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#1 ·
Everyone else has their own picture thread and roll call, we need one too!
I just found this thread, I'm gonna be here too, love SA's
 
#59 ·
combo's

Well tex, you have gone and done it now, making a combo of my 3 favorite things in the world. 45, 44, and leather. That 45 and basketweave is probably one of the finest combo's I have ever seen. What's the other cylinder acp or auto rim or what? And a commemorative piece like that 44, "fa'gedda bout it".....rip
 
#60 ·


the extra cylinder is for 45 acp.the bisley is a accusport ruger 5 1/2 inch barrel.the holster and ammo dump were custom made in MT by wes.no safe queen I use it hog hunting.
along with this in 45 colt winchester.





pete
 
#63 ·
just got into cowboy action [joined SASS] this summer , im new and i started cheap , but im having fun and these work just fine .....

all 45LC - both revolvers and my rifle / 12ga coach gun



ROSSI & GALCO leather


CIMMARON


TAURUS


STOAGER


and i practice with the henry and a colt in 22cal -



 
#64 ·
A square 10 collection

welcome to the world of SA shooting, I know you will find it rewarding, very nice collection, thanks for sharing, really been needing to get a rifle in 45colt, I guess for now I can just come into the computer room and pull yours up and look at it from time to time and yearn for one.......rip
 
#68 ·
just about to pretty to take out, OldGoat46 'fraid I might scratch it up. I'm not very careful with them. Long as they function and shoot where I aim them then I love 'em. And to think I was going to push the barbed wire down with the barrel to go over the fence ...geeeez...what was i thinking ( large smile)
 
#73 ·
been a while since my last visit ........."bless me father...but i been shootin"

no , pete , im not casting yet - theres a guy here who is and he supplies me so far , i bought dies , but im still working with about four guys here that have equipment to reload , it does allow me to socialise with like minded folks tho .............
 
#78 ·
collection

Meager huh, I think it is a quite respectable collection, myself. They look well taken care of. I need to get me some steel frame one's as well. Thanks for the pics russ, and dellllta I am glad to hear that you have fired it, because if i had something that nice it would drive me crazy until I was able to hear that old time bark. Best regards, rip.
 
#81 ·
cowboys

Well ,welcome back Grant, where the heck you been, that's a pretty fer distance for pistol work, I sure hope the hangee was ok,lol,lol, With all the period clothing and the look of ya'lls stage of fire, it could easily be the 1800's. I love the cowboy action shooting. Have you or your group ever had a post match? We set up a 4x4 post that is 8ft. tall and put a mark about 18 to 24in. up from the ground to aim at, divide into two groups and the two groups shoot till the post falls as a timed event, each having their own post. It's a lot of gunfire noise and smoke!!! Very exciting. :)
 
#82 · (Edited)
Ripsaw:

My recent absence is largely attributable to a shooting/re-enacting excursion to Nebraska for the annual National Muster of the Grand Army of the Frontier on the Columbus Day weekend. I was gone almost two weeks, and of course busy getting ready before that ...... and busier gettin' caught up on stuff since I got back .....

The Grand Army of the Frontier combines "frontier action shooting" - i.e. cowboy action - with Victorian-era military re-enactment. Although folks with regular CAS guns and/or attire are welcome to compete in "Scout" Class, a steadily growing number of us compete dressed in period appropriate uniform and shooting in "Battle Rifle" categories - i.e. using an appropriate regular issue (albeit down-loaded) military rifle or carbine - e.g. .45-70 Trapdoor Springfield .... or, in my case, the British Empire contemporary .577/.450 Martini-Henry rifle. Also, in keeping with the military flavor, only one handgun (ideally one appropriate to the rifle and uniform) is normally used, and no shotgun ..... Generally, participants wear Field uniform for the actual shooting and Dress uniform for the banquet .... (mine are Sergeant, Queens Own Rifles of Canada, circa 1885, in the left middle picture below, and Major, 5th Royal Scots of Canada, same general time period, in the right middle photo) ....



Getting back to your posting .... Yes, our cowboy action club have done things like the "post" shoot" you mention (which, as you may be aware, derives from a similar event at black powder shoots). One variant we use is to suspend a 3 or 4 foot length of post horizontally .... and the shooting teams have to cut it apart so both halves drop clear - which can be a real challenge since the splintery ends tend to bind up on each other .....

And our "hanged man" prop is really just a variation on the black powder "string cut" type of event. (The secret to success in such shooting, by the way, is to keep in mind that the target is "small" only in the horizontal plane so you really just need to concentrate on control of lateral movement of your muzzle when shooting .....


As for the "look" of our stage fronts, although we are aiming for a "raw frontier settlement" appearance (which will likely produce something akin to a "ghost town" effect, ultimately - mainly because we intend to avoid ongoing painting and similar maintenance ....
....) we do keep trying to upgrade them. For example, our "jail front" (where the photo in my above post was taken a couple of years ago) got replaced this year with a better one .... which also happens to be a wee bit more appropriate for us folks up here on the north side of the "Medicine Line" -

 
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