Last Call Saul Posted Saturday at 02:21 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:21 PM I have two uberti rifles - my main match one has checkering on the foreend but my backup/wild bunch rifle is smooth and very slippery. I tend to grab the rifle farforward and press back with my support hand and it slips on a hot and humid day affecting my speed and accuracy. I was thinking that thin leather wrap around foreend might help... but quick google did not show it as something done and I haven't seen it at the matches... so, is it even legal? I saw it on a double barrel shotguns, but never on the rifles for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted Saturday at 02:41 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:41 PM 18 minutes ago, Last Call Saul said: I have two uberti rifles - my main match one has checkering on the foreend but my backup/wild bunch rifle is smooth and very slippery. I tend to grab the rifle farforward and press back with my support hand and it slips on a hot and humid day affecting my speed and accuracy. I was thinking that thin leather wrap around foreend might help... but quick google did not show it as something done and I haven't seen it at the matches... so, is it even legal? I saw it on a double barrel shotguns, but never on the rifles for some reason The reason that you have never seen it on rifles is because it is prohibited. Leather on the grip surface of the fore end of a pump shotgun or any rifle is not allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted Saturday at 02:54 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:54 PM Catch Tazz from Klassic Laser Works at a big match, he will fix that issue beautifully. This is what he did for my Marlin minimal expense. You could also send it to him. http://www.shootingbums.org 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Call Saul Posted Saturday at 03:51 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 03:51 PM 56 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: Catch Tazz from Klassic Laser Works at a big match, he will fix that issue beautifully. This is what he did for my Marlin minimal expense. You could also send it to him. http://www.shootingbums.org I will send the foreend to him over the winter! Unless he or someone similar will be at Gunsmoke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted Saturday at 04:07 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:07 PM 11 minutes ago, Last Call Saul said: I will send the foreend to him over the winter! Unless he or someone similar will be at Gunsmoke Tazz & Single Rose are both Cowpoke as well and do a nice job. Send them a picture and they can pretty much do whatever you want. They also make the badges for many shoots. My wife Ellie Phant has elephants on her guns. With my bad shoulder adding the work Tazz did to my forestock helped a lot with being able to hold it to my shoulder. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchy Trigger Posted Saturday at 05:59 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:59 PM I have wanted to do this just to protect the wood when I very carefully lay the rifle down on the platform and switch to another weapon during the middle of a stage. "Rifle Not Last" on all stages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted Saturday at 08:23 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:23 PM (edited) Amazes me... LEATHER - a product common to and widely used in the Old West is prohibited for your purpose (under the guise of rules avoiding gamesmanship). But a laser engraved deeply cut grip enhancement is perfectly ok. It is easy for me to picture a 1880's cowboy wrapping and rawhide lacing a piece of leather around his forearm (especially after dropping his rifle in the rain or missing a deer because his grip slippped) - much harder imagining the scenario where he takes the rifle to the towns gunsmith/ engraver/ checkerer and requests deeply cut diamonds and his moniker (or even more abstract - agrees to mail his rifle forearm Pony Express to New York or San Francisco to have the same done). Don't get me wrong - I have nothing personal against the laser cut/ checkered/ embellished forearms - I just don't understand what advantage leather would provide that these other enhancements do not. Or how these are more "true" to the Spirit of the game than leather. Edited Saturday at 08:27 PM by Creeker, SASS #43022 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted Saturday at 08:29 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:29 PM Gotta agree, it doesn't seem to make sense. But IIRC, you can put leather on a shotgun forestock. Most helpful with BP by the burnt gloves I've seen. Maybe could be suggested to those whom decide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ethan # 94321 Posted Saturday at 09:34 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:34 PM Does anyone know the reasoning behind this rule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted Saturday at 09:48 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:48 PM One CAN put a leather wrap on the barrel of a Henry. Perfectly legal. On a Henry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted Saturday at 10:16 PM Share Posted Saturday at 10:16 PM 22 minutes ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: One CAN put a leather wrap on the barrel of a Henry. Perfectly legal. On a Henry. No you can't. You may place a leather wrap on the barrel on a New Haven model 1860 or replica thereof - regardless of manufacturer. Henry rifles (aside from the aforementioned 1860 replica) have wooden forearms. Sorry, all because I am being pedantic today while I attempt to hydrate and recover from todays shoot. High temps and (for Nevada) high humidity made taking the Spyder to the shoot today a REALLY poor decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom, SASS #54973 Posted Saturday at 11:51 PM Share Posted Saturday at 11:51 PM Firearms... Not "Weapons". We're shooting steel, not people 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orient Express Posted Sunday at 12:37 AM Share Posted Sunday at 12:37 AM 4 hours ago, Creeker, SASS #43022 said: Amazes me... LEATHER - a product common to and widely used in the Old West is prohibited for your purpose (under the guise of rules avoiding gamesmanship). But a laser engraved deeply cut grip enhancement is perfectly ok. It is easy for me to picture a 1880's cowboy wrapping and rawhide lacing a piece of leather around his forearm (especially after dropping his rifle in the rain or missing a deer because his grip slippped) - much harder imagining the scenario where he takes the rifle to the towns gunsmith/ engraver/ checkerer and requests deeply cut diamonds and his moniker (or even more abstract - agrees to mail his rifle forearm Pony Express to New York or San Francisco to have the same done). Don't get me wrong - I have nothing personal against the laser cut/ checkered/ embellished forearms - I just don't understand what advantage leather would provide that these other enhancements do not. Or how these are more "true" to the Spirit of the game than leather. Cowboys back in the day also didn't have short stroke kits, lightened carriers and/or springs, canted holsters, swapped SxS triggers, honed chambers........