Garrison Joe

oops, error back again. And it's not a flood control issue, either - waited an hour to try a reply on a post of mine! GJ

Today I am getting a "database error" repeatedly when editing a post of mine. It requests me to notify an administrator. If this post is accepted, I will assume I have so notified an administrator. :D Later... Hope someone got this...but this is just a test to see if db error is resolved. OK, looks like it did get fixed! Later - fixed now? Yep, at least for now.

Leather needs to come to the leading edge of ejection port, at least all the way around gun. No slots cut down the front of holster to let you clear leather faster. I would expect the Cowboy rule of no holster can deviate more then 30 degrees from vertical (as worn) would be enforced. Haven't seen severely raked leather brought to WB matches. Since there is only one draw per stage out of leather and no return to leather on the clock, the holster makes less difference to your stage time than you might think. If you have to optimize something, it is your mag change times and minimizing your shot-split time to achieve 100% hit accuracy at any reasonable range.

Here's my 6.5x55 load that won the BAM match at Winter Range in 2016. As always, each rifle is a story unto itself, and what shoots to 1.5 MOA for my gun may not hold 5 MOA in yours. But as promised: Lapua cases Winchester LR primer Lyman 266673 mold cast myself using 16 Brinnell hardness alloy, coming out of mold at 150 grains +/-. No heat treatment, sized through a 0.264" die. Carnuba Red lube from LSS Hornady gas check 17.5 grains Accurate 5744 powder Since then, I've cast some nice slugs from a Night Owl Enterprises 162 grain mold that seem to want to shoot a little tighter group yet (maybe 1 1/4 MOA), over the same powder. Many of the Swede Model 96 rifles really like a muzzle velocity at 1600 FPS or less. More velocity, and the loads often open up group sizes. good luck, GJ

Search. Covered beaucoup times. Asking why sometimes irritates folks, when the rules is the rules.

Yep, call would be the same. Shooter was having problems getting his FIRST shot off. He recovered by ejecting the faulty round and continuing with the (first) target that had not yet been shot. But he failed to fire a 10th shot on the tenth target in the "black" bank, because he did not load a 3rd magazine, as would then be required for him to fire a 10th shot. If he picked up a rifle and started shooting rifle targets because the instructions had called for that, he still would not have made any attempt to fire at the tenth black target. And it SHOULD be the same call, by just pure logic and a desire to keep the rules simple and consistent. Good luck, GJ

oops - double tap when none required.

BF - your clarification doesn't really make much difference to the situation. EXCEPT - that this new description CLEARLY shows that the shooter NEVER "engaged" (using our poor long-standing definition) the tenth target in the first set. He only pointed his piece at the first nine (by order) while "attempting" to fire at those black targets. So, he clearly gets the P. Because he went from the 9th (by order #) target in the black set to the #1 (by order) target of the white set. Broke target order required for a Nevada sweep on black targets by not completing the sweep - there's the P. And one round was not fired, because only 19 of the required 20 pistol shots were fired for the stage. So, a miss for round not fired. Miss and a P, still. And I believe you want to correct the re-written description to say that the last bank of pistol targets that he shot were the white ones (not black).

And that almost impossible to make decision (did shooter engage the target but not fire a round) is why I continue to lobby to replace"engage" with an act that really can be seen or otherwise measured. I will continue to suggest that we need some other, more visible, part of the act of firing at a target to decide if a target no longer needs "another shot attempt" on it. I really like condition of "a bullet has left barrel" as a sufficient condition to have "engaged" a target. We already use that act (for first round has gone downrange) for similar purpose - it marks the time that a shooter is committed to the stage. And it has turned out to be a much clearer and not-easily-argued condition on which to make a call. Then with that definition, squibs would not satisfy "engaged". Failures to chamber - would not be "engaged" Failures to fire would not be "engaged". Empty chamber with trigger pulled - would not be "engaged". Spotters cannot see "engaged" very accurately. Most can usually see "bullet fired at target or somewhere down range." Until we make the conditions upon which we judge Procedural errors be something that most folks can see or otherwise sense with their other senses, we will continue to have these "hard to make" calls. And that degrades our ability to convince shooters we are scoring them "fairly" in comparison to other shooters. Good luck, GJ

Yep a P and a Miss (round not fired).

