Cowboy Action Shooting

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"we've gotta roll with the punches, learn to play all of our hunches
Making the best of what ever comes our way
Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition
Plowing straight ahead come what may
And theres a cowboy in the jungle"
Jimmy Buffet

December 16, 2017, 06:56 PM

henryaz

95 PF, that's the lowest IDPA permits, and that's just for BUG.

December 16, 2017, 08:52 PM

LtJL

so what PF is a 158 gr .357 at 1400?

December 17, 2017, 12:57 AM

sns3guppy

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Originally posted by hrcjon:
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Your wife's horses actually have hearing protection?

Yup they do, if you had a .45LC blank going off just above your head you'd wish you had it too.
There are both internal and external versions. My wife's go to horse does best with the internal ones. They look like a miniature tribble from star trek if you are that age...
Google Pomms ear plugs for horses and you will see a bunch, but there are a lot of different brands. I have no wish for these horses to be deaf when older so they get some form of protection whenever there is shooting around them. Her other CMS horse does fine with internal and external so he gets external ones since I think they give much higher suppression.
j

Interesting. I've never had much respect for folks who would subject a horse to that noise. It's good to know others feel the same, and that protection is out there, as it should be. I've never seen it, but it sounds like a real advance. I hope all the participants are using it, and I hope the ones who don't refuse to wear hearing protection themselves. Goose, gander, and all.

December 17, 2017, 01:13 AM

jhe888

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Originally posted by LtJL:
so what PF is a 158 gr .357 at 1400?

220, the way SASS calculates it. It also exceeds the maximum velocity allowed.

December 17, 2017, 05:13 AM

Rob Decker

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Originally posted by chongosuerte:
Horses? You people can afford guns and horses? AND a wife?

I jest... my wife has a better job than me, but we’re still not in “horse money” territory. That’s a whole different level!

This does sound like an excellent excuse to get a .357 lever gun, though

.357 leverguns are obnoxiously fun.

December 17, 2017, 11:49 AM

chongosuerte

Lots of good info, thank you. I'll ask my wife to read through this and we'll ponder it a bit.

Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here.

Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard.
-JALLEN

"All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones

December 17, 2017, 12:45 PM

slabsides45

I'll 4th (or 5th?) the cost objections on horses. Little known factoid: horses were invented by God to make boats look like a reasonable investment....

I've always been intrigued by CAS events, just never made time to go take a look. I probably need to stay away, as my wife is NOT half a bottle in, and will not appreciate my interests.

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