evil dogooder

We were asked to vend at eot 4 years ago. The cost we were told was North of $3000 before tent rental. Donation of product and cash. For us to pull a trailer 3200 miles round trip, on top of that made it a no brainer. We don't even vend at state or regional because there was only one match we made a profit on. By the time we pay for staff and everything the math doesn't add up. That is one of the reasons why we make a point to try to purchase something at every event we go to. If we don't personally need anything we give the items to new shooters or donate them to other matches as prizes. Being a small shop we understand how even $20 can make a difference if enough people do it.

All due respect, not taking anything from those shooters as some of those are great friends, as someone who has won speed gf at Nationals and eot, none of the fastest shooters double cock. Cumberland, Lefty, shalako, scrap, it's just slower.

Actually the biggest disadvantage is it's slower to double cock then to alternate because you are pausing action until the next pistol is fired. However each shooter needs to find what works best for them, what works for some, won't for others neither is right or wrong.

Our surprise littler. We are bottle feeding the two runts..

I've got a mixture of ar 400 and ar 500 with 2 big gongs of hardened steel 3" thick. The gongs are holding up well but at over 500lbs a piece I don't move them often. They suck to pick up!

Ok large size frame is a ruger vaquero. It says so right on the gun. 😉 the ones that are incorrectly naming a size are the ones that shorten NEW vaquero to just vaquero.

I've always like disturbed s version better.

Dang i wish i could find primers for that price around here.. I just picked up 15000 but i had to pay 35.

I've recieved star shaped Steel awards. A small tin bucket with a couple bullet holes in it. One of my cooler ones was a wolf statue carved out of stone. About the size of a softball carved with a dremel tool then polished. Another i really liked was a bowie knive with the match name etched into the blade

I've never shotv one with my rifle but the last 6 years I've harvested deer with my vaquero s. I've also taken 2 with my sass shotguns. 1 with an 87 one with a 97

My wife has an aunt that is 2 years older than her but younger than me. I only call her aunt when i want to push her buttons

Between varmits on the farm, and plinking i generally shoot almost every day. I do train with some retired military folks bi weekly.

I've got a delux pistol grip 73 with a 20" barrel that if your interested in maybe we can work on something for the Marlin

It's a very good pistol I'm not surprised

That brings up the elephant hiding in the closet. Single action shooting.. Where we use guns designed pre 1900 or modern replicas. Because im sure you saw a lot of shotguns honed, funneled with a stay open notch. Or short stroked, wide lowered hammered colts. Short stoked 73s with straight triggers. Titanium parts. The leather we use. Boots. Even clothes are designed for speed. The sport has changed from what it was to, as long as it looks somewhat close the sky is the limit. 20 years ago how many of those mods would have been allowed? I had the chance to talk with judge roy bean when he came to gunsmoke a few years ago. I recieved some very interesting answers. Don't get me wrong i love this sport and the people in it. I see the sport as it is now. Not as it was. Ive only been to a few throwback shoots that went by the old rules. It was definitely different. Not better not worse. Just different. But how far is it going to erode from what it started out as? Can a human outrun the mechanics of a gun? Yes, it can be done but it takes some serious skill. Using lighter parts, heavier springs,and mods to the design can help with that too. The people that have that skill like duece and smokestack also have the knowledge to adjust their body and rhythm to achieve the maximum potential of the machine. So they will not out run it. Instead they show us the dynamics that make our jaws drop.