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2009 Show-me Shootout
10th Year in Branson!
The
2009 SASS Missouri State
Championship--The
Show-Me Shootout--was held October 22nd-25th near Branson, Missouri. The Shootout was a great Cowboy Action
Shooting match. For the tenth year in a
row, members and officers of the Southern Missouri Rangers planned an
event
full of competition, fun, prizes, awards, entertainment, and Old West
cowboy
camaraderie.
Two hundred twenty shooters
participated
in the Shootout held at Ozark Shooters Sports Complex.
Eighty two of the shooters competed for the
Missouri State Champion titles. The
Southern Missouri Rangers congratulate the SASS Missouri State
Champions: Durde
Dugan and Prairie Dawn. Shooters from Missouri were
joined by
cowboys and cowgirls from the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and
Wisconsin. Four shooters crossed the Canadian/US border
to participate in the Show-Me Shootout. Approximately
forty SMR club members either set up the range or worked the actual
shoot.
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registered shooters. Donations were
received from more than sixty individuals,
businesses, and vendors. Random drawings
were conducted to determine the recipients of the prizes.
Prize donations were collected from such
businesses as Bass Pro, Boothill Bullets, Brownell’s Inc., Bushwhacker
Bullets,
Cabela's, Coyote Cap Gunworks, Desperado Cowboy Bullets, Dixie Gun
Works, E.M.F.
Company, Inc., EDI Plus, El Paso Saddlery Company, Fiocchi USA, Hodgdon
Powder
Co., John Walter’s Veggie Wads, Kaw Valley Mercantile, Meister Bullet
&
Ammunition Company, KYOO Radio Station, Midway USA, N-Target
Manufacturing, Otis
Technology, Inc., PFI Western Store, Puff-Lon, Redding Reloading
Equipment, Recollections,
Reflections of the Past, Shooter’s Supply, Single Action Shooting
Society, Starline,
The Rifleman Gun & Pawn, True West Magazine,
Wild West Mercantile, plus many others. Six
of the Branson theaters also stepped up to the donation plate and
donated
tickets to the prize pot: Branson
Variety Theatre, Grand Country, Jim Stafford Theatre, Presley’s Country
Jubilee, Shoji Entertainment, Inc., and Shepherd of the Hills Theatre.
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In
addition to the prizes, the cowboys
and cowgirls had the opportunity to exchange their dollars for cowboy
wares at several
vendors: Cherokee Firearms Co., Ear
Safety, Gunpowder Creek, Grip Maker, Gunfighter’s Moon, JJJ Blacksmith,
Jim Downing--The
Gun Engraver, LaserGraphic, Liberty Enterprises, Lonesome Ryder Leather
Goods, Major
Photography, Michigan Rattler, Miss Terri’s General Store, Peacemaker
Gun
Carts, The Cow’s Hide, and Work-N-Ranch. The
Rangers extend a thank you to
all businesses, individuals, and vendors for their generosity and
support!
Thirteen side matches and ten
main stages
were conducted over the four-day event; side matches took place on
Friday and Saturday
as a result of a rain delay. The main
stages took place on Friday and Saturday. Scenarios
for the main stages were once again written by
Cowboy Action
Shooting legends. These legends were
selected from past participants in the Show-Me Shootout.
Stage writers were presented with a list of
targets for a given stage and were given creative liberty for writing
the
lead-in story and the shooting sequence. They
were also given the opportunity to write a short CAS
biography or
CAS testimony. The following shooters
wrote the 2009 stages: Shorty Brooks, John Lee, Joseph
Shelby, Hyman Old Cowhand, Gunsmith Frank, Yellowstone Harry &
Wesa, Fast
Fingers Green & Annie Hickok, Ned Plinkerton & Son of a
Plinkerton,
Dusty Durf, and Shoshone Slim.
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Side
matches were held in the following
categories: fastest six gun, fastest
pocket
pistol, fastest derringer, fastest pistol-cal. rifle, fastest pump
shotgun,
fastest double barrel shotgun, fastest lever shotgun, fastest 22 cal.
rimfire, fastest
Josey Wales, long-range pistol, long-range pistol-cal. rifle,
slingshot, big
bore repeater, big bore single shot, and cowboy trap.
Separate entries were available for the men
and women.
Entertainment was part of the package
both Friday night and Saturday night.
The Rangers hosted a “Cowboy Social” on Friday evening, and the Social
was packed with activities. Attendees
enjoyed music and singing by Eli Barsi’s Cowboy Outfit, door prizes,
costume
contests, casino games, and a barbecue dinner.
SMR’s sixth “Cowboy Social” was a hit!
