together, Sportsmans Warehouse was out of stock. They had the 30" version, but I couldn't see cutting off the barrel and losing the perfectly good choke tubes. Didn't want to do online order and pay shipping and pay an FFL transfer fee, so I waited patiently. Then, the most unlikely store in my area, Modern Warriors, (which deals in high end AR's and 1911's and such) had one, and only one, in stock. I went there and found it was still in the box, they never put it on display. now it's mine.

My local Ace Hardware has had Winchester small pistol and small rifle for $49.99/1,000 for the past few months.

At amost every match I have attended there is usually a starting line to be recited before the timer starts. At a recent regional match I attended, one of our posse members never said the line, they just said, "ready". We had about 4 different timer operators and not one of them said anything to this shooter over three days and 12 stages. Since nobody said anything I assumed it was ok. I always thought there was some sort of penalty. What say you?

Anybody try the wet tumbling method using a vibratory case cleaner designed for dry media?

Need shell holder #20 for 45 Colt.

My standard load has always been 7.2 grains of Unique with a 250 grain RNFP bullet and Winchester primers. Now I mostly shoot 32 grains of FFg with the same bullets pan lubed with 60/40 crisco/beeswax and a Winchester primer.

I use about 60/40 crisco to beeswax, makes a little softer lube. I found you've got to push out the bullets as soon as it hardens. If you wait too long the cake will break as you push the bullets out and the lube will come out at the breaks. I push on the nose and have the bullets fall onto a towel.