The Wild Bunch Wire

Is anyone running one of Coyote Caps 1893/97s at matches out there?

So my main match wild bunch pistol is a chrome Iver Johnson 1911a1. This thing is slick, smooth and beautiful right out of the box! I bought it brand new but accuracy had been a little off compared to my rock island and Thompson. When I first got it I realized it had a white insert in the front sight (dovetailed) so I immediately replaced it with a different sight before I ever fired it. At the last match I shoot last year I realized the front sight was moving around in the dovetail. So over the winter I fixed the issue with the front sight. I shoot the first match of the year yesterday and I'm still missing way more than I did with my rock island. During our lunch break,…

Hello the Wire, I have a Colt series 80 1911 which I'm disassembling for a good cleaning. I can't remove the extractor. I've depressed the firing pin plunger and can move the extractor out about 1/16" but that's all. I've tapped on the front end of it lightly with a brass rod but no go.Is there some trick I'm missing?

Can't seem to find a match anywhere in Southern CA; am I missing something? :'(

So I have been wanting to shoot traditional and traded into a Remington R1. Tried shooting one handed last match with regular Taurus 1911. The results were well not up to snuff. Think kept dipping the pistol wrist was weak. Anyway, any tips what might help other than practice practice.

Howdy everyone! The Texas Doughboys are proud to announce SASS Texas 2020 The Texas State Wild Bunch Championship Featuring 12 main stages along with many great side matches and BAMM Championship . 3 Big Days November 13,14,15 to be held at Gunrunner shooting range located in historic Bowie,Texas. We will have applications in the near future. Make plans to attend!

Howdy, Are there any Wild Bunch stage designs available online? Thanks in advance, SJS

Just curious. Looked at the stage diagrams, but no dimensions given. What was the range (shooter to target) of the farthest target? Sighting in new rifle and looking for a baseline. Thanks, M.

I built this many years ago and used it in a couple of my cas clubs WB shoots long before there was a SASS WB. I started back on it and built a more correct tripod a few years ago but recently I decided to redo it into a gas gun [propane and air]. I found a guy on the web that was selling gas kits and seeing his work I was impressed. It initially had battery powered motors in it to cycle the bolt and bbl in and out and a boom box that played a loop tape of a machine gun firing when the trigger was pulled. It was crude, heavy, not a very accurate copy but was fun prop. My most ambitious prop till now. A poor mans 1917. So I’ve recently ripped it apart and started on it for…

Hi, A few years ago I bought a pair of spacers to widen my 1911 grip. No markings and now I can't find them. Anybody familiar with who makes these?

What is your favored grips? Slim, thick, smooth, checkered, name brand? Mine are slim, inexpensive, but just received some Alumagrips - standard checkered - to be installed and tested soon as I find a range open to use them. OkD

When the leather magazine pad rule was made I thought, man what a bunch of wimps. :) But then the heel of my left hand gets bruised just from slamming the mags in, so I decided to go ahead and give the pads a try. At first I was going to make a few but with my lack of leather or tools I thought what the heck, they will be a lot nicer and a lot less hassle to just order some from Mernickle, and the price isn't bad. So I had ordered them but not yet received them when I shot my last WB match at Plum Creek Shooting Society, and dang if I didn't get for the first time ever the dreaded pinch that hurts like hell for days and raised a blood blister. So anyway, I was happy …

Who does Marlin action work?

We are all living in a new world this month as COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc on our lives across the globe. All of us at SASS wish nothing but peace and health to our members and their families during this time, and our thoughts are with those surviving in the areas hardest hit. For the first time in 39 years, we regret to announce the cancellation of END of TRAIL 2020. An event like END of TRAIL takes months and months of planning, a significant financial commitment, and is reliant upon our attendees, sponsors, vendors, competitors, and guests to make it successful. While there is much the world still doesn’t know about the lifespan of COVID19, the fact remai…

I believe there is no right or wrong way, but what is a simply quick spray or technique to clean your 1911?

All SASS Wild Bunch Action Shooting sanctioned matches will be scored on total time. What say you shooters? Will this get more people trying Wild Bunch?

Pards, Is there any way to check the "rated" resistance of a re-coil spring? Also how many rounds would have to be fired, aprox. before the factor of "diminishing returns" kicks in with a recoil spring? Any thoughts? Regards

Just wanted to tosd out a BIG CONGRATULATIONS to CN Double on his win. Fantastic shooter, good pard and all aroind good guy.

For those who haven't come to Winter Range and shot the National Championship of Wild Bunch Action Shooting you need to put it on your bucket list. Black Jack Zac has really figured out how to put on an outstanding WB match. Cudos also go out to our Match Director, Serenity. This was a first class match. Thank you Zac, Serenity and all the waddies for making this match what it has become. Marshal Stone WB Ambassador Alaska

Does anyone make a tool to check 1911 magazine lips that will also reform them if needed? Thanks,

Green Mountain Regulators has posted that they will host the 2020 State WB match on May 30. Awesome! https://www.sassnet.com/AnnualMatches.php Details are incomplete, but mark the weekend! If you've not shot cowboy at Green Mountain Regulators, you've missed a good time.

I've got a Model 12 that will jam once or twice or three times out of six shots. The front right edge of the shell will jam against the right edge of the chamber. The brass base is under the extractor. I can open it a little and push the front of the shell to the left and it goes into the chamber fine. Sometimes the next shell or one or two later will do the same thing (jam against the right edge of the chamber). Oh, and yesterday while testing it I tried leaning the shotgun to the left (20-40 degrees) to see if that helped. It didn't. Any ideas?

I am new to the WBAS. So I'm asking some beginner questions here--- I'm pondering getting a Springfield 1911A1 Mil Spec model. Is the box-stock pistol (in stainless) okay for WBAS? Or is that pistol only legal for WBAS in the "modern" category? I am the match director at the Lincoln Area Regulators SASS Club (Izaak Walton Range, Bennet, NE). For our first 2020 matches, we are going to use 1911's in our weekend matches in place of six-guns before going into WBAS whole-hog. But I want to make damn sure that I buy a pistol that is approved for real WBAS shooting. Much obliged, Mustang Gregg

I would like some options, I have an uncut Model 12cbuttstock and appears that I do need some type of recoil pad. In the Wild Bunch matches, what kind can I have put on? Even if it is temporary? I will probably go to Brileys Gunsmithing here in Houston, after Winter Range, to get them to install recoil pad for me. Is there any options that could get me by til then? Thanks for any sage advice. OkD

I would like to know what are the Wild Bunch shooters opinions about using a recoil spring buffer? You know that 1/8 inch thick piece that fits on the recoil spring guide. I have always used them, and replace after they get beat up. I had a discussion with my gunsmith about them and he said they can cause some problems if they are oversized they can crack the dust cover. I removed mine the other day, shot the gun and didn't notice any change, and I didn't replace it. Just some thoughts.