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It will hold 6 shells. May have a plug in it but take it out and it will hold 6.

59 minutes ago, Abilene said:

I'm curious if anyone is aware of a shooter's 1911 being disqualified for overweight at a WB match?

I’ve not DQd a shooter but I made them swap guns. Just like a very nice lady whose husband had given her a liteweight Kimber to shoot. She did not speak English and had no idea. Her husband was an a*^. If he had been shooting the gun, I would have DQd him.

I’ve worn a tied down holster since I started shooting Wild Bunch. And no one ever said a thing. But that was when common sense ruled. 

Most people run 20-22”. Some like a little short. Some longer. It’s a matter of personal preference. 

The most reliable and most competitive shotgun for Wild Bunch is the Winchester Model 12. Takes no parts to have it hold 6 rounds. Most are quite smooth and reliable as is. You don’t need 2-3 like with a 97. 
A myriad of 1911s available for Modern category and a number for Traditional. 
 

Wild Bunch is more a game of equipment reliability and quality ammo than cowboy. The .45 ACP ammo needs to be consistent and 100%.

Very nice gun! Would love to get my hands on one of those!

1 hour ago, Cardboard Cowboy said:

Haha.  But is that a modification?  Or just profiling. I know. You just turned the sight around. 🤣

CC

Just painted the dots.☺️

On 9/23/2025 at 10:23 AM, Cardboard Cowboy said:

My bad Brad, see I’m a poet.  I really was only referring to the front sight. But here’s a Colt series 70 rear sight, identical to a Mil-Spec sight.  Except the evil dots.  Colt also has a front sight, to go along with this rear sight, that is also Mil-Spec.  Except for the evil dot.  Which is just really painted on.   I’m sitting in Alabama rain right now, our SER starts in two days. So I don’t have a picture of the front sight. 

so your saying re-profiling or polishing the dots off is a modification?  This is listed under the conventions.  Profiling is not a modification. According to the convention pg 10-11. 
 

ok running up to PCC range. Just bought Treylee two new JP-5’s snd she needs to break in barrels. 
 

Brad are you camping at LR?  We’ll have a soda and talk it over. 

CC
 

 

There, Cardboard! I fixed it for you. It’s legal now.

1 hour ago, Jorge said:

I don't think a post with a gold dot would be allowed, for example.

Still, certain sight requirements have been constant, for traditional at least.  

No, a gold bead is not, nor ever has been, legal for Traditional.

And yes, Traditional sight requirements have been constant. At least since 2009. 
I don’t have the rules from that era handy but they’re pretty much exactly as they are written today. 

9 minutes ago, Jorge said:

I agree with Blastin Brad.

I looked over several older Wild Bunch Handbooks, and nowhere did it list anything but military sights, blade front and rear, for Traditional Category 1911.

For Modern 1911, no fiberoptic, etc, and the white dots could be blacked out, or be various colors, I suppose.

I have never heard that other (bigger?)  sights could be used in Traditional Category for the 1911.  Perhaps someone was lenient.

Show me the citation indicating otherwise, if you would.

Well, you’d be wrong, too. See my post above. 
And reread the rule book. It says military STYLE blade sights and it specifically mentions the Harrison Design and 10-8 rear sights. 
 

In cowboy, Pale Wolf Brunelle likes to call it RO3. It’s called common sense. Never had to put it that way in Wild Bunch until recently. It’s been perfectly legal to blacken the three dots on Traditional pistols since at least 2009, when I started shooting Wild Bunch.
It was that way when I became an Ambassador in 2012. It was that way when I was invited to join the Wild Bunch Rules Committee in 2017. 

9 minutes ago, Blastin Brad said:

I've asked about blacking out sites.  ROC member said "No, they are still 3 Dot and not allowed".  I have since replaced the sites with those specified by the WB handbook.  

Not sure who told you that but they were wrong. It’s always been legal to blackout 3 dot sights. 

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.

6 hours ago, El Chapo said:

Would you mind sending me instructions?  I won one in a raffle at Geronimo Trail and have yet to get to it.

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.

9 minutes ago, Boomstick Bruce said:

Wilson 1911s are too heavy for any wb category. A buddy weighed his for me @ 43.9 with a mag. My rock island (yes a know it has hogue laser grips, it's not a WB gun) it weighs 42.29 with a mag. So all I'm I'm asking is just add 2 ounces to the 1911 for both categories to alleviate the chance of someone unknowingly using an illegal gun. 

We're allowing carbon fiber magazine tubes on 38cal 60pf rifles and now there's an article in the chronicle about allowing semi automatic rifles in WB soo what's 2 ounces on a 1911? 

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.

2 hours ago, Boomstick Bruce said:

 I'd bet a ruger sr1911 is way over weight. 

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. 
 

10 hours ago, Garrison Joe said:

The catalog page for that gun includes this caveat: 

I would not have a gun for a sport that DEPENDS on reloaded ammunition with that restriction on it.  Just me, but those gentlemen are not granting the purchaser full use of the firearm that they built.  I don't buy Glocks for a similar restriction, either.

Does that include Uberti ‘73s?