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NEWS FLASH

It looks like our club is coming alive again. We have lost a lot of good men, but we have signed up some really good shots to make up for the losses. We even have an International Division. We now have members in Germany, England, New Zealand. At present we have Red Hats in Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Colorado, Michigan, NewYork, Georgia, PA, West Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and some Simon Girtys in Iowa.

RED HAT ENCAMPMENT ANNOUNCED

Lizard has announced a Red Hat Encampment will be held at his place on October 20 & 21.

The usual rules will apply. Bring everything you own that shoots

blackpowder; rifles, pistols, smoothb ores, shotguns, cannons, gatling guns.

Bring spears, bows and arrows, knives, Atlatls, tomahawks, and anything else you can think of. You should also bring food and whiskey and something to sleep in, like a tent, and all that foofaraw. Lizard has declared that "Since I'm giving up two days of hunting season those low-lifes had better show up".

Special Shoots at Encampment

1. Two Man-1 Rifle

2. Two Man-1 Rifle 1 Smoothbore

3. Split Camp Shoot

4. Upside Down, on head

After Supper Events

1. Horseshoes

2. Drunk Throw

3. Cards

First place at the encampment is a custom made 54 Cal. Smoothbore "Princess Esther" handcrafted by the noted custom gun builder, Lizard. The gun will be a 5 hour piece custom fit to the winner of this fine shoot.

LIZARD BECOMES A GAZELLE

Lizard's been put on a 700 calorie diet. That's the easy part though. He also has been restricted to 2 ounces of whiskey a day that is not so easy. The whiskey reacts with the pills he is taking. We found out when Lizard said "What the fuck does that god-damned doctor know, gimme a shot of George Dickel." right after he took his pill. As you know Lizard talks a lot when he is sober, and he talks fast all the time. He set new records for stupid things said by one human being, while in Public wearing a NMLRA Directors badge while at Friendship. Kevin Tinney, the Ex-President, looked like a Coon with his foot in a trap trying to get away from Lizard's hand shake.

NEW PRIMITIVE RULES FOR NMLRA

If you weren't at Friendship for the Fallshoot you probably haven't heard about the new rules for the Primitive Range. Due to some bull shit at the Spring shoot, Lizard rewrote the rules to get back to the pre-1973 rules that the NMLRA had used. The new/old rules are presented below:

SIGHTS--RIFLE AND PISTOL FRONT AND REAR SIGHTS MUST BE OPEN, FIXED AND

NONADJUSTABLE IF SIGHTS ARE PAINTED OR COLORED THEY WILL BE BLACK OR WHITE ONLY. THE "SEALING" OF ADJUSTABLE SIGHTS WITH WAX, LEAD, TAPE OR ANY OTHER ITEM TO RENDER THEM "FIXED" IS NOT PERMITTED.

RAMRODS TRADITIONAL--A RAMROD MADE WITH THE MATERIALS READILY AVAILABLE IN THE PERIOD 1750-1840. THOSE MATERIALS ARE: WOOD, IRON, HORN, ANTLER, BRASS, BONE. RAMRODS SHALL BE OF TRADITIONAL STYLE.

NON-TRADITIONAL--A RAMROD MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL, FIBERGLASS, PLASTIC, ETC. , OR WITH HANDLES OR PARTS MADE OF ALUMINUM, NYLON, PLASTIC, ETC. WHETHER IN TRADITIONAL STYLE OR NOT, THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED.

SAFETY--ONCE A SHOOTER HAS COMPLETED A MATCH, HE OR SHE MUST "PROVE" TO THE MATCH OFFICER THAT HIS RIFLE, SMOOTHBORE, OR PISTOL IS UNLOADED AND SAFE. THERE ARE TWO ACCEPTED METHODS OF PROOF.

1] PUT THE RAMROD INTO THE EMPTY BARREL OF FIREARM AND SHOW THE MATCH OFFICER THE UNLOADED MARK ON THE RAMROD

2] DROP THE RAMROD, METAL TIP FIRST, DOWN THE EMPTY BARREL. THE SOUND OF THE "CLICK" OF THE TIP HITTING THE BREECH PLUG MUST BE DISTINCT. FAILURE TO DO EITHER OF THESE SAFETY CHECKS WILL RESULT IN YOUR SCORE BEING THROWN OUT, AND NOT SCORED.

BLOWING DOWN THE BARREL--THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO BLOWING DOWN THE BARREL TO PROVE THAT YOUR FIREARM IS UNLOADED.

The new safety rules were put into effect because of some dumb stunts pulled by Pilgrims at an Eastern. If you see Pilgrims doing dumb things at a shoot, take the time to straighten them out.

If you don't have one or know how to use it, better read up on it before the Red Hat Rendezvous. An Atlatl is the original "primitive hunting" weapon.

As you can imagine the list of the members of the Red Hat, Chigger Head, Blood Brigade, Illinois Corps of Long Riflemen, Black Horse Brigade etc. is rather chaotic. Through the years members names have been misplaced, lost, forgotten, or never gotten in the first place. Please pass a copy of this newsletter on to any "Red Hat" that you know of & have them send their name, address, phone number, camp name, and Lizard camp name to LIZARD, RR5, Box 354, Danville, IL 61832

It has been a couple of years since the Red Hats showed up at the Eastern and 1991 will be the year we show up again. It's not a secret that we will be there, but if you don't want this years Booshway to come up with special rules or targets, we suggest that only other Red Hats know that we are coming. At Swatara in '89, the Booshway came up with a special paper target and a paper shootin' ringer so that "A custom Pennsylvania rifle would go to a Pennsylvania shooter". So please mark your calendars for the Eastern, tell all the Red Hats you know, and let's have a great time at a rendezvous.

If you've won one custom gun or have won several let us know, we will list you in Red Hat Counting Coup.

LIZARD has been making some very big shooters Red Hats. They can shoot pretty good, but their main duty is to make sure that the Red Hat is worn at a rendezvous. If "Sir Roger" is at your rendezvous make sure your hat is on your head not in the lodge.

We will try to send out this newsletter once or twice a year to all interested Red Hats.