Ashley D Austin

It was a match official that confronted me. I explained about my foot and that SASS did not have a written footwear policy for age categories, so he went and got the Match Chair who said I had to wear "cowboy boots". When I explained again about SASS not having a written policy about footwear for age categories, he said he had not heard that. Then the match official chirped in that it was a range policy. I checked there was no range policy about shooters being required to wear "cowboy boots". The only thing I found was that SASS Rules applied. I even offered to show them my foot, but they declined.

I have had foot surgery and the bone in my foot is now permanently higher than it was before and it is very painful to wear any type of closed leather shoe or boot. Soft hiking boots and sneakers are much more comfortable. This spring, I attended a state match and was told I had to wear "cowboy boots". I looked around and saw men wearing leather and soft lace-up shooting boots (which are not cowboy boots), lace-up soft hiking boots, sneakers (tennis shoes), and one that was wearing black socks and black sandals. I am not complaining about being singled out, but I would like a definitive answer from SASS about what the official determination is on footwear for age-based categories?

Hello my alias is Ashley D Austin SASS #: 109704 I am from the Garden State of New Jersey where we have deer in our front yards and bears in our swimming pools. In the summer the blueberries, tomatoes, corn and squash can't be beat! Yum Yum!!! I started shooting Cowboy Action four years ago and love it 😍

Ashley D Austin 109704 Four years

Thank you Dunngannon Gunner for creating an updated Google map of all the current CAS clubs and Eliphalet R. Moderator for posting it here. For the first two years I participated in CAS, I shot at our local club only. But, this year, 2022, it was time to move on to experience different shooting scenarios and to increase practice time. This meant spending hours on Google maps typing in each club in the surrounding four states one at a time to establish which clubs were within 2 hours. The effort paid off, I shot almost every weekend and discussions with the different club members expanded my knowledge of CAS shooting, which resulted in a very good performance at our State Championship. The map you created makes visiting CAS clubs much easier! I also want to say I was warmly welcomed at each club I visited and am thankful for the information members shared about ammo, reloading, gun smiting, timing, etc. I would not have improved much if they had not taken the interest to share their knowledge with me - this is what makes CAS special!