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  1. Posted

    I did a little test. 130s vs 105s in my pistols. My pard loaded and timed me. I did not know which I was shooting. On average, about 8/10s of a second faster on a 10 shot sweep. May will day 8/10s isn’t enough to worry about, but 8 seconds in a 10 stage match Is huge! 
    I load 3.2 Bullseye in both. I tried reducing the powder, but found I missed “feedback” from the guns. 
     

    I also tried the 105s In my rifle. While they fed fine, found that I did not like the feel of them. 
     

    now I shoot 105s in pistols, 130s in rifle. Both with 3.2 bullseye. Only adjustment I have to make is about a 1/2 turn of Bullet seating die. 

  3. Posted

    I wonder, in the history of jurisprudence, has the judge and jury been all set, plaintiff has presented his case, made a sound reason for suing. Then defense lawyer steps up, pulls out a paper from his briefcase and says  “judge, I have a release, signed by the plaintiff” judge says “oh, a release....case dismissed” 

     

    releases are a waste of paper. There are some reasonable precautions that can be taken. But releases, gloves, telling folks don’t touch your face is pretty worthless. Spraying timers, other common surfaces might be of minor benefit. 

     

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  5. Posted

    19 minutes ago, Captain Clark said:

    This issue is where you apply the ROIII learning ( common sense) . C&B shooters aren’t in the habit of dropping the hammer on nipples that are already fired and peening the nipples. The OP says the shooter was using both hands to advance the cylinder which sounds like a methodical slow way to get back to the cap. In my mind, that’s allowed  in this instance.
    No reason to be a hard azz at this point, No call IMO. 
    Interesting scenario still.
     

     

    I knew that was his intention. Just trying to clarify in my mind how to apply the rules. As I said, I saw no safety issue, and no call was made. 

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  6. Posted

    1 hour ago, Prairie Dawg, SASS #50329 said:

    When it has happened to me, I have just put it on half-cock, and rotated the cylinder with my off-hand.
    Honestly, I'm not sure about cocking & decocking to get the cylinder in the correct position, so I will watch this post to here what others (particularly Palewolf) have to say.

    --Dawg

    I shoot plainsman side matches a couple of times a year. Ive done exactly that. 

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  7. Posted · Edited by Hoss

    Shooter had a cap not pop. 5th round. He went around, cocking/decocking using both hands until he brought the cylinder back into position. Fired the shot with one hand 
    I know decocking is not allowed without permission from TO. But frontiersman are allowed to use off hand to manipulate cylinder as needed. 
     

    no call was made. But I’m not sure that was correct? (For the record, I was as LT, not a spotter or TO). 
     

    im my opinion, there was no safety issue involved. And TO was obviously aware of the cocking/decocking. But I’m not sure this would be considered the proper procedure. 

  9. Posted

    I have a Trapdoor Carbine made 2nd qtr 1874. Has no Provenance, but is of the correct serial # to have been a “Custer” Rifle.  My Pard tells me I should carve “GAC” in the stock, scratch it out, and put “SB” on it. :)
     

     

      I shoot it at plainsman matches 2-3 times per year. It’s a fine, tight old gun. Really a great to shot it and wonder where all it’s been. 

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  10. Posted

    You find your “zero” typically at 100 yds. Then if you know your muzzle velocity, Bullet weight and ballistic coefficient you can enter that into a ballistics calculator. It will give you the settings for a given distance. It will be pretty durn close. Yes wind can affect the Bullet, and to a lesser extent atmospheric conditions, but the calculator will be close and a good starting point. 
    my Shilo Sharps likes 535 grn Bullet, 25 grns 5744 powder   

  11. Posted

    2 hours ago, Roger Rapid said:

    Hoss...

     

    Did shooter move to another position to pick up rifle? If so, did he fire the pistol from the rifle position? (I assume he didn't move back to pistol position with cocked rifle in hand.)

     

    Sounds from your description that it was a real situation. Interesting one...

