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any interst in a pair in 45 Schoefield?

some wimmin just have no taste atall! Mine put the kibosh on a stuffed aramadillo.

my wife shoots those, but with 5" barrel. called Lightings. (maybe the longer barrel?) anyways, she likes them more than my Rugers. they are much lighter. I've loaded some 105 grn bullets and 130 grn bullets for her. She, nor I, can tell any appreciable difference in recoil between the 2. Best advice I can give is if she wants to shoot, get her what she wants. they likely down in value, so you can get your money back. if you are sharing a shotgun, get it cut to fit her.

Where are you from? Go to a local match, find a mentor. If you want to be "competitive" you probaly want 38sp. Hard to beat the Ruger Vaqueros. Couple if options on grips/hammers. You won't need a back-up Rifle wise a 66 or 73, from Cody Conager or Long Hunter. I have both. I like the 66 more, but I think the 73 is probably better. If you get a 66 reinforce the loading gate. Bakail SXS by Johnny Meadows. For another $1000 you can get the SKB. Get quality leather from a cowboy leather maker. I got mine from Johnny Meadows, j-m leather. You have to decide on cross draw or double straight hang. I use cross draw, if I was starting over would probably go with double straight hang. Don't forget a gun cart to haul everything around with. The Rugged Gear cart us hard to beat. The wood carts are easier to customize or "pretty up" but the Rugged Gear just works. Then side match, long range, plainsman, Wild bunch..... 4.5 years ago I had 1 Glock 9mm. Got into CAS, Glock us long gone, I have 28 cowboy guns! I shoot 3 times/ month on average. Greatest bunch of guys you will ever meet!

I put date on my 38 Sp, mostly because I usually load 100-1500 or so at a time. Don't want to have a box get "old" My others I don't worry that much, if I'm loading with BP I put a black sharpie mark on primer.

Be still my heart! I love these old pistols, wish I had the discretionary funds fro this one!

I have 6. They make great gifts, or, shooters prizes. We gave some away at a match, had the club name on them. MM is a great guy to do business with.

I use the magtech brass. deprime with antique deprimer I found (can use punch) prime on press using 12 g shell holder. dip BP sub in. Nitro over powder card. fiber wad. pack It down tight with rammer (wood dowel works fine. dip shot in. over shot card. elmers glue. takes some time, I just use them for BP or subs. You can get the wad and cards from Track of the Wolf.

the tab on the loading gate is bent back. Common problem with 66s. VTI sells a hardened replacement. some use JB weld to reinforce it

Jabez, I'm kind of with you, I think TT is the way to go. But, aint nobody asked me (or likely to! ) I've been looking at this issue with somewhat of an open mind, since I aint likely going to win any matches either way, its somewhat easier to be objective. I would be interested if you could post or PM me the detailed scores in theis match, so I could look at them and see how this could happen. Seems pretty unusual, and I am in agreement, 63 seconds slower, with more misses, yet ahead in rank points makes no sense!