MercantileEXCITINGSee section our (starting on page 91) NovemberNovemberNovember 2001 2001 2001 CowboyCowboyCowboy ChronicleChronicleChronicle PagePagePage 111 The Chronicle~ The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society ® Vol. 22 No. 5 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. May 2009 SHOOTOUT AT GIVHANS FERRY 2008 SASS South Carolina State Championship . November 6-9, 2008 , By Colonel Dan, SASS Life #24025

idgeville, SC – The See HIGHLIGHTS on page 73 Geechee are two for two … two shots; Kill-em-all Kate: “Edisto Ike and R two bull’s eyes. The com- Lorenzo (Plus all the trusty mittee, headed up by Edisto Ike and helpers) really outdid themselves his trusty sidekick, Lorenzo Kid, again. They topped last year, and it who only took the reins in 2007 was GREAT!! If you can’t go to along with their super team of Three many matches next year be sure Diamond Dennis, Pick Ax Pete, this one is on your list. It has to be Whiskey Mac, and Carolina Gray the most fun match I have attended Dog did a truly bang up job again in this year. Runnin’ and Gunnin’ … 2008. The match was a heck of a lot what more could you want? They of fun, very well organized, and very went out of their way to please well executed with all targets big everyone, and from what I saw and and close and no built in “P” traps. heard on the range, they did it!! What more could you ask? Stages were fun and targets were Their hard work was evident VERY large. My hat’s off to you all everywhere. From the shooter’s for “ONE GREAT MATCH!!” book, the hotel arrangements, the Tuco Forsyth: “This was an excellent Toys for Tots, the side and warm up and fun match! I’ll be back next matches, the food, the vendors, the year!” stages, the BBQ, the gala, the cos- Bulls Head Bill: “If you don’t come to tume contest, the awards and “The Shootout at Givhans Ferry” prizes and the final shoot off, all next year … you’re missing an were thoroughly thought out with AWESOME match!!” the shooter being their focus of Frontier Duelist winner, Persuader, made the dark side proud Tracker Mike: “Great match—you attention at all times. with his swirling clouds of target-obscuring smoke! The Givhans Ferry need to put this one on your In conjunction with the main match was again a heck of a lot of fun, very well organized, and well schedule.” match sponsors, Jackson’s executed with no built in “P” traps. What more could one ask? Whiskey Creek Johnson: “Had a Wear and US Firearms, and their great time! The match was great!” presenting sponsors, Starline Brass and Country Lawyer, these guys vided by Sticky Fingers. The BBQ Doc : “Thanks so much made a team whose combined efforts and Gala were in the same hotel Lorenzo and Ike … as well as the were worthy of medals all around. where just about everyone stayed, rest of the gang that works so SASS Cowboy Chronicle As they did last year, the sched- so the overall convenience factor hard to make this match SO much ule was such that all the shooting was off the charts in my view. Very fun!! This is a FANTASTIC match was completed by 2 PM both days much appreciated guys! And I was- folks. Iffn’ ya never shot there, In This Issue which allowed everyone time to get n’t the only one who appreciated all you should plan on going next back to their rooms, clean up, and their hard work … not by a long year! Plenty of targets, up close 58 THE SMOKEWAGON relax before the evening events shot … as you can see by what oth- and personal. Lots of movement.”

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6 FROM THE EDITOR Gun Control: It’s Your Fault! . . . 8 FROM THE DESK OF THE GENERAL Editorial Staff Tex 10-13 NEWS Joel “Dutch” Dortch, SASS #455, Receives “Hero Of The Heartland” Award . . . Editor-in-Chief Cat Ballou 14-23 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . . . Editor Coyote Calhoun 16 CAT’S CORNER Coming Soon: What Women Wore (A Primer For CAS Cowgirls) ... Managing Editor & Marketing Director 18 COYOTE DROPPINGS Put SASS University Classes On END of TRAIL To Do List Adobe Illustrator Layout & Design

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GUN CONTROL: IT’S YOUR FAULT!

. By Wildshot, SASS #51 ,

If you have a pro-gun candidate in the primary, we would never and clarity, based on averages running for office, vote for him or again have an anti-gun candidate. over several election cycles. her. Pay no attention to other issues. Imagine the terrible prospect of The 2008 general election num- If your pro-gun candidate reneges on having to make a choice between bers are slightly higher. How- his campaign promise and votes for two pro-gun candidates in the gen- ever, the ratios hold true for vir- gun control legislation, vote him out eral election! tually all elections, local, state, of office next election. This is key: It So, if you own a gun and don’t and Federal. If you are an adult Tex, SASS #4 doesn’t matter if his opponent is register to vote, or register, but don’t who legally owns firearms, you ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ anti-gun, throw him out! (After all, vote, or vote, but don’t vote the issue: meet the eligibility require- you will be no worse off—you’re trad- Gun Control is your fault! ments to vote. ing a clandestine anti-gun guy for Addendum: 3. In the meantime, contact your ave you ever noticed the one who is out in the open.) Next 1. According to a recent survey of elected officials and continue to cycle of gun control legisla- election, replace the anti-gun guy members of Congress, the NRA, let them know how you feel H tion? with a pro-gun guy. with four million members (4% about onerous gun legislation. The elitist, high profile politi- Repeat for three or four election of gun owners) is the most effec- Contact them not once, but peri- cians introduce a gun control bill. cycles (six to eight years) and no tive lobby on the “Hill.” The odically … weekly or monthly. The press and gun control advocates politician in the country will even NRA is not perfect, but their Don’t assume someone else is gin up public support. The pro-gun think about introducing, supporting, ability to stop or change legisla- doing if for you. If you don’t con- forces mobilize. Letters and faxes or voting for, gun control legislation! tion is legendary. If you are not tact your legislative officials … are sent. Phone calls are made. “Wild Shot,” you say, “That’s not a member: Gun Control is Gun Control is your fault! Every pressure is applied to our rep- possible!” your fault! 4. Go here to find out how to con- resentatives and ultimately the Read on. 2. The numbers are approxima- tact your representative: measure is voted upon. There are approximately tions, rounded for convenience http://www.capwiz.com/nra/dbq/officials/ Fortunately, the pro-gun side 300,000,000 people in the US. prevails far more often than our Roughly 70% or 210 million are eli- opponents do and when we win, we gible to vote. Approximately 60% pat ourselves on the back for having or 126 million of the eligible actual- fought the good fight and go back to ly vote. There are approximately our lives. Our opponents regroup 100 million gun owners, all of and go back to the drawing boards. whom are eligible to vote.1 Before long, they re-introduce Newsflash: If ALL gun owners the very same legislation. register and VOTE THE GUN Sure, they give it a new title, ISSUE, we are the largest single remove a few provisions, add some block of voters in America! others, perhaps change their spin on If all of the gun owners vote the the issue a bit, and the Faustian issue in a national election, we have waltz starts all over. The result: our a 100 million to 26 million win. In opponents slowly and continually fact, since most elections split down gain ground. the middle with the winner garner- I’m tired of the dance. Aren’t ing a less than 5% margin, the you? Would you like to put an end to result is closer to 113 million vs. 13 it? I would. million. That means the anti-gun We can, you know. It’s simple. candidate loses with only 10% to Not easy, perhaps, but simple. 20% of the vote. Most politicians are ideologi- If a politician loses with an cally (or perhaps congenitally) 80/20 or 90/10 vote, his political incapable of understanding all the career is over. His ability to raise consequences of the policies they campaign funds disappears and so support. However, there is one does his party’s support. It will be a thing ALL politicians understand: long, long time before he runs for Political pain! office again. The most painful thing you can Not only do we gain a pro-gun do to a politician is throw him out person in office, we remove an anti- of office! In the same vein, nothing gun player from the arena. Believe inflicts more pain upon an aspiring me, by the third election cycle every politician than denial of office. politician in the country will have it Politicians by nature will attempt figured out! (… and we are well on to avoid political pain. the way to a pro-gun majority). “So, how do we inflict this pain,” This is especially true in pri- you ask? Simple: Register to vote. mary elections where the voter Vote in every election, and vote the turnout is usually much lower. If issue. all gun owners would vote the issue May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 7 Page 8 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 .FROM THE DESK OF THE GENERAL

545 PEOPLE by Charley Reese By General US Grant, SASS #2 “Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and budget. He cannot force the Congress people shift the blame to bureau- then campaign against them. to accept it. crats, whom they hire and whose Have you ever wondered, if all of The Constitution, which is the jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, the politicians are against deficits, supreme law of the land, give the sole whose gifts and advice they can WHY do we have deficits? responsibility to the House of reject; to regulators, to whom they Have you ever wondered, if all the Representatives for originating and give the power to regulate and from politicians are against inflation and approving appropriations and taxes. whom they can take this power. General US Grant, SASS #2 high taxes, WHY do we have inflation Who is the speaker of the House? Above all, do not let them con you and high taxes? Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the into the belief that there exists dis- e all spend much of our time You and I don’t propose a federal majority party. She and fellow house embodied mystical forces like “the “preaching to the choir” regard- budget. members, not the President, can economy,” “inflation,” or “politics” W ing our concerns and griev- The President does. approve any budget they want. If the that prevent them from doing the job ances. I have found myself over the last You and I don’t have the Consti- President vetoes it, they can pass it they take an oath to do. few weeks writing more letters to my tutional authority to vote on over his veto, if they agree to do so. Those 545 people, and they alone, congressman, senators, and local politi- appropriations. It seems inconceivable to me a are responsible. They, and they cians than ever before. I think it is very The House of Representatives does. nation of 300 million can not replace alone, have the power. They, and important to let them know my thoughts You and I don’t write the tax code, 545 people who stand convicted—by they alone, should be held account- and feelings about the many things that Congress does. present facts—of incompetence and able by the people who are their boss- have come up recently. You and I don’t set fiscal policy, irresponsibility. I can’t think of a es … provided the voters have the Over the last few months I have Congress does. single domestic problem that is not gumption to manage their own asked a great many friends and acquain- You and I don’t control monetary traceable directly to those 545 peo- employees. We should vote them all tances, “Do you own a gun?” If the policy. ple. When you fully grasp the plain out of office and clean up their mess.” answer is affirmative, I ask them if they The Bank does. truth 545 people exercise the power * * * * * * * are a member of the NRA or any other One hundred Senators, 435 of the federal government, then it It is my sincere hope all SASS prominent Second Amendment organiza- Congressmen, one President, and nine must follow, what exists is what they members have taken the time to read tion. If not, I give them a little speech as Supreme Court Justices, 545 human want to exist. this bit of wisdom and will share it to just how important it is. I was remind- beings out of 300 million are directly, If the tax code is unfair, it’s with as many of their friends as pos- ed recently all of the folks, both elected legally, morally, and individually because they want it unfair. sible. I think it is about time all of us and appointed to represent us, are pretty responsible for the domestic problems If the budget is in the red, it’s get on our soapbox and stand up for much going by statistics. It is my under- that plague this country. because they want it in the red. what is right. Collectively we can standing the NRA boasts they have over I excluded the members of the If the Army and Marines are in make the needed changes. The ballot three and a half million members. Federal Reserve Board because that Iraq, it’s because they want them in box is sacred … let’s “vote against” Considering this, through their legisla- problem was created by the Congress. Iraq. everyone currently in office, knowing tive activities all across the land, they get In 1913, Congress delegated its If they do not receive social secu- the process will take several years. very involved in firearms related matters Constitutional duty to provide a sound rity but are on an elite retirement Better yet, “run for office” yourself and have a great impact. The currency to a federally chartered, but plan not available to the people, it’s and agree to do the job correctly. A and Pistol Association also gets suc- private, central bank. because they want it that way. final reminder—If you are not a cessfully involved in California. I firmly I excluded all the special interests There are no insoluble govern- member of the NRA—JOIN NOW! … believe if the NRA had thirty or forty mil- and lobbyists for a sound reason. ment problems. Do not let these 545 and have your friends do likewise. lion members, we would hear precious They have no legal authority. They little about stupid or ineffective gun leg- have no ability to coerce a senator, a islation. The NRA does a great job as it congressman, or a president to do one is, but one can only imagine how much cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if more impact they would have if they rep- they offer a politician one million dol- resented a larger portion of the popula- lars in cash. The politician has the tion. What I am saying is I have been power to accept or reject it. No matter suggesting, and esentially demanding, what the lobbyist promises, it is the all gun owners join the NRA. Most SASS legislator’s responsibility to deter- members are NRA members. If you’re mine how he votes. not—SHAME on YOU! Those 545 human beings spend I recently received an email enti- much of their energy convincing you tled “545 vs 300,000,000 (Republicans what they did is not their fault. They & Democrats Alike—No One Is cooperate in this common con regard- Blameless).” This was written by less of party. Charley Reese, a journalist for 45 What separates a politician from years and a former columnist for the a normal human being is an excessive Orlando Sentinel Newspaper. I think amount of gall. No normal human it hit the nail right on the head. being would have the gall of a Rather than try to paraphrase his Speaker who stood up and criticized words and comments, I prefer to give it the President for creating deficits. to you verbatim. Here it is: The President can only propose a May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 9 Page 10 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

SASS MEMBER BOB CRISMON HONORED BY NRA

ob Crismon, SASS #48245, and According to Crismon, a real Cowboy The NRA will Bhis Cowboy Six Shooter Histo- Six Shooter will be placed in the sponsor the Celebrity rical Foundation have been selected hand of the Deputies, many for the Show Down at the as winner of the NRA 2008 Public very first time in their life! Trained July 25, 2009 Service Award. The non-profit Six and closely monitored by the Sheriff, National Day of the Shooter Foundation conducts from a staged table position the Cowboy celebration “Celebrity Show Down” activities at Deputies will safely fire primer pow- held at Gold Field western themed events throughout ered wax bullets at metal character Ghost Town in the USA. In behalf of the Six targets (the Bad Guys). For obvious Junction, Shooter Foundation, Crismon will safety reasons Deputies never wear . Last year at accept the award at the NRA nor draw from a holster. After the National Day of Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. shooting, one Deputy will be the Cowboy, Arizona A “Celebrity” citizen experiencing recreational In a Celebrity Show Down two declared the winner of the fantasy attendance of over Six Shooter sport fun at Gold Field in 2008. volunteer spectators (alias “Depu- Show Down earning all Bragging 12,000 was perhaps ties”) are invited to join the Sheriff Rights. And what a fun game it is! the largest NDOC celebration in the provided. For more information (an experienced Single Action shoot- Crismon said, “This safe and recre- U.S. The Gold Field Show Down about the Foundation, please visit er) in a fantasy game facing “Bad ational sport shooting experience stage will include a booth staffed by www.CowboySixShooter.com. Guys” in the dusty street of 1880 often changes misinformed, anti-gun NRA members ready to answer ques- For more information about the Dodge City. Often the Deputies will attitudes and demonstrates a per- tions from the pubic. SASS members Gold Field Ghost Town celebration, have previously paired themselves sonal benefit of our Constitutional are invited to show up with their .45 please contact Jim Coplin at Apache up for the Show Down Posse (club Second Amendment Rights. We Six Shooter and join in the Celebrity Junction Chamber of Commerce, members, family, co-workers, etc.). change minds one at a time!” Show Down fun. Wax ammo will be (480) 982-3141. May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 11

THE DURANGO HERITAGE CELEBRATION ADDS A COWBOY ACTION SHOOT FOR 2009!

By The Prussian Princess, SASS #66758

n Durango, Colorado, we were so high-spirited entertainment! Step Ipleased to have quite a few of the back in time and enjoy the atmosphere Single Action Shooters join us for our of an Old West saloon where pretty first annual event in 2008 that we’re ladies in beautiful costumes bring you trying to attract more of you fun-lovin’, a lively, fun show with songs and great dressin’ folks this year! So, dances from various western movies thanks to the Four Corners such as Abilene Town, Klondike Annie, Gunslingers, we’re adding a six- , and more. You won’t stage Cowboy Action Shoot to our want to miss the incomparable Peaches event for 2009! O’Day, the best Mae West since Mae The shoot will be held on Sunday, West, or any of the other super per- October 11, 2009 at the Durango formers in this production! Outdoor Gun Club just south of town, Durango is off the beaten path in and will feature elements of Durango’s the Four Corners Region of southwest- and the surrounding area’s history at ern Colorado, but it’s definitely worth each stage of the shoot. Besides all the the trip! It’s in the foothills of the San other great activities during our event, Juan Mountains, which are part of the this one will give both the shooters and Rockies, with outstanding scenery, par- others wishing to see how a shoot ticularly in October when the aspens all works an excellent opportunity for turn gold. Durango is a tourist town, so more good times. there are many great restaurants and The Durango Heritage Celebration lodging possibilities, including several will feature many old-time entertain- historic hotels and a bed and breakfast ments (see schedule in the May and all built in the late 1800’s. In addition, August Cowboy Chronicle and on there is first class trout fishing, Mesa www.durangoheri tagecelebration.org), Verde National Park within an hour’s including a ride on the historic drive, great bicycling and hiking, full Durango & Silverton narrow-gauge length rides on the historic Durango & Railroad, a Victorian fashion show, his- Silverton Railroad, and photographic toric tours, a mustache contest, and a opportunities galore. Grand Victorian Ball. Pards, check your calendars and And, if that’s not enough, the event hold the date for the weekend of will also feature River Crossing’s Silver October 9–11, 2009 and join us for the Screen Saloon Show this year. Talk Durango Heritage Festival, now with a about lighting up the stage with sassy, Cowboy Action Shoot, to boot! Page 12 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

SALOON GIRL, DANCE HALL DARLING, SOILED DOVE, OR PARLOR HOUSE MADAM … What’s YOUR Pleasure Boys? . By Shotglass, SASS Life/Regulator #17153 . fast buck. There were camp girls doing Kate, SASS #1000, Lizzie Marie, SASS basically the same, going from camp to #19774, and I have been asked to take camp, and then one could start climb- over the “Trashy Lady” contest, and ing the ladder, making it to the cleaner, we’d like to make it a fun, rowdy party, elegant ladies. Women who worked for good time, cowboy hollering show. You the Madams in well-decorated homes, have the option of presenting yourself By Shotglass, presented themselves with class. One to the judges and if you’re a little shy, SASS Life/Regulator #17153 type or the other, all are part of this don’t worry. Just step right up, and contest. It’s up to you to decide what the judges will ask you a few ques- nce upon a time in the Old West all you want to portray. tions. What are we looking for? What Oof the above ladies played a part in The working girls had a rough life. every cowboy in the Old West was history. Some you may have heard of For many, it was the only life available looking for. I encourage everyone to and many just existed, but if it hadn’t to them. For others, it was a means of jump in and join this fun. Bring all been for these Ladies, there wouldn’t making a fairly good living, these ladies your friends so when you step up on have been an Old West. chose the type of person they wanted to stage, you’ve got your own cheering Judge said it best, “This be. It doesn’t mean one or the other was crowd. Let’s make it like the Old West is a fantasy sport,” so whatever role you right. Hey, just listen to the temperance Lizzie Marie, Shotglass, and movies you’ve seen. Those cowboys wish to play, make it your own. During ladies. As far as they were concerned, Justice Lily Kate are in charge would hoot and holler when any the years of the Cowboy Era you had all the Ladies of the Evening were evil. of the Soiled Doves/Parlour woman stepped on stage. And cow- crib girls who were at the bottom of the After a few years of playing the House Madams Costume Contest boys, we hope to see you all there … totem pole simply working to make a Soiled Dove, I was excited to see Cat at END of TRAIL ‘09. Not sure where to go for costume information? Just hit the Internet or Ballou add the Parlor House Madam pull out your good western movies. I Category. Some of us just can’t com- have listed a few here that can help Handlebar Doc pete with these young, good-looking guide you. Still not sure, then drop me Shooting Schools girls and, furthermore, don’t want to! I an email. I’ll be glad to answer any like to think I’ve paid my dues, and questions. [email protected] after working for someone else, it’s my May I suggest the following movies turn to run the “house.” Many just to give you a variety? The Madams simply ran the house and Social Club, Buffalo Girls, made their money off the girls. From Bad Girls, Lonesome Dove, Tombstone what I’ve read, most no longer worked, just to name a few. but if they did, it was a gentleman of Don’t want to compete, but want to their choosing and usually a long- kick back anyway? Dress up, or down, standing suitor. Not all Madams were and just show up. We can always use of the highest class. Like the working extra help in the back room (hee hee). girls, there was a variety. The Sistas hope to see you all on NEW SHOTGUN KNOCK-DOWN TARGET!!! And just so you’ll know, changes Thursday night for the Saloon Girl, Shot at EOT, NE Regional, are coming to the contest for END of Dance Hall Darling, Soiled Dove, or TRAIL 2009! The “Sistas,” Justice Lily Parlor House Madam contest. SW Regional and Mule Camp

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JOEL “DUTCH”DORTCH, SASS #455, RECEIVES “HERO OF THE HEARTLAND”AWA R D PRESENTED BY STATE R BROS.CHARITIES

an Bernardino, CA – Stater Bros. Jack Brown, Chairman and Since 1936 Stater Bros. Markets SCharities presented a “Hero of the CEO of Stater Bros. Markets has been a pillar of support in the com- Heartland” award to Joel “Dutch” and Stater Bros. Charities. munity. Last year, Stater Bros. estab- Dortch, Sunday evening, March 1, Other Heroes of the lished Stater Bros. Charities, a 501 2009 at a Riverside, CA Victoria Club Heartland Award recipients (c)(3) non-profit organization. The Awards Banquet. The Heartland included Debi Faris, founder of purpose of Stater Bros. Charities is to Awards are given to individuals who Garden of Angels, a non-profit give back to the communities Stater exemplify a caring commitment to the organization that has buried Bros. Markets is privileged to serve. community in which they live. Dutch 76 abandoned and unclaimed In 2008, Stater Bros. Charities donat- is Executive Director of the Happy infants from throughout Sou- ed $1.4 million to local causes. Mr. Trails Children’s Foundation in Apple thern California, Lois K. Jack Brown, Chairman and CEO of Valley, CA. The foundation built the Lauer, a long-time realtor and Stater Bros. said, “With an emphasis Cooper Home to provide a safe haven prominent civic-minded citizen on programs that benefit hunger relief, for children-at-risk, who have been from Redlands, CA, and recent- children’s welfare, education for both severely abused. The Cooper Home is ly retired San Bernardino youth and adults, services for the eld- currently operating at maximum County Sheriff Gary Penrod. erly, and care for our Nation’s capacity with a waiting list, providing and 15. A donation of $5,000 was pre- Each award recipient received a dona- Veterans, Stater Bros. Charities will residential care and treatment servic- sented to Dutch on behalf of Happy tion of $5,000 from Stater Bros. be able to help with some of the most es to 44 boys between the ages of 10 Trails Children’s Foundation by Mr. Charities to their favorite charity. critical needs facing this region.” Page 14 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

A MEMORIAL people fleeing religious persecution from countries of the Old World. The STONE preamble to our Constitution and By Cree Vicar Dave, our Constitution both mention God. SASS Life #49907 Our laws were written by God-fear- TG Sucker Creek, Michigan ing men with Christian morals in mind, all written down in the book of t’s the Sunday before Memorial law. And, they set it up in such a IDay 2007. The Vicar’s Wife and I way that allows others the freedom just drove the wagon home from to worship or not worship as they church and turned the team loose. please. And memorial stones were My message today was “A Memorial set up in D.C. to honor godly leaders Stone.” Joshua 24:26-27 says, “And who gained the respect of the people. Joshua recorded these things in the Memorial stones were also set up to Book of the Law of God. Then he honor and remember those who took a large stone and set it up served our Country’s call—those there under the oak near the holy who laid down their lives to protect place of the Lord. ‘See,” he said to our Constitution, our Rights, and all the people, “This stone will be a our Freedoms. witness against us. It has heard all As I sit in the living room the words the Lord has said to us. reflecting on all this, my heart cries. It will be a witness against you if We still have godly people living in you are untrue to your God.” The Cree Vicar Dave our Country. We still have our Israelites had just finished a major Constitution and most of our laws campaign into the Promised Land. turning the team loose are just. We still have Memorial But there would be several more Stones that have heard all that has years of unrest with the enemy of the message I asked all the men hands, and say “thank you,” and taken place through the centuries, before a lengthy peace would come. and women of our congregation honor them for their service. and we still have a good share of our I had a large pudding stone sit- who had served our Country in the We who live in the Rights and Freedoms. But where ting on the altar to hear what went armed forces line the aisle at the of America are truly blessed. Our are the godly leaders? on in Church today. And at the end door so that we could shake their Country was founded by godly, rural (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 15

(Continued from previous page) contempt for the very ones who are Last Friday one of our local maintaining it. They say things heroes who fought and died for our like “the war is lost, I loathe the freedom came home to Standish, military, our servicemen can’t be Michigan to be laid to rest. The trusted, and our troops are terror- people came out to honor him and ists.” These politicians say such his family. Fire trucks were on the things while reaching into the back I-75 overpasses to stop traffic. A pocket of these honorable men and large fire truck from the Standish women to extract their wages. My Fire Department blocked the inter- heart cries because of the shame section of M-61 and M-23. they bring upon our land in their Motorcycle riders showed up, and untruthfulness. people closed shops and lined the As I see it, they are a disgrace streets, holding American Flags to to our Country and have saddled up honor a fallen hero. For a moment to ride with Benedict Arnold. These in time everything came to a halt in honorable soldiers died for the Standish, Michigan. rights and freedom of all. They But not all honor our troops. even died for the unhonorable who Some of the people who work with dishonor our troops as they stand in the Vicar’s Wife did not bother to go the line of fire defending the free- outside to pay homage to the young dom of the ones who call them man even though they enjoy their names and fail to exert the energy freedom. The media was fairly to stand on the sidewalk and hold quiet about getting the word out, an American Flag. but they like the sound of a free The Bible talks of everything press. And many of the United evening out in the end. Thank God States Senators and Represen- for the Memorial Stones that were set tatives and other politicians who up and have heard all the words that are spinally challenged dishonor have been spoken. Those Stones are a our service men and women. They witness against all who are untrue. flaunt their freedom by showing [email protected] Page 16 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

COMING SOON: What Women Wore … A Primer for Cowboy Action Shooting™ Cowgirls

. By Miz Annie Ross, SASS #60919 . Cat Ballou, SASS #55 ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~

or many Cowboy Action reign was Princess Alexandra, Shooting™ competitors, wife of Victoria’s son Edward, the F dressing up is part of the Prince of Wales. ) fun of the sport. Many cowgirls Most historians agree the Era find themselves faced with the of the American Cowboy included dilemma of what to wear, especial- the decades from the 1860’s until ly to banquets or evening events. the turn of the century; therefore, With a little research, we find the the book will examine the styles Cowboy Era and the Victorian Era that were worn during those years. overlap, so Victorian clothing Each chapter will provide should be just right, shouldn’t it? information about a specific Style But … what exactly is it???? and Era and will include a sum- When I created my first mary page at the end: Chapter 2 – Victorian outfit (see photo), it did Hoopskirts of the ‘60’s; Chapter 3 include a fantail skirt and cuirass – The Early Bustle Era: 1869 – bodice from 1879 (thank you, 1876; Chapter 4 – The Natural Truly Victorian), but I wore long Form Era: 1876 – 1882; Chapter 5 ringlets: a hairstyle from the – The Late Bustle Era: 1882 – 1860’s, and a huge brimmed hat 1889; and Chapter 6 – The Hour from the 1890’s. Oops … I had a Glass Figure of the ‘90’s. A final bit more to learn! That’s how the chapter will focus on the dress of idea for my upcoming book, Pioneer Women. “What Women Wore: A Primer for Some of what I learned does- Cowboy Action Shooting™ Cow- n’t apply to just one era, so that girls,” was born. The book will additional information is included not be a fashion tome because I in the Appendix. This informa- am not a fashion historian. BUT, tion about shoes, the Hispanic I would like to share what I’ve influence, and mourning attire, learned with other Cowboy spans the eras. Action Shooting™ cowgirls in a As in most primers, a glossary simple format and that’s what is also included and a list of refer- this book will be about. Miz Annie Ross and husband, Tensleep, SASS #5756. ences for anyone who wants to So, let’s begin with a brief his- find out more. tory lesson: artist. His fashion ideas set the activity for wealthy Easterners, I plan to feature other The Victorian Era refers to the standard for design. For the next they wore these new fashions to Cowboy Action Shooting™ cow- years 1837 through 1901 when hundred years, Parisian haute cou- towns where they’d not been seen, girls and their gowns as illustra- Queen Victoria ruled the British ture designs dominated the world but were soon eagerly re-created. tions … at least on the CD ver- Empire. Before that time, men had of fashion. These designs made Victorian Attire does not then sion. (Color illustrations are been the focus of fashion, but with their way to America, and the refer to just one style. When we REALLY expensive in a book!) a queen in power, that began to European designs were re-created refer to Victorian Attire, we are Most of my writing is done, and change. The role of a wife became in the cities of the East. Fashion actually talking about the many I’m exploring publishing options to show off her husband’s status magazines and fashion plates, different styles that came and and hope to have copies in print and wealth with her wardrobe and though sometimes out-of-date went during Queen Victoria’s and on CD available soon. Here’s her appearance. The Englishman when they reached our shores (and reign. (Actually, Queen Victoria hoping YOU will find this book Charles Frederick Worth estab- even further out-of-date when they herself dressed in mourning fol- interesting, fun, and helpful! lished his first fashion house in reached western towns) helped lowing Prince Consort Albert’s (I have asked Miz Annie Ross to Paris in 1858. He was the first cou- spread these design ideas. As trav- death in 1861, so the real royal publish upcoming chapters of her turier, a dressmaker considered an el became a popular leisure-time influence on dress for much of her book in the Chronicle … Cat) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 17 Page 18 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 Coyote With Coyote Calhoun Droppings PUT SASS UNIVERSITY CLASSES ON YOUR END OF TRAIL

“TO DO”LIST By Coyote Calhoun, SASS #201

entertainment, action, and fun. classes. Action classes will be The activities range from shooting offered on Tuesday between 1:00 Traveling To the Wild Bunch match, Plainsman PM and 4:00 PM. Mounted class- END of TRAIL? match, Mounted matches, the es will be offered on Tuesday and n an effort to help shooters usual array of side matches, team Wednesday. This year’s schedule travel easier we are allowing matches, and couples matches, is as follows: I END of TRAIL participants to along with the World Champion- Shooting Duelist Style ship their to the ship. One other activity that 3 Hours Credit SASS Office in . You should be high on your list are the Tuesday, June 23rd MUST pick up your ammunition Coyote Calhoun, SASS #201 SASS University Classes. 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at the SASS Office by Wednesday The SASS University Classes June 24th. DO NOT SHIP are designed to provide consis- The class covers shooting FIREARMS! Please use the fol- ND of TRAIL is getting tent training in shooting and the Duelist style, the transitions and lowing address and make sure close, and it is time to start mental aspects of the game. nuances associated with this style your name is on the box. E planning your trip. Fuel SASS University classes are of shooting. The instructor is SASS prices are half what they were last offered in Action and Mounted Nuttin’ Graceful. Nuttin’ is sea- Attn: Member Services year, which that should help with shooting. The classes offered at soned in the Duelist style of 215 Cowboy Way the pocketbook. So, if you have END of TRAIL are concise and to shooting having won multiple Edgewood, NM 87015 not signed up for END of TRAIL, it the point. You will learn more in championships in the Category. (505) 843-1320 is not too late! This year’s sched- these three-hour classes than The cost for the class is $45. ule is a full seven days of shooting, you will learn in most full day (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 19

(Continued from previous page) Shooting Double Barrels Shooting the Wild Bunch Beginning Mounted Shooter Shooting 3 Hours Credit Match Clinic 3 Hours Credit Tuesday, June 23rd 3 Hours Credit Tuesday, June 23rd Tuesday, June 23rd 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Tuesday, June 23rd 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Class covers shooting double bar- 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM This clinic is for first time This class covers shooting the This class covers shooting rel shotguns and transitions associat- shooters. It assumes you have 1911 and how it relates to the Wild Gunfighter style, the transitions ed with this firearm. The instructor is horseback riding and basic gun T-Bone Dooley. T-Bone is one of the Bunch Matches. Also covered are safety skills. We acclimate your and nuances associated with this magazine changes and Wild Bunch style of shooting. The instructor is best Double shooters in SASS today. horse to gunfire and balloons and He has won numerous awards shoot- Rules. The instructor is World teach basic mounted Shooting Half-A-Hand Henri. Half-A-Hand Champion Evil Roy. If you are inter- is a seasoned Gunfighter, having ing in the Classic Cowboy Category. Skills. This class is taught by SASS The cost for the class is $45. ested in the Wild Bunch Matches, this 2006 World Champion, Express- won numerous championships is the class to take. Cost is $45. shooting this category. The cost for man. Blanks and balloons are pro- the class is $45. Transitions You Make the Call vided for horse acclimation to gun- 3 Hours Credit 3 Hours Credit fire. Additional blanks are avail- Shoot Smarter, not Harder Tuesday, June 23rd Tuesday, June 23rd able onsite for purchase. The cost 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM 3 Hours Credit 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM for the class is $45. Tuesday, June 23rd This class teaches students how to The class covers transitions 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM apply specific SASS rules and how they between guns. This is the segment of apply to penalties. The instructor is Sharp Shooter Mounted The class covers stage evalua- the game in which a competitor can Pale Wolf Brunelle, a member of the Shooting Clinic tion, physiological aspects of shoot- save the most time. More time is SASS RO Committee and RO Instructor. Wednesday, June 24th ing, how to practice, and dry firing. spent picking-up, laying-down, and The cost for the class is $30. 9:00 AM The class instructors are Calvin N. holstering than is spent shooting. Beginning Mounted Shooter SASS 2006 World Champion, Hobbs and Barbary Coast. Both of The instructor is JT Wild. JT is the Expressman, has designed a clinic to these instructors are at the top of 2008 National Champion and has Clinic Tuesday, June 23rd take any Mounted Shooter to the next their game and have won numerous won numerous other matches and 9:00 AM to Noon level. Practice techniques, correcting awards. The cost for the class is $45. category wins. The cost is $45. common mistakes, stage reading, and This clinic is for new shooters in course negotiation to shave seconds off Divisions 1 and 2. It assumes you have your raw time are all covered. Don’t VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM horseback riding and basic gun safety skills. We acclimate your horse to gunfire miss this exclusive, hands-on clinic. and balloons and teach basic Mounted This clinic will use the Warm-up Match GIVE TO THE Shooting skills. This class is taught by to take advantage of actual match SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION SASS 2006 World Champion, stages and competition. Blanks and balloons are provided for clinic work. (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) Expressman. Blanks and balloons are provided for horse acclimation to gunfire. Additional blanks are available on site MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! Additional blanks are available onsite for for purchase. The cost for the class is purchase. The cost for the class is $45. $100 plus the Warm-Up fees. Page 20 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

IS SASS DOING ing over, and changing SASS more I know none of this comes as any that are smart do the same thing. into just a shooting contest. surprise to you. They are just my We’re all committed to the competi- THE RIGHT Maybe because my first center observations after 14 years of tion aspect of our game at the high- fire revolver was a Colt SAA .45, Cowboy Action Shooting™, END of est levels, but SASS continues to be THING? and my first center fire rifle was an TRAIL (in CA), four different unique … even our “everyday” partic- ex, as usual, your February ‘09 original M1873 Winchester .44-40, Regionals, three different state ipants are welcomed and encour- Tcolumn, “Is SASS Doing the both in 1961, and my heroes were championships, and several local aged to shoot in the big matches … Right Thing?” was thought provok- always cowboys, I take a rather dim clubs in NY and PA. I know this is and they’d best be having a good ing. I think one way to explain what view of some of the shenanigans, small potatoes compared to all the time doing it. Smart Match Direc- has happened to SASS is what the and outfits, you see at state and traveling you do, but at least it shows tors know they’re in the entertain- Statler Brothers said in their song, regional matches. I have been around a little in my ment business, not the competition “Whatever happened to Randolph I’ve always been big on cos- time. I have enjoyed SASS and the business … Editor in Chief) Scott, Gene and Tex, and Roy and tumes. Besides military, a lot of sport of Cowboy Action Shooting™ Rex ...” They all faded away, and so them are based on TV and “A” west- immensely, and intend to continue are the old timers in SASS, who grew ern characters. Occasionally, some- doing so, as long as I am able. ENJOYED up with them. one recognizes me, which is enjoy- Keep up the good work! Leafing through The Cowboy able. For the most part, however, Lawdog Ranger, BRUCE DERN Chronicle, you see more SASS num- most newer shooters care little about SASS Life #9539 ARTICLE bers in the 40, 50, 60, and 70,000 costumes, and show it by what they Cheektowaga, NY range, than you do below 10,000, as wear (or don’t bother to wear). (Yes, the times are changing … and enjoyed the recent article on the authors of articles. The newer, and I do, however, feel the true roots it’s up to all of us to “hold the line” Icareer of Bruce Dern; however, no especially younger folks (in their of SASS are alive and well at local for as long as we can. New folks discussion of his body of work is com- 40’s, not to mention anyone that is a club level, at the monthly shoots, at with different backgrounds will see plete without mention of his portray- teenager), did not grow up with least they are here in New York. things differently than those of us al of the hapless Joe Danby in western movies, the Code of the Local shoots are a lot more laid back. who grew up with the B-Westerns “Support Your Local Sheriff.” The West, and a love of Western history There are always “top guns,” but and TV cowboys (by the way, just as scene where he discovers James and lore. Most shooters I talk with most shooters are just social shoot- we see things differently than those Garner has lied to him about his gun know little, if anything, about the ers, there to have fun, and enjoy “old timers” who actually grew up in being unloaded is priceless! history of the West. On top of that, shooting the stages with old timey the Old West!). Most local matches Old Doc, they know very little about Western guns. To me, SASS has evolved into continue to stress the “fun” of the SASS #12205 movies. The next generation is tak- two entities, local, and “big match.” past time … and those “big matches” Providence Forge, VA May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 21 Page 22 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

