November 29th 2009
The Columbus Rifle club presents:
Fall Cowboy Match
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Guns of the Old West: single action revolvers, lever action rifles, military or buffalo rifles, and old time shotguns (bring whatever you have that‘s close and join the fun). Your score is your time plus penalties for misses and such. Low score wins. An effort to dress in “old west” style clothing is appreciated but NOT required. We will be following SASS safety and scoring rules as best we can.
This will be a 3 stage match . We will shoot all 3 before lunch and again after lunch. Come for just the morning, just the afternoon or shoot both and use your best scores.
Match fee: $3 Lunch $5 NO charge to watch or try a stage.
Located at the Clark Memorial Columbus Rifle Club Range, Columbus NE. Take Hwy 81 west of Columbus to 235th Ave., go north 2 miles to 265th St., turn east and the range is on the south side of 265th St. just east of the Loup canal.
These are the categories to choose from at the Columbus Rifle Clubs Cowboy matches. We may combine or separate categories as needed. If you are used to SASS, GAF, NCOWS or new to the game, there should be something for everyone.
Choose a shooting category: Men: Ladies: Senior: Juniors:
Greenhorn: New to the game, bring what ya’ have and join the fun.
- 4 gun classes: Any CAS legal handgun, pistol caliber rifle and CAS shotgun.
- Two hand = Traditional, Shootists. Use a two handed grip when shooting pistols.
- One hand = Duelists, Double Duelists. Use a one handed grip for pistols.
- Gunfighter = A pistol for each hand. May shoot with two pistols out at once.
- Black Powder = Frontier Cartridge, Cap-n-ball. Black powder or substitutes .
- Wild Bunch = Guns designed before 1919. Semi-auto or double action pistols.
- No shotgun classes: Any CAS legal handgun, pistol caliber rifle, Any powder.
- Range detective = 2 handguns and rifle. Any handgun grip.
- Rifleman = 2, 10 round pistol caliber rifles. Can be from the hip.
- Josey Whales = 4 handguns, no rifle. Second 2 revolvers will be staged.
- 2 gun classes: One CAS legal handgun and GAF rifle, Uniform is encouraged.
- Rifle caliber repeating rifle = Mil-spec repeater, Militia.
- Single shot rifle = Mil-spec single shot, Buffalo Scout, Plainsman.
- Pistol caliber repeating rifle = Scout, Working Cowboy.
All main match ammunition must be center fire using lead or lead alloy bullets.
Speed of ammo, Rifle 1,400 FPS maximum. Pistol 1,000 FPS maximum. 400 FPS is the minimum with a minimum Power factor of 60. Power Factor = (bullet grains * fps) / 1000
For more info CONTACT: Scruffy Skippy (Skip Fricke) 402 276-1391, or
Bow View Haymaker (Paul Arens) 402 270-1697, pjarens@frontiernet.net