MercantileEXCITINGSee section our (starting on page 94) NovemberNovemberNovember 2001 2001 2001 CowboyCowboyCowboy ChronicleChronicleChronicle PagePagePage 111 The Cowboy Chronicle~ The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society ® Vol. 22 No. 2 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. February 2009 i COMIN’AT ‘CHA!i 2008 SASS Southwest Regional Match By Ringo Fire, SASS Life #46037 and Buffy Lo Gal, SASS Life #46039 ES!!! It’s finally here!!! HIGHLIGHTS start on page 73 I’ve been waiting … what?!? It’s over??? check out the vendors, and get ready Y Bull Shoals, SASS for side matches in the afternoon. #25400, summed it up when he said, Side matches were the routine pis- “When you check in on Thursday it’s tol, rifle, and shotgun speed match- like getting on a non-stop carnival es, along with derringer, pocket pis- ride, and when you open your eyes, tol, and long-range events. it’s already Sunday, and it’s over!” Following the side matches was That’s pretty much the way it a Wild Bunch match, under the went at Comin’ at ‘Cha, the 2008 direction and coordination of Goody, SASS Southwest Regional. It was SASS #26190, and Silver Sam, SASS four days of full-tilt boogie, non-stop #34718. That evening was the Cow- action, and fun. T-Bone Dooley, SASS boy Garage Sale (although some #36388, has always called Comin’ at pards did some early shopping while ‘Cha a party with a shoot thrown in, side matches were being shot) where and this year was no different. Okay, folks could try to sell stuff they had the theme was different … Mardi laying around the house or RV they Gras!!! And this year it was the no longer wanted, followed by the SASS Southwest Regional Cham- first night of Karaoke and the accom- pionship … but, you know what I Mardi Gras was the match theme … the festivities started during opening panying general rowdiness. mean … T-Bone and the Dooley Gang ceremonies and continued throughout until the last award was given away. Friday found 309 shooters from once again stepped up to the plate 22 states eagerly awaiting the start and knocked it out of the park! on Friday and Saturday, dinner on match this year was off the charts … of the two-day match. Targets were No one in this sport works hard- the range (provided by Outback you couldn’t swing a dead cat with- up close and personal, and the sce- er to give the shooter more value for Steakhouse) on Saturday night, and out hitting a current or past world narios were well-written by our illus- their entry fee than T-Bone. Comin’ the one-in-however-many-people- champion or a SASS Hall of Famer! trious TG, Billy Boots, SASS #20282. at ‘Cha 2008 was an all-inclusive were-on-your-posse chance to win Everywhere you turned was a Who’s The scenarios were not difficult, match. For the price of admission, one of the 20 Cobra derringers (one Who of Cowboy Action Shooting™, though they did require just enough each shooter received a Southwest per posse, donated by the Dooley including Judge Roy Bean, SASS #1, thought to keep you on your toes … Regional ball cap from Grafx Barn, Gang), not to mention a phenomenal Justice Lily Kate, SASS #1000, Tex, which was only right, this being a free side matches, lunch on the range fireworks display, the Mardi Gras SASS #4, and Cat Ballou, SASS #55. Regional Championship match! ball, and all the karaoke you could On Thursday morning the sun One of the more popular stages sing each night. Add to all that the rose, seemingly out of the lake, over was the Mine Cart stage. The shoot- SASS Cowboy Chronicle two hospitality tents set up on the the Badlands Bar 3, signaling the er started seated in the mine cart, range providing complimentary liq- beginning of festivities and giving us both revolvers staged with five uid refreshment and Dooley ka-bobs a glimpse of the beautiful weather in rounds each, and rifle staged with 10 In This Issue with deer meat or deer sausage, and store for the next three days. rounds, no shotgun, and “your bud- you get the idea what I mean when I Temperatures peaking in the mid- dies” waiting on instructions to move 68 CIVIL WAR say a “shooters” match. 70’s with a slight breeze welcomed the shooter from position to position. FIREARMS-RIFLES The quality of shooters at the shooters as they arrived to check in, (Continued on page 73) by Tuolumne Lawman 76 HELUVA RUCKUS by Annabelle Bransford C h C 78 GUNSMOKE ‘08 r o by Mogollon Drifter o w n b i o 23255 La Palma Avenue 80 TRI STATE c y Yorba Linda, California 92887 CHAMPIONSHIP l by Appaloosa Amy e www.sassnet.com Page 2 Cowboy Chronicle February 2009 February 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 3 Page 4 Cowboy Chronicle February 2009 February 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 5 The Cowboy CCONTENTSONTENTS Chronicle 1 ON THE COVER Comin’ At ‘Cha! (2008 SASS Southwest Regional Match) ... 6 FROM THE EDITOR Is SASS Doing The Right Thing? . Editorial Staff 8-12 NEWS Some Costume Contest Changes For END of TRAIL ‘09 . Tex Editor-in-Chief 14-25 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . Cat Ballou Editor 16 CAT’S CORNER Entering Costume Contests And Having Fun . Coyote Calhoun Managing Editor & 18 COYOTE DROPPINGS Rules To Play The Game By (Part 2) ... Marketing Director Adobe Illustrator 26 POLITICAL More Gun Control Is Looming . Layout & Design Mac Daddy 28-41 ARTICLES Cowgirl Up! . Cowboy Fast Draw . Ask Lucky Bill . Graphic Design Donna Oakley 42-53 GUNS & GEAR purdy Just Ain’t Good Enough . What’s The Call? . Advertising Administrator Contributing Writers 50, 51 PROFILES Deuce Stevens . L.I. Lawdawg . Leadfoot Lizzie . Kilbourne Kid . Capt. George Baylor, Celtic Knight, Col. Dan, Cree Vicar Dave, Doc Nelson, 3 Fingers Tequila, Inspector, 55-58 END OF TRAIL Sign Up Today!!! . Joe Fasthorse Harrill, Justice Lily Kate, Lori Dani Dixie, Lucky Bill Thorington, 61 MOUNTED Winter Range Mounted Events . M. Lou Findley, Madd Mike, Miss Tabitha, Oracle, Prussian Princess, Purdy Gear, RJ Law, Tex Fiddler, 62-65 HISTORY Pat Garrett . Little Known Famous People Way Out West . Texas Flower, Tucson Franky, Tuolumne Lawman, Whooper Crane, Wildcat Kate 68 REVIEWS-PRODUCTS Civil War Firearms Go West (Pt. 2: Repeating Rifles) ... 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The roundings, range layout, and limita- demand everything be spelled out Tex, SASS #4 rules were quite simple being con- tions. Published SASS “rules” keep explicitly and unambiguously. ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ tained in a small, pocket-size booklet the game consistent so there are no The admonition to “be nice on the based upon basic principles governed surprises when visiting other clubs. range” prompts many to ask for a by two premises: Spirit of the Game Individual clubs must notify shooters book of etiquette! Fortunately, rom time to time The and the Cowboy Way. My, how times of changes or variations from SASS our TG’s are up to the task.