cowboy action question
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Main match guns must be pistol caliber, also a benefit if the magazine will hold 10 rounds. Most scenarios call for 9 to 10 rifle rounds. From personal experience try and match your rifle to the caliber of your revolvers, saves a whole pile of grief and double checking.
I was told it was to protect targets from taking too much of a pounding.
Some shoots have "side matches" where you can shoot rifle caliber lever and single shot rifles.
I was told it was to protect targets from taking too much of a pounding.
Some shoots have "side matches" where you can shoot rifle caliber lever and single shot rifles.
Most of the "Original" Rifles and Carbines that Frequented the Western Lore and Movies were the Henry (44 Henry Rimfire) the 66 Winchester(also shot the stubby 44 rimfire) and the Legendary 1873 Winchester which shot the 44-40 Cartridge. Essentially these all evolved into Pistol cartridges and it was mainly for Authenticity that SASS required your stage rifle to be a "Handgun" round.Toller said:
Of course it wasn't a great idea (nor required) to shoot steel plates at 10 meters with a 45-70 niether
The other main reason for limiting the main match rifle to pistol caliber (in moderate
velocity loads with non-jacketed bullets) is safety - you are firing
at steel at fairly close ranges, and it is not unheard of for somebody to get hit with a
bullet fragment as it is ... (also the reason why eye protection is mandatory.)
fireball: I see you are in Medicine Hat ... do I know you?
More importantly - do you know about our local Cowboy Action shoots? Hosted by
the Rocky Mountain Rangers No. 4 Troop (... "a division of the Medicine Hat Rifle &
Revolver Club", as it were ...)
The second of our two-day shoots of the year is coming right up on the Thanksgiving
Long Weekend - even if you aren't set up for it yet, feel free to come on out and watch
- also, talk to the folks (not while they are in the midst of shooting, of course) -
most of us are glad to help another suck... um ... enthusiast get addic... er ...
involved!
Contact me and/or check here for more info -
Home Page of the Rocky Mountain Rangers, No. 4 Troop
velocity loads with non-jacketed bullets) is safety - you are firing
at steel at fairly close ranges, and it is not unheard of for somebody to get hit with a
bullet fragment as it is ... (also the reason why eye protection is mandatory.)
fireball: I see you are in Medicine Hat ... do I know you?
More importantly - do you know about our local Cowboy Action shoots? Hosted by
the Rocky Mountain Rangers No. 4 Troop (... "a division of the Medicine Hat Rifle &
Revolver Club", as it were ...)
The second of our two-day shoots of the year is coming right up on the Thanksgiving
Long Weekend - even if you aren't set up for it yet, feel free to come on out and watch
- also, talk to the folks (not while they are in the midst of shooting, of course) -
most of us are glad to help another suck... um ... enthusiast get addic... er ...
involved!
Contact me and/or check here for more info -
Home Page of the Rocky Mountain Rangers, No. 4 Troop
x2 on what GrantR said above.
We have had steel badly damaged when someone used non-authorized loads on it, in a couple of cases, a hole punched right through.
With the cost of making steel targets, this can cost the club, or the shooter if we see them, a fair chunk of $$ to replace them.
Even the so-called "Warthogs" like myself use only lead bullets with the cartridge loaded below SASS maximum velocities, if they're smart and care anything about their own safety as well as others.
We have had steel badly damaged when someone used non-authorized loads on it, in a couple of cases, a hole punched right through.
With the cost of making steel targets, this can cost the club, or the shooter if we see them, a fair chunk of $$ to replace them.
Even the so-called "Warthogs" like myself use only lead bullets with the cartridge loaded below SASS maximum velocities, if they're smart and care anything about their own safety as well as others.
The use of "cast only" bullets - i.e. not even gas checks, let alone jacketed bullets, are permissible - is very important, indeed. But as indicated by Cold Lake Kid's post, I think that understanding is so ingrained in some of us "old timers" that we may have lost sight of the need to remind people of that requirement.
His post has definitely encouraged me to now make an addition to the points covered in my standard safety talk - which I've thought of doing for some time, anyway: namely, to specifically remind everyone that ONLY cast bullets are permitted in loads, and to also specifically request all posse members, when manning the Loading Table, to specifically ensure that no jacketed bullets are loaded.
His post has definitely encouraged me to now make an addition to the points covered in my standard safety talk - which I've thought of doing for some time, anyway: namely, to specifically remind everyone that ONLY cast bullets are permitted in loads, and to also specifically request all posse members, when manning the Loading Table, to specifically ensure that no jacketed bullets are loaded.
Look at some of the Cowboy action ranges in Alberta that use flax bales as part of the backstop, the provincial inspector rates these back stops at a maximum of 1,000 fps. Most of us shooting Cowboy Action use reloads that are below that for a number of reasons, less recoil, plus the fact in most cases you are shooting at steel targets that are not reactive (they don't fall).
As for shotguns, you are limited to shot sizes #4 and smaller. Less chance of ricochets and also target damage.
Hope to see you later this morning at the Club 2 gun (pistol/shotgun) match. Virtually any type of centerfire handgun and shotgun go. I'll be one of the guys with the cowboy guns.
As for shotguns, you are limited to shot sizes #4 and smaller. Less chance of ricochets and also target damage.
Hope to see you later this morning at the Club 2 gun (pistol/shotgun) match. Virtually any type of centerfire handgun and shotgun go. I'll be one of the guys with the cowboy guns.