COSTUMING of shooting these Old West guns, but allow those who will never win a Shoot, and it was incredible! I was also with being able to dress the part, shooting award to shine, to have their transported back in time to experi- REDEUX to play cowboy again. Before SASS I fifteen minutes of fame. There was a ence what it must have been like in had always wondered why there gentleman at one time back in the 1876 defending your homestead ear Editor, here is the problem: couldn’t be an Old West type of event day, I’m not sure who it was, but he against miscreants attacking you in DLocal clubs are not promoting the similar to the Mountain Men, who said SASS shooters look like either the moonlight. And, I traveled back second, and just as important part of had been doing Rendevous for years. undertakers or duck hunters. That to the early 1990’s, to memories of SASS—of course, I am referring to SASS to the rescue. In those first used to be true. Now there are a my first few SASS matches. costuming. Clubs take for granted Handbooks, it was always up front plethora of great costumes out there. It was dark, and the targets the costuming part of a monthly that this was about costuming as Let’s start recognizing the costumes were back-lit by fires burning down- shoot. Our outfit, the Colter’s Hell much as anything. So here’s what on the local level for what they are, as range. Simple stage instructions, Justice Committee is not without needs to be done to get back to basics, much as we recognize the great shoot- and NO TIMER! fault in that regard, either. IMHO: Start having costume con- ers for their accomplishments. Then I Hearing all the hooting, holler- It was with much interest I read tests more frequently at local club think you will see less people show up ing, laughing, and most importantly, several missives in The Cowboy monthly matches, but especially at in the bare minimum at the national the sheer joy in folk’s voices made Chronicle about costuming for Cowboy annual matches. level. But if they do, they deserve me remember why I play cowboy and Action Shooting™, both SASS and The Colter’s Hell Justice Com- nothing less than a good chapping! the reason why we play this game— local. The opinions about shooters mittee is planning a special contest Lucky Bill Thorington, to have fun with your friends. showing up at events with the bare for the wildest, but period correct, SASS Life #765 Shooting guns is icing on the minimum to shoot, or back in their pants on the men, and something Powell, WY cake. Shooting guns at night, with “civies” for awards and such, especial- unique for the ladies, to be announced. belches of flame and sparks lighting ly caught my attention. Then, have one of your “best dressers” up the range, is having seconds and In the February issue of The be the judge. In our case it’ll be Camp FANTASTIC thirds of that same great cake. Cowboy Chronicle there were seven Cookie, SASS #19773. Some of you WINTER RANGE If any of you were at the match matches featured. Of those seven, may remember him always in the red and didn’t come out to watch, you only one, the Minnesota State underwear. He was our inspiration NIGHT SHOOT! missed something special. You also Championship, listed the winners of a for the pants contest. missed the chance to watch a .45-70 costume contest. I remember back Cat Ballou is an excellent pro- While at Winter Range 2009, I light up the night sky. when I first discovered SASS, when moter of costuming at the national traveled back in time. We all had fun, and that’s what the hair was still there, not to men- level. It needs to be done at the local Larsen E. Pettifogger and Dan it’s really all about! tion the eyes. It was at that time I level also. Diamond came up with a crazy idea Hedley Lamarr, SASS #14478 became excited about the proposition You see, the costuming contests of putting on a Blackpowder Night Kent, WA May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 23

CHAINFIRE mal manner. I always use a .454 der are very “underpowered’ MOCCASINS ball instead of .451 for .44 cal., as because there is no barrel to hold LETTER this makes for a tighter fitting bul- the gas pressure. The round(s) go NOT let. It also provides a bit more downrange, because that’s the ALLOWED? remember reading in The Cowboy lead as a seal, and provides a little direction the revolver is pointing. IChronicle a few months ago about more lead to take the rifling better, Most of the time the chain fire is recently read in The Cowboy a cowboy who did a kind of experi- just my idea. In loading one cylin- from front ignition, as in this case IChronicle wearing moccasins is not ment with a percussion pistol. I der (five shots), I was distracted … that’s why it’s basically “safe” to allowed in competition. I hope if he don’t remember what the model and FORGOT to put in my sealant. charge a sixth chamber and cap were still alive, Jay Silverheels was, either a Colt or a Remington. I took shot #1, no problem, #2 no only five to accommodate a one- (Tonto) doesn’t show up. He would He stated he had always thought problem, #3 no problem, #4 bang – round reload. It is possible for the be eliminated! that the concern over chain fires bang!! Surprise, surprise! Got a round in the 6 o’clock position to go SASS rules that only authentic was over rated, and that he was crossfire on the 5th chamber. It off, and that one can sometimes costumes are “requested?” I don’t going to see if he could make one didn’t come from the rear, as some lock up the cylinder because the recall in any western, even “B,” occur. He fired several cylinders of have suggested, because the cap ball doesn’t “come clean” from the where the hero or bad guy was wear- .44 cal., without using any grease was intact. I could see the marks gun. For the most part, the biggest ing a shotgun belt over his belly, or lube to seal the cylinders, and of the bullet, and its powder stains downside is the shooter has just above his pistol belt. A bandoleer, did not have a problem with igni- just forward of the cylinder. By lost a shot … and that means a yes; two belts above each other, no. tion of any of the loaded rounds. I the way, shooting from about 12 “miss!” Having said all this, when Kidd Kaiser, believe he used the recommended yards, both bullets hit the target! shooting a revolving rifle, it’s SASS #33669 sized ball for the model he tested. That surprised me. I’ve thought always a good idea to keep both Sturtevant, WI He did get a good deal of leading in several times I was fortunate all of hands behind the cylinder … just (Go back and read the Handbook the barrel. the chambers didn’t go off on the in case! … Editor in Chief) again … moccasins are not allowed I thought at the time it was first shot. Needless to say, I will in B-Western or in Classic Cowboy. reassuring he did not experience be more careful in the future to ADVERTISING Otherwise, they’re fine. However, I’ve any problems. Maybe it was an make sure lube seals all cylinders. INFORMATION asked why Indian costumes are not overblown situation, but I still Delap Dave, allowed in B-Western … never gotten used a sealant on my pistols, just SASS #49775 ASK FOR an answer … Editor in Chief.) to make sure. Went to the range Huntsville, AL DONNA • (714) 694-1800 one day with a percussion Colt (It is an overrated problem. The (EXT. 118) clone and was shooting in my nor- rounds that come out of the cylin- Page 24 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

THE DODGE CITY WAR

By Tennessee Jack Sledger, SASS #65872

he telegram was from Wyatt Saloon, with as a Long Branch. Vehemently protesting singers for the Long Branch. When TEarp. He wanted Tennessee Jack major investor, just as the new polit- her innocence, the poor girl was those ladies were also jailed on the Sledger to come to , Colorado. ical machine took over. hauled off to the hoosegow. The same trumped up charges, he went Earp intended to put on a big show, The flamboyant Short was some- mayor met her there and offered to gunning for the arresting officer. No but it would not tour the nation as an thing of a showman himself. He sent drop the immorality charge if she one was hurt in the ensuing shoot- entertainment extravaganza like back East and hired a beautiful and would agree to perform at the Alamo. out, but Short was run out of town. ’s Wild West. It would talented young lady named Lillie Otherwise, she would languish in jail Masterson wired in play for a small, designated audience. Worthington to sing and play piano for ninety days and then be kicked out Silverton as “the only man who could Bat Masterson and his friend, in his establishment. She was an of town. Lillie Worthington was a get a square shake in Dodge.” , had been run out of immediate sensation; a tall magnifi- trained singer and musician hoping to Evidently, Earp was incensed by Dodge City by a newly elected cently endowed red head that sang break into the big time. Dodge City the brazen corruption and decided to “Reform Party” that had campaigned like an angel. Short’s gorgeous enter- was an important entertainment take a hand in the matter on Luke on the promise of ridding the town of tainer packed the Long Branch with venue where notable stage perform- Short’s behalf. He sent wires to men “undesirable elements in the socie- audiences anxious to see her and lis- ers like Eddy Foy and other vaude- he knew to be square shooters for ty.” In actuality, the new bosses’ ten to the new “Ragged-Time” music. ville greats appeared regularly. Her assistance. His list included the best objective was to grab exclusive con- This greatly annoyed his honor the appearance at the Long Branch had gunhands in the West such as trol of the saloon and “sportin’” busi- mayor and the “reform” league. seemed to be the big opportunity , Texas Jack ness and eliminate all competition. A few evenings after her new Lillie wanted, but the phony charge Vermillion, a young fellow with a The new mayor was Ab Webster, show opened, city police raided the would ruin her reputation and growing “rep” called Blaze owner of the Alamo Saloon. In a Long Branch and arrested the horri- destroy her career. She unwillingly Crittenden, Tennessee Jack Sledger, wonderful example of bad timing, fied chanteuse on a charge of moral accepted Webster’s offer and soon and the Change brothers, Loose and Luke Short had just bought an inter- turpitude that had suddenly become became a star attraction at the Alamo. No. Those two were famed on the est in the famous Long Branch illegal in Dodge City, and only at the Luke Short next hired two new (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 25

(Continued from previous page) While Wyatt was arranging for “Stand and deliver!” No Change without a single shot being fired and border as Los Hermanos Muy Locos. an executive session meeting of city cried. only a few noses broken. Charlie Bat Masterson and council, Jack, Bassett, Blaze, the That terrified Miss Worthington Bassett was appointed town mar- would also join the group. These Change Boys, and Holliday went to who was just emerging from a large shal. Ten days later Wyatt Earp “regulators” all met in Denver and the Alamo Saloon. Webster was less brass bound bathtub. She dropped returned to Silverton and the other took a train to Dodge City. than cordial to the deputy mar- her large towel, to be revealed in all regulators went their ways. Lillie All police in Dodge were con- shals. When asked about the her pulchritudinous splendor. Worthington chose Jack Sledger over trolled, in one way or another, by the whereabouts of Miss Worthington, “Now, Y’see,” Loose Change Bret Maverick to escort her back mayor and were in effect, Webster’s he replied it was none of their busi- yelled to his brother. “I can’t take East, effusively grateful for having private goon squads. Bad Water Bob, ness. Just then, the mayor was you no where!” been spared what proper Victorians a deputy town , was known summoned to a special meeting of “Stand and deliver,” No Change considered “a fate worse than death.” to be the only honest lawman in the town council. A nattily dressed repeated more loudly than before. “I Jack accompanied the beautiful red- town. When Earp’s men arrived, poker dealing gambler warned the like that line, okay?” head to New York City where, Bad Water was waiting for them. deputies they had better watch out At the council meeting, Wyatt through his extensive connections on Wyatt asked Bob to deputize his reg- for Webster because, in addition to Earp dictated the terms by which free Broadway, gained by his years as a ulators, which would permit them to being an outrageous card cheat, he enterprise would return to Dodge City. part of Buffalo Bill Cody’s stage carry their guns legally. Bad Water carried concealed guns. Holliday Over the mayor’s objections, those shows, and the young lady’s talent, swore them all in and handed out replied he hoped Webster would terms were accepted. Luke Short she got a starring role on the stage. badges, saying it was high time make a play because he never would be allowed to return, and the From the depths of despair, Miss Dodge was cleaned up again. Wyatt’s “cared for his presence, anywhere.” Dodge City Peace Commission would Lillie became the happiest girl on boys went right to work patrolling The gambler amiably intro- be established to develop an effective, Earth, and Jack thought he had the streets. In very short order, the duced himself as Bret Maverick. honest, and incorruptible force of found a wonderful romance. other marshal’s deputies, town con- He said Lillie Worthington was police officers. Earp was selected as Least-ways, that’s th’ way stables, and sheriff’s deputies had being held prisoner in a room chairman of that commission, which they tell it on th’ trail. taken a hiatus. The townspeople upstairs. Webster intended to force included some of his regulators, Bat (This alias business can allow you to greeted Earp and his men like her into doing terrible things for Masterson and Luke Short. play real fast and loose with actual heroes returning to the rescue. customers with very expensive The Dodge City War was over history, as in this tale!) Tennessee Jack, Blaze Critten- tastes. Maverick had been trying to den, and Charlie Bassett went to devise a plan to rescue her when VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM release the girl singers from jail. the regulators arrived. Jack and Sledger, who was trained in the law, the Change Boys went upstairs to had obtained a writ of habeas corpus find the lady in distress while Doc, GIVE TO THE for their release, citing lack of due Charlie, Crittenden, and Maverick process in their arrest. Doc Holliday watched the saloon. The very sight SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION went along to provide the necessary of the Change Brothers scared (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) element of meanness. Money was away the thugs on guard, and Jack quickly raised to send the two hap- kicked in a door and they charged MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! less girls back East on the next train in to free the girl. Page 26 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

THE KID AND THE GRUMPY OLD MAN

By Doc Murdock, SASS #21344

grew up in the small Southern Monday morning trash man. Well warmed over. He motioned me over actors who had used them. The time ICalifornia town of Sunland in the like they say, “one man’s trash is and said, “Sit down and listen,” so passed like water down a creek, but 50’s and 60’s. Sunny days, fun times, another man’s treasure,” so I figured that’s just what I did. He pointed to a before long there was my mom stand- and cool cars should have been a kid’s to latch onto these beauty’s. pile of old Gun Digest books stacked ing in the street callin’ me home. He dreams, but they were not mine! My As I commenced to stuffin’ them next to the bench and said, “You like told me to take those books and to friends were playing their rock and into my book bag, out the door came guns, kid? I mustered a trembling come back when I had more time. roll and the Beach Boys, but I spent that old man raisin’ holy hell. Well “Yes sir,” and he replied, “Me too!” He Well my mom was surely shaken my time listening to Frankie Laine dang it, I dropped those volumes and said he owned the “Valley Gun Shop” when I stepped into the house. She lit and Marty Robbins, and cuttin’ my ran as fast as my chubby legs would up on Sunland Blvd, but because of into me and told me to never go any- teeth on those TV westerns and carry me. his health, he had shut ‘er down long where near that old man again. I movies. Many a day I spent drifting On the way back home from ago. I had passed by this store many asked, “Why mom? What’s wrong away dreaming of the Old West, of school that afternoon I was apprehen- a time looking through the dust and with him?” She replied, “He’s got being a cowboy out on the trail, or a sive and scared to pass by his house cobwebs trying to see if anything was tuberculosis and don’t you ever go gunfighter blue smokin’ up a frontier again, but it was my only way to get left other than the old sign outside. near him again!” Now not knowing bar. This was my life and times! back home. So, I put my head down He told me in the day it was a fine just what that disease was and being It’s hard understanding just what and cut my path for my house. Just as gun store that catered to patrons of young and dumb, I went back. drew me to that house up the street I reached his driveway, a scratchy the Old West! Oh Lord; now he had Our next meeting he asked me if from where I lived. It was old, dark, voice called out, “Hey kid, if ya want- my full attention! I asked, “Tell me I wanted to see some of his collection and run down, and the grumpiest old ed the books, why didn’t you just ask?” more,” and he did! He spoke of Colts and artifacts from the Old West. “Yes stick of a man you’d ever had seen That stopped me dead in my tracks. and Winchesters and LC Smith shot- sir,” crossed my lips so fast I didn’t lived there. On my way to school one And as I turned around, there guns and told me stories of shining even think about the other thing. He day, I happened to notice a stack of stood the old man suckin’ on a butt. times in the Old West. first showed me the prop guns he had Gun Digest books in the top of his He couldn’t have been a 100 lbs soak- He told me of making prop guns made. They were aluminum sand trashcans waiting to be pickup by the ing wet and looked like death for Hollywood and the movies and (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 27

(Continued from previous page) sir’ rang out loud and clear! As time casts of original Colt pistols, passed and I grew up, I would take Patterson’s, Wells Fargo, Navy’s, my earnings from my paper routes Army’s, and 1873’s and buy every pistol he would copy. He said if I came back tomorrow He once asked me if I wanted to he was making a cast of a very rare see something that only a few had Colt pistol, and I could watch. So the ever seen, and he took me into a back next day there I was, wondering just room, kind of a library, full of dusty what gun it could be. A snappy books and old cowboy gear. Sitting on dressed gentleman pulled up in his a shelf was a long leather rectangle driveway in a Caddy and stepped out box. He blew the dust off the top of carrying a wooden box. We all went the box, and I could see the Colt around back of the old man’s house to emblem embossed dead center, brand- his shop, and he grabbed a wooden ed into the leather. Opening it frame box and started prepping the seemed to take forever, but the wait sand for the casting. The gentleman was worth it! Two Colt Buntlines was cautioning the old man to be ever with nickel skeleton stocks were so careful with his prize pistol! Then, tucked away in purple velvet bedding. he opened the box and produced an He told me they were the best of the original ! It was wonder- best, and they were a matched set! I ful, and what a massive chunk of iron. was told to never tell a soul what I The impression cast was made had seen, and I have kept that prom- and the liquid was poured while the ise ‘till today. That was back in 1960! gentleman was busy dissembling and The years passed and so did he, cleaning the Walker. The old man and in 1967 my family moved from made this first copy, but it came out California to Colorado. I often have minus the top part of the hammer, wondered what had become of that and he cussed up a storm, but made a pair of pistols and his wonderful col- second one and it came out perfect. lection of the Old West. The impres- The old man reached into his pocket sions he left with me and the prop and pulled out a wad of bills and gave guns I had bought are all that it to the gentleman, while grumbling remains of my time spent with this that it was way too much money, but old man. it was worth it! As I look back, the risks I took Looking over his shoulder, the old were spooky! But the things we did, man asked me, “Hey kid, ya want the the stories he shared, and the love of first one?” Well there was no hesita- the Old West and the firearms that tion on my part, as a resounding ‘yes made it famous made it all worth it! Page 28 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

WINCHESTER CARBINES . AND CINCO DE MAYO . By Holden Winchester, SASS #70357

n 1860, Mexico was struggling to Austria, was proclaimed Emperor the post of prime minister, but the .44-40, or Winchester WCF, intro- Imake interest payments on a large Maximilian I of Mexico on April 10, Juárez refused. duced in 1873. It has a 200-grain loan it had secured in Europe. After 1864 with the backing of the French From his government-in-exile round in front of 40 grains of black- Mexico defaulted in 1861, Spain, Emperor Napoleon III and a group of near the U.S. border, Juarez set up powder. The 44 Henry round was Great Britain, and France combined Mexican conservatives. an armed resistance movement. He manufactured from 1860 to 1934 and forces to seize the Veracruz customs Juarez and the Mexican govern- ordered 1,000 Winchester Model early on, Colt made revolvers cham- house in December 1861. Spain and ment-in-exile fled north, first to San 1866 carbines in .44 Henry rimfire bered for it. Britain soon withdrew, but France Luis Potosí, then to Paso del Norte, caliber, along with 500 cartridges per The Juárez forces paid $57,000 used this financial situation as an now called Ciudad Juárez, across the gun. This model was the first in silver coin for the carbines excuse for a full-scale invasion of from El Paso, Texas. firearm to bear the Winchester ordered from Winchester. The Mexico. The French were successful After that, the government was name, and it became one of the most frames were inscribed with, “R.M.” at first, but on May 5, 1862, at the moved to Ciudad Chihuahua. popular firearms of the mid-19th which stood for “Republic of Mexico.” city of Puebla, Mexican forces were Juarez sent General Plácido Vega y century. Production ended in 1898 Today, “Juarez Winchesters” are very able to defeat the larger and better Daza to California to rally support after approximately 175.000 Model valuable collectors items. armed French army. The French for the Republic among the 1866 were made. Abraham Lincoln had great sym- soon recovered from this setback, Mexicans there and the . The .44 rimfire cartridge was pathy for the Mexican Republic, but and in 1863, French Emperor Cinco de Mayo began to be celebrat- rather anemic by today’s standards, was busy trying to save his own Napoleon III overthrew the Mexican ed in California at that time. but it would do fine for SASS events. republic. However, he quickly gave government of Benito Juarez. Maximilian, who was a liberal with A 200-grain round, flat nosed slug diplomatic recognition to the Juárez Maximilian von Habsburg, a Mexican nationalist sympathies, was pushed along by 26 to 28 grains government-in-exile. He tried to younger brother of the Emperor of offered Juárez amnesty, and later of blackpowder. Compare that with (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 29

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(Continued from previous page) military court. He died by firing help with weapons and funding for squad later in 1867, five years after the Mexican forces, but was thwart- the Cinco de Mayo Battle of Puebla. ed by Congress. Then, he reputedly Cinco de Mayo is still celebrated had the Army “lose” some weapons mainly in California, but in recent and supplies near the border with years, it has caught on in other bor- Mexico. General der states of the U.S. and Mexico, helped confirm this when he wrote in and it is celebrated in the Mexican his journal about how he “misplaced” State of Puebla. It is a time when 30,000 close to Mexico. The folks living in the Southwestern U.S. U.S. and others put diplomatic pres- recognize the country that once sure on France, who also was having ruled this territory and to honor troubles at home. They began Mexican customs. Of course, it is pulling out of Mexico in late 1866. mostly a time to have a few beers, to The last of Maximilian’s forces were have some Mexico food, and to sing defeated in 1867. Maximilian was some rowdy border ballads. Salud y captured and sentenced to death by a Dinero, Amigos.

Page 30 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 i KID’S KORRAL i The Effects of America’s Western Geography By Lori Dani Dixie, SASS Life #1695

changed houses, have basically THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION – It started with the Spanish stayed in the same four hour radius What are the effects of America’s Conquistadors. An excellent example as the rest of their extended family western geography? is Columbus’s journals. In Cien Años (having the extended family to sup- What about American geography de Soledad (A Hundred Years of port childrearing is essential—and is distinctly “American?” How is the Solitude) by Garcia Marquez, the can’t be replaced I’ve found). Most geography of the West different than author mimics the beyond-all-believ- families are able to finagle a once in that of the East? How has the ing grand descriptions of the New Lori Dani Dixie, SASS Life #1695 a lifetime vacation to a cool destina- United States been shaped by geog- World. Or, in Lewis & Clark’s Photo by Major Photography tion (i.e., Disney World, the beach, raphy? What do cowboys have to do reports, the natives kept telling them the ski resort), but there are very with geography? about BIG mountains they’d have to few of America’s modern youth who THE LESSON – Geography shapes cross—and Lewis & Clark kept say- BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE – are well traveled in the kind of “live- culture ing they already knew about big destinations, not the trip it-as-you-go” pace that earlier gener- Some historians argue all histo- mountains as they already crossed our student probably knows “it’s ations were forced to use. We get ry (life) is an expression of geogra- the Appalachians. (If you have not Ya big world out there.” American there fast (airplanes, interstates). phy (or all human communication is personally visited to compare the society has been mobile from its very No one I have ever met, of any age, based on economics). Blanket gener- Rockies to the Appalachians—you inception, and there are many fami- seems to think that the five day (one alities are too inclusive, but do iden- need to do that in this lifetime—or lies who have moved several times to driver) cross-country road trips my tify major influencing forces. The look at the art of the Gene Autry very different locales (like “military family made twice each summer vast geography of the West still Western Heritage Museum in Los brats”), but there are also many fam- (there and back) are anywhere near defines who we are as : it’s Angeles.) On the American conti- ilies that, while they may have the scope of normal. bigger than life—like cowboy heroes. (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 31 (Continued from previous page) towards ports), shape population nents you can always add an “-er.” density and settlement patterns— Giant Sequoias, the Grand Canyon, where cities are (people need access the Great Salt Lake, these things are to water). geography is all real! It’s all extreme. The X- about the rise of suburbs—space and games weren’t made in China! resources plentiful enough for cities It’s easy to forget that our nation to spread. The West has the misfor- really is way bigger than almost any tune of being in the Rockies’ long other in outright distances. A trip rain shadow—less water = fewer from our own East Coast to the West rivers. Cities are more concentrated Coast demonstrates this. When I (less suburbs until recent history) was a kid, European friends visiting and more spread out in the West the States were motorcycling the (compare , Denver, and country (an excellent way to see it). St. Louis to Boston, Philadelphia, They arrived in New York and told and Washington, DC). Where the us they’d see us (in California) in two water does flow, it flows with force days. My dad tried to explain they (e.g., the made the wouldn’t, but they had a map and Grand Canyon). That forceful water said they would. On day four, they is the secret to the cheap electricity called to tell us they wouldn’t make (i.e., hydroelectric power from it. The need to cover our national Hoover Dam) that enabled our colos- distance started with walking (six to sal production in WWII. We pro- eight months on the ), duced enough to fight and decisively which clearly took too long. The leg- win a war on two seas. The fact we endary (the inception have two shores to protect creates of Buffalo Bill Cody’s claim to fame), our need to have and maintain a all about bridging distance quickly, world-dominating navy—more geog- was soon followed by the train and raphy in action. telegraph (and students don’t always How do cowboys reflect geogra- know that they were built together). phy? The ruggedness of the western But even the train wasn’t sufficient, land is definitely reflected in the cow- as it couldn’t go everywhere, so next boy (weathered face, hardy gear). were cars and trucks—which are so Distance usually creates isolation, important to American opportunity which engenders the need for ingenu- that during the , ity. Sounds like a cowboy to me. The when families lost everything, they drive to dispel isolation, to become a made sure they kept their wheels. unified nation (especially in the The interstate system (a genius mil- Gilded Age, right after the Civil War) itary plan—except they don’t get to pushed communication (back to the use it) enabled the fabled road trip— telegraph & Pony Express) and trans- an American Experience (not still portation (back to the railroad and relevant? I guess you didn’t see the our modern economy). People have movie, Cars). always worried about their kin— The vast space was claimed/ needed to know they were OK even if parceled by the 1862 Homestead Act they moved away—as Americans to give everyone a piece of the pie usually did/do. The vast distances of (Jeffersonian Democracy: if citizens the West that separated families are don’t have something to lose, they still here—and we all still want to be won’t participate). A cross-country connected to each other (follow airplane flight will show you those telegraphs to cell phones). The big- 160-acre parcels still clearly ness / grandness / vastness / spacious- inscribed on the land, in nice square ness / extremeness of the West still rows. That’s geography in action. defines Americans. We still pursue the “American INDEPENDENT PRACTICE – Dream” of home ownership—usual- travel ly a house with a yard. The house I Times are tight, and we keep grew up in in Southern California (a talking about lower match atten- WWII tract home with an 8’ x 14’ dance because people can’t come as grassy spot) seemed “only possible far (expense). I urge you to remem- in America” to our foreign exchange ber there is no better way to learn student. The geography of space/ than by being there. My experience vastness has become a legacy and is travel is the best classroom. Take expectation of ownership. your kids, or borrow somebody else’s A major difference in western kids, and go somewhere (like a cow- and eastern US geography is the dis- boy shoot) within your expense lim- tribution of water—river systems its. If you write, I’ll tell you where especially. The East has more major we found playgrounds (kids MAKE water ways (i.e., Mississippi, you slow down). And hey, you don’t Chesapeake, Hudson). Rivers, being really know a person until you’ve nature’s highways (carving paths spent five days locked in a car with through mountains, always moving them—trust me! For AD Rates

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SIDEKICKS & HEAVIES Honoring the Saddle Buddies and the Bad Guys who helped make Saturday Matinees so Goldurned FUN!

By Whooper Crane, SASS # 52745

at all. This month’s hero know him as Bill wanted to become a big Burnett, the head wran- name opera performer. gler on the popular Spin That handsome, red- & Marty series, while us headed trooper in the cowboy shooters call him photo above (with bud- by his SASS alias, dies and Abilene Kid (his role in John Agar) yearned for a Three Godfathers). So Whooper Crane, career on the operatic much for names, what SASS #52745 stage with big-voice guys about Dobe’s career? Mug shot by Deadeye Al like Lawrence Tibbett. Because he grew up Our Sidekick this on his Dad’s 1000-acre How many of you know month is that highly- near Saugus, CA, SASS Life #5205, Abilene Kid? respected actor, Harry Dobe learned to ride Or maybe you remember him Carey, Jr. Now, some before he learned to as Bill Burnett. folks call him “Dobe” (a walk. This paid off nice- nick-name given him by ly with his first paying s we’ve seen in our previous his Dad in honor of his job … as a rider in a ASidekicks & Heavies stories, adobe red hair) and oth- daily pageant at the some of today’s best-known stars did- Harry Carey Jr. with John Wayne and John Agar ers, who grew up with 1939 World’s Fair in New n’t start out to become movie actors the Mickey Mouse Club, (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 33

(Continued from previous page) Rode Together, Cheyenne Autumn, York. From prodding to prod- The Way West, The Undefeated, Big ding tourists was then an easy tran- Jake, Cahill, The Long Riders, and sition to his next job as a page at Tombstone. NBC studios (they used to have live Now, I ask you, whose death in radio broadcasts with audiences Tombstone most affected you when back in those days, donchano). you saw it? ’s? Curly When WWII hit, Dobe joined the Bill’s? Morgan’s? ’s? Navy and served in the South Pacific Doc’s? NAW!!! It was Marshall Fred as a Corpsman … and later as a con- White’s (played by Dobe himself) tributor with the film operations of whose vest continued to burn after the OSS (the wartime precursor of he’d been plugged at close range by the CIA). Curly Bill. After the war, Dobe followed his During his over 40-year film Dad into the movie industry. His career, Dobe earned his stripes under first role was a small one in a rather A-List Directors like Walsh, Ford, forgettable B-Oater called Rolling Howard Hawkes, , Home in 1946 … but it was a start. and a host of others. He made 10 His next flick, however, was a films with The Duke and several “biggie,” Pursued, which was set in with another fine Western actor, the turn of the century West, star- Jimmy Stewart. He saw duty on any ring Robert Mitchum and directed by number of Western TV shows, includ- Raoul Walsh. ing Wagon Train, Have Gun-Will As they say, the third time’s a Travel, , and . charm! Dobe’s third movie was one As a result, Dobe’s been honored of the all-time great Westerns, Red with a Silver Spur Award, a Golden River, starring The Duke and Boot, a Star on the Hollywood Walk Montgomery Cliff. Talk about hit- of Fame, and induction into the ting paydirt early on! Dobe was on Western Performers Hall of Fame. his way! Stardom was just around About the only major award Dobe the corner! never earned was an Oscar. And, stardom came on the wings Usually at this point I direct you of one of ’s most thoughtful to the hero’s address at Forest Lawn endeavors, Three Godfathers, star- but Dobe, I’m happy to say, is still ring The Duke, Dobe, and Pedro very much with us. In fact, he Armendariz. It also featured a num- recently published his autobiogra- ber of other “John Ford Stock phy Company of Heroes: My life As Company” regulars like Ward Bond, An Actor in the John Ford Stock , and Hank Worden. Company, which is a real good read. Dobe’s star was definitely on the rise, Dobe and his lovely wife, as they say in Tinseltown. Marilyn, are living the good life in He made several big budget Southern California. If you want to movies in the early ‘50’s before his tell him how much you’ve enjoyed his next Ford Blockbuster, , films through the years, send him an again with John Wayne and the usual email at [email protected]. Stock Company suspects. Here’s a Next month we’ll be talkin’ ‘bout flick that’s rated #7 on the 100 one of the most sinister, yet one of Greatest Westerns list! the most humorous, of Hollywood’s Dobe continued to be praised as Heavies. Can you say “Taggart?” one of Hollywood’s fine supporting See you then. actors. The list of the hits he played Sources: wikipedia.com; imdb.com; in is lengthy. His filmography lists Hollywood.com; movies.ign.com. nearly 100 films. The ones that hit Photos: Whooper by Deadeye Al; my hot button are Rio Bravo, Two Dobe by Marilyn Carey VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM Page 34 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 MY FIRST COWBOY BOOTS

