Dogmeat Dad, SASS #48563L

Scout, I was great seeing you at the Delaware State Shoot and I really enjoyed talking with you at the Banquet on Saturday night and hearing about your upcoming travel plans. Holli and I probably won't cross paths with you for the rest of this year as you will be traveling outside of our normal stomping grounds, but I will continue to live vicariously through your blog here in the wire! Safe Travels Pard, until we meet again! Dogmeat & Holli

I tried that once. Scared the $hit out of my dog, literally.

Prayers Up!

It's hard to express the joy I get from attending this match every year and I want to extend Holli's and my sincere appreciation to everyone on the Last Stand Committee for everything they do to make this match a success. Also Shoot GTR the range that hosts the Roughshod Raiders deserve our thanks as well. They were fantastic and very welcoming, which is not always the case these days. They were absolutely fantastic. Holli and I make that annual 950+/- mile trip, each way, from home to the match every year knowing that, as impossible as it seems, the match we are heading too will be better than the year before. We have attended the Florida State Championship almost every year since our first way back in 2007 (Back when it was The "Original" Last Stand in Orlando/Kissimmee) only missing the two years when it was held in Tallahassee as the match dates didn't work for us, and this year made our 18th Florida State Championship. You'd think, after all of these years, I would be shooting faster! The match this year was no exception and the Last Stand Committee outdid themselves on the Props! A special shout-out to Calico Carol who did an absolutely amazing job with the people props, the best I've ever seen. The Last Stand Committee has an incredibly talented and very special group of people there and Holli and I are blessed to have had the chance to spend time with them for so many years! The stages were great and in spite of the sun backlighting the hanging smoke on a couple of bays, I was clean for the whole match, well except for Stage 2 (our very last stage...) where I "Failed To Properly Understand The Course Of Fire" and shot the pistols as a round count on the first two targets and alternated for 5 rounds, not as instructed with 3 on the first target, 2 on the second target, and 5 on the last target on the other side of the cactus! Right number of rounds on the correct targets, just not the correct order...Dang "Gunfighter Brain"! For a change this year, Holli and I stayed at the Host Hotel instead of our normal hotel of choice and that was absolutely the right decision. The hotel was great, they had a great breakfast, and we were right there on the property to participate in the evening events. The Casino night was certainly a hit based on the folks I saw, with the tables packed with cowboys and cowgirls, laughing and joking, winning and losing, and just having a great time. At the end of the night, those with any remaining chips, traded them in for raffle tickets that they then put into one of the various raffle drawings that were offered. Great Time for sure and a lot of fun. The Awards Ceremony/Banquet in the big ball room was well done, and they managed to churn through the numerous categories efficiently while keeping it entertaining and enjoyable. Lot's of happy, smiling, winners, to be sure and while I was not amongst them (no big surprise there), I was still smiling! Who knows, maybe next year...(and if you believe that I have some ocean front property in Colorado I'd like to sell you! ) If you want to attend one of the best (if not THE Best) SASS Championship Match on the East Coast, put The Last Stand 2027 on your calendar, but Sign Up Early as I have no doubt it will be another sell out! I can't wait...

Here is a link to it in the Google Play Store...IPSC Shot Timer. It is a free download. I do not know if it is available on Apple devices, but if so, you would need to check the Apple Store for it.

I found IPSC Shot Timer to be decent. Using my Pixel 6XL it picked up the clicks when I dry fire without issue. Of course, if I used it more often, I might actually shoot faster!

So sad to hear of his passing. I spoke with him at length many times during the SASS Conventions. He taught the RO Refresher course, and some other classes, and he knew the rules inside and out. Fine Cowboy and a gentleman through and through. Prayers Up and Condolences to all of his friends and family. He will be missed by everyone that had the opportunity to know him.

I bought and old Case Conditioner and that I converted to a Sizer using one of the SASS approved QuikLoader tapered sizers. When the Case Conditioner in its original form is capable of depriming and resizing the plastic hull, it does not have the facility to resize the brass part of the hull. That is was the SuperSizer does, resize the brass part of the hull. Several of the MEC presses include a SuperSizer station as part of the press setup. I run an older SizeMaster that has had untold numbers of rounds run through it and it still works. Had to replace a few parts over the years, but almost everything is still available from MEC. I think the 9000 series of presses also has the SuperSizer build in, but you would have to confirm that. Lastly, you only need to worry about sizing the brass part if you are using hulls from guns other than your own as those should be form fired to fit your gun. If, like many of us, you are using hulls pulled from the skeet and trap fields and of unknown origin, then resizing them is a good idea. Just my $0.02 Dogmeat

I'm hoping that they use a target stand that gives them a little more stability this year. It was a double tap that got me. I swear I watched the bullet slide right by the target like something out of the Matrix movie.

Not when they turn 45 degrees or more and they are off to the side. It was like shooting at the edge of a playing card that was swinging in the wind.

Those dang Tombstone Targets at Delaware are the worst. Hit them even slightly off center and they pivot out of the way for your next shot! Those dang things are diabolical!

World Champion Elder Statesman Classic Cowboy! Congratulations Buddy! (Dang, he's gonna be insufferable now! ) Just Kiddin' Pal! A lot of years of hard work to get there, you earned it, wear it with pride! See You In Florida In two weeks! Dogmeat & Holli

Fixed It For You... I try not to use acronyms, but sometimes they just slip in.

FIFY I Hate Diamond Targets. They are like Squares with all the corners cut off! I don't care if the targets have the same number of "Square Inches", "Diamond Inches" are Smaller!

You have to reload! If you don't, the Bad Guy Gets Away! I'm to the point where it takes me just under 5 seconds to do a reload, but once and a while when the stars align, I can do it in under 3, and occasionally it will take me 7 or 8, but it's part of the game. Never let the Bad Guy Get Away!