Frontier Lone Rider

Many Moons Ago, I was President of a Precision Pistol Club, Bulls Eye, and also used similar Range Boxes for my 1911s, ammo, and spotting scope. I still have three out in the garage.

I personally like the 2-shell pockets, the shells don't fall out of the bottom. Using Snaps is a good idea.

I use that exact box for my muzzle loading rifles when shooting in competition

Thanks for that update C.C. Moonshine. I was racking my brain trying to figure out how this might be done, load 2 rifles and 4 Revolvers or have a bunch of reloads? Now I need to take my Match Box and remove a bunch of Ammo. Thanks again for the clarification.

For the International BP match it will be 402 Rifle/Pistol and 45 SG. Could you post a sample Stage Scenario where one will be shooting 402 Rifle/Revolver in 10 Stages? Normally one loads 10-Rifle and 10-Revolvers per Stage for 10 Stages, that would be closer to 200+ for the Rifle/Revolvers and 40+ for the Shotgun, how do you get up to 402? Thanks for posting the number of rounds needed for the match. I normally bring around 300 Rifle/Revolver Rounds and 75 Shotgun Shells for a 10 Stage Match. I would definitely have ran short of the rounds needed.

I retired from the Army, I just haven't returned my Retirement Papers for 18 years, maybe next year. Then I retired from Teaching High School and College, but I still don't have one of those clocks. I just say, "every day is like a Holiday".

I am also finally retired. Having been raised on a farm, one gets up at dawn to milk, feed the livestock, etc., before getting ready for school. Then being in the Army for 28 years, I tend to wake up early and the dogs demand their breakfast. Naturally the wife, also retired, gets to sleep-in as I am already up anyway and she has one of those retirement clocks.

They didn't send them to me?

Does anyone know if they have posted the scores for the 2026 Sussex County Shootout from May 3rd? They have not updated their Website, so I was wondering if the Scores had been posted someplace else. This was the Delaware State Match. Curious minds would like to know.

Ruger told me they no longer make or have any 44-40 Cylinders. They said they bored the Cylinder Throats to .4250-.4255 as that was the original throat size. The problem today is most commercial 44-40 Ammo is between .4280 and .4300. The result is the newer ammo, trying to clear the smaller Cylinder Throats, create higher pressures which can damage the revolver over time and cause high primers which drag on the blast shield or prevent the cylinder from turning all together creating a Safety Issue. Ruger Customer Service will tell you that they won't do anything to correct this issue, but with persistence in contacting and providing facts, they will rebore the Cylinder Throats. But the Throats are never all the same size. All I need them to do is rebore the Throats to at least .4270 and I can finish them myself. I bought two manson Reamers and rebore the Cylinder Throats to .4300, issue eliminated. I have done this on 19 44-40 Vaqueros, and the revolvers work fine now without an issue.

I also saw that and emailed Ruby but have not received an answer. I guess C.C. Moonshine has posted the answer. I have over an 8-hour drive and planned to use that day as a travel day. I am also not shooting any side matches, just the main. I am planning to make a lot of noise and smoke.

Plus, they are tight fitting with sharp edges. Just be careful re-assembling the side plates are they are no big deal. I shoot two identical 73s (38 Spl)at the monthlies with smokeless. But, I shoot GOEX, the real black, in two identical 1866s (44-40) at all of the Annuals and State Matches. I clean the 73s periodically, but I have to clean the 66s after every match.

Once again congratulations Woody. I will be shooting with you soon.

They have moved the Long-Range set-up each of the three years I have shot it here. The current set-up is the best so far. It is open and you can clearly see all of the targets; except for me, I can't see that one set out for the Single Shot Big Bore. Others can and hit it frequently. The Long-Range Match is well ran by Jake who has an outstanding attitude encouraging the shooters to shoot and have fun. I will come back each year just for the Long-Range, even with my 7 1/2-hour drive to get here. Thank you for all of the fun.

When I was just a very young tadpole, someone used to bring a real Gatling Gun to our county Fair, and they let us kids play with it. I have always wanted one ever since. Boy, will it go through some 45-70 Rounds in a hurry. Custer left his behind on the way to The Little Big Horn because he said it would slow them down?