By Swift Smith, SASS #52720

measure your foot,” my mother say, “I’ll take them!” I realized From it came a waft of freshly called as I stood staring at the won- what was happening and froze in made leather cowboy boots. New derful pair of foot attire. I left my the spot where I had walked to shoes are like new cars, and they position and went over to where my across from the comfortable chair. have that certain smell you get to mother was standing and climbed For a moment, time stood still enjoy when the box is first opened. up on a comfortably cushioned and my mind raced. These aren’t It’s one of life’s little pleasures you chair. The polite young man with the shoes I want, I thought. I want never tire of. The man slipped one the white shirt and tie undid the the cowboy boots. As I collected my boot, and then the other, onto my shoe laces of my terribly worn wits, I shouted out, “NO!!” little feet. I immediately felt dif- shoes and put my foot on a cold, sil- The salesman turned, gave me ferent, taller, stronger, and well, Swift Montana Smith, ver colored metal contraption, and a dirty look, and looked back at the smarter, or so I thought. I jumped SASS #52720 started pushing in metal stops, first woman he was just about to be out of the chair and started walk- from the top and then from the done doing business with, but ing around. t was 1964 and I was in first side. I sat looking over his shoulder before she could utter another What a difference compared to Igrade for the second time; only at the boots. He said something to word I said, “I want those!” and all the other shoes I had worn up now I had a tool I didn’t posses my mother and then disappeared. pointed at the cowboy boots. until this point. originally when I began my gram- When he returned, he carried sev- “You can’t have those,” my “They’ll be a little stiff at first, mar education at the James W. eral shoeboxes, got down on one mother laughed, “those are for big but after he wears them awhile, Good School. The apparatus I had knee, and after opening one of the boys; they wouldn’t have those in he’ll break them in.” The salesman in my possession was a pair of boxes, produced a plain brown shoe your size.” was covering his butt just in case glasses! Not only could I see the that he proceeded to try to shove The salesman now changed tac- my mother got me home and I start- blackboard better, but people’s onto my right foot. Not thinking tics, seeing an opportunity to make ed complaining of rubbing. To me, faces were more distinct, much to anything of it at first, I let him put a bigger commission, interrupting his words rang hollow. I was in all my chagrin since old people now the shoe on and lace it up. my mother’s attempt to saddle me my glory now and couldn’t wait to looked old. Mother Nature was “There,” he said, “now how does with the bargain shoes. wear my boots to school and show more interesting as I could see the that feel?” “Actually,” he said slowly, “we the other kids. My mother paid the bark on a tree vividly, and I remem- I was a good boy. I let him put just might have that very boot in happy salesman, and we left. ber looking at a tree for hours on the shoe. I actually got up and his size.” I’ll bet Denise Showaller will examining every nook and cranny I walked around, as was the custom Mom stood speechless for a really think I’m cool now, and had, up until this time, never been to see if the shoe chaffed your foot moment now that her game had maybe even let me sit with her on able to see before. I also started in any way or was too tight in the been halted. Then, looking at my the bus, I thought. I had a grin on watching more television, and toe. The man stood up and face with the look in my eye, and of my face all the rest of that day. although our set was black and watched me walk around, probably course, wanting her child to be Even when my brother said I was white, I still enjoyed watching the feeling secure thinking he had happy as mothers do, she walked “a dope,” it didn’t even bother me. moving pictures, especially the made the sale as he smiled and over and looked at the boots. She What did he know? He didn’t have westerns that were on several then came over to where I was could see they were well made, so cowboy boots! nights throughout the week. Now walking. He bent down on one having her child crippled for the The next day I was up early that I could see, my apparel became knee again and pushed on the front rest of his life because she had suc- and didn’t have to be coaxed to get more of interest to me as well. I of the shoe trying to feel where my cumbed to a whim would not be a out of bed to go to school. Although became concerned about what I big toe was. worry. She told the salesman to go I still had my pajamas on, I put the wore and what I looked like. “Oh yes, these fit him very see if they had my size in stock. boots on instead of my slippers to Forty-five years ago there were well!” He was looking up at my Before he went to the stockroom go and have my breakfast of sugar- no K-Marts, or Walmarts, at least mother while he talked and pushed in the back of the building, he reas- laden cereal, which was the custom not in the area I grew up. You on my big toe. sured her that if they didn’t have for children in those days. I bought your clothes, toys, kitchen My mother asked, “How do they them, they could probably be ordered. remember my mother laughing at appliances, and other things at a feel?” “No, he needs shoes today.” She me, but not saying anything as she building called a department store. “Okay,” I said not thinking demanded, and off he flew like saw what was on my feet while If you were really lucky and had about the implications of what was winged Pegasus into the other room. rubbing my eyes still half asleep. the money, you got shoes from going on. I was only six years old I was now getting excited with The bus driver noticed right Buster Brown. Once I got correc- and still naïve in the way of sales- the prospect of owning my first pair away and commented on my new tive lenses and could actually see men. of cowboy boots. Why, if I had those boots. I puffed out my chest and the world that surrounded me, it “Those are the shoes you adver- boots, there wouldn’t be a thing I smiled going straight to where was at the place where Buster tised that are on sale?” She ques- couldn’t do! I would surely be able Denise was sitting. I was about to Brown and his little dog, Tag, lived, tioned the salesman as she pro- to walk much better, jump higher, sit down next to her, sure that she that I saw my first pair of cowboy duced a newspaper clipping from and along with my plastic pistol and had seen the boots and was falling boots! They were black, had a her purse and waved it in front of vinyl gun belt, I would be more madly in love with me, when she squared off toe, and what I thought the man’s face. effective at capturing the bad guys. said, “I’m saving that seat for Paul was the most beautiful colored “Oh yes, Mrs. Smith,” he The man returned with a single Schmoyer.” At first I was stunned. stitch work all up and down the answered back, “and quite a bar- box. I ran to the comfortably Didn’t she see the boots? But then shaft of the boot. I was mesmer- gain at that price. Full grain padded chair, climbed up on it, and my six-year-old mentality kicked in. ized as I stared at the boots. leather, you know!” produced my feet. He took off the Stupid girl, I thought, and found “Come sit down and let the man And just as mom was ready to brown shoe and opened the box. (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 35 (Continued from previous page) in the school seemed to work better with a brown outfit and huge belly … but please don’t take my boots!” a seat next to Andrea who always than others, and as the days that hung down low over his belt, I cried, literally. smiled when she saw me. I showed passed, I would pass black marks jumped out of one of the doors as I You don’t mess with the janitor. her my boots and she told me how that I had made on previous days passed and screamed, “HEY … The floors and hallways were his lovely they were and how she looking proudly on them and point- YOU!” He scared the bejesus out of realm, and he owned them. “Well, wished she had a pair just like that. ing them out to John Newman me, and I froze. “Yeah, you,” he just see it doesn’t happen again … The day went pretty much as telling him, “those are mine!” demanded as he walked toward me. I’ll take those boots, I mean it!” planned with most of my friends It wasn’t long before I was I turned around slowly to face my I knew he wasn’t bluffing. He envious that they didn’t have boots doing the same thing at home. My accuser. “You’re the one that’s been turned and disappeared into the like mine, until John Newman mother frowned when she saw the marking up my floors!” He was utility closet he had been hiding in, asked me if the boots could make a marks, but didn’t know they were yelling at me now, and there was waiting for me like a trap door spi- black mark on the floor like his done on purpose and didn’t have nothing for me to do except stand der waits for its prey. He kept the shoes could. the heart to say anything bad about and admit it since he had caught door open just ever so slightly, It was the time when good shoes the boots I loved so much. My me red handed. “If I ever see watching me as I walked to the lava- had rubber heels. I guess the idea father said I shouldn’t be allowed to another black mark on these floors, tory. Now I really did have to go! was that the rubber would absorb wear them in the house anymore, I’m coming to get you, and I’m tak- From then on I was a good boy the shock of walking and be easier so secretly I stopped making the ing those boots!” again and never used my cowboy on your feet. We use to take old marks on the floor at home, but Adults had much more power boots for anything but playing cow- shoes and pry off the rubber heels to there was still the school. back in 1964. He could have taken boy and looking dapper. I wore use as hobs to play hopscotch. If A week had passed and I was my boots, and there wouldn’t been those boots every day until my feet you didn’t throw them just right, happily wearing my new Cowboy a thing I could do about it. My would no longer fit in them. Oh, they would bounce right off the hop- boots, looking very dapper, and mother would be furious she spent and by the way, Denise Showaller scotch pattern you had just drawn marking up all the floors in the that much money, only to have the never did let me sit next to her on with a big fresh piece of white chalk school building. One day, after I school janitor take them from me, the bus … even with my boots on. on the sidewalk or someone’s drive- had noticed some of my marks had and my father … Lord only knows (S. M. Smith is a freelance writer way if they were rich enough to be disappeared, I decided new ones what kind of corporal punishment I and frequent contributor to The able to afford macadam. were in order, so I used the old would’ve had to endure from him. Cowboy Chronicle. He can be found at I tipped up my toe so only the lavatory ploy to be able to go out in I looked up past the man’s his website smontanasmith.com for back of the heel was on the ground the halls with no one else around. belly, “I won’t do it anymore, I all correspondence and links to and made a wonderfully big, black “May I go to the lavatory?” I promise, I swear, I really mean it purchase his books.) mark on the schoolroom floor. That asked the teacher after she had shot Mr. Newman right down, and seen my hand waving in the air. he was quiet for the rest of the day. She nodded, and off I went, down GIVE TO THE “Wow!” I said out loud, and the hallway getting geared up for a SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION was soon making what I thought record breaking black streak. (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) were beautiful black marks all over As I was working on a ten foot the school’s nice cleanly waxed mark and hoping to make it to the MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! floors. 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By Duke Silverado, SASS #67543

rich with American history. With sur- 250/250 score every time? in order, I am worth more dead than names like Spence, Conyers, Buck, Cowboy Action Shooting™ fit me alive … something my father-in-law Speed, Tucker, Hurst, Wilson, and like a glove from the get go. Not only finds interesting, if not encouraging. Anges, there’s no shortage of stories. do I get to wear a and So, why do I shoot? I can say it in My wife’s family history ranged spurs, but also I get to slap leather one word: fun, friendship, shooting, all over , Texas, , and hear my ‘73 cycle round after excuses to buy new guns, time with and Tennessee with family names round. I truly appreciate the num- friends, time with the wife, wearing like Hill, Jacobs, McLaughlin, ber one rule we have—safety. The suspenders and spurs, necker-chiefs, Musgrave, Luster, Sanders, and second rule, of course, is have fun or quoting lines from Tombstone, Good Duke Silverado, SASS #67543 Ashford, to name a few. One served go home! The third rule is to forget Bad and Ugly, Josey Wales, The in President George Washington’s about saving money. A man should Duke, the smell of in the personal guard. not skimp on his hobbies. morning, Soiled Doves, Mr. Ruger, Mr. avy Crockett had all the fun My wife has been slinging lead Faith, Family, and Friends. If Colt, Mr. Winchester, Mr. John Dwith politics he could stand. He her whole life. Whether it’s whitetail you keep ‘em in order, it’s just like Browning, my Long Hunter rig, and told ‘em, “You may all go to Hell, I’m deer with a Model ‘94, or clanging Delmar O’Donnell said, “The preach- the reason for it all, the Creator of going to Texas!” Welcome home, steel with her Vaqueros, she’s my er says all my sins is warshed away, the heavens and earth. President Bush. China Doll, SASS #78484. And yes, including that Piggly Wiggly I Squeamish? Heck, every day is In the 1870’s, my family was she outshoots me, which is why I say, knocked over in Yazoo.” Friends are grace. Just be thankful and watch farming in Crockett County, “yes m’am” and “no m’am” when it is those that will watch you shoot 13 where you’re pointing that coach Tennessee. In the 1860’s, they were appropriate or inappropriate. How times at a stage of four shotgun gun, please. I watched Josey Wales at war. From Yankee sympathizers to many women do you know who have knockdowns and won’t let you forget again the other day. The Chief’s Southern rebels, my family tree is re-qualified for CHL with a perfect about it for years. Good thing my reply went like this, “It’s sad that shotgun belt had 16 loops! governments are Chiefed by the dou- My home pasture is less than an ble tongues. There is iron in your hour from the Badlands Bar 3 ranch. words of death for all to The lessons of humbleness from the see, and so there is iron in your soft-spoken Dooley family have words of life. No signed paper can shown me the true meaning of our hold the iron. It must come from sport. (Actually, that is true.) Why, men. The words of carry you should see what respect we all the same iron of life and death. It is show to Miss Rocky Meadows, SASS good that warriors such as we meet #18501, when she shoots with us. We in the struggle of life ... or death. It all tip our hats and speak softly out shall be life.” Usually, the biggest of genuine appreciation for the … problem a culture has comes from um, dignity she brings forth. within its own ranks. When cultures Truth be known, almost every are pushed together, there is often a cowboy rifle, pistol, and shotgun I time of war. Eventually, we have to own came from T-Bone Dooley’s decide whether to continue the armory. Talk about help getting struggle of life, or the struggle of started, my hat’s off to Slinger (may death. Chief Ten Bears and Josey he rest in peace) and to his family, Wales were ready for either, but they the Youngs. had reached a point where peace I’m easing my toes into the deep sounded really good. waters of re-loading by way of tutor- King Solomon said it this way, ing from my good friend, the “To every thing there is a season, and Bloomburg Bulldog, SASS #67360. a time to every purpose under the He and I have a long-standing heaven: A time to be born, and a time (when we can stand) as to who has the to die; a time to plant, and a time to most broke bones and scars. He’s pluck up that which is planted; A ahead for now with scars, but I recent- time to kill, and a time to heal; a ly passed him up with six or seven time to break down, and a time to fractured ribs. The cracked ribs came build up … courtesy of two rude wild American One of the amazing things about mustangs. My wife spent a day the United States of America is our recently making sure my life insur- ability to recover from war. It is good ance policies were paid up and had that warriors such as we meet. Life our latest address correct. The will is is not for the squeamish.

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By Billy Baits, SASS Life/Regulator #32095 he Saturday evening of the Blue TMountain Shootout at Topton, PA Slow Poke John and I were sitting receiver and the end cap. I then cut the horn. You guessed it. A few weeks around having a few brews and top out of the piece and finished the fit later at a local shoot John had a huge relaxing. We were discussing the to the magazine tube and the barrel. piece of elk horn for the foreend of my casting of bullets and related sub- Once every thing fit the way I wanted it pump shotgun. jects. This is when John said, “I know to and the gun was put back together, I I have an 1897 Winchester shotgun a guy who is thinking of replacing the took it apart and sprayed the horn with made in 1903, and this is the gun I foreend of his 1873 rifle with a piece clear acrylic, just for a little protection. decided to modify because the foreend of elk horn.” Without a second The elk horn fore end looked nice, was cracked and the stock was really thought I said, “If you can get me a but the rifle just did not look finished. rough. Another friend named John has piece of horn long enough and So, I asked a friend to mill out the check- a lathe to turn the foreend, so, John and straight enough, I’ll do it.” That was ering on the wrist of the stock. Then, I I spent two days boring it out and fit- the beginning of this brainchild! cut two pieces of elk horn and fitted ting it. Once it fit the slide sleeve, I had John visited my home a few them into the stock. I shaped them to fit to fit the barrel and magazine together, weeks later with a few pieces of elk my hands with a palm swell. This made cutting out the top of the horn. The horn and the idea started to become the rifle look more finished. I had an old hard part was locating the three screws a reality. The next day I started to peso lying around the house, so, I inlet- that hold the foreend to the sleeve. You take the gun apart and make the nec- ted it at the bottom of the wrist, like a have to use the excisions! Again, the essary measurements. I started by cap. My rifle was finally complete, and I gun did not look finished, so I inletted a drilling the hole close to what I need- now had a one of a kind. tear drop on each side of the wrist. I ed for the magazine tube. Then, I When I showed it to Slow Poke also repaired the stock at the receiver worked the sides down with a sander John, he loved it. But, his next com- and pinned it with two antler pins. and files, slowly getting it to the size ment was,” How soon are you going to That was the start of my unusual of the original. Once I got it to size, I do your 1897 shotgun to match?” My guns, and I think I can almost safely worked on fitting the ends to the answer was as soon as you find me the say they are one of a kind. Page 38 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

DISPATCHES FROM . camp BAYLOR . Cowboys TV joins the Dark Side

By Captain George Baylor, SASS Life #24287

Capt. George Baylor, There was a white, spring loaded SASS #24287 Life Pepper Popper in the middle of the shooting venue! ichael Bane contacted me in The crew set up, and Tupelo MOctober with the following Flash, SASS #27453, the new host email: Would you be interested in of Cowboys TV did an introduction teaching TUPELO FLASH every- about blackpowder, with an intro- thing there is to know about shoot- duction about me that’s bound to ing blackpowder ... on film???? come back to haunt me, calling me I agreed immediately, of course, “a walking encyclopedia of black- despite the impossibility of the powder knowledge.” task. Later he suggested Winter Then, I was brought in and Range. The plan was to shoot that talked a bit about the lore and lure episode on Monday and the Long (Continued on next page) Hunter episode on Tuesday using the new sets the Winter Range folks were building. Then the week before, I discov- ered Blackjack Zak didn’t know about it, and Monday and Tuesday was when the targets were to be set up, so we couldn’t do it. Frantically searching for an alternative, I talked with Justice B. Quick at Cowtown and got permission to shoot there. Long Hunter and Tupelo Flash shoot a scene of the Long Hunter episode Come that Monday, we were at before the magnificent new permanent set at Ben Avery the Cowtown down at the far end Winter Range crew built, Fort Sinclair. where we could go downrange and do whatever was necessary. and was too much. Normally valley, behind a hill, and found an New Cowboys TV star, Tupelo Flash Unfortunately, the sound guy said Michael Bane is not bothered by old movie set of a Mexican village and Captain Baylor await sound the sound from the shooters prac- background gunfire. After all, it’s a and decided to shoot there. I was synchronization and “action” ticing on the other end of the range shooting show. really glad the sniper school on the on the Black Powder episode was funneling down the canyon So, we went further down the hill wasn’t operating that day. of Cowboys TV. May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 39 (Continued from previous page) Like I said, chaos mode. of blackpowder. “The Wild West Still, not knowing that, I asked was won with blackpowder. The Jack Houston, who was staying movies were won with blackpow- with us for Winter Range and who der. When Boss Spearman fired had come along to the shooting, to both barrels of the shotgun in the go see what he could do to the shop. bar and filled it with smoke in When we got there, the shop , he used blackpowder.” was ready to shoot. The Redhead I showed Tupelo several differ- had gotten the floor straight, and ent blackpowders available today Jack had done the workbench top. and some substitutes and ex- The Redhead said, “You owe me a plained the usage of each. really nice dinner.” I agreed. They About then a biplane overhead photographed me loading American began practicing an aerobatic pat- Pioneer Powder into .38 Specials on tern. Cut. We waited. He left, my Dillon XL650. apparently. Okay, let’s roll. Half way They got shots of my cat, Arthur through the scene he came back. Pendragon, who sits on the bus’s Cut. This occurred about 30 times, dashboard looking out the front driving us completely crazy. I would window. They got shots of George S. get about half way through cleaning Patton, Jr., my dog. They inter- a revolver, and here came The Red viewed The Redhead and me in the Baron again. I almost had a percus- bus. I figure their Christmas party sion pistol loaded, and here he came just got another whole blooper reel. again. This went on so long I won- That night and Tuesday night dered how big his fuel tank was! Tupelo Flash and his wife came over We did a lot of shooting. I for some of The Redhead’s loaned Tupelo some pistols, as he is Margaritas along with several other afraid of blackpowder in his guns SASS people staying at our RV because they have to be cleaned. I Park, which is very close to Winter did show him how easy it was to Range. Tupelo’s wife took the pic- clean them using a Bore Snake and tures accompanying this article. a toothbrush. “If you’re married, I thought we were done, but use your wife’s toothbrush.” Friday afternoon Denise “Indiana” We did several “We’ll be right Jackson, Michael Bane’s impressive back” segments and “Welcome assistant, came to me while I was back” segments, all including shooting and said they needed more rapid-fire blackpowder. These were “B-Roll” of me shooting a stage short enough to get in between aer- using blackpowder. But, they were obatic spins overhead. One had shooting Tupelo’s posse and needed Tupelo doing Josey Wales with my to finish that to get to me. Tupelo’s Ruger Old Armies. posse was shooting stages 9-12. We Then the producer dropped the were shooting 5-8. 5-8 were proba- proverbial smoking white phospho- bly the fastest four stages. 9-12 rous grenade in my lap and said, were definitely the slowest. “Think fast.” He wanted to shoot Denise came back and forth Camp Baylor, interviewing The several times. I shot twice, no cam- Redhead and me inside, and shots eras, including my fastest stage of of it moving, and he wanted pictures the match, of course. They were of me working in the mobile shop. running late enough that I had to Obviously he didn’t know two beg the posse to stay while I shot things: stage 5 again. I shot it a lot better 1. It takes 2-3 hours to get the in the match than in the “reshoot,” bus moving when it’s in “home” but they got the film. mode with the slides out, utilities Since I had been testing a Long hooked up, and trailer disconnected. Hunter USFA Single Action for The Once we finish a trip, it takes us at Cowboy Chronicle, I was asked back least an hour to get the slides back the next day to give a quick review out, the utilities hooked up, and the for the Long Hunter episode. By trailer disconnected and leveled for then, they had been given permis- use. Thus, that part got nixed. sion to film at the magnificent new 2. The shop, just before a major set, Fort Sinclair. match, was in “chaos mode.” They set me up to do the scene. I called The Redhead. The bus I shot five full charge blackpowder was no problem. She had just loads from Ten-X through the .45 waxed the floor, she said happily. Colt pistol, making a huge cloud of (Redheads like clean floors.) Then, smoke, and started talking, trying Priced at $368.00 I begged her to see what she could really hard to talk without cough- do to the shop. Just get things out ing from the blackpowder smoke of the way. I’ll find them later. blowing into my face. Fortunately I didn’t get the voice The biplane dived out of the mail from her a few minutes later. sky directly over us, its engine “There’s no way I can straighten this screaming! out. I don’t know where to start.” Cut.

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RANGE TECH: How Technology Affects Our Lives After the Firing Line: Alcohol Spirits Inspector, SASS #41400 By Inspector, SASS #41400

icture in your mind your favorite ly escaped. After this, President order to avoid confiscation of deliveries, Pwestern. In almost every novel or Washington ordered a contingent of shine runners would beef up their car’s movie, a cowboy rides into town, ties up militia to quell the rebellion. The Great engine and suspension in order to out- his horse, goes into the saloon, and is known as, “The run the authorities. Get a bunch of orders a whiskey. From there, well, usu- single largest armed confrontation good ole’ southern boys together over a ally that is where the trouble starts … among American citizens between the few drinks and inevitably, somebody’s Regardless of whether you partake Revolution and the Civil War.” gonna say, “I bet my shine runner will of red-eye or have gotten on the wagon, In 1866, the US Government began out run your shine runner.” Eventually, there is no denying that fire-water has registering all alcohol distillers in the several shine runners got together in a shaped the history of our country. country. The first to register? Jack back woods field to prove it. After a few Starting in 1791, our new Ameri- Daniel’s. events, they organized and the sport of can government was broke, having to In 1928, the Prohibition Move- NASCAR was born. In fact, several of still deal with debts incurred from the ment, which started as early as 1840, the founding fathers of NASCAR ran . In the winter finally achieved their final goal and shine to support their racing habits. session of the US Congress, Treasurer outlawed the sale, possession, and con- So where do alcohol spirits come Alexander Hamilton proposed an excise sumption of alcoholic beverages by rat- (Continued on next page) tax of six to nine cents per gallon on ifying the 18th Amendment to our distilled spirits. Constitution. The result? Well, we all While generally accepted by the know it gave rise to the Mafia, lost tax easterners, those on the frontier were revenue, and several deaths and outraged. Organized insurrections injuries inflicted from impure alcoholic occurred in just about every state south beverages known as “bathtub gin.” In of New York. These acts started as 1933, we decided prohibition was not threats against landlords who would such a good idea, and repealed it with house offices of tax collectors and the 19th Amendment. moved on to acts of violence against tax In 1949, some of the descendents of collectors themselves; including tarring the “Great Whiskey Rebellion” still liv- and feathering. In 1794, the rebellion ing in the area of our country known as came to a head after an angry mob had Appalachia continued the tradition of a shootout with a tax collector named their ancestors and were still illegally John Neville. The mob burned Mr. brewing corn squeezins’ in the back Neville’s home, and Mr. Neville narrow- woods; also known as moon shinin’. In May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 41 (Continued from previous page) from? The first step of the process is to produce wine or beer. We take a food product with a lot of sugars in it. Usually it is a fruit such as grapes, apples, peaches, berries, or cherries. Grains such as corn, rice, or barley are also used. Even potatoes, sugar cane, and cactus make several different bev- erages. First, we squeeze the juice out of these before mentioned foods. We then allow nature to process these juices by fermentation. For fermentation to occur, yeast is added to feed on the sugars in the juice. If we allow oxygen into the process, we get vinegar, which is great for salad, but it just doesn’t seem to add life to a party. We must, therefore, create an anaerobic environment. This is accomplished by preventing outside air from coming in contact with the juice. The problem is, as the yeast feeds on the sugars, it cre- ates carbon dioxide. This by-product must be allowed to escape without air making its way back into the fermenta- tion container. This is achieved by the use of a device called a bubbler. Basically, a water seal is created between the fermenter and the outside atmosphere. Working just like the drain trap on your sink’s drain, which keeps the smell of sewer gas out of your kitchen and bathroom, the pressure of the carbon dioxide builds up enough to push through the weight of the water seal and bubbles into the atmosphere. The waste product of the yeast feeding on the sugars in our juices is the alcohol, which we desire. Eventually, the alcohol waste builds up enough that it will kill off the yeast, and we are left with a bev- erage that is about 15% alcohol. three times to separate the alcohol from process is a slightly different kind of Sometimes honey and/or sugar is added the carry-over to obtain pure alcohol. alcohol known as methanol. This by- to the batch to enhance the flavor of our This is why you see the three X’s on the product is found in such low concentra- fermented brew. Fruit based beverages side of the old time whiskey jug. tions in fermented products that it can- are better known as wine or cider. If it is After fermentation, aging and the not hurt you. Problem is, when you go to sweetened with honey, it is commonly flavoring process mellow the taste of distill a fermented product, the known as mead. Grain based brews are the final product. methanol will boil off first. If a distiller known as beer, or distillers beer, if it is to From distilled wine and ciders, we does not know what he is doing, the first move on to the next step of the process. get brandy and cognac. From distilled bottle off the still may have dangerous Up until this point in brewing, the grain beers, we get bourbon, scotch, and levels of methanol in it. If the batch is Government gives us permission to fer- whiskey. From sugar cane, we can boiled too quickly, higher alcohol impuri- ment our own wine and beer. Should make rum; tequila and mescal come ties known as fusils can be carried over. you decide to take the next step of the from agave cactus. And, vodka is some- It is debated that methanol and process into your own hands, well, the times made from potatoes. fusils actually occur in high enough con- revenuers reserve the right to kick in To distill straight alcohol is where centrations to cause injury. Many who your front door, destroy your operation, technology comes in. A modified design brew their own attribute these poison- and take you away in silver bracelets. of the pot still is known as a reflux still. ings to unscrupulous distillers who add The principle behind the distillation In its simplest form, by adding a packing methanol to their batch to add “kick” to of alcohol spirits is based upon the boil- or separating device between the boiler their brew. Either way, in high enough ing point of alcohol as compared to the and the vapor chamber, this packing concentrations, methanol will attack boiling point of water. The stereotypical removes the water-based vapors from the optic nerves and cause blindness. distilling process is the pot still. the flow and causes them to fall back Besides being aware of this danger, Inefficient in its design, it is this ineffi- into the boiler. By adding a pre-cooler or quality control of still construction is a ciency that brings much of the flavor to secondary condenser, this device causes factor to consider as well. In the back our favorite distilled beverage. Alcohol water-based vapors to also condense and woods, an inexperienced moon shiner boils at 172 degrees F at sea level, while fall back into the boiler. The result is may be tempted to use an old car radia- water boils at 212. In a pot still, the tem- three times more efficient, and 190 proof tor as a condenser. Aside from the fact perature of the still is carefully main- alcohol is produced with one pass that car radiators are designed to use tained at around 200 degrees. This will through the still. Since this is now a poisonous glycol as a cooling medium, cause the alcohol in the wine or beer to once through process, the reflux still can they are also held together by lead solder. boil off while the rest of the water based be continuously fed in what is known as Such unscrupulous practices have beverage is left behind. Because the pot a continuous distillation process. The caused a traditional test of distilled still is so inefficient, 40% of the alcohol continuous distillation process and the spirits. By setting fire to the beverage, boiled off has a 60% carry-over of the high efficiency reflux still design are clean pure alcohol will burn with a original beverage that it brings along what make it possible for ethanol to be clear blue flame. However, this test with it. This carry-over is what gives our mass-produced as a fuel additive. does not determine whether you are distilled spirits their flavor at 80 to 100 If the thought of revenuers kicking dealing with methanol or ethanol. proof (40 to 50% alcohol). your door in has not discouraged you Personally, after my shootin’ irons Due to the inefficiency of the pot from wanting to cook up a batch of your have been put away, I think I’d rather still design, moon shiners would run own brand of fire-water, perhaps this have a snort from a “government regu- their batches through the still up to will. A by-product of the fermentation lated” bottle of hooch. Cheers! Page 42 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 . THE JOHN BULL . STEAM LOCOMOTIVE

By Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life # 49907 T G Sucker Creek, Michigan

Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life #49907 Territorial , Sucker Creek Michigan

he “John Bull” Steam Loco- Tmotive was the second of two train locomotives imported from England into The United States of America in the early 1830’s. On Christmas Day 1830, the “Best Friend of Charleston” started serv- ice in South Carolina. In the follow- ing year the “John Bull” went into action on the “Camden & Amboy Railroad” of New Jersey. These were the first two successful steam rail lines in America. These trains hauled mostly passenger cars at an ders propelling the engine. astounding speed of 25 miles per Originally the John Bull was a hour. The engines weighed 4-1/2 0-4-0 locomotive. It only had the tons and cost an outlandish $4,000 four drive wheels on it when it was each. They developed 400 HP at 50 delivered. An open car was connect- psi of steam that powered two 16- ed behind it to hold the engineer, inch long by 6-inch diameter cylin- fireman, and fuel. But a cowcatcher had to be added to the front of the engine to keep it on the track. Seems that the Americans didn’t quite lay rails as straight as the English, and as a result, the engine 250 gallon fuel oil drum and metal had trouble staying on the track spoke wheels. without the cowcatcher in place. Having amassed a wealth of Around 1840 the bell, whistle, retired in 1866 at the end of the treasure in the scrap pile behind the and lamp were added. Eventually Civil War. It is now on display at the old barn over the years, I decided to the tender was covered some ten Smithsonian’s National Museum of take inventory for perspective John years later. The John Bull remained History in Washington DC. Bull parts. To my delight, most of in service for 35 years before being Upon first spotting the John the material needed was available Bull electric train set in the Lionel on site. It says in Proverbs 10:22, 2008 Volume 1 catalog, I was so “The blessing of the LORD brings impressed I ordered one for my train wealth, and He adds no trouble to layout. Then, in the Lionel Club it.” One man’s junk is another man’s Newsletter “Inside Track” Spring wealth. I have both. 2008 Issue 120, “John Bull” was the There was a 250 gallon fuel oil feature article. This started the ol’ drum, 30 gallon metal barrel, 55 gal- gears a moving in my noggin, inspir- lon metal barrel, 2"X4"X around 8' ing me to build one for Cowboy steel tubing (for the frame), some Action Shooting™. My eldest son sheet metal, pipe and pipe fittings, had planted the seed in my mind a LP cylinders, green steel roofing few months earlier by telling me (left over from a roof job), and odds about a homemade locomotive lawn and ends to finish it off. ornament he had seen made out of a (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 43 (Continued from previous page) in with sheet metal the same diam- reciprocating hack saw. pipe was run from it to the whistle. eter as the 30-gallon barrel and scal- The tender is 5' wide by 7' long. Some large gauges, 2" valves, a wood WARNING: lop fit into the 55-gallon barrel. I Side walls are around 55" long. This burner door, and other odds and ends Never work on any type of acquired a stainless steel bowl from leaves around a 30" opening to see were produced by family, friends at drum, barrel, cylinder or any www.restockit.com that was almost the targets. Safety chains protect church, and steam/tractor shows. container until it is completely a perfect fit for the top of the 55-gal- the opening. Inside height of the All the paint is Ace Hardware rust emptied, cleaned, left open, and lon barrel to resemble the mush- tender is around 7' to allow ample proof enamel brushed on except for free from any type of fuel, as it roomed top on the rear of engine room for most cowboy hats. The back the brass color used on the pipes and could explode when worked on!! boiler. With a little adjustment, it is open to access a wood deck with stripes. This comes in an aerosol can. Keep in mind this article is only was screwed into place and DAP railing that will be attached to it. The floor of the tender is covered to inspire ideas, not a “how to” essay. acrylic silicone clear caulk filled the I got the bell and steam whistle with 5/4" X 6" treated deck boards. If There are other old time steam loco- void around the edge. on E-bay. The bell was fairly inex- you use metal for the frame, put motives like the “Stephenson’s I got the metal spoke wheels pensive, but the whistle was another something between the treated wood Rocket” that would require far less from yard sales, steam/tractor matter. Bidder beware. Anyway, and the metal to protect it from rust. work and materials. To find them, shows, and old hay rakes on steel. when I received my prized brass Tar paper will do. I held the tender use a WEB search engine. Also, the The large drive wheels are 44" in air/steam operated noise making floor height to a minimum to allow metal frame can be substituted with diameter; forty inches would have device, I hooked it up to an air hose for the shortest possible access ramp treated lumber and the steel for the been more to size though. One-inch on my compressor. To my dismay, it to the deck/tender. We try to make sides and roof of the tender with pipe was used for the axles with 1" didn’t toot. After emailing the seller, all our stages handicap accessible. reversed board and batting or other threaded rod cut in half and insert- I became enlightened to the fine art The engine looks so neat I might just types of outdoor material. ed in from each end for extra of steam whistles. Turns out you leave it in our front yard. The 2"X4" steel tubing frame for strength. Flat washers and nuts fit need three things to make it work: I hope this article gives you some the engine is 40" wide by 102" long. on the rod to hold the cowcatcher A 3/4" air line supply. ideas and inspires ya ta build some- It should have been 48" wide to and wheels in place. The threaded A lot of volume, 10 to 20 gallon thing unique, fun, and safe for your leave more room for the “drive rod was plug welded in place after tank. club. Remember to always follow all wheels.” But, there are always surmising proper length. The metal An air pressure of around 50 psi safety and health rules when build- glitches on the prototypes. The 250- spoke wheels for the cowcatcher or more. ing things and playing with them. gallon drum was shortened to 14" and tender are 16" diameter and This revelation set me aback My thanks to Mike Reagan at Lionel long. It could have been 16" long. 18" diameter respectively. Angle some. So I did some measuring and for supplying photos. The 30-gallon barrel was attached iron and 1/2" pipe was used to finish found that two 5-gallon tanks would Hope ta see ya on the trail horizontally to the back of the drum. off the catcher. The stack is 5" thin fit up under the engine between the God Bless A space of a little over 12" was left wall pipe. The 1-1/2" wrap around wheels. The tanks were piped on one [email protected] between the 30-gallon barrel hori- tubing was made from legs off an end to a union exit and attached www.suckercreek.org zontally mounted and vertical 55- old trampoline set. The cylinder with threaded rod on the other. Acknowledgements; Information gallon barrel. This space was filled was cleaned and cut to fit with a Then, a cradle was made to hold the was gathered for this article from: tanks and 1/2" threaded rod, flat “Lionel 2008 CATALOG” Volume 1 washers, and nuts pulled them up “Inside Track” Spring 2008 into place. A 3/4" filter/regulator Issue 120 was attached to the union, and 3/4" “Wikipedia” Page 44 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

TUNING THE UBERTI OPEN TOP REVOLVERS . Part 1, By Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS Life #32933

n the June and July ’08, issues of The ther forward than the recoil shields on increased friction of the cylinder arbor ICowboy Chronicle we turned up a Pietta the ‘51 and ‘72. (This is one difference (which is much larger in diameter than cap and ball revolver for Cowboy Action we will address when we are doing our the cylinder pin on a SAA), and the fact Larsen E. Pettifogger, Shooting™ competition. The next few tune-up.) Photo 4 shows the cylinders the arbor is usually covered with grease, SASS Life #32933 months, we’ll tune an Uberti open top. In which further increases friction, makes it addition to its line of cap and ball unusual for a Colt cap and ball to over- revolvers, Uberti also makes reproduc- rotate. On a two-tooth hand, there is a tions of Colt cartridge conversions and the slight overlap between when one tooth 1872 Open Top. Photo 1 shows an 1851 stops rotating the cylinder and the next un Tinker’s Corner – Our tooth takes over. If the handspring is too Ggoal in this column is to weak or the bolt timing a little off, a con- show how to diagnose and fix version or ‘72 is more apt to over-rotate problems with our cowboy guns. than a cap and ball revolver. We also try to explain why the Handsprings are the weak link in all fix is necessary and how the from ‘51, the conversion, and the ‘72. open tops, and we will permanently fix parts are supposed to work if And, Photo 5 shows the cylinder ratch- that problem. everything is operating correct- ets (same order). It is apparent from a The next noticeable difference is in side-by-side comparison the ratchet of the wedges used on the three guns. The ly. The procedures shown are the cap and ball cylinder (the ‘51) is cap and ball uses a wedge with a spring not the only way to get the job much different than the ratchets on the in it. The tip of the spring, where it done, nor in many cases, neces- conversion and the ‘72. sticks through the barrel slot, has a hook sarily, the best way to get it on the end. The conversion and ‘72 use a done. (For example, a milling flat steel wedge with a small recess machine is always better than a milled in it. Photo 7 The most common drill press.) What we are problem area on Uberti open tops attempting to do is to show how Navy on the top, a conversion of an 1860 involves these wedges. Most discussions a home gun enthusiast can Army in the middle, and an 1872 on the around the campfire go something like – bottom. The tuning techniques for all “the proper way to adjust the wedge on a work on his own guns with tools three are essentially the same, so this cap and ball is to push it in so the hook he may have or can borrow. article will cover all three. on the end of the spring catches on the Guns and their parts vary, From left to right, Photo 2 shows opposite side of the barrel. The hook is so even if the procedures The cap and ball revolvers use a sin- there to keep the wedge adjusted.” On shown are followed, sometimes gle tooth hand. The conversion and ‘72 the conversions and ‘72’s the convention- additional detective work may use a two-tooth hand, as does the Colt al advice is normally – “push the wedge be necessary to eliminate cer- Single Action Army and its clones. (The in until the milled recess is slightly tain problems. Always work SAA was the next evolutionary step from inside the barrel; then install the wedge on the least expensive part the ‘72.) Photo 6 This has some impact screw and push the wedge back out until on tuning since hand pressure on the it seats against the screw. That is how first. Always put padding or ratchet helps control cylinder over-rota- the wedge is adjusted.” shims in a vice to protect your the frames for the ‘51 Navy, the conver- tion. The big single tooth hand stays con- The hook on the wedge on a cap and gun’s surfaces, and, most sion, and the ‘72. Photo 3 shows a top stantly engaged in the ratchet through- ball and the wedge screw on a conversion importantly don’t do anything view of the three frames. The back of the out the cylinder’s entire rotation and acts and ‘72 are not intended to be adjustment without measuring and re- frames are all lined up, but the plate on as a brake on the cylinder. This, com- mechanisms. Their primary function is measuring! Once metal is the conversion frame extends much fur- bined with the large surface area and (Continued on next page) removed, it’s hard to replace. If you doubt your ability to perform anything shown in the articles, don’t try it. If you do try the work yourself, you’ll have fun, and when it’s done, you’ll have the supreme satis- faction of having done it your- self. YeeHaa!!!/ May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 45

(Continued from previous page) can borrow from a pard. Photo 10 it’s time to order a new bolt, as this one is simply to keep the wedge from falling out shows a basic Home Depot type drill a problem waiting to happen. Here’s why. and getting lost. The reason open top press. Nothing fancy, just a tabletop Photo 17 shows a head-on view of the shooters go through these machinations model. Photo 11 shows a typical drill is to keep the barrel from moving to far to press vice. We will need a vice to hold the rear, thereby eliminating the cylinder our work while we are drilling some gap and causing the cylinder to drag or holes needed to tune our guns. Photo 12 bind-up entirely. As part of our tune-up shows a couple of center punches. On we are going to fix that problem once and the right is a standard old semi-dull cen- for all as well. ter punch. We are going to be center The first things we have to do before punching some pretty precise locations. starting our tune-up is to fully inspect So, we are going to use a new (or freshly and function test the gun. Rather than sharpened) prick punch like the one on cover the same ground, now is a good the left. The prick punch has a tip with time to re-read the inspection portion of more taper than a standard punch and the Pietta articles. You did save the June will allow us to more precisely locate the and July ‘08 issues of The Cowboy Chronicle, punch tip on our work. didn’t you? If not, they can be found at http://www.theopenrange. net/forum/index.php?topic=5659.0. (That last dot’s a period; so don’t type bolt depicted in Photo 15. The side of that into the search engine!) the bolt head at “A” is vertical and higher As part of our inspection, one of the than side “B.” The top of side “B” is also things we are looking for, and to clean up tapered slightly towards side “A.” Side or polish, are burrs and rough surfaces. “A” is taller because the cylinder notches One of our tune-up guns had the grand- are machined off-center from the center- daddy of burrs in it. Photo 8 shows a line of the chambers and the chamber walls are, therefore, thicker where “A” Photo 8 engages the cylinder notch. Photo 8 Photo 18 shows the BOTTOM of the

burr that is roughly one-quarter inch wide and one-half inch long that was curled up inside the frame like a party cylinder. The cylinder rotates clockwise, whistle. Definitely had to deburr that but because we are looking up from burr! Another problem that seems to underneath, it is rotating in the direction affect Ubertis more than Piettas is the of the big arrow. Notice the cylinder notch lever latches are often loose from the fac- is to the right of the nipple. The nipple is tory or fall out after a few matches. on the centerline of the chamber; this Photo 9 shows a latch that was only fin- shows how much the cylinder notch is off- set. As our cylinder rotates, the bolt drops into the lead-in at “B” and slides into the notch. Side “A” of the bolt in Photo 17 slams into the cylinder notch wall at “A” in Photo 18. That’s why side A needs to be grind a taper on one side so the bolt head square with the cylinder notch walls and does “sort of” fit into the cylinder notch- why its extra height also helps. The extra es. Fitting the bolt so both sides of the height gives the bolt head on the thrust bolt are parallel with each other would side of the cylinder’s rotation more be better, but Uberti’s method of fitting engagement material to stop cylinder bolts does make the bolt serviceable. rotation and firmly lock up the cylinder. If Photo 16 shows a bolt from a brand side A is tapered or worn (or the cylinder ger tight in a brand new Uberti ‘51 Navy. new Uberti that was ground on the wrong notches are worn), the bolt can bounce out In this case, the machining on the dove- side. If this happens in one of your guns, and cause cylinder over-rotation. tail and the latch is very precise. There is Photo 19 shows the bolt fully engaged no gap or up and down movement. It just in the cylinder notch. If your bolt fits the slides from side-to-side with light finger We are also going to scribe some fair- notches, we are ready to proceed. If it does- pressure. Rather than peen, dimple, ly precise lines. When scribing, remember n’t, or the taper is on the wrong side, follow stake, or any of the other things that that if the tip of the scribe is held vertical, the instructions in the Pietta article and could be done to secure the latch, a drop of our lines are not going to be where we refit a new bolt. Just remember, any mate- red loctite in the dovetail is a permanent want them. Photo 13 shows a scribe held rial that needs to be removed should fix and there is no chance of marring the up vertically against a work piece. Notice always be removed from side “B” of the bolt. finish on our gun. that the tip of the scribe is not scribing Next month we will alter the hand and Identify and make a list of all the lit- along the edge of the work piece, it is frame to use a coil spring and plunger. tle things you find that will need address- scribing to the right several thousands of ing before the gun is reassembled. Since an inch. Hold the scribe at an angle so it we have dealt with examples of common marks a true and correct line on our work. fit and finish issues in the Pietta articles, Photo 14 With these basic tools on hand we won’t spend more time on those issues and procedures in mind, let’s begin our here. Instead, we will focus on some spe- tune-up. cific problem areas and how to fix them. In the Pietta article we spent a lot of In the Pietta articles we also dis- time refitting the cylinder bolt. Uberti cussed some tools that would be needed bolts are generally “sort of fit.” They are to work on our guns. Since most people not set up ideally, but they do usually don’t have milling machines or lathes in work as they come from the factory. their garages, in this article we are going Photo 15 shows a typical Uberti open to use tools that many people do own or top bolt. The workers at Uberti typically Page 46 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

WHAT’S THE CALL?

