McCandless
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8 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:
Never in dreams or fever deliriums would I have imagined this:
That used to be us grown adults with guns doin' that between shooting positions!
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If you're looking to be historically accurate, it sounds more like you're looking for a Prairie Belt or a Mills Belt.
Carrico's will make them to your length and as many loops as you'd like for the calibers you'd prefer.
Scroll down this page: https://www.carricoleather.com/military-belts-holsters/
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APP, I use 25gr, half a Circle Fly .455 fiber wad, to move the ball forward a mite, round ball... and let it rip.
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After this many attempts and threats, I'd be surprised if the security detail let him get out of bed without a vest. But yes, he's a big guy.
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4 hours ago, Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life said:
Howdy All My Old Pards!
Sixgun Shorty Here..at last!
Good to see you here again!
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On 2/25/2026 at 6:30 PM, Nostrum Damus SASS #110702 said:
Ah, now THAT is something I had not thought of. It does make sense. So, as long as you CLEAR those extra rounds on the clock and before doing anything else that breaks a rule, then you are good to go. You've just penalized yourself whatever time it takes to clear the unused rounds. OK. Thanks.
This rule really comes in handy when the stage calls for 9 rounds, but we're so used to loading 10. If you can catch yourself and realize before discarding that you still have one left, and jack it out at the end of the string.
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12 hours ago, Crisco said:
SHB Page 39 “cylinders may have no less than 5 and no more than 6 chambers.”
Isn't there an exception for the Nagant Revolver?
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12 hours ago, Wernher von Beige said:
I'm writing on behalf of the owner of Ruger Old Army #148-05xxx, a doctor in Germany who intends to shoot it competitively (in their version of Cowboy Action). To be eligible, it's necessary to document that a "replica" is in fact based on an actual existing firearm from that era.
His exact questions are:
1. "What revolver, of the historical firearms in the USA, forms the original basis for the Ruger Old Army;"
2. "Did this original, basis firearm, have a rear sight milled into the frame?" (I think he means a trough or channel pointed at the front sight, like the Single Action Army -- "fixed sights.")
For the paperwork forms purpose, it could be said that the original basis was the Remington 1863 Belt Model Revolver. That one would come the closest.
In that case, the original firearm had the rear sight milled into the frame.
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Updated Today.
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On 11/1/2025 at 12:34 PM, John Kloehr said:
Looks that way. I had to take a couple minutes googling to figure out that particular .38 is 40 cal. Several here learning something new today.
I guess it was a marketing decision?? 40 WCF might have been confused with their 44 WCF? (40-40 vs 44-40? Have no idea, really.)
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9 minutes ago, Lead Monger said:
If you do decide to run 36 Cal. cap guns have a look at 1861 style Colt Navy’s. A little more “sleek” than the 1851 and feel great in hand. I have also found that using conical bullets makes a bigger splash on steel targets and the spotters are more likely to see the hits.
Amen to that... using those little 80gr soft lead balls, spotters have trouble hearing the hit, and you get those "miss" calls that you know hit the target. I went to 135gr .36 conicals and the "can't hear-'m" misses went away.
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This soft-top footwear has been around since the 1830s. It is perfectly legal to use in anything except the costume categories.
The stripe can be easily covered with shoe polish. But, your first day on the range, the stripe will be covered by dust anyway.
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Doesn't a SASS-legal rifle need an external hammer?
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A big thing in counterfeiting right now is older coins. A huge percentage of the Morgan Dollars and Trade Dollars for sale through eBay are fakes. It takes some education to spot them. Specific die markers are "tells". Too many trusting souls are getting parted from their money. Ebay has a reporting mechanism, but they are no longer responsive to it. Machines have replaced humans there, and they've been programmed to maximize eBay's profit and let the buyer beware.
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Updated today. Removed some who retired or closed their shop. Added a couple more.
If you know a gunsmith that knows what we need that you'd like to recommend, who is taking in new work and has an FFL, (and wouldn't mind being listed)... Add them to the comments. (See the list in Abilene's post above).
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Updated today.
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My '66 ran fine with .45 S&W Schofields with a 200gr Bullet. Shorter OAL wouldn't work.
The last .45 rifle I have left is a JM Marlin, runs Schofields with a 200gr perfectly. I still use than one for WB. No problems.
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8 minutes ago, Texas Red said:
Looking for Vendors that perform Color Case Hardening (Reasonable Cost)
Thanks for Info
Texas Red
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1 hour ago, Currahee said:
What, exactly, is the Widdermatic mod. ?
Following the excellent instructions that Widder posted on Marauder's site, https://marauder.homestead.com/files/Widdermatic_Marlin.htm
I was able to rescue a Marlin 1894 carbine that had been "rode hard and put up wet" from a gun store and make it into a nice Widdermatic.
(The 20" barreled rifle that your wife shot at Cross Creek, was short-stroked).
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Just a note: All my .38/357 Marlins run best with Truncated Cone Flat point bullets. 1.48" overall length works perfectly for me. Except for the short-stroked one that requires 1.40"
I did have a carbine that would only take full-length .357s, but when I replaced the carrier, it would only feed .38 sp. It's now been made into a Widdermatic.
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1 hour ago, Nickle said:
I have a antique s&w nm3 in 44russian. Large rifle sticks out but will work in a revolver . So in a lever action they will cause a problem?
Yes, high primers in a rifle (or carbine) magazine tube is a catastrophic detonation waiting to happen. I was timing a gentleman who had a chain detonation inside the magazine. The forearm splintered and disappeared. That magazine launched. The gentleman had excellent safety glasses but the ER had to pick metal fragments out of his face. He was left with a barreled receiver, and one of our members picked remnants of cartridges out of the receiver.
You will need to use Large Pistol Primers that fit into the Large Pistol Cartridge Case. It's fine to leave the factory mainspring to help light off the Bosnian primers. The Uberti rifles are used throughout Europe, Australia, and New Zealand where primer sources are not the same as here.
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2 hours ago, Tall John said:
Hey Cowboys,
Now we need to know if the NMVs had standard or lightened hammer springs, and if lightened, what are they rated?
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Is there a specific reason that meets are usually 6 scenarios?
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It's whatever the local Match Director has decided on. If the people in your club would rather shoot 4 stages, 5, 7, 8, 10, and can get them in during your allotted range time, tell them. But 6 seems to get the most shooting done and packed up in a reasonable amount of time... unless you have large posses and only 1 shooting bay.