Letters to the Editor

From: adamsgurn@launchnet.com Sent: Mon 8/14/2006 7:51 AM

Ok guys we got spanked. I have attached our score sheets and the score sheet from the wining team.

Alecblyth@aol.com wrote:

                 To   Wif,   Mike, Don, Rev, Slim, Ronny.



          First I would like to thank all of you who have taken part in the competition allso a congratulations from GHQ Perth Scotland to the winner

         I would allso like to say to Don get well soon.See Below

         Swadlincote Rifle 7 Pistol Club   Grand Total   1,456

         New Zealand                                                1,406

         Waco Texas   USA                                       1,238

         Faultline Shootist Society  California   USA     1131

         Coyote Valley Sharpshooters                       1028

         Next year there will be three more countries taking part

         Finland *

         Australia *

         Canada *                                 I have had a New Certificate done one I think you will pleased with once I have it I will send you

                                                        photo .             Thank you for your effort and time and next I hope to see the trophy depart these

                                                                                shore's                               Yours A Blyth     Alec its been a pleasure to deal with

                                                                                                                          you all take care

Their averages (1st place):
per shooter overall 292/350
100 yard avg.          98/100
50 yard                   39/50

our averages (5th place):
per shooter overall   206/350
100 yard avg.             52/100
50 yard avg.                39/50

I for one am going to punch more holes in paper to get ready for next year. I have asked for some pictures of the rifles the UK boys are using just for reference. Maybe we can level the field a bit.

Frank if you would please post the overall team results in the Record may be it would stir up some interest in next years match.

From Cliff Cook Sent: Sun 7/23/2006 8:00 AM

This is an outstanding article. It tickles me because I know all of the folks mentioned. I remember when Badlands Bud was a kid, a much younger one, and would run down range to set up knock down targets before the shooter was through shooting! Then, he would fall asleep in a folding chair until time to run down range again! At that time, his sister, Sedona Sue was the young gun of the family. His family lived in Pleasanton/Livermore/Dublin and would drive to where ever we were having the club meetings without a snivel. A truly great shooting family.

I would be lying if I said I didn't miss the FSS. CAS in that area is still a great sport/novelty. Here, in WY, since guns are considered tools and everyone has at least two and not considered "taboo" as in CA, CAS isn't the novelty it is in CA. As such, trying to get a bunch of people together to shoot in organized matches is a challenge. Since WY is running behind the calendar, and that's a good thing, dressing up "cowboy" is the normal garb here.

When I first got to WY I was truly in culture shock! I knew it was different than CA...where I was born, educated, bred and lived for a "while" but I didn't expect it to be "that" different. Consider:

Before leaving CA I bought a set of matching Colt Mustang .380 shooters. It took over forty days to take delivery...........what with all the crime stopping waiting periods. The day I arrived in WY I bought a Marlin Friendly .22 cal. single shot rifle: cash and carry. I bought it simply because I could. Its an ugly little shooter, really! It took longer for the clerk to make change than it did for the NICS crap.

A couple of years later I bought three Ruger Birdhead .357 shooters, two blue and one chiny: cash and carry.

One can wear an exposed shooter in town and no one panics except for tourists especially those from England, CA, NJ, MA, etc. One can get a CCW by filling out an application and paying the sheriff's dept. $85. Most folks pack sans CCW but don't act like idiots. As they say, "An armed society is a polite society."

When I was "surveying" WY for a possible retirement place I saw stuff that would give most CA folks palsy: American flags flying everywhere, no graffiti, every sign, poster and bill board in English. The Ten Commandments proudly displayed in the park and on the lawn of the Powell Chamber of Commerce. On Sundays the town of Powell is shut save for the two markets, the two hardware stores and the twenty three churches: standing room only. The thing that made up my mind to move to WY was: while at one of the aforementioned markets, I saw two pickup trucks. Both had their windows down...it was August of 2K....the keys in the ignition..one was idling...and both had shooters in the back windows. No one gave it a second thought...........Oh, and out here is one gets his butt whipped by his friend, girlfriend, wife or other drunk, unless a "weapon" was used, there are no "anger management" courses, assault charges or any thing else. You just got your butt whipped....next time keep your mouth shut/respectful!

There are no "rainbow" stickers...if one is "funny" they keep it to themselves and their "associates". You never hear, "OH! You can't say that!" At our cas matches, when we say the Pledge of Allegiance we yell out "under God" and finally, "he needed killin' " is considered a viable defense although rarely successful.

Yes sir, we live cas.

CA State Penitentu.........................never mind.

----- Original Message -----

From: Dave Martino

To: et al

Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 8:50 PM

Subject: FWD: CAS article

From: Rio Bigg
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 8:00 AM
To: Dave Martino
Subject: CAS article