High Plains Drifters Cowboy Action Shooting Club

High Plains Drifters
Cowboy Action Shooting Club
Fernley, Nevada
August 2010
A Few From Our President - Irish Ike
How Do !!
A warm and toasty
August shoot is
behind us. We
adapted the stages
left over from the
Police and Fire
games held on
Friday. Around 15 shooters so we ran them
through all the stages in one day. It was a
little weird not shooting but helping. But
from all the effort the shooters had a good
time and ROOP’s cash account rose up just
a nice bit.
Thanks to many people a really nice pot
luck dinner was put together Friday night for
Bee-Bad's and my birthday. I believe she
turned 36 and I just cleared 48. Our resident
gourmet’ chef, Jasper Agate, prepared
some wonderment on the grill which flowed
over to Saturday’s lunch. Ever had pizza
made on top of a bar-b-que grill? Well it
can be done and Jasper did a great job. If
he keeps this up we’ll have to institute a
weight training program. No not losing it,
learning how to carry more around!
For those of you who weren’t around for the
shoot we got some good news from our Air
National Guard buddies. They had an 8’ x 8’
portable office that has heating and air
conditioning. And they gave it to us. The
range now has a near new scoring shack or
as Denio put it a place to play poker when
it's hot or cold.
Volume 7
After the August match the two club boards
got together after the ROOP shoot to go
over some business. We have changed the
combination on all of the Connex boxes.
Too many people had access and we are
now missing an Easy up shade cover that
was just given to us by the steel shooters.
We also decided that a board member
needs to be present when there is any
shooting going on. This is for liability
reasons and for access to the Connex
boxes. Only Board members are going to
have the combination to the locks. Also we
are establishing a policy that anyone
shooting/practicing at the range needs to
have another person with them. This is for
safety and in case an accident happens
they can get help. We hope everyone
understands.
September Labor Day Weekend Match
Our September shoot will be a three-day
weekend. Labor day is on Monday so it’s a
holiday. We’ll have our regular shoot on
Sunday. Bring whatever you have for
Saturday. For sure we will do Beach chair
22’s on Saturday afternoon. Miss Rickey is
going to buy some burgers and dogs for a
lunch on Saturday. So for those who show
up on Saturday free lunch on the club.
Not too much more to say. It has been 3
weeks since the shoot and I can’t remember
half of what we did.
See you-all at the range
El Heffe Supremo - Irish Ike
Sneakin’ Around the
Line Shack – Interviews
with Our Club Members
Joe is also a hunter, which explains his
natural interest in shooting sports - an
interest that brought him to CAS/SASS.
This month’s victim – er – featured club
member is Nevada Joe Crow, otherwise
known to the modern world as Joe Valentic.
Nevada Joe Crow has been playing cowboy
with us for two years now. He first heard
about the sport through a friend that was
involved in Civil War reenactment. Through
his friend he bought his first SAA pistol and
then came out to watch us play the game. In
no time he was trying the sport for himself,
and guess what? We done hooked another
one!! Joe says that he really made his
decision to participate, and continues to
come back every month, because of the
people. He says he’s never met a friendlier
bunch of folks! Joe has become a regular at
our matches and an asset to the sport. Next
time ya see ol’ Nevada Joe Crow, give him
handshake and a howdy!
Nevada Joe lives and works in Fallon, NV,
employed by A&K Earth Movers as a
diesel/heavy equipment mechanic. Nevada
Joe is no slouch when it comes to busting
knuckles or twisting wrenches, either.
As his other hobby, Nevada Joe likes to
rebuild hot rods and muscle cars. He is the
proud owner of a 1972 Chevy Nova SS
Factory 4 Speed that he did a complete
frame off restoration on, himself. Joe
doesn’t show his car at events like Hot
August Nights, but he says he has been
known to take a run or two down the asphalt
at the Hot August Night Street Drags.
Fallen Grace & Hellfire Preacher
Just a few pictures from the July & August Matches