Illowa Irregulars Sept 2023 Match Video with 2024 Illinois State Championship Information (Corrected 2024 prelim dates)

Here is a link to Popcorn Kelly’s latest video. It contains a few videos and photos taken during Illowa Irregulars September 2023 Match, a hint about our October monthly match, as well as some very preliminary information concerning a potential 2024 Illinois State Championship.

This post is a re-published version of an earlier post in which October was erroneously mentioned as a likely state match month, when it should have been August. This is the corrected version.

Click here to view the video.

Illowa Irregulars Video Posted: Sept 2023 Match with 2024 Illinois State Championship Information

Here is a link to Popcorn Kelly’s latest video. It contains a few videos and photos taken during Illowa Irregulars September 2023 Match, a hint about our October match, as well as some very preliminary information concerning a potential 2024 Illinois State Championship.

Video is being re-edited. Will be uploaded again soon with corrected preliminary August 2024 dates.

Click here to view the video.

Celebrating Cowboy Action Shooting and Wishing You a Merry Christmas

Illowa Irregulars’ Cowboy Action Shooting Club wishes you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 

2022 was quite a year for Illowa Irregulars and Camden Mills, our Cowboy town, beginning with our first match in April through our last match in November, plus we hosted the SASS 2022 Illinois State Championship for the first time, capping it all off with our annual Christmas Party held Saturday, December 3rd. As you can see in the image below, we had 30 cowboys, cowgirls, family and friends celebrating with us.

Thanks to everyone for being part of our llowa Irregulars family, friends, and acquaintances this past year. We are already making plans for 2023. Keep us in mind as you plan your shooting season. We’d love to have you join us!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years,

Your friends at Illowa Irregulars

PS. Illowa Irregulars are hosting the SASS 2023 Illinois State Championship on August 18-20, 2023. For more information about our club, the SASS 2023 Illinois State Championship, or other upcoming events go to www.illowairregulars.com.

FRU 2022; Stage 4 – RT, You’re Going to Swing – Updated Version

How’s this for a twist – RT has changed his mind: He’s added a moving target to Stage 4 for your rifle. Have you ever shot moving and swinging targets using the same gun on a single stage? Here’s your chance! See Stage 4’s updated instructions below.

Swing: intransitive verb

  1. To move back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above.
  2. To move laterally or in a curve.
  3. To hit at something with a sweeping motion of the arm.

in this stage, RT gives you two of the three above definitions –

  1. the Cougar swings back and forth; and,
  2. the shooter moves laterally.

We’ll, let’s just forget about #3 – no hitting allowed!.

All kidding aside, the swinging Cougar is a fun stage, and you get plenty of chances to hit the 5 pistols targets on the dueling tree, so no worries there. Another way to think about this stage: All for fun; and fun for all!

For more information, or to download the FRU 2022 Registration Formclick here.

FRU 2022 – An old-style, historical cowboy shoot; Stage 10 – Look what RT found in the back of our target storage

For this stage, RT found a cowboy target whose heads, arms, and feet each serves as a target when shooting your pistols. Now you understand the smile.

With the pistol, you’ll engage the head, arms, and feet. If you successfully hit (reset) them, you’ll earn a 5-second time reduction. Being the generous cowboy he his, RT will not count misses on this target as misses, so it’s not as devious a stage as you might think. You’ll have to read the stage instructions below for the details.

(Hint: If you shoot really light loads you may want to pack a few heavier loads for this one.)

Come on out for the last Fall Round-Up. Regardless of what you enjoy most about FRU: The fun side matches, the free Friday night pizza party, free Saturday lunch, the Saturday night banquet, or the free awards lunch and ceremony, the procedural and miss tickets, or if you just enjoy the late September 3-day match at Camden Mills, come on out and help us celebrate FRU in style.

For more information, or to download the FRU 2022 Registration Formclick here.