By Oracle, SASS #4854 Regulator, RO-II TG-The Bitter Creek Rangers

these wires offer a limited audi- If we do not believe in what the SASS rifle. Shooter loads 10 and shoots ence an open discussion of concern rules and guidelines call for, it is time the stage. At the end of the stage to the individuals involved without to turn in our TG Badge to our club the shooter has a round left on the a lot of the snide comments that and/or take off the “black pin” and carrier. Is this one safety for over- appear on the SASS wire. The stop instructing. As far as I can loading the rifle or two safeties? SASS members that are TG’s and determine, there is no written stan- • Leaving empty or live RO-III are recognized as having a dard that specifically details conduct rounds in magazine or carri- vested interest in SASS being suc- of TG’s and RO’s except the “Spirit of er of the long gun in which it cessful. We care about the game the Game.” I do know if a TG or RO- was loaded. Oracle, SASS #4854, Regulator and its rules. III does not “measure up,” they can • Loading more than the cor- RO-II, TG (Un Retired) What we have to keep in mind is be relieved of the responsibility. rect number of live rounds we have a responsibility to SASS to Question 1 – If you shoot at a in a firearm. instruct and inform the general target with a rifle or pistol, and LOOK IT UP! Welcome to the he count now stands at more membership of the rules AS WRIT- miss, can you reload from your hard call of a RO. Tthan 500 Territorial Governors, TEN. It is NOT our option to pick body and engage the target in ANSWER 1 – SASS Shooters and many of them are also RO-II and choose which rules we want to order to not receive a miss or be Handbook, Page 23, Item 9, Instructors (another name for RO- ignore. As a TG and/or RO-III, we able to shoot a clean stage/match? and RO-I, page 15, item 9. III’s). Not all RO-III’s are Terri- have a moral obligation to SASS for Question 2 – Stage calls for nine ANSWER 2 – RO-I p.24. torial Governors. We each have our getting this game started and keep it own wire forum, so a lot of RO running within the written rules and information is on the TG wire and guidelines—the SASS Handbook, For AD Rates some of the RO-III’s never see the Range Operations Level I Course, DONNA • (714) 694-1800 (EXT. 118) questions and answers. Both of and Range Officers Level II Course. May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 47

OBAMA MAY JUST BE THE MAN WE NEED ...

By Colonel Dan, SASS Life #24025

man—he’s many of our fellow citi- law … usually hidden in some larg- friends who may be passive to get Colonel Dan, zens and, unfortunately, that group er bill. If it stirs significant anger, involved by following the example SASS Life #24025 includes some SASS members! I as did the amnesty bill last June, you set. Help them break the ice of think it’s going to take the real they back off and shelve it tem- taking that first step of involve- scare of a Barrack assault to get porarily until the dust settles and ment. It will be easier for those never thought I’d say it, never people serious about putting people forget, or they try another reluctant souls if friends are by Iwanted to say it, fought vigorous- America back on the road to being way to back door it. their side. After doing that, give ly against having to say it, as you the healthy nation we once enjoyed What will it take to fuel the serious consideration to going above all know, but now I must say it … and always loved. protest needed to quash this cur- and beyond the call by joining in on Barrack Hussein Obama may do Do you remember a previous rent trend? It will take YOU to get the activities these reputable groups more in the long run to put America column of mine wherein I predicted actively involved and push the organize to protect and defend your back on track than any other politi- at some point these lefties would go effort to reverse the political constitutional rights. Do whatever cian on the national scene today. I too far and push the wrong button, momentum we’ve lost over the you can, but for God’s sake get per- think he may do more for restoring stirring people to action who other- years. Will it be a quick and easy sonally involved and do your part in the traditional cause than whomev- wise would have remained passive- fix? Not by a long shot. Can it be helping save this great country. er the GOP could have nominated ly on the sidelines? Well, I think done? Yes, absolutely. “OK Colonel, Remember, we can’t depend on in 2008 or may nominate in 2012. Barrack Hussein Obama and his how can I help?” “someone else to do it,” and America And, I’m certain Barrack Hussein liberal ilk may just be that button. I’ve written about this before in can’t go it alone or be saved without Obama could do far more to stir I don’t know about you, but I’m a November 2007 column entitled, YOU. YOU are We the People. interest in America’s gun rights absolutely sick of those who seek to “What Can I Do?” I invite you to look If it takes a Barrack attack to movement than the NRA, GOA, destroy the country of our Founders it up in my archives and re-read it. get more citizens motivated in the SAF, JPFO, or SASS could ever and our unalienable rights along However, its basic premise is worthy effort of returning this country to hope to generate on their own. with it. I’m sick of those who would of restating here—get actively its foundational roots, then his role What’s that I hear, someone impose their dictatorial will on this involved. There are three easy ways as the catalyst that energized the screaming? “Hey Tex, it’s time to nation despite the objections of its you can do that now—today. return to Freedom’s Trail will have retire the good Colonel. He’s gone people and the limitations specified First and foremost, do the easi- been a valued one. I just pray that over to the dark side, if not over the within its Constitution. And, I’m est thing right off the bat—join the more patriotic Americans get edge!” also getting particularly tired of NRA, GOA, SAF, or JPFO. actively engaged to stop them In my view, our current situa- those who constantly complain in Correspond with them and support before the wounds Obama and his tion is becoming more and more like private, but haven’t the gumption to their initiatives to protect your cronies are allowed to inflict on this the man who had to have his first do anything other than whine when rights. They most desperately need nation become mortal. heart attack before he got serious they find more and more of their your full support, and they need it Just the view from my saddle… about eating right and exercising rights have been eroded away. NOW. Then, do the next easy Contact Colonel Dan: like he should. All those years lead- I do see increasing signs, howev- thing—write your representatives [email protected] ing up to the attack, he was told er, that many people are becoming regularly. Next, encourage fellow Colonel Dan’s Archives: repeatedly by his doctor, his wife, more vocal, more active, and more SASS members or other shooting http://mddall.com/sbss/SBSShome.htm and his friends that he should be intolerant of this usurpation of more concerned about eating nutri- power, and I welcome it. I knew and s. tiously and being more active. His wrote many times of those millions gun TOP OF THE LINE ur y uninvolved, inactive life-style was of patriots out there that needed yo pla n is SINCE 1957 o r d making him fat and increasingly only to be moved into coordinated ng ge e vi u ad lazy. But, he ignored all the warn- action, and We the People could and a R Tr gr & r n lt o ing signs, thinking it would never would recapture our country from E o le C a m S really happen to him. After all, he’d those who arrogantly trample the o ed r t v fo s a s u r n had a good life up to now, had the “great unwashed” as they climb the C g u n g freedom of movement most healthy mountain of personal political power. E people enjoy, and experienced rela- How politicians do this is insid- tively little, if any, pain. Then one ious and incremental. One method day, it hit him. There he was on life is by using trial balloons at various support, incapacitated, and totally levels to gauge pubic reaction before MASTER ENGRAVER dependent on others, wondering they commit themselves and risk P.O. Box 2332 what in hell happened. Suddenly losing their precious office. One or OM Cody, WY 82414 he saw the light, but it took having two congressmen propose a bill at VING the living daylights scared out of the federal or state level and then CUST (307) 587-5090 HANDCUT him. He finally vowed to get serious sit back to watch public reaction. If ENGRA about restoring the health he once the reaction is tepid, they go for- took for granted. Who is that ward and all of a sudden it becomes Page 48 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

MORNINGDOVERIDES Mounted Shooting and How I Got Started!

By Morning Dove, SASS #7889

an instructor in law enforcement wasn’t sure I was big enough, but I like most together, riding and shoot- and found a safe way to let me shoot kept bugging him, so he brought me! ing!! I guess that’s why it’s the fastest balloons with a .22 pistol. He says it The ranch is in some really rough growing equine sport in the world! was one of those “Don’t do this at and rocky country, and we ride hors- Since I was only 10 yrs old when home” sort of things! But it was fun, es up and down some hills I don’t we started Mounted Shooting, I did- and even my mom, Sweetface, SASS think I could walk up by myself! n’t actually shoot in competition. #7888, would shoot with us. Now we get to the real fun ... The only cartridge riders are allowed I also started riding horses with Mounted Shooting! When I was 10, to use is .45 Colt blanks for safety my family at three years old, and by Pecos Pistolero, SASS #62361, started reasons. The Match Directors sup- Morning Dove, SASS #7889 the time I was seven years old, I had a Mounted Shooting club near us and ply the ammunition to make sure begun shooting in local SASS Action brought Alan Eggleston of the Double they know what’s in it. In Action rtesia, NM – Born in Georgia, Shooting matches with the Rocky E Ranch (www.ranchgeldings.com) to Shooting, people bring their own Amy family moved to New Mexico Flats Rangers and the Seven Rivers town for a clinic. I made my dad take ammunition, but with spectators all when I was just three years old. My Regulators. That’s also about the us, and we both liked Mounted around the outside of the arena older brothers, Tombstone Tim, same time I started riding barrels Shooting right away! When my dad watching us shoot, Match Directors SASS #6820, and Pawnee Pete, and poles at the 4H play days, so I asked me if I wanted to start must be certain there is nothing in SASS #6851, are both about ten could learn to ride well enough to Mounted Shooting, I said, “Abso- the blank cartridges except for years older than me. When my dad, take my own horse when we went lutely!” I’m totally “horse crazy” and blackpowder. The blanks are certi- Sierrita Slim, SASS #4054, and camping in the mountains. When I love to ride horses and shoot, too. fied to break balloons every time at a brothers would practice shooting, I was about eight years old, my dad Mounted Shooting is even more distance of 10 feet, but never at 20 wanted to shoot, too, even though I started taking me to work cattle enjoyable than Action Shooting for feet. It’s actually the burning pow- was only two years old! My dad was with him on the Flying H ranch. He me because it puts the two things I (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 49

(Continued from previous page) der embers that break the balloons Morning Dove rides to victory at when we don’t miss! 2008 END of TRAIL. Photo by Mr. Quigley Photography It’s not easy to hit the balloons every time when you’re riding on the back of a 1,000-pound horse gallop- we know from Mounted Shooting, the ing around the arena at 30 mph! You Bishop family are all really nice and really have to concentrate! With the fun to be around, from the Wranglers Morning Dove at 2008 END of TRAIL balloons far enough from the edge of all the way up to the Senior with Mounted Ladies Overall Trophy the arena, we can ride around, and Divisions. You even get to ride and and Buckle as well as the no matter what angle we shoot from, shoot with famous people like Jim Junior Champion Buckle. if we’re close enough to break the Rogers (who invented Mounted Photo by Mr. Quigley Photography balloons, we’re too far away from the Shooting), his wife Lilly, and Outlaw edge of the arena to hit anyone in the Annie too! Even when they’re Morning Dove and published/copy- crowd. The powder is all burned up famous, they are still nice! right by Junior Shooters (Junior before it can reach that far! Because There is no other sport like Sports Magazines Inc.). Said per- the guns have to shoot .45 Colts, all Mounted Shooting, none. Sure, you mission applies to any of author’s the guns are full sized, and it’s hard can have fun shooting with your fam- articles published by Junior to work the action one handed when ily and friends if you Cowboy Action Shooters. Credit to Junior Shooters, your hands are small (one hand Shoot. Sure, you can ride your horse to include Junior Shooters website, holds the reins). That’s why when a lot if you do some other equine www.juniorshooters.net, must be you are under 12 years old, you ride sport, and some of them you can gal- provided in the article. Our logo is the same patterns as the adults, but lop your horse around the arena. attached. This permission is grant- only use a toy gun and don’t have to But, Mounted Shooting is the only ed herein as of this date March 8, break the balloons. The under 12 sport where you can ride as fast as 2009 by Andy Fink Publisher/ class is called “Buckaroos” in SASS you can and shoot single action pis- Editor-In-Chief Junior Shooters.] Mounted Shooting and “Wranglers” Morning Dove rides to victory at the tols at the same time! There is even in the CMSA (Cowboy Mounted SASS Western National a rifle category, so you can shoot a Shooting Association). Championship, Tombstone, AZ. pistol and a rifle in the same stage! Once I turned 12 and started Photo by Jeff Valdez If you like horses and shooting, shooting, I was in the Junior you really need to come on Division, which is where I am out and watch us. If you ask now. Even though the caliber politely and know how to is big and the guns have big ride, you can probably get frames, you can still find pis- someone to let you ride their tols that have smaller grips horse and borrow their guns like mine. I use bird’s head to give it a try. But, it’s so grip pistols from Taylor’s much fun Ö if you try it, Firearms Company. The grip you’ll like it! You can find has no “hump” on the back local clubs at and also at strap, so I can put my hand Give it a try ... come on ... you where ever I need to in order can do it. At least come and to work the action. My ham- watch a match or practice. mer spurs are turned down, Mounted Shooting is so too, so it’s easier to reach much fun, it might change with my small hands (It’s OK you forever! I hope to see to do that in Mounted you at the arena sometime! Shooting). When I turn six- (Morning Dove is the SASS teen, I’ll move into one of the 2008 New Mexico State adult Lady divisions. Until Champion Jr., Ladies Over- then, I can still win the top all and Match Overall at 14; Ladies’ buckle if I beat all the Morning Dove riding Chief at the first the 2008 Arizona State Founders Ranch “Smoke in the Valley,” age 11. women in the match. I’ve Champion Jr., Ladies Over- Photo by Mr. Quigley Photography done that at the 2006 and all and Match Overall at 15, 2007 SASS New Mexico State Just like at the Action matches, and the Ladies Overall World Championships, and it’s really fun to Mounted Shooting matches have the Champion at 14. She is also the beat adults when you’re a just a kid! nicest people at them. That’s a big CMSA 2008 Ladies Limited Division I hope they don’t mind too much part of the fun we have as a family. World Champion and the New because I want to do it again some- There are other families with kids Mexico Ladies Overall High Points time! Once in the adult divisions, that do Mounted Shooting, too. We Champion. Visit her website at riders are separated into Divisions have one family in New Mexico that www.morningdoverides.com.) 1-5 (SASS) and 1-6 (CMSA & MSA) has four generations of Mounted [Reprinted by permission from the depending on how many times you Shooters in it! They all come to the Spring 2008 issue of Junior Shoo- win. The more you win, the more you matches, and almost all of them ride ters Magazine. SASS has permis- move up to a higher Division. and shoot! Like many of the people sion to reprint articles by the author, Page 50 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

MOUNTED SHOOTING . COMESOFAGE

By Tex, SASS #4

here have been a number of not officially been updated for over sions. Once any new Tchanges in the Mounted arena two years, so an editorial and rules rules are approved by since the Convention. update process has been initiated to the Governors, we can First – To begin leveling the bring everything up to date. As incorporate them and Tex and Pistolero Pete on a “run down” Wild Bunch’s work load, I have soon as possible, the updated mate- begin the serious pro- at Winter Range back in “the old days.” agreed to become the liaison rials will be posted on the SASS cess of reorganizing between the Mounted Shooting web site and will become effective the material. community and the Wild Bunch, at END of TRAIL 2009. As a reminder, matters regard- mon to see Mounted riders being leaving Coyote free to focus on During this update process a ing Mounted Shooting policy “taken for a ride” toward the distant SASS marketing and directing couple of issues have come to light. remain the realm of the Wild horizon! I played the game until it SASS events. There are those who believe the Bunch … matters of Mounted was time to retire Pete … and I was Second – Wildcat Kate and documents need to be reorganized Shooting rules are controlled strict- getting too old to get hurt any more! Johnny Concho have retired as the to better present the material, and ly by the Mounted Territorial William Bruce, of course, retired SASS Mounted Shooting Spokes- the rules and penalties associated Governors. If there are issues of from the Wild Bunch about that persons. SASS owes these two a with undesirable actions are scat- any kind with the Mounted Shoo- time and started CMSA, the inspira- heartfelt gratitude of thanks for the tered throughout the documents ting Program, one’s first point of tion for SASS Mounted Shooting … years of hard work building the and need to be consolidated. contact is their local Territorial and the rest, as they say, is history. SASS Mounted Shooting program to The simple task of consolidating Governor. In addition to determin- One last note … both Action and where it is today. Johnny Concho’s the existing penalties has proved to ing the rules of the game, the Mounted Shooting are competitions health was one of the issues that be anything but simple, but as soon Mounted Territorial Governors’ job … we keep score and declare win- played into the decision to step as this effort is acceptably close to is to facilitate communication ners. However, competition is not down, but also there was a strong being correct, the documents will be between the membership and the the only reason, or even the major feeling the program had finally posted on the web site. All Mounted Wild Bunch (in BOTH directions). reason, for playing the game. If matured enough to stand on its own Shooters should begin compiling a list I was asked recently why in the you’re truly serious about earning feet without the special care and of issues, problems, inconsistencies, world someone who knows nothing fame, fortune, and glory on the field feeding of National Spokespersons and omissions and turn these in to about Mounted Shooting (i.e., of honor and are chasing the gold or National Directors. There are Prairie Mary at the New Mexico myself) was placed in charge of (money), then join CMSA. SASS is enough experienced Mounted club SASS Office where they will be com- directing the program? First of all, an amateur game … we play for the officials and match directors around piled into a master list and redistrib- no one is directing the program. thrill of the game; we’re here to the country that will allow local net- uted to Match Directors and Mounted The word Director doesn’t show up have fun and meet new friends. We working to deal with issues involved Territorial Governors for discussion in anybody’s job description. I’m a all want to do as well as we possibly in bringing new clubs and mounted at the major Mounted events. Those liaison between the Wild Bunch and can (as well as we’re willing to work cowboys on line. items that appear to have merit will the membership. SASS policy for), but in the end we’re here to Third – The Mounted Shooting be retained and become the agenda comes from the Wild Bunch. My suit up, strap on our guns, saddle Handbook and MRO materials have for this year’s Convention discus- role is to be a convenient conduit for our faithful cowponies, and play communication. It’s too confusing if “cowboy” with our friends. I have multiple members of the Wild recently seen instances where Bunch are trying to answer the potential newcomers are too intimi- same question … and sometimes dated to join the game because providing different answers! It’s everyone around them is so intense my job to provide a consistent set of on competing and “moving up.” answers and point of view. Although our champions are won- Although I’m no longer an active ders to behold and an inspiration to participant in SASS Mounted all, please remember, we’re not in Shooting, I was one of the original the competition business … we’re in SASS Mounted Shooters. Phil the entertainment business! ALL Spangenberger provided the inspi- our riders had best be having a ration for Shakey Jake and I to wonderful time at matches, large begin riding and shooting “back in and small, and during the training the old days” at Coto de Caza, where sessions … or they won’t be back! both Action and Mounted Shooting We have a wonderful game … were born. I was never anywhere thanks to many folks, including www.dbarjhats.net nearly as good as I thought I was, Wildcat Kate and Johnny Concho and my horse, Pistolero Pete, hated … it’s now up to the Mounted the game! We didn’t have arenas in Shooting community to continue those days, and it was not uncom- growing the game!

May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 51 i A TRUE SASS COWBOY i By Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life #49907 TG Sucker Creek, Michigan

ast fall the Vicar’s Wife and I take time to check out Webster’s he could have sought the glory. Lwent on a little foray to the Dictionary I’m sure you’ll agree that When I said I had brought a prize to Southeast, taking in three state Cowboy Action Shooting™is more give out, he asked me to highlight shoots. We enjoyed them all but one than a sport or game. the award to the shooters at the stood out to me because of an out- When I spot someone who exem- opening ceremony. He set up standing, dedicated cowboy named plifies several of the aforementioned Cowboy Church for Sunday morning Edisto Ike a “True SASS Cowboy.” words, it catches my attention. and asked me if I would do the hon- I’ve been to several state shoots While taking in the South Carolina (Continued on page 59) and each one has its own uniqueness State Shoot, Edisto Ike, SASS that enhances the greatness of our #42437, displayed several of sport, game or whatever you prefer these terms. Now I realize it to call Cowboy Action Shooting™. takes more than one person to Some like to call Cowboy Action set up a state shoot, and so I Shooting™a sport, while others like declare kudos to all who were to use the term game, but I truly involved. Ike was the spokes- believe we represent far more than a man I encountered, and I one-word description. enjoyed my stay immensely Some descriptive words that because of his demeanor. He come to mind when I reflect on treated everyone as honored Cowboy Action Shooting™are: God, guests. He did not seek the Country, family, humility, honor, fair- spotlight, but delegated ness, civility, respect, unselfishness, responsibilities to several oth- helpful, genuine, humor, etc. If ya ers to take on roles for which Page 52 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

Silver Dan, SASS #52613 By Palaver Pete, SASS Life/Regulator #4375

he man I compare to Carbine Oregon shop. Orders for his post TWilliams and the subject of driving equipment come from as far “this article is an inventor, farmer, away as Australia, but most orders company president, firearms collec- originate in the good old U. S. of A. tor, and Cowboy Action Shooter.” When asked, Dan replied, “Texas fol- The man is a genius! Many lowed closely by Oklahoma leads in machinists and tool and die makers U.S. orders.” Dan’s complete line of are like that. Their brains are wired products can be viewed on the a little different than the average Joe. Internet at: www.rohrermfg.com. Give them an idea, and they come up Back to the firearms for a with a new patent. Carbine Williams moment. As can be seen in the was like that, and thanks to a com- accompanying photo, Dan has many passionate prison warden who per- western type lever action rifles and mitted him to use the prison machine revolvers of all makes, but his pride shop, Williams designed and patent and joy is a Crown Grade LC Smith his gas operated, semi-automatic rifle SxS 12 gauge shotgun, followed better known as the M1 Carbine. The closely by a Winchester 1873 in cal- Silver Dan’s extensive Firearm Collection consists of over 175 valuable man I compare to Carbine Williams, iber .22 Short. Personally, I never pieces. German rifles, shotguns, and guns of the Old West are his favorites. and the subject of this article is Dan realized ’73’s were made in such a Rohrer. His SASS handle is Silver probably shoot a couple of them. Dan, but it should be “Dan the Dan is a member of two Golden,” because everything he touch- cowboy clubs in central Ore- es turns to gold—even his friends gon, the Pine Mountain Posse develop that golden “glow” just being and the Horse Ridge Pistoleros. around him. I have the good fortune Shooting in the Elder States- of being one of those people. man Category, Dan is respected Dan lives on an 80-acre farm in for his cool shooting demeanor rural Oregon, where he raises (in and his uncanny accuracy. addition to the regular spread of When asked about his accura- farm animals), Water Buffalos. cy, Dan very modestly responds When the Buff’s see him driving his home range is responsible their way, they flock to his pickup for helping him hit the target truck knowing something good is dead center. Yes, Dan also has coming. Visitors, on the other hand, a home range. It’s different are not treated with the same enthu- than most ranges in that his siasm, so if visiting Dan’s spread, be targets can be electronically sure not to attempt to visit the Buff’s moved to various distances, without the familiar standing Dan— thus contributing to the afore- the Buff’s are picky that way. mentioned accuracy. Anyway, After visiting the Buff’s, Dan Dan is yet another example of usually takes guests to his incredibly the kind of talented and dedi- magnificent and well-secured fire- cated Americans that make up arms collection. Dan doesn’t just col- the Single Action Shooting lect any firearms—he likes old Society. Thanks, Dan, for all German rifles and shotguns and you do for our country, our Western timepieces that need love economy, and our sport. Carry Silver Dan holding one of his patented air-powered Fence Post Driver’s. and restoration to return to life. Dan on, Silver Dan! likes doing that kind of work— small caliber, but there it is, and restoration if you will, and every- sweet, sweet is the feel of its accura- thing he restores shoots better than cy. Yes, Dan does let his friends when it was first manufactured— shoot his firearms. “That’s what another stroke of his genius. they’re for,” says he. All in all, Dan has over 175 Don’t plan on raiding Dan’s pieces in his firearm’s collection. secret enclave. As an inventor, you Many of them are valued well over can rest assured Dan has set several $5,000, and some, perhaps, are price- “catch and release” devices to detect Silver Dan less. He works on these pieces in his unwanted intrusions. Additionally, with his home machine shop, separating per- his collection is housed in a “fortress” favorite female of steel lined walls that resonate sonal work from his business shop. Water His business is manufacturing air- with security devices. The best way Buffalo. powered Fence Post driving equip- to see Dan’s collection is to ask him if Don’t go ment, which of course he designed you can. He will be more than near them and patented. Currently Dan em- pleased to show you around, and if without ploys seven people at his Prineville, he takes a liking to you, you can Dan! May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 53 Page 54 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 55 Page 56 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 57

ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, AND CUSTER’S LAST BATTLE

By Richard Allan Fox Jr. battle was combed by volunteers with Reviewed by Blue Steel Traveller, SASS #70994 metal detectors uncovering 7th Cavalry and Indian spent casings, bullets, and arrow heads. Through r. Fox, Associate Professor of were in disarray, without much sem- forensics on firing pin signatures and DAnthropology at the University of blance of unified purpose.” This book extractor markings, the author was , began this book as his will open the reader’s eyes to a new able to establish the flow of battle by Ph.D. dissertation. This is important perspective as the author makes a showing how the firearms used by the regarding Indian strength, The Glory- to understand, as this book is not a very convincing argument against Indians and soldiers moved from Hunter hypothesis, Support or nonsup- normal narrative. Dr. Fox takes a most of the traditional beliefs con- point to point. port from Reno and Benteen, Division very methodical approach to unravel- cerning this battle. In Part III the archeological evi- of the Command, Carbine extractor ing the myths and mystery with the In the initial chapters Dr. Fox dence in conjunction with the Indian failure, and low ammunition are all battle, and paints an extremely differ- looks at the historical body of work on accounts is used to reveal fighting in and analyzed and discussed in detail. ent picture of the progression of bat- Custer and develops two broad around Calhoun Hill, flowing into the In summary, this book provides a tle. His approach was to take the themes: “The Custer battle as myth and Keogh sector, Cemetery Ridge, Custer thorough analysis of all the available records from the Reno and Benteen the Custer battle as fate.” He then Hill, and finally the wrongly named (Fox evidence, creating a most convincing survivors, Reno inquiry, and lastly the spends a great deal of time introducing asserts) South Skirmish Line. argument with this quote underscoring Indian stories. With the discovered the reader to studies and analysis con- In this writer’s opinion, the most Dr. Fox’s findings: “Historical-archaeo- artifacts, he then performed an analy- cerning combat behavior, tactical sta- controversial chapter in the book is logical analyses of the Custer battle sis of the written record in relation- bility, and causes of instability. that on Prefatory and Immediate portray an offensive minded battalion ship to the archeological record. For this reader the most interest- cause. The author debunks almost all suddenly caught up in the most often The result of this analysis led to ing aspect of this section was the of the here-to-fore believed reasons for deadly process of disintegration.” the conclusion that “Except at the approach to forensics on the casings defeat. Topics such as Custer not obey- Norman: University Press of beginning of the battle, the soldiers found on the battlefield. The field of ing his orders, lack of knowledge Oklahoma, 1993

Page 58 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 i THE SMOKE WAGON i By Captain George Baylor, SASS Life #24287

aylor’s & Co. joined the small but Tgrowing band of sellers of “race ready” or “match ready” guns with the Smoke Wagon. They sell two versions of Smoke Wagons, standard and Deluxe Editions. Both are clones of second generation Colts. The standard edition “boasts a low-profile “stage- coach” hammer similar to one on late second generation Colts. That and wider-style sights allow the user to Taylor’s & Co. Smoke Wagon— acquire sights faster, without cocking .38 Colt & S & W Special, 5-1/2" barrel, blue with case colored frame and checkered wood grips.

the pistol. It also features a thin, rich- ly-detailed, checkered grip for comfort and improved aim.” The Deluxe Edition model “also includes custom tuning, custom hammer and base pin The Smoke Wagon comes with thin, springs, trigger-spring at three checkered nicely lacquered wood pounds, jig-cut, positive angles on all Cimarron Evil Roy hammer for com- grips and case colored hammer. triggers and sears for crisp, reliable parison, standard height. action, a coil-loaded hand, and wire Wide rear sight slot, wide front sight. trigger pull (liability, no doubt). bolt and trigger springs. Normally, they left between 2-3/4 and I had been trying to get a Deluxe shoot .357 Magnum in their rifles. 3 lb., but that one must’ve gotten out Edition Smoke Wagon to test from the Then, you can just load .357’s or at without being checked. time they came out, but they had a lit- least use rifle ammunition in your pis- Realizing it might take me another tle problem. They were selling faster tols. Theoretically at least, accuracy six months to get another one, I decided than they could get them. It took should be improved for .38 Specials to complete the test and just mention almost a year to get one, and it was a with .38 Special chambering. this one was an exception. Everything 5-1/2" barrel model .38 Special instead Then, I finally took it home from else was right about it. If this happens The “Stage Coach” hammer is of the 4-3/4" I preferred (for consisten- the FFL and started checking it out. to you, and you want a lighter trigger, .10 in. lower than stock Uberti cy, if nothing else, since I started this The trigger seemed a bit heavy. That I’ll bet a call to Cody will start the ball hammers. Note wide rear sight slot, series with 4-3/4" guns). But I was didn’t make sense. The hammer pull rolling to get the trigger pull to your wide front sight. happy to get it. The Smoke Wagon, as was very light, like a match-ready gun, specifications. For 95% of SASS shoot- mentioned, is a very popular race- and everything was smooth and slick. ers, this trigger is just right. ready match gun. My series on match- The trigger pull was crisp, but not The Smoke Wagon starts off as ready SAA’s wouldn’t be much of a light. I got out the electronic trigger an Uberti Cattleman with a wide series without it. Yes, I did mean .38 pull gauge and pulled the trigger 10 front sight, and wide rear sight notch Special. The barrel is marked “.38 times. Average 3 lb. 15 oz. and thin, checkered grips. They look Colt & S & W Special.” It is also avail- Cody Conagher tunes all of the like the grips on the Cimarron Evil able in .357 Magnum, .45 Colt, and Deluxe Edition Smoke Wagons. So, I Roy, but the calipers showed them .44-40. The only advantage I can called him and asked about the trigger thinner, 1.40 in. across the bottom, think of for having a .357 Magnum pull since the advertising said 3 lb. He vs. 1.48 in. on an Evil Roy. They’re model is for Marlin shooters who said Taylor’s required at least 2-3/4 lb. (Continued on next page)

