Marauder SASS #13056

Long ago and far far away, we shot Marlin's with microgroove barrels for SASS. It became THE SASS rifle. (I have a photo of a rifle side match at EOT in 1999. Out of over 20 shooters, there were 2 92's, one 73 and the rest were all Marlins.) That was before folks figured out how to optimize 73 style rifles so the 73's were not quite as reliable and generally a little slower. We did a lot of testing and once again after Marlin returned to the older "Ballard" style barrels. Folks said the microgroove was better for jacketed bullets but would work okay for lead. In the experimenting we found that at SASS velocities (and a little above) the microgroove shoot as well and usually better than the "standard" barrel.

WE thank the Lord for you all. May you have a special day to giver thanks and have more memories!

Suppressed rifles are essentially always above 120 db, pistols even more. Very easily picked up. Suppressed 22's over 100 db. Most if the barriers (Often merely nets) are not solid was as we so often have. We see some clubs shooting from inside a building, shooting out of a window. Be sure the TO has his arm out of the window to pick up the shots. Of course, the TO may have to move the shooter a little to do that. . . Yes, that will work. If you don't have a timer like mine, you need to buy one like mine. . . Any donations for clubs using the standard PACT and Competition timers we've used for a decade or two?

Ask your smith to check the lockup of the gun. A main weakness of the Stoeger is that the lockup tab does not fully extend into the locking slot - thus decreasing the surface area and greatly increasing wear. When he adjust the tab to almost fully fit, the lock up will last quite well. https://marauder.homestead.com/files/Stoeger2.html http://marauder.homestead.com/files/stoeger3.html

Not as many as I wish.

A big help!

Some new brass also have a little bit of rough edge at the top. Resizing helps, but I check and lightly touch up with a trimmer/de-burr.

Nice!

Those hulls were the cat's meow when I started. Only an issue if someone stepped on them on hard ground. I've got a few hundred that I haven't reloaded for a decade or more.

I think the depth perception is more useful for movement, etc. But everyone's eyes and brain work a little differently. One thing is with both eyes open, you get more light. The trick is to train your brain which eye to prefer in dominance.

Nice! It is so interesting to look at the spreads of matches and see where the "larger" split is. I'm just wonder why the match was closed? ?

There has been a LOT of studies about this , especially in all the action type sports. Some cannot open both eyes, but if you can, it is definitely an advantage. You can actually see better, have better depth perception and have a much wider view.

5744 was a great powder that fit where almost no other powder did. Pretty slow for a pistol powder that worked well in larger cases. And a nice quick powder for rifles as has been mentioned. I don't know of an equivalent powder. H4198 MAY be close for burn rate, but not sure if it would work well. If nothing else, give Unique or Universal a try. A little faster powder but very versatile and not as fast as Red Dot.

How heavy were they? Oh that's right, they are the light version!!

Great job, Nonstop!! Well deserved.

Another great loss! Prayers for his family & friends

I had one I had used for about 20 years and it broke. Now I'm more careful and lightly bounce the hammer and it works. I think I had beat on it a little too hard for many years.

Ahh, it was obviously where you lived! I know, my name is Kammie!

After 10 years, the gun will need more than cleaning - but cleaning is always a good start. The listed link covers the exact situation you are seeing.

Normally they have a lever action rifle caliber stage. The 30 30 is fine for that. If they have a Black Powder category, it would most likely work there as well. We nearly always have a pistol caliber lever action event so that is where the 44 works great.

There is a shooting range in Newnan, SW side of Etlanta that will teach them. Where do they live?

A good hatter has that strange looking hat fitting device - looks like it came from a torture chamber. Then the hat can be made just for your head. Most often times, a good hatter can make a "proper" sized hat and stretch/mold it to fit our strange heads - some heads are rounder, some oblong, long-oblong, etc.

Sometimes they are not great when new, but generally because the latch does not go in far enough, there is not enough surface area to hold - thus it wears. When you extend the lock, it significantly increases the life of the lock up. If you weld it up as johmeir is doing, it is MUCH harder and will out last the rest of the gun.

(Larsen, that's for the great explanation and photos.) johnmuir The bottom photo is great. It shows that your system is doing pretty well for the proper length, better than many. The problem is the wear - look at the downward curve of the locking surface. It needs to be straight. So you are in luck and can have a great, strong gun once more. So you need to find a good welder. Have them weld up that curve. Then you can file it down to a good level surface and the locking will be good and will not require a strong spring at all.

Sorry to hear that, Cas but we understand. Stay busy and keep your mind working!