SASS and NCOWS

[Deadeye Don]

The post regarding the difference between speed and accuracy in NCOWS and SASS got me wondering how many people actually belong to both organizations.  Feel free to add comments why you belong to both or just one.  Hopefully,  this will help us all understand how much we are all alike rather than different.   I, for one, belong to both.  Regards.   Deadeye.

[Camille Eonich]

There are no NCOWS posses in this area plus the clothing requirements are too strict for me.  I also don't have a rifle that is NCOWS legal.

[Vernon/IN]

I'm an NCOWS member and have been considering joining SASS.  I have shot shot in a few SASS matches and enjoyed them.

My main holdup is coming up with an alias.  Once I do that, I'll most likely join.

Vernon

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[Camille Eonich]

I started a post for you Vernon.   
http://www.cascity.com/forumhall/index.php/topic,19982.0.html

[Dr. Bob]

I'm only an NCOWS member because my longtime pards are members of a NCOWS posse, AND, I like the 2 gun classes.  Having only 1 revolver and one rifle suits me just fine.  Plus on a disability income, I could afford getting started.  Even with reloading, the cost of ammo somewhat limits the shoots that I can afford to attend. [Now, gas is a bigger problem!]  I have friends in a couple of the local SASS posses but have not felt the need to shoot a 4 gun shoot.  Just my choice and absolutely nothing against SASS.  All the SASS folks I have met are great people.

[Wymore Wrangler]

Use to belong to both, now I only belong to SASS

[Adirondack Jack]

There are no NCOWS clubs near me.  if there were, I'd consider joining for a change of pace now and again.  More ways to enjoy CAS don't hurt.

[Driftwood Johnson]

Howdy

Ain't no NCOWS around here either. If there was I would probably give it a try.

[Smokey Three Toes]

Here in western Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Old West Shootist has both SASS and NCOWS shoots, I get lots of shooting in during the season..

[shrapnel]

My heros have always been cowboys. My grandfather came to Montana in 1908 to homestead and my father was born on that homestead in 1910. My father taught me about horses and horsemanship. I have not forgotten what he taught me. The 2 pictures are of my grandfather in Oklahoma in the 1890's, before he went to fight in the Spanish American War. The second is my father in the Yellow Mules near what is now known as Big Sky, Montana, in 1940.

I haven't joined either group, as I don't quite get the enthusiasm to be pretending I'm something I'm not. I don't own a horse anymore and I don't even ride, but I sure do love that way of life. There is a line in the movie "Monte Walsh", and I'm talking of the real movie with Lee Marvin and Jack Palance, where Lee Marvin as Monte, speaks to the owner of the Wild West Show. The promoter wants Monte to put on the clothes of the bronc buster "Texas Jack Butler" and become him in the Wild West show. Monte asks why he can't be himself as Monte Walsh. The promoter explains that no one knows Monte Walsh and he could keep the people happier by being Texas Jack. When Monte puts the hat back on hat rack and the buckskin coat back on the hanger, he said "I ain't spittin' on my whole life."

If you've ever been a cowboy, those words hit you to the core. I guess I've never been much of a belonger, more of an independant sort, but I do appreciate real cowboys. This may not make alot of sense to those who read it, but when you look at the rule books and how complicated it is to pretend to be a cowboy, I'd rather participate at my level and not be part of a Wild West Show.

[Major 2]

I prefer NCOWS doctrine... so I'm a member to support though there is no posse anywhere close.

SASS has some fine folks, but is far more Gamey , I was a early member for several years. I was put off by the acceptance locally of Tenny Lamas and Ruger Tee's.
The final straw was the lynch mob on the SASS Wire toward non-members.

[Buffalow Red]

im wanting to visit a nows shoot myself , i like the pierod corect thought better than how fast & how slow is your fps, the distance to a group is the main hold back . need to plan for it more i guess