Pistol Match
Saturday Aug 15th, safety briefing at 9am @ MSI Cowboy Range
Bring your Center-Fire 6-Shot Double Action Revolvers
Lead or Frangible Target Loads ONLY!!
No Jacketed Ammo or Gas Checks!!
Match Fee: $10
This first match is limited to 20 participants, for additional information click here. To see if slots are still available and sign up, email Mike Maciel at sintreetulait@yahoo.com
Dear Long Rifles,
Eleven shooters participated in our August shoot today in warm conditions. The results, converted to our 250 point scale, are set forth below, with the number of shoots in parentheses, up to a maximum of 6, following the YTD score:
Shooter Rifle Pistol Total YTD
Christie Abbott 115 50 165 805-4 (6)
Tony Abbott 170 50 220 1121-5 (6)
Bob Barker DNS 214-1 (2)
Mark Barley 180 20 200 1057-2 (6)
Aubrey Campbell DNS 76 (1)
George Chesnut 95 30 125 729 (6)
Rudy Dezzani 75 0 75 474 (6)
Doug Echelberger DNS 138 (1)
Jake Henderson 85 0 85 239 (3)
Larry Iwatate Score not reported
Fred Jones 170 30 200 391 (2)
Arnold Jorge DNS 506 (3)
Joe Kroeze 110 0 110 963-6 (6)
Brian Medler DNS 76 (1)
Terra Romero 120 10 130 696-2 (6)
Jerry Smith 170 0 170 903-3 (6)
Kenny Wright DNS 81 (1)
Two thirds the way through the year, the top 5 are as follows (highest six scores counted):
Tony Abbott 1121-5
Mark Barley 1057-2
Joe Kroeze 963-6
Jerry Smith 903-3
Christie Abbott 805-4
Our next club shoot will be September 12.
Tony Abbott
Dear Long Rifles,
Ten shooters participated in our July shoot in warm conditions. Joe Kroeze won the match with a 177. The results, with the number of shoots in parentheses, up to a maximum of 6, following the YTD score:
Shooter Rifle Pistol Total YTD
Christie Abbott 91 41 132 732-4 (6)
Tony Abbott 133 39 172 1064-6 (6)
Bob Barker DNS 214-1 (2)
Mark Barley 125 38 163 1016-3 (6)
Aubrey Campbell DNS 76 (1)
George Chesnut 93 23 116 572-1(6)
Rudy Dezzani 35 0 35 399 (5)
Doug Echelberger DNS 138 (1)
Jake Henderson 30 0 30 154 (2)
Larry Iwatate Score not reported
Fred Jones DNS 191 (1)
Arnold Jorge 120 32 152 506 (3)
Joe Kroeze 149 28 177 963-4(6)
Brian Medler DNS 76 (1)
Terra Romero 93-1 23 116-1 621-2(6)
Jerry Smith 118 43 161 826-4(6)
Kenny Wright DNS 81 (1)
We have yet to make a decision on the Durham Ferry Rendezvous, but this will be done shortly. If the rondy is canceled, our next muzzleloader shoot will be August 15, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Do not forget our black powder cartridge match on July 13, at 8:00 a.m. on the rifle range. Rudy advises there will be 15 shots.
Tony Abbott
Dear Long Rifles,
Ten shooters participated in our June shoot in windy but otherwise pleasant conditions. Thanks to Joe and the Tuesday work crew for our new target bases, which allowed the line to spread out with good social distancing. The results, with the number of shoots in parentheses following the YTD score:
Shooter Rifle Pistol Total YTD
Christie Abbott 57 35 92 688-4 (6)
Tony Abbott 133-1 42 175-1 1046-7 (6)
Bob Barker DNS 214-1 (2)
Mark Barley 122-2 37 159-2 971-3 (6)
Aubrey Campbell DNS 76 (1)
George Chesnut 94 41 135 572-1(5)
Rudy Dezzani 34 0 34 364 (4)
Doug Echelberger DNS 138 (1)
Jake Henderson 30 0 30 154 (2)
Larry Iwatate Score not reported 496-1(4)
Fred Jones DNS 191 (1)
Arnold Jorge DNS 354 (2)
Joe Kroeze 92-1 37 129-1 760-4(5)
Brian Medler DNS 76 (1)
Terra Romero 30 25 55 505-1(5)
Jerry Smith 118 43 161 737-4(6)
Kenny Wright DNS 81 (1)
Our next muzzleloader shoot will be July 11, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. Do not forget our black powder cartridge match on June 15, at 8:00 a.m. on the rifle range. Rudy advises there will be 20 shots.
