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Dusty Devil Dale

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  1. I strongly recommend, if you've never loaded shotsgells before, to get together with someone in the clubs that you shoot, who is experienced. Shotgun loads are usually pretty forgiving, but they can sometimes be catastrophic, splitting barrels, separating barrels, or blowing out the sides of chambers or barrels and causing injuries. Matching correct powder charge to wad column to shot charge is important, if you want consistent performance. For example, recently I saw a shooter using too high a wad column, that left a hole in the center of the crimps. In competition, a few shot ran out of the hole and jambed his side-by- side when he next tried to close it. Stuff happens, and the best way to avoid it is to know what you are doing ---and follow through doing it. Here are a couple loads that I use in CAS competition. I use the heavier 1-1/8 oz loads for stiff knockdowns at distance, or for aerial clay birds. 12gn Alliant Extralite with 7/8 oz 7-1/2 shot, using Remington STS green or gold hulls with Claybuster Wad #CB0178-13 12 ga. 15gn Red Dot with 1-1/8oz of 7-1/2 shot in the above case with Claybuster Wad #CB2118-12 12 ga. I'm in California and, surprisingly, I have been able to find both of the above propellants often enough to keep me shooting. But I scan local stores and online sources frequently and buy whenever I find.
  2. Sometimes I've found both new and used BSS parts at Numrich, in NY.
  3. Our club annually holds a "Turkey Shoot Cowboy Match". It is like our regular monthly matches, but we include some more difficult targets, like stationary/flying clay birds or longer rifle targets, which are no-miss-counted bonuses. Each hit bonus target wins a raffle ticket for several turkeys or hams. Each clean stage also gets the shooter one ticket, plus everyone gets a ticket for signing up. The issue has come up of a shooter simply blowing away rounds downrange on the bonuses to save match seconds, so we have had to assign a 1-sec time bonus for each hit bonus target, as well. The match overall spirit needs to be more fun oriented and less competitive than our other monthly matches. Generally, we BBQ afterwards.
  4. Legality should not be the only consideration. For many here, I'm sure Marital Commitments, particularly those made before God, mean just that.
  5. Have you checked to see if the chamber that sticks is always the same one? If so, look for runout in the cylinder center boring. If not, check for a bent base pin. Either can cause a stick point. If the gun was not cleaned and lubricated properly prior to you owning it, either of those conditions could arise.
  6. Violin bow rosin (on the buttstock--not the shirt).
  7. I don't have them (wish I did!). I think they're beautiful and they fit my hands really well. Thanks for sharing these v. nice examples in the photos!
  8. Yes, I have noticed slightly more smoke from Titegroup than from Clay's, Red Dot, and/or other propellants. Just an aside: I don't get the idea that anybody is paying attention or caring about meeting CAS power factors these days, at least Ive never seen ammo checked at matches. But I do chrono my loads and try to keep them SASS legal. I load Titegroup in .38sp, with 130gn bullets in my rifle, and 105gn in pistols. With the 130gn rifle rounds, I could not get up to required power factor until I loaded at least 3.5gn. (28" barrel). So the O.P.s 3.2gn might be a little on the light side. Also, loading Titegroup too lightly to fully expand the case and seal the chamber causes excessive dirty blowby to accumulate on the carrier and under the top extractor. Just my own observations. I'd be curious if others have had different experience.
  9. The front of the cylinder has to be very clean to be able to see or read the numbers.
  10. Colt Blooded
  11. An easy way to avoid the oiling of rifle and shotgun stocks is to store the guns muzzle down. It looks funny, but the oil stays on the metal parts, where you intended it to go. I usually run a swab or bore mop down the barrel after storing for any length of time. The oil can accumulate and gum up in the chamber.
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