CC Moonshine

Contact your TG's for WB, it's now in their hands for the direction of the sport. Give them ideas and topics. Thanks, CC

Good morning, Just some clarity on this once again. SASS membership is GAINING every month! Vs. the number retiring or not renewing. SASS sees a net gain of over 200 new members per month. Just thought I would help dispel false rumors. Have a great week, CC

Hi Ethan, We sure hope we can fit this into the schedule. No promises but we will see as it gets closer. CC

Sure wish we could make it. But we will be setting up the SASS wax match in Tombstone Az. for the Red Dead Redemption event. Good luck !

Howdy all, I don't disagree with the concept that larger matches have to be something extra special. As a match director, range owner, and shooter for 20+ years. I might offer this train of thought. As the match moves up the scale (state, Territorial, region, national, world) I believe the attendance (number of competition ) starts setting the bar for how hard the match is. Meaning small errors, a miss, P, bad mag change, malfunction or jacked round can cost you several places at a big match, where at a small match maybe one or two spots or not at all. So that in it's self increases the challenge. Next, yes I think the targets can be out there but not more then a yard or two farther then normal placement. I say this because we shoot matches throughout the year and are all showing up to use our skill on what we have been doing, in an attempt to "best" a big field of competitors. This shouldn't be " the one that wins is the one that adapts the best to survive ". WBAS is an entertainment sport as is CAS, as is NCOWS, as is zoot, ect..... It's an entertainment sport because no one makes a living doing it. In fact we all pay money to do it, use our days off, practice ( some do 😂) and we don't win money or have to level up to get to the world championship. We sign up. If we want to increase the competition and self induce the adrenaline of competition then push yourself outside your comfort zone on the stage, try and pull off a 12 second stage. But remember, a match is not judged on attendance the first year, it's judged by those that return the next year. In 2005-2010 We had a CAS match Director that absolutely believed that the best match was one that was almost imposable to clean, and sweeps that provided several "P's" in a match. In 2010 I made a change and we brought things around and tried to average 18-30% clean, main stream sweeps, but maybe heavier movement or gun transition were added. Our attendance within 6 months went from 20 per month avg. to 45 avg. Our state shoot went from 103 the last year under the old guard, to 180+ just 2 years later. People enjoyed it more, plan and simple. We keep our matches at Paradise Pass, very entertaining, challenging, but extremely reasonable for the average shooter to at least not feel defeated at the end. Remember the same people win, no matter the difficulty of the match, and that's ok, because they worked for it to be prepared and practiced. We as match directors should never approach a match with a wish or will to put all those outside of first place in feeling they didn't enjoy the event. Have a fantastic evening, CC Moonshine

Santa got one for Misty for Christmas, She loves it! It was pretty great right out of the box, a little slick up here and there and it was perfect. We do a lot of 1911 tune ups in our gun shop and it took me about a 1/3 of the time to work this one over since it was so good from the box.

Hi Dave, Just wanted to point out that SASS is the parent company for both Cowboy and Wild Bunch action shooting. So all CAS and WB matches are SASS matches. That being said, please understand that as time goes on with Wild Bunch and the number of new clubs and shooters keep increasing, things will probably find a comfortable shift to a center of old school and new school. But in any case it is now in the TG's hands to gear it in a direction. My two cents worth are that things are moving in a great direction for the sports longevity, both in CAS and WB.

Howdy all, Misty and I both shot the match and enjoyed it for what it was. Target distances were fine but I found some of the stage movement odd in choice combined with odd target sequences on some stages. But I think the vast majority of the SDQ's occurred with 170 violations. Ben Avery SC doesn't present many options for downrange movement so the lateral movement with the firearms leaves a high degree of SDQ's during that movement with firearms in hand. Not to splash fuel on the flame but I ran the timer a great deal for both WB and CAS at EOT and rifle last would have been zero issue picking up for all the shooters I ran. All in all I feel EOT-WB was more of a success then in the past with a great number of new to WB shooters. It was also very encouraging talking with so many folks that have WB firing up in their home areas for the first time. I felt the WB-TG meeting was productive and we had great participation. Have a great week everyone, CC

Hi All, I just thought this was a good story to share to put into context the changes made to Wild Bunch and how it is affecting the game. As most of you know, we own a retail gun store next to Paradise Pass SASS Club. Yesterday I had a current SASS CAS shooter come in, he has been in SASS for 1 year. He started with CAS and then jumped in late last year into a WB match we offered after a CAS shoot. He already had the 1911 ( he owns more then one) and he used his CAS 38 rifle and double barrel. He had a fantastic time and shot WB every time we offered it after. He came in yesterday and purchased a very nice Winchester Model 12 we had. He expressed how much he enjoyed WB and had saved up for the Model 12. He is very excited about the direction WB is headed and very happy to have found CAS and WB with SASS. I'm super excited to see how things grow in 2025 and was happy to have this testimonial to share. Everyone have a good week and see some of you at EOT, CC Moonshine

Hi Seth, Yes what a shame, there just aren't enough weekends for all the great shoots.