Four match-ready guns. From top to bottom: Cimarron Evil Roy, Taylor & Co. Smoke Wagon, EMF Alchemista, Long Hunter USFA Smoke Wagon “” hammer Single Action … all tested for Evil Roy hammer and trigger and trigger as prepared in the articles in The Cowboy Chronicle. (after 5,000 rounds). deluxe version of the Smoke Wagon. Wire bolt spring from Smoke Wagon. May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 59 THE SMOKE rear sight groove without cocking, gr. TC bullet. (9 gr. weight APP3f was though. So I could acquire the sights, the minimum APP load I know of to WAGON . . . but not get a classic sight picture with pass the smoke test at the 2006 END of (Continued from previous page) the hammer down. TRAIL. 8 gr. weight failed. APP good looking, well-fitted stocks that So how does it shoot? smokes more than wholly black. 10 gr. work quite well for what we do. We It shoots very well. I adapted to weight should be comfortably above the don’t want the gun to ride up under the trigger very quickly and could run smoke standard). This load averaged recoil, but to stay in our grip. practice drills with the Smoke Wagon 797 ft./sec., Power Factor of 84. Normally, unless there is some rea- in one holster and the Evil Roy in the Ten-X 130 gr, BP substitute load, son to do so, I don’t disassemble test other and find virtually no difference in using the still unreleased for retail sale guns more than what is needed for results. It popped Winchester primers cowboy Triple-7, averaged 688 ft./sec, a cleaning. But I had been told the inter- as well as those soft Federals, and in Power Factor of 89 and a 1.5 in. group. nal shape of the hammer was different several hundred rounds I essentially Great Basin’s 125 gr. BP substitute from the Evil Roy, and I wanted to see couldn’t find anything wrong with it. I load, using APP, averaged 465 ft./sec., what work had been done. hadn’t gotten one tuned for BP (Cody PF 58, group size 1.9 in. This also meant I had to disas- opens up the barrel-cylinder gap a tad Ten-X’s pre-power factor 105 gr. semble one of my Evil Roy’s. They’ve for BP on request), but shooting a cou- smokeless load averaged 457 ft./sec. PF had about 5,000 rounds each run ple of hundred rounds in a practice ses- 48, and 2.0 in. group. I neglected to ask through them, so it was time anyway. sion didn’t result in binding, with Potus, President of Ten-X for their new No, I don’t disassemble my guns down American Pioneer Powder and Triple-7 load. Potus has been very helpful in to the last screw after every session, rounds. I went two practice sessions my tests. Ten-X’s 130 gr. load averaged despite their nearly all blackpowder (150-200 rounds per gun) between 607 ft./sec., PF 79, and 1.9 in. Great (substitute) diet (American Pioneer cleaning and had no problems. Basin’s 125 gr. smokeless load aver- Powder 3f usually). The grips seldom Ransom Rest Session aged 718 ft./sec. PF 90, and 1.8 in. come off, and most of the time I clean I set up my Ransom Rest and That’s 6 loads, shot at 2x normal what I can with the cylinder and base Oehler 35P chronograph at the Cowtown SASS pistol target ranges. They all pin removed. So yes, there was some range north of Phoenix. The terrain lim- would hit within an inch of your perfect crud inside, though not much, and its the target to 15 yards for Ransom flash sight picture. well-suspended in Break Free. It did Rest testing. The gun proved exception- The sight picture, with the wide give me a chance to clean everything ally accurate with several loads: rear sight and wide front sight, was, by thoroughly. I photographed the ham- Best group, with a Cowboy load the way, quite good. It’s becoming the mer and trigger and reassembled the was with Black Hills 158 gr. SWC standard for manufacturers to put gun, then disassembled the Smoke loads, which chronoed at 827 ft./sec. wide front sights on their SAA’s. Good Wagon. Color me yellow, but I didn’t and a power factor of 131(!) and for them! We old guys need all the help want both guns to be apart at the grouped center to center at 0.7 in. we can get seeing those sights. same time. The Taylor’s people might Moving to rounds you’d actually use in Conclusions not want their Smoke Wagon back a match that didn’t require stopping a Excellent match ready pistol done with an Evil Roy cylinder in it! charging Volkswagen, the best group by a superb gunsmith. At $620 list I learned the Smoke Wagon had a was 0.9 in. from my match load of 10 gr. (March 2009), excellent value for the wire bolt spring, while the Evil Roy had (WEIGHT) American Pioneer Powder money, too. Its high volume of sales in a flat one. I had already reassembled the 3f (about 12 gr. VOLUME) behind a 105 a soft market is well deserved. Evil Roy, so you’ll have to take my word for it pictorially. There are arguments A TRUE SASS COWBOY . . . for both. In fact, there are enough for (Continued from page 51) a clean match. Oh yeah I almost another article, and too many to fit in ors of conducting the service. Before here. I’m remaining neutral. forgot.. I received the most coveted Another difference I discovered the Awards Ceremony, there was a award of “Best Dressed Gentle- the hard way. Both use a coil hand- Veterans Day Service. Ike asked me man.” They took my picture with spring with a hand spring plunger, like if I would give the invocation to start some of the lovely ladies in atten- Rugers. This cures the #1 reliability the service and Col. Dan gave the dance. When the parishioners back problem with SAA’s that have been message. Even at the Awards home looked at the photo, they had “rode hard and put away wet,” broken Ceremony Ike took a back seat. some pressing questions. I jest handsprings. Ruger just drills a hole Wheel Gun Dunn did an excellent referred to the matter as holding a through the frame to the hand, and job emceeing the event with cheer Saturday night “Evangelistic Mee- when the grip frame is mounted, it’s and a goodly number of humorous tin”, and that seemed to satisfy held in place. This means sometimes interjections. When discussing the their curiosity. when you take the grip frame off, a coil spotlight assignments, Ike told me, The South Carolina gang really handspring goes off to spring heaven, “If you can spread it around, the peo- makes a body feel at home. Ike’s phi- never to be seen again (or at least ple take it more personally.” Well, we losophy is: “Everybody that comes until I go over the floor with a magnet- sure did. Makes ya want ta come here is our guest. We want them to ic sweeper just before cleaning the back next year. be comfortable.” floor for moving the shop). The Evil You may be a thinkin “What I would like ta highly recom- Roy has a little cap screwed into the about the match, was it a good mend the South Carolina State hole, and the spring and plunger are shoot?” To which I would say a Shoot as a “must shoot” if yar in the captive. The Smoke Wagon didn’t have resounding, “Yes it was a great one, and after an hour of looking for neighborhood or not. To Ike and the the spring, I ordered a supply! shoot.” Again, the right people for rest of those true cowboys and cow- Hammer the right jobs. 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THE SHOOTING OF LUKE MILLER

By Seven Ladders, SASS #75152

bullet hole in the right arm near Bend alfalfa farms and freighting Both women were aunts of famed the shoulder, another on his right business near Phoenix, Arizona. Helen Beulah Mrose, the lover of hand, and a big scar on the left Pad McCarley’s troubles start- gunfighter . thigh 3" long and 2" wide. In addi- ed when he married Kate Harris About every two years, regular as tion, his left big toe was missing November 28, 1893 in Luling, clockwork, Luke and Dixie Miller from the first joint, and both the lit- Texas. Known later in life as “Fat had a child, eleven in all. tle finger and 3rd finger of the left Mama,” Kate was reputed to be The troubles that arose hand were permanently stiffened part and very beautiful. between Luke Miller and Pad Seven Ladders, SASS #75152 from old breaks! In a short life, he The couple had five children. McCarley in the spring of 1901 had seen a lot of violence. Not far away lived Marion were typical not only of the odd jus- nmate #22149 was duly checked Born Burl Patton McCarley on Luther “Luke” Miller, born April 1, tice meted out in frontier Texas, Iin at the Dunovant #2 work camp August 18, 1873 in Seawillow, 1866 in Bell County, Texas. He but also of a real, Old West-style on November 2, 1902. Thirty years Caldwell County, Texas, the son of was connected to the family of shooting. The testimony at the old, 5'9", and weighing 148 pounds, Burl Patton McCarley and Frances James Brown “Killing Jim” Miller, trial did more to destroy the char- the man was described as looking Lucinda Ellison, he would be called and, at the same time, through his acter of the victim than convict the like a Mexican, with high cheek- “Pad” McCarley the balance of his mother, Susan Jane Nickell, born accused. Along the way, the repu- bones, a dark complexion, brown life. He grew up to be a farm labor- in 1822 in Virginia, he had a fami- tation of the shooter’s wife was eyes, and black hair—fairly unre- er and teamster, which may account ly connection to Willie Nickell, besmirched, the little town of markable except he had a one-inch for the stiff fingers on his left hand. allegedly killed by in Fredonia, Texas and the settlers of scar on his right eyebrow, a large For the most part, he worked for the in 1901. Deer Creek were forced to take scar between the shoulder blades, Williams and Ellison families in Luke Miller was married to sides, and Fat Mama may have got- scars on his right kneecap, arm, Caldwell, Mason, and San Saba Katherine “Dixie” Ellison, the sis- ten cheated out of her husband’s and shoulder, plus a poorly healed counties in Texas, and in the Gila ter of Pad McCarley’s mother. (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) get away, but McCarley “shot at me more than a year after the shooting, pick up the mail. That’s probably business by one of his own broth- twice while I was bringing in my McCarley was tried in Mason County. not true, of course, but upon his ers. Things would get so bad, some mare‘s bridle reins. [H]e shot a hole The trial was short. McCarley’s release from prison, McCarley’s of the McCarleys left the United through my vest and cut one of my defense was that Luke Miller had citizenship was restored by States to live in Canada. suspenders in two. He shot three seduced Fat Mama, and the shooting, Governor S. T. Lanham. On March 5, 1901, Luke Miller holes in [the] top of [my] hip and two therefore, was justified. The scandal Pad McCarley died of pneumo- gave his version of the shooting. At in my chest right above my breast- resulted in a reduced charge, and Pad nia, brought on by a bad case of the the time, he was lying in bed in his bone. Then he dropped down and McCarley was sentenced October 13, flu in Rising Star, Eastland County, home near Fredonia. The scene took the pistol in both hands and 1902 to three years for manslaughter. Texas, on December 14, 1906, aged must have been heartbreaking for after he shot at me again, Fletcher He entered Huntsville Prison on 33. Fat Mama lived forty years after Dixie Miller and her eleven chil- said, ‘I think that will do.’” November 2, 1902, and was released McCarley’s death. She is buried in dren. Shot multiple times, Luke Luke Miller died the next day, June 25, 1905. Pleasanton, Texas. Consistently Miller was bleeding to death in an March 6, 1901. He is buried at Family stories claimed that denying her husband ever had an agonizing way. Friends, relatives, Union Band Cemetery in San Saba from the first day in jail, McCarley affair with Fat Mama. Dixie Ellison and neighbors were in attendance. County. was a trustee, his cell door was Miller also survived her husband by Three men stepped forward to take The statement seems fairly never locked, and his job was to many years. She died in 1938 and is his dying statement. straightforward. The shooting was ride a mule to town each day to buried at Union Band. “I was up at Mrs. Jones and premeditated, and Fletcher Hurt started home … when two men was an active accomplice. McCarley galloped up on me,” he said. Pad must have had time to reload—he McCarley asked if Miller was shot seven times—and Miller’s only interested in buying some land, resistance was trying to outrun two and then began to curse. Pad said, men on horseback with a buggy. “I will give you what you want, Most of Miller’s wounds—if not God damn you. You are a horse’s all—were from the back. A modern ass, and I [said] don’t curse me. D.A., an autopsy, forensic evidence, [Y]ou are a damned lyer.[sic] ‘I am and a careful cross-examination of not, he said. ‘” McCarley and Hurt probably would With tempers flaring, Mc- result in a different verdict today. Carley’s companion, Fletcher Hurt The shooting happened about two rode between the two men, obscur- miles north of the Mason County com- ing Luke’s view. “Pad McCarley munity of Fredonia, solidly inside San came around from his horse … Saba County, yet McCarley seems not shooting, and I said for God sake to have been indicted in San Saba nor don’t …” Miller whipped his mare to was there a change of venue. Instead, VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM Page 62 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 CAMP CADY SOLDIERS .

By Ace of Hearts, SASS #77697

odern life allows us to travel at Mhigh speed along interstate highways. Zipping along at over 70 Camp Cady today. miles per hour, the stationary scenery often goes unnoticed, especially in the Volunteers arrived to man the Camp great Southwest. on a permanent basis and rebuild the What some people describe as buildings. Shortly thereafter, a group lifeless desert is only spoken of in that of Indians approached with obvious way because they don’t slow down and hostility, and 20 mounted men chased look around at the life that abounds. Camp Cady as it looked in the “old days.” them only to be attacked along the And, they certainly don’t look at the Mojave River. Five men were killed in history that sometimes lies within though every year more and more of it Camp Cady was first established an ambush the Indians had devised. sight of their high-speed bubble. turns to dust. So, the next time you are by Major Carleton with Company K, With the requirements to patrol Interstate 15, running between Las approaching Barstow, California from 1st Dragoons in April 1860. These 80 the roads and man the Camp, upwards Vegas and Los Angeles, parallel some of the north, take a short side trip along men established the camp and lived in of 120 men were stationed at the that great Southwest history, even Harvard Road and visit Camp Cady. mud and brush huts for three months Camp. while Army regulars built more per- One of its most serious incidents manent structures. The buildings occurred in 1867 when 15 Indians were arranged around three sides of jumped an Army ambulance between 300-yard parade grounds. The pur- Soda Lake and Camp Cady. The first pose of Camp Cady was to serve as a shots dropped the escort’s horse. The base of operations to the Mojave Road soldier jumped into the ambulance, and the Salt Lake Road and to wage and it broke out for Soda Lake after campaigns against the Piute and an hour’s fight. Indians of the area. Despite the heavy fire being con- Carleton and his men had no ducted out the rear of the ambulance, intention of making the camp perma- the Indians kept up the pursuit. Every nent and proceeded to destroy a Paiute likely ambush spot was manned to Rancheria some 50 miles away in May Soda Lake, but the ambulance got 1860. Afterwards, some two dozen through. A surgeon who was a passen- Paiutes met with Carleton at Camp ger in the vehicle was fatally wounded Cady and peace was established. in the fight. He lived only long enough Carleton declared the campaign suc- to write a final letter to his family. cessful and abandoned the Camp. In 1868, the Camp was moved a In 1862, the North feared the Salt half mile west to the point where the Lake Road and the Mojave Road buildings still stand today. The would be used by the Confederacy to patrols traveled from Cady to Las bring supplies in from Mexico, so Vegas along the Salt Lake Road and Camp Cady was repopulated with an from Cady to Fort Mojave along the 11-man detail. The detail camped and Government Road. The Salt Lake scouted for 10 days and found and Road followed roughly the Old heard nothing, so they once again Spanish Trail and places named abandoned the Camp. Resting Springs, Emigrant Pass, Camp Cady was empty until the Stump Springs, and Mountain Springs Indian trouble along the roads was are along the way. The Government once again a problem. In July 1864, Road passed through Afton Canyon, Captain John C. Cremony and his B Soda (Zyzzx) springs, and Fort Piute. Company of the Second California Camp Cady was finally sold to Cavalry were ordered to Camp Cady to civilians in 1871, and the Camp aban- patrol the roads and deprive the doned. Indians the use of the watering places So, as you speed towards Southern along those roads. While reestablish- California with your six-guns safely ing the camp, they were attacked by locked away in the trunk of your car, Indians. Three men were killed, and look to the south at Harvard Road, and their stores burned and destroyed. In you just may see a ghost of a military April 1865, Company C, 4th California rider of 150 years ago. May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 63

LITTLE KNOWN FAMOUS PEOPLE WAY OUT WEST – William Red Angus By Joe Fasthorse Harrill, SASS #48769

Joe Fasthorse Harrill, SASS #48769

WILLIAM RED ANGUS fought shoul- der-to-shoulder with General George Custer in Oklahoma at the Battle of the Washita when the 7th Calvary attacked ’s Village in 1868. Angus left the in 1880 to drive a herd of cattle from South Texas to Sheridan, Wyoming. In 1888, he was elect- ed Sheriff of Johnson County and sided with the small ranchers in the . Angus formed a posse in 1892 and laid siege to the ranch that the cattle barons and their 50 hired Texas gunfighters had fortified. Bullets flew for three days until the 6th Calvary was called in to end the standoff. After Red failed in his bid for reelection as Sheriff in 1893, he stayed in Buffalo, Wyoming where he served as Deputy County Clerk and Johnson County Treasurer until his death in 1922.

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BUCK PETERS, SASS #2853 e e (Claude G. Gosney) THE ESSENCE OF A COWBOY November 20, 1936 - October 11, 2008 Straight Shootin Slim, 1950 – 2009 A Great American Dedicated to and By Mogollon Drifter, SASS #13690 Cowboy Action Shooting™ t is with a heavy heart I relay By Mean Dawg Loomis, SASS #31727 Ithe very sad news our good friend and club president, Tim Mulligan, aka Straight Shootin e was known as Claude G. Slim, SASS #23248, passed away HGosney in the world of Fast Friday, February 20th, 2009 after Draw. Claude started out in St. a tough and brief battle with a Louis after he got out of the Navy. very aggressive cancer. He was a In the mid-50’s he got a job in a very young 59 years old. gun shop, strapped on a six-gun, Slim was one of the three and started to practice. By 1959 original founders of the Cedar he won his first world champi- Valley Vigilantes Cowboy Action onship in Fast Draw. Shooting™ Club in Morristown During his shooting career, he MN. His dedication and commit- won two World Championships, ment were instrumental in mak- four National Championships, four ing “Gunsmoke” (the SASS MN State Championships, and in 1972, State Championship) what it is he won the Live Ammo World today. Slim loved Cowboy Action While we all miss him very Championship Fast Draw in Shooting™, and the people much, we take comfort in know- Arizona, which raised a few eye- involved in it. Slim had just ing he is with the Lord and smil- brows and broke a few hearts. taken over as our ing down on us right now. Claude had a twin brother Cliff, club president this Tim was a true cowboy, exem- alias Captain Clint Hawk, SASS year, and was plified the essence of the cowboy #3246, that teamed up with him in looking for- spirit throughout his life, and fast draw. They were known as “the ward to tak- lived it to the letter. He will be twins.” During their time in fast ing our club to greatly missed by all who were draw they met and became friends the next level lucky enough to have known with Pat McMahon, of excellence. him. Rest in peace my friend. Wes Flowers, Cal Action Shooting™ in Arizona and Eilrich, Bob were then known as Buck Peters and James, and Captain Hawk. club in that state. Today, there are friend there, Judge Roy Bean, many others. Buck eventually moved to New 16 SASS affiliated clubs in NY. SASS #1. Buzz and I were fortu- After they York, and it was there in 1993 he I met Buck in 2000 when I need- nate enough to be with SASS #1, gave up fast and a few other cowboys got togeth- ed a rig made. You see, he was not who started Cowboy Action Shoo- draw, they got er and established the Bar 20 Club, only a Fast Draw champion, he was ting™ nationally, and Buck, who into Cowboy the first Cowboy Action Shooting™ also a gunsmith and leather maker. started Cowboy Action Shooting™ He made my rig and then he talked in NY state. For us to be with them For Claude “Pa Pa” Gosney He knows now he’s been forgiven me and my pal, Buzz Haywood, SASS was a real honor. We shot a couple By his Sister-in-Law and had been all of the while. #31957, into coming out to the first more years with Buck ‘til his shoot of the year that April. We were health failed. Seems his heart was Heaven’s gates opened to receive one Somewhere a bag pipe is calling hooked! At that first shoot we met real big, but it brought that ol’ cow- lone cowboy amazing grace, I believe. I hear Colt Younger, SASS #4488, and boy’s shootin' days to a halt. ridin’ in with a smile on his face, all round the rolling hills of heaven music so sweet and clear. Renegade Ralph, SASS #42490L, of However, he continued gunsmith- big hat and spurs. The Bar 20 and all kinds of pards ing and leather making. Howdy mam’s and sirs ridin’ slow and enjoyin’ the place. You’re pa pa and brother and husband from several clubs in the area, includ- As I think back about the times I and a fine cowboy to boot. ing Circle K Regulators’ Rowdy Bill, spent with Buck and his widow, Rose In life he thought no one loved him. Now for all the world’s troubles SASS #9628; Annabelle Bransford, Peters, SASS #3891, I know I can man, is he now surprised you don’t have to give a dern hoot. SASS #11916; Muleskinner, SASS speak for all the people I met to find out everyone loved him, #14683; Jim West, SASS #3752; through him, as well as myself, that not one person found him despised. All the worries and trials are over. Myrtle Wells, SASS #23117; and too they were some of the most memo- Now rest in the peace that you find, many others to mention. I was lucky rable cowboy experiences of our lives. What love fills his heart now ridin’ your horse around heaven no more troubles in mind. enough to shoot with people from all We will miss him, but we know where he has a view from above. over NYS that were friends with Buck, being a devout Christian, Now his tired old heart has room to receive all that love. One day we’ll meet again in heaven Buck. Seems he got them involved in became at peace with his Savior on upon that beautiful shore. one way or another with Cowboy October 11, 2008. I know a couple He’s ridin’ around now in heaven. We’ll saddle up and ride into the Action Shooting™. of Buckaroos, Jessie and Nettie, Round campfires he’s tellin’ no tales, sunset, In 2001 we went to the first that are going to miss Papa a whole just spreadin’ the love he’s been given together, forevermore. New York State SASS Cham- lot … we are all going to miss you, just the peace that never fails. pionship. Buck met with an old Ol’ Pard. Happy Trails. We will all miss you, pardner. The gifts we will always remember– his music, his humor, his smile. May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 65 Page 66 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

2008 BUZZARD BOIL

By Appaloosa Amy, SASS #63949 a couple of super fun side events on Pictures Courtesy of One-Eyed Black Jack, SASS #66068, Saturday afternoon. Quaker Hill Bill, SASS #61021, our resident State Champ, Snazzy McGee, SASS #66689, & Turquoise Bill, SASS #39118 ran a rifle plate shoot with our primo DS Welding Cowboy racks. Thirty folks ast Granby, CT – The CT Valley loaded up their lever guns, got a number, EBushwackers somehow managed to and stepped up to their respective tables, “Turn it up a Notch” when they hosted and shot “1 on 1” with two warm up their 8th annual “Buzzard Boil” at the rounds, and then moved on to triple elim- Hartford Gun Club in East Granby, CT, inations. Everyone involved had fun and October 11, 2008. If you have an alias, it was a good way to get a little practice some cowboy guns, and were within 300 in before the big shoot on Sunday. miles of this annual shooting event and And, in between shooting rounds, didn’t attend, you missed out on a some of cowboys wandered over to the smokin’ good time. So, how do you take neighboring bay to test their shotgun the best one-day cowboy shoot in New skills with Gunny B’s 25 round shotgun England and make it even better? blast. It was a two belt affair and Well first, we ordered up some spec- Gunny B, SASS #38603, gave you plen- tacular weather for the Columbus Day ty of opportunities to practice shooting Weekend and it was right on time … Our 2nd Annual Top Gun Team some “birds” as well as warming up your sunny and 72 degrees. Second, we Shoot-off was a real crowd pleaser! boots with just a bit of running. stretched our usual one-day Sunday Our winning Team was Satuit of MA Now, how does one go about improv- CT Bushwacker, Turquoise Bill, event into a day and a half starting with and a local CT cowboy, Milo Sierra. ing on the great stages from last year? is the man that gets things done Let’s see … add a few new targets here, and is a huge part of making like the double tombstone racks on the Buzzard Boil a success! stage 2 … and a few new targets there … like the three giant new vulture tar- shotguns! Doesn’t everyone? gets on stage 4, and, of course, by adding Another challenge was figuring out a few extra knockdowns to the already how this year’s Moulton Lead Top Gun shotgun leaden stages only made things Team Shoot Off could “Top” last year’s. better. The Bushwackers love their The answer—throw in four random draw teams. So, this year we took the top 20 men and the top 10 ladies, paired them up into 15 teams, and pulled 8 names at random. We had some super competitive pairs like Rowdy Bill, SASS #9628, of New York shooting with team- mate Quickdraw Pinkerton, SASS #49453, the Ladies Delaware State Champ. Then there was Yukon Mike, SASS #23165, another New Yorker paired with 3 Barrel Chris, SASS Four of the fastest guns in the Northeast – James Samuel Pike - #70513, the VT Ladies State Champ, CT, Yukon Mike - NY, Quaker Hill Bill - CT, and Splinter Jack - ME and not to be out done, the winners of Cayuse, the Bushwacker’s the whole ball of wax, Satuit, SASS Lead Cowboy, presents Winners Senior One Eyed Black Jack, #81295, of MA and Milo Sierra, SASS TOP GUN SASS #66068 The Plinko Kid with an award of appreciation for his generous #22947, of CT who both wore the biggest COWBOY Jimmy Spurs, S Senior Rowdy Bill, grins imaginable. SASS #65014 SASS #9628 donations of the first place custom made buckles and trophy The one area we failed to improve COWGIRL Appaloosa Amy, Traditional James Samuel Pike, on was the food. One can’t improve on SASS #53331 plaques in memory of his son, Alex. SASS #63949 (Continued on next page) Categories Buckarette Snazzy McGee, 49er Sedalia Cowpoke, SASS #66689 SASS #62082 L 49er Annabelle Bransford, B-Western Lone Star Jake, SASS #11916 SASS #13019 L B Western Birdie Cage, C Cowboy Cayuse, SASS #14412 SASS #32773 Duelist Brett Cantrell, L Duelist Nantucket Dawn, SASS ##33868 SASS #15681 E Statesman Ike Shotgun McCoy, L F Cartridge Boston Lady, SASS #4982 SASS #3662 F Cartridge Yankee, SASS #266 L Senior Calico Jan, F C Gunfighter Dead Head, SASS #61842 SASS #29768 L Traditional Quickdraw Pinkerton, F C Duelist Jocko Johnson, SASS #49453 Delaware Ladies State Champ, SASS #24595 Quickdraw Pinkerton, shakes hands Gunfighter Ivory Thunder, TOP GUN TEAM with her opponent, Crystal Creek Nutmeg Rider, SASS #74966, SASS #70194 Satuit, SASS #81295 Chris of New Hampshire, in one of neighboring Rhode Island loads Modern R.D. Buck, Milo Sierra, SASS #22947 of the semi-final rounds of the his SXS while shooting one the SASS #15421 Top Gun Team Shoot-off. Bushwacker’s shotgun heavy stages. May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 67

(Continued from previous page) in a finely tooled leather near perfection, so Turquoise sheath and plush carrying Bill, SASS #39118, procured case to give away to our “mid- the same caterer as last year dle of the pack” shooter, which and the food was as yummy turned out to be Yankee Hoot, as last year’s tasty line up. SASS #74330! Personally, I think it was a This year, like every year, little much to ask the The Plinko Kid, SASS #45625, Bushwackers to outdo the steps up to the plate and giveaways of last year (four donates the funds for our guns and a ton of other stuff) unique barn-board trophies … but ask we did. Did I men- with the authentic tion CT is called Gun Valley? tacked. He does this each year With companies like US Fire in loving memory of his little Arms and Colt Firearms based buckaroo, “Alex.” In addition to just down the road, how could those trophies, this year, to go we go wrong? Colt donated a along with our theme of mak- neat little Sheriff’s model, and ing the best shoot even better, USFA donated not one but two Plinko and his wife, Sassafras single action beauties to be Lil, had some outstanding raffled off to fund our target buckles custom made for the inventory. And, after seeing all 1st Place Category Winners of the cowboy shooting enthusi- this year’s Boil. You will not asts that day, the president of find better buckles anywhere. USFA decided to throw in a So, let’s recap … great brand new model 12/22 single weather, super fun side action (12 shot .22 caliber) pis- matches and main stages, tol as a giveaway which was totally awesome Team Shoot promptly won by our very own Off, yummy food, great give- Turquoise Bill. We also gave aways, the best buckles, and away two brand new shotguns, unique trophies. Am I for- two Jimmy Spurs, SASS getting anything? #65014, Action Jobs from How about 114 shooters Cowboy Gunworks, Moulton … that’s 25 more shooters Lead Bullets, and numerous than last year’s record gift cards and other cowboy breaking 89! Yes, once merchandise. And, once again, again, the folks make the we had a beautiful custom- shoot, and they made this made knife (by our very own one “a crazy if you miss next Cowan Muncie, SASS #41609, year” kind of shoot!

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THEDUKEX10= LAST STAND 2009 Colonel Dan, SASS Life #24025

rlando, FL January 8-11, 2009 – OTen exceptional stages from ten unforgettable John Wayne movies—that was Last Stand 2009. Somehow, the Last Stand Committee, in conjunction with their main match sponsor, Jackson’s , always surpasses the pre- vious year, wowing the crowd with their organization and creativity. Black Diamond Doug, SASS #20485, Master of Ceremonies along with Santa Fe River Stan, SASS #36999, TLS Range Master again this year, wrote some exceptionally fine, challenging, and fun scenarios that were neither “gimmes” despite the huge size of the targets, or “P” traps despite requiring a little thought. As Dang it Dan, SASS #13202, described it, “I have Sole Survivor Winner Fireball Last Stand Florida State Champions shot this match 10 out of 12 years, and I Overall Winners – holds the 38 pound trophy Santa Fe River Stan can’t remember a more balanced match. Deuce Stevens and Sunshine Marcie. while Gun Dawg looks on. and Mama Missalot. Movement, thought, speed, and accuracy all rolled into one match. The weather The week started on Tuesday with a cutouts of cowboys, cowgirls, saloon RO in recognition of the whole team’s was great and the shooters were out- shooters’ school given by two very well girls, signs and animals of every descrip- effort. The winner of the draw for 2009 standing to deal with.” If you know Dan, known champions—Lefty Longridge, tion. We even “rode” down river on a raft was Greta Dee. Congratulations Greta! you know that’s high praise indeed from SASS #9240, and Lusty Lil, SASS with an operational replica of the Sunday morning started out with an exceptionally well-respected and #4103. They always provide valuable Gatling gun Duke used in Rooster presentation of the awards crafted by Ol admired national level Champion. instruction for both new and experi- Cogburn. Now that was clever! Glor E, SASS #42968, his trusty side- enced shooters of all ages. Thanks Lefty The evening events were again held kick, Lady Robin, SASS #38673, Saltillo and Lil—-ya dun real good! at the Airport Marriott and included a Jane, SASS #42195 and the dedicated Side matches are always a hit, but this Friday night BBQ and a Saturday night help of other members of the committee. year the Committee, under the leadership banquet each with special events emcee’d Thanks Glor E … (and thanks for those of Delta Glen, SASS #39197, added a four- by Salsa Sure Shot, SASS #20486. On superb new shotgun targets.) stage Wild Bunch match—including loaner Friday, we all had a good laugh over the Deuce Stevens, SASS #55996, took 1911’s and .45 ACP ammo. What a hoot! Men’s Costume Contest that was in real- the Top Gun Award for the match and The props this year were truly first ity a John Wayne Look-and-Sound-alike Santa Fe River Stan earned Overall class, exceptionally artful, and extreme- contest. The best that night was Sterling Florida State Champion honors. ly clever. Stumpy Ryan, SASS #30172, Gentry, SASS #46289, who “Wayne Finally there came the Sole Survivor Shiloh Jasper Green, SASS #16357, and walked” away with the top prize. The Shoot Off—the most thrilling event of the crew went above and beyond in creating Saturday night ladies contest came down weekend and the best man on man com- over a hundred props specially made for to Tatted Lady, SASS #51064, strolling petition in the country. The Top 32 shoot- this year’s event. One unique example, away with the well-earned prize wearing ers went head to head eliminating half from the movie , was a large an elegant hand made gown reminiscent the field after each run until it came down elevated train on a trestle 12 feet above of the upper crust circa 1880. to Fireball, SASS #7709, and Seven, SASS The Land Stand’s the ground, spanning the entire width of Again this year, the Range Officer #15837. Fireball and his white-hot 1887 “Sole Survivor Shootoff” trophy, the stage! The whole range was decorat- sponsor, Gun Craft Inc., generously award- shotgun took the day and earned every bit hand crafted by Gun Dawg. ed with wooden, fashionably dressed ed a slicked up Ruger Vaquero to one lucky (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 69

(Continued from previous page) Sixgun Sallie and Young Deadlee Headlee of that amazing handmade trophy by Gun for taking those honors. Dawg, SASS #21042. Fortunately, I wasn’t the only one impressed Fireball drove to Orlando or he would with Weewahootee and his crew’s 2009 have had to buy an extra airline seat to endeavor. Many others proclaimed get his 38-pound trophy home! Congra- their approval on the SASS Wire. Here tulations, cowboy. Adding much to the are a few examples from the Wire. excitement was the Ladies and Young Manatee, SASS #20426: “The first state Guns Shoot-Off. Congratulations to match of the newyear is in the books,

Winners L Modern Velvet Sheath, Top Gun SASS #21327 Cowboy Deuce Stevens, L Senior Chancey Lady, SASS #55996 SASS #25650 Cowgirl Sunshine Marcie, L S Senior Ironhead, SASS #50756 and it certainly sets the bar pretty Sixgun Sallie, SASS #38989: “Dingo and SASS #64900 L Traditional Mama Missalot high for the other 49 states.” I had a great time, once again. This Florida State Champions Modern Deadlee Headlee, Wyatt, SASS #48246: “The Last Stand was our 8th Last Stand and it was fan- Cowboy Santa Fe River Stan, SASS #54317 Committee, the RO’s, and all the vol- tastic. The stages were great, the SASS #36999 Senior Doc Dalton, unteers helped put on a terrific match. weather was beautiful, the props had a Cowgirl Mama Missalot, SASS #12437 I had a great time, and I am looking lot of extra touches added since last SASS #47747 Senior Duelist Amaduelist, forward to next year.” year. This is one shoot we will always Wild Bunch SASS #28092 Cheyenne Culpepper, SASS #32827: make a point not to miss. If you have Duelist Wyatt, SASS #48246 Silver Senior Rio Drifter, “Thanks for a great weekend!” not come down to Last Stand, you are Traditional Delta Glen, SASS #49244 El Sid, SASS #16817: “Great match!” missing one of the best shoots.” SASS #39197 Traditional Santa Fe River Stan CC Top, SASS #62639: “WOW———— Bad Hombre, SASS #23212: “GREAT Modern Dang it Dan, Young Gun Badlands Drifter, Would sum it up!!!” MATCH!!!! Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig SASS #13202 SASS #68560 Fireball, SASS #7709: “Great shoot! My Targets!!!!!” Chuckaroo, SASS# 13080. State Champions L Young Gun Pistol Packin’ Peanut, special thanks to Santa Fe River Stan “If I could attend only one out of state (also won the category outright SASS #58931 who made me feel welcome … looking match a year, it would be the Last unless noted below) Category forward to shooting with you again Stand, bar none.” 49er Seven, SASS #15837 B-Western Cheyenne Culpepper, soon!” Cypress Sun, SASS #16978: “What an B-Western Jeremiah Longknife, SASS #32827 Greta Dee, SASS #63811: “The commit- outstanding match.” SASS #21326 F Cartridge Doc Perry, SASS #42552 tee outdid themselves, next year will Wildcat Elly, SASS #15838: “WHAT A Buckarette Hawkeye Gin, Grand Dame Bonnie Dee, be hard to top.” GREAT SHOOT at TLS again this year. SASS #44595 SASS #28413 Marshal Troop, SASS #70448: “Last They really do a great job.” Buckaroo Mad Man McLean, Gunfighter Lassiter, SASS #2080 Stand,” one word to describe it all, Doc Molar, SASS #18470: “GREAT SASS #63015 L 49er Sixgun Sallie, stages, weather, RO’s, and all the peo- MATCH! GREAT WEATHER! AWE- C Cowboy Bad Hombre, SASS #38989 ple involved in putting this on. “AWE- SOME PEOPLE! Can’t wait until next SASS #23212 L Duelist Buckshot Baby, SOME.” year....” C Cowgirl Sassy Teton Lady, SASS #69563 Arcadia Outlaw, SASS #71385: “For all Doc expresses perfectly the senti- SASS #47525 L F C Duelist Lil Feathers, those involved in putting on such a ments of 330 shooters from Last Stand Duelist Texas Jack McCoy, SASS #48564 great match. Thank You. Me and 2009 … shooters who are making plans SASS #23899 L Gunfighter Mustang Meg, Wildcard Willow really had a great for Last Stand 2010 scheduled for 7-10 E Statesman Dead Eye Bob, SASS #60070 time …” January. You can bet your spurs it will SASS #35700 L Modern Sunshine Marcie Red River Ray, SASS #33254: “WOW, be yet another bonanza of great ideas F Cartridge Rowdy Buckshot, L Senior Elpaso Susie, another great shoot has come and gone and excitement, so keep an eye on their SASS #73228 SASS #35199 and what a great one it was! What a website: http://laststand.org F C Duelist Confederate Colt, L S Senior Miss Em Pineywoods, great match!!!!!!!” Match Winners: The 41 Last Stand SASS #31216 SASS #58832 Lorenzo Kid, SASS #30214: “This was my Immortals who whipped up on the Frontiersman Awesome Cactus Jack, L Traditional Stormy Shooter, 7th Last Stand ... and it was GREAT! Stealth Bullet shooting clean were obvi- SASS #623 SASS #57333 What a hoot to shoot again with Colonel ously THE BIG winners along with those Gunfighter Jesse Toothpick, Modern River Banks, Dan’s Stealth Posse, a fantastic bunch of listed below! SASS #41358 SASS #55949 cowpokes! A BIG THANK YOU to Congratulations to the winners and to L 49er Wild Cat Elly, Senior Jim, Weewahootee, Black Diamond Doug, the Last Stand Committee: Weewahootee, SASS #15838 SASS #21775 Salsa, Santa Fe River Stan, and all the Santa Fe River Stan, Ol Glor E, Delta L B-Western Quicksdraw Connie, Silver Senior River Rat Randy, others involved in making such a fun Glen, Shiloh Jasper Green, Saltillo Jane, SASS #29743 SASS #52574 match for all of us shooters!” Jesse Toothpick, Lady Robin, Salsa Sure L F Cartridge Saltillo Jane, Traditional Deuce Stevens Deadlee Headlee, SASS #54317: “Congra- Shot, Feathers Ryan, Black Diamond SASS #20487 tulations to the Last Stand Committee Doug, Stumpy Ryan, and HawkEye Gin. L Gunfighter Bonfire, SASS #69461 on another great match. See you all Y’all dun real good, and we thank you very again next year!” much for a wonderful event. Page 70 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

TONTO RIM MARAUDERS 2008 Tonto Rim Smoke Out . Arizona Blackpowder Shoot-out .

