Tinnitus is not part of a Model T Car. It’s fine to fire off a few shots before our matches—get the juices flowing and make sure the hardware works . . . BUT, please do this at Stage 1 or 10. All the folks gathered for the safety meeting aren’t wearing ear protection, and a double blast of black powder for a 10-gauge shotgun at the Cantina is physically dangerous for these folks.
Yes, it’s Hot, and it’s going to continue through all of August and probably some of September. It’s no fun to try to do cowboy action shooting from a hospital bed. Remember, you can wear shorts and tennis shoes, just no baseball caps.
Now that we are well into our beautiful Texas summer, we need to be careful about where we stage and transport our firearms. Many of us have blued guns, and these, in direct sunlight, heat up quite rapidly.
I was at a big match recently and heard an experienced
cowboy action shooter say something during the safety briefing
that got my attention. “Don’t even put your finger in the trigger guard until
your weapon is pointed 45 degrees downrange!” This is the second time I
had heard this “rule” from a veteran shooter, but it didn’t sound right to
me, so, being a lawyer in my spare time, I decided to check the rule book
for Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS).
Your TRR Board recently placed an order for some new targets for our soon-to-be-built Stage 1, The Corral. The targets we ordered were square, 24×24″ targets, or more precisely, 23.5×23.5″ targets, since they are cut from a 4×4′ sheet and the cutting consumes about half an inch.
Officers’ Meeting, March 19: the entire board was present, as well as Assistant Range Master Doc ʘ♣Bay. Several topics were discussed: