Zoot Shooting in Wisconsin

Two Bit Charlie · September 23, 2018, 05:56:37 AM

We might be getting something started in Wisconsin. I belong to a SASS club,the Liberty Prairie Regulators out of Ripon, Wisconsin. I shot our August monthly Zoot Style! It was a hoot!! The ramrod of the club, Doc Bonecutter, (who has a tommy and a Zoot Suit) says if we can get enough shooters, we can put on our own shoot. So, we will be shooting our October monthly ala Zoot. I say we, because Silver Creek Slim said he will be coming down from Red Granite to shoot Zoot, and if Doc will put on his yellow Zoot Suit (did I mention it was bright yellow!) and bring his tommy we will have 3 members of the yellow banana gang shooting with da cowboys! This will October 20th, the 3rd Saturday of October. If anyone is interested send me a PM.

Two-Bit Charlie
or better known as
Machine Gun Charlie

Bat 2919 · September 23, 2018, 10:32:50 PM

GREAT NEWS!

Keep us informed on your progress.

Johnny McCrae · September 24, 2018, 05:59:13 AM

Machine Gun McCrae would be there if he wasn't moving to Florida in October.

Pitspitr · September 24, 2018, 12:02:23 PM

Quote from: Johnny McCrae on September 24, 2018, 05:59:13 AM
Machine Gun McCrae would be there if he wasn't moving to Florida.

Yous gonna be fishin' in da swimmin' pool?

I'm tryin' ta get a little mob goin' in Nebraska next month

DeaconKC · September 28, 2018, 09:07:17 PM

Congrats! Keep us updated!

Two Bit Charlie · October 10, 2018, 06:15:07 AM

Well, our gang of 3 has increased to a mob of 4! I got another cowboy, Kid Buz, to shoot with us. He went out to his exclusive taylor, Goodwill, and got a new suit for the shoot. See you all in the funny papers.

Machine Gun Charlie

DeaconKC · October 10, 2018, 10:54:56 AM

Great job!

Two Bit Charlie · October 11, 2018, 04:52:01 PM

We haven't had the shoot yet! It's next weekend, the 20th. It should be a great time. I'm hoping to gather some more interest in the game. I think we'll probably shoot with the cowboys for awhile till we can get enough people to put on a real Zoot Shoot!

Machine Gun Charlie

Two Bit Charlie · October 20, 2018, 07:17:36 PM

We'll we had our Zoot Shoot, rapped in a Cowboy Shoot, today. We had 4 Zoots shooting. It was a cold, wet day. It rained on us, it snowed on us and tornadoes kept blowing my Fedora off! We only shot 4 out of 5 stages because of the weather, other than that we had a great time! Three of us learned that 30" full choke barreled shot guns aren't the best for shooting clay pigeons. I think we have a future here. I'm not sure what are next step is. We can always shoot at some of the cowboy shoots. Maybe have scenarios just for Zoots. More rounds at the targets. Maybe set up a Zoot only stage, with movement. Or take the plunge and have our own shoots on a separate day. We'll see what happens next year.

PS I have pictures but don't know how to post them.

Machine-Gun Charlie
Grandson of
Two-Bit Charlie

DeaconKC · October 21, 2018, 09:52:12 PM

Great report! For pics you need to load them to a carrier, then use the img http here. Just copy the address and post it here.

Pitspitr · October 22, 2018, 09:42:42 AM

Quote from: DeaconKC on October 21, 2018, 09:52:12 PM
For pics you need to load them to a carrier,

I use image shack, https://imageshack.com

Johnny McCrae · October 22, 2018, 03:35:59 PM

Here are some pictures from the October 18th Zoot Shoot.

From left to right is Kid Buzz, Machine Gun Charlie, Wheels McCoy and Silver Creek Slim

Two Bit Charlie · October 22, 2018, 03:59:55 PM

Thanks Johnny for posting that for me.

One correction, it's Sliver Creek Slim

Machine Gun Charlie

Johnny McCrae · October 22, 2018, 04:12:35 PM

More pictures from the October 18th Zoot Shoot

DeaconKC · October 22, 2018, 09:26:25 PM

Man, that looks like a great time! You guys are dressed really sharp and of course, the guns look great. I like the spats!

Pitspitr · October 23, 2018, 04:53:09 AM

I like the trench shotgun

Bat 2919 · October 24, 2018, 05:49:50 PM

Looks like you guys had a great time. Take your Zoot guns to other shoots in you're are and let others try shooting them, that will get them hooked. If you can set up one stage (Caper) at a local match that allows movement and let others shoot it they may just enjoy it.

Two Bit Charlie · October 24, 2018, 10:40:03 PM

When we have our Club's Annual Cowboy Shoot next year, I'm going to see if we can set up a caper as a side match. Let them use our guns and let "da cowboys" have a chance to try it. Hopefully we can get some more interest in it.

Machine Gun Charlie

Tornado · October 25, 2018, 07:11:48 AM

Is that an AO Thompson SBR? I love the A5 as well. Thanks for posting pictures!

Two Bit Charlie · October 25, 2018, 08:17:09 PM

No, it's not an Auto-Ordinance. I don't know who made the gun. Maybe Sliver Creek can respond on that. The shotgun is a Remington Model 11. As far as shotguns used, we had one Auto 5, one Remington Model 11, a Winchester Model 12, and the Winchester Trench Gun. It was a blast. But I did have a hard time keeping my Black & White shoes clean in all the mud!

Machine Gun Charlie