By Weaver Gal, SASS #71821

ayson, AZ – The excitement a firing of Larsen E. Pettitfogger’s ered for the bountiful awards cer- built at the Jim Jones Shooting miniature, but powerful, cannon. emony with Rye Creek Roberts P Winners Range in Payson, AZ in mid-May Even Lori Lott of Quigley presiding. Just about everyone 2008 as the Tonto Rim Marauders Photography got into the act and, went home with a buckle or a tro- C Cowboy Wiley Yankee, prepared for hosting their first ever shooting in the dark for the first phy for a job well done. Door SASS #63066 Arizona State Blackpowder Shoot time ever, hit every single target! prizes were also awarded to lucky C Cowgirl Mean Rayleen, Out. Targets and props newly made On Friday night, an Italian ticket holders. SASS #67283 and/or painted, parking spaces cooking contest held the attention At the end of the day, no one Frontiersman Rye Creek Roberts, marked, then in a rush came the of the gathered cowboys and cow- could say it was not a good time, SASS #18503 trailers, fifth wheels, and motor girls with each contestant, some hopefully to be repeated, only big- F Cartridge Sheriff Bill Murphy, SASS #43990 homes from all over the western more than others, loudly touting ger, next year! The event went off L F Cartridge Silver Heart, US, followed on match day by cars the quality and flavor of their offer- without a hitch, everything was SASS #48482 carrying the folks from nearby ings. There was everything from held according to schedule, and 49er Saddleback Kid, Phoenix and other points in elk lasagna to pasta fageoli soup, everyone was on the road toward SASS #77080 Arizona. Many first time blackpow- with plenty for all. If that were not home to put their awards on their L 49er Daisy Jane, der shooters tasted and enjoyed the enough, Saturday night a catered shelves at an early hour. Kudos to SASS #25191 fruits of the “dark side.” barbecue was provided. During the Tonto Rim Marauders and all B-Western Gil T Azell, SASS #62569 The weather could not have dinner and on into the night, their helpful hands, in particular, L B-Western Lil Guns, SASS #76561 been more perfect, breezy and Buckshot Dot and Paradise provid- Silverado Cid, who wrote and F C Duelist Larsen E Pettifogger, warm, but not hot, with a spectacu- ed listening music and cowboy poet- designed most of the stages, Rye SASS #32933 lar view of the mountains and val- ry for a little dancing under a beau- Creek Roberts who provided emcee L F C Duelist Mist Chance, leys beyond. The main match con- tiful star filled sky. and organizational duties, Dazzlin’ SASS #15391 sisted of twelve fun, innovative, and Sunday after cowboy church Deb who manned registration and Junior Smokey Sam, many times humorous stages, such with Alan Lott of Quigley Photo- scoring central, Tombstone Tilly SASS #76246 Modern Watch Ya Back, as shooting through undergar- graphy, the cowboys and cowgirls and Gale Force who provided sup- SASS #61692 ments hanging on the clothesline to gathered again for a morning of port with scoring and registration, Senior Shinbone Shooter, beating Osama with a stick. Six team shoots. Breaking with tradi- and all the sponsors, all the cow- SASS #40458 stages were shot each day. tion, names were put in a hat and girls and cowboys, especially L Senior Pure Lilly, SASS #6395 A rousing warm up match, teams were drawn at random Saddleback Kid and Jim Beam, who S Duelist Crappy Shot, Plainsman, and Long Range side allowing any willing participant to worked so hard for many months to SASS #52288 matches were held on Thursday shoot. This proved to be so well make this event a success. For fur- L S Senior Brite Eyes Bev, SASS #52935 which kept eager shooters busy and received that names were put ther information or applications for E Statesman Lobo Blanco, engaged during the three-day event. back in the hat for a second and the Tonto Rim Smoke Out for 2009, SASS #3808 A night shoot on Friday provided third go around. Immediately fol- go to www.trmarauders.com additional excitement, beginning by lowing the team shoots, all gath- (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 71 Page 72 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 . SHOOTOUT AT GIVHANS FERRY 2008 .

Colonel Dan congratulates Penelope Petticoat on her clean match. A successful match is due to the help of some very dedicated workers. (Continued from page 1) Arcadia Outlaw: “This was our first Doc Pathfinder: “I want to add a Real trip to Givhans Ferry, but it wont Big Thank You to Edisto Ike, be our last. First off, they have a Lorenzo Kid, my buddy Pickax great range and really good tar- Pete, Whiskey Mac, Carolina Grey gets. Lots of movement and stages Sixgun enjoys the attention from Dog, Three Diamond Dennis, and were written so lefties could run Fannie Kikinshoot and each and every other person stages backwards (wife is a lefty). Kill-em-all Kate. involved with putting on this Just a really great match. Ike and match. It was a great shooting Lorenzo did a great job.” match and a whole lot of Fun.” Done Gone: “This was a great match. Pretty high grades for the com- Everyone had a great time, and Ike mittee wouldn’t you say? Match Director, and Lorenzo did do an outstanding The costume contest was again led Edisto Ike, SASS #42437. job on this match, as did all the oth- by that most fanciful and highly styl- ers that worked behind the scenes. ish dresser Fannie Kikinshoot with A big thanks to Carolina Gray the very capable assistance of Luci Dawg and Saloon Keeper for mak- Belle and Mule Town—both of whom ing us Georgia folks feel welcome. also light up the room with their spec- We’ll definitely be back next year.” tacular outfits. I wouldn’t even pre- Jefro: “Good food, fun, friends, and sume putting myself in the same cate- great stages!!” gory as those who work so hard on Fannie Kickinshoot: “The match was these wonderful costumes. fabulous!! The stages were so Sunday was not only the normal much fun. We will definitely be awards presentation and shoot-off, but there again next year!” also the scene of the Geechee Red River Ray: “This match in two Gunfighters traditional Veterans Day years has became one of, if not the South Carolina State Champions – program. I was again honored to be best matches in SASS! Tons of husband and wife, Swift Stoney and the guest speaker at that event, and as Kid Nama. Congratulations! movement, nice close targets and I’ve seen everywhere throughout our fun scenarios this match has it all. great sport, the gang at Givhans Ferry This I think is a byproduct of seeing represented some of the finest what folk like and then giving it to American patriots you could ever hope them. Thanks to all who put this to meet. I very much appreciated Ike match on as I know very well Ike asking me to be part of it. Cree Vicar Dave enjoys his and Lorenzo were not alone! My Now I wouldn’t be myself if I did- Best Dressed Gentlemen win hat’s off ta each and everyone of ye.” n’t mention that 23 stellar cowpokes at the Costume Contest! Badlands Drifter: “That sure was a put a real whuppin’ on them dang great shoot they put on. It’s defi- Stealth Bullets and shot the match and filled with endless banging and nitely one of the best I’ve been to clean. The youngest clean shooter was clanging as steel targets fell in fast this year. That’s exactly the type of our own Florida Buckerette, Hawkeye secession until Red River Ray was the match shooters enjoy, and don’t Gin, and the newest SBSS member last cowboy to walk through all that think I’ve ever been on a better shooting clean was Sassy Brass. Sassy gun smoke, emerging as Top Gun, and posse. A big thanks goes out to has only been shooting less than a Kill-em-All Kate as Top Lady. IKE. I know all the hard work you year and this was her very first victo- So there you have it. We can iden- put in, and all I can say is ry over the forces of stealth. But then tify several common themes here. It THANKS! (Oh, and Lorenzo she had a good teacher. Her husband, was as fun as it gets. It was well looked good, too!)” Castle Hayne Kid, shot this match planned, well organized, and excep- High Ransom: “Yep this one is well clean last year. Evidently Sassy paid tionally well run. Folks by the dozens worth the drive. The whole crew close attention to the 2007 Givhans are making plans to come back, and did a fine job of puttin’ on a shootin Ferry match saying, “I think I can do everyone very much appreciated the and moving match.” this!” And, by golly, she did it! outstanding work by the Geechee Wheelgun Dunn: “Ike, Lorenzo, Three Speaking of the Shoot-off, it was, as Gunfighters—a salute to you all. If Diamond Dennis, Pick Ax, Whiskey always, one of the most exciting events you missed The Shootout of November Mac, Gray Dog, and Saloon Keeper of the weekend. The top 16 shooters 2008, don’t make that same mistake and the many others who helped Top Guns – Kill-em-all Kate along with the top 8 ladies went head in 2009. Ya Gotta go! put this show on did a great job!” and Red River Ray. to head in an elimination that was fast (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 73 . SASS South Carolina State Championship .

Winners L 49 Sapphire Sue, L 49 Sixgun Sallie, Team Match Arcadia Outlaw, Top Overall & Shootout Winners SASS #46952 SASS #38989 SASS #71385 Cowboy Red River Ray, L B-Western Fannie Kikinshoot, L Gunfighter Iron Maiden, Badlands Drifter, SASS #33254 SASS #33693 SASS #67188 SASS #68560 Cowgirl Kill-em-all Kate, L Duelist Mt. Zion Gypsie, L Modern Kill-em-all Kate & High Ransom, SASS #45804 SASS #44075 L Senior Ms. Jewel, SASS #63626 L F Cartridge Cheeki Girl, SASS #62566 WB Modern Fast Eddie SC State Champions SASS #63813 L Silver Sr Two Ponies Gal, WB Trad Delta Glen, (husband and wife) L Senior Kid Nama SASS #39710 SASS #39197 Cowboy Swift Stoney, L Silver Sr Annie, L Traditional Maggie Darlin’, Harman Hammer, SASS #49735 SASS #79796 SASS #18274 SASS #20214 Cowgirl Kid Nama, L Traditional New Englander, Senior Pecos Pete, Pocket Pistol Buckshot Collins, SASS #55944 SASS #29812 SASS #16437 SASS #7505 Modern Harman Hammer, Senior Duelist Tracker Mike, L Derringer New Englander SC State Champion Categories SASS #20214 SASS #38824 SASS #29812 (also won category outright unless noted Senior Swift Stoney Silver Senior Ragtime Kid, L P Pistol New Englander below) Senior Duelist Buckshot Dutch, SASS #54107 Speed Pistol Red River Ray 49’er Fast Finger Fife, SASS #62835 Traditional Red River Ray SASS #33254 SASS #32787 Silver Senior Saloon Keeper, Young Gun Badlands Drifter, Speed Rifle Badlands Drifter Buckaroos Mile A Minute Gabby, SASS #56216 SASS #68560S L Speed Pistol Ruby Red Jo, SASS #77856 Traditional Cowboy Junky, SASS #71481 B-Western Lorenzo Kid, SASS #30851 SC Blackpowder Champions L Speed Rifle Ruby Red Jo SASS #30214 F Cartridge Fast Eddie, S Shotgun ‘97 Arcadia Outlaw C Cowboy Wheelgun Dunn, Categories Winners SASS #76308 SShotgunSXS Red River Ray SASS #59360 49’er Ozark Azz, FC Duelist Dun Gamblin, S Shotgun ‘87 Surly Dave, Duelist Risin’ Outlaw, SASS #18273 SASS #44219 SASS #14630 SASS #64767 Buckarette Hawkeye Gin, Frontiersman Tuco Forsyth, L S Shotgun ‘97 Iron Maiden, E Statesman G. P. Bear, SASS #44595 SASS #72674 SASS #67188 SASS #21082 B-Western Castle Hayne Kid, L F Cartridge Cheeki Girl, L S Shotgun SXS New Englander Frontiersman Surly Dave, SASS #74722 SASS #63813 Long Range Rifle SASS #14630 C Cowgirl Wicked Wanda, Pistol Cal He Dog, F Cartridge Doc Pathfinder, SASS #28122 Side Match Winners SASS #81702 SASS #41388 E Statesman Splinter Hauser, CouplesMatch Ozark Azz, Rifle Cal Buckshot Collins F C Duelist Gilbob Kid, SASS #20742 SASS #18273 L Long Range Rifle SASS #49699 F Cartridge Tuco Forsyth, & Annabel Lee, Pistol Cal New Englander Gunfighter Dun Gamblin, SASS #72674 SASS #29018 Rifle Cal Two Ponies Gal, SASS #44219 FC Duelist Persuader, SASS #39710 SASS #74492 Page 74 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

DEFEND OLD FORT PARKER i CHARITY SHOOT 2008 i

By Shotglass, SASS Regulator #17153

roesbeck, TX – There was gun- from an actual blockhouse in a Fort? Gfire, smoke, and smiling faces up This writer had her first clean and down the line as the Old Fort match last year at the Fort, and this Parker Patriots sent out a call to year the number of clean matches arms to defend the Fort. Over 150 climbed to 43 shooters! And the fun, shooters from near and far answered simple stages are just one of the rea- that call. The fort was saved once sons. My favorite stage was the gal- again, and all had a great time. lows! Five targets at five-five yards Old Fort Parker, in Mexia, Texas, were engaged with pistols and rifle. was home to Cynthia Ann Parker Now this was just one of the 10 fun who was captured on May 19, 1836 stages you can say, “fun with guns!” by the Comanche. She adapted to Having the banquet Saturday the Indian ways and later married night at a real cowboy honky-tonk Chief Peta Nocona. Of her three added a little flavor to the shoot. children, was the The Old Fort Parker Patriots gave most famous, as he was the last away many door prizes, but the most great Comanche Chief. popular seemed to be the nineteen The annual match was started guns won by shooters! to help raise funds for the Fort, Besides a great place to shoot, which lost its state funding, so when the Fort also offers housing right on you write a check for this match, it’s the grounds. There are two barracks tax deductible. with over nineteen rooms that are Trying to give everyone a chance rented at a reasonable price, plenty to shoot, the club decided this year of electrical hookups, nice grassy to run side matches on Friday and areas for the dry campers, and the the main match on Saturday and weather seems to always be perfect. Sunday, which seemed to be very Match Winners – You Bet and Kow Katcher. With so many matches occurring popular with most of the shooters. Congratulations! now, it’s difficult to decide which The shoot started out small five (Continued on next page) years ago, and as the word has spread, the numbers have grown included, and lots of door prizes. Not Winners C Cowgirl Shotglass, SASS #17153 with this year being the biggest yet only were many extras included this Overall C Cowboy Texas Ghost, at 156 shooters! year, everyone that shot received a Man You Bet, SASS #48429 SASS #50125 This club does everything it can buckle, all for one low price! Lady Kow Katcher, Senior Duelist Handlebar Bob, to make this a shooter’s match with Now you can shoot side matches SASS #53S134 SASS #4650 simple but fun stages, large and all day long on the range, but where Categories Duelist Buffy Logal, close targets, lunch and dinners can you say you shot the long range Buckaroo Rattlesnake Wrangler SASS #46039 SASS #54580 Texas Slim, Buckarette My Turn, SASS #73766 SASS #43510 Young Guns Justin Parker, S Gunfighter Fast Tracker, SASS #55217 SASS #53792 E Stateman Cob Eye Zack, Gunfighter Sweet Beulah Land, SASS #19609 SASS #55216 E Statesman Gold Eli Hawk, SASS #39161 Hardly Able, S F Cartridge Irish Fitz, SASS #52798 SASS #13863 F Cartridge Lorelei Longshot, Grand Dame Texas Alline, SASS #44256 SASS #21632 Silver Sam, Super Senior Gunslinger, SASS #34718 SASS #10706 F C Duelist Jack Houston, L Senior Kow Katcher SASS #35508 Senior Pineywoods Jim, Frontiersman Capt. Geo. Baylor, SASS #56822 SASS #24287 49’er Kiamichi Queen, Modern Rosy Rash, SASS #26033 SASS #42709 I Reckon, SASS #35883 Phantom, SASS #54973 L B-Western Pablo’s Gringa, L Traditional Sarasue, SASS #41306 SASS #53133 Traditional You Bet B-Western Reverend Trinity, Traditional 40 Two Gun Johnnie, SASS #53501 SASS #59477 May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 75

(Continued from previous page) ones to attend, but I highly recom- mend Defend Old Fort Parker. So, mark your calendars for early October 2009. It’s the best fun you can have for your money. Please visit the Old Fort Parker Patriots at www.oldfortparkerpatriots.com

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THE GREAT PUMPKIN MASSACRE

By Stockyard Johnny Red, SASS #70058

lainfield, IL – On October 17-19, Grips. Stage Sponsors were the great “The Bank.” Each stage involved a pump- P2008, Oak Park Sportsmen’s Club people at Competition Electronics kin in the scenario. The pumpkins were (OPSC) and the Fort Beggs Defenders (timers), Arntzen Corporation (steel tar- hit or miss, and the misses didn’t count. presented their first three-day shooting gets), and S&S casting (bullets). Several pumpkins gave their lives for the event, The Great Pumpkin Massacre. Fort Beggs was visited by two hus- sport. After the day’s shooting, volunteers The Cowboys at Fort Beggs have been band and wife World Champions, Ol’ tore down and reset the stages for the shooting pumpkins in October for as Short Tom, SASS #12635, and Two Sons, next day’s shooting, and then, we were off long as they have been Cowboy Action SASS #12636, and if you ever get a to the Banquet Hall for dinner. Shooting™. This is a speed stage with chance to meet them, they are great peo- At the banquet, a raffle for the var- the use of two pistols and a shotgun, and ple. It was really “cool” talking with (Continued on next page) the objective is to dismount the pump- kin. BYOP (bring your own Pumpkin) or Winners pumpkins can be purchased at the club. Overall Ole Short Tom, The stage is this: Pumpkin on a spike. SASS #12635 At the buzzer, shooter engages the Categories pumpkin with his (her) pistol(s); then Traditional Pap Patterson, engages the pumpkin with the shotgun SASS #40489 until the pumpkin is COMPLETELY off L Traditional April Mae, the spike. Sounds easy, right? Well, SASS #61191 those darn pumpkins are sometimes vis- Modern Buffalo Creek Kid, ited by ghosts and don’t always go down! SASS #45529 Last year my nine-year old son, “No Cub Gunfighter Ugly, SASS #18106 Fan Kid,” shot his 22 Bearcat, and I took Duelist Huckleberry, the shotgun part and knocked it off on SASS #43860 the first shotgun blast. He won juniors. C Cowboy George Emmett, My turn took nine shotgun blasts to At the buzzer, shooter engages SASS #61160 take out ole orange pumpkin (like I the pumpkin with his (her) pistol(s); Black Powder Spike, SASS #2565 said—possessed). then engages the pumpkin with B-Western Mad Dog McCoy, The planning for our match started Fort Beggs was visited by husband the shotgun until the pumpkin SASS #17292 with the OPSC approval, and then and wife World Champions, is COMPLETELY off the spike. L B-Western Dead Eye Dana, Toranado, SASS #58447, coordinated Ol’ Short Tom, SASS #12635, and Sounds easy, right? SASS #81689 the Shoot. The next step was designing Two Sons, SASS #12636 (seen here). Buckaroo Cat Wrangler the scenarios and figuring what it would It was really “cool” talking with four shotgun knockdowns with two pop- Junior Ranger Dude take to get things rolling. Toranado them and watching them shoot. pers. Speed rifle and pistol events, der- 49’er Asleep at the Wheel, designed all of the stages with input by ringer, and a Cowboy Team trap event SASS #47187 Pap Patterson and all the RO’s. Naming them and watching them shoot. completed the fun. Kudos to Turkey L 49’er Legs, SASS #66921 the event was my personal contribution. Friday began as a wonderful day Bob, SASS #6392, who had to learn to Senior Ol Short Tom Purchasing a Death Star, some new tar- filled with the side matches and the shoot lefty due to an arm injury. L Senior Two Sons, gets, some borrowed targets, some spe- forecast was for clear skies throughout Saturday morning was a beautiful SASS #12636 cialty props built by Bounty (a retired the event. However, clouds moved in fall morning, and after the Safety S Senior Dry Fire, shop teacher perfect for the job), and during the later afternoon, and it Meeting, shooting started on five stages. SASS #48383 painted by Can Be Redman helped to rained, not the little drizzle type, but the The 1st stage, “Saving Fort Beggs,” used G Dame Snapshot, get things set up. horse peeing on a tin roof type. Anyway, spinning shotgun targets, which proved SASS #8036 Our Main Match sponsor was some brave souls toughed it out, and we very challenging. The other stages were E Statesmen Kocheese, Kempf Gun Shop, from Michigan City, all had fun. There was a pistol/shotgun “,” “The Gallows,” “The Lost SASS #8037 IN. Main Match Co-Sponsor was Eagle team event involving a Texas star and Dutchman’s Mine,” “Jail,” and finally, OFF THE WALL . Gun Carts , 7 Cart styles Suited for the Rowdiest 3 Species of wood Cowboys & Cowgirls 224 N. Howard St. 7 Wheel options Greentown, Indiana 46936 2 Wagons Tel: (765) 628-2050 2 New Sheriffs Rack Fax: (765) 628-1899 E-mail: [email protected] “The Ultimate Gun Cart for C.A.S.” Now a SASS Gunther Cartwright www.guncarts.com Affiliated Merchant SASS Life Member #20136 May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 77 (Continued from previous page) ious door prizes donated by our sponsors was held. Prizes includ- ed hand-made leather goods by Make it Vin and myself, a really cool bar stool and cowboy steel art by R&H Products and Rustic Ironworks, a custom knife donat- ed by Kempf, and a generous donation of bullets by S&S Castings. The main prize, a Dillon 650 press was won by Dauntless Deb, and was greatly appreciated by her significant other, Steely. Sunday morning was another perfect fall day starting with the infamous Pumpkin Side Match and 114 shooters. The winner and three year Champion went to Windy City Kid, SASS #56370, for cowboy, and there were cate- gories for modern and wild bunch. The most fun was watch- ing O D Refire, SASS #56370, with his modern guns finally knock down the pumpkin after 14 shots from his shotgun. Loads of laughs and lots of fun. The Main Sunday match started with “They’re Baaaaack,” “Mr. Bill’s Wild Ride,” “A Boy Named Sue,” “Mine,” and “Jail Break.” Again, all stages utilized pumpkin hit or miss targets. The shooting was fun, the weather was unseasonably beautiful, and with the help of a whole bunch of great cowboys and cowgirls, Fort Beggs Defenders 1st Annual Great Pumpkin Massacre was a rousing success! See you next year! Page 78 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

PURGATORY IN THE PINES New Jersey State Championship October 17-20, 2008 . By Deacon Will #24170

ackson, NJ – When I last took pen New Hampshire, Ohio, Delaware, and Jto paper in my report of the New New Jersey; a BBQ served by Famous Jersey State Championship, there was Dave’s; and a commitment from the PIP a detailed account of what the Jersey Committee to make next year’s Purgatory Devil was all about and an explana- even better … what are you awaitin’ for tion of a Nor’easter. The two combined … come on over and join in the fun! to create Purgatory! Well, good peo- http://jhgang.freeservers.com/results.html ple, I am happy to report the (Continued on next page) Nor’easter didn’t appear, nor did the dastardly . This year was a celebration of the life and times of Bullwinkle, SASS #22893, aka John Moran (11/15/43 – 3/15/08). Bullwinkle was a driving force behind SASS/Cowboy Action This year’s New Jersey Shooting™ at the Jackson Hole Gang State Champions are in New Jersey. As Mild Bill, SASS Blazin Gunn, SASS #6705, #2326, said of Bullwinkle, “Good peo- and Lady Seven, SASS #24324. ple should not be forgotten.” Congratulations! Bullwinkle’s good friend, Flat Iron Frank, SASS #23826, penned these Side Saddle Sue, SASS #73023, words that appeared in the Match pro- took 1st Place Ladies Modern. Winners gram, “You never saw him without a Her husband, Hand Cannon, Top Gun Biloxi Bob,SASS #22644 smile.” Happy Trails, Bullwinkle. SASS #60485, was the top NJ State Champions Spirit of the Game. Look in the Modern competitor. Man Blazin Gunn, encyclopedia, and you will see a NEW SASS #6705 definition for the term with a picture Lady Lady Seven, of Dixie Bill, SASS #43741, aka Bill worked a Posse. Now that is what we SASS #24324 Winslow. Dixie Bill is a regular at the call “Spirit of the Game.” The Match Categories Jackson Hole Gang matches and stat- committee recognized his dedication, HAPPY? You bet! Top Junior B Western Slackjaw Jack, ed he would be at the State Match … and Match Director Peacemaker Reb, was JR West, SASS #80177, and SASS #76378 not an easy promise to keep, when just SASS #36806, presented him with the the best Junior Female competi- C Cowboy Tom Payne, SASS #13115 a few weeks earlier he was hospital- 2008 Spirit of the Game Award. tor was Alamo, SASS #42496. Duelist Gospel Gunslinger, ized and in the Intensive Care Unit With great shooters from Maryland, SASS #39738 recovering from emergency surgery to Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, E Statesman Lawman, SASS #3597 save his life. Though he was unable to 49er Moss Reardon, shoot, Bill came, kept score, and SASS #37207 F C Duelist Rodolfo Fierro, SASS #7865 F Cartridge Pinelands Kid, SASS #53311 Gunfighter Left Hand Dan, SASS #8671 Junior West, SASS #80177 L Junior Alamo, SASS #42496 L 49er Annabelle Bransford, SASS #12019 L Modern Side Saddle Sue, SASS #73023 L Senior Lady Seven L Traditional Quickdraw Pinkerton, SASS #49453 Modern Hand Cannon, SASS #60485 Top Male Competitors: Senior Vaquero Dan, Jimmy Spurs (left rear), SASS #31330 Blazin Gunn, and Overall Top S Duelist Emberado, SASS #2218 Gun, Biloxi Bob (front). S Senior Rowdy Bill, SASS #9628 Great Shooting! PA TG, Lester Moore, SASS #9736, making smoke! Traditional Biloxi Bob May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 79

Quickdraw Pinkerton, SASS #49453, (r) and Southpaw Slingin Sally, SASS #39737, were the top ladies.

The Match committee recognized Dixie Bill’s dedication, and Match Director, Peacemaker Reb, SASS #36806, presented him with the 2008 Spirit of the Game Award. Page 80 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

. BUNKHOUSE BIDNESS . A Spotlight on SASS Clubs Around the Country By Whooper Crane, SASS #52745

hunting and for hunting-related tar- get shooting. It was an easy move to use a few acres for Cowboy Action. With this going for them, the Sucker Creek Saddle & Gun Club was formed, working well with the hunting Whooper Crane, club and inviting shooters from the SASS #52745 area to “play the game” with them. Mug shot by Deadeye Al Right from the start, they had great support from their members and non- members, who donated not only their a gotta get excited about a SASS labor, but also lots of materials, money, YClub that takes pride in putting and steel for targets to get things on shoots that folks call “Cowboy rolling. Ninety nine percent of their Carnivals.” targets are homemade. They knew they wanted a safe site, so they constructed seven bays, all with individual side and back berms. They learned early on that having per- manent stage-fronts meant lots less work on shooting weekends than put- ting up and tearing down temporary ones … so they began a pattern of DETAILS building one or more permanent Contact: Cree Vicar Dave, TG stages each year. Email: [email protected] Some of the guys like to tell about Phone: 989-654-3636 their first match in March 2004. It Website: www.suckercreek.org had been a wet spring, and the stages Location: Breckenridge, Michigan were awash in what the guys like to Matches: 3rd Saturday, call “waist-deep mud.” But that didn’t May thru October keep them from hosting their inaugu- HISTORY ral … which saw 27 cowboys and cow- Back in 2002, Rode and a girls hootin’ and hollerin’ and having a small group of Cowboy Action great old time … mud and all. Shooters laid the groundwork for Since then the Club has hosted just begging to be shot. embellishing these tables to appear to Sucker Creek Saddle & Gun Club. many matches, attracting cowboys and At The Mine, not only does the be actual structures of the town. The The Club is on a small tract of land cowgirls from not only Midland and miner move back and forth operating effect is a more or less continuous near Breckenridge, Michigan that Mount Pleasant, but also Saginaw, Bay the sluice box, but the shooter may street of buildings that you move down Rodeo and a group of friends use for City, and Grand Rapids. And, because actually ride in an ore cart and blaze as you play the game. of their “Carnival” atmosphere, they’ve away at the knockdown targets in the To add to this feel, the Club is SUCKER started drawing shooters from as far mine shaft as the cart moves along the building a new Train Station, Stage away as Detroit to the South and Sault firing line. Then to top it off, the shoot- Coach Stop, and Jail. Long-term plans Ste. Marie to the North. They’ve even er fires his shotgun to knock over a include a pole barn for storage and for CREEK had cowpokes ride in from Colorado, SASS Marshal target that activates a shooters’ cool weather comfort. Texas, and as far away as Australia. pop can launcher—creating a liquid Members have added to the rustic BADGE In 2008, they drew over 300 shoot- red splash in the sky. atmosphere of the “town” of Sucker ers during their 6-month season … The Buckboard at the OK Corral Creek by donating farm relics, wood that’s averaging over 50 shooters per stage has an electric cow horn spoke wagon wheel running gear, month! Their matches are fun, so this (mooooo) that you have to push before horse drawn log sleigh, and a home- Club has lots of growth potential. you get the beep from the TO. made stagecoach, placed strategically INTERESTING STUFF The Train sports an air whistle around the range. I mentioned some of their shooters and bell right off an old steam locomo- Hey … and to add to the fun of call Sucker Creek a “Cowboy tive. Naturally, you have to blow that shooting, the Club is constructing an Carnival.” There’s a reason for it. whistle or ring that bell before you All-Shotgun Stage for all you 12-gauge A couple years back, some of the start shooting. I think you see why the fans out there. boys decided to create some moving “Carnival” nickname is so appropriate. All these improvements are direct- targets to make the stages more “chal- Sucker Creek has some additional ed by President Kid Al Fred, and lenging.” At The Church and at The innovations that help make their Wolverine Wrangler, who’s not only the Shoe Shop/Saloon/Hotel stages, for range so popular. Some Clubs have ramrod on these projects, but also the instance, there are moving cowboy tar- covered Loading/Unloading tables. Club’s Treasurer and Webmaster in gets that run across the downrange Sucker Creek goes one more step by (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 81 AFTERMATH

With all that shooting going on in town, you would think no one would will anything here abouts, but some ruffians just don’t think and they try raiding The Sucker Creek Mine.

Start: Two pistols leaded 5 rounds each, holstered. Shotgun (action open & empty) staged on the mine car platform. Rifle loaded with 10 rounds held at cowboy portarms. Shooter starts standing behind the mine car with both hands on rifle at port arms. Shooter is ready by saying: “It’s a raid boys!”

At the beep: Engage the eight rifle knock dawn targets in a continu- ous sweep (R1 through R8) from either direction. (Missed rifle targets may be make up only after the first eight targets have been engaged.) Target R4/P9 can be used to dump the remaining rounds in the rifle. Stage rifle (action open and empty) on the left ore cart rack. Move to the left of the ore cart (must be at least one arms length from the ore cart) and draw your pistols and engage the pistol targets in a progres- sive sweep (P1, P2, P2, P3, P3, P3) and then sweep P1, P2, P3 with the last round on P4/R9. Holster pistols. Retrieve your shotgun and move (Continued from previous page) Range this year. They add a lot to the to the right of the ore cart (must be at least one arms length from the his spare time. fun of Cowboy Action. With Dave’s pat- ore cart). Engage the two knockdown targets (S1, S2) and then the By the way, the Club furnishes a tern, you can create two of these crit- sheriff knockdown (S3) and the pop can (S4). You must engage pop can tasty FREE lunch for all the shooters ters from one 4' X 8' sheet of plywood. (miss can – no miss counted). A five-second bones will be awarded for each match, hosted by their chefs, It’s great when Cowboy Clubs find Square Shake Lake and Spring Valley a way to raise funds for worthwhile hitting the pop can in the air. With rifle and shotgun (actions open and Cathy. Their lunches are worth the charities. In the case of Sucker Creek, empty) move to the unloading table. trip themselves. the members and their guests take TG for Sucker Creek is Cree Vicar part in a “SASS Scholarship Shootoff” Knock down targets may be shot until they are down. Dave, who just happens to have a in June. You pay $5 to shoot a special Must shoot at the pop can even if it is on the ground. reprint of one of his earlier Cowboy stage (shoot as often as you like) to see Chronicle articles on building animal who can shoot it best. Prizes are props in the April issue. These horses, awarded to 1st, 2nd, and Middle shoot- But the key to their success is the clothes on!” Take a look at their mules, and cows are not only humor- ers. The proceeds, of course, support many active members who keep put- Favorite Stage scenario, and you’ll see ous “artifacts” for dressing up stages, the SASS Scholarship Fund. ting in their time and energy to assure what they mean. they can also serve as “gun bearers” for By some standards, Sucker Creek their matches are, as they say, “the Photos: Whooper by Deadeye Al long guns. We saw several at Winter is a “small” Club with 35 members. most fun you can have with your Sucker Creek by Cree Vicar Dave Page 82 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 83 Page 84 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

WHERE ARE YOU?

By Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life #49907 TG Sucker Creek, Michigan

may not be the sharpest knife in the needs of those traveling from afar. some, they would be a lot easier to find from out of state or even out of the Idrawer, but I keep a keen eye out for Many WEB sites do not have the club if they posted on their Home Page: country. Would the information be ade- new Cowboy Clubs to shoot at. The address. This helps greatly when Club Name quate to guide you to your home range? Vicar’s Wife and I recently took a three- Googleing or punching into a Garmin. Address, including street number If not, make the necessary changes. We week tour, visiting three state shoots Some do not even have a phone number City, State, and ZIP have had people from several different and our daughter, son-in-law, and for their contact people, or the number GPS coordinates, if available states and even other countries visit us grandkids in the process. (Our son-in- is no longer in service when called. I’ve Contact persons with phone numbers, at Sucker Creek Saddle & Gun Club. law is a Captain in the Army at Fort found phone numbers of contact people preferably people who don’t mind I enjoy going to other clubs and Bragg, NC.) We had a good time and to be very helpful, especially when you answering the phone and or ques- meeting new people. I usually get out of met many neat cowboys and cowgirls. think you’re within shoutin’ distance of tions state to a shoot at least once a year and Preparing for a trail ride requires the club, but you can’t seem to find it. Contact person’s Email address attend other clubs in Michigan as often some foresight. I didn’t have much Having a large sign at the road would Directions to the club for people who as I can. Visiting other clubs helps keep trouble planning this trip, but in the be a big help also. I’ve driven by more live out of state and have never us from getting in a rut. The extra past I have run into a snag or two find- than one club driveway that looked like been there before maneuvering finding a new club adds to ing a cowboy range. At present, I’m just a trail into the woods. MAPS the drama and excitement, but at my planning another trip. We travel with a Being ever vigilant and always per- A state map showing where the club is age the ole ticker don’t need no added trailer and try to stay at clubs that pro- sistent, minor problems have never A close-up map naming streets stress! It says in Psalms 119:105 “Your vide a place to circle the wagons. But, stopped me from seeking out new And if a contact person or a phone word is a lamp to my feet and a light to sometimes trying to find a club can be a shootin’ grounds. I’ve sometimes had ta number is changed, please make my path.” Clear, precise, correct words challenge. A club WEB site is not go to The Cowboy Chronicle to find club changes, including contacting SASS of direction on the WEB site would always clear to me where they are locat- info or a TG phone number, and I have headquarters and The Cowboy greatly lighten the path to your club. ed. A good portion of us cowboy clubs even called another club presumed to Chronicle. Hope ta see ya on the trail think “locally” when giving directions. be in close proximity to get info. The best way ta see if your WEB God Bless Our club site needed to be changed Most clubs have the pertinent site is cowboy friendly is to bring it up [email protected] some a while back to better meet the information on their WEB site, but for and look at it as if you were coming www.suckercreek.org May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 85 Page 86 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

20 YEARS OF GUNSMOKE AND LEAD

house Bill taught them, and he brought lenging making you think, but no real The Colorado Shaketails shoot the By Walker Keeney, SASS #9090 many shooters into SASS along the way. procedural traps—unless you didn’t first Sunday of each month at the Ben Cathouse Bill developed the loading and know clockwise from counterclockwise! Lomond Gun Club, located five miles north he Colorado Shaketails came togeth- unloading table procedures we all use It was good to see how many shooters of Ramah, Colorado. For more information Ter on the first of March 2009 and cel- today throughout SASS. showed up, considering Winter Range or to see more pictures of the Shaketails, ebrated our 20th birthday with a bang. SASS founding member Tex, SASS was also on the same weekend. Several check us out at shaketails.net. Well, actually a lot of them. #4, sent a personal certificate of congrat- of our regular shooters went to the 41 Cowboys and Cowgirls from vari- ulations from SASS and The Wild Bunch warmer climate to shoot, but missed out ous parts of the state showed up for the to Cathouse Bill in recognition of this on a fun match. festivities and to honor our founder, auspicious occasion. It was my honor to Cathouse Bill, SASS Life #405. Cathouse present it to him at the shooter’s meeting. Bill founded the Colorado Shaketails I have known Cathouse Bill for 10 years back in ‘89. It was the first Cowboy now and have learned much from him Action Shooting™ Club in Colorado. along the way. Back then, they shot at the old Ben The Colorado Shaketails also pre- Lomond Gun Club in Palmer Lake, CO. sented Cathouse Bill a plaque congratu- Cathouse Bill was instrumental in mov- lating him and thanking him for provid- ing the Ben Lomond Gun Club and ing us with a great organization. Shaketails to our current range location Everyone had a great time at the when encroachment forced the Palmer match and had a chance to talk with Lake facility to close. The new range, Cathouse while they were there. The located near Ramah, CO, provided excel- match was a combination of old and lent opportunities to build a first class new. Stages were selected mixing the facility and provide the Shaketails with a old and new styles of Cowboy Action fine home. Many of the targets, props, Shooting™. Cathouse Bill submitted a and range facilities available today at the stage that involved challenging target Ben Lomond Gun Club are a direct result sequences, plenty of movement, and Cathouse Bill, SASS Life #405, (l) of Cathouse Bill’s hard and dedicated even branding a steer. His stage was a is presented a Certificate from SASS work. Many of the Cowboy Action hoot and proved an old dog can teach and a Plaque from the Shaketails Shooters here in Colorado and elsewhere the young pups a thing or two! by Walker Keeney, SASS Life #9090, Cathouse Bill, SASS Life #405, were greatly influenced by what Cat- The other stages were just as chal- and Yaro, SASS Life #28607. Founder of the Colorado Shaketails. May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 87 Page 88 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

MISSISSIPPI RIVER RANGERS SHOOT IN THE COLD AND NASTY!! By Rosebrook Kid, SASS #74349

The group of Rangers that braved the cold and “sneet” to shoot a fun club match in February.

yhalia, MS – As the Mississippi range was 33 degrees. But the sun BRiver Rangers gathered for their was trying to shine. Sixteen cowboys February monthly shoot, the weath- and cowgirls saddled up. er was a mess. Overnight it had After an “omelet in a bag” break- rained and the temperature at the (Continued on next page) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 89

MISSISSIPPI RIVER RANGERS SHOOT IN people who would shoot in sneet real- well, I guess that is why they call our ly had fun with those four “H” words. part of the Old West the Mid South. THE COLD AND NASTY!! . . . By the time we wrapped up, the Any of you pards looking for a (Continued from previous page) nately, many of the River Rangers’ temperature had dropped to twenty- great place to shoot, even in less fast created by gourmet stages are very well protected, with six degrees, and the show was seri- than wonderful weather, come join chef, Bluegrass Bob, the Rangers even the loading and unloading ously falling. We had three to six the MRR on the fourth and fifth boarded the riverboat, Belle, for our tables covered. Not quite warm and inches of it, IN MISSISSIPPI! Oh Saturday of every month! first taste of Dam Quick Dan’s first toasty, but dry(ish). efforts as a stage writer. Dam Quick Dan wrote some Remember that bit about the memorable stages. From the hotel, ADVERTISING INFORMATION ASK FOR sun “trying to shine?” Forget it! we defended the town from a horren- ~ DONNA ~ From down range, shooters were dous hoard of heinous hostiles. greeted by the sight of misting rain Thank heavens the line was on the targets mixed with something “Indians! Indians!” or we would still (714) 694-1800 best described as SNEET— be shooting that stage, or trying to. (Ext. 118) rain/sleet/and a sort of snow. Fortu- As you will imagine, a bunch of cow Page 90 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009

