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Yes, sir.

I've repeatedly said that I am not on board with all the obsession with the 150 pf but I'm not against it either. If they want me to shoot 200 power factor, I'll do it. It will change nothing. If they'd let me shoot 150 pf ammo out of my .357 rifle, I'd start casting heavier bullets and load the ammo tomorrow. It does not matter. The last time I was chronoed, I went 179. The required PF was 165. Any points I dropped were not from hotter ammo, they were on me. Couldn't agree more that we need to poach from other disciplines. In a way I selfishly hope we don't, because some of those guys are really good. But before that has any chance of success, we need loaded starts and loaded movement. Loading your gun on the clock isn't a sport. I think it can even be dangerous. It kept me away for my first 3 years in SASS. Now I realize how much fun WB is and so I make the best of it. But loading your gun on the clock has got to go. There are precisely zero other shooting sports that start with an empty gun (at least commonly, there are unloaded starts occasionally, and they're universally disliked there, too). I know long time shooters of WB may not like it or think I'm crazy because I keep bringing it up, but it isn't a trivial point. Loading a gun is not a competition and shouldn't be made part of the scored part of any form of competition.

Thanks!

Thank you!

SASS® Wild Bunch Action Shooting™ Effective January 1, 2026 SASS Led (Business Policy) Changes 1. Maximum pistol weight for the 1911 will be changed to 43 ounces. 2. SxS/Double shotguns must be staged open and empty. The provision to load under TO supervision will be removed, eliminating any contradiction to SASS’ firearm handling and safety covenants. 3. Teddy Roosevelt and Doughboy will no longer be official WBAS Main match categories. They will be moved back to WBAS Side match status. 4. Lady & Junior WBAS categories will be protected. These categories will not be subject to minimum mandates and will be honored regardless of the number of entrants. 5. The age determination for the WBAS Senior category will be changed to 60+. 6. SASS will add Elder Statesman Wild Bunch and Grand Dame Wild Bunch as official categories- with the age determination of 70+. 7. SASS will add Classic Wild Bunch Categories. a. Classic Wild Bunch Modern b. Classic Wild Bunch Traditional *These “Classic” categories will carry the reinstated parameters for Power Factor and Firearm requirements; 12-gauge SG (Model 12 or 97), 1911 and Rifle in 40 cal. or larger, 150 PF minimum. Classic WBAS and will also be broken out into Senior and Elder Statesman/Grande Dame (with minimum entry mandates in place). 2026 Clarifications/SHB Edits 1. 1887/1901 loading procedure: At the loading table, load as many rounds as the 87/01 will hold – up to 6 in the magazine and carrier. Close the action on empty chamber, hammer must fall unimpeded. 2. Tie down holsters are legal. Appropriate verbiage will be added communicating it. 3. Dotted sights – Appropriate verbiage stating darkening dotted sights as a 1911 pistol modification in the Traditional category, is legal. 4. Shotgun gauge clarifications: Aside from the new Classic category parameters of 12-gauge, new verbiages will be added to simplify and clarify the acceptable gauge range for shotguns in WBAS. 5. The average pistol rounds of a WBAS Stage is 28 rounds.

The Model 25 holds 6….. The Model 12 Featherweight only holds 4.

Howdy Wild Bunch Shooters, By now you should have been contacted by your TG with information about Cowboy and Wild Bunch category changes. End of Trail has decided to offer ALL of the new categories for 2026. The new Cowboy category of Shootist (90 years old +) already has one entrant. If you are not already signed up, you can submit an online application choosing El Ray as your category and then send Sunshine Kay an email asking to change to Shootist. Your birthday must be on or before 2/26/1936. You may also email her and request an email application that you can fill out and mail in with your payment. ALL of the new Wild Bunch categories will now be offered. The existing Open and Ladies categories of Modern and Traditional will have age new designations of Senior (60-69) and Elder Statesman/Grand Dame (70+). Sunshine Kay will be contacting already registered 60-65 year olds and 70+ year olds to ask if they want to stay in their original category or switch to the new one. If you sign up online please pick any category and then email her with your changed category. Four new Wild Bunch categories have been added: Classic Traditional in Open and Ladies, and Classic Modern in Open and Ladies. All four will also be offered in Junior, Senior, and Elder Statesman/Grand Dame in addition to the base category. The Classic categories will return the firearms and power factor conventions that were in effect prior to the last change: Power factor of at least 150, .40 caliber or greater rifle, and pump shotguns of the Winchester 1897/Model 12 type. Sunshine Kay will be sending emails to all currently registered WB shooters informing them of how to change to the new Classic categories if they want. If you don’t hear from her in the next couple of days, feel free to send her an email. As in the above, if you are not registered yet, just pick a category and email her your category change. PLEASE NOTE: We have already ordered awards for the 2026 match. We will make every attempt to add awards for categories as they meet the minimum number of shooters. However, we may not have awards in hand for the Awards Ceremony for all the new categories. We will have stand-in awards for pictures and will ship you your award as soon as it arrives. We hope that our adoption of these new categories, although late in the year, will increase your enjoyment of End of Trail and make it more fun for all. Sunshine Kay’s email is Register@EndofTrail.org

There were major issues with getting signed up for this forum for a long time that have supposedly been fixed. That may be why many people talk about WBAS over there. Others may not even realize we have our own forum.

I guess I have never run into this issue with any of my Winchester pump shotguns. I did even not know it was a issue