Captain Bill Burt

Where in the instructions does it say that not engaging a target is a miss? Where does it say that a target can't be re-engaged

Shooting a target with the wrong gun (pistol target with rifle, or rifle target with pistol) is not a P. SHB page 21 "5 second penalties - each target hit with an incorrect firearm." In this case stage instructions over ride that penalty, at least that's how I would call it. Tough crowd, no offense, but there's no award for 'finding' penalties. Clean, next shooter.

Maybe you should get out more. All four of my SKBs will 'fall open' and cock the internal hammers. It's that Fast Eddie magic. BTW, SKB's are 'real cowboy'.

I haven't used a BSS for CAS, strictly SKBs, but I will share that two SKB gunsmiths have mentioned that shortening the barrels too much reduces their weight enough to make it difficult to slick them enough to fall open. It may be that the BSS barrels are heavy enough that it won't be an issue, but all three of the four SKBs in the Burt family have 22 inch barrels. The fourth SKB came with the barrels already cut to 18.5, but given it cost me less than $500 to purchase three years ago we've made do.

Looks like they’re popular. Only one on Gunbroker and none at Bud’s. I think I’ll pick one up to match with my 1851 Piettas for the rare occasions when I shoot black powder.

Outlaw Bullets generously sponsored the Magnificent 7 competition with a donation of 7,000 bullets which will be given to competitors! I bought several thousand bullets from them myself and proceeded to shoot 6 matches in a row clean! I'm not saying they're miss proof, but they're definitely high quality.

The buckles came in today. I think they look pretty decent. Let me know what you think.

I suspect the word is out and attendance is going to go up!

The Burt’s will be there.

When I do cleaning it’s usually four ‘73s, four SKBs and 8 Vaqueros/Single Sixes, so I don’t do it more than I have to. I ‘deep’ cleaned all 16 guns in the week between Christmas and New Years. We’ve shot about 13 matches since then. Typically I would go another month or so then clean, but SC State is three weeks away, so I’ll clean them this week, Then again before the GA State Match in May. They probably won’t get cleaned again until a few weeks before the National.

I've been in the game since 2011. We have 5 1873s in use in the Burt family. During that period I've only gone beyond taking the side plates off once. As Kid Rich said, take a picture.

Ron Bellamy is a straight shooter. I saw a hat he was selling one day and mentioned that my wife would like it and if he would bring it to the next match I would buy it (I didn’t have cash with me). Ron said take it and pay me the next time you see me. She’s still wearing that hat. Ron is solid gold.

He sees the doctor Monday. Fingers crossed! Brooke was a pleasure to work with! I’m so glad she got into her top choice!

I’ve used GB for about ten years now, both buying and selling, but primarily buying. I bought all our SKBs on GB, most recently an SKB 100 I bought a few years ago for less than $600 delivered. Deals can be found, but you have to be patient. I have it run automated search’s every night for SKBs, 1873s and Vaquero’s. I get emails every morning with new listings. Every now and then I see a deal and it keeps me aware of current prices.

It says 1st Place on the buckle, I'm betting this is 1st place, not state champ.

Congrats to Hayley and Bucky!

Ides of March Magnificent 7 results. Shooter M7 Category FL RP FL Time Groundhog Cowboy 1 172.03 Arcadia Outlaw Cowboy 2 179.16 Christian Mortician Cowboy 3 185.34 Midwest Hale Cowgirl 4 187.72 Santa Fe River Stan Cowboy 5 195.29 Delta Glen Cowboy 6 215.05 Wabash Valley Slim Cowboy 7 224.14 Shelleen Senior 8 240.65 Leadfoot Luke (GF) Gunfighter/AAC 9 244.61 Preacherman* Gunfighter 10 257.28 Tin Can Sailor Senior 11 260.55 Brazos Belle Ladies Senior 12 264.73 Max Payne* Cattle Baron 13 266.66 Hey Sugar Ladies Senior 14 282.82 Krazy Kajun Frontier Cartridge 15 288.95 Ophelia Payne Ladies Senior 16 301.43 Scarlett (LFCD) AAC/LGF 17 310.09 Lawman Mark Frontier Cartridge 18 349.38 Badlands Bob*. (GF) GF/AAC 19 386.73 Carolina Yankee Senior 20 395.69 Trail Bandit Cattle Baron 21 409 Smart * Outlaw 22 492.97 *CLEAN

Ok! I won’t be at KY, but you can give the $20 to Badlands Bob or the Kajun.

