MercantileEXCITINGSee section our NovemberNovemberNovember 2001 2001 2001 CowboyCowboyCowboy ChronicleChronicleChronicle(starting on PagepagePagePage 90)111 The Cowboy Chronicle~ The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society ® Vol. 21 No. 8 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. August 2008 CARTOONCAVALCADEAT . MULE CAMP 2008 .
By Colonel Dan, SASS Life #24025
ovington, GA – For all us HIGHLIGHTS on pages 72, 73 old time lovers of cowboy cartoons, the Mule Camp long eared galoot,” as my old buddy C gang, supported by their Sam was heard to say more than main match sponsor, the great folks once in his illustrious career. at Hodgdon/IMR Powder Company, The whole week was filled with shuttle sponsor, Hornady Mfg. Co, activities that just couldn’t be passed entertainment sponsor, Tonto Rim up. In fact, the day I got there, I saw Trading Co, trophy sponsor, Laser a TV crew filming and conducting Hound, costume contest sponsor, interviews. San Quinton, the Mule Penelope & Pearls Bloomer Empo- Camp Commander and most recent rium, and Saturday Gala sponsor, SASS Hall of Fame Inductee later Outback Steakhouse of Conyers told everyone, “The filming crew at came up with the most unique theme Mule Camp was from FSN Sports I’ve ever seen at any match, bar with O’Neal Williams. The show is none—Western Frontier Cartoons! called Southern Outdoors and airs on For those of us who really loved Sunday mornings on the Outdoor those classic Saturday morning ani- Channel. O’Neal also does a weekly mated films, the Mule Camp cow- early Saturday morning radio show. boys gave us a saddle bag of memo- The [Mule Camp] shows are sched- ries complete with actual voice clips uled to run in the July and August from some of the very best western time frames.” cartoons ever made. And my favorite Coyote Calhoun once again rep- little guy of all time was the featured resented the Wild Bunch in his own character and could be seen just fine style. You’ll never mistake everywhere—Yosemite Sam. Coyote for anyone else when he’s at The props were a treasure chest a match—he’s always the one busier of fond old memories, the targets than a horse fly at a rodeo and run- This year’s Mule Camp was a complete success! Not only did the weather were big and close, and the scenarios ning around in those super fleecy cooperate, but the targets were big and close, the scenarios challenging, and challenging. As I’ve said many times the fond old cowboy cartoon memories were vivid. By all accounts, everyone trademark chaps of his! had a wonderful time, which means next year will be even bigger and better! The Southeast Territorial Black- powder Shootout was again spon- SASS Cowboy Chronicle before, Mule Camp is one of the best our sport. Although we got rain once sored by our good friends at shooting facilities I’ve seen in my this year for a short time, the weath- Hodgdon/IMR, and for those that nine years of Cowboy Action er was generally excellent with tem- would like to shoot both the In This Issue Shooting™ and is indicative of the peratures remaining in the comfort- Blackpowder Shootout and a black- tremendous dedication and plain able mid-80’s throughout the week. powder category during the Main 68 CIMMARON’S 1858 hard work that goes into making After the short rain delay, it was Match next year, Hodgdon/IMR has REMINGTON CONVERSION this one of the very finest ranges in back to “blastin’ the fur off’n that (Continued on page 71) by Jubal O. Sackett
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6 FROM THE EDITOR Yes, Costuming Is Important . . . Editorial Staff 8, 9 NEWS Bianchi Returns To Its Roots With New Cowboy Gear Holsters And Belts . . . Tex Editor-in-Chief 10-24 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . . . Cat Ballou Editor 16 CAT’S CORNER All Smiles For Miss Prissy . . . Coyote Calhoun Managing Editor & Marketing Director 18 COYOTE DROPPINGS Rules To Play The Game By . . . Adobe Illustrator 26 POLITICAL Oh That Fence Rail Hurts! . . . Layout & Design Mac Daddy 28-42 ARTICLES Ask Lucky Bill . . . Busting The Buff . . . SASS Goes To College . . . Graphic Design Donna Oakley 46-61 GUNS & GEAR Dispatches From Camp Baylor . . . Wanted: Gunfighters! . . . Advertising Administrator Contributing Writers 54-56 SASS CONVENTION Sign Up Today! . . . Bob Boze Bell, Buckskin Dave, Capt. George Baylor, Col. Dan, SASS Mounted Eastern National Championship . . . Capgun Kid Rides . . . Cree Vicar Dave, Doc Nelson, 62-64 MOUNTED Holy Terror, Inspector, Ioway, Jersey Kid, Joe Fasthorse Harrill, 66 TRAIL MARKER To Be Remembered . . . Jubal O. Sackett, Lucky Bill Thorington, M. Lou Findley, Nubbins Colt, Oracle, Seven Ladders, The Capgun Kid, 67 REVIEWS-BOOKS Bloodrayne II: Deliverance . . . Three Fingers Tequila, Tuolumne Lawman, Whooper