The Wild Bunch Wire

Does anyone know if there will be a warm up shoot for Winter Range at Cow Town next year?

What a great time last weekend at the Missouri State Wild Bunch Match in Branson, Mo. Fast "N" Furious was the norm of the stages. Congrats to Jailmaker of SD on the overall win!!! And what a great time of the year to be in the Ozarks, just beautiful. But the best part was to meeting Slipnoose and her husband, they are good folk!!

Anyone is shooting a MN 91/30 for BAMM side matches?

I am looking to get another 97 or model 12. Are there any years or models to stay away from? Thanks

Congratulations to Nawlins Kid and Loco Poco Lobo for earning their Regulator Badges. They do a great job promoting Wild Bunch and teaching W/B RO Classes. Way to go!

I've seen on the SASS site that the State WBAS Championship for West Virginia is coming up in October. Unfortunately, I cannot find any other information about this match, or anywhere to submit an application to attend this match. I sent an email to the contact that was listed, but never heard anything back. I'd love to support this match, but really need to know who to contact to get an application for the match (no links or information on the Kanawha Valley Regulators site). If anybody can help me out, I'd really appreciate it.

The Oakwood Outlaws have 3 days of shooting every month. Starting on the SECOND Saturday, a CAS match, then on Sunday another CAS match, then Wild Bunch on Monday. MONDAY, Wild Bunch Match. This is a small match dedicated to helping shooters get started in Wild Bunch, learning the details and equipment. If you think you would like to shoot Wild Bunch come see us, bring what you have to shoot and we will help. The fun factor is over the top! (if someone just has to shoot CAS on Monday we do that too) www.oakwoodoutlaws.org Yall come, Blackfoot

Howdy, Loco Poco Lobo and I will be teaching the Wild Bunch RO class at the convention. If you would like to take the class please sent us an e-mail to let us know you are coming.. Our e-mail is wb1911@rochester.rr.com Nawlins

I have two (new-to-me) 1897s. At the recent Texas WB State Championships I had problems with both of them feeding ammo. At the end of the 1st day I inspected both and found that the "flag" was not coming up ahead of the lifter to keep the round guided into the chamber. Several times during a run, the round would hit the edge of the chamber, not going straight in. I found that there's a screw that holds the flag from following the lifter all the way down, and allowing it to come up ahead of the lifter. The screws in both guns were buggered up and did not have enough length to hold the flag. A couple of new screws later, one works, but the other no holds the round a…

Folks, just got back from the Legends Territorial Wild Bunch Championship hosted by the Dixie Desperados in St. George, UT. match Director, JT Wild, put on a great match. It was great fun! If you didn't make it, you missed out! Put it on your calendar for next year.

I was looking at a local club and I saw M which was modern, T for traditional but some O which indicated on the score Open class. Is this a sort of unofficial category?

Hi All . . . . I have a problem for some of you machinists/smiths. A few months ago I ordered a new IAC 97 scattergun. It was a great gun right out of the box. As a matter of fact I used it so much over the past couple of months that I now find the left extractor now needs replacement. I was told informed that the left extractor for the Winchester 97 was a duplicate replacement for the IAC 97. That was easy to order. A couple of weeks ago I replaced the left extractor on my Winchester. The extractor pin was easy to move down its channel for extractor replacement. I am now attempting to replace the left extractor on the IAC 97 but am having a dickens of a …

I can't even begin to express my frustration with this gun. I bought one of the new 97's that Coyote Cap is offering. This gun is brand new and I ran a box of shells last weekend to get the feel of it and I loved it. Showed up to a match this morning and the problems began. First stage, the third shell would not feed from the mag tube. It took a couple pumps to get it to go. Second stage, it did it on the second and the fourth shell. It took several attempts to get them to feed. I remember trying four times on one round with no results. Third stage, the mag tube let two go and jammed on the third round. Now by no means do I run my 97's light. I slam fire the targets as…

