When: Sunday, April 25, 2010. Sign-in starts at 8:30 a.m., followed by a mandatory safety briefing at 9:30 a.m., with the match starting shortly thereafter.

Where: Action Pistol Range, Black River Regulators, Capitol City Rifle & Pistol Club (CCR&P), Littlerock, WA.

Fees: The fee is the same as our regular monthly matches, $10.

Round Count: We will be shooting six stages. You will need 60 pistol rounds, 45 rifle rounds (perhaps less), and 24+ shotgun shells.

Guidelines: SASS and CCR&P range-specific guidelines follow below.

Match Director: Chucho El Roto. The Black River Regulators would like to congratulate Chucho for his fourth-place finish out of a field of 25 Plainsman competitors at the 2010 Winter Range, the largest and most competitive cowboy action shoot.

SASS Guidelines for The Plainsman Match

* This event requires two .36 caliber or larger Frontiersman Category style percussion revolvers, shot Duelist style.

* Must use a SASS-legal single-shot rifle firing a traditional black powder rifle or revolver caliber cartridge (e.g., not a .30-30). Due to range restrictions, the rifle must be .45-70 or smaller, and the bullet must be 405 grains or smaller. The rifle may have spring actuated ejectors if they are standard for that rifle.

* Must use a side by side shotgun (with or without exposed hammers) or a lever action shotgun.

* Must use black powder or SASS-approved substitutes (Pyrodex, American Pioneer Powder, Hodgdon 777, and Goex Pinnacle are examples) in all rifle, revolver, and shotgun loads.