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The other downside is you will get hooked and spend a couple of weekends a month going to matches near you. And if you do not already reload, you will.
I do...The other downside is you will get hooked and spend a couple of weekends a month going to matches near you. And if you do not already reload, you will.
Thanks for that link! Lots of reading material there. Looks like all I am missing is the shotgun.You have to have four guns. Two single action revolvers, a rifle and a shotgun.
Contrary to what a lot of folks will tell you, you do not have to spend a fortune on your costume, you can find most of what you need in the back of your closet or a used clothing store. You don't even have to wear a cowboy hat or cowboy boots, but I suggest a broad brimmed hat to keep hot ejected rifle brass from falling down inside your shirt. Trust me on this.
You can read all about it here:
https://www.sassnet.com/Downloads/Shooters Handbook Vers 24_2 MASTER.pdf
My rifle is a '66 Winchester in .44-40Be sure to read it carefully. Your rifle has to be chambered for a 'pistol' cartridge. Such as 45 Colt, or 44-40, or 357 Mag, or a bunch of others. 'Rifle' cartridges, such as 30-30 are not allowed in the Main Match. Shotguns can be a SXS or the Winchester 1897 pump. That is the only pump shotgun allowed, and SXS shotguns may not have ejectors. Only extractors. Single trigger or double trigger is fine for a SXS shotgun.
Thanks for that link! Lots of reading material there. Looks like all I am missing is the shotgun.
Howdy Again
This pair of 2nd Gen Colts are my usual Main Match pistols. Both are chambered for 45 Colt. The one at the top left the factory in 1973 with a 12" barrel. Within a week it was sent back to the factory in the present 7 1/2" barrel was fitted to it. The one at the bottom is a 'parts' gun. It left the factory in 1968, but some of the parts are not original. Before I bought it somebody had 'antiqued' it by stripping off all the finish, so I got it pretty cheap. Many years of only shooting Black Powder through it have contributed a bit to its patina.
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Here is my rig, a 'Duke' style rig custom made for me when I first started. I found out a long time ago that it weighs way too much with the loops filled with ammo, so I only keep a few 44-40 rounds handy for the occasional rifle reload. Probably need to lose the knife, it gets in the way a lot.
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My Uberti 'iron frame' 44-40 Henry has been my main match rifle for about ten years now.
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The first match I went to the only legal rifle I had was this antique 44-40 Marlin Model 1894. It developed a problem and I had to borrow a rifle to finish the match. Later I got it fixed and it will occasionally come to a match with me these days.
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I found this antique 44-40 Winchester Model 1892 the first year in CAS. It was my Main Match rifle for a few years.
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When the Black Powder bug hit me everything I read said that cleaning BP fouling out of thousands of pits in an old bore was not a good thing. (Which turned out to be untrue.) Anyway, for BP I bought this used 44-40 Uberti 1873. Shot it for a few years until I got the Henry.
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This lovely little old Stevens hammer gun has been my CAS shotgun for quite some time now.
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Maybe once a year I bring my pair of S&W New Model Number Threes to a match. 44 Russian, Black Powder only of course.
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Maybe once a year I will bring my 44-40 Merwin Hulbert Pocket Army.
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If I bring the Merwin I usually pair it with one of the Smiths.
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Doc Roc,
Are those the S&W Schofields made in 2000? If so, do you shoot black powder in them. I've heard they don't like black powder from one guy, and another one says BP works just fine. Inquiring minds want to know!
Dave
Those are Ubertis. But they are true to the S&W design. They have probably only had about 50 rounds of smokeless through them ever and at least 1200 black powder rounds (200 grs J/P Big Lube over 26 grs 3 Fffg mainly). The Schofield design does allow fouling to get down into the arbor pin, so they will eventually bind up, but I have shot an eight stage match without binding and without any disassembly or cleaning. I will, at some point during a match, spray a few squirts of Ballistol just to keep everything nice and soft. I really like them and appreciate the rounded grip design that makes recoil nonexistent and sets up each follow up shot for single action perfectly.
VERY NICE+ What caliber are they..????.
But they are true to the S&W design.
Every sass match I have shot since 82 had drawing from holsters.SASS never starts from the draw,,,
They didn't want the liability of "quick draw".
Aarond
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