![]() MONTHLY LONG RANGE MATCH
IN SAN JOSE | The Coyote Valley Sharpshooters are a Cowboy
Shooting Club affiliated with WASA, the Western Action Shootists
Association. We will be hosting a Cowboy Long Range match every 4th
Saturday, starting February 24, 2001, at the Santa Clara County
Field Sports Park 200 yard range, located south of San Jose. We
invite all Cowboys and Cowgirls to participate. This is a pure long
range match, rifle only, no pistol or shotgun. It is not a standard
Cowboy match. Please don't bring or wear your pistols, the range
does not allow them.
Registration is from 8:15 am
to 9:00 am, and there will be a shooters meeting at 9:00, with the
first shot downrange shortly thereafter. The match will conclude no
later than 3:00 p.m. If there is time after the match, the range
will be available for practice. Cost is $10.00 per shooter.
Rules are as
follows:
Period Cowboy costume circa 1865-1900 is required
. This can range from the simple (jeans, long-sleeved western shirt
and cowboy hat) to the elaborate (hand-sewn costume including
accessories). Rifles are limited to originals or reproductions of
pre 1900 rifles found in the Western USA, Mexico, Cuba, or Canada
during the cowboy era, roughly 1870 to 1900. Any firearm that is
visually similar to an original may be used. The rifle should at
least look like a close copy of an original or something that could
be an original (For example, the Marlin 336 looks a great deal like
a Marlin 1893, and an 1896 Swedish Mauser looks a lot like the 1895
Spanish Mauser ). If in doubt, call us and ask. Please remember..
pistol rigs are prohibited.
They will have events for the following categories of
rifles:
Lever or pump actions
chambered for pistol cartridges, i.e. .44-40, 38-40, .32-20, .25-20,
.45 Colt etc. Examples would be the Winchester 1866, 1873, 1892,
Marlin 1894, Colt Lightning, etc. Lever or pump actions chambered for rifle cartridges,
i.e..25-35, 30-30, .32 Special, .45-70, .38-55, .30-40 Krag , 303
Savage etc. Examples would be the Winchester 1876, 1886, 1894, and
1895, the Marlin 1893 ,1895 and 336, large frame Colt lightning, and
the Savage 1899. Single shots:
Examples would be the Trapdoor Springfield, Rolling Blocks, Sharps,
Winchester or Browning 1885, etc. Bolt actions. Examples would be
the Krag Jorgensen, Mauser 1893, 1895, and 1898, etc. Stripper clips
are not allowed for reloading. Modern
rifles, for example the Winchester model 70, Remington model 700,
Browning BLR, Ruger Number One or number three, etc.. are not
allowed. Ammunition is limited to
cartridges that were in use prior to 1900, caliber .25 or greater,
loaded with lead alloy bullets only, either plain base or gas check.
Jacketed bullets are not allowed. We do make an exception and allow
the .38 Special, .357 mag, and .44 mag, (In the lever action pistol
caliber category) , but they still must be loaded with lead alloy
bullets only. Powder can be either smokeless or black powder.
Modern cartridges like the .308
Winchester, .30-06, .250 Savage, etc.. are not allowed. A modern
caliber that is very similar to an original, for example the .375
Winchester/ .38-55, may be allowed. If in doubt, give us a
call.
Sights are limited to
open iron sights, or tang mounted peep sights. Globe front sights
are OK. Receiver sights or optical sights of any kind are not
allowed. Targets are steel gongs, at 100 and 200
yards.
| Course of Fire: |
![]() | Course of
fire for each event is one sighter and 10 rounds for the record.
Shooters will be timed, and the winner will be the one with the most
hits. Ties will be settled by most hits in shortest time. With one
exception, all shooting will be offhand. There will be 100 yard and
200 yard events for each class of rifle. The 100 yard gong is 20" in
diameter, and the 200 yard gong is 30" in diameter. There will also
be a 200 yard "High Plains Rifleman" match, which is shot with the
rifle supported on crossed sticks. Any WASA legal rifle can be used,
but for the " High Plains Rifleman" match, rounds must be loaded and
fired one at a time. The "High Plains Rifleman" target is a 12" gong
at 200 yards. Two sighters and six for the record on this event. For
the real riflemen, we will also shoot this target offhand. If you
have all four rifles, you thus have a total of 10 events to shoot
in.
Directions to the
range:
From the North: Take highway 101 or 85
south and exit at Bernal road. Follow the signs to Monterey Highway,
and turn left/south on Monterey Highway. After 1.3 miles turn left
on Metcalf road. Go over Highway 101 and turn right on Malech road .
Range entrance is one mile on your left. Follow the sign to the
parking for the 200 yard range.
From the South: Take Highway 101 north and get off at
Bernal road. Turn left/west on Bernal
and go under both 101 and 85. Follow the signs to Monterey Highway,
and turn left/south on Monterey Highway. After 1.3 miles turn left
on Metcalf road. Go over Highway 101 and turn right on Malech road. Range entrance is one mile on your
left. Follow the sign to the parking for the 200
yard range.
For more
information contact "Hawk Hardcase" at 408-255-6111 or via e-mail at
hawkbeky@pacbell.net.
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