Artemus

It was a great time, and I'll be looking forward to EoT 2022 by the weekend. Really excited to see if we run with the expanded TR/DB match. I don't think I saw unhappy shooter in the bunch. Thanks to Serenity, Legendary Lawman, Shell stuffer, Back 40, Elwood and everyone else who made it happen. I think it was a weekend that will only help add more appeal to WBAS.

Shooting Traditional, I just changed mine out to an arched with a short trigger. I love it. My brother got a CMP 1911 and this is the setup they came with, I did not know I wanted this setup until I tried it. If you're shooting Traditional, this is how the Army trained and issued pistols.

Yeah, I have to agree it is a bummer that we don't get to be around and congratulate our fellow wild people. When we were on the old schedule in NM I was going to hang around the extra day for the banquet, I can't justify a week. This sounds like a plan.

Congratulations and great to hear!

There is a thread in the main forum that has this info called "Round Count for EOT Wild Bunch" https://www.sassnet.com/wildbunch/forum/index.php?topic=2948.0

Looks like they are no longer doing lunch in the middle of the stages, according the schedule online. Very glad to hear this.

Doc you might look at different grips, such as ones with a scoop out to get to the mag release. VZ grips has some good options. Shooting traditional and hands on the small side, I changed to a thinner profile grip with a scoop out for the mag release. Huge difference. I have not tried an extend mag release of course, but I will say a light mag release spring made a lot of difference.

Dusty, that is a great story. Who woulda thought of that! The secret to the '97 is be rough with her, or at least very intentional. Lots of lube helps too.

I would say Ruger SR1911 is as close to a standard as Modern has, they probably make up close to a third in my experience. I shot one until I changed to Traditional. I think Shell Stuffer has one, and he seems to do just fine with it. Now that I shoot Traditional I have a High Standard I use. I was looking at a Springfield for a back up, but I think the CMP is about to send me a Colt I will probably be using.

I prefer Kirkpatrick's slide since it only has 4 shells and 2 cartridge loops. You will probably never need more, and other's have too many loops that take up too much belt room for my taste.

Elwood James can jump in and correct me if need be, but I believe the current plan is three stages. I would plan on 4 mag, 10 rifle, and 6 shotgun per stage.

I use Trailboss for my 45 Colt loads, but I was using Bullseye for my ACP. I recently started using Shooter's World Clean Shot for my ACP, partly because Scarlett Darlin' talked me into and partly because you can actually get it and it's cheaper. It's been working out so far, little more smoke than bullseye, but less than clays from what I have seen with other shooters.

I would say a FPS cap might be a solid plan. After shooting Teddy Roosevelt with an '86 in 45-70 @ 1350 FPS, I would tell you it is plenty of power. No damage or bad things, but we saw some heavy 10" squares go just about straight back at about 30 yards. It was awesome to see and shoot though. 1400 FPS would keep it inline with other velocity maximums and would be easy enough.

Yes, just think of the Hi-Tek coating as an awesome bullet lube. That's all it's doing essentially, and reducing your contact with the lead.

Legendary Lawman I would much prefer the side matches happen on Friday. I don't know about others, but since I am only going for WB, my plans are to be there Friday -Sunday and drive back on Monday. I wish we were having the WB banquet closer to the shoot, I would happily stick around a day for it, or even if Monday was the sidematches and Banquet. I ain't holding my breath on the banquet moving though.

Can't wait for this! I am eagerly waiting to see what I need to bring along for sidematches. I twisted a few people's arms to get them to join us, I am sure some may hold it against me at some point. If I could figure what to do with the kids, the wife would be joining us.

Excited to see this moving forward. Doughboy has got to be the most fun version of Wild Bunch for me right now. Plus I just found an 1886 for a deal and TR is as good a reason as any.

Thanks to everyone involved! I know a lot of people excited to see these changes.

Thanks for the reminder, I was wondering what the air date was supposed to be. Looking forward to it!

Depending on how much you want to put into it, I started out with a Galco leather 1911 holster and a few double mag pouches like the ones in the link below. I just put these on a hank's gun belt. This worked for my first few years, and now I am waiting on my new Kirkpatrick Wild Bunch Rig. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2600116497?pid=121650

Bear Creek Volunteers Every First Saturday of the month, with a Cowboy shooting on the following Sunday. http://bearcreekvolunteers.com/wildbunch.html https://www.facebook.com/groups/332575624261688/

Bear Creek Volunteers will host Pershing's Pursuit, the Missouri Wild Bunch State Championship September 18-20. This will be a great 10 stage main match across Saturday and Sunday. Friday afternoon will include side matches, and a dinner with costume contest on Saturday night. This will be at the wonderful Liberty, Land and Cattle Range just outside of Branson, MO. We have lots of covered stages and fans for the heat, and a good variety of shapes and sizes of targets to give everyone a good time. Up to date information lodging and other can be found at: http://bearcreekvolunteers.com/index.html Application attached. For more information, reply or reach out to: Match Director, Handlebar Scratch handlebar@thegunengraver.com or telephone (417) 865-5953 Range Master, Two Gun Gentleman Jack Truckwizard@gmail.com or telephone (417) 827-3402 2020_BCV_MO_State_Wild_Bunch_Application.pdf