So the Ides of March is underway and with it the Magnificent 7. I'm going to do a better job of communicating this time around. I will have one post for overall and one for each category. Once each Match's scores are published I'll edit the posts and enter the scores. That way anyone who wants to can see a running total for themselves and the other shooters. I'll also post this on the Magnificent 7 website. Here are the competitors and their categories: Shooter Category Badlands Bob GF Max Payne Cattle Baron Ophelia Payne Ladies Senior Cat A. Tonic Cowgirl Copperhead Joe Cowboy Captain Bill Burt Cowboy Iron Cowboy Cowboy Shootin Sharyn Cowgirl Kid Flash Young Gun Cotton Mouth Cole Senior Wabash Valley Slim Cowboy Scarlett AACG/LGF Midwest Hale Cowgirl Arcadia Outlaw Cowboy Preacherman GF Jimmie Gunnfighter FC/AAC Gunnby LGF/AACG Tyrel Cody FC Midnight Rider FC Tuco Forsyth Cowboy Randy Saint Eagle Duelist Fast Eddie Elder Statesman Lucky Lead Pepper Duelist Uncle Ethan GF Santa Fe River Stan Cowboy Yohan Senior English Tom Senior Crooked Bullet Gunfighter Brazos Belle Ladies Senior Groundhog Cowboy Crawdaddy Elder Statesman Cahawba Kid FCG Tin Can Sailor Senior Krazy Kajun FC TN Tombstone Outlaw Shelleen Senior Whiskey Creek Johnson Outlaw Mister Badly Outlaw Koda Joe Gunfighter Purly Cattle Barron Trail Bandit Cattle Barron Leadfoot Luke Gunfighter/AAC Hey Sugar Lady Senior Lawman Mark FC Christian Mortician Cowboy Dodge City Dixie Lady Senior Reno Mustang GF Roy L. Pain Duelist Justified Smart * Outlaw Pecos Pete Delta Glen Cowboy

I don't believe there is a difference. I'm pretty sure there are OMVs and NMVs and that's it. The NMV says 'New Vaquero' at least my SASS Vaqueros do and so do my son's Vaqueros. If there is a third variation of Vaqueros I've never heard of it.

We have two sets of Jimmy Spurs Rugers and a third pair are with him now being worked on. If you're going to have them worked on I wouldn't bother with changing the springs as the gunsmith will be modifying those anyway. If you're not going to send them to a smith then I would use the 17 lb springs.

We're getting a little push here at the end. We're now up to 52! The deadline is tomorrow. An email, DM, or post here will be sufficient to get you in. You can always mail the $20 later. Also, Ophelia Payne is collecting applications at Florida State, which kicks off first thing in the morning!!

It's getting deep, that's for sure.

We're up to 49 people! The deadline to sign up is Friday, the Ides of March the first day of the Florida State main match! Good luck to all the shooters! I don't have to receive your app by Friday, contacting me here or by email or DM will be fine!

Respectfully I think your observation about shotgun reloading may be area specific. The majority of cowboys I shoot with reload shotgun. It's unusual to see a large quantity of hulls that don't get picked up. You will rarely see Remington Gun Club or Remington STS being left behind, despite the fact that those hulls are used very regularly in this area. Having said that, shotgun reloading is certainly less common that metallic cartridge reloading. I think the answer to that is probably that we use a lot fewer shotgun shells than we do metallic cartridge and the savings for reloading shotshells is lower. You might save 5 bucks or so per box, so for an individual maybe $20-$30 a month. For metallic cartridge you're probably saving closer to $30 per match (.19 to reload and .50 to buy new multiplied by 120 rounds) which means monthly savings of $120-$180 depending upon matches shot per month. Given my family shoots 4-6 matches a month and has 2-4 people at each match, reloading shotshells generates savings of $50-$120 a month.