Crane 68, 70 REVIEWS-PRODUCTS Cimarron’s New 1858 Remington Conversion . . . The Cowboy Chronicle is published by The Wild Bunch, Board of Directors of The 74, 75 HISTORY Pike Peaked! . . . Little Known Famous People . . . Single Action Shooting Society. For adver- tising information and rates, administrative and editorial offices contact: 76-84 ON THE RANGE What’s Goin’ On In Your Town? . . . Chronicle Administrator 23255 La Palma Avenue Bunkhouse Bidness (A Spotlight on SASS Clubs) ... Yorba Linda, California 92887 86 CLUB REPORTS 714-694-1800 FAX: 714-694-1813 90-96 MERCANTILE Nice SASS Collectibles . . . email: [email protected] http://www.sassnet.com The Cowboy Chronicle (ISSN 15399877) is 97- CLASSIFIED published Monthly by the Single Action Shooting Society, 23255 La Palma Avenue, Yorba Linda, California 92887. Periodicals 100 ADVERTISERS INDEX Postage is Paid at ANAHEIM, CA and addi- tional mailing offices (USPS #020-591). POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 101- SHOOTING SCHEDULES (MONTHLY)-(ANNUAL) The Cowboy Chronicle, 23255 La Palma Avenue, Yorba Linda, California 92887.
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YES, COSTUMING IS IMPORTANT . . .
By Tex, SASS #4
As has been pointed out repeat- not define our game. humid, and some dry … and so did edly, this is a fantasy game, and Everyone around the world the cowboys. They had their work to everyone has their own fantasy. instantly recognizes the American do … in all kinds of weather. Just Most really are out chasing “bad cowboy. It’s a romantic, stylized, and because it was hot, they didn’t shuck guys,” but others are interested only mythical image … and it’s an image their canvas pants, chaps, and boots in the competition. These competi- where wearing guns is not seen as a for Bermuda shorts and tennis shoes. tors spend time practicing, honing threat. It’s an image where folks in If it’s hot, dress lightly. If it’s cold, their shooting skills, developing many countries can enjoy their dress warm. Dress appropriately for Tex, SASS #4 more efficient shooting techniques, firearms in a fantasy environment the weather, but play the game! ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ tailoring loads for minimum recoil, with the blessings of otherwise When new shooters are recruit- and challenging themselves to find restrictive bureaucracies. It’s the ed, anything they’re wearing is just owboy Action Shooting™ is the simplest, most efficient way to thing that differentiates us from a fine. However, with a little positive a fantasy shooting sport. shoot each stage. After all, this is a bunch a yahoos playing with six- reinforcement, they can be encour- C It’s a game where all ages shooting sport, and low time wins. guns. When folks see Cowboy Action aged to quickly begin working on can play “cowboy” and leave the And, make no mistake; these indi- Shooters in costume, they know they their “outfits.” Jeans, work shirts, day’s cares behind. It’s an opportu- viduals are wonders to behold. are dealing with friendly, safe, con- and a straw “cowboy” hat are not nity to join Roy, Gene, and Hoppy on Many are “world class” competitors; siderate individuals … and it’s okay unreasonable expectations after a the big screen, chase the bad guys, the best in the world. They are a to expose their children to these couple of monthly matches. Boots, and make life safe on the frontier for pleasure to watch, and they are vital modern-day cowboys with their 19th moccasins, or bare feet should soon all those “God fearing” pilgrims. It’s to our game. Vendors, sponsors, and Century clothes and paraphernalia replace tennis shoes and modern not just a shooting sport! the media all bring money, product, … and of course, their six-guns! work boots. Some will never get All that’s needed for an action and attention to our game, help it Cowboy Action Shooting™ is a beyond these basics, but most do. shooting sport is a timer, a gun, and grow, and keep it vital. We love these shooting sport with costuming Whether your interest turns enough clothes so you don’t get shooters and couldn’t get along with- requirements. We all live in different toward B-Western, Classic Cowboy, arrested. That’s not us. out them. But, “just shooting” does climates—some hot, some cold, some (Continued on page 100) August 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 7 Page 8 Cowboy Chronicle August 2008
BIANCHI RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS WITH NEW COWBOY GEAR HOLSTERS AND BELTS
By Stawk Pyler O’Guns, SASS #80490
