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As far as I know, Midwest State Wild Bunch Matches include Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. Does anyone know if Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee etc have state Wild Bunch Matches? If so, when are they? Thanks in advance!

Fifty Nine pages of detail CAD drawings http://brlcad.org/design/drafting/M1911-A1_REDUX.pdf

Happy New Year to all. Does anyone have breeches sold by Coon Creek? They say the sizes run small.........how small?

This side match for the WB lever gun. Both Men and Women categories. Three targets at 20 yards. Double tap Nevada Sweep. First run for trophies. Unlimited runs for Fastest. $2 per run. I still need volunteers and Sponsors for side events.

The long-awaited demo, brought to you by our own Hunter Lee Elliot. First, a little background on the pistol. The slide and frame are castings from Essex Arms...the supplier of castings for Thompson Auto Ordnance, and...to my understanding...formerly for Dan Wesson. The set was a gift to me some years ago, and I threw a pistol together from various new and used parts that I had layin' around. The problem was that the frame is made to GM-size specs, and the slide to Commander...which resulted in less slide travel than a Colt Commander has. Rather than drive the 70 miles to access a mill so I could cut the frame impact abutment and rails a tenth inch further ba…

I thought this might be of interest to all you Wild Bunchers. Detail stripping a 1911 without tools has been mentioned a few times, and the other day, Hunter Lee Elliot made the 90-mile trip from the state capitol with his most excellent video camera to record the event.

Those of you who have indicated you are interested and others who have decided to attend can contact Boggus Deal at 505 220-4922 or tboggus@hotmail.com If you are going to the match you should attend the class and even if you are not going to shoot you should attend to get this rating. He is a good instructor and a top shooter who can give you very helpful information about the sport as well. There will be a limit on how many can attend so sign up now. If you have not signed up for the match time is running out. We will have 10 separate stages for the match with some downrange movement plus the side events. It should be much fun. If you plan on winning you had…

Wow! Christmas already. New Years almost here. I wish everyone a blessed holiday and a happy new year! 2015 should be the greatest year for wild bunch yet,let's make it happen. Dusty Boddams

Is there going to be one posted up on the internet like "Fire & Ice", or do we just register the morning of the shoot? Just wondering, since I have to drive 27 hours to get to Phoenix, I want to get the most bang for the time I'm there.

The Tejas Caballeros had so much fun with The Whoopin’ in October that we are going to give other cowboys and cowgirls an opportunity to enjoy the range and the Flat Creek Ranch facilities. We will hold our regular monthly Cowboy shoot on Saturday December 20, then on Sunday the 21st we will have a Wild Bunch match. As we discovered at Whoopin’, the ranch has a very nice and modern set of rooms in the Cypress Lodge with an inviting porch and lots of rocking chairs. Room rates are very reasonable. For those who live a ways out from the range, staying on the range Friday and Saturday night is very attractive. You will not be roughing it at all (except maybe having to ma…

Howdy Friends, ;D I hate to be a pain with dumb Questions. :-\.1st I plan on shooting Traditional.. I was planing on ordering a Rem R1 basic. :P. today I ran into a springfield 1911-A1 . Mil-spec..and did not know if would fit my needs. is there a list of 1911's that I can pick from. :-\.and just what is allowed to be done to the 1911. ;) Thank you Crazy Mingo 8)

Folks, If everyone hasn't seen it yet, General Grant aka Boyd Davis passed away this morning. More info over on the SASS Wire.

I know many of you have colt 1911s so I hope my question isn't inappropriate for this forum... if it is, apologies up front. :) Could use some help finding a "stock" mag release for a '61 GCNM. My preference would be to go with an original colt part from that time period... I'm prepared to refinish it to match the gun... would like the profile to match (vertical lines rather than checkered pattern). Anyone know where I could find this part? I would also love to find some original grips for the same gun but I'm not as worried about them as I am replacing the mag release with something "original"...

Howdy Ladies & Gents, I want to start a monthly WB match for the spring. We already shoot a monthly CAS match and we have targets and the likes. What are some of the things I need to be aware of before getting going. I will be talking to Legendary Lawman and Serenity and enlisting their help, but I thought I would throw it out here and see what y'all have to say! Thanks Frenchy

Had my eye on this thing for the better part of a year. Everytime I would venture down to the lgs it would wink at me. Coupla weeks ago I sold a Marlin and the hunnerds been burnin' a hole in me pocket so tonite she came home with me. Smith commander length barrel E model with the round butt and scandium frame. Trijicon Novaks. Fish scale cocking serrations front and rear. Commander hammer, actually the new skeletonized version. Already had a full size stainless E (that now becomes my second most fave) but this new one is so much more svelte and sexy and quite a bit lighter. What's not to like. It sho am purdy. I love it. This makes 8 1911s now. Yes it's a weakne…

Yeah me! I've shot my Model '12 SG and am ready to take it to a match. It is very smooth operating. I've been having troubles with my '97s (of course, Hubby claims operator error ::) ) and hope the '12 may contribute to a smoother match. Regards, Allie PS I hope any of you near the Sacramento area will attend the CA State WBAS match at Diamond Dick's Cowboy Town March 27 - 29, 2015. :D

Quick question can I use my compensated barrel on my Gold Cup for wild bunch , or does it have to be like a pre1919 1911 ? Thanks all Okiepan

Six knockdowns at 7 yards. Men and Women awards. Details same as the Pistol and Rifle side matches.

I am thinking about a Colt XSE and wonder if it will require any additional work for Wild Bunch.

Greetings All, 1. I have a 1991 Colt. Is there any restriction on using it for WB? I want to shoot traditional. It is stock except for wooden grips. 2. I have a Win 94 (45LC). I'd like to get a short stroke kit for this rifle. What are the better brands?

The WB awards will be at the same time as the CAS match. I believe the side match awards are on Friday night and the main WB match awards on Sunday with the CAS awards.

Hi, Know a good one?? Thanks, M.

Have you signed up yet? If not get at it! We need a good turnout.

The 1911 speed side match will be 10 rounds. 3 targets at 7 yards. Double tap Nevada sweep. Misses add 5 seconds. First run for the trophies. Both Men and Women categories. Smaller trophy Fastest time. No limit on number of runs for this trophy. $2 per run. I need some volunteers to help run the side events. Someone step up and sponsor this and other side matches. I want to give nice trophies. I would hope you will get some recognition at the awards.

We had some interest in a long range 1911 match so....5 rounds, 12 inch target, 50 yards. First run for the trophies, both men and women. Shoot til you drop for smaller fastest time trophy. $2 per run. Most hits with time as tie breaker.