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03-06-2012, 08:43 AM
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Cowboy Action Shooting (the hard way)
Probably one of the coolest stunts i have seen.
Ray Heartless from Sweden
Cowboy action shooting Slackline record - YouTube
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03-06-2012, 09:53 AM
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That is weird.
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That is weird.
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I was very active in SASS Cowboy shooting from 1989 to 1995 when I got tired of the long lines and wait times to shoot the stages. Our stages in those days were fairly straight forward with importance placed on accuracy and speed. When I left the sport the stages were getting a little . . . well . . . as you note, weird.
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(I think they are issuing numbers in excess of 50,000 now. )
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03-06-2012, 02:06 PM
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[QUOTE=(I think they are issuing numbers in excess of 50,000 now. )[/QUOTE]
Well past 95k. I think #100,000 was up for a charity auction not long ago.
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03-06-2012, 03:18 PM
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We shoot that scenario ALL THE TIME in my SASS club!
I could not even stay on the line much less anything else. Impressive.
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03-06-2012, 04:00 PM
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I have shot with Ray at the Blue Mountain Trail at The Northern Rangers home range,
and i can assure you that
He is one of the most safety aware shooters i know of.
This one is just for fun, not an actual stage
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03-06-2012, 08:13 PM
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Well past 95k. I think #100,000 was up for a charity auction not long ago.
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In 1999 or 2000, while I was living and working in Houston (1999-2001), I went to one of the large gun shows they held at Astro Hall there. While in line I noticed a young man dressed cowboy with a SASS badge. I walked over and said hello and checked his badge. I think the number was something like 17 or 18,000. I told him my number was 794 and my brother's was 738 and he said, "Wow, three-digit guys." He told me they were heading north of 20,000 at that time.
For those who weren't around in the late 80s and early 90s, the practice shoots were great. At many of them you would have around 15 to 25 guys. There would be about 5 stages set up. Shooting would start at around 10 a.m. and be over by 1 or 1:30 p.m., that includes figuring scores and placements. Some of us would grap lunch and then get home with half a day left. By 1993, practice shoots started bring in 75, 100, or more shooters (long lines for the stages). If you wanted to wait for scores and placements to get figured you might not be leaving for home until after 5:00 p.m. Heck, I recall one practice shoot right before End of Trail '94 or '95 that brought in almost 300 shooters. My brother and I did not get out of there until after 6:00 p.m. The lines for the stages were incredible!
But I'll say this, from 1990 to End of Trail 1995 I had an absolute blast!
December 1989, I'm on the right, my brother's on the left.
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Reason: To add "family" photo
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03-06-2012, 02:04 PM
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I think our stages are waaay too easy.
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03-06-2012, 02:05 PM
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Dick, they are in the high 70s. Might even be into the 80,000s, now.
Funny. I posted that video on the SASSwire. Got one comment, so far. "I see all manner of safety violations".
Put it on two other boards. I got a response on one that said, "Curious", and one on the other that said, "I don't want him touching my guns".
I'm amazed, I guess, at how "safety first" the world seems to have gotten.
Is shooting a gun from a slackwire dangerous? Would be for me. But then, so is shooting a gun while riding a horse, or a bicycle or a unicycle, shooting a cigarette out of someone's mouth, shooting a gun upside down, shooting a gun from behind your back, shooting a gun backwards while looking in a mirror, shooting a rifle or pistol at targets thrown in the air, and all kinds of things that trick shooters do, routinely.
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I wonder what ideas that he gave up as being stupid before he decided on that stunt?
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03-07-2012, 10:02 AM
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As Arte Johnson of the Laugh-In series would say, "Very Interesting.......But Dumb".
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I ain't sure but that machine gun looked alot like a lever action!
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Back in the 90 my SASS number was 1959. That is my year of birth to.
In Holland i did organize Cowboy action shoots for about 13 year.
It gets more difficult to get volunteers to help out at some point. So I decide to stop. I do shoot twice or three times a year a cowboy match and attend western weekends. But i am not that fanatic anymore.
This is me in action with a shotgun.
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