Boggus Deal

Answered in the other post but will reiterate it here. The best possible brass and ammo you have! One bad piece of brass will ruin your match.

Will, The biggest reason for DQs is moving with the slide down. From time to time, folks will lay down a loaded gun or a pistol with the slide closed and not lock it back before shooting the next gun. Just keep an eye on those things.

Will, while I certainly can't add anything about the rules, they are pretty clear, I will give you some shooter advice. If at all possible put the gun down with an EMPTY magazine in place and lay it on its right side, with the slide lock and mag button facing up. The will help ensure that the slide stays locked back.

Welcome to the fire! You'll find out that it's a bit more civil and adult over here. As for Winter Range, come, have fun and just listen and learn. Read the current handbook and feel free to ask any questions you have! Boggus

That was added, otherwise the barrel would be blank. Cut it and shoot it!

How is the barrel marked for choke? If it says anything, then the poly choke was added after it left the factory. I have had several factory installed ones and the barrel was not marked for a choke. And like Wild Bodie said, unless it is mint, cut it and shoot it.

Same here. Anybody that shoots any Wild Bunch match has my envy! I've been close. Very close but never done it. However, that is going to change!

Work Silver Tip hard, Evil Roy. Wear him out on Monday....

JT also shot the cowboy match clean at the same event.

Kid, First, OAL length will vary some because the seating stem in your dies are not pushing directly on the end of the bullet. They stem is pressing on some point on the ogive(curve, for lack of an easier explanation) of the bullet, unless its a semi or full wadcutter. The bullets will vary slightly. Second, the OAL of a semi auto cartridge should not be determined by a manual. It will be determined by what feeds in the gun. I can't think of the last time I measured the OAL length of my 45 Auto ammo but I will bet it would vary as well. However, I do know that it feeds in my guns all the time. My advice is to get a loaded cartridge gauge and make sure everything gauges. Some will tell you to use your barrel but i don't recommend it for two reasons. One, it doesn't gauge the complete cartridge. Secondly, and more importantly, at some point, the possibility of you getting distracted and accidentally having a live round in your gun when you don't want it to be there. Phone rings, wife hollars from the house, neighbor pulls up. However, back to your question. If you use the OAL length from the manual, slightly shorter would be better. That way, when you do have that long bullet, and you will, it will still be short enough to feed.

And JT Wild did it once either at EOT or Winter Range. As much as I hate giving credit to my good friend JT! ;)

Happy New Year to you, brother!

Not Evil Roy, Back 40, but i believe those dueling tree targets are 6" diameter and will be anywhere from 10-25 yards. There has not been a target you could not hit. But you better have your gun sighted. The shotgun targets have all fell before to Winchester AA Low Noise/Low Recoil loads. I am sure this year will not be any different.

Not as easy to do with a guide rod as without but still can be done. As you mention, I try to prevent that from happening by gauging all my ammo. Usually, once you find a good bullet, good brass, good dies and a good reloading process, it goes a lot easier and I have less and less bad ammo.

Maybe not so obvious to some of us. Care to explain?

And a safe and very Merry Christmas to you, as well.

Per the Wild Bunch Action Shooting Handbook. • Pistol and rifle ammunition must have a minimum bullet weight of 180gr (11.66 grams).

Kid, Just so you know, they aren't one pound bottles of Trail Boss. They are 9 ounce bottles. There are others who have used Trail Boss for 45 Auto loads. I have no idea, though.

ER, How about a coed team?

50 yards, according to his other post.

Sassy, you know that because you have about 25 more years before you can shoot in it? Right?

Excellent!!!

Can we pay as we go for those side matches? My entry for WR is already in.

I said most of the time! Don't you start anything! 8)

Well, feel free to ask. Most of the time this wire is a lot more friendly than other wires......