    RR

    Rifle & pistol from same spot 

  13. Posted · Edited by Hoss

    we may have had this before in a WTC thread, but could not remember. 
     

    stage is Pistol rifle shotgun

     

    shooter leaves one in pistol, safely holstered, picked up rifle, was levering when TO & counters hollered “1 more in pistol” shooter held rifle, cocked, safely pointed down range, drew pistol, fired last round, holstered pistol, continued with rifle.  In less time than it took me to type this! 
     

    I know cannot have 2 Loaded pistols in hand (unless gunfighter) but could not find rule covering this. I made it a no-call. What say the campfire? 

  16. Posted

    Like others, I’ve found that the nickel cases split way sooner than brass. I try to use them for pistols only. But if one sneaks into my rifle reloads I load it first, so I shoot last. If it won’t eject call “broken gun” put it down, no penalty, no misses for Unfired rounds. .   
     

    BTW, I catch 99% of my bad cases buy grabbing a double handful, say 15-20 or so cases. Cup them in my hands and shake. If there is a split case you will hear it. 

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  18. Posted

    1 hour ago, Springfield Slim SASS #24733 said:

    By a tad off I hope you mean they will chamfer the end more, because just shortening it will not help. And you don't need a machine shot for that, a grinder will work just fine. Just make sure you file and polish the ground area or you might scratch the inside of the brass, creating a weak spot.

    Yes, chamfer the end a bit. 

  19. Posted

    I load my 38-55 on a Dillon 550.  I have to watch the case as it enders the expander die.  if its just a tad off-center it will wrinkle the case mouth.  I think the kength of the case has somethig to do wiht it, it is not held pefectly rigid in the shell plate.  I've comsidered taking the expander to a machine shop and geting them to take a tad off, make it easier to enter the case mouth  

  20. Posted

    My “home” club, Texas Riviera Pistoleros, shoot 2nd Saturday.  We really wanted to shoot, but governor limited outdoor sporting events to groups of 4. We average about 20 at a monthly match (too many for one posse, too small for two!)  we decided to have a practice match, limited to first 24 to sign up via email, call or FB. 
    we sound up with 20, had 5 four-person posses. Actually worked pretty well.  All 4 shooters loaded guns (2 at a time) and left loaded guns on LT. Then shot, 1 shooter, 1TO, 2 counters. Not ideal but it worked pretty darned good. We started 0900, shot 6 stages, done by 1100. Several shooters commented we ought to try this in the hot summer months. Probably 5 per posse would be better (assuming  the 4 person/group limit is relaxed) 

    anyways, it wasn’t perfect, but it wasn’t bad!

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  21. Posted

    Just now, Charlie MacNeil, SASS #48580 said:

    Did you have to do anything to the nipple pockets on your 58s to make it work? I’ve got a set of 58s that are borrowed so I don’t think Dremeling is an option!

     

    Thanks!

     

    Sorry about hijacking the thread!

    Nope, worked fine as is. It does take a bit of learning the correct angle and how to work it. After you use it 3-4 times it gets easier. 

  22. Posted

    Mine took a couple of weeks, when it arrived it was kind of neat. The envelope was covered with Polish postal stamps 

     

    the Polish capper works really well on my 58 Remingtons. A little bit of a learning curve, but then good to go. I like that you can fully seat the cap on the nipple. 

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  23. Posted

    I use about 1/4 of a fiber wad over shot, then a overshot card and glue it in place with water glass. The piece of fiber wad gives a little more “traction” for the overshot card to stick too. I had. Couple of shells leak the shot out. Doing this fixed that problem. 
    my load Column

    primer

    7/8 oz by volume BP (same measure as shot) 

    nitro card 

    fiber wad

    7/8 oz shot
    1/4 fiber wad

    overshot card 

    waterglass 

     

    knocks down everything I’ve pointed it at. 
    I sometimes sub 777 for BP. I tried APP but was not as reliable knocking down targets. 

  24. Posted

    Congrats. I know wasaaay back in the day, When I thought I wanted to be a vet, and enrolled at LSU in the pre-vet program, I quickly found out that it’s  easier to get into med school than vet school. (I didn’t do either). I wish her well in her future endeavors, both personally and professionally.   

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