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Hoss last won the day on December 8 2016

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  • Birthday 12/09/1958

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    Territorial Governor Texas Riviera Pistoleros, South Texas Pistoleros, Plum Creek Shooting Society

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    Portland, Texas
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    CAS, Grandkids, traveling
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  1. I think I’m gonna try to make Bordertown 2025. I’ve heard so much good about the match I just want to check it out for myself. plus visiting Tombstone will be neat.
  2. TO calls the Ps, should accept input from spotters. if I’m TOing and 1 spotter calls a P that I did not see I will poll the other 2. If only 1 spotter saw it, I’d be very unlikely to call it. If 2 saw it and it was plausible I’d most likely go with it. Especially if they could articulate exactly the same issue. I doubt I would override 3 spotters unless I was 100% sure they were wrong. If I saw the P and no spotters backed it up I doubt I would call it. I’d try to give every benefit of doubt to the shooter. But not calling a penalty in effect penalizes every other shooter. Gotta be fair!
  3. This is the companion picture. Night shoots are fun!
  4. I have a Cimmaron 94 in 38-55. I’ve used it for “Cody -Dixon” matches that are offered at many Texas clubs. Shoot rifle targets 50-80 yds. Pistols & shotgun are the same as regular match. I shoot mine with a 250 grn bullet with 9.6 grns Unique. Sight wise I just use the buckhorn. With some practice it’s good to 100 or 150. Much further than that a marbles peep sight will serve you better. I don’t hunt, but if I did I’d feel very comfortable out to 75 yds with just the buckhorn. I prefer the starline short 38-55 brass for lever, and the long 38-55 for my highwall. 38-55 is a great round. Certainly deer or even elk capable.
  5. At a state match I once shot a few more rounds in the side matches than I planned for. As I was loading my ammo blocks for the 2nd day stages I realized I had just enough to finish the match. Like down to the round! Sure, I could have borrowed ammo from any number of Pards, but since then I do the 10/10/4 x stages x1.5, plus 100 of everything for side matches. Then I throw in an extra hundred rounds of everything! Most stays in truck, but as Capt Call said:”It’s better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it”!
  6. I agree. And I posted an extreme. It’s just drawing the line between continue and “shoot where it was” and a situation like the OP. that’s why some stages are a hoot to shoot at a monthly but no bueno for a major match. Mine carts, birds, other “action props” are best avoided at some matches. 99% will do “the cowboy way” but a minority exists that will take advantage of a situation.
  7. I guess the problem I see with a reshoot for prop failure is what happens if shooter say has a couple of misses, maybe even a P. Gets to last stage a shotgun target has fallen down. We all know “shoot where it was”. But now shooter does that, but claims right to a re-shoot due to prop failure. That would not be right either. It’s a sticky wicket to start doing reshoots for prop failure (that is not a safety concern). And yes, I see the difference in the OP and my scenario. Extreme on both sides. But where do we draw the line?
  8. I switched out to small bar. Seemed to be much more uniform powder drops. Still leaked like a sieve. I got enough loaded for the upcoming BP match. Now onto shotgun. .
  9. I got one of those mini chop saws from harbor freight, used it with a 3D printed Jig, to trim 45-70 to 45-60. Worked perfectly. Those are handy saws!
  10. Thanks all. I’m gonna make sure I have no clumps! And will definitely do a tear down of the press for a thorough cleaning after!
  11. I’m loading some 38sp APP 3f with D750. Using large powder bar. I’m getting a lot of leakage and uneven powder drops. I don’t often load APP, it’s been a year or 2, I don’t recall having any issues before. Should I be using small powder bar? Any other tips?
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