Captain Clark

Spring weather in southern Rockies is warming up nicely, as well as the gun giveaway list for GT 2024. We’ve added a Plinkerton revolver and Rossi .22 lever gun to go along with the Vezir Carrara 12 gauge. There are additional firearms in the stretch raffle at this time which include a Taylor’s 1911, a set of Colt derringers to compliment the list and the previously mentioned Heritage RR .22 pistols. Early entry discounts still available for a few more days. All state/Federal transfers will be available to eligible winners. Hope to see you attending

No reason to call malfunction or ground gun IMO. The hammer will be down on a spent round after firing the cartridge you loaded to replace the dud. If the “ bad primer” hasn’t gone off after a couple go- arounds, it’s clearly a dud. As has already been mentioned, the time factor at this point will likely be favoring just taking a miss versus the cycling, reload, etc in trying to correct the unfired round.

Received confirmation 3 hours ago!

I got no dog in the fight, but I talked with George / Bang & Clang today regarding my bullet order as well as some club business of which he is also a fellow officer. Just because you get an unavailable message on a cell phone call doesn’t mean the party has skipped town! It just might be that the party is not in a strong signal location. I don’t have any inside info on shipping lead time, just that jumping to the conclusions is not the 1st place I think personally myself. Rest easy to all…..

The gun giveaways list for GT2024 continues to grow! There is a pair of Heritage Rough Rider 22 revolvers added to go along with the Vezir Carrara semi- auto 12 gauge! The weather is warming up, so make your plans to be at Mimbres NM for Geronimo Trail 2024. Feel free to contact the match director (Bud Guzzlin) or myself for assistance and questions. Hope to see you there

You cowpokes are making me feel like a winner this year! From Radium Springs NM to delivered on Wednesday without a hiccup!

That’s a beautiful grain in the wood for sure!

Come help celebrate The 25th anniversary of the Gila Rangers this Memorial Day weekend at our annual Geronimo Trail match in the high country timber at Fowler City near Mimbres NM. There’s plenty of free camping, food and shooting for everyone. The gun giveaways for side matches are an added bonus as well as free WB mini match on Friday this year. Check out the newly updated website for further details and feel to contact myself or other of the club officers. Hope to see you there!

@Too Tall Bob any chance of you having applications with you for BT Sunday? I’ll bring my check book

I’ve had some cracking with dedicated C45S cases more so than DIY cases! Seeing that Garrison Joe, Texas Jack Black and Eyesa Horg have experienced similar results, guess its not only my stuff!

@Fallon Kid if you’re a DIY type person, it’s a relatively straight forward process to turn Colt cases into Cowboy Specials. I’ve turned lots of questionable tattered Colt cases into Cowboy Specials with excellent results. Let us know how your load testing goes!

Cheddites have been my go to for cowboy and regular trap and bird shooting for awhile with zero issues in SxS, pumps and auto loader scatterguns. They sure seem to perform like a quality product from what I’ve experienced. Based on my experience I have passed on other brands of 209 recently.

+1 to Tex Jones. Another name to throw out for a replacement bolt ( large caliber) is Sarco. Don’t ask me why, but they have complete new style kits in stock. Yes, they will replace old style bolts. The newer style retainer is definitely more robust, which can’t be all bad. My 66 runs just fine with the new style. Now I’ve got to send off the broken / bent tab bolts for repair!

Just my personal observation using them is that they are reliable after sending a couple thousand rounds down range so far. They are a NATO approved supplier, so they seem to be top quality IMO. I haven’t experienced what to my eye seems to be the lacquer? being only partially applied.

Appreciate the advice. This is just a tab that’s worn dang near completely off. The timing is spot on considering it’s run trouble free for about a decade of multiple monthlies, EOTs, practices, and a bushel of annuals across several states! Best guess is something in excess of 20000+ rounds! Yes it’s definitely getting some needed TLC, considering the round count!

I’m looking for suggestions from cowpersons that have had their bolt tabs repaired or replaced. I thought there was a pinned post on the topic but I haven’t had any success finding it. Thanks for your input in advance… CC 89893

BTT for TTB

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