MA/CT/RI Tri-State in ME this weekend!

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

2 hours ago, Nutmeg Ryder, SASS # 74966 said:

I tried to purchase some tumbling media at a large commercial outdoor store (in Hudson, if you know you know) and I could not purchase it without a FID or LTC from Mass.    Crushed corn!        And if you think the MA 135 gunlaw is bad, look at what RI is trying to pass.  

Wow...   I had not heard about this one.   

What's RI trying to do?

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

2 hours ago, La Sombra said:

Question: For a multi-state match is anyone declared the "state winner" in their category? For instance, you shoot the Tri-State match and win your category and are from Rhode Island, are you both  the Tri-State champ and the Rhode Island champ? Just curious....

 

La Sombra

(Who has no need to return to "New England". My wife loves it here.)

 

There is a Massachusetts winner, a Connecticut winner a Rhode Island winner and  "Tri-State" champion.   

Now that you ask, I don't know if you have to be from one of the three states to be the champ.

[Nutmeg Ryder, SASS # 74966]

9 hours ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

 

There is a Massachusetts winner, a Connecticut winner a Rhode Island winner and  "Tri-State" champion.   

Now that you ask, I don't know if you have to be from one of the three states to be the champ.

The top woman and man from each state is awarded the state championship, so 6 state winners were named. 

Top woman and man are also awarded regardless of the state. 

Top overall is also awarded.  

Here are the State and overall winners from this year. 

SASS MA State Champions:
Rapid Fire Ryan and Pistol Packin Pammie

SASS CT State Champions:
James Samuel Pike and Hey Moe

SASS RI State Champions:
Nutmeg Ryder and Sassy T

Top Guns Overall:
Tyler Tornado and Dueling Des

[Mad Dog Jack, SASS #77862]

On 6/4/2025 at 12:56 PM, Waimea said:

So, does Maine have their own match?

I am trying to come to grips with a tri-state match but the host state isn't one of the three.

As Bugs Bunny would say

Eye-row-knee!

 

Have a great match!

I went to high school in Connecticut, my prom was in Massachusetts and the after prom party was in Vermont, so...yes, I can see that happening 

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

On 6/4/2025 at 3:56 PM, Waimea said:

So, does Maine have their own match?

I am trying to come to grips with a tri-state match but the host state isn't one of the three.

As Bugs Bunny would say

Eye-row-knee!

 

Have a great match!

 

Yes, Maine has its own match.  It's in a few weeks.  NH/Vermont also have a combined one.

There were more people from NH than any one state at the shoot.

There were more people from outside the Tri-State area than from within it!

As to why the shoot was held in Maine, it used to be held in Massachusetts.  To oversimply things, recent changes to Massachusetts gun laws make it illegal for out of state people to posses a firearm in Massachusetts, unless they have a Massachusetts Licence to Carry Firearms.  This made it a crime for people from CT or RI to come to the shoot in Mass.  You can pass through, but you can't stop.

There are of course some additional details, but for the sake of this event, that's the relevant part in a nutshell.

[Eyesa Horg]

The Maine State is September 5-7

Vermont is July 18-20

New Hampshire is August 15-17

 

Be there!!

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

30 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said:

Vermont is July 18-20

New Hampshire is August 15-17

 

 

I type corrected.   I thought NH and VT had a combined match.   Seems that is not the case.   I could swear they used too, and I know went to it one year.  But maybe I am mis-remembering and it was just NH.

[Eyesa Horg]

12 minutes ago, H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 said:

 

 

I type corrected.   I thought NH and VT had a combined match.   Seems that is not the case.   I could swear they used too, and I know went to it one year.  But maybe I am mis-remembering and it was just NH.

We did for a couple years when the Verdant Mountain Vigilantes moved to our new digs!