Steel Dust Dan

Well said, Happy Jack. I don't like change just for change's sake either. However, I'm leaning heavily toward 7 in the mag because of historical design. Secondly, we stoke the shotgun, and usually the rifle. Why? Because they were designed that way, or at least built that way now. Fnally, I think we are still in need of a target market. I don't think our growth will come from CAS shooters, at least not in great numbers. We are a gun game in search of an audience. The vast majority of CAS shooters sure don't want us poluting their matches. Just hop over to the SASS Wire and read the posts on any Wild Bunch topic. Your ears will burn and your eyes will see red. Try explaining WBAS to a 1911 shooter and watch their expression when you say we only load 5 in the mags. Immediate disinterest.

My assumption is the same as J Frank's...round count stays about the same, just reduce the mag changes. I don't have a problem shooting ammo. I do have a problem owning 10 or 12 or 20 mags. If there's more than 6 I won't be there. Just my "tipping point." Some people will not attend lost brass matches. OK, I don't think it is such a big deal, but more than 6 mags is a deal breaker. No logic, just the way it is. Sme of the CAS sweeps won't work. So? We can come up with WB sweeps. I found out this past Saturday that 3 and 4 target arrays work the best. We had one stage with two banks of 4 targets each, one low and "close," the other high and "far." Sweep the 8 targets with 4 mags of 7. It was fun.

Excellent movie, BTW. I know of a club or two that base their "Wild Bunch" action shooting on that movie, including the DA revolvers. I don't have one, but....

That wasn't a proposeal, LD, just an observation. For me, allowing DAs should be the nly reason to keep 1911s at 5-round magazines. Looking forward to Saturday! Been a long time for me to shoot. Hope my hands can take it.

My view is 7 rounds all the time...unless we start to allow DA revolvers. Then I can see the reason to keep the round count at 5. Otherwise, we need to be promoting our game to non-CAS shooters.