Grizzly Dave

Wish I could have been there, but had a funeral to attend.

I had a great time, posse ten was the BEST! Yes, the wind SUCKED and BLEW, and I'm still tasting the dust and need to vac it out of my car, but the match was fun. Were there things I would change if I could, sure, but I could say that about any match, and realize the opinions vary, and matches aren't written just for me. Grizz

Patio umbrella for me. bottom perm attached, top is put in when needed. as others said, wind is a factor, even with the little 'clamp' thing, I've had wind pull the umbrella out going up....then down a few feet away. My cart is heavy enough never had it blow over, then again if it gets breezy I fold the umbrella up

Grizzly Dave, SASS 85224 From the Colorado Territory Shooting for I reckon 8, 9 years now

You go Sue! Sadly I am unable to attend this time around. I know that you will have fun!

Info is now available on the Thunder Mountain website LINK

I think a fair amount of the turnover can be attributed to the life cycle of any hobby or interest. People may give other reasons but I think it boils down to that.

Wow, this thread not only jumped the rails, I think it did it on a bridge!

HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY DAY!

Got cha, you were ahead of me.

One miss on the pistol and shoot where it was on the rifle. I myself would avoid using the use of the term 'target failure' so as to avoid having to look up in the books to see what that might or might not imply. JMO.

The cover is beautiful

First I'd be sure the extractor rod is clean and lubed. I use dummy shells made from fired hulls and have never had a problem, then again, I almost never practice.

It's not, in the first email clicking either link would take you to the January edition, they have since fixed those links and send another email. In the original email clicking on the cover picture would take you to the February edition.

Bronc - There are many now who feel there are too many, perhaps way too many categories already. Adding a major / minor power factor category, or divisions to all existing categories would just not be practical. Back when things moved from pretty much just Modern and Traditional the powers than be chose to break out the ages, costumes, and shooting styles rather than power factor. With shooters from about 8 to more than 80 that seems to make sense. Classic Cowboy is the only category with a caliber requirement other than just the basic minimums, but it doesn't have any power factor restrictions other than the minimums for all categories. Grizz

Bravo! My thanks to the founders, and all the countless others who have come since that have contributed to making the game I love. Let's play cowboy! Grizz

Good job Pit Bull! Way to go!

only problem with that is one size does not fit all. I could see a nice embroidered hand towel though, maybe.

YeeHaw, you are on your way!

Blackjack - The ladies on that posse were mighty pretty.... the fellers not so much, but it's the ladies I care about anyway I'll do my best to be there, but I'm not making any promises.

For the 2016 CO State match Pawnee Station did some nice metal and wood trophies with a water tower Side match and costume contest winners got license plate type things Here is a picture of one of the medals that Stirrups club handed out I thought these were nifty, metal cutouts on a horse shoe Here is another interesting one, a stained glass type of thing hand made by one of the host club's family members

Thunder Mountain puts on a first class match. Great props, fun stages, and awesome people! Here is a video I put together of me shooting the 2013 CO State match there. HERE IS A DIRECT LINK to this years match info and entry form.

Some folks can laugh at their miscues and plain bad luck, and some can't. Often it can take a little time to be able to laugh at something and get over it. As to things that people do that annoy me, sure there are some things. Some I can write off as just a different way to enjoy the game, and some are just simple rudeness. If it's something that needs to be addressed, I'd rather do it right away and get back to the fun. If not, I do my best to overlook it, look past it, or otherwise ignore it as I don't want it to effect the fun I am having. If someone has a problem, it is their problem, I have enough of my own that I'm not gonna take on theirs too.

I do

Looking at the radar the range is in the middle of a big snow cell this morning.