February 2009 Edition
Howdy Folks
What a great weekend! For those of you who didn’t come out this month, well, you missed a superb weekend. Mudhen Milly and Chama Bill put on a fantastic match. The weather was so marvelous I even came home with a little sun tan. We had a super great turn out of shooters and campers and we hope for a repeat for next months match. Quick Draw Grandpa will be putting on next months match and we all can expect a great time then as well.
There will be a potluck next month with the theme on “Comfort Food”. When you are feeling down and out, what kind of food gives you that uplift that you enjoy? Ice cream, cake, scallop potatoes, pastas, steaks, soups? The potluck will be Saturday evening about 5 P.M. so please plan on bringing your favorite comfort food and plan on having a pleasant evening.
The State match for this year is rapidly approaching and will be here before we know it. There is still plenty of work to be done to get the range all spiffy and ready. There will be a work party scheduled for March and April so please try and spare some time to help where you can. Miss Foxy School Marm is handling the assignments for help during the Annual so please let her know what days and times you will be available to work there also.
Her phone number is 661-872-7863 and her email is If you email her please put 5DC on the subject line so she will see it. When you call and she doesnt answer please leave your name and phone number and she will return your call.
If you need a name
badge contact Dirt McFearson at kngmckee@sbcglobal.net
He will get you set up
with that. The name badges look great too.
Sunshine Kid adds the following
<><>SASS
RULES UPDATED<><>
Snakebite informed us the updated
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES/CLARIFICATIONS TO THE
SASS RULES 2009 for the
Shooters Handbook / Range Operations Basic Safety
Course (Range
Ops / ROI) is on the Sass website. All shooters should read
and
become familiar with these updates that take effect in March
2009.
The documents can be found at http://www.sassnet.com/ROCorner.php
<><>TEACHING
ON THE RANGE<><>
There was a whole lot of teaching and
learning taking place on the range the
weekend of the February
match...
NEW SHOOTER ORIENTATION
Mescalero helped soon to
be CAS shooter Miss Annie B. (husband Lethal Lloyd)
learn the
ropes of shooting a stage in his New Shooter Orientation.
This
course is designed to help the new shooter understand our
important safety
rules as well as what happens each step of the
way from when the shooter
approaches the loading table through to
when they leave the unloading table.
LADIES'
SHOTGUN CLINIC
Bones Brannon conducted a Ladies' Shotgun Skills
Clinic. Lea Tombstone,
Foxy, Miss Bara Lee and Sunshine were
his students and learned how to
properly hold the shotgun, take
aim, and turn those flying clays into
powder.
BUCKAROOS
Lil
Bravo and Hustler Hayes continued to hone their rapidly
improving
shooting skills under the watchful eye of Burley Bear.
<><>CAMPFIRE
ENTERTAINMENT<><>
Snakebite brought his guitar to the
campfire and treated everyone to some
purdy strumm'n & humm'n.
"Concurrent with the regular March match, we will be offering a Victorian Military category. These shooters will be using a rifle and pistol issued to an army or navy prior to 1904. Please contact Mescalero directly (661-588-8978) for specific details and acceptable equipment."
We all enjoy seeing new shooters and everyone who haven’t been here for awhile so thank all you folks who make our club so great.
Rattlesnake Rondo shows them how it’s done.
Cole Train getting the job done
Snake making a lot of smoke.
Doubleshot Darlin got a surprise when this little squirrel decided to scoot across the line of fire! But she still cleaned the stage and finished up with a clean match for the day. Way to go girl!
These three little
Bucaroos sure had a great time this weekend and did a great job.
Straight Shot Owen,
Hustler Hayes and Lil Bravo.
Next months match is February 28th and March 1st so get prepared to come out and have a great time. Yea Haw!