Arcadia Outlaw, SASS 71385

Cypress Sam, so many good times ! The T&R (Howey in the Hills Cowboys) practices and BS sessions, some of the best times out there ! At T&R Sam set the World Record for single shot shotgun, and I think it was mentioned he set the first gunfighter world record, we had a lot of fun with that. At the T&R practices he used to bring an over ripe banana for a snack, it bothered/disgusted one of the guys so each time the bananas got worse lol. We shot a lot of matches & practiced together over the years(since 05) and usually shot on the same posse, always fun watching him shoot & game a stage, always within the rules though, in fact he carried a copy of the rules in his guncart. One of the funniest stories is when Sam really got Santa Fe River Stan good one day at lunch with the “shooting the shotgun like Arcadia Outlaw(me), it made Stan so mad and we laughed so hard about that, then Stan found it funny later that Sam got him riled so good. We laughed about that one for a long time. When Sam became Match Director at WVC I don’t think I’ve ever run so much or so far between shooting positions and he had to be in his mid 70’s at the time. He also wrote all these stage instructions so there was no way people could get a Procedural instead it confused a lot of folks and caused more P’s lol. Sam did not like to be touched and that caused some really funny incidents ! Lots of great memories, AO & MH

The percentage of clean shooters for a match can kinda be sketchy as I’ve shot quite a few matches that were quite easy to shoot clean if that was the goal, but with big & close targets people like to push and that’s when you have the whole “ there’s never a target to big or to close that can’t be missed”. AO

Well written Creeker ! You have to make the folks paying the bills happy. I know friends of mine have lost interest in EOT because it was not fun, spend a lot of money not to have fun does not make very much sense. As someone who has been a Match Director for many years the best feeling is when you see folks smiling as they are switches stages or just walking somewhere on the range and you know that they’re having a great time without asking. Midwest Hale and myself are going to EOT for the first time looking forward to the changes. AO

Ditto to the OP ! This was our second trip to Land Run (first time was 2023)we both tanked the 1st time out but no fault of the match. They put together a really fun match again this year , We will definitely be back ! AO & Midwest Hale

Midwest Hale & myself had a great time at Ambush this year ! The weather had looked like rain but neither flight got wet as far as I know, it was perfect weather in my opinion, but the matches can’t control the weather anyway ! The match was well written and target placement was perfect to let ‘er rip if you dare, some pushed to hard but Hayley and I were both clean. I guess I should of pushed harder as I was 2nd in category. Congrats Christian Mortician. The Saturday night banquet was great with a few drinks before supper, the meal was great some very tender brisket. Lots of folks stayed after the awards and we had a great time ! Really nice Molly’s buckles for the category winners and plaques for 2nd place and down. Not part of the shoot but just a short distance from the range is Cathedral Cavern’s State park, has a hour and half cave tour which was pretty amazing if you have not done it , I recommend it. Thanks to all involved at the North Alabama Regulators, we shot with Dead Lee Shooter so we know who wrote and set up the match, Great Job ! Congrats to the Georgia Shooters for taking the Trail Driver Award this year. Congratulations to Sidekick for taking Overall Congratulations to my Midwest Hale for finishing 7th overall and taking Overall Lady. Next trip Land Run !!!! AO

Midwest Hale & myself had a great time ! AO

The wording on SASS approved boots is or was misunderstood in handbook. Unless your shooting B western or Classic Cowboy you can wear just about any boots or shoes that aren’t sneakers. Rubber sole work boots/shoes are fine. Go to some local matches and just hang out or help with posse duties. All Longhunter suggestions are spot on. SKB’s are really expensive but if you handle and shoot one there’s a reason why. Be careful buying used equipment as it can be someone’s problems, but there are also some good used guns as well. AO

works good dab some paint in serration works great and looks good too

Competition Timers all the way, I like the Pocket Pro 2, especially for practice when you want to review splits( pain on a pact) Our club used Pact's for years there customer service was lacking at best, (they broke quite a bit )we finally phased them out AO

Good to hear, Wish I could of made it ! AO

Nice run !

As Chance mentioned we had the T&R Ranch they did the W3G matches also WVC the Orlando Club did them for a while, unfortunately folks thought like Blackey Cole mentioned they were afraid to try it because you could move and shoot and figured it would mess them up for SASS matches but it's totally different than SASS,W3G you cannot see all targets unless you move in SASS targets are in front , It was fun and nothing to be worried about AO

Lots of good advice Uberti 73 in 357 / 38 18.5" - 20" barrel Rugers 357 / 38 with 4 5/8 or 5 1/2 " barrels Skb or 97 win or get both Good competition leather Your budget should be able to get you everything, Good Luck AO