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Thanks to all for your assessments and personal experience. At last week's monthly match, one of the best competitors in our club, Striker, offered to let me use one of his SKBs for the match. Naturally, being much lighter and having a different length of pull, it took some getting used to, but it it was a great example of the "cowboy way" for one of our club members to make such a generous offer. And special thanks also to Major BS Walker, another top shooter, who let me handle one of his SKBs, and provided, along with Striker, much valuable advice and counsel on what to look for in an SKB.
The news is that I now have a Johnny Meadows SKB 200E on it's way to me. It has a splinter forearm, nicely figured stock, and will have a mechanical trigger. Looking forward to upgrading my match equipment with this addition.
Thanks again to all for your advice.
In the words of the Guardian of the Grail, "He chose wisely."
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Howdy- JUST my two cents worth! ( to evade from the dreaded "Jus'Sayin", )
Period Correct, and /or Historically Accurate automatically means NO Rugers, regardless of fixed or adjustable sights , and, if you really want to get into it, NO Italian nor Asian copies of anything, regardless of quality or cost ( As I said, depending on how Historically Accurate you want to insist upon; noting that, at a certain point of allowing substitutions, you no longer have Historic Accuracy ). AND, How about NO GUN CARTS as they were unknown to have been used , unless you want to use a buckboard or Conestoga wagon ( Must be horse or mule or burro or donkey drawn, period correct sizing ) , NO folding chairs unless it can be proven to be a period design made from like materials . It can go on along these lines. OH Yes- NO B-Western Class, UNLESS you all wish to use same as a catch all class for folks all having equipment that would be otherwise banned outright. Although there is no NCOWS club in Arizona ( a fact that I found surprising when I moved here, and got to looking them up ) they are the Professors and Deans of Historically Accurate , and they do allow fine Reproduction arms. Costuming is strict. No gun cart- you brought it to use, you carry it. Period correct. Not for the faint of heart, clear dedication to historic accuracy.
NOT trying to put down the NCOWS organization in any way, I just need to be clear on that. They ARE truly dedicated to their sport and how it is carried out. I'm just pointing out some of how they differ from SASS.
I'm with JohnHenryQuick on this one.
Conestoga,
Please understand, my only point was that "period correct" has valid meaning for people trying to represent historical events, but not in a game where many (if not most of us) are reliving our childhoods with guns that actually go bang. I don't know anything about NCOWS and I want no part of "who's more authentic" type of politics. I was a reenactor for many years and I got burned out on those kinds of discussions (OK, that and sleeping on the hard ground). I'm here to have fun.
Maybe some day we'll meet and I'll buy ya one!
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Why would someone call someone else a rule nazi for enforcing the rules? Some people at matches large and small complain about everything.
Good point. I think some people are determined to be unhappy no matter what and spreading it like a disease is the only thing that makes them feel better...
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Marshall just had a RO1 class about 4 weeks ago. I took it as a refresher. Don't know how you missed the e-mails. The info went out through several clubs.
I've seen the emails about the Double C and the black powder shootout at West Point, but nothing about RO.
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If we are creating a list let's add:
Rule Nazi
Costume Police
SASS is Only Entertainment
Just Saying
If I never hear any of those again it will be to soon.
Why would anyone compete in a costume category if they're going to complain about being held to the rules?
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If you already have the lower hammers in you Smoke Wagon and you have your guns apart for cleaning why not try the Uberti hammer in the Pietta?
They're not apart right now, though it may come to that.
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Yes, Missouri Marshall still teaches RO I & RO II in Virginia.
Contact email: missourimarshal@cox.net
Thanks, Cockroach! How ya been?
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Or maybe "wager a guess"
LOL! Yes, that is the PC answer!
Kid, look here, second definition, and all will become clear. http://www.acronymfinder.com/WAG.html
And a "SWAG" is a Serious WAG! Seriously, it was a term in use in the Marine Corps when I joined 41 years ago and we still use it today.
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WAG?
Wild-A#% Guess
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Send them an email, never know til you ask.
True dat. I'll give it a try.
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As I ALWAYS say. "Drop-in parts drop in until they don't." No one can tell you if a part will "drop in" until you try them in YOUR gun. Guns are machines. They have tolerances. Sometimes the tolerances stack in your favor, sometimes they don't. Generally the hammers fit with no problems.
Having been a machinist many more years ago than I care to remember, that's a concept I can follow. I'm willing to take my chances; if it doesn't drop in, there are people in the area that I can take it to.
