Slowly, the evolution of SASS shooting began... At Showdown '88 at the West End Gun Club, "there was movement on some of the stages. All featured generous sized targets at modest distances. These were undoubtedly the "easiest" stages yet, and represented the "new" image, which was built up in practice matches over the previous year. All stages were designed to be handled by less experienced shooters, but offered enough challenge to the top competitors to keep things interesting for everyone."
Yosemite, welcoming one and all to Showdown '88 at the West End Gun Club.
West End was wall to wall campers. The adjacent area looked like an RV facility on a Labor Day weekend!
Stage 1 was a two gun scenario set in an 1880's Chinese laundry. The shooter realizes a holdup is in progress, drops his bundle of laundry
and chases the bad guys through the lines of drying clothes. Stumpy is pictured blazing away with pistol and shotgun. At this point, SASS
stages were still run with two guns. In this one, a pistol and a shotgun.