The Wild Bunch Wire

Need help from the forum. When I fire the first round it locks up tight. Have tried various shoshell brands to no avail. Had two gunsmiths look at one gave up the other charged me$ and said it was fixed but it Still locks up. Worked great first couple of years and then it started. It works dry firing and with dummy rounds. Hope someone has the fix for this it's not good🤷🏻‍♂️The recoil should unlock it and then a little push forward should should unlock it but it won't move.

Hey all you BAMM Shooters. The BAMM Match will be held on Side Match Day of Wild Bunch at Winter Range. We will shoot a 10 round Match starting with 5 in the gun bolt open and load as needed. If you do not have a BAMM Rifle don't worry we will have rifles to use with ammo. Goatneck

On March 9, the Texican Rangers will include GAMM in the Saturday BAMM side match! Limited to 8 rounds per scenario while the management becomes comfortable with the Garand reloads and safety. If successful, GAMM could be a side match at the club’s annual match Comancheria Days in 2020 as well as monthly matches alongside BAMM after March. I’m thinking Doughboy in the future!

The Texans host their first GAMM side match during the BAMM side match after the cowboy main match weather permitting. Cast bullets only. See the WB Wire for a recommended recipe. Targets from 55 yds to 130 yds. Who plans to unlimber their Garand for this gas challenge?

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The January issue of the Cowboy Chronicle lists the 2019 Oklahoma State Wild Bunch Match as scheduled October 4 - 6, 2019. Read the article about the 2018 match in that issue of the CC by Dusty Boddams, and if that don't have your 1911 quivering to shoot that match in 2019, you might be ready for the undertaker! Hondo Tweed and the Roughriders host an outstanding match. Registration forms and a schedule of events are not yet posted. In the meantime, you can make hotel reservations. I'm doing that today! http://cowboy.okcgunclub.org/Wild%20Bunch%20Assets/wild_bunch.html The chicken-fried steak from the restaurant of Roughrider John Elder was undoubtedly the …

Hi folks, What were the pros and cons of a model 12 over a 1897? I've ran with a 1897 for the last few years but I was wondering if there was a big advantage shooting a model 12 instead? Thanks for your input!

Does anyone have Gilly Boy's email or can share mine with him? Thanks!

Is anyone going to Winter Range to shoot the Wild Bunch Match ONLY?

Well Folks the dates are set and preparations are underway for the Best WB Championship yet. We will have more details forth coming. " Wild Bunch on the Brazos " Oct 18, 19, 20th, 2019. Did I mention Side Matches we will have a boat load of Side Matches. You might even see something new this year. Stay Tuned............

First of all, Shellstuffer, my personal reloader, is looking for some .30cal bullets to reload some BAMM loads for me. We need some 170 gr., 309 dia. with gas checks. Oregon Trail only has a limited supply. Also, what is your opinion on the need for using gas checks in the BAMM loads? Thanks in advance!

Cross sticks are allowed in some of the long range rifle matches. What type of soil can be expected? Basically need to know if the spikes at the end of my cross sticks will penetrate the soil so they will remain upright and stationary? Thanks Elwood James

If you are shooting Wild Bunch at Winter Range, you really should go over the new rules, especially these: http://www.winterrange.com/Wild%20Bunch%20rule%20changes2019.pdf

Hello the Wire, What are some of the distances shot with the 1911 at EOT? Never been there before.

I need to confirm where we are at for OVERALL scoring. 2017 EOT had a real problem . We thought we solved it at Winter Range in 2018 but I saw some emails afterwards that tabled the action. So my question is - Do we break out gender for Overall Scoring or not. I want to make sure that EVERYONE knows our position before the start of Winter Range Thank You

Pards, was wondering, as I don't have any experience with a Rock Island 1911 my question being is it serviceable for WB shooting out of the box, or does it need an action job? Even with an action job is it a dependable pistol? I realize also that dependably includes the mag and/or loads? regards

Greetings all, I need to replace the plunger tube and I'm wrestling with purchasing the tool, and a plunger, or just stopping in to a shop and having it done. With 3 pistols in my safe, and my son with 2, is it needed often enough to make the math work? I like tools and doing the work of course.

Kuddos to Dusty Boddoms for another great article in the Cowboy Chronicle promoting BAMM and all things Wild Bunch! JFN

Hello Everyone - A few weeks ago I purchased a Winchester Model 12. It is an older scattergun manufactured in the middle 1920's. It appears to have been hunted quite a bit but shot very little. The action is tight and the gun cycles very nice. The inside parts appear to have very little much wear and the barrels inside looked like a mirror. So here's the problem - When cycling shells into the chamber 'occasionally' a shell when lifted from the feed tube will catch itself on the outside right edge of the right side of the shell and hang up on front edge the port leading into the scattergun's chamber. I hope I have explained this correctly. This issue was videoed yest…

1911 fires when loose round pops out of the magazine being inserted into mag well. The 1911 was not at slide lock, but had a chambered round with slide forward while the magazine was inserted: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/12/20/one-in-a-million-bullet-triggers-race-gun-not-a-negligent-discharge/ Best diagnoses: The loose round either bumped the sear/disconnector or the trigger stirrup, and released the hammer to fire the chambered round. Has anyone had this experience?

In the "official rules" post it reads: "It is scored by the most hits in the fastest time." I take that to mean that 15 hits always beats 14 hits even if the shooter with 14 hits was (for example) 20 seconds faster, correct? Time is just a tie-breaker? Or is it scored like many other shooting competitions (including CAS) where a miss adds a time penalty?

Not wanting to hijack Last Chance's post anymore than necessary, I wanted to hear more about your comments. I want to say I appreciate your enthusiasm for WBAS. Are you seeing clubs not following WBAS rules pertaining to equipment and costuming? Have you seen the costuming rules change dramatically over the last several years? Other than freeing up the firearms covenants some to allow better participation, how has the rules changed? Please don't take any of these comments as assaults, I just want to point out a few things and have an adult conversation. You mention allowing "modern"1911s "gamed" it too much. Well, it is a game. It is a competition, and like I told …

Why do we still have a website from 2006... This is embarrassing for our shooting sport, not to mention the picture on the front page being from 2017 when we are weeks away from 2019..... WE WANNA GROW!

I was going after a somewhat smaller target at 500 yards. This guy is working on small buffalo target at 2240 yard. I couldn't even see the target impressive. K31 with mil spec sights. https://www.range365.com/utah-man-makes-possible-world-record-shot-with-iron-sights

Howdy all, first off this ain’t no commercial. I use Tripp’s magazines for my competition pistols and I use Wilson’s for my carry. Very happy with them in respective rolls. Grouchy spike sent me an email showing ed Brown mags and the promo going on. So I ordered some for door prizes at the Texas state match and ordered one to keep. Took it out and ran it thru the gun 10-15 times. Ran perfect ejected perfect. No tuning or messing with it. So for the deal, send in a crappy mag and 10.00 and they will ship you a new ed Brown mag. Gathered up 7 of these and sent off for 9mm 1911 mags. They came in 85.00 for 7 mags with shipping. Loaded them all up with 9 rounds and went to s…