Hi all ! We held our monthly CAS match (5 stages) yesterday and a 3 stage WB match after. While it is still very cold here (20's-30's) we had a super time ! We had 15 CAS shooters and 7 WB shooters, 47% of the CAS shooters stuck around to shoot WB !!! As a survey note: All but one WB shooter used 38 rifle and CAS loads, we had zero issues. Misty Moonshine shot her first WB stages in preparation for a season filled with trips involving CAS and WB! She did excellent and came in 5th overall out of 7 ! She really enjoyed it and both of us are looking forward to WB at EOT. We held a Paradise Pass Committee meeting after all the shooting and it was decided that in the spring we would start offering Wild Bunch on it's own stand alone date, being the 2nd Saturday of the month, starting in May. No other CAS clubs in our area shoot on that weekend and we feel we can draw folks in from a good distance. Also we worked on plans for the Indiana State WB and CAS Championship! Get signed up for the WB Indiana Championship on our website : Paradise Pass Regulators It will be 10 awesome stages over 2 days ! June 12th and 13th! Those that sign up will also get an awesome T-shirt ( if you haven't ever gotten a T-shirt from PPR, we only purchase the softest, highest quality shirts for all events) and our Fireworks event on the 13th is absolutely awesome ( bigger then some towns fireworks shows), cookouts, and an amazing banquet on site on the 14th! It's going to be an epic event ! Have a super week everyone, CC Moonshine

Hello, Contact Ruby Ruthless at the SASS Headquarters. She can help you sort out the mystery. Rudy is out of the office today, but should return tomorrow.

Howdy all, Indiana will be hosting a 2 day Wild Bunch match on June 12 and 13th, 2025 Also the Indiana State SASS CAS championship on the 13th-15th, 2025. So this will be a 5 great days of shooting. Camping on site, banquet on site, huge fireworks show, lots of vendors and just a fantastic time ! Two Bear Arms Gun Shop is right on the property with over 700 guns in stock to look at. All the stages are covered and there is a ton of space on the property for everything ! visit our websites at: Paradise Pass Two Bear Arms gun Shop Look forward to seeing everyone, CC Moonshine

Hi Squibber, I sure hope you guys have a fantastic match ! I wish it wasn't a 3 day drive for us! But I'll see you at EOT. Take care, CC

Hi Artemus, Establishing a full new WB-ROC was a big step forward, and they have been hard at edits and clarity issues from the go. Prior to 2024 there was 20-24 WB clubs with matches posted yearly, Now with the WB-TG process as a matrix there are 43-53 clubs actively developing WB programs, more clubs at least offering it as a side match, or mini match, or building to a stand alone monthly event. Several States are actively bring back or starting WB Championships (Indiana will have a 2 day, 10 stage WB State Championship June 12,13- 2025) as an example. I have spoken, texted, or emailed with many SASS members looking for information on starting WB at their clubs. TG involvement at this point has been promising, and we are looking forward to both the CAS and WB TG meetings at EOT 2025 will be an awesome year to organize and gather feedback from TG's and their club members on rules and helping clubs launch WB programs I appreciate that. I'm shooting WB again and have always enjoyed WB, as I mentioned before, our club (Paradise Pass) offered WB as a side match clear back in roughly 2008 or 09, then we tried making it part of our CAS match as a category. We had it as a mini match several times for Indiana State (we have hosted 15 state matches), we have held the State Championship last year and this year are expanding it to 10 stages in two days. I gunsmith all the 1911's that come into our gun shop, I carry one every day, and Misty and I own several, this is not new or hard for us to dive into. Santa even brought Misty a new Ruger SR1911 and a fantastic Model 12 so as time allows she will be joining us. I am for sure shooting EOT WB, Landrun, and several other matches this year as we travel. I hope this year becomes the year that everyone rallies to build WB as a collective group and we can set a great future for the sport. Have a super day everyone, CC Moonshine