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Howdy Pardner Please Be Patient (This is a new work in Progress and there may be (are?) bugs in formatting to be worked out) - Missouri Renegade MESSAGE FROM THE TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR - "Fingers McGEE" - Please provide your comments on the issues which will be addressed at the next Territorial Governor's conference. - Read the Territorial Governor Bulletin Here.. Who We Are... The Central Ozarks Western Shooters is a SASS Affiliated, C.O.P.S. Affiliated, and NRA affiliated Club. We shoot on the 3rd Sundays of March thru October at the Central Ozarks Practical Shooters Range. History
During the winter of 1998, Victor Rainey
(Iron Tree), Aaron Breazeale (the Pawnee Kid) and Tom
Breazeale (XS Chance) discussed the need for a cowboy
action shooting club in the Waynesville - St. Robert
area. In the spring of 1999 a meeting was advertised and
held at Banning's Blackpowder and Gun Shop near Crocker.
At that meeting it was decided to form a cowboy action
shooting club.
During the meeting, Aaron Breazeale remarked
that the Central Ozarks Practical Shooters was neat when
shortened to C.O.P.S. We could be the Central Ozarks
Western Shooters and be called C.O.W.S. The name stuck and
by the end of the meeting thirteen people had joined the
newly formed club. These thirteen people are represented by
the thirteen riders on the club logo.
Following meetings with several area clubs
while looking for a place to shoot, we met with the Central
Ozarks Practical Shooters. It turned out very well, we
affiliated with C.O.P.S. and have had the pleasure of use of
a dedicated 100 acre shooting range since our very first
match in 1999.
Our first match was a weather disaster,
Banning's Blackpowder and Gun Shop had set up a tent with
cowboy articles and we had a nice turnout for the first
game. Then the rain and wind came, water ran in streams
across the ground the tent threatened to fall.. but we
survived and the weather gods have smiled since that day.
Our monthly game, on the third Sunday from
March to October, is usually attended by 25-35 shooters plus
spectators. We hold a special game in October to mark the
end of another season. The Hanging Tree Shootout (HTS) is a
one-day event with fun stages and big lunch HTS holds it
trademark afternoon Last Man Standing elimination
match using single action revolvers and shotguns. Two
shooters face ten poppers each with the first to get all the
poppers down the winner of that round.
In the Club's early years, several members
decided to celebrate the old west by doing gunfight
reenactments. The Over the Hill Gang has since performed at
many community events in Waynesville, Richland, Crocker,
Rolla, Doolittle, Newburg, Lebanon, Eminence, and Edgar
Springs.
We welcome participants and spectators at
C.O.W.S. events and we always strive for a family
atmosphere. So bring the family an come see a cowboy action
shooting match and experience the hospitality of the old
west.
The Central Ozarks Western Shooters is a
Missouri Non Profit Cooperation and affiliated with: Single
Action Shooting Society, Central Ozarks Practical Shooters,
and the National Rifle Association
History provided by XS Chance - One of the Original Thirteen
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