August Match Update – A Personal Message from the Match Director

By now, most of you have probably opened the August stages and wondered just what I’ve been cookin’ up.

This Sunday’s match is a little trip back to the Fall Roundups of years gone by — and to an earlier era of Cowboy Action Shooting, before “HOW FAST CAN YOU RUN YOUR GUNS?” became quite as important as “What creative thing are they going to make us do on this stage?”

Those certified Old Timers carrying SASS numbers somewhere south of 25,000 and lower will probably recognize the idea right away: fun props, unusual targets, a little movement, and stages designed as much to make you smile as to shave another half-second off your time.

For the rest of us, consider it a hands-on history lesson — with gunpowder.

So after you get over the initial shock of reading the stages, dust off your sense of adventure and come see what Cowboy Action Shooting looked like when a stage could occasionally make you scratch your head before you reached for the timer.

Will it be your typical modern speed match? Nope.

That’s kinda the point.

I reached back into the old Fall Roundup playbook, and hope you’ll come along for the ride.

To download the stages simply click on the following link: Aug Stage and Signup page, where you’ll see the download link.

Advanced sign-up is appreciated but optional (see the form on the stage download page).

See you Sunday, cowboys and cowgirls! Come Rain or Shine – anything short of the creek flooding.

Rootin Tootin, SASS # 21707 (certified old-timer)

August Match

Howdy!
This match will be a throwback to some of our earlier stages and props. Rootin Tootin has put some fun and nostalgic (for some) stages together, so get ready for a few old memories to appear. If you’re newer to the game, you’ll get a glimpse of how it was "in the old days"! Spoiler – No stages start sitting cross legged by the campfire!

Hoping you’ll join us, stages and signup are on our website here

Cowboy Rick

Aug Stages Available for Download

The August stages are now available for review and download. The match includes a nice variety of sweeps, movement, and a few novelty targets. Rootin Tootin does what he does best – put together an interesting match with a few interesting targets. It will be a nice follow-up to last month’s state championship!

We’re also testing out a new advance sign-up option. Think you’ll come to the match? While you’re on the download page take a moment to SIGN-UP and let us know. It’s not a registration and we’re not taking any payments – it just helps us to know how many to expect. If you’re bringing others with you feel free to enter them separately or, if it’s easier, just enter their Alias(s) in the comment section.

To download the stages and complete the Sign-up Form simply click on the following link: Aug Stage and Signup page where you’ll see the download link.

Take a few minutes to look them over before match day so you’ll be familiar with the target sequences, starting positions, gun staging, and shooting order.

Ammo reminder: Plan on the usual 60 pistol and 60 rifle rounds, but bring a little extra shotgun ammunition this time. The six stages call for a minimum of 28 shotgun rounds, and because several targets are “until down” or otherwise may require additional shots, 28+ is the better number to keep in mind.