COWBOY (BRAZOS RANGERS) MATCHES
SILHOUETTE 22LR and LEVER RIFLE SILHOUETTE MATCHES
LONG DISTANCE (1280yd) STEEL RANGE
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Match and Practice Schedule:
- COWBOY MATCH DAY IS SECOND SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH (8:00am - 12:00pm). Rowdy Yates has volunteered to be match Director for November 8th match. Please give him a hand with signups and running a safe match. Slimy will prepare the range prior and will be back for the annual December Christmas lunch match. Thanks! Slimy
December 13th Stages: TBD
- LONG RANGE 22LR BENCHREST SILHOUETTE MATCH DAY IS THIRD SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH (7:30am practice, 9am match starts).
- LEVER RIFLE SILHOUETTE MATCH DAY IS FOURTH SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH (8am practice, 9am registration, 10:00am match).
- NEW LONG DISTANCE 1280yd STEEL RANGE (no formal matches currently) - Now open for qualification testing by appointment only. Read and fully understand safety rules and qualification procedures before requesting a test. Safety and Testing procedure: GGC Long Distance Steel Target Range Rules (09122926).pdf
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General Information:
Cowboy Match Day - Our Brazos Ranger's cowboy matches are held the second Sunday of each month (8:00am to Noon-ish):
Registration starts at 8:00am ($15 donation). After a safety meeting at 8:30am shooting start on six stages. Cowboy town "Fort Tyler" is accessible at the far-right end of the Greenwood Club property. Take the road around right side of maintenance buildings then left (we're located behind the 25yd pistol berm). The director Slimy (scottlittlefish@hotmail.com) can add you to our emailing list and provide gate access code for match days. New shooters and spectators are welcome (eye and ear protection mandatory). See links below for more information on the cowboy action shooting discipline. During the heat of the Texas summer, dress code is causal (shorts and sort-sleeve shirts OK). Water and Gatorade will be available during matches. Please note: throwing, tossing or dropping a firearm onto the grounding location, loading table and/or unloading table is unsafe gun handling, and subject to match DQ and removal from the range!
Note: Wild Bunch will be shot as follows: One modern or traditional 1911 shot at regular pistol targets following pistol instructions (i.e. normally two magazines loaded with five round each), and regular match or Cody rifle and shotgun (shotgun starts empty). A single action revolver is not required for Wild Bunch at our match.
For more information or to get on the emailing list for Cowboy match contact Scott Miller (Scottlittlefish@hotmail.com).
Long Range 22lr Benchrest Silhouette Match Day - Held on the Third Saturday of each month (7:30:00am to 2:00pm):
Registration and practice will be from 7:30am - 9am. The matches will start at 9am or so. Registration donation is $10 which will include all practice time before the match, a 50-animal silhouette match. Distances for all silhouettes are as follows:
- 10- 1/10 scale chickens shot at 67 meters
- 10- 1/10 scale pigs shot at 100 meters
- 10- 1/10 scale turkeys shot at 123 meters
- 10- 1/10 scale rams shot at 150 meters
- 10- 1/5 scale rams shot at 200 meters
There will be a 2-minute sighter period for the beginning of each relay, then a 10-minute period to shoot 10 silhouettes. Then reset the animals, rotate positions and shoot again. There is a "winner-take-all" match following the regular silhouette match, shot at 225, 250, 300, 306 meters if enough folks want to particulate.
New: There will now be a limited and unlimited class for this match. Limited is for stock rifles under $700 (ex, Savage Mark 2, Ruger American, etc.) with minimum modifications and must have original barrel, stock, trigger. Unlimited is for everything else.
Cowboy Lever Rifle Silhouette Match Day - Held on fourth Saturday of the month (8:00am to 2:00pm):
The day starts at 8am for practice and registration, and 10:00am the match begins ($10 donation). The big-bore match will be shot first shot with lever action rifles standing at full size silhouettes (chickens 53 meters, pigs 100 meters, turkeys 150 meters, rams at 200 meters). Swingers are available at each distance for sighters. The match is for vintage designed (pre-1900) center-fire lever rifles and pistol-caliber lever rifles (i.e. 30-30, 38-55, 45-70, 32-20, 25-20, 38/357, 44-40, 44mag, 45Colt, etc.). A 22lr rifle (any tubular feed 22lr rifle) and pistol-caliber lever rifle only match follows the big bore match. Distances are at 40, 53, 67 and 100 meters with correct reduced size silhouettes.
For more information or to get on the emailing list for cowboy lever rifle silhouette matches contact Joe Deforke (281-734-6939, email j.deforke@icloud.com) who is coordinating the lever rifle silhouette match. Joe can give you the match day gate access code if needed.
