The Wild Bunch Wire

For the second year. I was able to shoot the Wild Bunch side match for the California State Championships at the Double RR Bar range. Once again, it was a 4 stage match with great variety, interesting scenarios, and challenging but reasonable target distances. I haven't had this much fun since Western 3 Gun. Ms. Penny Ante, who is still in her first year of shooting, also entered it, and really enjoyed it, too. A shout out to Double RR Bar, who hosted a great event, and Nasty Nels, who designs fun and interesting Wild Bunch Action stages! Cheers, FJT

Guys, working on a M12 riot gun build and need some information. My donor is a 1925 gun that has a polychoke and a cracked shortened stock. I have another stock for it. My question concerns the slidelock. Pushing forward on the slide or after firing the gun the release works correctly however if you pull back on the slide without firing first the slide jams and locks the gun up. It feels like something is binding and takes a bit to push forward to unbind it. But then it works fine. What is causing the binding? Do I need to replace the slidelock? The bbl takedown works fine and it feeds, fires and ejects ok however the ejection could be stronger. I’ve not gone into the r…

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2021/04/22/cabot-guns-reintroduce-national-standard-pistol/ Watch the video. That Commander is absolutely beautiful. Only $3995+ TTL. The government model should be identical in appearance. The Commander makes my trigger finger quiver!

Got this Email from CMP today: The CMP advises to not use .30/06 ammunition in M1 Garands, 1903s, and 1903A3s that is loaded beyond 50,000 CUP and has a bullet weight more than 172-174gr. These rifles are at least 70 years old and were not designed for max loads and super heavy bullets. Always wear hearing and eye protection when firing an M1 Garand, 1903 and/or 1903A3 rifle.

Introducing Doughboy and Teddy Roosevelt The newest sass recognized wild bunch side matches To say that wild Bunch Action shooters enjoy great and well thought out side matches would be an understatement. WB competitions featuring innovative side matches are highly attended and anticipated. BAMM (Bolt Action Military Match) has achieved an unparalleled success and is represented at most large matches. Competitors enjoy wild bunch and BAMM. The next logical step is Doughboy ! The newest side match removes the pistol caliber rifle and replaces it with the BAMM rifle shooting at distant targets along with the 1911 pistol and shotgun. As a bonus wild Bunch shooters are…

I had an opportunity today to load for and shoot a Model 14 in .35 Remington that was built 100 years ago. The rifle seems to have original parts, but the stock has been refinished (poorly), and I think it's been cut down. It had a replacement butt plate that didn't fit. I spent 3 hours cleaning it, and I'm not done yet. It seems the previous owner(s) simply hosed it down with oil before putting it away. It's been shot a lot, but there is almost no rust on it (a little on the mag tube under the foregrip). All that oil has attracted loads of gunk build-up over the years -- I think it's been disassembled and cleaned rarely, if ever. I loaded a couple of test loads as …

I was at the Tulsa gun show over the weekend and picked up a couple of model 12 wild bunch candidates. Both are well loved/used no bluing left, one has had the barrel cut off to 26 inches, other has been cut and has a poly choke and the stock has been , no collector value whatsoever. So what mods should be done to these to make them full fledged wild bunch guns? I will be test firing them this week to check for function. I plan on shortening the barrels, what length do you like? Which springs, firing pin, etc? Let's hear your thoughts.

As a rule I don’t wear a shotshell belt in Wild Bunch unless the stage has more than six shotgun targets. I’m inclined to order a slide for my gunbelt to hold some shotshells and a rifle cartridge or two. What is the trend for an adequate number of shotgun shells to carry to the line? Four would be pretty compact and would cover a ten round stage.

Looking for a pair of military style low boots/field shoes/boondockers typical for 1890-1920 in a wide size (10EE). The details don't have to be perfect as I will be wearing them under leggings, but they need to be smooth toed with a non-lug sole. The usual sources (What Price Glory, At the Front) dont have wide sizes. Same goes for sources for 6 inch civilian work boots. Unfortunately I have feet like swim fins, short and wide. Any ideas? Doc sends.

I am looking for a butt plate for a Winchester 1895 Saddle Ring Carbine. Winchester, in their infinite wisdom, used a unique buttplate on the 95 SRC and Musket. It is curved with a small tang, but is a different shape than the standard rille part. it has the door for the stock trap. I have been looking for this part for several years. Have tried the online old Winchester parts dealers. Almost bought a whole parts gun just for the butt plate (was outbid on Gunbroker). Have been tempted to say the heck with it and put a stock from a 94 or a 95 rile on it. Any leads appreciated.

I all looking to use a Ruger 1911 for Wild Bunch and was thinking about some kind of texture for the front strap. One gunsmith recommended something Wilson Combat sells that mounts under the grips but I think that is illegal. Has anyone had their Ruger front strap serrated or checkered? If so can you recommend someone to do this work? Thanks Bill

I'm looking for a decent campaign hat. The one I have is crappy - it doesn't want to stay in shape with my head. (Instead of oval it want to go back to round.) I'm willing to pay for something decent -- just hoping that doesn't necessarily mean a $230 Stetson. Doc sends.

I wanted to take a minute to recognize a couple of behind the scenes hard working Wild Bunch shooters. We rarely hear from or about them. They just quietly keep the wire functioning properly. Our primary wire moderator since the start of the WB wire has been Nellie Blue. Some of you have asked about the security questions you have to answer to join the wire. Believe it or not, before these were imposed, there were a lot of problems with people interfering with the wire. After these questions were implemented, our problems decreased significantly. At any time that I go on the wire there are at least a dozen “guests” and sometimes many more viewing the wire. Of cours…

As the title says Bowie,Tx had plenty of weather

Are any of the SASS suppliers selling Winchester Mdl 12’s that are tuned for Wild Bunch? Thanks

Looking for contact information for Boggus Deal

It's Valentines Day and here I am in a ground blizzard in NM; snow, 35 mph wind, 0 degrees with a windchill of -24. It's 61 degrees and sunny in AZ at the state WB match at Cowtown. Sorry I couldn't shoot with you. Because it is February 14, I am seeing all these memes celebrating the birthday of the 1911 as February 14, 1911. That is one of the patent dates roll stamped on slides of many 1911s. That patent date is actually for JMBs prototype, the Model 1909. The patent date for the 1911, as we know it, is August 19, 1913, the last patent date stamped on the slide. I know that how? I spent a lot of time on an article for the Cowboy Chronicle on the patent dates and …

I would like to congratulate Beartrap on becoming the new WB Ambassador for Southern California. He joins Tully Mars who covers northern California and Nevada. We appreciate Beartrap stepping up to this important position. He replaces Coffee, who has moved to Texas. Coffee will become a WB Ambassador at Large. Our congratulations go out to Coffee as well, for his appointment to the SASS Advisory Committee. Well done and thanks to both of you for your support of Wild Bunch Action Shooting.

Hi, Goatneck is gone from us, sorry to say. So who works on 12's these days?

Michael Bane of the television show Shooting Gallery, spent two days filming the Texas State Wild Bunch Championship match at Bowie, Texas back in November, 2020. While there he did a pod cast in which he was very complementary of the match and Wild Bunch in general. He referred to it as World War I three gun. He interviewed several shooters including Evil Roy, Wicked Felina and Dusty Boddams. The episode is scheduled to air this Wednesday, the 10th. In my area it is on the Outdoor channel at 6:30 PM and again at 9:30 PM, Central time. Who knows how much of the match will actually be on television, but hopefully WBAS will receive some good publicity. In the opening scenes…

How often are the "main springs" and recoil springs replaced typically? Let's say before obvious cycling issues, of course. Wolf vs IMSI springs? Thanks

;Dlike the title says we will be having our first match of 2021! Jan 16. Come on out generally have a large time! Don’t forget your BAMM rifle........

Dusty Boddams wrote two interesting articles for the Chronicle - a report on the OK State WB Match and a one-page review about shooting Doughboy. Maybe one day Doughboy will be a category in a WB match and not a side match?

Howdy. My 2 WB 1911's are both Cimarrons made by Armscor. The older model ejects to my right rear, but the newer one throws many forward of the line (and often lost as a result). Both guns are stock. Does this indicate extractor adjustment is needed?