Captain Bill Burt

Umm. How many shooters have 5 Cowboy shotguns including doubles, 97s and 87s? I anticipate a response that others will loan guns…how many shooters will want to shoot an all shotgun match with guns they’ve never shot before? This might make an interesting side match, but as a main match I would expect attendance to be pretty low. No disrespect intended.

Thank you for catching that. I had heard she was there and made a note to review the scores again today.

Mississippi State Magnificent 7 results. Shooter MS Category MS RP MS Time Hanso Lowe Cowboy 1 178.92 Brazos Belle LS 2 183.92 Cotton Mouth Cole S 3 192.23 Whiskey Belle LW 4 196.8 Timber Steel Classic 5 197.13 Crooked Bullet SGF 6 201.36 Coosie BFCD 7 205.76 Jessamy Kid ES 8 210.19 The Revenuer BPFC 9 219.61 Posey County Lefty SS 10 223.8 Tinhorn Timmy ES 11 224.92 Justified BPFC 12 226.61 Crawdaddy ES 13 254.65 Lefty's Lucky Lady GD 14 255.56 Dancing Angel LSS 15 264.7 Deuce McCall SCC 16 272.82 Uncle Ethan SGF 17 275.19 Preacherman BPF 18 285.9 LongWolf SD 19 287.95 Tyrell Cody BPF 20 295.55 Miss M GD 21 317.3 Witchy Woman CCG 22 322.9 La Sombra BPFC 23 483.48 Cahawba Kid BPF 24 661

I suggest breaking down the steps involved in shooting that particular gun and start with the most basic step, then build on it. For example, start with hand on pistol, draw, punch out, dry fire twice, holster. Repeat that as often as you like. Then start with hands at side, draw, punch out, dry fire twice, holster. Next add the second pistol, draw the first one, punch out, dry fire twice, holster with strong side hand while drawing the other pistol and dry firing twice. Rifle, start with hand in lever, present rifle, dry fire twice, repeat as necessary. Now start with hands at side. At some point put the two together and incorporate the pistol to rifle transition. Back when I was doing dry fire regularly I always had a target(s) up so I was practicing sight acquisition and I strove for perfection. After a dozen repetitions or so I took a break. Too many repetitions and my form started to break down, which is counterproductive. Think it through and be sure you aren't accidentally practicing something that is counterproductive. For example when I first started I was nervous about drawing my off hand pistol with my thumb on the hammer, so I practiced with my thumb on the frame. That was a mistake that took some time to overcome. At this point my presentation and transitions are decent, not great, but not too bad. If I were to start practicing again I would probably focus on splits and stance and weight transfer. Practice does NOT make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.

Thank you @Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933

They are fairly common at some of the local clubs. I shoot at five local clubs and two of them regularly do a PM walkthrough prior to the match. All five clubs set up steel prior to the day of the match, so that does give more time for a walk through.

Another excellent GA State match in the books! I hate we had to miss the awards ceremony!

Elder Statesman Ocoee Red 8* Fast Eddie 20*** Tinhorn Timmy 27** Jessamy Kid 33*** Max Payne 35*** Trail Bandit 43*** Pecos Pete 48*** Pig Iron Lane 62*** Grand Dame Lefty's Lucky Lady 48** Ophelia Payne 52*** Miss M 57** Witch Doctor 80** L. Wrangler Cat A Tonic 6* Whiskey Belle 12** Carolina Sunshine 49** Thin Mint 60** Lady J. 87** Duelist Doc Roy L. Pain 9** LongWolf 35** Amaduelist 39*** Hayfever Hart 63** Goliath 111*** Young Gun Jace The Ace 17** Kid Flash 62** Calamity Gray 71** Hawkeye Hart 71** Lady Senior Brazos Belle 33*** Pinky Buscadero 57** Dodge City Dixie 58** Dancin Angel 72***

She is definitely an impressive young woman!! Congrats to Raindrop!!

Frontiersman Tyrell Cody 22* Cahawba Kid 32* T-Square 46* Preacherman 62*** Classic Cowboy Pops Corbin 31* Timber Steel 33** Cowtown Scout 72*** T-Bone Johnson 80** Witchy Woman 90*** Outlaw Whiskey Creek Johnson 16* TN Tombstone 65** Smart * 114*** Senior Cotton Mouth Cole 1* Copperhead Joe 2* Boonedoc Willie 8*** Delta Glen 12** Charlie Reb 20** Captain Bill Burt 26*** Tin Can Sailor 28*** English Tom 43*** Posey County Lefty 47** Frontier Cartridge The Revenuer 14* Justified 16* Coosie 30*** La Sombra 49* Krazy Kajun 53*** Jimmie Gunnfighter 98*** More to come....

