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    What's the Call

    in SASS Wire

    Posted

    The OP's shooter did it exactly right. Minimized the damage to 1 miss. Very quick thinking.

     

    This is one of those never ending sources of confusion. Only the correct type targets exist for the gun you are shooting.

     

    Other common examples:

     

    Hitting a rifle or pistol target with your shotgun. (it's just a miss)

     

    Knocking down a shotgun target with your pistols or rifle. (it's just a miss, shoot where it was during the shotgun string.

    There is no SHOOTER.....

    He did not do any quick thinking.

    This is a proposed stage under consideration followed by a "what if" question.

    Replaceable lever cams for 66/73

    in SASS Wire

    Posted

    PILING ON!! PILING ON!!

    There is a "cam" on one side of the lever only. Recent manufacture Finger Levers DO NOT have aa replaceable cam. Older Levers have a single replaceable cam, on the left side, so the lever side spring will hold the lever open in your cart .. or shut.

    This is what I thought.

    There are two cams on the lever. One on each side.

    One is for holding the lever in position. The other for the carrier.

    Ever Wonder What's Under That Red Uberti Wood Finish?

    in SASS Wire

    Posted

    Gun stocks are typically finished with a stain that compensates for difference in the wood quality and color that they use.

    If a manufacturer says they use "walnut" they do not distinguish between sapwood or heartwood. High quality gun stocks always use heartwood regardless of the type of wood.

    They use quick drying finishes that provides a hard shell. Varnish usually fills the bill.

     

    A varnish provides a suitable and sometimes, with multiple coats, gorgeous finish.

     

    Custom stock makers usually use some type of linseed oil finish. Linseed oil, like all oil finishes, soak into the wood and then dry to a hard finish. The difference is the drying time. Linseed oil dry the quickest. Tung oil is in the middle, and walnut oil is probable the slowest drying. The nice thing about oil finishes is that they can be easily repaired by reapplying the finish at any time. All oil finishes for gun stocks should be thinned with denatured alcohol to allow maximum penetration into the wood surface. The number of coats are up to you. I use a minimum of 20 coats.

     

    When refinishing very light colored sapwood stocks, minwax makes a "gunstock" stain that gives a warm color to the wood.

    Looking for match award ideas

    in SASS Wire

    Posted

    Olympic type medals in Gold, Silver, and Bronze (plated of course).

    Ribbons

    Flags with award printed on them.

    Stickers that can be attached to Gun Cart or wherever..

    License plate holders.

    Badges

    Cowboy scarfs

    Garters

    Commemorative Coins

     

    just a few off the top of my head

    When does the pistol string end?

    in SASS Wire

    Posted · Edited by Ace_of_Hearts

    I was working on the stages for the Eldorado Cowboys "Best Shoot by a Dam Site" when I had a "hmmm" moment.

     

    The stage I was working on contains split pistols.

    As a matter of fact, the firearm sequence is

    pistol-shotgun-rifle-shotgun- pistol.

    So I decided to make it a single position stand and deliver; allowing the Gunfighters to draw both pistols, shoot five, ground the pistols and return to them as needed.

    Easy enough, we do it all the time.

     

    But then it got me to thinking about other categories and choosing to ground their pistols.

    The rules allow the 1st pistol to be grounded and the 2nd pistol to be shot (completing the pistol string) before holstering either pistol.

     

    In my sequence of split pistols; when does the pistol string end?

     

    Could a shooter choose to ground their first pistol, shoot the other firearms and then shoot their 2nd pistol and then holster their 1st grounded pistol at the end of the stage?

     

    Or because there are other firearms in play; does this create two separate pistol strings and require a shooter to holster pistol number one before firing a different type of gun?

    The way you have explained the stage.....And without stage instruction allowing tableing/grounding the pistols.....

    Two handed shooters and Duelists would be required to holster the pistol after shooting the first five shots, as it was the end of the five shot string.

    Shooters shooting Gunfighter style could stage the two pistols for further use or shoot the stage double duelist holstering the pistol after the first five shots.

    Magnum Research BFR / getting started

    in SASS Wire

    Posted

    As long as you are still in the THINKING stage and you haven't laid down your hard earned cash....

     

    Look up the local clubs. Find out when they shoot. You and the lovely lady head out and visit the shoots.

    You will find the people there more than willing to show you what fun you have been missing along with passing one some great information.

    You will also get a chance look at and most likely try the cowboy guns they are using.

    You probably will not find anyone using a BFR.

     

    My advise is free. I think you will find it worth the price.

     

    At a cowboy shoot you are required to shoot two pistols, a rifle and a shotgun during most scenarios.

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