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General Discussion / Re: Time served

« on: January 01, 2021, 09:26:43 AM »

Congratulations!

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General Discussion / Re: RO Class

« on: February 03, 2020, 10:02:25 PM »

Actually it was January 19th. I will look at having another one in March

ROII?

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General Discussion / Re: Shooter Categories

« on: October 18, 2019, 05:00:31 PM »

There's a shooter on the SASS Wire that created a pretty handy Category Matrix: https://forums.sassnet.com/index.php?/topic/293147-cowboy-action-holsterbelt-rig-recommendationations-needed/&do=findComment&comment=3811472
 

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General Discussion / Re: The Kid

« on: October 16, 2019, 12:26:16 PM »

Agreed, Missus Tyrel and I both enjoyed it.

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General Discussion / Re: Congratulations to Special Members

« on: July 25, 2019, 09:22:45 AM »

Conratulations to all.

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General Discussion / Re: Updated forum

« on: July 25, 2019, 09:22:16 AM »

Anita, I managed to get logged in on FireFox now. I had to go into settings and allow cookies for http://www.oakridgeoutlaws.org.

Everything I'm reading suggests this is a mod_security setting within Apache in your hosting account.

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General Discussion / Re: Updated forum

« on: July 25, 2019, 09:13:37 AM »

I'm logged in on my phone, but it won't let me log in on my laptop using Firefox.

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General Discussion / Re: Updated forum

« on: July 25, 2019, 07:19:51 AM »

@Anita, I understand. The Carbon Theme has been around a long time and probably not been updated. I'll poke around on SMF's theme site and see if I spot anything decent. If there's anything I can do to help just ask; although I haven't messed with SMF for a few years.

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General Discussion / Re: Updated forum

« on: July 24, 2019, 09:14:39 AM »

No problems here but I wasn't having them after the fix on the old one.

Don't care for this layout on the phone. Have to turn it sideways to read the text horizontally rather than vertically. 

Go into your profile. Under Look and Layout, change to the Carbon theme.

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General Discussion / Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMBSTONE

« on: July 04, 2019, 04:18:26 PM »

Happy Birthday!

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General Discussion / Re: Sad News Again-Doubleagle Dave Moser

« on: June 05, 2019, 10:56:23 PM »

Saw it on Facebook just now. Sad, met and shot on his posse at KY State. We've lost another good one 

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General Discussion / Tombstone-Colt SMG 9mm Magazine loader

« on: May 03, 2019, 09:13:23 PM »

Hey Tombstone, here is a link to the site where I got the Colt magazine loader.


http://gregcotellc.com/cart/colt-ar15-smg-9mm-maglula-loader-unloader-24218-lula-lu16b-p-715.html

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Trading Post / Re: In Search of a Flintlock Rifle

« on: April 26, 2019, 01:10:38 PM »

http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php


Jim Kibler sells some fantastic CNC made kits, I picked up a Southern Mountain Rifle kit at the Contemporary Long Rifle show last summer in Lexington.


https://kiblerslongrifles.com/


Jim Chambers over close to Asheville, NC sells some pretty nice kits too, a little more challenging to build:


https://www.flintlocks.com/

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General Discussion / Re: Tips for New/Any Shooter

« on: February 11, 2019, 08:35:58 AM »

Found this on Facebook,  it's pretty sound:

New shooter advice...from a new shooter. I’m not normally a Facebook poster, so bear with me.

I’m 3 months into the sport, I’ve shot 6 or 7 matches now and thought other new shooters might appreciate the perspective of a fellow newbie.

How to get started - go and watch, be friendly, respectful and ask questions. Go with a friend or by yourself, but just go watch. It took just once for me, watched 2 stages and I was hooked.

Everybody wants to know about what guns to buy - this is where I made my first mistake. After watching a bit of that first match I went off and started spending money...it turned out ok but I shouldn’t have done that. I’ve already sold the revolvers, shotgun and holsters for something different...and there’s a pretty good chance the rifle is next! I didn’t believe people when they said I could just show up and borrow guns, plus I felt guilty/awkward asking.

If I could go back and give myself a little advice it would be - buy a few boxes of 12ga shotgun shells (preferably light loads) and a few hundred loaded .38s from a reputable cowboy ammo vendor like “Bullets by Scarlett.”  People are likely to offer you their ammo as they don’t know you yet and don’t want you blowing up their guns with poorly loaded ammo, but if you have good trustworthy ammo, that would help. I’d start with 38s because that seems to be most popular and give you the best chance of having the right ammo for the guns you borrow. But at your first match ask about what caliber most people shoot in case it’s different in your area. Bring ammo and borrow guns (and leather) for several matches and see what you like.

While you are borrowing guns I recommend a few things - forget competition!  Just shoot smoothly, work the guns smoothly, set them down rather than drop them...try to shoot the match clean. You’re not there to win, you’re there to learn and to earn trust. As people see you are safe, respectful and interested, they will go a long way to try and help you out. If you want to know something...ask someone. After a while, you’ll know what to do and what to buy. Now get out there and HAVE FUN!

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General Discussion / Re: February 9th Match Predictions

« on: February 08, 2019, 04:21:05 PM »

I predict:

14) A Slater sighting.


15) Tombstone will miss less targets than last month.


16) I'll miss more targets (trying to set my personal best stage time don't ya know)