Grizzly Dave

Santa is broke so not much under the tree, but we got the important task done for Christmas morning to take place. Mom only supervises now, my daughter and I do the bulk of the work, but it's tradition, gotta have our Christmas cinnamon rolls.

Lots of matches give out a hat pin to everyone, I like that. As far as awards I'd like it if they went deeper in each category, as I might have a better chance, but I don't reckon that giving everyone something at the awards would mean a whole lot to me.

Welcome Desmund Isaac Booth 12-17-2017 To parents Brodie Lane and N.T. Booth All are happy and well. Baby had to be coaxed here 3 weeks early! You all will have to stop by the compound during EOT and meet the little fella!

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I checked the hourly forecast, during normal match hours, the warmest, well, least cold it will be is ONE lonely degree, and that is before wind chill. Good day to stay indoors and stay warm, not that my chores will allow me to do that all day, but....

With a forecast high of 5 degrees, we knew this was coming. Here is a message from Triggerhappy Ted Well cowpokes, after studying and looking and listening to all the weather forecasts for this week and next weekend, the scenario does not look good for us to join in our favorite past time, cowboy action shooting. Friday may be the warmest day of the week with temp's plummeting overnight to -2 degrees below zero, and the forecast high on Saturday of 5 degrees above at Nunn. So the match for Saturday December 17th is canceled. So is the Wild Bunch match the following Sunday, December 18th. It will probably be a good time to roast those chestnuts on an open fire, without Jack frost nipping at your nose, listening to Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, and yer folks dressed up like Eskimos. So from my house to yours, best wishes for a happy holiday season and New Year. I won't see a bunch of you until some time next year. My knee surgery is scheduled for Dec. 22nd. Xmas gift to myself. Ho Ho Ho. Bless you all and keep the spirit alive!! TriggerHappy Ted Chairman- Pawnee Station Vindicators

For a change I agree with the Gritz. By having a category for the Borgs to compete against each other, it allows others in the categories they used to shoot in to move up in the standings. At the local lever anything that generates interest and some friendly competition is a good thing in my book.

Howdy and welcome. I agree with the others, go out to some matches even though you don't have your irons, good way to find some used ones that might not even be officially for sale but talking to someone they might say, ya know, I got this in the safe I'd be willing to part with. Have fun and enjoy the ride! Grizz

I'd shoot it, and have. And the year or so I shot gunfighter I got a P on it, or similar. My fault, instructions said two separate sweeps and I shot one continuous sweep. It was a thing of beauty, cross overs, etc, just the way I planned it. But it was wrong per the stage instructions. I questioned the call until it was explained to me and then had to laugh and say 'yup, shore enuff a P'

Well I guess if Shooting Bull can give his SWAGs I will too When I started, I used 'factory' ammo, Well, I bought it from Cliffhanger. I think the percentage of CAS shooters using factory ammo would be less than 10 percent, maybe 5. The real target market for CAS factory ammo would be those just getting started, and 38 spc 125 TC or RNFP and 45 LC 200 would be what I would be looking for, was I looking. The split between calibers I'd guess 59 percent 38, 39 percent 45 LC and 2 percent everything else.. In my mind a good factory round would be kinda middle of the road one size fits most kind of thing.

Sled, why yes I do. Have one for sale on craigslist right now, and will put 2 more up this weekend. All part of my fantasy that I may someday be able to park in the garage again. All sorts of treasures out there that I've had trouble parting with in the past, but I may just be ready, finally. Like my golf bats, haven't played in 30 years, I reckon I could part with them. Heck, at this point they are vintage, right?

Howdy J Mark. Ol' Blackwater has kept some of us filled in on your activities, well, them what you didn't swear him to secrecy on anyway. Good to see ya, have a bottle on my tab.

Dangit, had the whole three volume series typed up and lost it. In summary - Bro in law first told me about the game. He had only heard about it, and is just now getting going with it, though I've drug him to a match here and there. First match 'just to watch' Coyote Gulch Cowboys, Boulder, CO. Welcomed and talked into trying it, I was hooked. Partial list of folks who made me feel welcome and included: Jinglebob Gerri, Diamond Curly, Ten and Eight, Badger, Scraggs, and a host of others. Second match (first match shooting) with Pawnee Station. Special 5th Saturday match where I could shoot the .22s that I already had, I didn't have any proper cowboy guns....yet. GW Ryder was tasked with being my mentor for the day and loaned me his shotgun as I didn't have a shotgun. Over the next couple of matches GW, Red River Wrangler and Sweet Lil loaned me guns as I got my irons together. When I started I thought the costuming was a bit, well, silly and wore the minimum. Now while I shoot age based, I wear more than enough I could shoot Classic if I had the big bore irons for it. Man I love this game.

And here is a slide show showing some more detail http://s181.photobucket.com/user/co_dave/slideshow/golf%20cart

How the heck am I gonna know if my IWB carry is gonna fit with them new jeans unless I have it with me when I try them on?

Your inquiry brought the following idea into my head.... On the back of the cart, a classic old west shipping crate, labeled Winchester repeating rifles or some such. Open the hinge lid back (towards the front of the golf cart), and two uprights hinge up from the ends, and then a cross piece installed between them with long gun barrel rests. In my vision, the crate would have enough room to store the long guns and a bit more when closed up and be locked up.

I generally don't as I rarely change my loads and use just one for both rifle and pistol. But, I did just change my load so have been putting the cutoff side of a primer sleeve with something to tell me it's the new load in each box. I also make a note on those made with brand new brass. I'm about thru my stockpile so I'll likely change to labeling the old load boxes to maybe keep around for when I wan a little extra thump.

Hey Dawg, what time ya figure to be done Sunday afternoon? I mean awards and everything done? Trying to cypher if'n I would want to get started home or what.

I'm getting a wild hair.... What is the basic tentative schedule for the match? I know it's a ways out, but it would help me plan....

That feller in the mirror is a whole lot older than I am. Heard great things about this match. Gonna keep it in mind for sure.

You are assuming I have friends?

With the vid open in youtube, I pause it, look under and click on share, it pops up a URL that is already highlighted, I right mouse click and copy the URL and then just paste it here. Like others, I have found it works most of the time, and is sometimes necessary to put the URL on a separate line, with a space and a return after it. https://youtu.be/_7FkcJaFKDs and sometimes that doesn't work, hmmm, lets edit that without the s following http like someone suggested

Yes it is, I've done it while running an analisis of RP vs TT vs R&CP.

Bud, interesting view on the subject. If I read your example correctly, the only reason the MSV didn't hurt the shooter is that he was faster enough than the other shooter to cover the penalty. If they had shot the same (or closer than 10 seconds) raw time, the MSV would have hurt him. At any given match scores on a given stage do vary widely, say from 15 second to 90 seconds. And that would seem to leave the door open for penalties that don't have any effect due to rank points as your comments suggest. However, I would say that given any shooter, and the group of other shooters that he or she is on par with based on ability and normal average stage times, that rank points would seldom result in penalties that have no effect on the rank points results within that group of peers. I am with Jabez, my issue with rank points is that overall rank points determine category placement. Shooters from outside your category determine how you place in your category. In this day and age of computer scoring, the solution is simple, calculate both overall and category rank points, and use each accordingly. Yes, this would create some cases where a shooter would place higher in category than another shooter, but lower overall, but at least then each placement is based correctly.