Boggus Deal

1 hour ago, JJ said:

 

Over the past day, have noted comments where folks with titles within the SASS WB Organization, after 12/31/23, will no longer have their ‘Titles’ and are upset. I understand that. I also understand that those folks will, in all likelihood, will be voted right back in with new and different titles. Remember, there are many other shooters, standing in the wings for years, that would like to have those same opportunities and will never be given the chance.

I can also assure you that those volunteers don’t care one whit about those “titles”. They bust their butts for the betterment of the sport.

JJ, for years we heard “if you do _______, I’ll shoot Wild Bunch.” 7 rounds in the mag, tactical reloads, base pads, total time(which was forced on us) and you know what? As soon as those rules all went into effect, those same people had another excuse for not shooting…

Like I mentioned in my previous post that was pulled from above, those same people are already making excuses as to why they still won’t shoot Wild Bunch…

Their table top gunsmith version. Rated to 4100 fps. Retails for nearly $2400. $750 plus shipping. I can pallet and take to Fastenal for easy shipping. 

100 year Justin Boot commemorative rifle $750

Remington 1890 by Uberti $400

15 hours ago, Smokewagon Grampies said:

Do you know what the correct sights are? If I remember correctly .190?

Thanks

Smokewagon Grampies 

Depends on the rear sight but .190 tall is just about right for most. The Ruger I have in front of me is 186 tall. The Cylinder and Slide Strong Site Supported sight I install with the Harrison Design Retro rear sight usually ends up about .190-.195 tall depending on the shooter.

This amount of beveling won about 10 state championships, a couple regional championships, two overall national championships and was second in the world behind Last Chance Morales a few times. You really don’t need much.

Folks, due to a lack of entries, we have had to postpone our match. The new dates will be April 12-14, 2024. Any questions or comments, please contact me!

By far the best ones are Checkmate. Period. Checkmate makes Ed Brown magazines and most of Colt’s. Tripp’s magazines make you pay an extra 5 bucks to weld on the base plate to make them somewhat reliable. They’re also the most expensive, to begin with. 

Here is the latest date corrected flyer and registration form. Sponsor, Quality Cast Bullets, has donated quite a lot of prizes and will be vending at the match. 

On 8/17/2023 at 5:49 PM, Frederick Jackson Turner said:

 If WB at Eot had that kind of turnout, the match would have about 275 entrants...

Cheers,

FJT

 

If Wild Bunch had not been capped and treated as a side match, maybe it would have had that kind of turn out.

There are many reasons. One of the main reasons is major matches here keep limited the number of Wild Bunch shooters. 

On 4/17/2023 at 6:19 AM, J. Frank Norfleet said:

Ruger is a great place to start. I bought one and took it to a state match after running 50 rounds through it, not a hiccup. It later went to my son after 20,000 rounds. The Ruger mags worked well too. I passed it on after I had enough experience shooting WB to know what I wanted in a WB pistol. Iwent with a Colt Wiley Clapp tuned by Boggus Deal. That $600 used one would have went out the door in my hands.

JFN

Ruger mags are made by Checkmate, who also makes most of Colt’s magazines. They’re the best, by far, for this game. 

I’m not sure of a video for it. I put a light oil on most places and grease on the bolt where the action slide contacts it and where in rides in the receiver. 

10 hours ago, Boomstick Bruce said:

I loaded 5.5 and it felt louder and snappier than my old trail boss load so maybe it's just me? I ordered a new scale too. My current one is a 5 year old Amazon special so it may be out of calibration. 5.5 filled the case right close to the bottom of the bullet

A prat of that “snappy” is the 200 gr bullet. A 230 id much less so.

All of these parts except a barreled action. $50+ shipping  

On 4/27/2023 at 6:23 PM, Tennessee River said:

BD, I ordered and was quickly sent one of your custom firing pins with spring, but have not made the installation yet.  I read the instructions you included, but wanted to ask you to clarify your recommendation (which you noted was optional) to leave out the breech bolt retaining lever.  Is this approach widely used, and what improvement does it make to operation?

All that lock was for was when you take down the gun and transport it, it holds the bolt locked in place. Winchester actually removed it in later versions of the Model 12. If you take the gun down, let the hammer down before you do. It will hold the bolt in place as well as the lock ever did.

Having actually shot and worked on both pretty extensively, the Model 12 is the way to go. More made by Winchester, for a reason. A third or more less parts and a lot less intricate parts. Even with the afore mentioned firing pin issue, which 90% of the time the gun will still function, the Model 12 is just an all around better gun.

Think of a Model T Ford compared to a 1965 Mustang. 

3 hours ago, hoss shoer said:

looks like quality parts, do you have a web sight?

No, sir. Not yet. Message me here and I’ll fix you up!

Thanks!!

14 hours ago, Frederick Jackson Turner said:

Boggus;

That looks GREAT!  Very interested in installing one of these in my Model 12.

 

Cheers,

FJT

Old parts up top verses new pin and spring at the bottom:

Here are a few broke ones.

Hoss, I’ve designed a better firing than anything available after having all the other replacements break. I think there is a video available but I think I need to make one. Would you want one from start to finish taking down the whole shotgun or just replacing the firing pin in the bolt?

Congratulations!!!  I've heard he's a good shooter.

He’ll do…