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Hello everyone

If you’re looking for the Cowboy Edge Taper Tool you can get one from one of our vendors.  It’s designed to put just under a 3 degree taper at the end of your 12 ga shotgun shells.  It aids both in feeding your shells and shucking them.  97 and side by side shooters have both seen great success using this in a game where hundredths of a second can make or break you. 


Available at these vendors:

 

Red’s Specialties at GUNSMOKE this weekend. 
 

Palmetto Traveller is selling them at Kitty's Kloset at Ambush at Cavern Cove, the Southeast Regional Championship, October 3rd to the 5th. 
 

Johnny Meadows in Arizona has a few and you can pick one up at any shoot he attends. 


Boompop in Texas at Ten Horns, Lonestar Frontier Shooting Club, Old Fort Parker and Butterfield Trail Regulators. 

 

Muley will have a few with him at any shoot he attends. 
 

And always at Cowboyedge.com

 

If you have any feedback on the tool, good or bad, you can reply here or email me at averagejoe@cowboyedge.com 

If you have any issue with any Cowboy Edge taper tool you’ve purchased from anyone please contact me. 

Thanks and shoot em up!

Average Joe

Lifetime SASS# 95515

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I was lucky enough to win one of these at Mayhem on the Mississippi this year. It truly does what they claim it does. Makes loading and shucking my double barrel much more efficient. It is a GREAT product. 
thank you Average Joe!

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Kitty's Kloset will have them at the NC State match in November. Y'all come see us.

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These are worth every penny

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16 hours ago, Windy City Kid said:

These are worth every penny

Thanks Windy City Kid!  I think they are too!

On 9/28/2024 at 9:36 AM, Father FIB said:

I was lucky enough to win one of these at Mayhem on the Mississippi this year. It truly does what they claim it does. Makes loading and shucking my double barrel much more efficient. It is a GREAT product. 
thank you Average Joe!

Thanks for the nice endorsement Father Fib!

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Merry Day to you, Average Joe!!

I spoke with you last year, at length about this product.  I am pleased with that confab, then purchased it from you.  I feel it loves up to my expectations.  Dare I say, it helped me to return to the winners circle at the SASS 2025 End of Trail World Championships. 

Many kind Thanks ...Oklahoma Dee

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On 3/16/2025 at 12:13 PM, Oklahoma Dee said:

Merry Day to you, Average Joe!!

I spoke with you last year, at length about this product.  I am pleased with that confab, then purchased it from you.  I feel it loves up to my expectations.  Dare I say, it helped me to return to the winners circle at the SASS 2025 End of Trail World Championships. 

Many kind Thanks ...Oklahoma Dee

Congratulations Oklahoma Dee!!  I’m glad the Taper Tool worked for you!

www.cowboyedge.com

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I will have them on hand at the following matches either through Kitty's Kloset or just me.

May 15 - 17 GA State

June 5 - 7  TN State

July 17 - 20 Black Gold

August 29 - 31  VA State

September 25 - 27 SE Regionals

Thanks,

Palmetto Traveller

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If your using AA Winchester 12 gauge shotgun shells what range of time would be the best to use it?

Is it best to use it the morning before the shoot, or a day, or two days, or a week before the shoot?

I'm worried about it gradually going back to its original shape in time.  

 

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I have shells that were tapered weeks before the SE Regionals last year and they're still holding a taper now. I have buddies that taper the whole box the day before a match and then there's those like me that taper as I load my SG belt. I do it for the exposure so more people see them and it stirs interest in the product. Whichever you choose they hold their shape extremely well.

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I use the Quick loader taper tool and have found age of hulls seems to affect how long the taper lasts. My years old STS hulls have held for at least a month, although I usually do them a day or two before the match. Some of Ellie's loaded in the old one piece AAs have held the taper for over a year and look like I did them yesterday.

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On 5/5/2025 at 12:40 PM, Black Bart Sr said:

If your using AA Winchester 12 gauge shotgun shells what range of time would be the best to use it?

Is it best to use it the morning before the shoot, or a day, or two days, or a week before the shoot?

I'm worried about it gradually going back to its original shape in time.  

 

I do a lot of them ahead or time but I’ll re-taper at the stage if they open up too much.  Most of mine are done on my cart right before I shoot.
They start opening up immediately but it slows down fast. 

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On 5/5/2025 at 12:40 PM, Black Bart Sr said:

If your using AA Winchester 12 gauge shotgun shells what range of time would be the best to use it?

Is it best to use it the morning before the shoot, or a day, or two days, or a week before the shoot?

I'm worried about it gradually going back to its original shape in time.  

 

I usually wipe my hulls with Ballistol and then taper them the morning of the match. However, I have seen left over hulls from the match still tapered at my next match which sometimes is 2 to 3 weeks later. You can't go wrong with it. 

 

TM

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Texas Maverick, 

I never thought of wiping the hulls with Ballistol. I'll have to try that next time. 

Thanks for the tip!

 

 

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I wipe mine with Armor-All before loading. 

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16 hours ago, Black Bart Sr said:

Texas Maverick, 

I never thought of wiping the hulls with Ballistol. I'll have to try that next time. 

Thanks for the tip!

 

 

I got a box of the wipes, it is easier to just open up the package and start wiping the hulls with the patch. I can make it through a couple of boxes before it starts to dry out.

 

TM

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sometimes adding additional steps to the process is not worth the effort ....just sayin , 

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Thanks to everyone that came to see us at TN and purchased one of these fine tools. 

We appreciate your business.

Traveller and High Cotton Kitty

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On 6/8/2025 at 9:53 PM, watab kid said:

sometimes adding additional steps to the process is not worth the effort ....just sayin , 

Maybe but it doesn't take much time to take a box of shells before my match, dump them on the tailgate, wipe them with the ballistol pad and run them through the taper tool before putting them into my bag that holds the shells until I need them to replace used ones from my belt. It does make it easier to put those round shells into the square holes in my shotgun.

 

TM

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On 6/12/2025 at 3:18 PM, Texas Maverick said:

Maybe but it doesn't take much time to take a box of shells before my match, dump them on the tailgate, wipe them with the ballistol pad and run them through the taper tool before putting them into my bag that holds the shells until I need them to replace used ones from my belt. It does make it easier to put those round shells into the square holes in my shotgun.

 

TM

iget your point , i generally , if time and weather allow also clean my chambers one last time before starting a shoot , i didnt get to do that the past two days because of weather and accommodations but my shotgun worked fine most of the match , it was the revolvers that had two hickups i wasnt expecting , ill work on all of them before the next match , 

 

i hear ya on the square holes in the shotgun - the taper tool sounds a good investment i need to look into , 

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