Southern Missouri Rangers Annual Match 

The Show-Me Shootout 

Two hundred sixteen shooters participated in the Shootout held at Ozark Shooters Sports Complex.  Eighty of the shooters competed for the Missouri State Champion titles.  The Southern Missouri Rangers congratulate the SASS Missouri State Champions:   Ned Plinkerton and Prairie Dawn.  Shooters from Missouri were joined by cowboys and cowgirls from the following 18 states:  Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia.  Approximately fifty SMR club members either set up the range or worked the actual shoot.
 

Twelve side matches and ten main stages were conducted over the four-day event; side matches took place on Thursday and the main stages took place on Friday and Saturday. The scenarios for the ten 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.

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 22 cal. rimfire, long-range pistol, long-range pistol-cal. rifle, slingshot, big bore repeater, and big bore single shot.  Separate entries were available for the men and women.

A three-stage team match was conducted on Sunday.  Teams composed of 4 members participated in stages involving water bombs, 2 x 4 planks, and golf balls.   A man-on-man competition also took place on Sunday and the last man standing was non other than the Missouri champion—Ned Plinkerton.

“That’s right folks.  Everyone is a winner that shot at the Missouri state shoot this past weekend because they were shootin’ at one hellaciously well run and fun shoot….After shootin’ this shoot last year, I knew that it would become a tradition for me and this year confirmed that…”  (Shoshone Slim, SASS #31347, SASS Wire)

“It was my 8th straight year for this one.  We in Cowboy Action Shootin’ have a lot of choices on where we can go.  This has always been one of the best run events that I attend each year.  Thanks to…all of the Southern Missouri Rangers for puttin’ on another one.  Where’s my entry for next year?”  (Alamo Kid, SASS #8100, SASS Wire)

“What can you say other than the match was great.  The food was great.  And a good time was had by all.  …We had no range shutdowns for target repair or any other reason.  And the weather was the best I can remember for this event.  And like Alamo, I’ve made all 8 years of this match.  Plan to see… the gang next year at the Show-Me Shootout, you will love it.”  (Trailboss (Santa) Dave, SASS #11710, SASS Wire)

“…I would like to send my appreciation to those who made the Missouri State Shoot work like greased lightning!  The set up was wonderful, the matches were fun and the folks were so nice!  The food at the range was very good and the folks who served it were pleasant and helpful and I know that the rush of all the shooters had to be trying!  The set up for both banquets at the White House could not have been better!  Again, my hat’s off to all your club!”  (Paola Slick, SASS #62648, e-mail communication)

Be sure and put the 2008 Show-Me Shootout—another SASS sanctioned Missouri State Championship--on your calendar (October 23 - 26), and let the Southern Missouri Rangers bring you an event filled with hospitality and cowboy fun. 

The next
Show-Me Shootout will be Oct. 23-26, 2008
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