SASS/CAS folks that don't go to matches

Sam Cobra · August 20, 2012, 12:42:34 PM

Just wondered how many folks don't go to matches etc. I joined SASS last year knowing that I might never shoot at a match, just wanted to support the sport. I went and watched a match last summer, but haven't been back yet. I missed the new shooters clinic this spring because it was full and just schedule issues have come up for the other months this summer. I have enjoyed learning and have purchased my guns and enjoyed shooting them. I was talking with another SASS member who never goes to matches just purchased his own targets and shoots with friends. Just made me wonder how many others love CAS guns and topics but never go to matches for one reason or the other.

wildman1 · August 20, 2012, 01:49:13 PM

Sam ya ought ta go ta matches. My wife and I started CAS last year and only went ta 3 matches in about 7 or 8 months. The first 2 matches were kind of "nerve wracking" then the 3rd match we went to was kind of large and do ya know they still made us feel at home. We're going ta one about every other week now it seems. Some of them are real tough (ta score well) some are real easy. They are all different. My wife shot a clean match earlier this summer, but she is still a little slower than me. WM

Bugscuffle · August 20, 2012, 03:02:52 PM

<mod snip> I cannot shoot due to an infermity that prevents it.<mod snip>

Camille Eonich · August 20, 2012, 04:59:08 PM

There's no point in taking a simple question and turning into finger pointing and name calling. Please refrain.

Thanks.

Drydock · August 20, 2012, 08:14:02 PM

Do what ya can, when ya can, the best ya can, says I.

Curley Cole · August 21, 2012, 12:55:21 AM

I know a couple of SASS folks that are unable to shoot anymore, but they still follow the game, and go to the bigger matches.

I myself am becoming more infirm (deteroating arthritis, the last 2 months I was unable to finish the matcch, and may in the not too distant future will not be able to shoot at all.) but I intend to keep at as long as I can as long as I don't hurt too much, and DON'T become a safety issue.

I only wish I had gone to a EOT when I first started thinking about it....I would have had at least 10 more years of fun...

curley

Johnny McCrae · August 21, 2012, 08:18:58 AM

QuoteDo what ya can, when ya can, the best ya can, says I.

That's a great way of putting it!

I've been shooting in the Elder Statesman class for several years now. When the day comes to hang up my Shootin' Irons, I will find another way to stay involved in this wonderful sport of ours.

Danny Bear Claw · August 22, 2012, 08:46:10 AM

I've only been to a couple of very small matches held by a very small club, (SASS sanctioned, SASS rules). There were less than a dozen shooters and only 5 or 6 stages. That particular club held matches on Tuesdays occasionally. That club faded away into the sunset long ago and I only know of one other club that has week day matches. That club is over 400 miles away. My profession forces me to work most weekends which prevents me from going to, pretty much, any matches.

I guess maybe, when I retire I can shoot some SASS matches... if I ain't too stove-up or too old and give-out.

Sam Cobra · August 22, 2012, 09:27:49 AM

Our local club usually holds matches once a month at 9:00am on a Sunday morning. My wife and I are typically active in church and the range is about an hour away. None of those things are deal breakers just requires everything to work out for me to get there.

DocWard · September 16, 2012, 02:39:45 PM

I have only made it to a couple of matches. Not because of lack of desire, but lack of funds right now and scheduling... It always seems like there is something.

Storm Crow · September 20, 2012, 10:23:09 PM

Still waiting to go to my first match, but strictly as an observer. I've got plans to go to a match next month with a friend of mine.. I haven't joined SASS yet. It'll probably be six months to a year before I can join.

Storm Crow.

WaddWatsonEllis · September 21, 2012, 08:12:07 AM

Hi,

Ditto Sam Cobras response ....

TTFN,

John Smith · September 21, 2012, 06:38:51 PM

Quote from: WaddWatsonEllis on September 21, 2012, 08:12:07 AM
Hi,

Ditto Sam Cobras response ....

TTFN,

Pancho Peacemaker · September 21, 2012, 09:49:27 PM

Quote from: Sam Cobra on August 22, 2012, 09:27:49 AM
Our local club usually holds matches once a month at 9:00am on a Sunday morning. My wife and I are typically active in church and the range is about an hour away. None of those things are deal breakers just requires everything to work out for me to get there.

Ive always been and will always be at church on Sunday morning. I will miss once or twice a year for the occasional "big" match.

Have any clubs ever experimented with a Sunday match that starts around 1 pm? Intention would be to draw in folks that attend mrning services. If so, how did it influence attendance?