Captain Bill Burt

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.

LOL. Just can't let it go can you.

When I lost my famine insurance the gentleman who built my rig offered to modify it. I told him that if he did I would surely gain that padding right back so please make a new belt for me.

Probably not. There certainly isn't a consensus with some calling misses, some calling Ps, some calling both and some calling clean.

If it's a plate rack, and all targets are down, shouldn't you be putting the remaining rounds on a static (dump) target? I've never seen a single shot drop six targets on a plate rack. I have seen someone hit the rack and drop two or three targets. In that case, remaining rounds go on the dump target, shooting where the plates were will give you misses. I did once shoot the smallest plate on a tombstone rack, knock it down only to have it immediately bounce back up, shoot it again downing it only to have it bounce back up, at which point I said 'that target is down!' and moved to the dump target with the remaining rounds. I think everyone on the posse enjoyed that more than I did.

I haven't criticized the stage writing nor do I intend this post as a criticism, but since the question was asked I'll give some thoughts. The way this stage was written leaves the door open to some creative approaches. For example, what if the shooter draws his pistol(s) and knocks down four pistol targets, then with the next four rounds knocks down several rifle targets (intentionally or not, only the shooter would know). Maybe a round or two go into the berm. The ninth pistol round knocks down the remaining pistol target and the tenth round hits the dump target. The shooter is now faced with less than 10 standing rifle targets and has 10 rounds to engage them. At the end of the stage when questioned the shooter says that he was trying to hit that last pistol target and inadvertently hit several rifle targets. I appears to me that the stage writer's intent was for the shooter to have 10 rifle rounds to engage 10 rifle targets, but in this case the shooter has a margin of error to get through the stage clean. I think most of us would conclude that the shooter willfully shot the stage in a manner other than intended and did it to gain an advantage, but could we call a SOG and make it stick? I wouldn't write a stage this way for a variety of reasons, but if asked to 'correct' it such that a shooter couldn't do that I would insert a statement saying pistol rounds that hit a rifle target earn the shooter a P. That would over ride SASS rules stating that such an occurrence is a miss and prevent cheating (hopefully).

Here’s an example of Fast Eddie magic. IMG_0242.mov

Hide the women and children it’s party time!

He hasn’t had it yet. His doctor and I are talking Monday to schedule it.

The check is in the mail. I'm traveling alone this time. The Iron Cowboy won't be able to defend his title as he'll be out due to shoulder surgery.

The check is in the mail (finally). Shootin Sharyn and I will be there. Iron Cowboy will have to miss this one due to shoulder surgery.

Maybe he's conserving his supply of blue 'ink'...?

So even though the stage directions said "ONLY STANDING BOTTLES OR MISSES ON THE DUMP PLATE COUNT AS MISSES." you would assess a miss on pistol target #4, which was not standing at the end of the stage? What is your rationale for that? Also, what difference does it make what target the TO thinks the shooter was aiming at? I'm as prone to being wrong as the next guy, but I think what matters is what target the shooter hits.

That's what I use, with a tablespoon of Lemishine, no pins.

You definitely have a point. Given what I see as some ambiguity I would not penalize the shooter.