aarondhgraham
New member
I'm glad somebody said this before me,,,
I'm glad somebody said this before me.
I joined SASS back in 1995,,,
I lived in Riverside, CA and hung with the Coto Cowboys,,,
I was not friends with them but I knew all of the original Wild Bunch.
This is exactly what one of them told me one evening,,,
That they purposefully designed the gun and cartridge rules,,,
To ensure that their game stayed in a certain economic category,,,
They wanted it to be somewhat expensive to attract a higher class clientele.
One way that poor folk like me could afford to play,,,
Was to have a troop of shooters who shared their guns.
There were four people in my cadre,,,
We each owned one gun apiece,,,
Everything was .357 Magnum,,,
So we reloaded .38 Special.
We even shared the same gunbelt & holsters.
The vast majority of the SASS membership are fine and fun folk,,,
The founders knew exactly what economic level they wanted to attract.
That doesn't make the founders bad people at all,,,
They just knew what they wanted and designed SASS to fit their desires.
Basically,,,
Their game - their rules.
That is what stopped me from shooting in SASS,,,
I started university full-time in 1998,,,
I couldn't afford to play anymore.
I am still a subscribing member with a 4-digit badge number,,,
But on the rare occasion I go to a SASS shoot,,,
It's just to watch, gab, and socialize.
I'm now in that economic class that can afford SASS,,,
I just spend my money in other gun related areas as of late.
Aarond
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#2 The rules of CAS are set-up to keep guys in Leviss with Ball caps, and Single Sixes out of the game. It's a self appreciaton society. The realism they try to uphold means shooters must look and live the part. Sure there were .22's back then but the guys who wrote the rules decided that if you want toply, you;re gonna pay. It keeps the dreges of the shooting world OUT of the game.
I'm glad somebody said this before me.
I joined SASS back in 1995,,,
I lived in Riverside, CA and hung with the Coto Cowboys,,,
I was not friends with them but I knew all of the original Wild Bunch.
This is exactly what one of them told me one evening,,,
That they purposefully designed the gun and cartridge rules,,,
To ensure that their game stayed in a certain economic category,,,
They wanted it to be somewhat expensive to attract a higher class clientele.
One way that poor folk like me could afford to play,,,
Was to have a troop of shooters who shared their guns.
There were four people in my cadre,,,
We each owned one gun apiece,,,
Everything was .357 Magnum,,,
So we reloaded .38 Special.
We even shared the same gunbelt & holsters.
The vast majority of the SASS membership are fine and fun folk,,,
The founders knew exactly what economic level they wanted to attract.
That doesn't make the founders bad people at all,,,
They just knew what they wanted and designed SASS to fit their desires.
Basically,,,
Their game - their rules.
That is what stopped me from shooting in SASS,,,
I started university full-time in 1998,,,
I couldn't afford to play anymore.
I am still a subscribing member with a 4-digit badge number,,,
But on the rare occasion I go to a SASS shoot,,,
It's just to watch, gab, and socialize.
I'm now in that economic class that can afford SASS,,,
I just spend my money in other gun related areas as of late.
Aarond
.