Tony Abbott
Dear Long Rifles,
Seven shooters participated in our May modified postal match. We welcomed back Aubrey Campbell after an absence. The results, with the number of shoots in parentheses following the YTD score:
Shooter Rifle Pistol Total YTD
Christie Abbott 90 33 123 596-4 (5)
Tony Abbott 153-3 31-1 184-4 871-6 (5)
Bob Barker DNS 214-1(2)
Mark Barley 114 4 118 812-1 (5)
Aubrey Campbell 73 3 76 76 (1)
George Chesnut DNS 437-1(4)
Rudy Dezzani DNS 330 (3)
Doug Echelberger DNS 138 (1)
Jake Henderson DNS 124 (1)
Larry Iwatate DNS 496-1(3)
Fred Jones DNS 191 (1)
Arnold Jorge DNS 354 (2)
Joe Kroeze 140-2 26 166-2 631-3(4)
Brian Medler DNS 76 (1)
Terra Romero 72 6 78 450-1(4)
Jerry Smith 107-1 22-2 129-3 576-4(5)
Kenny Wright DNS 81 (1)
I intend to obtain clearance to hold our regular match on Saturday, June 13, at 9:00 a.m. I will send another e-mail within a week or so to confirm or to set up another postal match.
Tony Abbott
Dear Long Rifles,
We had a good turnout of 11 shooters today in windy conditions. Thanks to Rudy and his helpers for setting up and putting away our silhouettes As announced, the Board has agreed to purchase awards so all will participate in the aggregate this year. The results, with the number of shoots in parentheses following the YTD score:
Shooter Rifle Pistol Total YTD
Christie Abbott 132-1 21 153-1 363-3 (3)
Tony Abbott 184 21 205 533-1 (3)
Bob Barker DNS 214-1 (2)
Mark Barley 177 21 198 532-1 (3)
George Chesnut 137 0 137 353 (3)
Rudy Dezzani 140 0 140 261 (2)
Doug Echelberger DNS 138 (1)
Jake Henderson 124 0 124 124 (1)
Larry Iwatate 153 32 185 496-1 (3)
Fred Jones DNS 191 (1)
Arnold Jorge 173 44 217 354 (2)
Joe Kroeze 144 39 183 465-1 (3)
Brian Medler DNS 76 (1)
Terra Romero 118 19 137 244 (2)
Jerry Smith 167 0 167 354 (3)
Kenny Wright DNS 81 (1)
Our next club shoot is on April 11 at 9:00 a.m. Don’t forget our black powder cartridge match this Monday, March 16, at 8:00 a.m., weather permitting.
Tony Abbott
Dear Long Rifles,
We had a good turnout of 12 shooters today. Thanks to Rudy for his work in putting together our custom targets. As in January, we declared a holiday on the aggregate shooter fee. We will solicit Board approval to have the club purchase awards so that all will participate in the aggregate. I will keep track of x’s this year, so do not forget to record them when you get them. The results, with the number of shoots in parentheses following the YTD score:
Shooter Rifle Pistol Total YTD
Christie Abbott 102-1 20-1 122-2 210-2 (2)
Tony Abbott 137-1 26 163-1 328-1 (2)
Bob Barker 128-1 0 128-1 214-1 (2)
Mark Barley 138-1 21 159-1 334-1 (2)
George Chesnut 102 19 121 216 (2)
Rudy Dezzani 102 19 121 121 (1)
Doug Echelberger DNS 138 (1)
Larry Iwatate 158-1 12 170-1 311-1 (2)
Fred Jones 167 24 191 191 (1)
Arnold Jorge 91 46 137 137 (1)
Joe Kroeze 142-1 35 177-1 282-1 (2)
Brian Medler DNS 76 (1)
Terra Romero 87 20 107 107 (1)
Jerry Smith 81 30 111 187 (2)
Kenny Wright DNS 81 (1)
Our next club shoot is on March 7 at 10:00 a.m. Don’t forget our black powder cartridge match this Monday, February 10, at 8:00 a.m.
