Marshal TKD, Sass # 36984L

With the theme being bad girls, there ain’t no telling what or who will be running about the range.

Thanks Chas.

Ambush at Cavern Cove is in its 28th year! We are one of the longest running annual matches in SASS. We have had this match on the first weekend in October, first weekend being the first Sunday, for 26 of the 28 years the match has been running. The match registration is open. The registration form is on our website. https://www.northalabamaregulators.com/_files/ugd/e76cb2_9f1be325d8244de2a712f2148edf8a33.pdf Please print it off and mail it in. Camping is full, as it always is. We will have Molly's buckles for our Regional Winners As of right now we are planning on two flights of shooters. I could use a few volunteers to help out with the match. I need a couple of people to run the long-range side match. I could use a couple of volunteers to help with Shooter Sign in and door prizes. If there is somebody out there who is a graphics designer / artist and is interested in a side job out please reach out to me via PM. Note for those staying on the range. There will be no breakfast at the range. Our food vendor experienced a poor showing for breakfast and has declined to offer breakfast. Our match schedule is as follows Thursday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration open at the Pavilion 8:00 am Vendors Open 8:00 am - 3:30 pm Cowboy Yard Sale at the pavilion 9:00 am - 3:00 pm RO1 and RO2 Classes - short lunch break 9:00 am Wild Bunch Match - Stages 6-9 9:00 am Warm-up Match Stages 1-4 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Long Range (between stages 5 and 6) 11:00 am - 1:30 pm Lunch available at the pavilion 12:00 - 1:30 pm RANGE IS COLD 1:30 pm PCC Match at the Action Bays (past stage 10) Black Powder Match - Stages 6-9 Warm-up Match Stages 1-4 Long Range (between stages 5 and 6) 3:45 - 4:45 pm Territorial Governor Meeting at the pavilion 5:00 pm Posse Marshal walk-through - Meet at stage 1 Friday 8:00 am Registration open at Pavillion 8:00 am Vendors Open 8:30 am MANDATORY Safety Meeting Flight 1 at the pavilion 9:00 am Flight 1 - Shoot 5 Main Match Stages 11:00 am - 1:30 pm Lunch available at the pavilion - 12:00 pm MANDATORY Safety Meeting Flight 2 at the pavilion 12:30 pm Flight 2 - Shoot 5 Main Match Stages 5:00 pm Barkeep’s Saloon is open at the pavilion 6:00 pm Dinner at the pavilion - On your own 6:45 pm Side Match Awards at the pavilion 10:30 pm Lights out in the pavilion Saturday 8:00 am Vendors Open 8:30 am Flight 2 - Shoot 5 Main Match Stages 11:00 am - 1:30 pm Lunch available at the pavilion 12:00 pm Flight 1 - Shoot 5 Main Match Stages 4:30. Costume Contest judging at the Pavillion on the Range 5:00 ish. Barkeeps Bar open 6:00 pm Catered Dinner at the range included in shooters fee. 7:00 pm Awards at the Pavillion on Range. Door prizes, costume awards, and main match awards. Hope to see you there.

Who is coming list updated. Schedule is updated. We will not be printing a shooters book this year. The Shooters book has been sent to those who registered. Drake is sending out an updated email in t he next day or two. You can save a copy to your phone or tablet, most of them have files area to save files to. You can also print a copy and bring it with you. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PRINTED COPIES AVAILABLE AT THE RANGE. We have a new food vendor this year so hopefully it all goes well. Here is a copy of the stage book. Shootout 2024 book.pdf

As others have shared the barrels are hammer forged. Hammer forging process. A blank is clamped in a rotating holder. The rotation is not used to produce the rifling twist in a hammer-forged barrel; the twist is in the mandrel. Rotation is used to keep the barrel round during the forging operation. The mandrel is inserted into the borehole, and the barrel moves at a constant speed toward a series of cam-driven hammers arranged in a circle. Hammers are paired 180 degrees apart to equalize stresses. The hammers strike the rotating barrel with tremendous force, bending the steel to contact the mandrel inside. If the offending machine work bothers you a bunch then you could always lap your barrel. We shoot minute of plate, not minute of angle in CAS. Most of us accept that fact.

