Marauder SASS #13056

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In the originals, the takedown was the more expensive but was MUCH more popular. A lot fewer solid frames were made. For SASS, some prefer the solid frame as they are just a little short without the added collar and quite strong.

You are on your way. Watch some videos of Potshot Parker, He was trained by a multi-award winning, world champion Duelist. Potshot then won the world Champ a few times as well. One key is his speed on the long guns. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Potshot+Parker

I believe you can still access News articles that discuss the trial concerning the gunfight.

AS you may know, 97 Barrels must have a collar that is custom fit to the gun for proper fit and head space, etc. The collar is the harder part to find.

I use 3.4 grain of Trail Boss for a 125 grain. I find it more consistent than the min load and still relatively "soft recoil" load.

Thanks for the update. So sorry to hear about your son but we are glad for the possible full recovery!

Some background. We continue to struggle with a group that wanted to more strongly penalize shooters. Before 2001, a miss was a miss period. In some rare cases, if you missed the target and hit a wrong target, it resulted in a P rather than a miss. Life happens and in general like is good! Then in 2001 and they changed so that the definitions of a P and miss were mixed. So if you shot the wrong target you got a miss AND a P. If you shot all wrong targets you got a P plus 10 misses, 60 second penalty. Why? This was because some wanted more difficult stages emphasizing accuracy or distance. They feared that people would just shoot the wrong (easy) targets intentionally an just take the P. This of course should be penalized by a spirit of the game penalty. Since they rationed that too many people refuse to give that penalty, they must change the system to strongly force shooters to "act right." So for a year we had the same mistake being called for bot a P and misses. I was at a great match and didn't do a thorough walk through. The targets were graduated and the targets were not all visible unless you moved. You triple-tapped each target. I finished the stage happy not knowing one target was not visible so I had shot the wrong target 3 times. Thus a 3 misses and a P per the new rules. Some criticized the club because they didn't make the target a different color but that was no a valid criticism to me. No one was happy but that was the rule so. The next year the clarification was make that a miss could not cause a P. So the "double" penalty was avoided. So shooting all wring targets would get a 50 second penalty rather than the 60 seconds. And we are continuing to struggle with how to mange the P and misses. Isn't that an improvement?

More than a few years ago we had some rifle and pistol reloads on stages. At first, all full pistol reload but that mad stages ridiculously long. So reduced to an occasional single shell reload. Bit is always nice to have the empty shell fall out without effort. But only slightly polished, no enlarged at all.

Griff points out that even black powder burns out after a while. With pistol powders. I have wonder at what point the velocity actually reduced with longer barrels?

I may have misread that... https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-authorizes-us-military-begin-occupation-federal-land-along-southern-border

Me, I stay away from really stupid equipment.. But then I find almost no really smart equipment either, so. . Have FUN!

Quality varied, so... I believe they were not made by Norinco or whoever they became. They were a later copy. Many have now switched to SxS and because for them it is faster. Someone good with a 97 is still amazing and if more than 2 shots will win over almost any SxS. Plus they are fun. A SxS requires a little finesse to be smooth and quick while the 97 is all action. Check with Outlaw Gambler concerning a possible tune-up.

Have you compared it to using 50% 50% mixture of Simple Green & distilled water?

Shocking! Keep us advised. They will both be missed. He did so much for us.

But if you don't number your mags, how will you know how many you have?? And now we're wondering. . . Have you tuned your lips late?

Some of my newer powders are only 20 years old. One marked $4.95

May his were the famous "stealth Bullets!"

Fond memories of LSFSC

Don't be afraid of the Stoeger, but take them to a good smith so they can properly "time" the lock-up. Tis a simple job and cost effective. Normally the lock-up tang is locked only 1/2 way is so it wear MUCH quicker. If properly time they will last a long time.

Thing sure change. Now the nice trophies matches once gave out have SO greatly increased in cost they are no long viable. I wonder how much the Molly belts will eventually cost? Some trophy shops are now reselling trophies with a new label.

I use a mix. No need to limit it. Used to have a short story and the line was based on that. As SASS has changed people don't go for the story is not included.

A good video.

So sorry. I have many fond memories seeing him at shoots. Praying for the friends and family.

The lugs have worn so they no longer completely lock. It can be repaired by a good smith. Weld up where it is worn and smooth out. Also check how far the bar goes into the lug to help avoiding it happening again. https://marauder.homestead.com/files/Stoeger2.html