Grizzly Dave

I recently switched my press back to small primers. Since then, I got a 'no primer' ready to seat situation now and then, and it's been getting worse. I'm not a speed demon on the press or range, so I was able to feel that no primer was being seated, so I rotated one in to position to seat. As it was getting worse, I cleared the press and carefully watched what was going on, to isolate where the problem was. What I found was that the lever with the little nub on it wasn't always returning and dropping in to the primer hole on the wheel. And as such, next press cycle, the wheel would not turn. As it just started when I switched over, I suspect that perhaps I goofed something up after putting the small primer wheel in, but don't have a clue what that might have been. Thoughts?

I've shot Cowboy category for years, ain't never whipped up on nobody. Besides, I like trash talking the likes of Cobra Cat and others.... they are generally nice about it and enjoy the joke along with me.

Mine looks about like Hoss' I've been on a loading binge lately, and as I was finishing up my empty 45 acp cases I had to move some stuff on the bench, and found a full old school metal coffee can full of 38 special brass, to add to the other 2 that were waiting to be loaded. Today I switched over to 38 special and primers from large to small and got started. The down side to all this loading, is that I'll soon be out of empty brass to load, and it being Winter and the Rona and primer shortages, I don't know that I'll be making much empty brass any time soon. Maybe it's time to buy some lead and dies and start loading for rounds that I don't currently load for....but do have empty brass....

Hey Griff! Cheers!

Am I tough enough? Probably not, but I'll keep it on my radar and I'm sure you'll remind me.

Rolling my eye and shaking my head hearing things rattle around. Can better equipment potentially make you a better shooter? Better shooter? No. Better times perhaps. Now practice and just shooting a lot has the potential to make you a better shooter AND faster times. Much of 'smoothing out the action' and other such tuning is, IMO premature wear, and it the long run, being run fast and hard, is going to bring about failure much sooner. I could provide tons of verbiage as to why I think such things, but seriously ain't nobody care what I think. If they disagree, they disagree no matter how passionately I state my points. Carry on boys and girls, cheers.

Watching the vids on the youtubes, the 336 or maybe a RCBS Grand looks really nice, but with just me shooting SG for cowboy, can't justify it. I have gotten spoiled running everything else on a 650. Can crank out a bunch in a hurry even going slow like I do.

You must have a progressive SG press. I load on a Lee Load All 2 and after about 2 boxes I'm done.

well that was interesting, every now and then, a case doesn't go all the way into the shell plate, just now, it started to be every case. so I stopped and took a good look. the feed ramp for lack of a better term, sits over the passage for the spent primers, and that was clogged with a couple dozen primers

Ol' Stirrup and the Gunslingers always put on a first class match. And the Stuhr Museum will make an awesome venue for the banquet!

I have a 650, love it. Would gladly take a 750 so I don't have to change primer sizes. Not sure which machine would go for which size, but hope to have that decision in the future.

I have both, and primers and lead for both. Oh, and irons of course.

Pick a retailer, MidwayUSA, Natchez, Brownells, whoever. Just as long as they carry the primers and ammo on the trading block. No matter if they are out of stock, cuz they are most likely, as long as they list prices. Then assign values to the ammo and primers and trade accordingly. Easy peasy.

I've started several stages over the years telling the TO just how I was going to earn a P. Every one was worth it.

guess my box was full, I made some room in there.

Mongo - Best I know in Colorado is Slick Bald. He does mainly high end rigs and does more teaching now a days as far as I know. Not sure if he'd be interested in doing revisions to an existing rig or not. If you'd like, I can reach out to him and pass along your contact info. He's in Longmont. There is also a fairly talented amateur leather crafter in the Denver area that might be able to help you out. I won't name him here as I don't know that he's openly looking for leather work, but again, I can send out a feeler on your behalf if you'd like. PM me if interested. Grizz.. PS - hope to see you out at Pawnee Station some time soon. Bit of a drive from the springs, but I think it would be worth the effort.

It's a fun match, I'll be going back as time and money allow. Grizz

Cap'n - EDIT - this link should take you to all the vids I took from both 17 and 18. LINK Best I can to to answer your questions is to share the vid of me shooting Land Run in 2017. You might want to speed up the playback using the gear icon on the bottom right of the screen. I ain't never been fast, and that year I was on bad knees and using a cane.

Fair enough.

Might be tough losing enough weight to fit into that rig though! Eight holes of adjustment, 39/40 to the middle two. It is a handsome rig though!

1- To help out worthy causes like the Happy Trails Children's Foundation, SASS Scholarship Fund, etc etc. 2- SOMETIMES YOU WIN! I bought a few raffle tickets at Winter Range to benefit the Happy Trails Children's Foundation. I figured at the time I was just making a donation and had pretty well forgotten about it. Fast forward to earlier this week, I got a call from Dutch at HT telling me I'd won the grand prize for that drawing! A pair of consecutive serial number AWA Peacekeepers in 45 Colt, Nickel, with 4.75 in barrels. and A holster set made by none other than Bob Brown the world renowned leather artist! It has Sterling Silver buckles and tips, and is said to probably be the last rig he made before he passed.

Creeker - Match is great the times I've been there. Banquet location at the cowboy museum and hall of fame would be hard to beat. One thing I could see could be improved on is parking for day match shooters. might have to sacrifice some camping spots to make for better day parking for a match with several shifts. As Assassin said, time of year would be key, I don't do heat or humidity well either. That said, I've always wanted to shoot EOT at Founders Ranch, reckon next year might be my last chance. Grizz

Congrats TJD! a True cowboy gentleman.

I'm far too lazy to cart extra irons to matches. I have a brace of 38s and a brace of 45s. So if I had both with me, I'd have backups unless I was shooting Classic Cowboy that day. For SG, I have 3, only one that would work for CC.

you'll have to do without me this time. Life, and family health get in the way once again. Give Beans a hug for me, and ta heck if Cornbread don't like it!