If there were any complaints today, they weren’t about the weather. It warmed up fast and cooled down fast (below 60 is cool on my scale), but it was a great day.
The flying feathered fowl may have been the only ones complaining. More than half of the flock that took flight flew their final few flaps. The others evaded the pellets but had a crash landing.

Congratulations to our winner Cody Maverick and to our only clean shooter Frontier Mick (clean with a bonus).

Our next match (tentatively) will be a Wild Bunch match on Saturday December 7th. It’s on the agenda for our forthcoming club meeting and won’t be official until we vote to put that date on our schedule. Our last match of the year will be on Sunday December 15th, which will be followed by a Christmas gift exchange at Nick’s.

Scores attached.

-Swifty McDraw

Mattaponi Sundowners 3rd Sun. (11_17_24)_ Overall Winners Details by Time

Mattaponi Sundowners 3rd Sun. (11_17_24)_ Overall Winners List by Time

Howdy,

Howdy,

This is Part 1 of the match results. Part 2 will follow in a day or two with a fundraising report. We were into $ five figures from ticket sales at the Green Top Expo plus pre-match donations at the range. Add the after-match donations and Auction receipts and I think we did pretty good.

Congratulations to our match winner and Top Cowboy Tye Riverman and to J. C. Phoenix, the top Cowgirl. Congrats also to our 16 Clean Shooters; our apologies for running out of ‘Clean Shoot Awards’. In case you’re curious, 17 shooters got the bonus on Stage 2.

Two attachments: 1) Clean Shooters and 2) Score Summary
I’ll send a detailed version of the scores with Part 2.

-Swifty McDraw

Howdy Again Cowboys and Cowgirls,

Part 1 (continued): Detailed Scores and Scores by Category are attached. Thanks for coming, especially to the six Cowboys who shot with us for the first time and to many others who traveled a considerable distance. Thanks to all for a safe match. We hope you enjoyed it.

Part 2: So far, we have over $15,500.00 in hand. We expect at least 3 checks which will add to that, so it will be a few days before we have a final total. Not bad for a relatively small crowd of mostly old people who dress funny and yell “Yee-Haw” while shooting old-fashioned guns at pink targets for a couple of hours. Seriously, to those who were present and to those who weren’t, we thank each and every one of you for your support and your generosity.

Our www.WestPointGunClub.com web site has a drop-down menu called “Funds Raised” which will have the final total when we know what it is. Look under Shooting Programs => Cowboy Action => Annual Matches => Shoot for a Cure

Footnote: If you like photos, Marshal P. C. Wabash and Buzzard Bayne have some on Facebook. For video, look for Bingo Montana on YouTube, but give him a few days to edit his raw files.

-Swifty McDraw

Pat Graves Memorial Shoot For A Cure 24 (10_20_24)_ Clean shooters

Pat Graves Memorial Shoot For A Cure 24 (10_20_24)_ Category Winners by Time

Pat Graves Memorial Shoot For A Cure 24 (10_20_24)_ Overall Winners List by Time

Pat Graves Memorial Shoot For A Cure 24 (10_20_24)_ Overall Winners Details by Time

Funds Raised

Howdy Again,

The final results are in. The Pat Graves Memorial Shoot for a Cure raised $17,395.48 for the American Cancer Society this year, bringing the total raised since 2012 to a whopping $110,393.48! Amounts for each year are tabulated in the attachment.

Funds Raised

Howdy Folks,

The Pat Graves Memorial Shoot for a Cure is October 20 – this coming Sunday.

The gates will open earlier than normal, probably by 9 a.m. Posse up at noon for welcoming remarks. We start shooting at 12:30. The round count is 60-60-26. Stages by Potter County Kid are attached.

Thanks to the 48 shooters (attached) who signed up early. You can add your name to the list with a reply to this e-mail. All match fees go to the American Cancer Society. The WPGC contributes another $5 for each pre-registered shooter.

On arrival, please come to our ‘storage building’ to check in, confirm your category, and receive your posse assignment. Allow time to socialize, buy raffle tickets and to see all of the merchandise that will be up for auction, for the raffles, and for sale ‘flea-market’ style. Charitable contributions are tax deductible; receipts will be available on request.

-Swifty McDraw

Attachments:  Stages   Who’s Coming

Howdy,

Thanks to those who arrived early and helped put the finishing touches on the set up, and to all who pitched in to tear it down when the match was over.

Congratulations to Major B.S. Walker. He was today’s winner and was the only shooter who managed to earn every available bonus (7 of them worth 29 points). He also had the lowest raw time (by 0.57 sec) and (dagnabbit) only 1 miss.

Congratulations also to Potter County Kid and Mac Moshannon for the clean shoot. Each of them hit 5 out of 7 bonus targets.  If we had a ‘mulligan” award, it would go to that guy who shot clean until the last gun on the last stage.

It was an interesting match. There were many comments about the ample opportunity to exhibit marksmanship with a shotgun. Those served to detract from complaints (very few) about the smaller-than-average size of the rifle targets. Not many complaints about the “Bonus Day” theme; maybe because 8 out of 12 shooters scored 5 or more bonus targets.

