What caliber do ya shoot in main matches with your Rugers?

[old tired eyes]

When I first started SASS I shot a vaquero and a Bisley vaquero in 357, sold those and switched to 45 colt. I just got a set of the NMV in 357/38 Thinking about shooting them for a little.

[Major E A Sterner]

I shoot a pair of 3 screw Blackhawks in.357/ .38 Smokeless

MG just curious, why did you include the .30 carbine in the poll? they aren't SASS legal.

[Mustang Gregg]

Because Blackhawks were chambered for them. 
And I know of a Pard who shot them for a couple of years. 

[Major E A Sterner]

Fair enough...

[Smokin Gator]

I shoot 44 Russians or Specials with black powder out of my 44 mag Vaquero's.  Just made a deal to get one of the 44 special flat tops.  Smokin Gator

[Dalton Masterson]

I shoot OMVBHs in 45 Colt loaded with 45 Schofields, packed clear full of 2F, 1 in each hand.

DM  (Good luck at CSG, MG!!)

[Mustang Gregg]

DM & FBM:

I can't make it to the match.
Duty called.

Thanks for the support!
MG

[Dalton Masterson]

Awwww, sorry MG! Hope you get to come visit us sometime. Maybe the October State Blackpowder shoot?
Have fun on duty!
DM

[Jbar4Ranch]

It will only let me select two options, so...

Five .45 Colts
Three .44-40's (down from... eight, I think)
Three .38-40/.40 S&W convertibles
Six .357's, two of which are unconverted 3 screw Blackhawks

I've got a couple .44 mags and a .41 mag, but don't shoot them in matches.

[Branding Iron Bill]

The now rare and mystical 44-40, 4 5/8", one blue, one SS.  44-40 reeks old west, that's why I love em so much.  I guess Gene Autry did too, enough to include it in the lyrics of his trademark song, 'Back in the Saddle again'.

"Ridin' the range once more,
Totin' my old .44"

I started out with a brace of .45's, but they now just sit there unused in the safe. (money in the bank)

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

   Been shooting 45 long Colt for close to fifty years now, I love the caliber, it just says old west all over it, I have seven Six guns, and two rifles in this caliber.

                                             Regards

                                         tEN wOLVES 

[yeti76620]

Hello Ya'll,

Just wanted to make it official on this thread that I, the Reverend Sassquatch Dawg, shoot OMV in 357 mag with as much smokeless as the speed limit allows     behind the 158 gr RNFP lead.  I am planning to do the same with the 45 LC Bisley Vaqueros as soon as the cash flow becomes available 'cause it thrills me to make the steel dance!     

A Brother At Arms,
Yeti76620

[badeyebob]

 I shoot the .44 Russian in my Vaqueros and in my 94 Marlin......  

[Marshal J.D.Lightning]

It has to be 45 COLT  That's the only caliber I have for my Ruger NMVs, Schofields, Rossi 92 & my 66

Great caliber

J.D.

[ol coot]

 45 Colt in my Rugers, backed by a 10 ga.coach gun when needed  
 Ol coot

[M.T Chambers]

44's

[fourfingersofdeath]

45 Colt out of NMVs and soon to be shooting ROAs and ROAs with Kirst Converters in 45Colt!

[Isom]

Howdy all,
I use a pair of blue Vaqueros in 44-40 when I shoot smokrless, and a pair of SS Vaqoeros in 38-40 for the Holy Black!! But, I'm not really partial to shiny (SS) guns. Sooo I bought a pair of blue Vaqueros in .357mag. and had them converted to 38-40,,,,,and they are sweet.
Isom Dart
SASS #8096

[fourfingersofdeath]

Four Fingers of Death:

Where is the caliber break-off point for them "sissy guns"?  
Above .38 cal?  
Above .40 Cal?

MG

When our Prime Minister (monster) got up and declared that he hated guns and would ban them he hadn't realised the number of shooters nor their influence. Our Olympic pistol shooters sold us out down the river whilst protectibg their interests and the ruling was worded exactly the same as their rule book, no calibre greater than .38. In relaity this is 357. After a lot of arm wrestling, they allowed big bores for Single Action Shooting and Silouette, but you have to have a High Calibre Permit. This is easily got, just a matter of asking for it and proving you have been shooting regularly for 6 months. You then have to shoot the big calibre at 4 matches a year to keep the permit.

The silly thing is I could buy a 375Win Thompson Centre Contender or Encore or even a BFR in that calibre (and 30/30s) without any special permits other than normal club membership, but if I was to want a 38/40 or a 44/40 I would require a High Calibre Permit.

When the new laws came out, most shooters just converted to 357s. Not me i won't go quietly. I had 2x44Mags and a 45Colt Commander. They confiscated the Commander and I chose to hand in the Bisley Blackhawk because it used to bite me under recoil, drawing blood with heavy loads.

I have repllaced these with a extra 44Mag, 2x 44/40s, 2x 44 Specials and 2x45 Colts(RNMVs) a Texan 44 Cap andf Ball and a pair of ROAs. We have had two sets of gun confisction here and I have set out to at least double the number of guns I have with each 'buy back.'

The other states aren't as accommodating, but my state has 2 Shooters Party Senators and they have influenced the law making priocess to the point where we have been given a few concessions (28day waiting period dropped after first gun purchase, etc). Now the firearms registry seem happy to just take the money ($30) for a permit as long as you meet the criteria without considering how many guns you have. I once requested 15 permits at once and they got approved. I just ordered 5 last week and they have arrived.

It's funny, but I went to a promotional shoot yesterday. A pistol club that has never had a cowboy shoot is giving it a try. They rounded up a  bunch of the usual suspects and while we were sitting down to dinner Saturday night, we did a bit od a calibre comparison. Who said the 44/40 was dead? 5x 44/40 (four in BP), 1x45Colt (BP), 1x44Mag and 3x sissy guns. Butttttttttttt, then again the cowboys at the dinner are the old incorrugables and probably not 100% representative of the normal crowd. Good to see the brass pickererupperer hold up a 44/40 case and half the possee comes over for a look and having to cloise the range with nearly every shooter because on of the targets has been knocked right over.

[TomBullweed]

My regular short guns are a pair of Vaqueros in .45 Colt: one sstl and one case/blue for a salt-n-pepper look.
I sometimes shoot a Uberti Thunderer in .45 Colt that has a 3-1/2" barrel and sees a bit of concealed carry duty.
My BBQ gun is a 1902 Colt Bisley in .32 WCF that shoots best with loads around 950 fps.  This is quite a formidable cartridge that I also enjoy in a couple of original Winchesters. 
I just picked my guns as I found them.

If I lived in the 1880's, my guns would be a Colt DA Frontier and a Winchester 1876 in .45-60, but then I could not shoot CAS.