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeker, SASS #43022 Posted Sunday at 12:55 AM Share Posted Sunday at 12:55 AM 11 minutes ago, Orient Express said: Cowboys back in the day also didn't have short stroke kits, lightened carriers and/or springs, canted holsters, swapped SxS triggers, honed chambers........ What has what to do with what? I'm not sure which of your examples provides any additional insight, historical support or effective reasoning into why LEATHER is verboten as a grip enhancing material on a rifle forearm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom, SASS #54973 Posted Sunday at 01:56 AM Share Posted Sunday at 01:56 AM 1 hour ago, Orient Express said: Cowboys back in the day also didn't have short stroke kits, lightened carriers and/or springs, canted holsters, swapped SxS triggers, honed chambers........ Prove it. Phantom 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted Sunday at 02:01 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:01 AM 1 hour ago, Orient Express said: Cowboys back in the day also didn't have short stroke kits, lightened carriers and/or springs, canted holsters, swapped SxS triggers, honed chambers........ I have a feeling that at least swapped triggers may have been done. It is rather simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orient Express Posted Sunday at 07:07 AM Share Posted Sunday at 07:07 AM 5 hours ago, Phantom, SASS #54973 said: Prove it. Phantom Prove me wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted Sunday at 11:38 AM Share Posted Sunday at 11:38 AM 4 hours ago, Orient Express said: Prove me wrong. Bat Masterson, in a letter to Colt, ordering a revolver, stater that he would pay extra for special work. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted Sunday at 11:48 AM Share Posted Sunday at 11:48 AM 4 hours ago, Orient Express said: Prove me wrong. You’re the one making an assertion, now back it up. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Law Posted Sunday at 12:23 PM Share Posted Sunday at 12:23 PM 5 hours ago, Orient Express said: Prove me wrong. If you don't think cowboys from the 1880 didn't modify their firearms to better suit their needs you're gravely mistaken. JEL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder SASS #13056 Posted Sunday at 02:06 PM Share Posted Sunday at 02:06 PM Remember, back then didn't have custom work from the factory - Oh, they did? And there were no gunsmiths available. . Oh, there were? The gunsmiths had very rudimentary tools and little knowledge or skill. Really? Many cowboys didn't even own their guns but were issued them by the ranch, etc. Others actually practiced a fair amount and wanted their guns to fit their individual needs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted Sunday at 02:38 PM Share Posted Sunday at 02:38 PM YES!! A simple error as pointed out by Creeker. What I MEANT to convey, a leather barrel wrap is perfectly legal on an 1860 Henry or 1860 Henry Replica, whether from Henry Repeating Arms or Uberti or even Navy Arms. Nanny Nanny Poo Poo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.S. Sooner, SASS #73526 Posted Monday at 02:58 AM Share Posted Monday at 02:58 AM Wear a leather glove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted Monday at 04:06 PM Share Posted Monday at 04:06 PM Oh Yea. Shooter completes pistol string. Shooter stops and pulls Gloves out of belt, puts gloves on. Picks up Rifle and shoots rifle string. Shooter stops, strips Gloves off, picks up shotgun and engages shotgun targets. Oh. Sure. NOT. Shooter dropped Gloves at station three. Had to return to pick-'em up to avoid the penalty for littering the stage And I actually had to look-up "Pedantic." At were fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom, SASS #54973 Posted Monday at 05:07 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:07 PM 1 hour ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: And I actually had to look-up "Pedantic." Whaaaat???? Everyone knows what Pedantic is...hell, we've been in one for almost 3 years! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Bull Posted Monday at 05:16 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:16 PM 8 minutes ago, Phantom, SASS #54973 said: Whaaaat???? Everyone knows what Pedantic is...hell, we've been in one for almost 3 years! Oy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORNERY OAF Posted Monday at 07:28 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:28 PM On 8/6/2022 at 4:23 PM, Creeker, SASS #43022 said: Amazes me... LEATHER - a product common to and widely used in the Old West is prohibited for your purpose (under the guise of rules avoiding gamesmanship). But a laser engraved deeply cut grip enhancement is perfectly ok. It is easy for me to picture a 1880's cowboy wrapping and rawhide lacing a piece of leather around his forearm (especially after dropping his rifle in the rain or missing a deer because his grip slippped) - much harder imagining the scenario where he takes the rifle to the towns gunsmith/ engraver/ checkerer and requests deeply cut diamonds and his moniker (or even more abstract - agrees to mail his rifle forearm Pony Express to New York or San Francisco to have the same done). Don't get me wrong - I have nothing personal against the laser cut/ checkered/ embellished forearms - I just don't understand what advantage leather would provide that these other enhancements do not. Or how these are more "true" to the Spirit of the game than leather. this, we can slick them up with these uber short stroke crap, carbon mag tubes but not common sense stuff that was readily available and probably used back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted Monday at 07:49 PM Share Posted Monday at 07:49 PM (edited) The only grip enhancing device that would help me, would be something that tilted the muzzle of my Rugers down a tad! My natural hold since wrecking my shoulder puts the bottom of the front sight where the top should be! Edited Monday at 07:50 PM by Eyesa Horg Otto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom, SASS #54973 Posted Monday at 08:28 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:28 PM 53 minutes ago, ORNERY OAF said: this, we can slick them up with these uber short stroke crap, carbon mag tubes but not common sense stuff that was readily available and probably used back in the day. Well this is because we are a Shooting Sport and not a Historical Association. Having a utter disdain for legal things that don't fit your idea of what the game should accept doesn't help your position. If you think something should be legal, lobby to have it made so...just a suggestion... Phantom 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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