13312 Bellm Rd - Highland, IL 62249 - Phone 618-654-5971
Rangeless Riders Roster
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Who are the Rangeless Riders? Established in 2002 and having been SASS affiliated from day one, the Rangeless Riders have grown from seven dedicated cowboys. In fact, this organization has developed its own Ladies Auxiliary. These members have established and currently run the Boy Scout Venture Crew 2245 of the Trails West Council. While chartered by the parent organization of the Highland Pistol and Rifle Club (HPRC), the majority of its members and leaders are affiliated with the Rangeless Riders. Where do they shoot? Located about thirty miles from St. Louis, MO, the parent organization of the Highland Pistol and Rifle Club provides services for almost all disciplines of shooting sports including ATA registered Trap, Skeet, NRA training, Hunter Safety courses, IDPA, Black powder, and Air Rifle. This club has sponsored an SASS affiliated monthly match since February, 2002. The facilities include a 100 yard rifle range, used for temporary CAS stages, as well as Cowboy trap, and Cowboy Skeet. During the winter months, the cowboys shoot stages in a 25 yard climate controlled indoor range that is attached to the clubhouse. The clubhouse is a 5000 square foot climate controlled meeting hall with a fire place, full service kitchen, and working bar. (Closed during SASS events.) The crown jewel of this club, as it relates to CAS, is its newly opened (September, 2007) "Cowboy Village". This range has room enough for five stages with a 25 yard berm. The structures were built entirely with the labor from within the ranks of the Rangeless Riders, and funded entirely with monies raised on their own. This new village now doubles the capacity of the cowboy action facilities allowing up to ten stages. This newly acquired asset now gives the club the option to initiate a two day annual match in 2008. What do they do? The Rangeless Riders host monthly matches 11 months of the year from February through December. January is reserved for their annual Christmas party. All Rangeless Rider events are held at their home club including the Christmas party. In 2007, the Rangeless Riders Red Hat Auxiliary sponsored two additional benefit events to assist two young SASS members, Wolf Creek Jake and Frisco Kim. The benevolent reputation for the Rangeless Riders began in November and December of 2002 when the Rangeless Riders raised money to assist a local child with leukemia and again in February on 2003 when they raised money for the St. Louis Lambert Airport USO. In Addition to activities at the home facility, the Rangeless Riders have provided assistance to other SASS affiliated organizations and its members within the local area. Not only were the Rangeless Riders instrumental in nominating three local SASS members for the title of SASS Regulator, they initiated the process and were able to convince the nomination committee to award the title to all who were nominated. In February 2003, the Rangeless Riders assisted the Nason Mining Company Regulators by allowing the use of their facilities when this displaced SASS affiliated club was looking for a new home. This attitude of assistance extends outside of SASS. In April, 2005, the Rangeless Rider members of the HPRC did the same for the IDPA match of the Caseyville Rifle and Pistol Club when they were displaced from their home range. In July of 2005, the Rangeless Riders built a 12' by 12' temporary jail building for use at the Randolph County Ruckus, the SASS Illinois State Championship and provided the manpower to setup and wrote the scenario for the stage. In addition, the Rangeless Riders provided services as waddies for this event with three members spending an entire week at the facility. In 2006, the performance of the Rangeless Riders was again repeated at the Randolph County Ruckus by the same individuals. In addition, a scale model cannon was loaned by a Rangeless Rider as a key prop to another stage at the same event. More recently, the Rangeless Riders provided significant assistance to the Macoupin County Regulators during the 2007 Spring Roundup; the SASS Illinois State Championship. Almost all active members of the Rangeless Riders participated on a competitor's level, with a significant number providing the man-power in setting up and tearing down of target (several of which were loaned to the Macoupin County Regulators by the Rangeless Riders) and providing services as Stage Marshals. Venture Crew 2245 assisted in directing automobile traffic and served food to the 300 participants as one of only two food service vendors for the event. Even the Cowboy Chronicle article for this event was written by a Rangeless Rider. |
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