Trailhead 2024

Trailhead is our annual large shoot that spans four days and features tons of action that should appeal to all shooters Get ready for Trailhead 2024, home of the Texas State Rifle Association (TSRA) Texas State Championship!

ALL SASS RULES APPLY. The match will be held March 21-24, 2024. Registration and Category change deadline is March 8, 2023. Email Pepper Russell at pepper4166@gmail.com with any questions or to change your category. 

Award Eligibility

You must be a current TSRA member in good standing and a Texas resident in order to be eligible for Overall and Category Champion awards. Non-TSRA members and non-Texas residents may compete for an additional fee but cannot win First Place in their category or be the Overall Winner. 

TSRATexas residents are highly encouraged to become TSRA members at www.tsra.com if necessary then send in their application. The organization has been fighting for gun rights in Texas since 1919, and regularly is in Austin at the State Capital to promote and protect our Second Amendment rights.

Second Category Option

New for Trailhead 2024, we are offering a Second Category Option. For an additional fee, you can shoot both strings of matches and compete in two separate categories. (i.e., shoot Group A as Forty-Niner category and Group B as Cody-Dixon Lever). Double the shooting, double the fun! Note that if you receive a Match DQ in either match, you are disqualified from both matches.

Click here for a fillable PDF application

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Round Counts

  Pistol Rifle Shotgun
Main Match 100 100 42
Main Match – Cody/Dixon 100 60 42
Wild Bunch Side Match 63 25 14
Plainsman Side Match 30 17 12

 

Tentative Calendar of Events

Day 1 (Thursday, March 21):

  • 8:00 am — Registration begins
  • 8:00 am to Noon — Long Range Side Matches
  • 8:30 am — Plainsman Shooter’s Meeting
  • 9:00 am — Plainsman Side Match
  • 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm — Side Matches
    • Rooster’s Ride
    • Fastest Revolver
    • Fastest Rifle
    • Fastest Shotgun
    • Fastest Derringer
    • Fastest Pocket Pistol
    • Fastest 1911
  • 1:30 pm — Wild Bunch Shooters’ Meeting
  • 2:00 pm — Wild Bunch Side Match
  • Dark Thirty (dusk) — Night Shoot

Day 2 (Friday, March 22)

  • 7:45 am — Group A Mandatory Shooters’ Meeting
  • 8:15 am — Group A Five stages of Main Matches
  • 12:00 pm — Group B Mandatory Meeting
  • 12:30 pm — Group B Five stages of Main Matches
  • 6:00 pm – Friday Night Social & Side Match Awards on-site at Gunsmoke
      • Bring a folding/outdoor chair

Day 3 (Saturday, March 23)

  • 7:45 am — Group B Mandatory Shooters’ Meeting
  • 8:15 am — Group B Five stages of Main Matches
  • 12:00 pm — Group A Mandatory Meeting
  • 12:30 pm — Group A Five stages of Main Matches
  • 5:30 pm — Doors open at Columbus Hall (formerly the KC Hall)
  • 6:30 pm — Trailhead Awards Banquet at Columbus Hall
    • Note: BYOB is NOT allowed at banquet hall

Day 4 (Sunday, March 24)

  • 9:00 am — Mandatory Shooter’s Meeting
  • 9:30 am — Side Matches
    • Couple’s Shoot
    • Team Shoot
    • Mano y Mano
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Accommodations

Thousand Trails RV Campground is less than five minutes away and offers electricity, sewer lines, and other amenities. 800-288-7245 or 979-732-8229