Rolled in late last night from the 2015 Kansas State Wild Bunch Match hosted by the Powder Creek Cowboys of Lenexa, Kansas. WOW, what a great shoot. Sarg Eli, Shellstuffer & Dusty Darryl and myself arrived bright and early Sat. morning and were quickly meet by several PCC with a hardy welcome to Kansas. This 12 stage match was awesome. Great stages, a lot of pistol, a lot of shotgun, average rifle, just perfect. Perfect stages. No confusing stages, no "reinventing the wheel" stages. As with any shoot, several folks are responsible of the success of the shoot, but Hondo Tucker done a GREAT job of running the match and our posse. Folks like Jimmy Reno, Sugar …

Purchased a Model 12 for WB. Normal operation when the gun is cocked and trigger released that the slide lock button on the left rear of the receiver retracts releasing the slide for rear movement. In the gun I purchased that release button does not always retract leaving the slide locked so that it will not move to the rear without a little forward pressure to allow the release button to retract fully. I have not broken down the gun yet to see why the release button is sticking but thought I would bring it up here for some input first.

Can we get the Model 25 on the agenda for discussion to be approved. Should have been approved at the same time as the Model 12 and I cannot comprehend why it was not or possibly it was not even considered. Did the ptb just not think about it at the time or what? Be that as it may, there is absotively posilutely no reason for it to not be welcomed into the fold at the earliest opportunity. Is there?...

;D ;D big news! Custom ammo and reloading services LLC . Is now offering to custom build BAMM lead match grade ammunition . This loaded to your specifications with your brass or his. The owner of this company is Hoodoo Brown an avid wild bunch shooter and very strong BAMM competitor. Shooting lead is now not a problem for competitors that either do not hand load or they just don't want to mess with the rifle loading. I'm not profiting from this in any way but I think it's really neat that hoodoo is now going to accommodate BAMM competitors and supply a service that will help open the door to more shooters. His phone numbers are 817-326-3855 and cell number is 432-661-…

I have two questions. First, I have a Swedish Mauser and the end of the barrel is threaded. To protect the threads I purchased a flash hider. https://www.libertytreecollectors.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=1648 Is this legal? It's not a brake and is more of a cosmetic thing to me. I just need some clarification on this for future reference. Second question, is there a better sling out there for these guns?

Come join us for the 2015 Texas Wild Bunch State Championships "Wild Bunch on the Brazos" See all the details over on the Wild Bunch Match section Wild Bunch RO Class will be held also, Who ALL is coming........................... Goatneck

Was shooting a WB match at Thurmont MD today and stated to several folks that my Ruger is the best 1911 I've ever owned. Have had several Colts, Springfield's and a Norinco; prefer the Ruger over all of them. Shooting it the third stage when my front sight sheared off the dovetail base. Need to keep my big mouth shut. Slide off to Ruger on Monday; will use the Norinco as backup. Need to remember the engineering rule about the "perverse nature of inanimate objects."

So who is doing this and how's it working out?

We will have a long range bolt action side match this year. Allowed Rifles per the rules: Must be an original caliber bolt action rifle issued by any country to its military forces through the end of WW ll. It must be "as issued" with original iron battle sights and no external modifications. Faithful reproductions are also allowed. Don't show up with anything which does not meet the rules. There will be no exceptions. For this match you can shoot fmj ammo. I am bringing targets which will withstand the hits. There will be a men's and women's category. We will pay 3 deep in both. First run for score. A smaller separate trophy will be given for the fastest ti…

With no cylinder gap, that 1911 is sure quiet when a squib occurs. Had the headphones on -- and turned up -- but the squibb didn't sound much louder than a normal hammer fall. Glad the shooter stopped on his own -- I sure wasn't any help in the situation as the R/O. Shooter said he was using magnum primers. But, the ball didn't get very far down the barrel. Be careful out there (though, it's me that needs that advice).

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