Abe E.S. Corpus SASS #87667

Is the IAC 93/97 now legal for CAS? It was not several years ago. I have SHBs going back several years and they don’t contain specific language about the 93/97.

Club rules vary. Ours are very flexible. Four revolvers with the option to use a shotgun or a fifth revolver on the shotgun targets. The fifth revolver is loaded with four rounds if there are four shotgun targets (that way the revolver should be empty at the end of the shotgun string. We allow revolvers to be shot in any style. We rigged a weighted bucket with three holsters to facilitate transportation of the “extra” revolvers from the LT and to the ULT. It’s a fun challenge.

I believe the Taylors Run-N-Iron has that configuration.

I also bought several pounds when Sportsmans Warehouse had the powder on clearance. APP made this powder for Alliant. It seems to me to be courser than APP 3F so I tend to use it for shotgun. Most of my containers were badly clumped. I open the container, pour the powder into a large glass measuring cup and use a scrap piece of wood to break up the clumps. After that it works fine.

I really like my RCBS Lockout Die. I made a video comparing it to the Hornady Powder Cop:

Wolff says one of its wire springs is not for EMF revolvers. I had a pair installed on my GW2s and had issues. Went back to the flat springs.

If that kit had been available when I acquired my Miroku ‘73 I would have jumped on it.

I went the budget route. I purchased the SlixSprings lever safety/trigger return spring and had a local guy slick up the internals and thin the factory springs.

I talked to Hodgdon reps at the NRAAM after IMR introduced IMR Red as the counterpart to Alliant Red Dot. IMR Target was the answer to Alliant Bullseye and there was another “Dot” (Blue, I think). I asked whether load data for the Alliant powder could be used for the corresponding IMR powder. They said no but data would be published for the IMR powders. It’s too bad these IMR powders were discontinued since Alliant powders are still hard to come by. I use a lot of Red Dot for cowboy pistol and shotgun. It’s less sensitive to cold temps than is Clays and I find it softer shooting than Titegroup.

I keep some CCI Standard Velocity ammo in my cart for shooters who turn up wanting to shoot .22s (we have a Rimfire category in Greenville and a first time shooter showed up with Heritage .22 revolvers last Sunday). For what it’s worth, Steel Challenge matches allow “high velocity” .22 ammo and don’t seem to have problems.

Well stated. Cowboy Junky taught me to write stage instructions without using language that is covered by stage conventions. It not only saves space it helps eliminate confusion like this.

Out of the box it has what Ruger calls a “reverse indexing pawl” which means that the cylinder only turns clockwise but it stops at a position that aligns each chamber with the loading gate. If you try to turn it backwards it “hard stops” in the “centered in loading gate” position. I really like this feature. If you remove the set screw as others have described you get a “free spin pawl” allowing you to turn the cylinder in both directions when the loading gate is open.

That’s a deal. When I got started in 2010 CDNN was selling 50th Anniversary .357 Blackhawks for $379. Later I regretted passing them up in favor of SASS Edition New Vaqueros, but I eventually migrated to Gunfighter and to Frontier Cartridge so the fixed sight revolvers were more versatile.

I take it home dry so that I can run the cases through a universal decapping die in my progressive press before wet tumbling. Pre-soaking just made a mess when I went to decap the cases.

If you want to make room for an RCBS Lockout Die you can use a Hornady PTX insert in the powder measure in Station 2, or you can combine seating and crimping in Station 5.