GAF at Columbus, NE

[Bow View Haymaker]

Also,
Here At Columbus Nebraska we have been trying to get more interest in our Cowboy matches Ecspecialy from the home club (The Columbus Rifle Club) I have come up with a set of catagories with simplified SASS groupings with a place for NCOWS shooters and a condensed set of GAF classes.  It still comes to 11 total then double that for ladies and/or Seniors.  I am hoping this could be more of a GAF type of shooting match.  A place to shoot a match similar to what you would see at a big muster.  Maybe allow/encourage some people to get invloved with the guns and gear they have instead of having to feel they need to buy before they can participate. 

We are planning a big match the end of August.  So far I have recieved NO registrations back in.  Maybe because we planned a two-day event and we are an unknown.  I hope we get a few preregitered so we know weather to even hold the event or not.
We could use all the help we can get.  I would like to see this become a home for GAF type matches for eastern Nebraska. 
Our club has a History of DCM/CMP matches as well as Bolt Action Military Rifle, Bufflo Silouhette and Alvin York matches.  There was even one called ".40 and over" (caliber not age) for a while.  So I know the old time Club members have alot of the Guns and gear to shoot a GAF or CAS match.  We just can't seem to get thier interest. 

Any ideas/encouragment is welcome.

[Pitspitr]

Right now my work schedule is kicking my butt, (it's only monday and I already have 16 hrs) but hopefully things will settle down a little now that school has started. I AM PLANNING ON ATTENDING!  Just haven't got my registration sent yet.
Jerry

[Texas Lawdog]

Shame on YOU!

[Bow View Haymaker]

Thanks Jerry,
I just hope that we can get something to turn around in the Club hear.  I don't know how much longer we can do it with just a couple of people.

[Bull Schmitt]

Are you advertising your matches? You might try posting info on other forums here at CAS City as well as on the SASS wire. When a club is not well know it can be difficult to promote events. However with one success you can begin gaining ground rapidly. Keep up the good work.

Col Bull

[Dalton Masterson]

Hey BowView, how many are at your local range? Non cowboy?  What are their reasons for not supporting you guys?

Also, what would your chances of being a monthly match, instead of a 5th sunday match? It does make it hard to remember schedules when they only come along every few months. Just listening to a lot of folks, they dont know you guys exist for the most part. I do try and correct them on that tho.

Just brainstorming, DM

[Bow View Haymaker]

We've been getting the word out as best we can through this forum and direct mailings.
We have a rifle Club of about 135 members.  MOst of whome just wand a place to shoot on thier own.
they used to do some informal (and unsafe) "cowboy" shooting but as soon as we introduced a timer and some standard SASS saftey ideas they lost interest.  Alot have some preconcieved notion that you need to buy a bunch of new clothes and gear to shoot cowboy action which we know just ain't so.  Most of what we try to tell the other )non-cowboy) club members falls on deaf ears. 
As far as a different weekend. 
A: most of the other weekends are already spoken for at our range.
B: there is already a well established club monthly match on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th weekends within 100-150 miles of here.
C: the 4 5th weekend matches a year are already about more than just a couple of us can handle getting set up.

Sorry to sound like I'm whining,  I just needed to vent a bit, and I do appprieciate ya all listening.

[Texas Lawdog]

You can always go out and shoot up some targets to vent. It does relieve tension.

[Dalton Masterson]

Hit the SASS Wire too. As grumpy as many of them are, it is well read, and gets the word out. I have attracted many of our shooters via the "other" wire.

I will keep pluggin away on my end BVH. Good luck.
DM