The South Carolina Old West Shootists (SCOWS), our local NCOWS posse, recently held its annual “Gunfight at the OK Corral” Anniversary Match as a “5th Saturday” match on October 31, 2026, in the Cooper Pistol Bays at the Mid-Carolina Rifle Club (MCRC). Seeing as the match occurred on Oct. 31, we also included a Halloween-based “Headless Horse Thief” stage based on the re-telling of an old legend relating to a pair of Texas Rangers and their punishment of a horse rustler who stole their trusted mounts. Also, as we often do with our special “5th Saturday” matches, we took the opportunity to honor a recently-retired-from-cowboy-shooting longtime member and SCOWS Officer, Manassas, for his service and dedication to our Posse. We were blessed to also have Capt. JEB’s widow Miss Jennelle and her sister join us for the lovely picnic luncheon we held in Manassas’ honor.
As for the match itself, we had a total of eleven (11) shooters, including 2 New Shooters, 1 Lady, and 1 Junior, shooting in seven (7) distinct categories involving shooting 2, 3 or 4 guns. Unfortunately, the flurry of “shooting-adjacent” activity, including tending to and mentoring the new shooters and preparing for the picnic luncheon, meant we cut the shooting after only completing three (3) of the four (4) planned stages. There were no clean shooters for the match.
Here are the scores, by category:
Category Total Score (Time+Penalties)
Town Marshal (2 Gun: 1 Pistol/1 Shotgun)
SGT Henry 212.53
Smokeless Shootist (4 Gun)
Youghiogheny Kid 329.93
Trey Henry 426.83
Buckskin Johnny 511.01
3 Gun Smokeless Duelist (1R/1P/1SG)
Rowdy McCabe 338.90
3 Gun Black Powder Duelist (1R/1P/1SG)
Cheyenne Jim 329.20
Working Cowboy (2 Gun: 1 Rifle/1 Pistol)
Parker Palomino 264.28
Ladies Smokeless Shootist (4 Gun)
Happy Hunter 388.35
Double Duelist Smokeless Outlaw (4 Gun)
Doc WHO DNF
3 Gun Smokeless Shootist (1R/1P/1SG)
Rich * 320.49
3 Gun Junior Smokeless Shootist (1R/1P/1SG)
Johnny on the Money * 426.86
* New Shooter
Our next match will be the postponed November Monthly Match, which has been rescheduled to a new date of Sunday, Nov. 29, 2026 (i.e. “5th Sunday” of November). Formal announcement will follow shortly; hope to see y’all there.