look and the edge sought after in A truly new design, the today’s competitive arena. Bianchi Hondo™ Holster, is To design and develop its new the first of its kind, as it has line of Cowboy Gear, Bianchi looked tension screws that allow to Dave Anderson (July Johnson, the shooter to tighten and Stawk Pyler O’Guns, SASS Life #107), a man uniquely loosen the holster’s grip on SASS #80490 qualified to combine the cowboy tra- the gun, and swivels to dition and style with Bianchi’s inno- allow the shooter to adjust ianchi International is taking vative developments. Anderson’s the degrees of tilt to suit Bthe saying of “What is old is background includes years of design their own personal desires, new” to heart and introducing a new work with firearms manufacturers, yet maintains the authentic line of leather holsters and belts for law enforcement agencies, and even look and feel SASS mem- today’s competitive Cowboy Action satellite programs, but it was bers need and desire. Shooter. With a name long synony- Anderson’s passion for the Old West “The competitor holster mous with the feel of the Old West, that led him to design an updated is fully adjustable like a tac- The new Hondo holster and belt are designed Bianchi heads back to its roots with line of holsters and belts, driven tical holster, but because of specifically for the Mounted Shooter. Similar adjustable rigs are available this new line that combines several from Bianchi’s earlier western hol- the Bianchi expertise in for the Action Shooter. of Bianchi’s traditional cowboy ster and belt combinations. This handcrafting leather, you designs with new features and combination of innovative ideas and can’t tell it’s anything but a histori- ster for those looking for the competi- proven manufacturing techniques to tradition is the heart of the new cally accurate leather holster,” tor’s edge and will help accomplished offer the Cowboy Action Shooter the Bianchi Cowboy Gear line. Anderson told me. “This is the hol- (Continued on page 14) August 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 9
Dear Fellow SASS Members:
he history of the Single Action Chairperson of the Hall of Fame TShooting Society and the sport of Induction Committee, I am appeal- Cowboy Action Shooting™ is one of ing to members of SASS to con- dedication, creativity, and achieve- tribute to this vitally important ment. In recognition of these unique activity. Together, we have already characteristics, the SASS Hall of recognized we desired to be part of Fame was created to honor the men an organization that not only cre- and women whose contribution to ates a venue that allows us to live the game helped it to grow and out a special fantasy, but also per- endure. The SASS Hall of Fame petuates a lifestyle unique to the honors and memorializes the men American West. We need to perpet- and women who through their exem- uate and keep the Hall of Fame plary contributions and achieve- induction a viable part of our ability ments have embodied and perpetu- to continually recognize those indi- ated the sport of Cowboy Action viduals who have made Cowboy
Shooting™ and the Single Action Action Shooting™ what it is today. Shooting Society. If each SASS member were to Through these distinguished contribute a minimum of $25, we inductions, the SASS Hall of Fame would be able to maintain the high provides generational continuity quality of the induction ceremony with the past, present, and future, and to offset the costs of the awards. and creates a record of a game that This is a modest, affordable request has become a family oriented pas- and, of course, larger contributions time and passion that preserves our are welcomed and appreciated. great American heritage. Donations made in behalf of the Hall Hall of Fame Inductees are of Fame/SASS Museum are tax inducted each year during a special deductible. Please address “HOF” ceremony at the SASS Convention on the cover so the donation can be in December. Special videos depict- appropriately designated. ing the contributions of each Please send your donation to: inductee are created and shown to SASS Hall of Fame the audience during the ceremony, 23255 La Palma Ave. as well as special presentations by Yorba Linda, California, 92887 past Hall of Fame Inductees. The What will you get from your con- number of attendees has grown over tribution? You will receive satisfac- the past few years since the first tion knowing you helped perpetuate induction ceremony in August 2004 an important function that recog- at the SASS Family Reunion held in nizes those who have made the sport Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The change you enjoy so much what it is today. of venue to Las Vegas was made in Thank you for your consideration December 2005 to coincide with the and contribution. SASS Convention. China Camp, SASS #649 Putting on the induction is not Chair, SASS Hall of Fame without costs, which is why as Induction Committee Page 10 Cowboy Chronicle August 2008