Our version of March Madness is about to start up. That is when most folks register for the match. See shooters list at top.

My current truck / UTV gun is a Citadel Arms 92 in 45 Colt. Yes it has the safety. It is smooth, not as smooth as slicked up rifle but it does the job. It feeds reliably with 200 and 250 grain bullets. It is very quite suppressed. The Aimpoint PRO is the ticket. The flash light on it does a great job of lighting up the Armadillos.

Shooters list is coming.

Sorry for the delay, I have been to the SHOT show and then the Safari Club International show. Drake is doing good, he is walking with out a walker and only uses a cane some of the time. I believe he is being released from assisted living next week.

Drake normally does that on our Facebook page. I will see what I can do.

There might be Chickens in Choppers. Cows with Guns

Shootout at Cavern Cove The SASS Alabama State Championship The Match will be held this year May 2nd through 4th. Our registration is open and ready to go. Our theme year will be Cows With Guns. You can find the application on our web page. https://www.northalabamaregulators.com/copy-of-ambush-southeast-regional The schedule as looks right now is: Thursday 7:00 am 9:00 am Breakfast Available 8:00 am -5:00 pm Registration open at the Pavillion 8:00 am - 3:30 pm Cowboy Yard Sale at the pavilion 8:00 am - 3:00 pm RO1 and RO2 Classes - short lunch break` 9:00 am Black Powder - Stages 1-4 9:00 am Warm-up Match Stages 7-10 9:00 am PCC Match at the Action Bays (past stage 10) 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Long Range (between stages 5 and 6) 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Lunch available at the pavilion, $10 Barbecue Sandwich and sides 12:00 - 1:30 pm RANGE IS COLD 1:30 pm Wild Bunch Match- Stages 7-10 Warm-up Match Stages 1-4 1:30 - 3:30 pm Long Range (between stages 5 and 6) 5:00 pm Posse Marshal walk-through - Meet at stage 1 5:30 pm Barkeep’s Saloon is open at the pavilion Black Patch Distilling Tasting 6:00 pm Potluck Dinner 6:45 pm. Planning something? Friday 7:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast Available $5- $7 Biscuits or breakfast plate 7:00 - 8:00 am Registration open at the Pavillion 8:00 am Vendors Open 8:30 am MANDATORY Safety Meeting at the pavilion 9:00 am Shoot 5 Main Match Stages 11:00 am - 1:30 pm Lunch available $10 Hamburgers, hotdogs and sides 5:30 pm Barkeep’s Saloon is open at the pavilion 6:00 pm Dinner at the pavilion $20 Brisket or chicken and sides 6:45 pm Side Match Awards at the pavilion Saturday 7:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast Available $5- $7 Biscuits or breakfast plate 8:00 am Vendors Open 9:00 am Shoot 5 Main Match Stages 11:00 am - 1:30 pm Lunch available at the pavilion, $10 Barbecue Sandwich and sides 4:30 -6:00 pm Costume Contest judging at the pavilion 5:00 pm Barkeeps Bar is open 6:30 pm Awards Social with Dinner (included in shooter fee) at the pavilion. Door prizes, costume awards, and main match awards Who is coming to the match. And here is the list of shooters by posse: ALIAS POSSE Appalucy 101 Cat A Tonic 101 Copperhead Joe 101 Drake Robey 101 Horse Doc 101 Long Wolf 101 Loose Cinch 101 Marshal TKD 101 Mister Badly 101 Pecos Pete 101 Tennessee Tombstone 101 Trail Bandit 101 Tullamore Dew 101 Uncle Ethan 101 Yazoo City Gal 101 Arcadia Outlaw 102 Black Jack Lee 102 Colonel Bigfoot Wallace 102 Dead Lee Shooter 102 Hurricane Charly 102 Lil Feller 102 Lil Tink 102 Midwest Hale 102 Montana Colt 102 Purly 102 Shelleen 102 Shiner Bock Bob 102 Slow Jen 102 Tuff Stuff 102 Badlands Bob 103 Cotton Mouth Cole 103 Hanso Lowe 103 Krazy Kajun 103 Midnight Rider 103 Smart * 103 Tuco Forsyth 103 Tyrel Cody 103 Avocatessa 104 Bama Cowboy 104 Lawman Mark 104 Rooster Head 104 Tick Ridge 104 Watersnake 104 Apple Annie 105 Buck O. Billy 105 Cahawba Kid 105 Cardboard Cowboy 105 Chas B. Wolfson 105 Cleve 105 Deacon KC 105 Diamond Jake 105 Diamond L Pete 105 English Tom 105 Ginderella 105 Jailbreak Jake 105 Long Colt Tommy 105 Preacherman 105 Ruff Kut 105 Brazos Belle 106 Crawdaddy 106 Crooked Bullet 106 Doc Roy L. Pain 106 Lucky Lead Pepper 106 Pinky Buscadero 106 PowderMark 106 Randy Saint Eagle 106 Wild Phil Hickok 106 Ara Tiest 107 Ben T. Iron 107 Bogus Jim 107 Carolina Yankee 107 Buslin' Belle 108 Crazy Case 108 Dodge City Dixie 108 El Viejo Lobo 108 Foxplay Squirrely Girl 108 Graver Bill 108 Hopalong Mac McLin 108 Kentucky Drifter 108 Lefty Young Gun 108 Mountaineer Mac 108 Mustang Dave 108 Reno Mustang 108 River City Bly 108 Whiskey Ro 108 Buster 109 Dirt Road Dude 109 Justified 109 May B. Knott 109 Pistoleer 109 Ranger Dan 109 Sunny Girl 109 Blackfish Kid 110 George Emmett 110 Jodi Coyote 110 Max Payne 110 Napa Belle 110 Napa Sidewinder 110 Ophelia Payne 110 Poncho 110 See you at the match.