My reloads are made to come out just slightly shorter than factory Remington STSs. As pointed out, Factories hold length to fairly loose specifications. Reloads - hold to even less length uniformity between all the types of presses and loads that folks make. If you are concerned, measure what shell length works if you load 6 in your magazine, and make sure not to load shells longer than that! Good luck, GJ

Legal. But very frustrating and disturbing to shooter. At just completed state side match WB, a shooter had a gun that would fail to slide lock half of his mags. I RO'd for him quite a bit, and between the two of us, we'd both yell to each other "LOCK SLIDE BACK" as soon as his fifth shot was fired. He was good at paying enough attention, never took more than one-step before getting slide locked back, and made it through the match without safety penaties, but I am also quite sure he gave up lots of time trying to manage that situation. As mentioned, take a loaner offer from a pard. This is not IPSC or 3-Gun. Thank goodness. :D Good luck, GJ

Well, you have repeated results that have been reported here several times over the last 6 years. BTW, you will NEVER see lead in the barrel with BP rounds (unless things are going horribly wrong), because the temperature of the barrel reaches a point where leading burns out. In well-run BP guns, only the chemical residue (potassium sulfates and carbonates and hydroxides) remain behind. Yes, it CAN be done. Yes, at some number of rounds through the gun, the 1911 will foul out to the point where it quits feeding. Yes, it would be really dumb to compete with these BP loads. But it can be done. Are congratulations expected? I'm not so sure they will be extended - no one asked me to hold their beer while they tried it. ;D Good luck, GJ

Found my oldest Lyman reloading manual today - the 1970-dated 45th edition. Unfortunately, the Lyman technicians wrote that they only had time to research and publish Alcan #8 powder loads, out of the several powders that Alcan was still making at the time. So, I found no Alcan #5 data in my best hope for old data. Sorry, GJ

Blaze - Thanks for the kind words about EOT. I'd probably think more seriously about coming down for one of your fine WB monthly matches if it weren't 7 hours of driving for a 3 hour match, and then 7 hours to get back. Maybe when I get retired. ;D

Yep, you can open that rear sight notch to where you can get a good sight picture. Well within the rules.

Modern - about 2 seconds Traditional - about 1 second (traditional shooters get to have a mag in hand and close to the mag well - makes a big difference!)

Last sold about 1975. So old that loads for it were for hulls and wads that are no longer available. And that was back when shotshell powder did not get listed very often in the handgun loading data section. It was a rather slow powder, so it was only recommended for 1 1/8 and mostly 1 1/4 field loads. So, not all that useful for Cowboy loads. It would make great lawn fertilizer, though. Good luck, GJ Here's a post showing an old AL5 load with Win AA hulls: http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=80118 And another showing .45 auto and .45 Colt loads, but read it carefully as there is bad data in part of it: http://www.pistolworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=2776

Oh, man! If I took the buckle off to take a picture of it, I'd be running around work with my pants around my knees. ;D Maybe this evening. If I can get my brass cleaned and clothes washed and guns scrubbed. By the way, scores now posted at: http://www.sassnet.com/EoT/2016results.php

(He probably wants the 2016 results - right now, those are last year's). Hold onto your hat, pard, they will be posted when they are ready. Apparently not ready yet.

Sure, Gene....put me down for whatever you need on the speed stuff - leave me time for BAMM, though.

Sure. As long as the "style" fits with what was originally available for the Win Model 12. However, I wouldn't drag in with a raised, high-rise rib from a modern Perrazzi trap gun.

Quite satisfied with my Competitive Edge Dynamics chrony. Just under $200. Accurate, easy, does what I need. http://www.cedhk.com/shop/products/CED-M2-Chronograph-Set.html Good luck, GJ

NEVER say can't, better to say "I don't know how." Because my 1.580" OAL cartridges load fine and fast over the top. Some carriers need a little proper shaping to get the round to settle properly on top of them to get a clean run into the chamber, however.

I'm using lots of cut down Colts. Not a problem, really. Work fine. (As large as the SAAMI specs are for .45 Colt chambers, even when the .45 Colt cut down cases end up with a thicker wall at the mouth than the factory made C45Specials, there's plenty of room for the rounds in the chamber of a rifle or pistol. Now, why you need the C45S in a rifle, I really don't know, especially in WB where a more realistic PF minimum is required). I still use .45 Colt loads there.