Smokestack SASS#87384

Looks awful small for something called the TEXAN. Haha.

What works for one guy may not work exactly the same for the next. Let the timer tell you, it doesn’t lie. I can tell you without a doubt that I shoot faster with 125s than I do with 105s, it’s not a huge difference, but it is consistently there for me.

I have no idea how it could be done. Sorry if my response came off as snarky as that want my intention. The numbers are interesting for sure, but it’s hard to know what they mean.

You can not with any degree of accuracy compare two different matches using time as the basis for comparison. There are tons of variables at play like transitions, target distance, target size, weather, who showed up, distance between shooting positions, etc. I’ve seen people talk about so and so shot EOT in the same time as they did last year so... Well, it’s a neat coincidence, but it doesn’t mean anything.

Yet it’s not listed under SDQ in the penalties overview, or the pocket card, and the penalty itself is not mentioned with the rule you sited above. And the book has very recently been updated.

Where in the rule book does it say that a cocked rifle with an empty chamber leaving the shooters hands is an SDQ?

Personally, I wouldn’t fix it by removing metal. They need to have the small bump on the bottom TIG welded up and reshaped to cause them to cam away a bit more when the hammer is fully down. A tiny bit here goes a LONG ways.

And 90° gets you a ride with flashing lights and all.

You can lean up to 25° but 26° is a SOG.

Umm... OO buck doesn’t hit a steel target Andy harder than 7 1/2 does. There would be no reason to use the buck shot.

Also, with an AZ CCW, you can carry in some places where constitutional carry doesn’t apply.

Just get an AZ CCW. It costs $60 and is easy. They are good for 5 years.

I don’t believe anyone has ever made a stainless steel one, but there are some available “in the white”

That little “all factors being equal” part is where things get dicey. The problem is, all factors are never equal because we are involving the human element and different people. My world record duelist run was done by slip hammering, does that mean slip hammering is the fastest? Maybe, maybe not.

Mine is not a cut and weld an it is in proper working order.

Really well.

Also, aluminum oxide puts a nice finish on the stainless ones. Welcome to the fire.

It is a design flaw/ bad fitment of parts from the factory on some of the new models. The hammer will interfere with the trigger spring and cause it to drag when you try to slip hammer. The metal can be ground away where the interference is and the problem goes away.

If I run my ‘73 hard enough, I can actually begin opening the lever before the pressure has left the barrel and blow the primers out of the cases. This is where the mechanical limits of the gun as it is currently built exist (imo). If the links were designed differently and had more dwell in the lock up position, this wouldn’t happen. It is a speed induced “failure”.

Can a properly functioning gun be outrun? Sure. Can 99.99% of shooters out there do it? No. It can be fun to talk about lock time and make excuses for why we can’t shoot faster but it really isn’t a productive exercise. Most all of us would benefit far more to look to other ways to improve. Funny, the absolute fastest pistol shooter I know runs the lightest springs I’ve ever seen, and somehow he isn’t outrunning the hammers.

The same way you read this sentence without sounding out the letters.

Three things: 1 stop telling yourself that you can’t. 2 stop focusing on the numbers (your times) 3 stop counting your shots. If you do do these three things, I guarantee you will get faster.

I prefer a straight stock for cosmetic reasons. I just think it looks better. With the way I run the rifle, I can shoot either style with little to no difference.

Call the SASS office. There are rental carts at the range.

Not sure if you are being serious... in other shooting sports, the trigger is pulled to drop the hammer AFTER THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE EMPTY. Using the trigger to determine if the chamber is empty is stupid.