Frederick Jackson Turner

Sam; A pleasure being on your posse once again! Your posses are always fun, efficient, a bit crazy; and watching you shoot is pretty amazing. I look forward to our next meeting. Cheers, FJT

Congrats on a your win, BD!! I thought that the Wild Bunch Action Shooting match this year at last fulfilled the promise of what the title "WBAS" implies. For the first time, I really enjoyed shooting a WBAS match at this level. The stages were well designed, the ranges were reasonable but far more challenging than a cowboy match, and, honestly, I thought whoever designed the match for Winter Range got it damned close to right. I'll do it again next year, in a heartbeat, if it's going to be an action match like this one was. Big fun, and highly recommended! :D :D Cheers, FJT

This is excerpted from my post on the SASS Wire: One clean match? Sheesh. I'm not sure exactly what we're after here in WBAS, but I was underwhelmed by the match. Lots of shooting, to be sure, but some truly strange stage scenarios, and, it seemed to me, a bit more of a precision pistol match than an action match, just with lotsa mag changes, more than anything else. The consensus among my group, including some very experienced shooters, from all over, was that better is out there, and this was - not a very good match. Somehow, the stages didn't feel as if someone had run them through a match or two, just to make sure they worked. I respect the enormous effort that goes into putting together a match on this scale, especially in a remote location! I don't want to ruffle anyone's feathers, or step on anyone's toes, but I have shot far more enjoyable matches, and would like to see improvement, especially at the National, and World level. Don't get me wrong; you put it out there, and I'll shoot (at) it; but I do keep hoping for better... Respectfully, FJT

Great pistol, the Sig 1911! Cheers, FJT

This is a really good discussion! Keep 'em coming! Cheers, FJT