Our next match is the Pat Graves Memorial Shoot for a Cure on October 20th. The WPGC website has all the details. And don’t forget the Green Top Expo next weekend. Let Potter know if you can spare an hour or two to man our booth.

Today’s scores attached.

• Overall
• Details

-Swifty McDraw

The Pat Graves Memorial Shoot for a Cure is 30 days from today!

Merchandise to be sold or raffled is trickling in, along with a few cash/check donations. We thank you. Call or text Potter County Kid at 804.241.5418 if you can help raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Donations in previous years are tabulated here.

One significant item of interest is a $500.00 gift card contributed by Green Top Sporting Goods. Raffle tickets for the gift card will be on sale from now until the drawing on Oct 20th. You do not have to be present at the match to win this one. Many tickets are expected to sell at our booth at the Green Top Expo on Oct 5th and 6th. Contact Potter if you can put on your finest Cowboy/Cowgirl duds and help man the booth; the purpose is to promote Cowboy Action Shooting (at any club) as well as to sell raffle tickets.

So far, we have 47 shooters pre-registered (45 + 2 ‘maybe’). The ‘who’s coming’ list is posted on our website here. To add your name, reply to this email.

Thanks in advance for your support,
-Swifty McDraw

Green Top Sporting Goods has scheduled the Green Top Expo for Saturday October 5 from 8:00 to 6:00 and Sunday October 6 from 8:00 to 5:00.

Potter County Kid is asking for volunteers to help sell raffle tickets for a $500.00 Green Top Gift Card to benefit the American Cancer Society. Also to promote SASS Cowboy Action Shooting Competition. This is not a Mattaponi Sundowners promotion. It is a collective promotional of all our area clubs. The goal is to sell raffle tickets to raise money for the American Cancer Society and with any luck, bring new shooters into our sport.

If you can spare an hour or two or more on either day I can use your help. And of course there will be time to walk around and shop the many vendors attending.

If you are able to help, please let me know by calling/texting me at 804 241 5418 or by email at 97graves@gmail.com and let me know which day and time you are available.

-for Potter County Kid

Howdy,

What a day! If you weren’t there, you missed a good one – good crowd, good weather, and good sportsmanship. You also missed seeing Bingo Montana win his first match at WPGC (lots of times in second place; no firsts until today). He was also the only shooter today with no misses and no P’s. Congratulations Bingo. Mac Moshannon laid claim to the ‘dagnabbit’ award (one miss and no P’s).

Welcome back to Single Barrel Sam; haven’t seen him in a long time. Also, it was good to see Prairie City Slim and One Eyed Jane, who stopped by to watch the match and join us afterward for dinner.

Among the four of us in the Josey Wales category, Potter County Kid took the honors, followed at a distance by Wistful McClintock. Cotton Connie and I unintentionally competed for the most misses. Oh well, it was a lot of fun. Flatboat Bob was planning to shoot Josey Wales, but other obligations had priority. He can’t shoot long guns any more, so he was going to shoot with six revolvers (fifth = shotgun; sixth = ‘split’ shotgun from a different prop). Stay tuned — he might be doing that at Shoot for a Cure, coming up on October 20th.

Scores Attached. 

• Highlights
• Details

-Swifty McDraw

Howdy Cowboys, Cowgirls, and fans of The Outlaw Josey Wales, a 1976 classic.

The Mattaponi Sundowners will be hosting a Cowboy Action match this coming Sunday September 15th at the West Point Gun Club.

Gates will open at 10:00; the safety meeting will be at 12:15; we start shooting at 12:30.

This will be our annual Josey Wales match. Shooters in the JW category will use 4 pistols. Two of the pistols will be staged and fired in accordance with stage descriptions for the rifle. Holstered pistols may not be fired at rifle targets; staged ‘pistols’ (substitutes for the rifle) may not be fired at pistol targets. All 4 pistols must be fired Duelist, Double-Duelist, or Gunfighter style with one hand. You do not need 4 holsters; you may ask for help staging the “rifle” pistols or your shotgun.

The Josey Wales (JW) category is an option. All normal SASS categories are available. The Wild Bunch category will not be available at this match.

If you’ve never heard of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), pay a visit and search for ‘Josey Wales’. My favorite section is usually ‘Trivia’, but for this movie the ‘Quotes’ section is a ‘must read’. You can also click on your favorite character(s) for a biography and a list of their other movie credits.

Stages by yours truly attached.  Swifty Match for Sept 15

-Swifty McDraw

We had 11 shooters who enjoyed near-ideal weather at the range today until the mid-day sun warmed things up a bit. Still, not too bad for August.

Congratulations to Dakota Rambler for the win (by a whopping 1.30 seconds). That gives Ripsaw the ‘dagnabbit’ award. Congrats also to Potter County Kid and BeerBarrel, the only two who put all rounds on the correct targets in the proper order.

For those who were with us today – thanks for coming. For those who were warming up for the VA State Championship next weekend – see you there.

Scores attached. A minor glitch that didn’t affect standings has been corrected.

Mattaponi Sundowners 4th Sat. (8_24_24)_ Overall Winners List by Time

Mattaponi Sundowners 4th Sat. (8_24_24)_ Overall Winners Details by Time

-Swifty McDraw