The Los Angeles Silhouette Club
(LASC) was started within weeks of the first Handgun Silhouette match held
in Tucson, AZ, in 1975 with the efforts of John Adams. John also became
the first President of IHMSA when it was formed the following year. LASC
held the very first IHMSA sanctioned match and IHMSA held it's first
Championship event at LASC. When the lease was up LASC moved it's range to
the Sand Canyon Range in Canyon Country, Ca. In 1985 the Sand Canyon Range
property was sold and LASC was on the move again. In 1986 the club moved
back to it's first range, and present location at Angeles Shooting Range
Complex in Lake View Terrace and began construction of a brand new range.
LASC was under the guidance of Club President Ron Cottriel and Match
Directors Ron & Lee Cottriel. Under 14 years of Ron & Lee's leadership the
worlds first Handgun Silhouette Club grew into the worlds largest hosting
the finest silhouette matches anywhere.
The current LASC range was built
entirely from the volunteer labor of members and non-members alike over
the past 14 years under the tireless, non stop efforts and guidance of
George Adams. Thanks in huge part to George, LASC now has a 10 bank, 44
shooting position range carved out of a canyon on the west side of The
Angeles Shooting Ranges property that is used strictly for Handgun
Silhouette. Featuring a concrete 200 foot covered firing line, LASC offers
every Pistol Silhouette category from Long Range to Air Pistol and has
hosted the NRA Pistol Silhouette National Championships for 9 of the last
11 years. Covered and open patio areas for lunches and dinners plus hot
showers, RV electric hook-ups and RV water and dump are available at the
range. Economical lunches are served at all LASC matches and major events
also include breakfast. Every club that has a George Adams has the pride
of it's membership that is so evident at LASC.
LASC has
monthly two day matches beginning on the second Saturday of each month and
held year round except July and September. In July LASC hosts the NRA
Pistol Silhouette National Championships and in September LASC puts on the
Extravaganza of Silhouette. All of our monthly events and the Extravaganza
feature Long Range, Hunter's Pistol, Small-bore, Small-bore Hunters
Pistol, Cast Bullet Rifle and Small-bore Cowboy Rifle. Every monthly match
at LASC is open to the public. Everyone is welcome, you don't have to join
or be affiliated with anyone. You need only to come out and see for
yourself how much fun the reactive steel targets of silhouette can be. In
addition, LASC matches are dual sanctioned by both the NRA and IHMSA.
Every event held at LASC features an all you can eat family BBQ
professionally prepared on site by George Adams. Different formats are
used throughout the year such as the whole pig roast, Chili Cook offs,
Spaghetti sauce cook offs and the Cajun style turkey deep fried in peanut
oil. The Extravaganza features two of these BBQ's included for the same
$35.00 entry fee.
On the third
Saturday of each month LASC loans it's range to The Shade Tree Shooters,
an Air Pistol Silhouette Club that adds Air Pistol to the list of
categories fired year round at LASC.
In late 1995 at the conclusion of a
long day working on the range, Club President George Adams & Match
Director Rick Kelter were the last two at the range. A conversation took
place that added another chapter to the history of LASC. George said he
would like to have a special match, something to give back to the shooters
that have supported Silhouette and LASC. Rick took that idea and ran with
it. 1996 was the Twentieth Anniversary of Handgun Silhouette and on our
regular second weekend of the month in September, LASC put on the First
Annual Extravaganza of Silhouette - The Twentieth Anniversary of
Silhouette Reunion Event. This event was attended by such notables as John
Adams, Bob Mijares and many, many others. The event was such a huge
success that in 1997 it was moved to the three day Labor Day weekend and
Small-bore, Small-bore Hunter's Pistol, three Small-bore Cowboy Rifle and
Small-bore 1/5 scale pistol and rifle categories were added. Word of the
Extravaganza has spread and the Fourth Annual Extravaganza in 1999 hosted
guests from as far away as Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Holland.
609 entries were fired in two and a half days of the event. The
Extravaganza is all the entries you can shoot for one entry fee and in
1998 Steve Tapp got his money worth winning the Iron Man Award for the
third year in a row. Steve fired 29 entries in two and a half days of
competition barely edging out Paul Campagna with 28 entries. Now after
ten years there have been ten different Champions of the Extravaganza
but only one Iron Man . . . . Steve Tapp.
In late 1999 the NRA formally
sanctioned "Cowboy Lever Action Rifle Silhouette" with the help and
guidance of Tony Tello, an NRA Silhouette Committee Member, Rifle
Silhouette National Champion and LASC Club Member. Starting in January
2000 LASC added this sanctioned category of silhouette shooting and Tony
will serve as LASC Match Director for this discipline. With Tony's
expertise with rifle silhouette, handloading and leadership abilities
watch this new form of silhouette shooting grow into a great sport for the
entire family.
The 2001 annual meeting saw the
return of George Adams as Vice President after an absence of a couple of
years to pursue a business venture. With George's help and the leadership
of the current Executive Committee listed at the top of this page, LASC
continues to improve and host the finest event's held anywhere. Our
monthly events are open to the public. You only need to come out,
participate and see for yourself how much fun there is in the
reactive steel targets of handgun
Silhouette and the family atmosphere of The Los Angeles Silhouette Club.
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