Diamond Jake

I don't know about "need", but I use both with my 40-65. I tried different powder charges, resulting in different amount of compression, until I found the combination with excellent accuracy.

We'll miss you Dave. You're one of the guys I always look forward to seeing there. Anyone choosing to use a 7-shot Spencer in a 10-shot competition is all right by me!

I usually by pre-lubed, and use them "as is" when I use APP. When I'm loading or real BP, I just put a tray of bullets in the oven and the lube melts off. Then I pan lube with homemade mixture of beeswax and tallow. Recoil isn't an issue for me. I only use 45 in my rifle (38s in my revolvers) so no problem.

When I had Big Lube Bullets, I shot .452 dia 250 grain in my rifle. Now I shoot 200 grain. I'd prefer the 200 gr now, but would use either weight in .452.

Pardon me for asking, but how did you do that? I have 4 GWIIs and the cylinder bushing is so tight on all of them I thought it was a designed press fit.

I've heard of people setting up campfires and demo cooking with cast iron, but I've not seen it at any of the matches I go to.

Howdy Judge! Welcome to Tennessee. Not sure where you're located, but there are some excellent SASS Chapters here. I shoot with the Wartrace Regulators the first and third Saturdays of the month. The TN State is also here the first weekend in June. My BIL lives in Park City MT, and I spent a few weeks there last summer, including a night in Ennis. Maybe we can trade stories at a match soon.

And in half the time, too! See you at a match later.

Plan lots of time at the range and visit with folks, even those you don't know (yet). With three sets of posses shooting through the days, you might not see the folks shooting in different groups if you don't hang around. Take lots of pictures. I took this picture at the awards banquet in 2022. I didn't know the people, just thought the little girl was so cute. The next year I ran into the family at the lunch area on the range, and gave them the picture. They were so happy to get it.

I had one fail to fire on an earlier stage; worked around the cylinder and it fired. It may be that the pin started to come out then went back in. Or it might have been the other revolver. And yes, I'm the OP and hadn't done dry firing without snap caps. And it's a relatively new gun; I was treating it as a backup and only shot it in 3 or 4 monthly matches. My other three Piettas seem to be good and tight.

Mine too...you can see it in the first photo. This revolver is relatively new and only used in a few matches. I have another pair of Piettas that are several years old and dozens if not hundreds of matches and no issues (yet).

Today I had a mechanical issue with my Pietta revolver that I'd not heard of before. I thought I post it here for y'all to have one more thing to think of. Basically, something was blocking my hammer, so that the firing pin wasn't reaching the primer. At first we thought it was the cylinder pin being set in too far, but that wasn't it. It turned out to be the little pin that holds the firing pin in the hammer had backed out just enough to hit the frame, blocking the hammer from completing its travel. Fortunately it happened on the last shot of my second pistol, and I was shooting pistols last. So it only cost me 5 seconds. And I had a spare revolver with me!

YeeHa! I'm in for my third.

I've been using a Navy Arms Coach for about three years. It's made by Huglu and I believe it's internally the same as the CZ "G2" models. I like how it shoots and handles, except that when first modified we thought we lightened the springs a bit too much, as some brands of shotshells (especially WIN and Cheddite primers) occasionally FTF. It's running pretty slick now, after fiddling with just the right spring tension. But in retrospect I probably should have just paid a couple hundred more and gotten a CZ.

Welcome. Have you tried the Alias generator on the SASS website? https://sassnet.com/about-sass/choosing-a-sass-alias Just pick one that's not too confusing. "Shooter B. Reddy" didn't work out so well.