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 For
the past two years we have published our SASS World Championship
Special Edition free to each of the current subscribers at the time
of its publication. This
year, we have decided to combine both the World Championship and the
National Championship of the Single Action Shooting Society’s
Western-action shooting sport of cowboy action shooting into one
Special Edition. We have
also tried to include more photographs than before and some
information by Ken Amorosano, aka Chisler, on the future of SASS.
Many of you know that SASS has moved
the world championship known as End Of Trail, from
Norco
,
Calif.
to just outside of
Albuquerque
,
N.M.
They have set up what
they call the Founder’s Ranch, which is becoming a world-class Old
West event and shooting area, bar none!
It is in a beautiful location and will be home to numerous
shooting events that SASS puts on over the coming years.
Anyone that participates in cowboy action shooting or wants
to find out what it is all about shouldn’t miss visiting this
facility. Give SASS a
call at (714) 694-1800 or check out their web-site at
www.sassnet.com for their event listings.
End Of Trail now has over 700
participants in both ground and mounted shooting and is the premier
championship of all Western-action shooting sports.
It is an exciting event for both participants and spectators
and well worth the effort to attend.
The SASS National Championship has been held at the Ben Avery
range outside of Phoneix each year in January or early February for
the past 14
years. It is better
known as Ruger’s
Winter
Range
, as Sturm, Ruger is the primary sponsor of this fantastic event.
If you are in the area, please visit and if you want to take
up cowboy action shooting as a sport it is a must-do for
participants.
Both
Winter
Range
and EOT normally last four days or more.
They start out with a side match day where events such as
fastest sixgun, fastest lever gun rifle caliber, fastest lever gun
pistol caliber, long-range single-shot, the Quigley shoot off,
fastest derringer, fastest pocket pistol, cowboy trap, cowboy skeet,
and cowboy sporting clays, a three stage event called The Plainsman
which uses black powder in cap-n-ball revolvers, single-shot rifles,
double-barrel shotguns, and more are conducted.
Though many competitions are held that day, it is kind of a
relaxing day and a day to practice and get ready for the main event,
which usually has at least 12 stages and takes three days to
complete. The final day
is normally on Sunday and includes the top gun shoot-off and the
awards ceremony. Saturday
night always includes a dinner and dress up with a costume contest.
Come see us at each of these events.
I know you’ll have a good time. You
can also check out our events schedule
here on our web-site.
Happy trails and good reading, Chucky
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