Most Popular CAS gun?

[Nite Ryder]

Most popular CAS gun

The Winchester 92 would be popular only until a person could get a '66 or '73 and get rid of the 92. Win '92 & '94's are much more difficult to slick up than Marlins, '66 & '73's. In our area it's hard to tell which is the most popular in rifles, Marlins or toggle action rifles ('66 & '73's). Marlins are the least expensive, but short stroke kits are easy to install on '66 & '73's, making them more desirable, but also more expensive. Once in awhile you see a lightning clone (pump action) rifle, but most shooters don't continue to use them. And there is a reason... They don't shoot like a lever gun.

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[Hawg]

Newer 92's are pretty slick out of the box or so I hear anyway. I slicked mine up by filling the action with white lithium grease and working the action for a few hours. You can crank loaded rounds through it with one finger now. The 92 is a much stronger action and will handle 44 mag pressures tho my 44-40 cases don't hold up for very many reloads doing do. Rifles chambered for .45 Colt can be loaded beyond .44 mag pressures with no premature case loss.

 

[Beauhooligan]

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[Beauhooligan]

I made my comment about Ruger Vaqueros and their popularity in Cowboy Action Shooting evident, so I thought I would send you a photo of a few of my favorites. I have stacked eight guns, four pairs, in one Kalispel case. In the bottom are my main match revolvers; two 7 1/2" Blue/CC .44 Magnum Vaqueros with Stag grips. I shoot these with my Marlin 1894 .44 Magnum rifle with a Lyman tang sight. Along side them are two Ruger 5 1/2" SS .45 Colt Vaqueros with Ruger synthetic ivory grips. I shoot these with my Marlin Cowboy in .45 Colt and a Lyman Tang sight. Up top you will see my pretty pair of unfired 5 1/2" SS .44 Magnum Bisley Vaqueros. My pride and joy are the top two 3 5/8" .45 Colt Birdshead Vaqueros. If I ran into any "coyote" in the blackness and he cocked and pointed a .45 Colt Birdshead Vaquero at me, I could only hope I had my Wilson 1911A1 .45 ACP was pointed at him at the same time, or I might lose both bowel and bladder control.

Beauhooligan

I have a couple more I will send along...BH

 

[Beauhooligan]

I regret that I have just this pair of Vaqueros to present to you. A longtime friend of mine had his "fore-sooth-hag" accuse him of physical abuse. He was my older brother, Army Ranger, 10 Year County Sheriff, Deacon in his Church of Christ, and he was not one for domestic abuse. He had to sell all his firearms over night. I bought his Vaqueros and the matching Pedersoli 30" BBL '73 Sporting rifle, with the promise that if he ever managed to clear his name, I would sell them back for the original purchase price. It's been 12 year's, but the offer still stands. I have been working to render a pair of Stag grips to muster, but I think they have a bit to go. I loaded some SERIOUS ammunition for these revolvers a while ago, 17 grains of Alliant 2400 behind some 210 grain .208 diameter soft points I found at a gun show, and darned if these old calbered revolvers didn't behave like lite .44 Magnums. I still have a hundred rounds or such, but I would never put them though my 1873 Pedersoli '73 Winchester. I'd be too afraid of getting the firing pin back through my eye!!!

Ill tender a photo of the '73 if anyone desires. I have equipped it with a tang sight and globe front. I use it for team shoots, as it holds 15 rounds. End of Trail is too darn far away from California these days, so Winter Range is as far as I go.

Beauregard

 

[Jbar4Ranch]

Rugers rule in CAS. I have "a few" myself...
I think there are 29 Blackhawks & Vaqueros in this pic; .357's, .38-40's, .41 magnums, .44-40's, .44 magnums, and .45 Colts.

And 9 more in this one. I already had a nice group pic of the ROA's, so I didn't include them in the picture above.

These are just the SASS legal main match single actions...