Doc's Wednesday, warm up and Plainsman

Started off with 4 stages of warm up event.  That's just like a regular cowboy match but just for practice .  We still keep score and there are some winner trophies but it's not part of the main match.  Most of us just want to shoot some more.  I did pretty well, shot it clean and respectable times.  Good practice session!

Later in the afternoon was the Plainsman side event.  That's using cap & ball pistols and single shot rifles.  I had volunteered to help.  I was the only official volunteer so I was running the event.  About 30 shooters, I don't see that many Plainsmen in a whole year in New England.  But this is Winter Range!  The rifle targets were way out.  OK, OK, so it was about 40-50 yards and that's not very far, but this is CAS and that's a long way in CAS.  (Cowboy Action Shooting)  I did pretty well here too, only missed 3 of the 27 rifle shots.  I always get a chuckle out of the guys with vernier sights for Plainsman, and I have shotgun sights, and shoot as well as they do!  Proves you don't need the fancy sights for this game.  Long Range events are their own little world and really need the best sights.

After all the shooting was done we had the opening ceremonies for the main match including a flyover by the Warbirds, 10 of them in formation for 3 passes.  Beautiful!  Then a cowboy dinner, beans & dogs.