Dang It Dan

Thanks. I'll keep looking.

Anybody know where I might find a couple more mags for my SFX? Can't really get through to the company (no phone number listed on the website) and really not sure if there is an after market producer. Thanks in advance. Dang It

Whitedog, Well Howdy Pard. SASS #13202. Just a clarification, the "ranch" isn't owned by the members so we basically bought Tex and The Chisler a ranch which they are making money on because they have a long term lease from SASS. SASS as far as I know doesn't own anything except the trade-marked name and the idea. Hell, they don't even print the Cowboy Chronicle anymore - it's all digital now. Other than that, what you say is true but there is one main difference between the two, which in my opinion, can not be applied to USPSA. That is, 90% of the folks in SASS come to the match to socialize and not to compete. In USPSA, 90% of the folks come to the match to compete and not socialize. That's why we don't have entire families shooting together like we do in SASS. This is more of a personality trait than anything. It's why we don't get a lot of cross-dressers who shoot both. See you down the trail.

Whitedog, no offence but you have NO IDEA what you are talking about when it comes to SASS. I am a 16 year member, a Regulator, a Territorial Governor and trust me when I say that we get sh*it on more times than not by the governing body called the Wild Bunch. Transparency? - forget it. Accountability - non existent. SASS is owned by a handful of old guys who are playing a sick game of "last man standing". The ranch you mentioned in New Mexico (Founder's Ranch) isn't owned by SASS, but is leased through a shell company owned by a couple of the guys who are also Wild Bunch members. SASS itself is cut up into at least four companies who are incorporated in four different states. We have not one, but THREE different publications that we have to refer to if we need to make a call on the rules, mainly because the founders of the game don't want to take the time to consolidate the rulebooks. The game itself is a lot of fun and it does cater to the whole family BUT the organization is so bad they are actually working on going non-profit, just like USPSA. The only thing that's really been positive about SASS's organization is that they hired a CEO about two years ago who is full time and SHE is making a difference but only at the whims of the Wild Bunch. I try to just pay my money and shoot the match at this point. No more politics for me.

You can beat yourself up trying to unlock the "what length" debate for the next year. Until you actually handle a few, you won't really know what's right for you. Beg, barrow and steal everything you can a put a few rounds down range. That will answer your question much better than listening to everyone else's opinion. Don't ask me how I know. Regards.

Remington is also having separation problems with their Gunclub shells. I just recently had to send four cases back. Although they were very nice about it, it took a long time to get a response and then I had to wait for them to send me labels, and then wait some more to "verify" that there was a problem. I would stay away from the low-end Remington shells for now.

Thanks. I will most likely put them up in the Classifieds later today.

I bought these about 2007 when I thought I was going to do some 3-gun. I have two of them, never used either. They are from Tripp Research and look like the typical AR mag but have a re-enforced bottom section. They are marked "42" so I am thinking they hold 42 rounds. Any idea what they are worth? Thanks, Dan

Ok, So, I went ahead and installed a 3/16th steel plate under the machine which really did lessen the movement, plus I also installed a wire tether from the case feeder to a bracket on the wall behind the machine. No movement now. BUT, even after going through all the motions I am still either crushing a primer or getting "no" primer about one per hundred. Getting no primer is not a big deal except it gets powder in the indexing ball which really screws things up. Talked to a supervisor at Dillon. He immediately told me to clean my machine, which I told him I had done and he went on to tell me exactly how to clean it. Thanks, I said, I know how to clean it and that's not the problem. He then told me that everyone is putting out bad primers and said I needed to use Remmington primers. I said if I had to use ONLY Remmington primers, or a certian kind of brass, I might as well send the machine back now. He said he would send me some replacement parts - end of conversation. I am sure he was trying to help me. I am equally sure he was going down a check list of sorts in order to diagnose the problem. I plan on calling back on Monday. I hope someone can hit on something that will eliminate the problem here.

I bought my Super 1050 about two months ago. The first two weeks were perfect, then I started crushing a primer now and then. Then more than that. Now up to 3-4 per hundred. Did "most" all the things mentioned here BUT last night I took the primer tube off the machine again and looked at the blue tip of the primer rod, which I had just replaced about two weeks ago (at the suggestion of this board). On the leading face where the split is I noticed that it had been hitting something and caused a very small rough spot which also had distorted the plastic down below the bottom of the rest of the tip. I mean, a couple of thousandths. I took a small file and cleaned it back to flat and then some fine grain sand paper and just slicked it up a bit. I looked at the old tip which I still have and it has the same mark. I just loaded three hundred rounds with no problems. That small piece of plastic was (I guess) snagging primers as they were being moved forward. Now, I have to find out what is hitting that tip because I am sure it will come back. I am still planning on putting a steel plate under my machine which resides on a sturdy wood bench, and I am going to tether the case feeder with some wire to keep the movement to a minimum. Will post if this really was my particular problem. Should know in about a week.

I met John at "Winter Range" which is the SASS Nationals. I was assigned to my possee (squad) and I remember this guy who really knew how to move through a course. Being a M-card at the time myself, I found it really hard to keep up with this guy as the stages unfolded. On the second day of the match, someone said "Idaho John is John Shaw". I almost fell down. That was 2001. As it turned out, we both had a couple of misses which put us out of the running, so we sat at the same table at the awards ceremony and got drunk and loud. I remember folks trying to tell us to quiet down. I don't really remember the match, but I sure remember having a blast with John, a guy who I had only met three days before. He wanted me to come up and do some bird hunting, but work was booming so I never called him. Super-nice guy.

So the outcome is this: New springs and followers from Tripp fixed my CMC mags, BUT the new Cobra mags are held too low in the gun, so the rounds nose dive so hard they get stuck on the ramp. If I use a mag catch to hold them higher then the old CMC mags will sit too high in the gun, so the Tripp mags will have to go back. I am happy that the new springs and followers from Tripp work however and the folks at Tripp Research are always good to work with.

Thanks to all. I ordered new springs and followers from Tripp today along with two Cobra mags in 10mm. I figure it may allow me to load the rounds out a little longer. At any rate, should know if it's going to work by this weekend. Hit 'em Hard. Dan

I want to replace the followers because they are the old Delvco (I think that's it) type and I am getting two problems with them: One the nose of the bullet is starting to dip (nose-dive) and two, any remaining bullets in the mag move forward and so the mag won't drop free. This is a bad thing if we are shooting an El-Pres type of stage. Any ideas on a non-nose dive follower?