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    Small Pistol Primer for .45 ACP?

    in Reloading for Wild Bunch

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    Yes, small pistol primers is an issue...  For those who have been reloading the 45ACP for years... simply because sometimes the brass pickers get a few in my return bucket... I loaded 500 45ACP Friday in anticipation of attending a match (it rained... read:  I overslept), and encountered 4  SPP cases.  Which, since I load on a 550C only interrupted my loading cycle, whereas if I loaded on a auto-indexing machine it would have been a bit more problematic if I didn't catch the failure of a primer to seat.  I'm wont to return them to their rightful user, AT FASTBALL SPEED!  (aka:  as fast as my left arm can hurl them)!  Being as you're new... maybe those at your club will be more forbearing. 

    Anyway, welcome to one of the funner games around!  

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    Armscor Rock Island 1911

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

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    I have two Taylor Tactical's and a RIA, all made by Armscor.  The two Taylor's have had action jobs, and are ramped... done before either had a round downrange.  But... my #1 WB gun is one of the Taylor's, the only stoppages have been magazine related.  Threw away all but two of my old (VN era & issue) military mags, problems solved.  I'm using Chip McCormick "Shooting Stars" magazines and have no issues.

     

    Several gunmakers are using Armscor parts in their builds, and while they may have different specs than RI, apparently something has to have translated over into their general production, if my samples are indeed, representative.

     

    I put my 2 Taylor's up against Colt products, of which I own 3.  IMO, they measure up admirably.

    cocked and locked

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

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    Okay, so when can we go cocked and locked just like every other shooting sport?  Or are cowboys considered too retarded for this?
    When you're driving into the range, but before you exit your vehicle.  Yes, but military and former military adherents to the 1911 have been taught that method of carry and are quite comfortable with it... no need for braggadocio.

    WBAS Scoring Poll

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

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    Stage Points.  Total time simply encourages youthful, adolescent, reckless abandon.  We should be responsible adults.  Matches should ONLY be scored based on the overall finish, with category placements based on overall. 

     

    Total time scoring is a falsehood perpetuated by a weak-willed majority, that want their participation trophy regardless of skill or actual performance.  Any event where raw speed outweighs the ability to hit targets has denigrated into less of a shooting contest and more of a "trigger drag race."

     

    A contest where 4 people that shoot 12, fast, clean stages can be beat by someone that has misses, is no longer a contest of shooting skill.  Let's not become "cowboy with a 1911" all over again.

    Scoring

    in Wild Bunch Rules Forum

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    I argued for TT in cowboy action for several years.  Back in the '80s.  Until the WB sat me down and explained their thinking on the subject.  Same with Stage Point Scoring.

     

    It's the resort that's the problem, not the scoring method.  Overall scores are sorted based off the fastest time of ANY shooter on that stage.  Category placements are simply pulled from that overall sort.  Same as it SHOULD be down with rank points.  A shooter's percentage should only be based off where s/he finished against that fastest time.

     

    As long as the sort is against the fastest time for any shooter per stage, under stage point scoring someone from another category doesn't affect any shooter's percentage, unlike the PERCEPTION in rank point scoring.  AND, unless you resort scores based on individual categories, thereby giving the illusion that someone finished higher or lower in the overall than others in that category.

     

    Categories are an artifice, and SHOULD be viewed simply to easily determine how one did against others in the same age group, or other qualifier.  The CLOCK is a constant, it starts at zero and goes until the last shot.  Where an individual falls in that range should also be a constant... not all of a sudden introducing a different clock.  There should only be ONE clock... not a different clock for Juniors, Seniors & Silver Seniors... ad nauseum.

     

    Getting statrted

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

    Posted

    I have a RIA that has a coupla thousand rounds thru it, bone stock except a little ramp work.  Seems to be holding up ok.  But, it's really just a back-up to my back-up!  I use a pair of Taylor's Tactical (made in the same place as the RIAs) with several thousand rounds thru each and no broken parts...  yet!  Both have had the stock sights replaced, for operator ease, and an action job with a little attention to the ramp.  No complaints about any of the 3.

    "IF" we get to load 7, think of the new sweeps!!

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

    Posted

    I don't care either way. I think you all are over estimating the surge in "new" shooters that WB will experience due to being able to load seven in a mag. A lot of the places I have shot WB has shooters that cannot keep track of five rounds shot, imagine what they will be able to do with seven. I have shot monthly shoots all the way up to EOT. I think it is going to be a mess for the silent majority in this game.

    kR

    My thoughts exactly. Why are we changing things in the "hopes" of attracting new shooters. They will just find another reason to not shoot WB. What's next? 38's? 9mm?

    Finally!  It won't be CAS w/a 1911!  I've advocated for the 7 round per mag from the beginning.  It won't affect how often I'll be shooting, the work schedule takes care of that.  But it certainly gives me an incentive to get up early and make the 2 hour drive in bad weather after draggin' my carcass home @ 2am the nite before!

    Moly Coated bullets gained 87 fps

    in Reloading for Wild Bunch

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    JFN, I didn't try the moly coated bullets but I did use the powder (?) coated cast bullets from Norm Purcella.  Following uncoated cast bullets with coated cast bullets may have been the reason for numerous fliers from an otherwise accurate M96.  After a good cleaning (again), a trip to the range resulted in 3" groups at 100 yards.  Testing continues, next trip with a chrono.

    I certainly didn't do any extended testing... but from my Garand I fired two clips of lubed, GC'd 150 grains, then two clips of the same bullet, powder coated, both over the same charge of 4064, same lots of primers, cases and gaschecks.

     

    No discernable change in POI.  Three different shooters using the same rifle:

    http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d197/sass93/IMG_0491.jpg

    (the four holes on the bottom target were the 2nd four of the 1st clip with just a change in POA.  I used the bull of the upper target as POA).

     

    We took photos after each shooter shot four rounds from a clip, the four shots on the right were my son, who first insisted on shooting a different poa than us "old guys"! I just haven't marked which holes were whose. The backer was a cardboard silhouette, and we were aiming just about the shoulder line, or base of the neck... whichever you prefer.  I still need to up the charge a little for proper operation... AND bring the poi up, before I get to shooting for accuracy.

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