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Black Hills Barb

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  1. There's just one more problem at our range and at others we have shot at. We do not have cellular reception. I guess that does put us in the 90s...the 1890s! Saddle up and visit us for the real cowboy experience!
  2. Cowboy action shooting is just one shooting discipline of our gun club. We do not have our own treasury or own bank account. The main club does not accept credit cards at this time. Sorry if that puts us back in the '90s. However, we do run a very successful state match nevertheless. We also have a very small group that works extremely hard to accommodate our shooters however possible. Folks are missing out if writing a check or purchasing a money order is the one thing that will keep them from attending our, or any, match.
  3. Our matches are on the 4th and 5th Sunday of each month. We always set up the day prior to the match. Since the National Day of the Cowboy is celebrated on the 4th Saturday in July, we offer a free new shooter clinic on that day. We set the starting time to coincide with the time we are usually done with setting up our match. Participants receive a packet with some SASS swag, a copy of the shooter handbook, contact info, etc. The first portion of the clinic is a review of the handbook and basic rules. We don't delve too far into all the rules but do allow time for questions, answers, and discussion. After a short break for a light lunch that we also supply, we have some live fire fun. One bay is used for pistol hands on instruction/fire, one for rifle, and one for shotgun. Then, each participant gets to shoot a scenario from loading table to unloading table. We supply all guns and ammo. We use 22s now but actually started with 38s or 45s. We do have some of our match guns on hand as well. Sometimes we have several attendees. Sometimes we don't have any. But since we are at the range anyhow, we are always prepared for it. An ad runs in a local outdoor news publication for a few distributions prior to the date. Although we don't require advance registration, most do contact us ahead of time with their preliminary questions. We have also used brochures, set ups at outdoor expos, the TV "community bulletin board", and articles in all kinds of publications. Nothing is a sure winner for us, but we don't give up! Somehow, we get interested folks that just show up at a match. THEY are our best bet! New shooters are also our BEST RECRUITMENT TOOL! They are excited and tell all their friends! We do host our state's championship match. We do hope that any walk-through traffic might stop by later, too.
  4. It sounds like you are off to a good start. Mark your calendar and attend the Mason Dixon Stampede at Thurmont. It's the first weekend in August. It's a great match. The annual matches and championship matches are really no different than a monthly match. You shoot with your posse but there are just more posses. These matches are great for socializing as they often offer onsite camping, meals and vendors.
  5. The SASS Pennsylvania State Championship will be held May 24-26. We're a bit farther east in PA but it's worth the drive. We do have some nice reactive targets (plate rack, moving target, Pegleg, with some new reactive ones to come). We offer some big and close targets, and some maybe not quite as big or close. (Big as in 4' diameter gong targets.) However, everything does fall within the SASS suggested target sizes and distances. We have a dedicated range/cowboy town, complete with a train, saloon, Boot Hill, general store and more. There is unlimited dry camping on the top of "North Mountain". We pretty much live on that mountain for 3 or more days. Gathering around a campfire each evening is what we do. We'd love to have you join us. We've also got some great vendors signed on this year. Currently, we have shooters from 15 states and Canada registered and there's still plenty of room for more. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. Our club website is www.elpossegrande.com. Just click on the 2024 State Championship tab for info and registration forms. This year is our posse's 25th Anniversary so we chose the theme "SILVER". We'll go from Hi Yo Silver, to Silver Bells and more. We've also hosted the state match for 20 years. It will be a blast! Oh, I've edited this because I can't forget that we have the "best brass pickers in SASS". Members of the Sullivan County Shooting Sports Club (high school age boys and girls) pick our brass and they totally ROCK! Their parents run our concession stand and offer some fabulous sandwiches and I can't forget to mention the pies! This club has sent two shooters to the Olympics and several have competed for and won national titles. Being able to support this organization is such a wonderful privilege.
  6. PSU is Happy Valley Harlot's alma mater and a beautiful place for the wedding.
  7. Sorry you can't make it. Hopefully, we will see you again at the VA match.
  8. This one is my favorite of all the beautiful one's you've made!
  9. We had an amazing turnout and avid interest in CAS. There were over 200,000 attendees last year and I wouldn't be surprised if those numbers were higher this year. President Trump spoke on Friday evening at the NRA Presidential Forum and I'm sure that brought even higher attendance that day. We were there to walk around the entire show on Friday but chose not to battle the crowd for the forum. We worked on Saturday and greeted a pretty steady stream of folks interested in SASS. We sent them home with some SASS swag which included The Chronicle and a guide to SASS Clubs in PA and surrounding states. We have a family that stops by each year to tell us how much they are enjoying CAS and all the friends they have made. Others have stopped by to tell us that they've been to matches, began purchasing firearms, clothing, etc. Our booth was right around the corner from Taylor's and Company and one aisle away from Mernickle. We all referred folks to each other's booths, too. A country concert topped of the week on Saturday night. At the end or our shift we went home hoarse and tired with angry feet but we sure had fun. I look forward to next year. This is my favorite SASS thing next to the shooting, of course. "Our Team" Soaring Chicken, Black Hills Barb, Doc Allan Wood, Happy Valley Harlot
  10. SASS is in Booth 368. My day to work is the 10th. Different crews every day. Enjoy the show!
  11. Are your friends in the shooting sports hall or another part of the complex? It's pretty easy to get around to everyone in the shooting sports hall, although it is the main entrance and there's definitely a morning "crush".
