Boomstick Bruce

Leave Traditional 40cal or bigger with 150 PF... Modern can have all the 38 mouse farts and race guns they want...

I shoot at Cass in wv only. We shoot once a month starting in April on the 3rd Sunday ending in October. I shoot traditional. We host the wv state wb championship and I've won traditional the last 2 years we've hosted it. However, with the mouse fart 38s now infiltrating traditional class, this is likely my last year shooting wb... I got into wb because with the heavy hitting 45s, shooter ability was more important than who can run the lever the fastest, unlike cas where 60pf 38 powder puff loads that the timers cant even hear dominate...

I'm going to see if my club will let me shoot this in a monthly match.... I'm sure it will make pf...

On 7/26/2024 at 2:47 PM, El Chapo said:

I am facing the same dilemma!  My gun is a 28" or so modified choke barrel.  I have all the stuff to cut it but I'd talked myself out of it.  I need to get to cutting!!

I used a pipe cutter, just take your time. I also ordered a .175 bead and tap and drill bit set.

So I did it... Much handier now...

I fill my stock bolt holes with flattened 45 colt bullets. My main shotgun is a 3" solid rib cut at 20" with jeweled 2 3/4 bolt and flagged lifter I got on eBay for like 30 bucks! The sucker is heavy and has very controllable recoil with the Estate 1oz factory loads I buy. 

How much are those weighted followers and where do I buy 2?

3 so far for cutting it, 0 against it.  I'm cutting it tonight! 

So I picked up a back up model 12 for a song at the lgs a few months back. It was covered in surface rust but the action was very smooth for a gun made in 55 and probably only stored in a closet for the last 70 years or so (the barrel inside looks like a mirror). Anyway, at the wv wb state match this past weekend,  my main shotgun decided stage 6 was the time for it to go on strike and quit working. So I grabbed "ole crusty" and went to work. Ole crusty isn't modified in the least bit save for a nice brown protective layer of "patina" but did get me through the rest of the match and won me another state traditional championship. Ole crusty has a modified choke 36 inch barrel. So the question is this, should I chop it off to 20" like my main gun or just leave it all alone in it's old crusty glory? 

So, to stay competitive against 38 mousefarts, I'd need a 24" barrel on my 45colt 92, 141gn .454 round balls in 45colt cases loaded to 450fps (that the timer can't hear) then write a whole match with "rifle MUST be last"?

Challenge accepted

On 2/4/2024 at 10:50 PM, Sasswhistleblower said:

Never have and never will. To them it’s just a side match and a scapegoat. They can’t shoot it because it requires skill and a power factor.

with 90 grain 38s at a pf of 60, not anymore... now its just like CB, whoever moves the lever the fastest wins...

i wonder how long until 22's are allowed? maybe even airsoft...

heck, maybe just whoever can yell "pow! pow! i got you!" the fastest will be in the future...

I got into WBAS because with the allowed guns and calibers, skill had more factor in being competitive than whoever can buy the most expensive guns and load the softest ammo does like in CAS, but alas, thats all been ruined so I'm quittting WBAS... it was fun for the short time i was involved... 

whats a "black pin"?

Can we just make traditional all 40 or larger? leave the mouse farts and race guns in the modern category... 

Or start allowing the 1917 browning...

On 11/2/2023 at 1:14 AM, C.N. Double said:

I'm planning on it. I'm guessing the places I like to travel to and shoot the most will keep doing what they've been doing, so I'm not worried about finding great matches to shoot.

It seems like some folks really do want bigger closer targets and simpler sequences, and that's fine, but it's those qualities that make CAS boring for me, so I don't shoot it much any more. If sanctioned WBAS matches are moving in that direction, those aren't matches I'll return to.

I have no issue with Misty pandering to her members in an effort to make money -- it's a business after all. However, it does seem kind of dirty how she has treated the volunteers who have done so much work to make WBAS what it is (or was).
 

I'm not much of a leader, but I'm an OK soldier, and I'll be glad to support those ambassadors and other volunteers who want to keep building and shooting a game like yesterday's Wild Bunch.

☝️This!!!☝️

I'm probably quitting since now i'll have to go buy a 38 rifle with a carbon fiber mag, short stroke kit and start loading mouse fart 38's which also will require me to purchase new brass, primers and dies just to stay competitive.

Wv state wb champioship starts tomorrow and it was brought up because I shoot traditional and my 1911 is modified like the one in the frank norfleets pic, not as much but close. Thanks for the clarification. 

Is this mod ok for traditional?

I loaded 5.5 and it felt louder and snappier than my old trail boss load so maybe it's just me? I ordered a new scale too. My current one is a 5 year old Amazon special so it may be out of calibration. 5.5 filled the case right close to the bottom of the bullet

I finally picked up some unique powder and loaded up a few and only fired 3 because they seemed hot compared to my old tb load. I used the data off the can. What's a safe light load for unique in 45acp that still gives me the power factor required? I run a 200gn rnfp.

Since it appears Trailboss will never be returning to the market, what is a good powder to switch to for 45acp/45colt? I have been using TB for both since I started reloading for SASS/WB and have never used anything else so I'm a little anxious about switching powders and don't know what's comparable to TB... Thanks!

On 5/16/2023 at 5:50 PM, Deacon KC said:

Oh, BTW, there are 3 types of 1911 shooters; those who are so new to 1911s they haven't launched a recoil plug yet, those who admit to it, and liars. You will eventually launch one...

Yup, there is a brand new Wilson plug somewhere behind my dresser, headboard or nightstand... I don't know where it went, if I ever rearrange my room, I'll probably find it...

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Shooter engages pistol targets in correct order with no misses. End of stage, shooter clears pistol as per TO instructions and ejects a live round. All targets were engaged and shot clean. Obviously one of the 4 mags had 8 rounds, unknown which mag. WTC?

I would think that a spherical front sight would cause sighting errors depending on the light direction.

 

This is a great sight that a lot of people use:

 

http://www.sdmfabricating.com/Gold%20Bead.htm

Is that legal for traditional?

other than Amerc and Maxxtech, what other brands of brass should a 45acp reloader avoid?

i bought a wilson combat barrel for my iver johnson 1911 and it has a very tight chamber. i cant get a crimp any tighter so those two brands of brass are junk now

so what you're both saying is i should come to one of your shoots and drop some on the ground while you're at the line? ;D

really i wish i knew where this crap keeps coming from... i probably pulled 100 or more out of my all of brass...