Great Weather for November!
We have really been having great weather for our matches lately and this month was no different. The weather was perfect for shooting and there were 28 shooters ready to have a great time. Several of our club members were at the North Carolina State shoot but we still had a large group of cowboys and cowgirls shooting stages written by our own William A. A. Wallace.
Our Territorial Governor, William A. A. Wallace went over proposed changes to the rules with us and the club voted on them. Our vote will be sent in and counted along with all of the other clubs in SASS. We also had a drawing before the match and the club gave away two $25 Food City gift cards as part of our annual Thanksgiving tradition.
After 5 exciting stages, Widowmaker Hill (from the Smoky Mountain Shootists Society) was the Top Gun for this month and did it Gunfigter style. Congratulations Widowmaker on a fine match!! Lil Weasel was only two seconds behind him and also had a clean match to boot!! Rio Drifter was 3rd overall with Middle Creek Kid and Trooper Lark in 4th & 5th place. As usual there is a complete listing on the Scores section of our website so be sure to check them out. Also, Doc Cherokee joined Lil Weasel with clean match honors. Great shooting boys!!
With the end of the year just around the corner, it is time to think about our Annual Meeting. We will need to be electing officers for the upcoming year. This is also a time to help decide on the direction for the club while sharing a meal and fellowship.
I certainly want to wish everyone and their families a very Happy Thanksgiving!! I hope you enjoy the things you have and it is a great time for you. I hope to see everyone at the December shoot so until next time, shoot straight and have fun the cowboy way, from the Ramrod, Mort Dooley.
2008 TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR SUMMIT AGENDA
The following items will be voted on in December at the SASS Convention in Las
Vegas. J. M. Brown, a North Carolina TG and personal friend of mine, has once
again agreed to take my proxy vote to the convention based upon our club's
wishes. We discussed and voted on each of these proposals at the November 1,
2008 match. The results of those votes were tallied and sent to J. M. Brown and
to Hipshot at SASS HQ.
• 1. Should we combine the Traditional and Modern categories and then split this
combination into two age-based categories, with the age breaks being at 17 and
up / 36 and up? This would give us age-based categories for all ages. All age
based categories would allow the use of all SASS legal firearms, propellants and
shooting styles except Gunfighter. YES
• 2. Should we allow the use of the Gunfighter shooting style in all age-based
categories except the Buckaroo and Junior categories? NO
• 3. Should we replace the line – “Outlawed - Clothing displaying manufacturer’s
or sponsor’s logos” with “The displaying of sponsor’s or team logos on apparel
or equipment is prohibited. Manufacturer’s labels on such apparel or equipment
are acceptable.”? YES
• 4. Stage Conventions Item #3 requires all long guns staged horizontally shall
be staged lying flat where at least the rear of the trigger guard is on the
staging area. Should this also be applied to handguns? NO
• 5. Should we clarify the costuming requirements as follows? “ALL Clothing MUST
BE worn appropriately, how it was intended and how it would have been worn in
the OLD WEST or as seen on B-Western movies and Television. Clothing that is
clearly NOT in the spirit of the “Old West” or in good taste is NOT allowed.”
YES
• 6. Should we allow a shooter to retrieve a dropped round? The current rule
actually assumes that a safety rule could potentially occur when retrieving
dropped rounds. We have rules in place that address safety issues when they
occur. NO
• 7. Should we change the verbiage about de-cocking a firearm from - De-coking a
revolver, rifle, or external hammer shotgun may not be done with a live round
under the hammer. De-cocking may not be done to avoid a penalty if cocked at the
wrong time or position. to - NO gun may be de-cocked on the firing line except
by pointing it down-range and pulling the trigger or while under the direct
supervision of a stage officer. NO
• 8. Should we change the rule regarding empties left on the carrier or in the
chamber of a long gun? A live round in the chamber would continue to carry a
Stage Disqualification penalty and a live round on the carrier a 10-second minor
safety. This change would eliminate all penalties for empty rounds in the
chamber or on the carrier of long guns only. NO
• 9. Should we allow gunfighters to carry revolvers in the butt forward manner?
We have rules in place that address safety issues when they occur. NO
• 10. Should we allow ejectors on single shot shotguns? NO
• 11. Should we add the following verbiage to address aerial shotgun targets for
Buckaroos and Buckarettes? “Buckaroos and Buckarettes must shoot at (engage) all
aerial shotgun targets unless alternate targets are provided. Aerial targets
will be scored as “hit” if fired at before the target impacts the ground.
Targets that hit the ground before being fired at will be scored as a “miss”.
NO
William A.A. Wallace
SASS #52900 Life
Territorial Governor