The 1 millionth 94 was made. It presented to Calvin Cooliage.

I will throw one in for the Marlin 336. The 336 Cowboy is a cool rifle with octagon barrel. There is all ways the build a custom gun route to get what you want.

Natchez shooting supply has 231. https://www.natchezss.com/catalog/search/?query=Winchester 231

What defines a major regional? The South East Regional, Ambush At Cavern Cove is typically the end of September, first Sunday in October.

The stages are posted in Practiscore. You should have gotten no-rely@practiscore.com email from practiscore when you where registered. That email will have your link to match. Don't have it, check your junk box.

Any large rifle magnum primers?

If anybody could help out with registration and running the long range match. We have a couple of ladies helping with the registration area but could use a couple of more helping hands. We also have one person volunteered to run the long-range match but another person or two would be great. Thanks

Drake is in the throws of mental twister working the posse list. We have 240 shooters with more arriving daily. The who's coming list is on face book. (North Alabama Regulators) The posse list, the plan is to email it next week. Heck I might even release the stages next week. If everything goes as planned the posse will be locked at 16. There maybe the odd one at 17 because somebody is sharing equipment and waited till the week before to sign up. Practiscore has 19 spots on each posse. I guess this to allow Drake to move folks around. Practiscore is the preliminary posse list.

I think Scotch is going freelance on this project. I told him he needed to set up near Badlands Bob camp site in case of explosions, toxic gas, toxic waste or other mishaps.

Tullamore’s Marlin is running great. Thanks for checking in on it. How to win a football game in Alabama or against Alabama… … impossible can’t be done.

3 pages and going strong.

Our target distance is posted on the web page. So everybody has the same advantage or disadvantage. Targets are picked and placed on the Wednesday of the match. Since the range is cold until the side match day on Thursday, no opportunity to practice. https://www.northalabamaregulators.com/side-matches-ambush

I have, Meopta, Bushnell and Tasco spotting scopes. Meopta is the clearest, the Bushnell which is a compact model is pretty dang good. The Tasco is better than nothing. I bought the Meopta used for about 2/3rds of retail and it is an older model. When I was out in Yellowstone NP the guides for the critter watching groups where using Vortex Spotting Scopes. What are you going to use it for? Spotting impact on steel less than 500 yards? Most of the mid priced even lower price will work. Arhlon optics is what the NRL 22 group at our range uses for their club spotting scopes. These guys are spotting Rimfire hits on targets as small as a 1/4 at plus yards. Spotting groups on paper at 200 plus yards better to go with a higher end scope. Scope clarity is subjective to the user. It is best for you to pick your price point and then go take a look through a couple different models.