Tony Abbott
Dear Long Rifles,
Another Freezearse is in the books. Here are the top three scores in each category (archery excluded), with Long Rifle Shooters and Manteca Sportsmen members in bold:
MEN’S RIFLE
Tim Ochsner 37.8
Mark Barley 34.8
Tony Abbott 32.8
WOMEN’S RIFLE
Judy Wilson 27.9
Cindy James 21.6
Linda Joyce 19.0
MEN’S PISTOL
George Chesnut 9.0
Calvin Miller 8.5
Tony Abbott 6.0
WOMEN’S PISTOL
Christie Abbott 8.0
SQUIRREL RIFLE
Mark Roduner 23.0
Tony Abbott 21.8
Larry Iwatate 21.7
COWBOY RIFLE
Steve Fentress 31.5
Mike Maciel 30.6
John Swan 27.8
BLACK POWDER CARTRIGE RIFLE
Brian Medler 173.7
Tony Abbott 173.4
Larry Iwatate 165.5
Thanks to everyone who assisted in putting on the rondy, with special thanks to Joe Kroeze, Rhonda George, Brian Medler, and Dennis Cathcart.
Tony Abbott
August 2, 2020
Howdy all,
Here are the scores from today’s match. Congrats to Wolf Taylor for winning the match. Hope to see ya’ll back next month.
Take care
MM
July 5, 2020
Hey cowboys,
Here are the scores from today’s Wild Bunch match. Thanks to all you wild bunchers that came out to play.
We had a lot of fun in spite of it gettin a bit toasty by the time we finished.
A special thanks to Beth who came to shoot with us today, having never shot a SASS match before. She did great.
Hope to see ya’ll later this month.
MM
June 7, 2020
Hey cowboys and cowgirls,
It was a great day for shooting at Two Rivers Posse. It was a small group but we all had a good time. None of us managed to hold it together to shoot it clean. The clean match pins will have to wait till next time. Our next cowboy match will be Sunday the 22nd. Hope to see ya there.
MM
March 8, 2020
Hey cowboys and cowgirls,
It was a great day for shooting at Two Rivers Posse. It was a small group but we all had a good time. None of us managed to hold it together to shoot it clean. The clean match pins will have to wait till next time. Our next cowboy match will be Sunday the 22nd. Hope to see ya there.
MM
February 2, 2020
Howdy cowpokes,
Here are the scores for today’s WB match. It was a pretty small group…several of us are traveling for Winter Range. Sounds like a good time was had by all though. Thanks to Wolf and JW for taking charge while we’re gone. We’ll be back to join you for the next WB match. See ya on the range.
MM
January 5, 2020
What a beautiful sunny day for shootin Wild Bunch. Wolf Taylor wrote some fun fast stages for us. We have a small but commited group. I’d like to thank everyone from yesterday and today that stuck around and helped take all the targets off our stages. The help was really appreciated. Our next cowboy match will be Sunday the 26th. Hope you can make it out.
MM
August 1, 2020
Good afternoon cowpokes,
Here are the scores for today’s match. We had some fast stages with close targets so it went pretty quick. We were done before it got too hot.
Several people earned clean match pins: Wolf Taylor, J.W. Trader, Miss Chievious, Sweet Cream, Dragon, and myself. We’ll be back for wild bunch tomorrow morning. The next cowboy match will be Sunday the 23rd.
Stay safe, shoot straight.
MM
July 26, 2020
Hey boys and girls,
We had another great day for throwing lead down range. We were blessed with the company of Jailbreak Jeff back for a visit from his new home in Idaho, and Tracy Kid who hasn’t shot with us in a few years. Good to see ya both. Southpaw Gringo was the top shooter today. Good job buddy.
Those earning clean match pins were Badman Bob, Mudville Slim, and Shenandoah. The rest of us were shooting those dang twisty bullets again.
