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 10-24-2011, 05:39 PM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 267 |  I just got a Ruger Vaquero and joined SASS!
I almost went with the 45 Colt, but after researching cowboy action recommendations, I hear a lot of people switch from 45 to 38 special... 1) Less recoil 2) Faster competition times 3) Cheaper ammo
Here's my new Ruger Vaquero 357 Magnum 4.62" barrel...
I also just sent in for my Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) membership too! I'm piecing together a "Man With No Name" costume for halloween, but most of the costume parts can be used at the SASS events too.
I would describe Cowboy Action Shooting as a lot more artistic than a semi-auto or a double action. I've picked up a number of guns this year, but this cowboy gun is giving me a lot more excitement that the rest did. 
This is so much fun! Love working the cowboy action and practicing it with both hands, gun spinning and fast draw. __________________ Marthor's Gun Page ...on Facebook
SHOTGUNS:
. Remington 870 Express 12g
. Mossberg 500 12g
. Stoeger Coach 12g
RIFLES:
. Remington 700 300 WinMag
. Bushmaster M-4 223
. Ruger Mini-14 223
. Ruger 10/22 22LR (x2)
. Rossi 1892 Lever 357
HANDGUNS:
. Remington R1 & R1S 1911 45 ACP (x2)
. Springfield Armory XDm 45 ACP
. Beretta Px4 Storm 45 ACP
. Beretta 92FS 9mm (x2)
. Ruger Vaquero 357 (x2)
. Ruger LCR 357
. Ruger LCP 380
. Ruger 22/45 22LR
. Walther P22 22LR
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| 10-24-2011, 06:01 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Roanoke, Virginia Posts: 1,759 |
Congratulations on the excellent purchase, Marthor! I've seen a few of the SASS matches before and if I had a Ruger Vaquero, Colt, or Colt clone I'd sign up in a heartbeat. I just ordered a Pietta 1851 Navy percussion revolver from Cabelas. "Nothing like the smell of blackpowder in the morning". __________________
"It's a gun you loaded on Sunday, and shot all week."
-Confederate Soldier
"If God didn't create man equal then Sam Colt had made them equal."
-Unknown
"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything."
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| 11-01-2011, 01:48 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 267 |
__________________ Marthor's Gun Page ...on Facebook
SHOTGUNS:
. Remington 870 Express 12g
. Mossberg 500 12g
. Stoeger Coach 12g
RIFLES:
. Remington 700 300 WinMag
. Bushmaster M-4 223
. Ruger Mini-14 223
. Ruger 10/22 22LR (x2)
. Rossi 1892 Lever 357
HANDGUNS:
. Remington R1 & R1S 1911 45 ACP (x2)
. Springfield Armory XDm 45 ACP
. Beretta Px4 Storm 45 ACP
. Beretta 92FS 9mm (x2)
. Ruger Vaquero 357 (x2)
. Ruger LCR 357
. Ruger LCP 380
. Ruger 22/45 22LR
. Walther P22 22LR
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| 11-09-2011, 08:14 PM | #4 | Retired Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: LA (Lower Alabama), FL Posts: 5,224 Liked 2 Times on 2 Posts
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Now get yerself a 1911 (blued of course) and try the "Wild Bunch" that SASS puts on. __________________
Murphy's law has not be repealed.
Life Member NRA
Life Member NAHC | |
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| 11-09-2011, 08:44 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 267 |
I've got a Remington R1 that I hear is legal if you black out the white dots on the sights. I don't want to blackout the sights on my R1 though. I also don't want to buy a 97 shotgun. It's the only one legal for Wild Bunch, but it breaks all the time. I don't want to get into that if you have to do any shotgun repairs.
I finally got my Rossi 92 yesterday! It was the last thing I was waiting on. Now I have everything I need for the basic SASS matches. I also got the Stoeger coach shotgun and another Vaquero. When I move out to LA next summer I'll be joining the original local group "The Cowboys".  __________________ Marthor's Gun Page ...on Facebook
SHOTGUNS:
. Remington 870 Express 12g
. Mossberg 500 12g
. Stoeger Coach 12g
RIFLES:
. Remington 700 300 WinMag
. Bushmaster M-4 223
. Ruger Mini-14 223
. Ruger 10/22 22LR (x2)
. Rossi 1892 Lever 357
HANDGUNS:
. Remington R1 & R1S 1911 45 ACP (x2)
. Springfield Armory XDm 45 ACP
. Beretta Px4 Storm 45 ACP
. Beretta 92FS 9mm (x2)
. Ruger Vaquero 357 (x2)
. Ruger LCR 357
. Ruger LCP 380
. Ruger 22/45 22LR
. Walther P22 22LR
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| 11-09-2011, 08:55 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Roanoke, Virginia Posts: 1,759 |
Good looking holster rig  . __________________
"It's a gun you loaded on Sunday, and shot all week."
-Confederate Soldier
"If God didn't create man equal then Sam Colt had made them equal."
-Unknown
"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything."
-Wyatt Earp | |
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| 11-10-2011, 11:31 AM | #7 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: orlando, florida Posts: 28 |
sweet, have fun with it and good luck. | |
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| 11-10-2011, 03:39 PM | #8 | Sic Semper Tyrannis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: , The Mother Lode Posts: 18,437 |
Very cool, congrats.  __________________
Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) - a system of government where those least capable of leadership are elected by those least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to succeed or provide for themselves are rewarded with goods and services paid for by wealth confiscated from a diminishing number of people who actually work and produce.
ΜΟΛ'ΩΝ ΛΑΒ'Ε | |
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| 11-10-2011, 04:09 PM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Comanche, Texas Posts: 115 | SASS is Fun !
Did SASS a long time in several places in Texas, barrel of fun and met great people...I and others had two pistols in the matches, mine both Ruger Vaquero .45s, a Model 1892 Winchester lever action .45Colt, & a Winchester Model 1897 12 ga. pump shotgun...
I never hit the big time in those matches, but I hit the targets like a champ,
my reflexes weren't the Champion type...
SASS matches stress safety to the fullest and try it, you'll like it ! __________________
NRA Lifer Since 1968
Former USMC
Former Texas NG | |
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| 11-13-2011, 04:48 PM | #10 | Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 39 |
marthor, where did you get the poncho!!!! i need one!!!!! | |
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