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Cowboy Mounted Shooting at Winter Range 1996. CMSA founders. L to R: Bronc aka John Peel, William Bruce aka Jim Rodgers and Rawhide Rawlins aka Phil Spangenberger.

Whatever you choose for a start line, even if it's just "Ready". Please, say it loud enough to be heard, or nod your head. Remember, T.O.s are wearing earplugs, too.

I followed Widder's exact instructions, measurements, and tweaks that he posted on Marauder's Old Irons site and made my Marlin into a Widdermatic. That little rifle is slick now. The timing was off before I started as I did have an instance of the "Marlin Jam". If you do want someone else to work on it, since Widder retired, he taught Slater at Slater's In House Guns, in Louisville, TN, how to sweeten up sour Marlins. In your neck o' the woods, Cowboy Carty, Carty Allaman, Western Gun Works, Monmouth, IL (309) 536-0163 is a wizard with Marlins.

For loading with Cleanshot, I used Scarlett's data and settled on 3.0 grains with an overall cartridge length of 1.485 I do recommend dropping down to 125gr bullets when you next buy or cast them. No problem with knockdowns as the velocity is faster using the same amount of powder. Anyway, 3.0 is a good starting point and if you want even more oomph to kill those pesky charging rhinoceri, you can tweak your load.

A question to ask is, do you reload? If yes then it's only a matter of the difference in the cost of components. If no, then .38 special is far more economical than paying over $1 a round for .45 Colt... 120+ rounds per match x the number of matches you shoot per month. That's not counting any practice you may wish to do.

Another go 'round

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Private Message sent. I saw that you had your phone number posted. Don't respond to any texts or calls, it ain't me. Scammers have been posing as sellers that way. Let's communicate via PM Thanks!

Cleaning out the workshop in preparation for moving. I'll post a lot of "stuff" for guns I worked on or don't have anymore... I have 5 pair 4 pair of blued .36 caliber percussion cylinders for the Pietta "1851" Navy revolvers. Also will work for Pietta 1861 .36 and 1862 .36 Enough for 5 more stages without recharging. 4 pair have the engraved naval scene, 1 pair are blank. None of the cylinders have turn lines. Stock nipples. None are frozen. Freshly lubed. Buy 1 pair, 2 pair or all of them... 75.00 per pair, plus shipping.

Cleaning out the workshop in preparation for moving. I'll post a lot of "stuff" for guns I worked on or don't have anymore... First up. A pair of blued .36 caliber percussion cylinders for the Pietta "1858" Navy revolvers. One is in new condition. The other is in 90% condition with no turn line. 75.00 for the pair, plus shipping.

Those Peters cartridges were made with King's Semi-Smokeless Powder, which was an early form of BP substitute. The powder mill was located between Cincinnati, OH and Miamisburg, at a place called King's Mill. It was where Kings Island Amusemant Park now stands.

The question I was asked this morning was, (paraphrasing 'cause CRS), "What is the allowed barrel length of the 1911 used in Wild Bunch?"

I lucked into an 1899 44W about 2 years ago. Really nice, but I haven't used it in a match yet. So, far just target shooting. Functions nice, but was considering lightening the mainspring, the lever plunger, the lever safety, and a one-piece. I have 2 guns on the bench before that, so I'll get to it once't I find a round tuit.

Just for curiosity's sake, can a one-piece firing pin work in a pre-1900 Marlin 1894? No, I haven't taken it apart yet., Just wanted to see if y'all had any experience with 'em.

Thunderbolt Taylor, 1993 EoT