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If you have a friend going to Winter Range ask them to stop by the Pietta tent. Alessandro usually brings several boxes of replacment hammers in a variety of styles with him. I bought a pair a couple of years ago. If I can find them I'll take a picture and if they are what you want I can sell you these and pick up more at the match.
Thanks! I'm certainly interested in seeing them. Are they something I can drop in, or do they need to be fitted? (no one I know of going to Winter Range...)
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I would think an Alchimista II or III hammer would work?
http://www.emf-company.com/store/pc/-Alchimista-I-II-III-c67.htm
I checked and they do not list the hammer as an available part.
Good idea though - thanks!
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A couple of years ago I got a pair of Smoke Wagons from Taylor's with Runnin' Iron hammers already installed. I love them! Now, I would like to install a similar hammer in a Pietta Frontier that I have laying about, but I've seen no equivalent hammers from Pietta. Is there a lowered Pietta hammer out there that I've missed in my searches? Are both Uberti and Pietta true enough to the original blueprint and are so interchangeable that I could I drop a Runnin' Iron hammer in a Pietta?
I have detail stripped my revolvers for annual cleaning and am comfortable with that task. Would this be a drop-in, or would I need the services of a professional gunsmith? I don't feel the need for a "trigger-job" for this, just a hammer that I can easily reach that's safely installed.
Thanks! The smarts here on The Wire are awesome!
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I think the first time I ever heard that phrase was back in High School in the mid 1960s.
That one doesn't bother me so much.
I don't know why; maybe I'm wrapped a little too tight, but every time I hear someone say that I think to myself, "So you COULD care less?"
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How about, "I could care less."
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I'd like to retake RO-I because it's been awhile and then take RO-II. I've tried searching the Wire and Google and I've not found a thing. Is Missouri Marshall still teaching classes? I haven't heard a peep out of him in a long time and I can't find his address. Is anyone else teaching classes?
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"Period Correct" is a phrase with meaning for reenactors who are trying to portray historical events as accurately as possible for the public. However, it seems to me that it has little use in a fantasy game like CAS.
Except, however, when I tell people that my wooden gun cart is period correct!
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Bought my first in 1972, paid $225 (NIB) at a local shop. Bought a second one in the mid '90s for $650 (also NIB). If I were to order one today it would be a MSRP of $1499. Let's see, in 1974 I bought a new p/u, it was $5500, bought another in 1988, it was
$18,300. Lastly I bought a 3rd new p/u in 2005, it was $51K and some change. Now explain to me why Colt's are over-priced?
That's easy. A SAA from the Colt Custom Shop today costs nearly three times what my Smoke Wagons cost. While I've no doubt that the Colts have had more attention to detail, mine go bang every time and they feel slicker than snot, so are the Colts REALLY three times more valuable?
I'd love to have and fondle a real Colt, but as long as I remember to grease my cylinder bushing, my Smoke Wagons will make it through a match of full-bore Holy Blacks without slowing down, so you'll never convince me that a real Colt is worth three times the cost of a modern Italian repro.
It matters not how their prices compare to 1973 or even 1873. When Colt starts selling them at competitive prices, I'll be the first in line.
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Rye....thanks for the update.....Jim....I did not realize we had Colt haters on here....I have a stew of pistols and still love the dreaded Glocks.....they live quite comfortably with the Colts, Smiths and others I pick up in my wanderings.....Jim
They're easy to spot - they wax their mustaches!
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One of them crazy rotor-heads! Just what we need to spice things up. Welcome aboard, Soldier and thank you for your service!
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Retail is $699.00, not bad and don't forget it's a 6 shot!!
6-shot is why I carry a Model 10 instead of a J-Frame, not to mention far better trigger pull. I wonder how close to retail the Colts will actually sell for?
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I am curious to ask those of you who worship at the altar of Colt what you think of it. I looked at some Colt's back in the early 80's and chose a S&W instead, not just because of price, but to me the push button releasing the cylinder felt much more natural than pulling the release on the Colt. Aside from that, I imagine their product will be second to none, but I'm not sure can get past that. Is there some technique to using their cylinder release I should have been aware of?
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They also haven't been made in 30 years, so scarcity also drives prices.
Pards have no problem paying $1350-$1650 for a race ready 73 but moan about the price of a tuned SKB or BSS.
I didn't moan; I paid it cheerfully!
From a former Stoeger shooter...
Capping a precussion revolver question
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That's exactly why I gave up Frontiersman and went back to FCGF. I loved never having cap jams with my Remmies, but I got sick of burning and cutting the palm of my right hand on hot, busted caps. I've thought about buying and slicking up a couple of Navy's, but it will be awhile.