tal concentration on the very shot that but it is merely an important state of folks was askin’ me, “Where did all the MENTAL became the miss. My sight picture dis- mind required to achieve maximum per- blood come from?” At that time I mental- By Madd Mike, appears, meaning to me, a lack of concen- formance success, and they are having ly said, “Oh golly gee wiz,” er something SASS Life/Regulator tration at the time of that shot. fun at the same time. Least ways, I do! like that, as it really did hurt. Okay, I #8595 Days before a match, your mental Okay, I can hear the comments from said more than golly. attitude towards the upcoming match some of you out there right now sayin’, My point is NOT how tough I am. All the time, we can play a very large part in predeter- “Yeah, but Madd Mike, I don’t want to My point is I wanted to perform at my hear or read folks sayin’, “Shooting is mining how well things start off and mentally work that hard.” Shucks, that’s very best for that Championship match, 98% Mental.” Well, a lot of shootin’ your overall performance. How many fine too. We all rally to our own music. I so I was mentally prepared to NOT be schools teach it, and alongside that, do a times have you heard and said, “Wow, I am just trying to share information that adversely affected while under the clock Google search and you will find train- have not been shootin’ well lately!” has taken me a long time to achieve and to any type of adversity that may rear its loads of information with regards to “Geese, I just went through that slump start to understand and apply. The ugly head. Yer mileage may vary. mental preparedness. myself.” I was settin’ myself up fer a bad instant replay in my mind was long in I am often asked by others on my The more mentally prepared I am, shoot doin’ that, and it took me several the development stage; yet, when I posse or at shoots in general, “How can I the better I perform, and for me that months to git my mind back in a better achieved that ability, it really became shave some time off my stages and shoot means being positively mentally pre- pre-match state of mind. I got it back apparent just how important a mental faster?” My answers usually are custom pared days before a shoot, during the now, and I am happy.” image before, during, and even after tuned to the shooter asking me the ques- shoot, and right down to mentally paying How many times have ya heard, plays a large role in success, and this will tion, but more often than not, the attention (no day dreaming) for EVERY “Flyers? Dang, I can never hit them,” apply to all aspects of your life, not just answers center on some form of mental second of performance time that each and then what happens? Well, the shoot- this wonderful SASS/Cowboy Action issue first, with facts, means, and meth- stage requires. er that says that, once in a Blue Moon Shooting™ sport/hobby. ods being next in line. It has literally taken me years to fig- gits lucky and hits one, instead of very Predetermined mental attitude can Folks, shoot yer own game, and ure this out. But, maybe if I share it seldom missin’ one. Pre-encoded nega- play a very large part in the unforeseen develop the skills required to reach the with others, perhaps said in a different tive thoughts can begat just that, “nega- as well. For example, at our Nevada level of competition/enjoyment that you way, then just maybe someone will gain tive results.” State Blackpowder Championship, while desire. Watch the best of the best, and from this writing and save some of the When I watch the best of the best I was doing a transition from rifle to don’t be fooled by how easy they make learning curve time I consumed. shooters these days, one thing becomes shotgun though a small window opening it look. It’s not all just eyesight, agility, When I hear the timer operator say very apparent, their Mental Prepared- confined by a hitching post at the same great equipment, and practice after all. “ONE” these days, I have developed the ness, their overall Mental Positive walkway, I smacked the jamb with my It’s 98% mental before, during, and mental skill required to literally run an Attitude, and their TOTAL attention double barreled shotgun, hard enough after you achieve the other skills need- instant replay of that stage in my mind from the time they start the loading that it closed on one of my fingers, result- ed to physically perform the required (including shot by shot pause), and I process at the loading table all the way ing in a nasty cut at the cuticle. I fin- task to complete each stage. See ya on have noticed that watching the rerun in to when they are done unloading for that ished the stage as if nothing happened, the range. my mind, I can see the LACK of full men- stage. It looks like hard work to some, and when I got to the unloading table, [email protected]