Captain Bill Burt

Yeah baby! The Burt’s will be there!!

I thought stickies were those things ‘exotic’ dancers wear to cover themselves strategically. Not that I have any experience with anything like that.

Yul's suggestion makes sense. I've seen some local shooters with custom made bandoleers that are much thicker than typical. Those seem to be heavier, less flexible and stay in place better.

The rifle was in his left hand all along so he did not shift his rifle 'to' his left hand, he simply did what many of us do which is slide his left hand back to get a better balance point. But if you think drawing the strong side first is better and that makes you feel safer with regard to the 170 then for you it probably is.

As I said, if your holsters have the right cant and are mounted in the right place on your belt you can draw them without breaking the 170 without the need to twist because they're already angled slightly downrange. I don't know whether you're right handed or left handed (I'm right handed) but it's been my observation that the vast majority of shooters are going to take a stance where they're either square to the firing line, or they have their weak side leg forward. Very rarely will you see a shooter taking a stance where their strong side leg is forward, though I have seen it. If your cross draw holster is canted, and mounted just to weak side of your center line, it will be angled slightly downrange if you have your weak side leg forward. Note that in the pictures that's not actually a cross draw holster, it's my strong side holster mounted on my weak side. When I shot cross draw I had a holster that angled a little farther out from my body which made it even further on the correct side of the 170. IMG_1026.heic IMG_1027.heic

If your holsters are mounted and angled right you don't have to do the dance. In my case, strong side was at 2 pm and weak side was as close to 12 as the rules allow given the need to keep two fists worth of distance between the two. Mounted that way with left foot forward you're already inside the 170. Do the dance or take the stance.

When I was using a cross draw I did as Phantom describes. I also holstered my strong side revolver with my offside hand so I could be picking up whichever long gun was next.

Your son will age out of .22s fairly soon, less than two years. You may want consider guns he can continue to shoot with at that point. I started my three youngest on Henry .22 rifles and transitioned to Uberti 1873’s in 38 special with 18 inch half round half octagon barrels. They started with Ruger Single Sixes/Wranglers in .22 then the boys moved to Ruger Vaquero’s in .38 special and my daughter moved to Ruger Single Sixes in .32 H&R Magnum. Everyone started with and still shoots Fast Eddie SKBs in 12 gauge.

Vote for stage 0!!

My wife and I use 100 grain bullets from Outlaw Bullets, same as you. Federal SPP and 2.8 of Titegroup.

I've used those (AMG Lab Commanders) at Greenville Gunfighters and they are very convenient.

I like the age groupings. I don't see the need for Wrangler. Here's a slight tweak with 40 categories: Youth - Up to 14 Junior - 15-18 Open - 19-50 Open - 51-70 Open - 71+ (may be shot Gunfighter) Duelist - 16-50 Duelist - 51+ Gunfighter - 16-50 Gunfighter - 51+ Black Powder Open - 16-50 Black Powder Open - 51-70 Black Powder Open - 70+ (may be shot Gunfighter) Black Powder Duelist - 16-50 Black Powder Duelist - 51+ Black Powder Gunfighter - 16-50 Black Powder Gunfighter - 51+ Classic Cowboy - 16-50 Classic Cowboy - 51+ Frontiersman - 16-50 Frontiersman - 51+

The angle of the sun definitely matters when it comes to smoke! I thought he did well on his first match after shoulder surgery (1st overall).

Those are not coated.

We already have three Classic Cowboys, we need at least one more, preferably two.

Welcome to the game!

Iron Cowboy shooting 125 grain 2.9 of Titegroup in .38s yesterday. A fair amount of smoke.

This may not be a path you want to follow given you’re converting them, but I had my 1851’s worked on by Mike of Goons Gunworks and was amazed at his work. You will have a substantial wait, but it’s worth it. I don’t recall all the things he does but I know he puts in a cap rake, a shield where the hammer meets the frame (to keep pieces of cap from getting into the inner workings) a set screw for proper arbor fit, a coil mainspring in place of the leaf spring, and other stuff I don’t remember. Seat of the pants observation tells me cocking effort is about a third of what it was. http://www.goonsgunworks.com

I've noticed more smoke with my Titegroup loads than previously with Clays. We use 2.9 under a 125 TCFP bullet. for .38 special and 2.8 under a 100 TCFP bullet in .32 H&R Magnum with no unburnt powder.

There will likely be a 5th Saturday match at the TN Mountain Marauders in that gap week. They put on a good match and draw a good sized crowd.

Wranglers are decent guns. Better than heritage but not as nice as Single Sixes. Most Single Six parts will work in a Wrangler. I bought a pair for my youngest son, swapped in some lighter Single Six springs , polished the hammer struts and they worked acceptably.

One of the campgrounds became Lake Krazy after a heavy rain a few years ago. The hotels are a bit far away.

@Joe West removed the staked front sight on my Colt Commander, cut a dovetail and installed an Xpress sight. Excellent work

Well that was fast. We have 20 people with verbal commitments already.

I directed messaged you his contact information.