I will update the other categories as soon as I have a chance to tabulate and double check!!

Standings so far. The * indicates the number of matches counted. I'll update all the categories later Cowboy Hanso Lowe 3* Santa Fe River Stan 4** Christian Mortician 7*** Arcadia Outlaw 10** Iron Cowboy 12** Groundhog 31*** Cowgirl Midwest Hale 13** Shootin Sharyn 56** Gunfighter Uncle Ethan 29** Crooked Bullet 42*** Badlands Bob 43** Reno Mustang 45** Lady Gunfighter Gunnby 65*** Scarlett Darling 68***

Here are the Magnificent 7 results for Georgia State: Shooter GA Time GA RP Groundhog 173.67 1 Christian Mortician 179.21 2 Santa Fe River Stan 195.39 3 Marshall Boonedoc Willie 197.46 4 Doc Roy L. Pain 199.96 5 Arcadia Outlaw 206.07 6 Delta Glen 208.02 7 Jace The Ace 213.28 8 Fast Eddie 214.06 9 Iron Cowboy 215.66 10 Midwest Hale 218.69 11 Charlie Reb 219.16 12 Jessamy Kid 224.75 13 Captain Bill Burt 228.95 14 Amaduelist 252.54 15 Tin Can Sailor 254.91 16 Badlands Bob 257.1 17 Trail Bandit 259.97 18 Pecos Pete 264.31 19 Coosie 266.53 20 Brazos Belle 270.43 21 Timber Steel 272.01 22 Crooked Bullet 273.49 23 English Tom 276.93 24 Max Payne 278.67 25 Gunnby 280.94 26 Ophelia Payne 282.48 27 Reno Mustang 287.79 28 Scarlett Darling 287.93 29 Pig Iron Lane 295.29 30 Dancing Angel 297.55 31 Carolina Sunshine 297.66 32 Cowtown Scout 322.46 33 Thin Mint 323.74 34 Pinky Buscadero 335.22 35 Hayfever Hart 335.35 36 Shootin Sharyn 344.97 37 Krazy Kajun 345.58 38 Kid Flash 346.37 39 Witch Doctor 358.02 40 Preacherman 362.68 41 Calamity Gray 370.72 42 Hawkeye Hart 390.29 43 Jimmie Gunnfighter 397.59 44 Witchy Woman 406.39 45 T-Square 410.5 46 T-Bone Johnson 440.76 47 Smart * 456.47 48 La Sombra 537.71 49 Goliath 641.56 50 Lady J. 656.64 51 Dodge City Dixie 9999 52 TN Tombstone 9999 52

Those stages look like a lot of fun Randy!!

I’ll empty it now! Thanks Scout!

Some folks take a lot of pride in their ability to spot ‘infractions’ that others ‘miss.’

Fast Eddie is a perfectionist with an incredible understanding of what goes into putting on a great match and a real eye for details. I wish I could shoot today but I have to work…

That person would be willfully cheating. I don’t believe that could be maintained indefinitely without someone connecting the dots.

Check your emails pards. Misty sent out updates on a new rule and a rule clarification. The new rule defines who can shoot in ladies categories and the clarification covers the orientation of shells on bandoliers. 😗

I just counted and there are 56 Magnificent 7 competitors shooting the Georgia State Match!

The white gunfighter style looks good. Maybe after I get my bass boat, and Harley, and RV. We’ll see.

I don’t think the reactive grips justify the price. My pistols are wearing Altamont checkered rosewood, total cost for two sets of grips was less than $70, vs $420 for reactive. Can I afford that, yeah, but I’m not willing to pay that much for what I view as very minimal gain. It’s not like they’re ivory.

I hope you have a successful surgery and recover quickly Billy. Iron Cowboy had shoulder surgery last June. He tried to come back too quickly and regretted it though thankfully didn’t re-injure himself. I suggest sticking with what the doctor recommends and if there’s any doubt err on the side of taking a bit more time.

My main match guns have 5 inch octagonal barrels on Single Six frames with OMV grip frames. I like a longer sight radius and a little more weight out on the barrel. The Single Six frame results in the hammer spur being lower relative to my grip. The OMV grip frames are fatter, which feels better in my hands.

The steel is up and the props are under construction. This is going to be another really fun match. I don't think it's too late to sign up....