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They get pretty crudded up. The plunger gets kind of sticky. I would remove the safety button, plunger and spring and give them all a good cleaning.

On the way!

Thanks for the kind words.

Wilson frame and slide. Full length guide rod. All steel parts except trigger and stocks. 2 lbs 7.3 oz.

Also, the carbon fiber mag tubes are liners inside the steel tube. It’s not seen.

My modern gun started as a Wilson frame and slide. With all steel components and a full length guide rod, it’s well under the weight limit. I’ll weigh it later. I would check another scale. I’ve not weighed a Rock Island that heavy. Even guns with rails on it have been well underweight.

A Traditional Colt at 2lb 6 oz even.

I bet not. With empty magazine, 2 lbs 6.2 ounces.

Having weighed all the guns I’ve built and hundreds more at matches, I can tell you it’s hard to be more precise.

Even if someone has the exact model, it may or may not weigh the same. If you like the gun, get it! If it turns out to be too heavy, there are several non permanent ways to lighten that one. Just an FYI, that target rear sight can be fragile for WB. I’ve had to replace several broken ones for people.

Me? No. I never did. You make inflammatory claims about a guy’s gun then get butt hurt when you get called out on it. Do you need clarification? Every manufacturer today has some caveat in their manuals about reloads, even your pet Colt’s. Have for years. And likely, every one here already knows that. For you to come here and act like his Iver Johnson is inferior because so is unnecessary.

That’s not what you said. You said you wouldn’t have a gun that the manufacturer said you can’t shoot reloads in.

Does that include Uberti ‘73s?

The Tisas aren’t bad. They just need better sights.

You’d have to blacken the 3 Dot sights with a Sharpie or black paint.

I tried calling the SASS office today. Wasn’t open.

Not flush.

Flush.

No.

So opening the action would not be considered “cycling” it? Maybe the whole idea of doubles in Wild Bunch should be reconsidered…

Kirkpatrick Leather builds some really good Wild Bunch holsters and mag pouches.

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It just needs to be kept separate.

The problem with having them at the same time is the Main Match is usually put on Thursday and Friday and the cowboy side match is Saturday and Sunday. When I held the WB state match as a stand alone event, we grew over 25% a year for five years even during the chicom pandemic. When the main match is held during the week, it’s hard for people who work to make it.

I’ve been on both so long I don’t remember how they do it. But it obviously wasn’t the same, as Dutch D. Moderator said it was, originally. I do know there seems to be a lot less scammer activity here than on the SASS wire.