NEW - Long Distance 1280yd Steel Range - Steel targets available from 600 to 1280 yards, with cameras at 800, 1000, 1100, 1200 and 1280 yards. At a minimum, only a rifle, caliber and projectile (velocity) combination that is supersonic at 1000 yards are allowed. Only qualified club members with appropriate long range precision shooting equipment can use this range. Maximum caliber is .33".
Now open for qualification testing by appointment only. Before you request testing from Bubba, read and fully understand all cowboy range safety rules and the long-range qualification process (see link below). You will be required to print out a copy of the qualification procedure and bring it to your testing day. Access to the 1280-yard range will be strictly controlled by a new electronic gate that will be installed in December at the cowboy range's entry point. A new high resolution camera system has also been installed to monitor the parking and shooting areas.
Contact long range director Bubba Orr (treyorr0124@gmail.com) for more information. Please fully understand the cowboy range rules and long-distance qualification procedure before asking questions or requesting a test: GGC Long Distance Steel Target Range Rules (09122926).pdf
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Related Links:
SASS Texas Historical Shootist Society (THSS) Lever Rifle Silhouette
NASSAsilhouette.org/ Leverguns NRA Silhouette Rules
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Cowboy, Silhouette, and Long Distance Steel - Range Rules:
- Access to the cowboy-silhouette-long distance range is only allowed during scheduled or non-scheduled matches and practice sessions when the cowboy director, long range director or a board approved RSO or "key-holder" is present.
- Board approved key-holders are active match and maintenance participates on the cowboy ranges and know the particulars of shooting steel targets on this range. They know which targets can be shot with specific calibers, projectiles, and velocities.
- Eye protection is mandatory for all persons on the cowboy range at all times, including spectators.
- Cease all firing when a train or rail-road work crew is next to or down range of the silhouette and long-distance ranges.
- No cross firing allowed. Shooters must only engage steel directly in front of them with impact berm behind the target.
- No handling of weapons while persons are down range. Red lights at far-right side of range indicate persons are down range, either on the 300-meter silhouette and/or 1280yd long distance ranges.
- Cowboy pistol, shotgun, rifle and Cody Dixon rifle steel targets can only be shot with low velocity cowboy SASS type lead loads (gas checks OK on Cody Dixon rifle targets). Cowboy targets are painted white and are located on the main part of range in front of cowboy town. Ammo used on cowboy action steel targets must be lead with the maximum velocity for revolvers of 1000 fps and maximum velocity for rifles of 1400 fps. Shotgun limited to #7 lead bird shot or smaller. No jacketed bullets or magnum velocity lead loads allowed on cowboy steel!
- Air rifle and 22 rimfire steel swinger and knock down steel silhouette targets are painted white and are located on the far-right side of the range down the 300-meter alley and generally are small in size. These steel targets may only be shot with 22 rimfire or appropriate air-rifle projectiles.
- Knock down steel silhouette (300m alley) animal targets (i.e. full-size chicken, pig, turkey, ram) may be shot with up to full power black powder Buffalo rifle cartridges or equivalent smokeless loads (i.e. 45-70, 38-55, 30-30, etc.) and pistol caliber rifles. Lead or jacketed projectiles are OK but must be low velocity loads (i.e. no high velocity rounds allowed on silhouette steel)! The silhouettes are located on right side of the range at 53, 67, 100, 150, 200, 250 and 300 meters. Also, the white fixed steel plates at various distances down the 300-meter alley may be shot with these types of firearms and rounds, including 22 rimfires.
- Modern rifles (i.e. 223, 556, 7.63x39, 308win, 30-06, 8mm Mauser, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6mm ARC, etc.) may only be shot on the "yellow" painted heavy duty AR500 steel plates located down the 300-meter alley. No magnum calibers allowed on 300m steel (i.e. 7mm mag, 300win mag, 338 Lapua, etc.)!
- NEW Long Distance 1280yd Steel Range - The Long-Distance Range is located at Greenwood Gun Club CR508 Cowboy Town behind a locked gate. No one is allowed to shoot on this range, including Cowboy range key holders, that have not been previously qualified and approved by the long-range director Bubba Orr. At a minimum, only a rifle, caliber and projectile (velocity) combination that is supersonic at 1000 yards are allowed. Only qualified club members with appropriate long range precision shooting equipment can use this range. Maximum caliber is .33". Currently, the 1280yd range is only open for shooting when Long Range Director or his delegate is on site.
- If you are not sure which targets can be safely engaged with your firearm, caliber or projectile, seek clarification from the on-site "key-holder", RSO or range directors before shooting. Damaging steel targets from inappropriate use is considered vandalism.