Found an old pic!

[BearBiologist]

From my days shooting CAS/SASS. I ONLY shot 45 Colt loads! Warthogs were an informal group (40 cal. or larger, no reduced loads, authentic clothing)

 

[contender]

LOVE the picture!

 

[noahmercy]

Warthogs bring the boom!

My wife is a four-time women's state SASS champ here in Wyoming, and she did it using 45 Colt "Bisqueros", a Rossi 92 saddle ring carbine in 45 Colt, and a 12 gauge coach gun. The Colt load was 6 grains of Titegroup under a 260 grain bullet I cast (840 FPS, virtually identical to the original loading).

I wasn't as successful as she with smokeless, but won my class a couple times shooting 38 grains of real black powder under a 250 grain PRS bullet using Birdshead Sheriff model Vaqueros. You know the smoke is good when the RO is coughing and spotters are whining about not being able to see hits and misses!

 

[BearBiologist]

I used the same Titegroup load. Hated cleaning up after using BP, though!

 

[weaselmeatgravy]

Warthogs are also A-10 anti-tank aircraft that shoot 30mm depleted uranium projectiles from their gatling guns. There were an awful lot of retired Warthog pilots with itchy fingers salivating over the news videos of columns of Russian tanks stuck in Ukraine during the first few days of the war. The A-10's themselves are largely retired these days, It is not a pretty plane, so it doesn't have the political sex appeal of a fighter jet, and USAF argues that the F-35 can do the same job. But...

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Love the smell of BP Smoke in the morning
Me shooting a lite load in the Old Armys at a Texas State match. Just fill up the cylinder and smash in a ball pretty simple Notice I shoot both left and right handed none of this weak hand stuff. Besides it can give you an advantage. Since I shoot rifle left handed I will shoot left pistol first and place left had on rifle while shooting right pistol if the stage is set up that way. Or if moving to rifle left hand is free to pick up rifle while putting right pistol away. Anyway that works for me.

This stage rifle was first, put rifle down with right hand while drawing left pistol first then draw right pistol.

This stage shoot left first which leaves left hand free while moving to pick up rifle when putting right pistol away

I shoot 357 in the 73 due to the blow by in the 45 Colt. caused by undersize cases and oversized receivers. If it wasn't for SASS there would not have been a 45 Colt Rifle. 44-40 the BP rifle round of choice.

A little smoke from the twice barrel

 

[Snake Pleskin]

Warthogs bring the boom!

My wife is a four-time women's state SASS champ here in Wyoming, and she did it using 45 Colt "Bisqueros", a Rossi 92 saddle ring carbine in 45 Colt, and a 12 gauge coach gun. The Colt load was 6 grains of Titegroup under a 260 grain bullet I cast (840 FPS, virtually identical to the original loading).

I wasn't as successful as she with smokeless, but won my class a couple times shooting 38 grains of real black powder under a 250 grain PRS bullet using Birdshead Sheriff model Vaqueros. You know the smoke is good when the RO is coughing and spotters are whining about not being able to see hits and misses!

4 time champ, that is some good shooting! When I lived in Scottsdale I used to belong to SASS. I loved going to the "mounted" competitions. Those men & women were phenomenal as were the horses!

 

[BearBiologist]

Warthogs are also A-10 anti-tank aircraft that shoot 30mm depleted uranium projectiles from their gatling guns. There were an awful lot of retired Warthog pilots with itchy fingers salivating over the news videos of columns of Russian tanks stuck in Ukraine during the first few days of the war. The A-10's themselves are largely retired these days, It is not a pretty plane, so it doesn't have the political sex appeal of a fighter jet, and USAF argues that the F-35 can do the same job. But...

Most vets know the A-10 "Thunderbolt" (nicknamed the "Wart Hog"). Although outdated, they are practically/literally indestructible. Have triple back-up for all systems and a titanium bucket around the cockpit. Many vets owe their lives to the "Hog". BTW: The gatling in the cartoon is a nod to the A-10.

ONE example: Her call-sign is "Killer Chick"!
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the...damaged-warthog-using-only-cranks-and-cables/

 

[Johnny-Baseball]

A-10 Warthog aka Bart, as in BBBBRRRRRRT. Some A-10 pilots applied pictures of The Simpsons cartoon character Bart as nose art. My son, now a Blackhawk pilot and formerly a 160th SOAR crew chief, said when he was down range (4 tours to Iraq, 2 more to Afghanistan) Marines and Army grunts all proclaimed Bart as their best friend...they loved to hear him "sing."

Former Cowboys defensive lineman Chad Hennings (Air Force Academy honor grad) was an A-10 pilot before joining the NFL. When asked why he piloted the A-10, he said that at 6'6" and 240 lbs. the A-10 was about the only aircraft with a cockpit large enough for him to fit inside.

 

[needsmostuff]

Colt load was 6 grains of Titegroup under a 260 grain bullet I cast (840 FPS, virtually identical to the original loading).

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That little dab of Tightgroup rattling around in that big ole 45colt case always kinds of perturbs me.
Does it not seem position sensitive when you shoot it ?

 

[noahmercy]

That little dab of Tightgroup rattling around in that big ole 45colt case always kinds of perturbs me.
Does it not seem position sensitive when you shoot it ?

The sole reason I chose Titegroup was for the position insensitivity. I chronographed five rounds pointing the muzzle up before each shot, and five pointing the muzzle down between each shot. Extreme spread was only 35 FPS. I had performed the same test with Bullseye, and the spread was three times that.

That being said, that is not a forgiving powder if someone is easily distracted or not a meticulous handloader, as it is very possible to get a double charge in some cases.

 

[weaselmeatgravy]

BTW: The gatling in the cartoon is a nod to the A-10.

When I was a productive member of society (pre-retirement), I was an aerospace engineer and for a little over a year, I worked at the factory that made those gatling guns. I did not work with the guns, I was on the 4th floor and they were on the first floor, but I got to tour the production facility once and that was fascinating.