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Thank you for the tips. I will be checking & cleaning & ordering new shell stops & springs. Deputy Dan

Symptom 1: The shell does not come out of the magazine. It may take 2 or more pumps of the slide to get the shell to come out of the magazine. Maybe worn shell stops or shell stop springs for this issue as well? Other than Numrich, is there any other reliable supplier for replacement parts? Thank you for any further assistance. Deputy Dan

Roger Rapid siminoff@siminoff.net He has an excellent guide for the disassembly/assembly of the Pedersoli Lightning and other brands. It also includes tuning tips for the common problems associated with these rifles. Deputy Dan

Hello, I have a Norinco (IAC) '97 with 2 symptoms: (1) Sometimes it will not feed a round into the chamber. This will occur regardless of how fast or slow I work the slide. 2) Sometimes while feeding a round into the chamber the following round will drop out of the bottom of the gun. Thank you for any assistance. Deputy Dan

Hello, For the second through last shot: Should I be holding the trigger at the reset position while waiting on recoil recovery as well as moving gun to the next sight picture then pulling the trigger? I.E. trigger pull, (reset, wait, sight picture), trigger pull...etc. Or Should I be holding the trigger at the pulled position while waiting on recoil recovery as well as moving gun to the next sight picture then do the reset & pull the trigger? I.E. trigger pull, (wait, sight picture), reset, trigger pull...etc. Thank you, Deputy Dan

Kid Rich, Happy Jack, Thank you for your opinions. I do agree with them. The following sentence can be found in the "Wild Bunch Action Shooting Handbook", Version 7.1, August 2014, Page 11: "Empty of live ammunition, action open, and muzzle down range" Would it be possible to include in the next version of the handbook an "Official" Wild Bunch definition of the term "Live Ammuntion"? Thank you, Deputy Dan

Dusty Boddams, I am not talking about picking up rounds that have been ejected from the gun. I am not talking about making ammunition available or unavailable to a shooter. Please dis-regard any previous statements or examples I have posted. My question is simply the following: In Wild Bunch Shooting what is the definition of the term "Live Ammunition"? Thank you for your patience, Deputy Dan

Hello, How does the attached version of "Movement with a Long Gun" look? Thank you, Deputy Dan

Dusty Boddams, I believe your question concerning "in what capacity" is part of the definition of "Legal or Illegally Acquired" ammunition. The manuals are pretty explicit about that definition. I would think regardless of when or where the ammunition is located, ammunition is either "Live" or "Dead". I can think of three states the ammunition can be in: (1) A round with an unstruck primer, powder and bullet all intact. (2) A round with a struck primer and empty of powder and bullet. (3) A round with a struck primer with powder and bullet still intact. I believe state (1) is considered "Live" ammunition. I believe state (2) is considered "Dead" ammunition. Is state (3) "Live" or "Dead" as defined in the sport of Wild Bunch? Thank you, Deputy Dan

Hello, I could not find the definition of "Live Ammunition" in any of the Wild Bunch manuals. Would a round that has had its primer struck by a firing pin but did not fire be considered "Live", "Dead" or maybe "In Limbo"? Thank you, Deputy Dan

Hello, I have attached a PDF document. The document has a flowchart representing Movement with a Long Gun in Wild Bunch. I am using the term "Long Gun" to represent both a rifle and a shotgun. Have I documented the legal way the state of a Long Gun must be in to allow a Shooter to move with the Long Gun in hand? Any and all comments, critiques, etc.are welcome. Thank you, Deputy Dan

Hello, Under the MDQ section the following phrase is used: "Two Spirit of the Game/Failure to Engage assessments." Which are the correct interpretation of the above sentence: (A) If 2 Spirit of the Game penalties are assessed to a shooter he has earned a MDQ. (B) If 2 Failure to Engage penalties are assessed to a shooter he has earned a MDQ. © If 1 Spirit of the Game penalties and 1 Failure to engage penalties are assessed to a shooter he has earned a MDQ. (D) All of the above Thank you, Deputy Dan

I have sent him an email requesting class schedules. Thank you. Dana

I live in San Carlos, California. I shoot Wild Bunch with the Sunnyvale Regulators and the Coyote Valley Cowboys. I took the Wild Bunch class about a year ago and have been shooting it on a monthly basis since then. I am just starting to take on Timer Operator duties. I find that reading and understanding the rules from a shooter's perspective is quite a bit different than a Timer Operator's viewpoint. If a ROII class for Wild Bunch is not offered I will gladly take a refresher Wild Bunch course. Who do I contact in my area about a Wild Bunch class schedule? Thank you, Deputy Dan

Thank you for the information. I am getting a better sense of the original intent and current status of these rules. I will be passing this thread onto our local Match Director. We may need to change our current stage design ideas given the information you have provided. Is there a "ROII" type class specifically for Wild Bunch? Deputy Dan