Ammo Expenditure

In Cowboy Fast Draw, one of the rules is that for a major, titled match, the host club is responsible for providing ammo for the entire shoot. We all use .45 Colt revolvers, so it's all one caliber. At a major match, everyone shoots the same ammo, which levels the playing field.

Our ammo is specialty ammunition.  We generally shoot wax bullets in cases that have been modified to accept a 209 shotgun primer.  That primer provides sufficient propellant to discharge the wax bullet.  It is easy to reload.  The only equipment that is really needed is a human thumb, and most of us have thrums.  However, because it it specialty ammo, you can't buy it over the counter.  Belle and I have 5000 pieces of this brass.  Our cousin's club in Texas has 5000 pieces of this brass.  We help each other out, so that we can have 10.000 rounds of loaded ammo at the start of a big match.

At Louisiana State last month, we expended 3551 rounds of our ammo, and 3900 rounds of our sister club's ammo. If my math is correct, we shot 7451 shots in a 3-day match with 88 shooters.  I tell you all this because we are panning a big shoot next year, a tri-State match where we will shoot titled championships for Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas over a four day weekend.  We are still looking at venues, and they are starting to narrow down.

I basically just caught up on my sleep after Louisiana State, and we're planning next year's matches.