  12. The NRA's Great American Outdoor Show begins soon and SASS will be set up there. Ruby and a crew of volunteers from clubs in Pennsylvania and surrounding states will be on hand all week promoting SASS to all that stop by. We'll have info on hand and SASS swag to hand out. "I've never heard of it" and "they don't do that near my home" are often heard answers to the question "Have you ever heard of Cowboy Action Shooting?" We're there to hand out info, answer questions, and point them in the direction of the nearest SASS affilited club. Mernickle Holsters and Taylors will be set up nearby. We work together by sending folks to each other's booths, too. We've been helping recruit members every year since the first time Misty reserved booth space and we just love doing it! It's a great show and gets better every year since the NRA has been putting it on. If you get to the show be sure to stop by and say Howdy! It's booth 368 in the Shooting Sports Hall.
  13. We met Lefty over 20 years ago when they still lived here in the east. We shot with him many times and Angie was always our scorekeeper. I still remember they told us about their plan to be full-time RVers. We even had a tour of their camper. They are among the nicest folks we met when we first joined SASS. Lefty was always smiling and helpful. Our condolences go out to Angie and all those who loved him. The cowboy world will be a little darker without his smile.
  14. CAS is so supportive of all ages, handicaps, etc. a long as you are safe. Sorry you feel you have to see an end to such a great sport.
  15. We give everyone what they earn. Some clubs don't count misses for kids, either. I don't believe that it's helpful for a child if they think they never miss and have no idea how many misses they have. How will a shooter improve if their mistakes are not recognized accordingly?
  16. Registering worked well, but the club website isn't working. We get this message.
  17. I've been a SASS member/shooter for 23 years. I remember the days of shooting in a prone position, getting on and off various "horses" from a stick horse, to a barrel horse, to a full-size wooden horse. Actually, I tore a muscle in my calf getting off the barrel horse and I encountered a shooter that threw his hip out the same way. I've climbed in and out of bathtubs and so much more. I've had to shoot carrying a plate in one hand for entire scenario when I was a very new shooter. Therefore, I had to shoot duelist on that stage - something I had no experience doing. I've shot at small targets at long distances and large targets at close distances. Still today, we have clubs with their own take on size and distance of targets. I've seen both new/inexperienced shooters as well as some very skilled and experienced shooters do some very unsafe things, too. All things considered; I much prefer SASS/CAS 2023 over SASS/CAS 2000. I see it as a game for ALL - young & old, experienced & inexperienced, participants of all ages. It's a family sport and a darn popular one, too! What I don't see is Dead-Eye becoming the future of SASS/CAS. There are a very specific set of rules for SASS competitions. Things they include are movement limitations for longs guns, loading only 5 in the pistol with the hammer down on the empty chamber, and muzzle position on all firearms, to name some of the most important ones, which seem to not exist in Dead-Eye. I think that Dead-Eye and Brutality matches should remain just that. I do not feel they have a place in SASS as an added discipline. Have fun and be safe with your idea of fun. But, please leave SASS/CAS out of your plans.
  18. You need not ever worry about that hill. We rent a quad every year to transport our shooters up the hill. Just sit a spell and wait on it. Our driver will make as many trips as needed to get everyone up to the top. Carts are taken care of too, either by our brass pickers or they are hauled in the quad. Stages are scheduled so that there's no immediate shooting after that long walk either. Shooters are either on lunch break or done for the day once completing those lower stages. One more thing about our brass pickers - the BEST brass pickers in SASS - they will gladly assist our shooters in moving gun carts whenever needed, not just on the that hill.
  19. The only time we would possibly have any shooters in that category would be at our state match. Of course, we would recognize it then. None of our current monthly shooters are even close to that category.
  20. For now I can say that there will be the usual speed rifle, pistol, & shotgun and several long range events, as well as derringer and pocket pistol. We usually plug in some different things each year, too. Since we are in the off season now and the holidays are coming, we won't meet as a committee until January to work out more details.
  21. Registration is now open for the SASS Pennsylvania State Championship match. The match will be held on May 24-26, 2024. This will be the 20th year that El Posse Grande has hosted the state match. 2024 will also mark the 25th Anniversary of both the posse and of the North Mountain Shoot Out. The theme will be SILVER. Get ready to ride Silver Streak, go silver mining, call out "Hi Yo Silver", and more. It's going to be a GREAT time! All info can be found HERE on the posse website.
  22. Done Wooohoooo! I think I finished first for the first time ever.
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