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The
side-match and category winners were
recognized during the Saturday evening banquet at the Cobblestone Inn Conference Center. Plaques were presented to
the first place winners of the side matches. “Spirit
of the Game” awards were also
presented to a member from each posse: Members
of each posse voted on the individual who best
demonstrated the
“Spirit of the Game.” Awards were
presented to the top three shooters in each category, to the Top Cowboy
and the
Top Cowgirl, and to the SASS Missouri State
Champions. The Southern Missouri Rangers
congratulate the
Top Cowboy and Top Cowgirl and the Missouri Champions—Durde Dugan and
Prairie
Dawn. Sanfordino Walkero was the
recipient of the Middle of the Pack award. Esperanza
Blanco and Lynch M. Sag received “Hard Luck”
awards. The finale for the Saturday
banquet was the
drawing for a complete set of cowboy action firearms.
Individuals who attended all ten of the
shoots in Branson were recognized at the 2009 Show-Me Shootout.
The decadal shooters received free-shoot
registrations and plaques commemorating their attendance. The
shooters who have attended all 10 events
include Alamo Kid, Jesse Cain, Jim Cummins & Miss Liz, Ranger
Dusty, Rock
Creek Rustler, and Trailboss (Santa) Dave.
The team match was conducted on
Sunday. Teams composed of 4 members
participated in the following stages: Pistol
Relay, Nevada Sweep—Pass the Bag, Cowboy Clays, and Shotgun
Pickup.
A man-on-man competition and a lady-on lady
competition also took place on Sunday.
The last man standing was Rock Creek Rustler and the last lady standing
was Catoosa Red.
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The Show-Me Shootout keeps
getting better every year. The following statements were made
by various
participants in the 2009 Show-Me Shootout:
“My
congrats ta all the winners, and thanks to all the “Southern Missouri
Rangers”
for everything that they have done ta make this event the most fun
shoot I go
to each year. And special thanks to them
for makin’ this year the best ever for me in 15 years.
Beats anything that I could ever win or
steal. You all are the extreme
best.” (Alamo Kid
(MO; #8100))
“…No
doubt the best state match we have ever attended. We
will be back for sure…I couldn’t have had
more fun than the team relays on Sunday. Thanks
to the Rangers for doing the posse work for us. You
folks are the best at what you do,
including an almost splatter-free shoot. Keep
up the good work, and see you next time.” (GP
Cobb (KS; #82248) and Deeba Slo Walker
(KS; #83378))
“For
me rolling into the Ozark Shooters Complex for the MO state shoot
hosted by the
Southern Missouri Rangers is like going to a family reunion with family
that I
actually like. They treat you like an
honored guest and put on one helluva shoot that just seems to get
better every
year...” (Shoshone Slim (MO; #31347))
“I
see
now why everyone keeps going back to this shoot. Had
a great time shooting with some old pards
and meeting new ones.” (West Longer (MO;
#46427))
“A
great match!!!” (Buck D. Law (AL;
#62183))
Be
sure and put the 2010 Show-Me Shootout—another SASS sanctioned
Missouri State Championship--on your calendar (October 21st – 24th),
and let
the Southern Missouri Rangers bring you an event filled with
hospitality and
cowboy fun.
“Those
folks of the Southern Missouri Rangers went and threw another gall-dang
fantastic Missouri state
shoot!!! Every year it gets better than
the year before. I figgered out how they
do it though. They actually listen to
their shooters about what works and what doesn’t. They
are constantly looking for ways to
improve this state shoot. Excellent,
straightforward stages with not one procedural trap among them and
targets that
were at very shootable distances! But
above all is they them make you feel so damn welcome and appreciated…I
started
smilin’ when we got there and I’m still smilin’...”
(Shoshone Slim, SASS # 31347, SASS Wire)
“This
was my first time shooting with the SMR boys and if I can manage to get
some
time off work again next year, I’ll be back. As
was mentioned by several other folks down there, you
get a whole lot
of bang for your buck. TWO great dinners
and THREE lunches are included in the deal.” (Black
Angus McPherson, SASS # 34280, SASS Wire)
“It
was definitely a great shoot…This was our third time, and I hope to
shoot this
match every year.” (Wild Irish, SASS #
72294, SASS Wire)
“Just
wanted to say thank you for the great job you guys did hosting the MO
State
Shoot. It was a well run shoot. Your
range was safely and efficiently laid out.
The scenarios were fun and challenging without being P magnets.
And we really enjoyed the social activities. Auntie Dee and I are
signing up for next year
as soon as it’s announced.” (Ozarks
Jim, SASS # 69618, e-Mail Communication)
Be sure and put the 2010
Show-Me Shootout—another SASS sanctioned
Missouri State Championship--on your calendar (October 21st – 24th),
and let
the Southern Missouri Rangers bring you an event filled with
hospitality and
cowboy fun.
The next
Show-Me Shootout will be
Oct.
21-24, 2010
Click here for info
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