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The Showdown '88. The top two Black Powder shooters were Shotgun Red and Griff. The top lady shooters were Calamity Joan and Kid Sticks The Top Gun again this year was Lucky Smucky. The runners up were (l to r) Great Dane, Brazos, William Bruce and Doc Holiday.

I totally agree with X. Nice to see some of the history of SASS. Keep it up!!!!

Well , I got to tell ya'll for a new shooter like me I find this fascinating ! Thanks for all the pictures and "Keep 'em coming !

Avenger in the barber chair on stage 7 getting a haircut and a shave, resting under a hot wash cloth. The shooter has to get completely untangled from all of the coverings to get his pistol and shotgun, to take care of the situation. At the beep...disentangle! Calico and One Shot Squirrel Killer, the winners on the Juniors Category at The Showdown '88 30 years ago... probably with kids of their own now, maybe even grandkids. Red Fritz and Fast Fritz from Germany were the top international shooters at Showdown '88

Few more of Hoss Munny and Nora Mae Munny.

"As always, there are lots of ways to shoot a stage. If you look closely, you will also see there are lots of ways to carry ammunition as well." Grey Beard is pictured on Stage 5, at The Showdown '88. It "was a classic buffalo shoot, from a wagon seat. A herd of ten buffalo is located some seventy yards down range. Whoever shoots the most buffalo the fastest wins!" Saturday night, The Showdown sponsored a barbecue dinner and square dancing. Pecos Pop and Pecos Pullet were the lead dancers.

I've found railroad plates hold up real well. I made bullet traps out of big skidster tires. There traps have a backing plate bolted to the back side. The railroad plate is suspended in front of the back plate. I figure I recover well over 50% of the lead thrown at it.

AR500 steel is best. With that you can go down to 5/16" thick without any problems. Size can vary pretty wildly. 8"-24". If I were buying practice targets I would probably be looking for something in the 18" range.