A big thank you to everyone for doing a good job at social distancing and complying to our COVID guidelines. We gotta keep our cowboy family healthy.
We’ll have our next cowboy match next Saturday the 1st, and wild bunch on Sunday the 2nd. Please email me and let me know if you’re planning on coming. Remember that in August we celebrate Paniolo Days. Hawaiian shirts and shorts are acceptable. Closed toed shoes are required, hats are still recommended (hot brass burns). Sorry we won’t be able to do our usual BBQ this year. We’ll have to make up for it when things get back to normal.
See ya on the range
MM
July 4, 2020
Well folks it was another great day at the range. 15 cowpokes came out to shoot up our patriotically painted targets (thanks JW and Dragon).
Southpaw Gringo came out on the top of the score board today, congrats cowboy. Those shooting clean matches were San Joaquin Shootist, Shenandoah,Topeka Bull Durham, and myself. We’ll be back out tomorrow morning for some Wild Bunch fun. Our next cowboy match will be
Sunday July 26th. Enjoy the rest of the holiday.
MM
June 28, 2020
Hey cowboys and cowgirls,
We had another great day at the range today. The weather cooperated and gave us a break from the heat.
Congrats to Southpaw Gringo who was our top shooter, and to Rum Walker and San Joaquin Shootist who shot the match clean.
Our next match will be next Saturday July 4th and we’ll have wild bunch on Sunday the 5th.
Hope to see ya out there.
MM
June 6, 2020
Hey cowpokes,
There’s nothin like a good cowboy match to break up the monotony of sheltering in place.
A big think you to all those that came out to shoot today. It was our 1st match after being shut down for 3 months. It was great to see everyone again. We had a few new procedures to implement but I think it all went well and we had a lot of fun.
Congrats to those earning a clean match pin today – Sintree Tulait, Shenandoah,
Twisted Dog, Rev Barry M Deep, and myself. We’ll be back tomorrow for some Wild Bunch fun. Our next cowboy match will be Sunday June 28th. I hope to see a few more of you back then. Take care. Stay safe.
MM
March 7, 2020
Howdy ya’ll,
We had a pretty good turnout for a day forecasted to rain. We did have some light rain for a while but we got the whole match in. Even had 6 shooters that shot the match clean. Congrats to Rum Walker, Wobblin Bob, Ricky D, Panhandle Place, Sintree Tulait, and Shenandoah for hitting all the targets. We’ll be back tomorrow for Wild Bunch. Weather is supposed to be nicer. Don’t forget to change your clocks tonight or you might be late. The next cowboy match will be Sunday the 22nd. See ya on the range.
MM
February 23, 2020
Howdy cowpokes,
Here are the scores from today’s match. Congrats to Southpaw Gringo who was the top shooter for the match, and to J.W. Trader and Dragon for shooting the match clean. Thanks to everyone for the help putting on the match while we’re gone to Winter Range. The next cowboy match will be Saturday March 7th. See ya’ll then.
MM
February 1, 2020
Howdy folks,
Here’s the scores from today’s match. Congrats to Blaz N Bill who was the top shooter and shot the match clean. Also earning clean match pins were Ricky D, Dragon, and Topeka Bull Durham. Thanks to everyone who helped run the match in our absence. Tomorrow morning is Wild Bunch. Wolf should have some fun stages for ya.
The next cowboy match is Sunday Feb 23rd.
MM
January 26, 2020
Hey cowboys and cowgirls,
Here are the scores from last Sunday’s match 1-26 20. Sorry for the delay in getting these out. Rum and I are out of town. Wolf Taylor was kind enough to get the score sheets from the range today and send em to me.
Congrats to J.W. Trader for being the top shooter, and to Sintree Tulait and Dragon for shooting the match clean.
MM
January 4, 2020
Howdy shooters,
It was wonderful to get to shoot today in what turned into a beautiful day. No rain in sight. We had 17 cowpokes who came to bring in the new year. 4 shot the match clean – Panhandle Place, Sintree Tulait, Shenandoah, and Rev Barry M Deep. Good shooting cowboys. We’ll be back out tomorrow for Wild Bunch. Grab your 1911’s and come play.
MM
