Sedalia Dave

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Couple of possibilities; Is the new tube perfectly round? If not you'll have problems Not sure if the Model 12 and a model 97 use the same tube. Someone may have sold you one for a Chinese clone. They look identical but the threads are different so they are not interchangeable.

Send it to a Smith that has some experience. Dent removal has a bit of a learning curve and if things don't go as planned, a replacement mag tube is probably hard to come by.

I would submit a request to the ROC requesting approval.

Oakwood Outlaws in TX offer those categories as part of their Monday matches. The folks that regularly shoot the Monday match usually get together and pick which category they want to emphasize to create more friendly competition. I am retiring at the first of the year and plan to take advantage of their 3 day monthly matches. For those like me that live a little far away they have a bunkhouse and RV spaces for a nominal fee. That way I can make attending the match like a mini vacation.

Oakwood Outlaws in TX offer those categories as part of their Monday matches. The folks that regularly shoot the Monday match usually get together and pick which category they want to emphasize to create more friendly competition. I am retiring at the first of the year and plan to take advantage of their 3 day monthly matches. For those like me that live a little far away they have a bunkhouse and RV spaces for a nominal fee. That way I can make attending the match like a mini vacation.

Guess I'm going to have to figure out who my TG is and express my displeasure. I think I know who it is but he hasn't attended a match in well over a year.☹️

How about posting the changes here?

If there is enough interest, is there a chance of adding a Black Powder category?

As others have stated filler in bottle necked cases is not a good idea. My recommendation is "The Load" is 13 Grains of Red Dot" by Ed Harris

WHY??? Are they also going to eliminate Doughboy?

NICE

The 6th round sits on the carrier. When you close the action it is pushed part way into the magazine tube. Some 1887's will hold six with no modification. Others need a slight modification to hold the 6th round. Explained nicely below. First the review and then the fix

With the Memphis Gunslingers at the TN State BP match

@Jim MillerThanks for posting.

I suggest you read the WBAS Handbook. Lots of changes.

NICE

Interesting. I see your point. Especially the part where the shooter skipped three targets without actually engaging them. By my thinking, shooter's choice only applies to the actual target that the malfunction occurred on. Skipping any additional targets should earn a P for failure to engage plus the misses. Only way not to earn the P is to declare the pistol broke. Then it would just be the misses. WBAS allows the shooter to carry extra mags just like SASS allows the shooter to carry extra ammo; so there is no justification for allowing the shooter to skip the other targets just because they dropped a partial magazine. My justification for the above is that sometimes in SASS more than 1 round is ejected when clearing a malfunction The shooter still has to reload and engage the remaining targets or they earn a P for failure to engage the remaining targets plus the misses.

Link to Lovex D032 https://explosia.cz/app/uploads/2016/11/reloading_Lovex_EN.pdf Link to Shooters World Clean Shot https://shootersworldpowder.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Clean-Shot-Load-Data-Pistol.pdf Looking at the data for D032 / Clean shot it will work for 45 ACP although the starting load is a little hot for WB ( PF of about 180 )

Missed that. Thanks for the correction.

Easily made the smoke standard. Without compression, a 45 ACP case will hold about 1.1 cc of powder when using a 230 grain bullet.

I did a test match with my 1911. Loaded Triple 7 to the base of a 230 grain Hi-Tek coated bullet. Shot a 6 stage WB-Lite match (60 rounds) with nary a problem and no cleaning of the barrel or chamber between stages.

As long as they are unjacketed, yes they are legal. If they have a copper jacket, not legal

Those last 2 comments sound like they came from people that have never shot a true WB match. Makes me think that their expectations were for a SASS match shot with a 1911 and not an action match that required people to actually use their front sight. I do wonder about the comment "I was working all the time". Were the posses small? Were shooters not pulling their weight by failing to step up and do posse chores?