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    Les Baer. Woooow!!!!

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

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    Okay; I've been banging away at this sport for a decade now, with a collection of plain-Jane 1911s, which include a beat up Remington, a Springfield, and a Rock Island Armory.

     

    Worked a couple of deals with AGW, and ended up with a Les Baer Premiere II. 

     

    It is making me believe that I can actually shoot.  This pistol is freaking amazing.

     

    But, I was having a bit of trouble with it igniting  CCI primers, so, before going at it in my ham-fisted fashion, with my collection of wood files, hammers and impact drivers, I thought I should call the factory first.

     

    They were busy, and asked me to leave my number.  An hour later, in comes a call.  From Les Baer. Yeah.  Les freakin' Baer.  He wanted to make sure I was happy with his product, so he talked me through what I might do, and then we chatted for a few more minutes.  Great guy, terrific product, but...I am SO IMPRESSED that the guy with his name on the wrapper took the time to call me back.

     

    Day-um.

     

    Have a nice day.  I sure am.

     

    Cheers,

    FJT

    Cowboy 1911 as a substitute for Wild Bunch?

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

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    Hi, Doc;

    A few questions, though:

    Are your cowboy targets set at 3 yards for pistol and 5-6 yards for rifle, like ours often often are? Often, yes, they are.  In that case - it's fun and fast, and a bit different than a more challenging WB match.  I'll try to post a couple of vids on Youtube to show how that looks - it's fast and furious, and puts real emphasis on mag changes!

     

    Are you allowed to fully load the shotgun (6 shells) and shoot six target shotgun strings? Except for Cowboy stages which call for 6, we haven't been doing that, although there's no reason you couldn't load 6 for every stage, and just dump the last couple of shots.  Still, with SG ammo a bit scarce - we've just been stoking the four, and, per WB rules, allowing no makeups.

     

    Are you allowed to move with the pistol or shotgun to shoot separated  targets? Absolutely - just don't move with the chamber loaded and the bolt or slide forward; same as cowboy.

     

    Do you shoot multiple pistol mags (4-5) at a stage? We address two problems with this; on 10 round stages, shooters may announce they are shooting the rifle targets with the pistol.  Now, you have a 4 mag stage, with targets that are more challenging than the cowboy distances.

     

    Really, the only gripes are, as J.J. pointed out, above, from the brassers. ;-)  Several cowboy shooters have been sufficiently intrigued that they have brought out 1911s to play, themselves, and thus, we grow the sport.

     

    Cheers,

    FJT

     

     

     

    Cowboy 1911 as a substitute for Wild Bunch?

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

    Posted

    Several friends and I shoot at several clubs in the SoCal area that allow Wild Bunch (with 5 round mags) to play right alongside of the other shooters at a regular cowboy match.

     

    We are not included in the overall scores, which is just fine, as it is a different game.  But I have never run into any hostility about doing so.  At least, not to my face... ;-)

     

    Cheers,

    FJT

    Tactical reloads

    in Wild Bunch Rules Forum

    Posted

    Vaquero,

     

    T  I use tactical reloads when it allows me to keep from re-acquiring and aiming at a target twice.  Example—7 targets.  Double tap each target.  I double tap the first 3 targets, drop the mag (finger off trigger), reload and double tap the remaining 4 targets. 

     

    Food for thought.   

     

    EJ

     

    Well considered!

     

    Cheers,

    FJT

    Western Regional Wild Bunch

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

    Posted

    Thanks FJT,

    It was a fun match! The whole weekend was a great! Sorry I didn't give you more of a challenge in the shoot off.

    Tully

     

    You did great!  It was a tough shoot-off, but one which, fortunately, played to my strengths.  Another time, I may not be so fortunate...

    Cheers,

    FJT

    Western Regional Wild Bunch

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

    Posted

    Just wanted to tip my hat to Tully Mars, for his great performance, winning the SASS Western Regional Wild Bunch Side Match.  A shout out to Molly Magoo for writing fun and interesting stages, especially within the constraints of someone else's range and targets!

     

    It was a blast!

     

    Cheers,

    FJT

     

    P.S. And, I got a new verse for my song, "Wreck of the Ol'  '97"... :o

    CA State at Double RR Bar; Wild Bunch Match

    in The Wild Bunch Wire

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    For the second year. I was able to shoot the Wild Bunch side match for the California State Championships at the Double RR Bar range.  Once again, it was a 4 stage match with great variety, interesting scenarios, and challenging but reasonable target distances.  I haven't had this much fun since Western 3 Gun.  Ms. Penny Ante, who is still in her first year of shooting, also entered it, and really enjoyed it, too.

     

    A shout out to Double RR Bar, who hosted a great event, and Nasty Nels, who designs fun and interesting Wild Bunch Action stages!

     

    Cheers,

    FJT

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