Captain Bill Burt

It is a highly competitive match for sure, but well worth the trip if you have the testicular fortitude.

This is pretty much what I've been doing for several years now with no problems. The only difference is that I sun dry them even in winter. There's probably a geographic element to that. The Georgia sun seems to be able to take care of drying them even during the winter.

Those are nice guns. I just purchased a set of Single Sixes and had them done by Jimmy Spurs so I can say from experience that's a very good price.

We'll probably be adding Kid Flash as well. He's in the doghouse right now with his grades, so we'll see.

You had the option of doing a regressive and then a progressive if you liked that better.

I like options. Gives me a chance to burn up some brain cells. Some folks don't. At the South Carolina State match the stage I wrote gave folks the option of sweeping right to left rifles then pistols on eight targets with a four target regressive rifle sweep 4,4,4,4,3,3,3,2,2,1 followed by a four target right to left progressive pistol sweep 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4 (8 total targets slanted away from the shooter left to right with targets 4 and 8 smaller than the others). OR you could shoot left to right with progressive pistol sweep followed by a regressive rifle sweep. Basically the shooter had to choose between dumping four pistol rounds on a close pistol target or dumping four rifle rounds on a close rifle target. I thought of it as 'pick your poison.' Most chose right to left (I did and ran it in 18 seconds and some change) and dumped four rounds on the close pistol target, BUT I did hear there was quite a bit of grumbling. Live and learn I guess. I expect that stage won't be seen again at SC.

I think I've already shot all the misses out of my new pistols. We'll see.

Coming up soon! If you're not already registered there might be time! The stages look great. I spoke with Austin and he told me targets will be big and close!

That's a nice run!!

I'm not a fan of short stroked Rugers, but then I'm not a duelist either. Lowered hammers would probably help, or short stroking, or both. I know several duelists who went with Single Sixes. The smaller frame gets your thumb closer to the hammer even with stock hammers and no short stroke.

PWB correctly reminded me that first pistol second pistol instructions should be interpreted as first five shots, second five shots. Thats what I was referring to, the instructions Eysa Horg mentioned, not the stage, which is pretty straightforward. I would shoot it 3,3,3,4,5,1,2,3,3,3.

Those type instructions aren’t fair to gunfighters since they don’t have a ‘first’ and ‘second’ pistol.

For many it may not make difference, but speaking only for myself if I’m thinking about what I’m gonna shoot next then I’m shooting too slow.

It’s hard to follow gunfighter logic!

I sure wish I could be there for this. Hopefully next year!

I can help with that. Because they believe it’s faster, and for some people it is. I’ve only been shooting CAS for 13 years. I’ve learned that there’s a lot I don’t know, so I try to keep an open mind.

I appreciate you bringing this up. It's touchy providing this kind of feedback. The folks we're talking about are often friends in addition to being the MDs, but if everyone is hesitant to discuss concerns, then things that need to be addressed aren't.

Years ago I asked one of our top shooters for advice on improving my times. He watched a few of my videos and noted that I was slip hammering, which I wasn't. The reason he concluded that was because he couldn't see any appreciable trigger movement and the reason he couldn't was because I was (and still am) using pistols set up by Jimmy Spurs with his extra set back triggers. Not only are they light, they have very little movement when firing and also very little reset. Because of that I don't think slip hammering would save me any time. I almost hate to say this because I might jinx myself, but I can't recall the last time I had to do the Ruger go round. I'm guessing 5 or 6 years ago at least.

If by SASS state buckles you mean these, I think these are very nice buckles. If

I agree. I'll go a bit farther. I understand the need to make a profit on a match and I understand that some of our local clubs are run by shooters who have invested in the club and expect to earn a return. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, but..... I find it hard to believe a club can host a state match with strong attendance and send the overall winner away with a $12 buckle or can host a regional match with strong attendance and send the regional category champions away with $12 buckles, but I've seen it.

Shooter M7 Category SC RP SC Time Groundhog Cowboy 1 172.08 Fast Eddie* Elder Statesman 2 180.16 Captain Bill Burt Senior 3 203.26 Leadfoot Luke Cowboy/AAC 4 211.94 Brazos Belle Ladies Senior 5 213.56 Shelleen Senior 6 224.44 Tin Can Sailor Senior 7 227.19 Randy Saint Eagle Duelist 8 228.41 Tyrel Cody* FC 9 236.85 Hey Sugar Lady Senior 10 246.25 Preacherman GF 11 247.56 Crooked Bullet Gunfighter 12 248.95 Trail Bandit Cattle Barron 13 260.85 Badlands Bob GF 14 276.03 Krazy Kajun FC/AAC 15 278.17 Lucky Lead Pepper Duelist 16 286.17 Christian Mortician Cowboy 17 307.76 Scarlett AACG/LGF 18 322.39 Carolina Yankee Senior 19 344.38 Gunnby* LGF/AACG 20 347.34 Jimmie Gunnfighter FCGF/AAC 21 351.35 English Tom Senior 22 558.69 *CLEAN

This sure was a fun match! Great stages, great people, great weather! Congratulations to Groundhog! Match winner and SC State Champion. Also congratulations to Sue Render SC Lady Champion.

I don’t think he’s lost that much speed. He’s probably shucking the 5th hull at the 3 second mark

Hi Doc, I shipped them to Snake Oil and a little less than two weeks later he shipped them to Jimmy. Jimmy is in the middle of Maple Syrup season (I got a free Maple Syrup sampler shipped with the guns!) so it took him a bit longer than usual, but I would say a little less than 5 weeks later I had them in hand.

There was a thread about octagon barrels a while back and several folks asked me to post pictures of mine when I got them back so here they are. I'm very happy with these. They're Ruger Single Sixes with the longer OMV grip frames, Snake Oil George 5 inch octagon barrel with brass sights, Jimmy Spurs full race package with extra set back triggers and custom base pins. I also added some nice aftermarket grips.