What are you doing this Weekend ?

[Capt. Texas Elliot]

This weekend coming?
Cowra Horse Expo. Joust display and a bit of the ol' Wild West.



Weekend of the 17th. Down to Penrith to check out a gunshow and look at buying some C&B,s.

Weekend after that. Off to Buffalo Camp to do another Wild West re-enactment.

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Lookin' good Cap!

[fourfingersofdeath]

Cutting a mighty dashing figure there Captain! Are you tipping your hat to the camera or pointing a steenken pistola at it? A bit hard to tell.

Saturday getting ready for Buffalo Camp as I will be away all next week with work, so I want to be organised (for a change). I will also be installing a new (to me) safe in my office so I can do dry fire drills, etc.

Sunday off to Cowra to shoot with the Cowra Cowboys. Hopefully I will be able to get my new 1873 Uberti rifle working. I only managed to get one shot out of it last time. Hopefully it was an ammo issue. I don't fancy posting it back to Qld for  a fix. It will be nice to see where my new Piettas are shooting as well. I usually leave these things to the last moment and sort the bugs out in the middle or a big match, WRONG!!!!! 

If yer interested in C&Bs I will bring along my new Cavalry Commemorative pair to Buff camp. I had all intentions of using these to shoot, but not sure at this stage.

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

Cutting a mighty dashing figure there Captain! Are you tipping your hat to the camera or pointing a steenken pistola at it? A bit hard to tell.

Saturday getting ready for Buffalo Camp as I will be away all next week with work, so I want to be organised (for a change). I will also be installing a new (to me) safe in my office so I can do dry fire drills, etc.

Sunday off to Cowra to shoot with the Cowra Cowboys. Hopefully I will be able to get my new 1873 Uberti rifle working. I only managed to get one shot out of it last time. Hopefully it was an ammo issue. I don't fancy posting it back to Qld for  a fix. It will be nice to see where my new Piettas are shooting as well. I usually leave these things to the last moment and sort the bugs out in the middle or a big match, WRONG!!!!! 

If yer interested in C&Bs I will bring along my new Cavalry Commemorative pair to Buff camp. I had all intentions of using these to shoot, but not sure at this stage.

Mike

Sounds like you have a great weekend planned. Hope you will enjoy it and say Hi to all out at Cowra.

Sorry I did not catch up with you when you were in the area, was not at home myself much that week.

HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT WEEKEND

Dakota 

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Happy Birthday Dakota Dan!!!!!!


PARTY TIME!!! 

[Capt. Texas Elliot]

Thanks Gents.

It is a dummy pistol.

We are in Cowra this coming weekend doing a display at the Horse Expo. Cowboy Sat morning, joust Sat afternoon. Joust Sun morning, cowboy Sun afternoon.

Always keen to look at C&B's. Mind you though, I have a bit of a thing for Schofields lately.

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

Happy Birthday Dakota Dan!!!!!!


PARTY TIME!!! 

Thanks,Good friend,  had a great day with the family Grandkids here with their mum and dad for tea.

Dakota 

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

Saturday.

Was up at the range,Working Bee in the morning and had 16 shooters down from a club up the Hunter Valley to do a Holster Proficiency Course.

Sunday.

Day at home,my two daughters and my two grandchildren came over for lunch.

HOPE EVERYBODY HAD a GOOD WEEKEND.

Dakota 

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

Saturday.

Gun Show down in Sydney.

Sunday.

Shoot in the Club Championships.

HAVE a GOOD WEEKEND EVERYBODY.


Dakota 

[fourfingersofdeath]

Saturday is loading/ gun cleaning/checking/preparing day, sunday is practice and sort loads out day at Ilford (Mudgee SSAA Pistol Club, aka Cudgegong Troopers).  Monday afternoon is last minute rifle load development/checking on the range (hopefully all will be sorted by Sunday. Next weekend in a three day shoot at Buffalo Camp/ Old Cooyal.

[Judge Lead]

Went to the gun show. Walked out $775.00 poorer. My dear lady (Molly Blade) will be the new owner of a 30/30 and a Greener 12g hammer gun (NO need to lighten the hammers on this one  ) when she has the permits in 4-6 weeks. Would like to have them for our Nationals end of September, but don't think it will happen .

Need to get another long arm cabinet now. They won't fit into the current storage area .

Regards

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

I didn't see you both at the show. If I had I could have brought them home and Molly could have used them next weekend.

Dakota 

[Judge Lead]

Dakota,
we got there at around 1330 and walked out at around 1645.

There wasn't a great deal there to see really, was there?.

Oh well, can't help bad luck and poor timing I guess.

See you at Cooyal ?.

Regards

[fourfingersofdeath]

I'll be there, loaded some 30/30s with trail boss and fired them off at the range today. Couldn't see where they were hitting but bought the target back to 25yds, they are striking about 6" low on the maximum sight setting, bugger, I will have to re-think this.

I have to be ready for Buffalo Camp next Friday.

[Capt. Texas Elliot]

Buffalo Camp.  Madly getting everything ready for it.

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

Buffalo Camp.  Madly getting everything ready for it.

I'll be there, loaded some 30/30s with trail boss and fired them off at the range today. Couldn't see where they were hitting but bought the target back to 25yds, they are striking about 6" low on the maximum sight setting, bugger, I will have to re-think this.

I have to be ready for Buffalo Camp next Friday.

Dakota,
we got there at around 1330 and walked out at around 1645.

There wasn't a great deal there to see really, was there?.

Oh well, can't help bad luck and poor timing I guess.

See you at Cooyal ?.

Regards

See you all out there, Leaving Friday morning with Hoodoo Brown.

HAVE a GOOD WEEKEND EVERYBODY

Dakota 

[fourfingersofdeath]

G'day, just got back from Cooyal, had a great weekend, shot a bucketful of ammo, couldn't get my new (to me) 30/30 to work right. I have been so busy i never had time to get it sorted, which is a shame. Like big Arnie said, "I'll be back!"

Thanks, Matt, Cib & Mrs Cib, sassy and others, a big effort from a small club.

[Dakota Dan from OZ]

Yes another great shoot,get to shoot 2 rifle one pistol cal and one rifle calibre

Here are a couple of photos.

Dakota   

[fourfingersofdeath]

Scheeeoooooot! That's me in the red shirt packing tin!

[fourfingersofdeath]

I liked the Pat Garrett match so much, I plan on attending as many monthly weekend shoots at Cooyal that I can. Decided to buy a 1876 in 45/60 or 45/75. None to be had, 

I thought about it and as I have a BPCR 45/70, I decided that I have the long range matches covered, so started looking for a 45/70 Cowboy Marlin. None to be had in those either,     

All I could get was one of those big shiny ugly Marlin XTwhatevers in 45/70, the stainless one with the long Bbl and grey laminated wood. It is off to the Gunsmiths at Sefton for a cobbled up full length mag tube and a bit of honing and de-horning. I don't know about the wood though, I wonder if it will take a stain if I strip the finish off it??

Anyways, looking forward to getting this big mutha slinging lead, thats for sure.
Mick.

Shucks, by the time the 1876s come in I won't be working and probably won't have the bucks for it, I was going to go full hog and get my own headstamp on the brass from Bruce Bertram and all.

A fool and his money are not soon parted if there's no toys in the country.

Anyways i will probably end up with a customised big Marlin which will end up costing the same or more that the 1876, especially if I re-stock it.

I wonder if the wood from a 444S will swap?