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SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Alaska 49er’s 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Tripod 907-373-0140 Birchwood AK Fort White Cowboy Cavalry 2nd Sat Kid Hawkins 386-454-2067 Fort White FL Golden Heart Shootist Society 2nd Sat & Last Sun Col. Reed 907-488-3903 Chatanika AK Resurrection Rangers 2nd Sat Tennessee Tonto 813-920-4280 Brooksville FL Juneau Gold Miners Posse 3rd Sun Jack Colton 907-321-5845 Juneau AK Okeechobee 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Buffalo Brady 772-344-6119 Indiantown FL North Alabama Regulators 1st Sun Six String 256-582-3621 Woodville AL Panhandle Cowboys 2nd Sun Panhandle B. Kid 850-432-1968 Pensacola FL Alabama Rangers 2nd Sun RC Moon 205-410-5707 Brierfield AL Tater Hill Gunfighters 2nd Sun Judge JD Justice 941-743-4043 Arcadia FL Gallant Gunfighters 3rd & 5th Sun Buck D. Law 256-504-4366 Birmingham AL Weewahootee Vigilance Committee 2nd Sun Weewahootee 407-857-1107 Orlando FL Vulcan Long Rifles 3rd Sat Havana Jim 205-822-1799 Hoover AL Lake County Pistoleros 3rd Sat Halfbreed Don 352-669-1700 Tavares FL Cahaba Cowboys 3rd Sun Duke Slade 205-854-0483 Argo AL Martin County Marshals 3rd Sat Jasper Jim 561-747-4487 Stuart FL Old York Shootists 4th Sun Derringer Di 205-647-6925 Hoover AL Southwest Florida Gunslingers 3rd Sat Jed 239-596-2351 Punta Gorda FL Russell County Regulators 5th Sat Will Killigan 706-568-0869 Phenix City AL Miakka Misfits 3rd Sun Cracker Jake 941-748-0741 Myakka City FL Critter Creek Citizens Vigilance 1st Sun Evil Bob 903-838-3897 Fouke AR Cowford Regulators 4th Sat J Bird Blue 904-778-4184 Jacksonville FL Mountain Valley Vigilantes 1st Wkend Christmas Kid 501-625-3554 Hot Springs AR Indian River Regulators 4th Sat Turkey Creek Red 321-728-7928 Palm Bay FL Outlaw Camp 2nd & 5th Sat Ozark Outlaw 501-362-2963 Heber Springs AR Panhandle Cattle Company 4th Sat Tac Hammer 850-785-6535 Port St. Joe FL Judge Parker’s Marshals 2nd Sat Reno Sparks 918-647-9704 Fort Smith AR Doodle Hill Regulators 4th Sun Dave Smith 813-645-3828 Ruskin FL Arkansas Lead Slingers 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Dirty Dan Paladin 479-633-2107 Garfield AR Five County Regulators 4th Sun Dead Shot Scott 239-261-2892 Punta Gorda FL South Fork River Regulators 3rd Sat Kid Thorn 870-488-5447 Salem AR Antelope Junction Rangers Fridays Mayeye Rider 727-736-3977 Pineallas Park FL True Grit SASS 4th Sun Sister Sundance 479-970-7042 Belleville AR Withlacoochee Renegades, The Last Sat Hungry Bear 850-929-2406 Pinetta FL Cochise Gunfighters 1st Sat I.B. Good 520-366-5401 Sierra Vista AZ American Old West Cowboys 1st Sat Josey Buckhorn 423-236-5281 Flintstone GA Rio Salado Cowboy Action River Bend Rough Riders 1st Sat Paiute Pathfinder 678-947-1777 Dawsonville GA Shooting Society 1st Sat Sheriff Bill Murphy 480-821-8934 Mesa AZ Valdosta Vigilance Committee 1st Sat Big Boyd 229-244-3161 Valdosta GA Cowtown Cowboy Shooters, LLC 1st Sun & 3rd Sat Barbwire 480-488-3064 Phoenix AZ Lonesome Valley Regulators 1st Sun Wishbone Hooper 478-922-9384 Warner Robins GA Colorado River Regulators 2nd & 4th Sun Doc Holliday’s Immortals 2nd Sat Easy Rider 770-954-9696 Griffin GA Sept-Jun) Crowheart 928-505-2200 Lake Havasu AZ Pale Riders 2nd Sat Will Killigan 706-568-0869 Mauk GA Arizona Cowboy Shooters Mule Camp Cowboys 3rd Sat San Quinton 706-540-0400 Covington GA Association, Inc 2nd Sat Big Tim 602-757-3728 Phoenix AZ Tennessee Mountain Marauders 3rd Sat Trail Bones 423-842-6116 Ringgold GA Tombstone Ghost Riders Cherokee Cowboys 4th Sat Joe West 706-864-9019 Gainesville GA Action Club 2nd Sat Wily Yankee 520-400-5598 Tombstone AZ Maui Marshals 1st & 3rd Sat Bad Burt 808-875-9085 Maui HI YRL-High Country Cowboys 2nd Sun J. P. Trouble 928-445-2468 Prescott AZ Turkeyfoot Cowboys 1st Sat (Mar-Nov) Ranger Mathias 319-234-1550 Elk Run Heights IA Los Vaqueros 3rd Sat Canelo Kid 520-682-7742 Tucson AZ Zen Shootists 4th Sat (Mar-Oct) Cap Horn 515-999-2089 Nevada IA White Mountain Old West Shootists 3rd Sat Fred Sharps 928-532-7820 Taylor AZ Gunslingers of Flaming Tonto Rim Marauders 3rd Sun Silverado Cid 928-595-1230 Payson AZ Heart Ranch 1st Sat Jughandle Jack 208-634-3121 Council ID Altar Valley Pistoleros 3rd Sun & 5th Sun Dirty Dave 520-889-9231 Tucson AZ Southeast Idaho Practical Shooters 1st Sat Idaho Packer 208-589-5941 Idaho Falls ID Mohave Marshalls 3rd Sun & 5th Sun Mizkiz 928-897-2705 Kingman AZ Border Maurauders 1st Sat & 4th Sun Mud Marine 208-597-6191 Bonners Ferry ID Arizona Rangers 4th Sat Whisperin Meadows 928-567-9227 Camp Verde AZ Squaw Butte Regulators 1st Sun & 2nd Sat Acequia Kidd 208-365-4551 Emmett ID Dusty Bunch Old Western Shooters 4th Sat Squibber 520-568-2852 Casa Grande AZ El Buscaderos 2nd & 4th Sun Oddman 208-437-0496 Spirit Lake ID Tombstone Buscaderos 4th Sat Diamond Pak 520-780-4852 Tombstone AZ Northwest Shadow Riders 2nd Sat Silverado Belle 208-743-5765 Lewiston ID Colorado River Shootists 4th Sun ClueLass 928-726-7727 Yuma AZ Southern Idaho Rangers 2nd Sat Black Jack Kid 208-238-8235 Pocatello ID Sunnyvale Regulators 1st & 3rd Mon Shaniko Jack 650-464-3760 Cupertino CA Oregon Trail Rough Riders 2nd Sun & 3rd Sat John Bear 208-562-1914 Boise ID West End Outlaws 1st & 3rd Sat Rob Banks 714-206-6893 Lytle Creek CA Hell’s Canyon Ghost Riders 3rd Sat J.P. Sloe 208-798-0826 Moscow ID Silver Queen Mine Regulators 1st & 3rd Sun T. E. Kidd 562-598-7771 Azusa CA Twin Butte Bunch 3rd Sat Idaho Packer 208-589-5941 Rexburg ID Escondido Bandidos 1st Sat Devil Jack 760-741-3229 Escondido CA Panhandle Regulators 3rd Sun Lady Hotch 208-683-3482 Plummer ID Lassen Regulators 1st Sat Chief Wages 530-257-3402 Susanville CA Snake River Western Shooting The Outlaws 1st Sat Jasper 530-344-8121 Sacramento CA Society 4th Sat Missy Mable 208-731-6387 Jerome ID Two Rivers Posse 1st Sat & 4th Sun Dragon 209-836-4042 Manteca CA Shady Creek Shootists 1st & 4th Sun Dapper Dan Porter 309-734-2324 Little York IL Hole In The Wall Gang 1st Sun Frito Bandito 661-406-6001 Piru CA Rangeless Riders 1st Sat The Inspector 618-345-5048 Highland IL Mother Lode Shootist Society 1st Sun City Kid 209-795-4175 Jamestown CA The Lakewood Marshal’s 1st Sat Pine Ridge Jack 618-838-9410 Cisne IL River City Regulators 1st Sun Baldy Green 707-425-8569 Davis CA Boneyard Creek Regulators 1st Sun Wild Pike 217-356-5136 Newman IL 5 Dogs Creek 1st Wknd Dirt McFearson 661-805-3281 Bakersfield CA Kishwaukee Valley Regulators 1st Sun Grasshopper BCI 815-758-1946 Sycamore IL Cajon Cowboys 2nd & 4th Sat Bojack 760-956-8852 Devore CA Kaskaskia Cowboys 2nd Sat Randolph Raider 618-443-2983 Sparta IL Chorro Valley Regulators 2nd & 5th Sun Marshal Chance 805-460-9082 San Luis Obispo CA The Free Grazers 2nd Sat Fossil Creeek Bob 618-238-4222 Effingham IL Buffalo Runners 2nd Sat Nyack Jack 916-812-0434 Rail Road Flat CA Tri County Cowboys 2nd Sat Sierra Hombre 815-967-6333 Hazelhurst IL California Rangers 2nd Sat Melvin P. Thorpe 916-984-9770 Sacramento CA Illinois River City Regulators 2nd Sun Chillicothe Outlaw 309-579-2443 East Peoria IL Dulzura Desperados 2nd Sat Hashknife Willie 619-271-1481 CA Vermilion River Long Riders 2nd Sun Lead Poison Lar 815-875-3674 Leonore IL Guns in the Sun 2nd Sat Johnny 2moons 760-346-0972 Palm Springs CA Nason Mining Company Regulators 3rd & 5th Sat Diggins Dave 618-438-6401 Benton IL Shasta Regulators Of Hat Creek 2nd Sat Cayenne Pepper 530-275-3158 Burney CA Litchfield Sportsman’s Club 3rd Sat Ross Haney 618-667-9819 Litchfield IL Brimstone Pistoleros 2nd Sun Rowdy Yates 714-532-2922 Lucerne Valley CA Macoupin County Regulators 3rd Sat One Good Eye 618-585-3956 Bunker Hill IL Double R Bar Regulators 2nd Sun Kentucky Gal 760-949-9111 Lucerne Valley CA McLean County Peacemakers 3rd Sat Marshall RD 309-379-4331 Bloomington IL High Sierra Drifters 2nd Sun Peaceful 209-293-4456 Railroad Flat CA Fort Beggs Defenders 3rd Sun Torandado 815-302-8305 Plainfield IL Richmond Roughriders 2nd Sun Buffy 650-994-9412 Richmond CA Illowa Irregulars 3rd Sun (Apr-Oct) Shamrock Sis 309-798-2635 Milan IL The Over The Hill Gang 2nd Sun Kooskia Kid 818-566-7900 Sylmar CA Marion County Renegades 4th Sat Shell Stuffer 618-266-9813 Sandoval IL Bridgeport Vigilantes 3rd Sat Bee Blest 760-932-1139 Bridgeport CA Good Guys Posse 4th Sun Dangerous Denny 815-245-7264 Rockford IL Burro Canyon Gunslingers 3rd Sat Don Trader 714-827-7360 Meyers Canyon CA Long Nine Cowboys, Inc. 4th Sun Postman 217-415-1118 Loami IL North County Shootist Assoc. 3rd Sat Graybeard 760-727-9160 Pala CA Salt River Renegades As Sched Lily Mae 217-985-4915 Barry IL Plunge Creek Cowboys 3rd Sat Horace Falcon 951-845-4827 Highland CA Cutter’s Raiders 1st Sat Midnite Desperado 574-893-7214 Warsaw IN Robbers Roost Vigilantes 3rd Sat Nasty Newt 760-375-7618 Ridgecrest CA Big Rock SASS 2nd & 4th Sat Southpaw Too 812-866-2406 Lexington IN Shasta Regulators 3rd Sat Modoc 530-365-1839 Redding CA Daleville Desperados 2nd & 4th Sat Jennifer Jericho 765-378-5122 Daleville IN High Desert Cowboys 3rd Sun Doc Silverhawks 661-948-2543 Acton CA Schuster’s Rangers 2nd Sun Coal Car Kid 219-759-3498 Chesterton IN Kings River Regulators 3rd Sun Slick Rock Rooster 559-299-8669 Clovis CA Pleasant Valley Renegades 2nd Wknd Nomore Slim 812-839-3052 Canaan IN Murieta Posse 3rd Sun Black Jack Traven 530-677-0368 Rancho Murieta CA High Ground Regulators 3rd & 5th Sat Blackjack Max 765-832-3324 Putnamville IN Panorama Sportsman’s Club 3rd Sun Desperado 818-341-7255 Sylmar CA Circle R Cowboys 3rd Sat Mustang Bill 219-279-2781 Brooksten IN South Coast Rangers - Stark County Desert 3rd Sat Whip Mccord 219-942-5859 Knox IN Perry Adams Cowboy Match 3rd Sun Swifty Schofield 805-886-3360 Santa Barbara CA Thunder Valley 3rd Sat Redneck Rebel 812-755-4237 Campbellsburg IN Ukiah Gun Club 3rd Sun Will Bonner 707-462-1466 Ukiah CA Wolff’s Rowdy Rangers 3rd Sat Justice D. Spencer 574-264-2012 Bristol IN California Shady Ladies 4th Sat Lady Gambler 916-447-2040 Sloughhouse CA Red Brush Raiders 4th Sat Doc Goodluck 812-721-1188 Newburgh IN Coyote Valley Sharp Shooters 4th Sat Wif 408-448-3256 San Jose CA Deer Creek Regulators 4th Sun Doc Molar 765-948-3844 Jonesboro IN Deadwood Drifters 4th Sat Lusty Lil 323-353-3898 Piru CA Wildwood Wranglers 4th Sun VOODOOMAN 219-872-2721 Michigan City IN Hawkinsville Claim Jumpers 4th Sat Deacon Doug 530-926-4538 Yreka CA Indiana Black Powder Guild As Sched C. C. Top 574-354-7186 Etna Green IN Mad River Rangers 4th Sat Kid Kneestone 707-445-1981 Eureka/Arcata CA Butterfield Gulch Gang 1st Sun Polecat Ron 785-827-8149 Chapman KS Pozo River Vigilance Committee 4th Sat Dirty Sally 805-438-4817 Santa Margarita CA Powder Creek Cowboys 2nd & 4th Sat & 4th Wed Shamus 913-236-8812 Lenexa KS FaultLine Shootist Society 4th Sun Querida 831-635-9147 Gonzales CA Mill Brook Wranglers 2nd Sun Grandpa Buckten 785-421-2537 Hill City KS The Cowboys 4th Sun Captain Jake 714-536-2635 Norco CA Free State Rangers 3rd & 5th Sun Buffalo Phil 913-898-4911 Parker KS The Range 4th Sun Grass V.Federally 530-273-4440 Grass Valley CA Sand Hill Regulators 3rd Sat Goat Roper 620-345-3151 Hutchinson KS Sloughhouse Irregulators 5th Sat & Sun Badlands Bud 530-677-0368 Sloughhouse CA Capital City Cowboys 4th Sun Newton 785-925-0281 Topeka KS Colorado Cowboys 1st Sat El Gato Gordo 719-683-6713 Lake George CO Antique Gun Assoc. 4th Sun Y. S. Hardey 620-367-2636 Wichita KS Colorado Shaketails 1st Sun Yaro 303-646-3777 Ramah CO Kentucky Regulators 1st Sat Kentucky Dover 270-658-3247 Boaz KY San Juan Rangers 1st Sun Kodiak Kid 970-252-1841 Montrose CO Hooten Old Town Regulators 1st Sat (Mar - Dec) Bullfork Shotgun Red606-782-0239 Mckee KY Windygap Regulators 1st Wknd Piedra Kidd 970-565-9228 Cortez CO Knob Creek Gunfighters Guild 1st Sun Cumberland Drifter 502-548-3860 West Point KY Ben Lomond High Plains Drifters 2nd Sun Sand River Slim 303-771-1920 Ramah CO Green River Gunslingers 2nd Sat Yak 270-792-9001 Bowling Green KY Castle Peak Wildshots 2nd Sun Old Squinteye 970-524-9348 Gypsum CO Lonesome Pine Pistoleros 2nd Sun Isom Kid 606-633-4465 Jeremiah KY Four Corners Rifle and Pistol Club 2nd Sun Capt. W. K. Kelso 970-565-3840 Cortez CO Ohio River Rangers 3rd Sat George Rogers 270-554-1501 Paducah KY Montrose Marshals 2nd Sun Big Hat 970-249-7701 Montrose CO Fox Bend Peacemakers 4th Sun Tocala Sam 859-552-9000 Wilmore KY Pawnee Station 3rd Sat Red River Wrangler 970-225-0545 Wellington CO Border Vigilantes 1st Sat Cooper York 504-722-8988 Sorrento LA Rockvale Bunch 3rd Sat Ghostmaker 719-275-5265 Rockvale CO Up The Creek Gang 2nd & 4th Sat Hardly Able 337-474-5058 Lake Charles LA Four Corners Gunslingers 3rd Sun Cerveza Slim 970-247-0745 Durango CO Bayou Bounty Hunters 2nd Sat Soiled Dove 985-796-9698 Amite LA Thunder Mountain Shootists 3rd Wknd Pinto Being 970-464-7118 Grand Junction CO Cajun Cowboy Shooters Society 2nd Sun Durango Dan 225-752-2288 Baton Rouge LA Northwest Colorado Rangers 4th Sat Sagebrush Burns 970-824-8407 Craig CO Cypress Creek Cowboys 2nd Wknd Mav Dutchman 318-396-6320 Downsville LA Pawnee Sportsmens Center 4th Sat Governor General 970-656-3851 Briggsdale CO Grand Ecore Vigilantes 3rd Sat Ouachita Kid 318-932-6637 Natchitoches LA Black Canyon Ghost Riders 4th Sun Double Bit 970-874-8745 Hotchkiss CO Guns of Sabine Pass 3rd Sat Flip-A-Coin 337-463-5690 Hineston LA Sand Creek Raiders 4th Sun Sweet Water Bill 303-366-8827 Byers CO Deadwood Marshals 4th Sat Barkeeps 225-715-8711 Sorrento LA Ledyard Sidewinders 1st Sat Yosemite Gene 860-536-0887 Ledyard CT Jackson Hole Regulators 4th Sat Slick McClade 318-395-2224 Quitman LA CT Valley Bushwackers 2nd Sun Cayuse 203-457-1031 East Granby CT Danvers Desperados As Sched Cyrus Cy Klopps 781-667-2857 Middleton MA Padens Posse 3rd Sun Hazel Pepper 302-422-6534 Seaford DE Harvard Ghost Riders As Sched Yosemite Kid 781-373-2411 Harvard MA Gold Coast Gunslingers 1st Sat L. Topay 305-233-5756 Fort Lauderdale FL Mansfield Marauders As Sched Mohawk Mac 508-369-5093 Mansfield MA Howey In the Hills Cowboys 1st Sat Lady Robin 352-429-2587 Howey in the Hills FL Shawsheen River Rangers As Sched Yukon Willie 978-663-3342 Bedford MA Ghost Town Gunslingers 1st Sun Copenhagen 904-808-8559 St. Augustine FL Gunnysackers Sat Nantucket Dawn781-749-6951 Scituate MA Hernando County Regulators 1st Sun Shady Brady 352-686-1055 Brooksville FL Eas’dern Shore Renegades 1st Sat Slash Eight 410-648-6829 Sudlersville MD The Hatbill Gang 1st Sun Santa Fe River Stan 386-423-2495 Titusville FL Thurmont Rangers 1st Sun Cody Conagher 304-258-1419 Thurmont MD If your Listing is incorrect, please notify Prairie Mary (505) 286-4566. (Continued on page 101) May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 101 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.) (Continued from page 100) Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State St. Charles Sportsman’s Club Border Rangers 2nd Sun (Apr-Oct) Badlands Buzz 607-898-3581 Greene NY Cowboy Action 2nd Sat Rufus Lupus 301-499-7879 Waldorf MD Diamond Four 3rd Sat Kayutah Kid 607-796-0573 Odessa NY Monocacy Irregulars 3rd Tues Church Key 304-229-8266 Frederick MD Hole In The Wall Gang NY 3rd Sat El Fusilero 631-864-1035 Calverton NY Damascus Wildlife Rangers 4th Sat (Mar-Nov) Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Damascus MD Circle K Regulators 3rd Sun Smokehouse Dan 518-885-3758 Ballston Spa NY Beaver Creek Desperados As Sched Jimmy Reb 207-698-4436 Sanford/Springvale ME D Bar D Wranglers 4th Sat Captain M.A.F 845-226-8611 Wappingers Fall NY Big Pine Bounty Hunters As Sched Ripley Scrounger 207-876-3541 Willmantic ME The Long Riders 4th Sun Loco Poco Lobo 585-467-4429 Shortsville NY Blue Hill Regulators As Sched Dangerous D. Dalton 207-667-3586 Blue Hill ME Rockdale Renegades As Sched Scheriff Richie 607-783-2752 Rockdale NY Capitol City Vigilance Committee As Sched Mark Lake 207-622-9400 Augusta ME The Shadow Riders As Sched Dusty Levis 646-284-4010 Westhampton Beach NY Hurricane Valley Rangers As Sched Leo 207-829-3092 Falmouth ME East End Regulators Last Sun Diamond Rio 631-585-1936 Westhampton NY Rockford Regulators 1st Sat No Cattle 616-363-2827 Rockford MI Sackets Harbor Vigilantes Last Sun Bobby Hats 1-315-782-3536 Sackets Harbor NY River Bend Rangers 2nd Sat Jonathan Slim Chance 574-277-9712 Buckanan MI Big Irons 1st Sat Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OH Double Barrel Gang 2th Sat Slippery Pete 269-838-6944 Hastings MI Middletown Sportsmens Club, Inc. 1st Sat Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OH Chippewa Regulators 3rd Sat Lazy Eye Ben 906-632-2720 Sault Ste. Marie MI Tusco Long Riders 1st Sat Split Rail 330-364-6185 Midvale OH Sucker Creek Saddle & Gun Club 3rd Sat Cree Vicar Dave 989-654-3636 Breckenridge MI West Jeff Ghostriders 1st Sun Col. Cord McNalley 614-563-6070 West Jefferson OH Hidden Valley Cowbays 3rd. Sun Triple Creek Shorty 269-273-8334 Sturgis MI Firelands Peacemakers 1st Wed, 3rd Sat Eagleville Cowboys 4th Sat Trusty Rusty 231-342-6462 Central Lake MI & 5th Sun Johnny Shiloh 440-984-4551 Rochester OH Johnson Creek Regulators 4th Sat Rainmaker Ray 248-991-9073 Plymouth MI Sandusky County Regulators 2nd Sat Woodfox 419-726-7950 Gibsonburg OH Rocky River Regulators As Sch Terrebonne Bud 248-709-5254 Utica MI Shenango River Rats 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Huron River Raiders As Sched Boss Wheelwright 248-685-1206 Commerce TWP MI (May-Oct) Shenango Joe 330-782-0958 Yankee Lake OH Saginaw Field & Stream Club As Sched Katie Callahan 989-585-3292 Saginaw MI Central Ohio Cowboys 4th Sun Stagecoach Hannah 614-868-9821 Circleville OH West Walker Rangers As Sched Two Rig A Tony 616-891-6917 Grand Rapids MI Miami Valley Cowboys 2nd Sun Buckshot Jones 937-418-7816 Piqua OH Lapeer County Sportsmans Club Scioto Territory Desperados Inc. 3rd & 5th Sun Pickaway Tracker 740-477-1881 Chillicothe OH Wranglers Sun Ricochet Bill 810-441-2438 Attica MI Wilmington Rough Riders 3rd Sat Paragon Pete 740-626-7667 Wilmington OH Cedar Valley Vigilantes 1st & 3rd Sat Kaycee McCaylum 507-455-1101 Morristown MN AuGlaize Rough Riders 3rd Sun Deputy Diamond 419-722-6345 Defiance OH Crow River Rangers 1st Sun Cantankerous Jeb 763-682-3710 Howard Lake MN Ohio Valley Vigilantes 4th Sat D. J. McDraw 740-767-2326 Mt. Vernon OH Lookout Mountain Gunsmoke Jackson Six Shooters Last Sat (Mar-Oct) Flat Iron Fred 330-538-2690 North Jackson OH Society 2nd Sat Wagonmaster 218-744-4694 Virginia MN Rattlesnake Mountain Rangers 1st Sat Black River Jack 918-908-0016 Checotah OK East Grand Forks Rod & Gun Club 3rd Sun BB Gunner 218-779-8555 East Grand Forks MN Shortgrass Rangers 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Captain Allyn 580-357-5870 Grandfield OK Ike’s Clantons 4th Sun (Apr-Sep) Dawgnapper 320-275-2052 New Ulm MN Cherokee Strip Shootists 1st Sun Paladenton 405-547-2533 Stillwater OK The Ozark Posse 1st Sat Dry Creek Jum 417-442-3144 Cassville MO Tulsey Town Cattlemens Association 2nd Sat & 4th Sat Halapeno Charlie 918-728-5878 Tulsa OK Rocky Branch Rangers 1st Sun Iza Littleoff 816-524-1462 Higginsville MO Oklahoma Territorial Marshals 2nd Sat & 4th Sun LeRoy Rogers 405-799-0381 OK West Plaines Waddies 2nd & 5th Sat Major Missalot 417-284-1432 West Plaines MO Indian Territory Single Action 2nd Sun, 3rd Sat, 4th Wed Moniteau Creek River Raiders 2nd Sun Doolin Riggs 573-687-3103 Fayette MO Shooting Society & 5th Sun Burly Bill 918-830-2936 Coweta OK Central Ozarks Western Shooters 3rd Sun X S Chance 573-765-5483 St. Robert MO Flying W Outlaws 3rd & 5th Sat Papa Don 580-225-5515 Elk City OK Gateway Shootist Society 3rd Sun Bounty Seeker 636-464-6569 St. Louis MO Tater Hill Regulators 3rd Sun Taos Willie 918-355-2849 Tulsa OK Southern Missouri Rangers 4th Wknd Smokie 417-759-9114 Willard MO Horse Ridge Pistoleros Inc. 1st & 3rd Sun Big Casino 541-389-2342 Bend OR Natchez Six Gunners 1st Sat Winchester 601-445-5223 Natchez MS Dry Gulch Desperados 1st Sat Runamuck 509-525-2984 Milton Freewater OR Mississippi Peacemakers 3rd Sat Squinter 601-825-8640 Mendenhall MS Merlin Marauders 1st Sat Bear Bone Smith 541-582-4144 Merlin OR Mississippi River Rangers 4th & 5th Sat Easy Lee 662-838-7451 Byhalia MS Molalla River Rangers 1st Sat Gold Dust Bill 503-705-1211 Canby OR Honorable Road Agents Shooting Siuslaw River Rangers 1st Sun Johnny Jingos 541-997-6313 Florence OR Society 1st Sat Diamond Red 406-685-3618 Ennis MT Table Rock Rangers 1st Sun & 2nd Sat Jed I. Knight 541-944-2281 White City OR Sun River Rangers Shooting Society 1st Sun & 4th Sat Jeb Stuart 406-727-7625 Simms MT Orygun Cowboys 2 Sun & 3rd Sat Dog-leg Don 702-378-9885 Sherwood OR Gallatin Valley Regulators 2nd Sat Gooch Hill Drifter 406-763-4268 Logan MT Klamath Cowboys 2nd Sun & 4th Sat Mad River Mongo 541-884-1905 Keno OR Rocky Mountain Rangers 2nd Wknd Jocko 406-847-0745 Noxon MT Jefferson State Regulators 3rd Sat Jed I. Knight 541-944-2281 Ashland OR Bigfork Buscaderos 3rd Sat Bodie Camp 406-883-6797 Bigfork MT Oregon Trail Regulators 3rd Sat T. J. Maverick 541-667-2669 La Grande OR Last Chance Handgunners 3rd Sat Bocephus Bandito 406-439-4476 Boulder MT Oregon Old West Shooting Society 3rd Sun & 4th Sat Mid Valley Drifter 541-259-2774 Albany OR Peacemakers 4th Sat Backstrap Bill 406-652-6158 Billings MT Fort Dalles Defenders 4th Sun Frisco Nell 360-835-5630 The Dalles OR Yellowstone Regulators 4th Sat Chisler Wood 307-690-2676 West Yellowstone MT Umpqua Regulators 4th Sun Big Lou 541-484-5900 Roseburg OR Flatwood’s Cowboys 1st Sat Seth Hawkins 910-346-3612 Hubert NC Lewis River Rangers As Sch Johnny Colt 503-289-1280 St. Helens OR Old Hickory Regulators 1st Sat Father Time 252-291-3184 Rocky Mount NC Columbia County Cowboys As Sched Kitty Colt 503-642-4120 St. Helens OR Old North State Posse 1st Sat Tracker Mike 336-595-8853 Salisbury NC Dry Gulch Rangers 1st Sat Pepc Holic 724-263-1461 Midway PA Walnut Grove Rangers 1st Sat Hiem 828-245-5563 Rutherfordton NC Perry County Regulators 1st Sat Tuscarora Slim 717-789-3004 Ickesburg PA Carolina Rough Riders 1st Sun Pecos Pete 704-996-0756 Charlotte NC Boot Hill Gang of Topton 1st Sun Lester Moore 610-704-6792 Topton PA Buccaneer Range Regulators 2nd Sat Dodge City Dude 910-270-3351 Wilmington NC Chimney Rocks Regulators 1st Sun Hattie Hubbs 814-696-5669 Hollidaysburg PA Carolina Cattlemen’s Shooting Conestoga Wagoneers 1st Sun No Change 215-431-2302 Southampton PA and Social Society 2nd Sat Wicked Wanda 919-266-1678 Creedmore NC Factoryville Freebooters 1st Sun Tad Sloe 570-489-0652 Factoryville PA High Country Cowboys 2nd Sat Wild Otter 828-423-7796 Asheville NC Whispering Pines Cowboy Carolina Single Action Committee 1st Sun Mac Traven 570-723-8885 Wellsboro PA Shooting Society 2nd Sun Carolina Longarm 910-627-7615 Eden NC Heidelberg Lost Dutchmen 2nd Sat Ivory Rose 717-627-0694 Schaefferstown PA Bostic Vigilantes 2th Sat Bostic Kid 704-434-2174 Bostic NC Logans Ferry Regulators 2nd Sat Mariah Kid 412-607-5313 Plum Borough PA Cross Creek Cowboys 3rd Sat Huckleberry Mike 910-980-0572 Wagram NC Mainville Marauders 2nd Sun Gettysburg 570-387-1795 Mainville PA Gunpowder Creek Regulators 3rd Sat Fannie Kikinshoot 828-754-1884 Lenoir NC The Dakota Badlanders 2nd Sun Barley Pop Bill 610-770-1189 Orefield PA Piedmont Gunslingers 3rd Sun Sam Carp 704-596-7120 Churchland NC Westshore Posse 2nd Sun Doc Hornaday 717-432-1352 New Cumberland PA Iredell Regulators 4th Sat Stump Water 704-630-9527 Statesville NC River Junction Shootist Society 3rd Sat Deputy Keck 412-216-0165 Donegal PA Badlands Bandits (The) As Schd Roughrider Ray 701-260-0347 Belfield ND Jefferson Rifle Club, Inc. 3rd Sat (Mar-Nov) Oracle Jones 410-239-6795 Jefferson PA Dakota Rough Riders As Sched RoughRider Jim Bob 701-673-3122 Moffit ND Easton Greenhorns 3rd Sat (Mar-Oct) Ragweed 610-847-2798 Lower Saucon PA Sheyenne Valley Peacekeepers Last Sat (Apr-Sep) Wild River Rose 701-588-4331 Kindred ND Blue Mountain Rangers 3rd Sun The Mad Tanner 610-562-8161 Hamburg PA Platte Valley Gunslingers 1st Sun Firewater 308-226-2255 Grand Island NE Matamoras Mavericks 3rd Sun Hammerin Steel 570-296-5853 Milford PA Oregon Trail Regulators, NE 2nd Sat Pvt. J. Southwick 307-837-2919 Scottsbluff NE Silver Lake Bounty Hunters 3rd Sun Marshal T. J. Buckshot 570-663-3045 Montrose PA Alliance Cowboy Club 2nd Sun Panhandle Slim Miles308-760-0568 Alliance NE Purgatory Regulators 3rd Wknd Dry Gulch Geezer 814-827-2120 Titusville PA Eastern Nebraska Gun Club 2nd Sun Flint Valdez 712-323-8996 Louisville NE Elstonville Hombres 4th Sun Basket Lady 717-949-3970 Manheim PA Flat Water Shootists of the Stewart’s Regulators 4th Sun Sodbuster Burt 724-479-8838 Shelocta PA Grand Island Rifle Club 3rd Sun Fortyfour Maggie 308-383-4605 Grand Island NE El Posse Grande 4th Sun (Mar-Oct) Black Hills Barb 570-538-9163 Muncy Valley PA The Shooting Club, Lincoln County Lawmen 4th Sun Eula Nissen 401-647-3049 Manville RI of NH LLC 3rd Wknd (Apr-Oct) Littleton S. Dalton 603-444-6876 Dalton NH Palmetto Posse 1st Sat Dun Gamblin 803-422-5587 Columbia SC Merrimack Valley Marauders As Sched Sheriff R. P. Bucket 603-345-6876 Pelham NH Piedmont Regulators 2nd Sat Chase Randall 864-843-6154 Anderson SC Pemi Valley Peacemakers As Sched Laconia 603-524-2240 Holderness NH Hurricane Riders 3rd Sat Saloon Keeper 843-361-2277 Aynor SC White Mountain Regulators As Sched Dead Head 603-772-2358 Candia NH Greenville Gunfighters 3rd Sun Cowboy Junky 864-414-5578 Greenville SC Thumbusters 2nd Sun Doc Fanizzo 732-892-7272 Minmouth NJ Savannah River Rangers 3rd Sun Surly Dave 803-892-2812 Gaston SC Jackson Hole Gang 4th Sun (Mar-Nov) Papa Grey 609-961-6834 Jackson NJ Geechee Gunfighters 4th Sat Edisto Ike 843-869-2429 Ridgeville SC Magdalena Trail Drivers 1st & 3rd Sat Grizzly Adams 575-854-2488 Magdalena NM Cottonwood Cowboy Association 2nd Sun Dakota Nailbender 605-520-5212 Clark SD Rio Rancho Regulators 1st & 4th Sat Sam Brannan 505-400-2468 Rio Rancho NM Black Hills Shootist Association 3rd Sun Hawkbill Smith 605-342-8946 Pringle SD Otero Practical Shooting Assoc. 1st Sat Saguaro Sam 505-437-3663 La Luz NM Bald Mountain Renegades 4th Sun Grease Cup 605-598-6744 Faulkton SD Buffalo Range Riders 1st Sun Johnny Bayou 505-281-5181 Founders Ranch NM Wartrace Regulators 1st Sat Will Reily 615-325-9585 Wartrace TN Cowboy Gun Club 1st Sun Two Bit Tammy 575-626-9201 Roswell NM Greene County Regulators 1st Sat Mort Dooley 423-357-8464 Rogersville TN Bighorn Vigilantes 2nd Sat Falcon Kid 505-286-8449 Edgewood NM Bitter Creek Rangers, The 1st. Sat Silver Stallion 931-707-9452 Crossville TN Lincoln County Regulators 2nd Sat Sgt. Shuster 575-257-0871 Ruidoso NM Memphis Gunslingers 2nd Sat Mountaineer Lefty 901-388-6420 Arlington TN High Desert Drifters 2nd Sun Phillip Doboy Taylor 505-286-6686 Edgewood NM Smoky Mountain Shootist Society 2nd Sat Hombre Sin Nombre 865-740-3801 Oak Ridge TN Lost River Cowboys 2nd Sun Whiskey R. Dave 505-623-9201 Roswell NM North West Tennessee Longriders 3rd Sat Can’t Shoot Dillon 731-885-8102 Union City TN Rio Grande Renegades 2nd Wed, 3rd Sat, Tennessee Mountain Marauders 3rd Sat Double Barrel 423-593-3767 Chattanooga TN 4th Sun, & 5th Sat/ Sun J. W. Calendar 505-856-4046 Albuquerque NM Highland Regulators, Inc 3rd, 4th & 5th Wknd Iron Maiden 423-628-2715 Winfield TN Gila Rangers 2nd Wknd Chico Cheech 575-388-2531 Silver City NM Ocoee Rangers 4th Sat Ocoee Red 423-476-5303 Cleveland TN Lost Almost Posse 3rd Sat Beau Legg 505-662-4757 Los Alamos NM El Vaqueros 1st & Last Sun Tom Doniphan 254-559-9896 Breckenridge TX Seven Rivers Regulators 3rd Sat Stink Creek Jones 575-885-9879 Carlsbad NM Alamo Area Moderators 1st Sat Tombstone Mary 210-493-9320 TX Rio Vaqueros 3rd Sun & 5th Sun J. W. Brockey 575-744-4488 T or C NM South Texas Pistolaros 1st Sat Long John Beard 210-414-7786 San Antonio TX Monument Springs Bushwhackers 4th Sat Val Darrant 575-396-5303 Hobbs NM Texas Peacemakers 1st Sat Deadeye Greg 903-593-8215 Tyler TX Picacho Posse 4th Sat Fast Hammer 505-647-3434 Las Cruces NM Texas Riviera Pistoleros 1st Sat Long Star 361-334-1978 Corpus Christi TX Tres Rios Bandidos 4th Sun Old West Cowboy 505-326-0773 Farmington NM Texas Troublemakers 1st Sat Lefty Tex Larue 903-539-7234 Brownsboro TX Lone Wolf Shooters, LLC 1st & 2nd Sun Penny Pepperbox 775-727-4600 Pahrump NV Orange County Regulators 1st Sat $ 3rd Sun Texas Gator 409-243-3477 Orange TX High Plains Drifters 1st Sun Hellfire Preacher 775-575-6186 Fernley NV Buck Creek Bandoleros 1st Sat & 3rd Wknd Hoofprint Prine 254-897-7328 Nemo TX Eldorado Cowboys 1st Wknd Charming 702-565-3736 Boulder City NV Comanche Trail Shootists 1st Sat and 5th Sat Dee Horne 432-556-8446 Midland TX Fort Halleck Volunteers 2nd & 4th Sat (Call) Green Springs Thomsen 775-753-8203 Elko NV Plum Creek Carriage & Nevada Rangers Cowboy Action Shooting Society 1st Sat Sun Delta Raider 512-376-2602 Lockhart TX Shooting Society 2nd Sun Joe Gill 702-565-3276 Jean NV Badlands Bar 3 1st Wknd T-Bone Dooley 903-272-9283 English TX Roop County Cowboy Shooters Thunder River Renegades 1st wknd Double Down Dan 281-259-5202 Magnolia TX Association. 2nd Sun Russ T. Chambers 775-747-1426 Sparks NV Concho Valley Shooters 2nd Sat Roamin Shields 325-656-1281 San Angelo TX Desert Desperados 3rd Sun Buffalo Sam 702-459-6454 Las Vegas NV Bounty Hunters 2nd Sat Cable Lockhart 806-299-1192 Levelland TX Silver State Shootists Club 3rd Sun Tahoe Bill 775-586-9178 Carson City NV Canadian River Regulators 2nd Sat Capshaw 806-335-1660 Clarendon TX Steptoe Valley Raiders 4th Sat Cheyenne Kid 775-296-2053 Ely NV Travis County Regulators 2nd Sat Chainfire Tom 210-860-5276 Smithville TX Silver City Shooters Society 4th Sun Oklahoma 775-727-9700 Indian Springs NV Texican Rangers 2nd Sat & Sun Dusty Chambers 830-896-7856 Fredericksburg TX Boot Hill Regulators 1st Sun Judge Zaney Grey 845-352-7921 Chester NY Texas Tenhorns Shooting Club 2nd Sun & 4th Sat Diablo Slim 214-695-1946 Greenville TX Tioga County Cowboys 1st Sat Dusty Drifter 607-659-4770 Owego NY Lone Star Frontier Shooting Club 2nd Wknd Texas Banker 972-641-8585 Cleburne TX Crumhorn Mountain Cowboys 1st Sun Lefty Cooper 607-547-6008 Maryland NY Oakwood Outlaws 2nd Wknd Texas Alline 903-545-2252 Oakwood TX Pathfinder Pistoleros 1st Sun Sonny 315-695-7032 Fulton NY Old Fort Parker Patriots 3rd Wknd Slowaz Molasses 254-412-0904 Groesbeck TX Bar-20, Inc. 2nd Sat Renegade Ralph 315-363-5342 West Eaton NY Big Thicket Outlaws 3rd Sat Shynee Graves 409-860-5526 Beaumont TX Panorama Trail Regulators 2nd Sat Twelve Bore 585-613-8046 Penfield NY (Continued on page 102) Page 102 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.) (Continued from page 101) Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Cottonwood Creek Cowboys 3rd Sat Tracks 325-207-1094 Snyder TX Gruesome Gulch Gang 3rd Sat Eli Blue 806-293-2909 Plainview TX EUROPE MONTHLY MATCHES San Antonio Rough Riders 3rd Sat Tombstone Mary 210-493-9320 San Antonio TX Sweetwater Gunslingers Austria As Sched Fra Diabolo [email protected] Vienna AT Tejas Caballeros 3rd Sat Whiskey Runner 512-288-3399 Driftwood TX Old West Shooting Red River Regulators 3rd Sun El Rio Rojo Ray 903-838-0964 Texarkana TX Society Switzerland As Sched Hondo Janssen 044-271-99 47 Zurich CH Texas Historical Shootist Society 3rd Sun Charles Goodnight 281-342-1210 Columbus TX Association of Western Shooters As Sched Thunderman 420-603-222-400 Prelouc CZ Butterfield Trail Regulators 4th Sat Cob-Eye Zack 325-660-3048 Abilene TX Czech Cowboy Action Green Mountain Regulators 4th Sat Singin’ Zeke 830-693-4215 Marble Falls TX Shooting Society As Sched George Roscoe 420-777-220248 Oparany (South Bohemia) CZ Purgatory Ridge Rough Riders 4th Sat Armed to the Teeth 806-777-6182 Slaton TX Cowboy Action Shooting- Comanche Valley Vigilantes 4th Wknd Denton Dancer 214-384-3975 Cleburne TX Germany Last Sat Kid O Folliard 49 170 382 9406 Edderitz DE Tejas Pistoleros, Inc. 4th Wknd Texas Paladin 713-690-5313 Eagle Lake TX Jail Bird's Company Monday Orlando A Brick 0049 2131 7423065 Wegberg DE Texas Regulators 4th Wknd Shotglass 281-259-0284 Tomball/Cypress TX SASS-Europe Monday Niers River Kid 0049-2823-98080 Wegberg DE Tin Star Texans 4th Wknd Dusty Lone Star 210-273-5517 Fredericksburg TX Cas-Europe Wed Hurricane Irmi 0049-2823-5807 Bocholt NRW DE Big Hollow Bandits 1st Sat P.J. McCarthy 435-671-1929 Heber UT SASS Germany Wed Rhine River Joe 0049-2823-5807 Spork DE Coal Creek Cowboys 1st Sat Lineas A. Puffbuster 435-773-5734 Cedar City UT Classic Old Western Copenhagen Valley Regulators 1st Sat Lance Vigil 435-723-5115 Mantua UT Society of Finland As Sched Captain Woodbury 3.58505E+11 Loppi FIN FI Crow Seeps Cattle Company L.L.C. 1st Sat Buffalo Juan 435-528-7432 Mayfield UT SASS Finland Various Capt. Woodbury 3.58505E+11 Various FI North Rim Regulators 1st Sat Autum Rose 435-644-5053 Kanab UT L'Arquebuse d'Antony 2nd Sun Jeppesen 01 46 61 17 98 Antony FR Dixie Desperados 2nd &4th Sat Moe Greens 435-668-6622 St. George UT Les Tireurs de l'uzege Dimanche Lictevoet Jean-Claude +33(0)466 759 529 Uzes FR Deseret Historical Shootist Society 2nd Sat Jackalope Roper 801-969-7390 Kaysville UT Societe de Tir Bedoin Ventoux Sat-Sun Sheriff Ch. Outhpaw 049 035 1973 Bedoin FR Hobble Creek Wranglers 2nd Sat Hobble Creek Marshall 801-489-7681 Springville UT Cowboy Action Shooting France Varies Charles Allan 33146611798 Varies FR Rio Verde Rangers 2nd Sat Doc Nelson 435-564-8210 Green River UT Kells County Regulators 1st Sat Indepenence Carroll 028 9336 8004 Varies IE Cache Valley Vaqueros 2nd. Sat Wasatch Ranger 435-723-1651 Logan UT Lassiter Fan Shooting Club 3rd Sun Ivan Bandito -430708 Mazzano IT 3rd & 5th Sat Jubal O. Sackett 801-944-3444 UT Old West Shooting Society Italy As Sched Alchimista 39-3342068337 Italy IT Diamond Mountain Rustlers 3rd Sat Cinch 435-724-2575 Vernal UT Honky Tonk Rebels Last Sun Kaboom Andy 39 335 7378551 Vigevano IT Mesa Marauders Gun Club 3rd Sat Copper Queen 435-979-4664 Lake Powell UT Green Hearts Regulator Sun Marshal Steven Gardiner 39 0742 24180 Trevi IT Roller Mill Hill Gunslingers 3rd Sat Widtsoe Kid 435-676-8382 Panquitch UT Maremma Bad Land's Riders Alameda Slim [email protected] Siena IT Wasatch Summit Regulators 3rd Sun Boots Rob 435-649-3625 Park City UT Old Gunners Shooting Club- Balanced Rock Regultors, LLC 3rd. Sat Ernie Bentley 435-637-7188 Price UT Western Shootist Posse Martex -551695 Toppo di Travesio IT Castle Gate Posse 4th Sat Cowboy M. Maude 435-637-8209 Price UT Fratelli Della Costa Onlus As Sched Oversize + 35 056424677 Livorno IT Wahsatch Desperados 4th Sat Sly Steadyhand 801-546-4843 Fruit Heights UT SASS Luxembourg As Sched Smiley Miles +352-621 280 606 Varies LU Pungo Posse 1st Sat V. B. Southpaw 757-471-6190 Wakefield VA Dutch Western Shooting Cavalier Cowboys 1st Sun (Mar-Dec) Kuba Kid 804-270-9054 Hanover County VA Association 1st Sun Fat Bob 31-40-242-4076 Varies NL Virginia City Marshals 1st Tues Humphrey Hook 703-801-3507 Fairfax VA Scherpschutters Veghel 2nd Sun Cloggie Joe 31-4120-652694 Veghel NL Blue Ridge Regulators 2nd Sun Bad Company 540-886-3374 Lexington VA SASS Netherlands As Sched Lightning Anja 0031-517-592120 Leeuwarden NL K.C.’s Corral 3rd Sat Cousin Wilfred 804-932-9952 Mechanicsville VA Western Shooting Club Mattaponi Sundowners 3rd Sun & 4th Sat Flatboat Bob 804-785-2575 West Point VA Stone Valley As Sched Pete Cody 31-4-6433-1075 Stein (LB) NL Bend of Trail 4th Sun Cavern Bill 540-380-4965 Roanoke VA SASS Norway As Sched Charles Quantrill 47-932-59-669 Loten NO Pepper Mill Creek Gang 4th Sun Slip Hammer Spiv 540-775-4561 King George VA Schedsmoe County Stovall Creek Regulators Alt. 1st Sat & Sun Brizco-Z 434-929-1063 Lynchburg VA Rough Riders Thurs Jailbird 47-6399-4279 Lillestrom NO Rivanna Ranger Company See Sched Virginia Ranger 434-973-8759 Charlottesville VA Quantrill Raiders As Sch Charles Quantrill 4793259669 Romedal NO Verdant Mountain Vigilantes As Sched Snake-Eye Alger 802-476-6247 St. Johnsbury VT SASS Sweden 1st Sat Wild Bull 4658612045 Lesjofors SE Mica Peak Marshals 1st & 3rd Sat Old Timer Gus 509-325-9253 Mica WA British Western Shooting North East Washington Regulators 1st Wknd Silver Creek Sam 509-732-4282 Colville WA Renton United Cowboy Action Society As Sched Badas Bob 16-422-53-3333 Redcar UK Shooters 1st Wknd Jess Ducky 425-271-9286 Renton WA Wolverton Mountain Peace Keepers 2nd Sat Hellfire 360-513-9081 Ariel WA SOUTH AFRICA MONTHLY MATCHES Colville Guns and Roses 2nd Sun Snapshot Sal 509-684-6787 Colville WA Smokey Point Desperados 2nd Sun Mudflat Mike 425-335-5176 Arlington WA Western Shooters of Apple Valley Marshals 3rd Sat Silent Sam 509-884-3875 East Wenatchee WA South Africa 3rd Sat Richmond P. Hobson 027-21-797-5054 Cape Town SA Ghost Riders 3rd Sun Sidewinder Sam 425-836-8053 Fall City WA Black River Regulators 4th Sat Montana Slim 360-754-4328 Littlerock WA DOWN UNDER MONTHLY MATCHES Custer Renegades 4th Sun Joe Cannuck 360-676-2587 Custer WA Pataha Rustlers 4th Sun Doc Day 509-382-4898 Dayton WA Gold Coast Gamblers 1st & 3rd Sat Dagger Jack 61-7-5537-5857 Gold Coast QLD AU Poulsbo Pistoleros 4th Sun Sourdough George 360-830-0100 Poulsbo WA SSAA-SASA Little River Raiders Rattlesnake Gulch Rangers Last Sat Ricochet Robbie 509-628-0889 Benton City WA Single Action Club 3rd Sun Tiresome 02 5978 0190 Melbourne VIC AU Cowboy Action Shooters of Beazley Gulch Rangers Last Sun An E. Di 509-787-1782 Quincy WA Australia 3rd Wknd I.D. 02-9975-7983 Teralba NSW AU Rock River Regulators 1st & 3rd Sat Stoney Mike 608-868-5167 Beloit WI Shooting Club Inc. 4th Sun Duke York 61-3-9551-2902 Drouin VIC AU Western Wisconsin Wild Bunch 2nd Sat Sierra Jack Cassidy 608-792-1494 Holmen WI Wiski Mountain Rangers, The As Sched The Caretaker Hare 414383845 Mount Martha VIC AU Bristol Plains Pistoleros 2nd Sun Huckleberry 815-675-2566 Bristol WI SSAA Single Action Crystal River Gunslingers 2nd Sun Ghost Chaser 715-281-7823 Waupaca WI Shooting-Australia Sat/Sun 61-7-4695-2050 Millmerran QLD AU Wisconsin Old West Shootist, Inc. 2nd Sun & 4th Sat Adelaide Pistol (Apr-Oct) Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WI & Shooting Club 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Lobo Malo 61-8-2890606 Korunye S.A AU Liberty Prairie Regulators 3rd Sat Dirty Deeds 920-748-4833 Ripon WI Trail Blazers Gun Club 1st Sun Ernie Southpaw 64-3-755-7654 Mill Town NZ Oconomowoc Cattlemen’s Bullet Spittin Sons O’ Thunder 2nd Sat Billy Deadwood 64-6-3564720 Palmerston N. NZ Association 4th Sat Marvin the Moyle 414-254-5592 Concord WI Frontier & Western Shooting The Bad Guys Posse As Sched Speedy Dan 262-728-6577 Elkhorn WI Sports Association 2nd Sun Souther Cross 0064 6 3798086 Carterton NZ Dawn Ghost Riders 1st Sun Coffee Bean 304-327-9884 Hinton WV Wairarapa Pistol and Shooting Frontier Regulators 2nd Sat Captain Tay 304-265-5748 Thorton WV Club, Inc. 2nd Sun Doc Hayes 06 379 6692 Gladstone NZ The Railtown Rowdys 2nd Sun Miss Print 304-589-6162 Bluefield WV Tararua Rangers 3rd Sun J.E.B. Stuart (64) 6 3796436 Carterton NZ Kanawha Valley Regulators 3rd Wknd Pike Marshall 304-925-9342 Eleanor WV Western Renegades 4th Sat Slim Chance Ever 027 249 6270 Wanganui NZ Cowboy Action Shooting Sports, Inc. 4th Sun (Mar-Nov) Cody Conagher 304-258-1419 Largent WV Cheyenne Regulators, Inc. 1st Sat Dr. Frank Powell 307-637-0350 Cheyenne WY SASS MOUNTED MONTHLY MATCHES Colter’s Hell Justice Committee Tombstone Ghost Riders WSAS 1st Sat Lucky B. Thorington 307-202-1113 Varies WY Mounted Club 2nd Sun Jonnie Tomorrow 520-508-1802 Tombstone AZ Bessemer Vigilance Committee 1st Sun Smokewagon Bill 307-472-1926 Casper WY High Lonesome Drifters 2nd Sat Kari Lynn 307-587-2946 Cody WY Prescott Ranch Rangers Varies July Johnson 951-775-1957 Paulden AZ Sybille Creek Shooters 2nd Sat Wyoming Roy 307-322-3515 Wheatland WY Ghost Town Riders 1st Sun Steely Eyes Earp 951-737-6596 Norco CA Southfork Vigilance Committee Roy Rogers Rangers 2nd Wknd Wildcat Kate 951-928-4601 Winchester CA WSAS 2nd sun Wennoff Halfcock 307-332-5035 Lander WY California Range Riders As Sched Old Buckaroo 408-710-1616 Varies CA Donkey Creek Shootists 3rd Sat Poker Jim 307-660-0221 Gillette WY San Joaquin Valley Rangers TBA Dog Face Dan 925-634-0361 Stockton CA Powder River Justice Committee Revengers of Montezuma 1st Sat Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Cortez CO WSAS 3rd Sun Doc Fehr 307-683-3320 Buffalo WY Florida Outlaws Cowboy Mounted Shooting As Sched Lone Wolf McCrary 321-263-5239 Williston FL Border Marauders Mounted As Sched Bad Buffalo Bob 208-610-8229 Eastport ID CANADIAN MONTHLY MATCHES Broken Spoke Mounted Posse As Sched El Paisano 217-964-2433 Mendon IL Alberta Frontier Shootists As Sched Mustang Heart 780-464-4600 Rocky Mtn House ALB CANADA Thurmont Mounted Rangers 3rd Sun Timber Smoke 410-997-9370 Thurmont MD Rocky Mountain House New Hampshire Mounted Shooters As Sched Myaz B. Dragon 603-487-3379 New Boston NH Old West Shootists As Sched Luke A. Leathersmith 403-845-4347 Rocky Mnt House ALB CANADA Cowboy Legends Mounted Shooting Association As Sched Crown Royal Cowboy 973-296-6283 Pompton Plains NJ Red Mountain Renegades 1st Sun Judge Bill Spinks 604-526-0836 Mission BC CANADA Buffalo Range Riders Mounted 2nd Sat Cimarron Lou 505-286-4566 Founders Ranch NM Valley Regulators 3rd Sat High Country Amigo 250-334-3479 Courtenay BC CANADA Single Action Mounted Shooting 1st Sat Hell Bent Wade 702-994-9714 Laughlin NV Palmer’s Gulch Cowboys As Sched Caribou Lefty 250-372-0416 Heffley Creek BC CANADA Oklahoma Gunslingers As Sched Ima Sandy Storm 918-244-8060 Claremore OK Victoria Frontier Shootists As Sched Teacher C. 250-592-4311 Victoria BC CANADA Lone Pine Rangers 3rd Sat Hawkeye Scout 541-447-7012 Prineville OR Western Canadian Frontier Liberty Prairie Mounted Shooters As Sched Ace Montana 920-960-1714 Ripon WI Shootists Society As Sched Gunfighter Jim 250-573-2885 Kamloops BC CANADA Nova Scotia Cowboy Action Quebec Mounted Shooting Shooting Club 3rd Sun Wounded Belly 902-890-2310 Truro, NS NS CANADA Association Varies Dirty Owl Bert 819-424-7842 Joliette QC CANADA Barrie Gun Club 2nd & 4th Sat Northern Crow 705-435-2807 Barrie ON CANADA Lambton Sportsman’s Club 2nd Sat Payton 519-337-9058 St. Clair ON CANADA Wentworth Shooting Sports Club 2nd Sun Stoney Creek 905-664-3217 Hamilton ON CANADA Ottawa Valley Marauders As Sched Button 514-792-0063 Ottawa ON CANADA VISIT THE Waterloo County Revolver Association As Sched Ranger Pappy Cooper 519-536-9184 kitchener ON CANADA SASS WEB SITE AT Aurora Desperados 1st Fri Destry 905-727-8987 Aurora ONT CANADA The Badlands of H. A. H. A. As Sched R.T. Ways 905-627-4123 Ancaster ONT CANADA Champ de tir WWW.SASSNET.COM Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur As Sched Richelieu Mike 450-658-8130 Napierville QC CANADA May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 103 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS ANNUAL MATCHES Match Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Match Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Battle of Rogue River May 08 - 10, 09 Molly B’ Dam 541-479-2928 Grants Pass OR 14th Annual Shootout at Horse Ridge & The 2009 Blackhawk War May 09 - 09, 09 Stoneface Daguerrean 801-489-7863 Springville UT SASS Governor’s Cup Jul 23 - 26, 09 Big Casino 541-923-3000 Bend OR SASS WESTERN REGIONAL MOUNTED CHAMPIONSHIP Fort HallecKk Days Jul 23 - 25, 09 Green Springs Thomsen 775-753-8203 Elko NV King of the Cowboys May 09 - 10, 09 Wildcat Kate 951-928-4601 Nuevo CA Bessemer Jail Break Jul 24 - 26, 09 Smokewagon Bill 307-472-1926 Casper WY SASS Arizona State Blackpowder Shootout SASS Indiana State Championship Tonto Rim Smoke Out May 14 - 17, 09 Silverado Cid 928-595-1230 Payson AZ Hoosier Ambush Jul 24 - 26, 09 Doc Molar 765-948-3844 Jonesboro IN SASS West Virginia Blackpowder State Championship Cowboy Christmas in July Jul 24 - 26, 09 Texas Slim 325-668-4884 Abilene TX Smoke over Buffalo Flats May 15 - 17, 09 Eddie Rebel 307-397-6188 Eleanor WV Sagebrush Rebellion Jul 31 - 02, 09 Chief Wages 530-257-3402 Susanville CA Shooting Shindig- Shaketails XIIII Annual Jul 31 - 02, 09 Yaro 303-646-3777 Ramah CO Shoot Out on the Peco May 15 - 17, 09 Stink Creek Jones 575-885-9879 Carlsbad NM SASS Washington State Championship Shootout at Leadville May 15 - 17, 09 Oracle Jones 410-239-6795 Jefferson PA Westmatch XVII Jul 31 - 02, 09 The Elder Katie 253-946-1438 Renton WA Deuce Steven’s Invitational Shoot May 15 - 17, 09 Manatee 317-640-0172 Etna Green IN Ambush at Hickory Ridge Jul 31 - 02, 09 Mac Traven 570-723-8885 Wellsboro PA Thunder in the Brush May 16 - 17, 09 Cousin Wilfred 804-2932-9952 Mechanicsville VA SASS State Championship Jul 31 - 02, 09 Range Mathias 319-234-1550 Elk Run Heights IA Bullet Bourbon Blowout May 16 - 17, 09 Eli Blue 806-293-2909 Kress TX SASS Alaska State Blackpowder Shootout SASS Utah State Blackpowder Shootout Smoke in the Greatland Aug 01 - 01, 09 Four Bucks 907-243-0781 Anchorage AK Castle Gate Smudge Match May 16 - 16, 09 Cowboy Murderin Maude 435-637-8209 Price UT SASS Idaho State Championship SASS Mississippi State Championship Smokin’ Guns Reckoning at Black Creek Aug 05 - 09, 09 John Bear 208-562-1914 Kuna ID at Rabbit Ridge May 21 - 24, 09 Easy Lee 662-838-7451 Byhalia MS SASS MIDWEST REGIONAL SASS SOUTHEAST REGIONAL Guns of August Aug 06 - 09, 09 Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OH Shootout at Mule Camp May 21 - 24, 09 San Quinton 706-540-0400 Covington GA ’s Breakout Aug 07 - 09, 09 Sgt. Shuster 575-257-0871 Ruidoso NM SASS SOUTHEAST TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOUTOUT SASS Arizona State Mounted Shootout at Mule Camp May 21 - 21, 09 San Quinton 706-540-0400 Covington GA Championship Aug 07 - 09, 09 July Johnson 928-636-5651 Prescott AZ High Sierra Shootout May 21 - 24, 09 Nyack Jack 916-812-0434 Rail Road Flat CA SASS FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SASS Pennsylvania State Championship North Mountain Outlaw Trail Aug 13 - 16, 09 SASS Office 714-694-1800 Founders Ranch NM Shoot Out IX May 22 - 24, 09 Black Hills Barb 570-538-9163 Muncy Valley PA Shootout at Pawnee Station Aug 14 - 16, 09 Red River Wrangler 970-225-0545 Wellington CO End of Road May 22 - 24, 09 Missy Mable 208-731-6387 Jerome ID SASS Oregon State Championship Shootout at Three Fingers Saloon May 22 - 24, 09 Dirty Sally 805-438-4817 Santa Margarita CA Shootout at Saddle Butte Aug 14 - 16, 09 Mid Valley Drifter 541-259-2774 Albany OR Ambush at Mill Creek May 22 - 24, 09 Captain Jake 714-536-2635 Norco CA SASS Maryland State Blackpowder Shootout Great Lakes Match #11 May 23 - 24, 09 Wall-Man 248-628-7424 Attica MI Free State Blackpowder Shootout Aug 16 - 16, 09 Cash Caldwell 240-285-7673 Thurmont MD St. Jude Children’s Hospital 3 Day Shoot Aug 21 - 23, 09 Loco Poco Lobo 585-467-4429 Shortsville NY Charity Shoot May 23 - 24, 09 Shamrock Sis 309-798-2635 Monmouth IL Fire In The Hills Aug 21 - 23, 09 Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WI Where the Old West Stayed Young May 23 - 24, 09 Powder Wash Kid 970-826-0150 Craig CO Last Blast of Summer Aug 22 - 22, 09 Yankee 781-383-9799 Scituate MA St. Jude Children’s Monument Springs Bushwhacker Hospital Charity Shoot May 23 - 24, 09 Dapper Dan 309-734-2324 Little York IL Annual Fandago Aug 22 - 23, 09 Twobits Jim 505-392-8219 Hobbs NM Fast and Furious May 23 - 24, 09 Goat Roper 620-345-3151 Hutchinson KS SASS New Hampshire/ Vermont State Black Powder shootout Little Big Match May 23 - 24, 09 Montana Slim 360-754-4328 Littlerock WA The Great Buffalo Hunt Aug 22 - 23, 09 Laconia 603-524-2240 Holderness NH SASS WESTERN TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT Western Legends Aug 28 - 29, 09 Autum Rose 435-644-5053 Kanab UT Smoke Out at Purgatory Flats May 23 - 23, 09 Iona Vaquero 775-764-0257 Amargosa NV Badger Mountain Range War Aug 29 - 30, 09 El Gato Gordo 719-683-6713 Lake Geoarge CO Open Range May 23 - 24, 09 Diamond Pak 520-780-4852 Tombstone AZ SASS Colorado State Championship Spring Time Vermont May 24 - 25, 09 Snake-Eye Alger 802-476-6247 St.Johnsbury VT San Juan Hill Sep 03 - 06, 09 San Juan 970-901-5282 Montrose CO True Grit May 28 - 31, 09 Big Lou 541-484-5900 Roseburg OR Ambush at Durham Ferry Sep 03 - 06, 09 Dragon 209-836-4042 Manteca CA Western States Cowboy Action Shooting May 28 - 31, 09 Tad Bit 775-575-5422 Fernley NV SASS Michigan State Championship Wolverine Ranger SASS Illinois State Championship Spring Range War Sep 04 - 07, 09 Deuce Stevens 616-890-6657 Port Huron MI Roundup at the Gulch May 28 - 31, 09 Randolpn Raider 618-443-2983 Sparta IL Lead Daze at Linkville Sep 04 - 07, 09 Tule Spud 541-883-2024 Keno OR Siege At San Juan May 28 - 31, 09 San Juan 970-901-9582 Montrose CO True Grit Sep 04 - 06, 09 Dapper Dan Porter 309-734-2324 Little York IL SASS Arkansas State Championship Pursuit By Shoot’n in the Shade Sep 04 - 07, 09 Bulldog McCgraw 501-337-9368 Hot Springs AR Rooster Cogburn’s Posse May 29 - 31, 09 Sister Sundance 479-970-7042 Belleville AR SASS Virginia State Championship Conestoga Trail Drive May 29 - 31, 09 Basket Lady 717-949-3970 Manheim PA Star City Shootout Sep 04 - 06, 09 Trapper Dan 540-890-5162 Roanoke VA SASS Texas State Black Powder Shootout John Wayne Shoot-out Sep 10 - 13, 09 Marshal Chance 805-460-9082 San Luis Obispo CA Resurrection May 29 - 31, 09 Dusty Lone Star 210-273-5517 Fredericksburg TX SASS US Open Sep 10 - 13, 09 Ranger Rex 618-295-2700 Sparta IL 1st Annual Great Northwestern SASS Shootout at Stoney Bottom Sep 11 - 13, 09 Hoss 419-836-8355 Gibsonbong OH Wild Bunch Championship May 30 - 31, 09 Texas Jack Morales 541-420-3955 Bend OR SASS Maine State Championship Utah Summer Games Jun 04 - 06, 09 Penny Wrangler 435-773-5731 Cedar City UT Thunder over Beaver Creek Sep 11 - 13, 09 Rhino Jacks 207-324-3117 Berwick ME SASS Nebraska State Championship SASS FOUR CORNERS TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT Midwest Roundup Jun 04 - 07, 09 Firewater 308-226-2255 Grand Island NE Smoke Iron 2009 Sep 11 - 12, 09 Penny Wrangler 435-680-0909 Cedar City UT SASS MA, CT, and RI State Championship Gold Rush Sep 12 - 13, 09 Hawkbill Smith 605-342-8946 Pringle SD Shootout at Sawyer Flats Jun 05 - 07, 09 Barrister Bill 978-667-2219 Harvard MA Shootout ‘09 Sep 12 - 13, 09 Cantankerous Jeb 763-682-3710 Howard Lake MN SASS Idaho State Black Powder Shootout Beaver Dick Table Rock Rangers Invitational Sep 12 - 12, 09 Jed I. Knight 541-944-2281 Medford OR Black Powder Blowout Jun 05 - 06, 09 Idaho Packer 208-589-5942 Rexburg ID SASS Minnesota State Championship Paradise Pass Ambush Jun 06 - 07, 09 Midnite Desperado 574-893-7214 Warsaw IN Gunsmoke ‘09 Sep 17 - 20, 09 Mogollon Drifter 507-838-7334 Morristown MN SASS Wyoming State Championship Bridgeport Vigilantes Eastern Cody’s Wild West Shootout Jun 11 - 13, 09 Joe Cross 307-587-2946 Cody WY High Sierra Shootout Sep 17 - 20, 09 Bodie Kid 760-932-1139 Bridgeport CA SASS Ohio State Championship SASS New York State Championship Shootout at Hard Times Jun 12 - 14, 09 Buckshot Jones 937-418-7816 Piqua OH Heluva Rukus Sep 18 - 20, 09 Homer Suggs 518-274-8505 Ballston Spa NY Oregon Trail Shootout Jun 19 - 21, 09 Hank Vaughan 541-910-4244 La Grange OR Ruckus in the Nations Sep 18 - 18, 09 Burly Bill 918-830-2936 Cowta OK Thunder In The Valley Jun 19 - 21, 09 Johnny Shiloh 440-984-4551 Amherst OH SASS Tennessee State Championship Revenge of Montezuma Jun 19 - 21, 09 Stumble Lenna 970-565-9228 Cortez CO A Gunfight in Dixie Sep 18 - 20, 09 Cherokee Sargent 901-867-5100 Arlington TN Ambush at Hat Creek Jun 19 - 21, 09 Modac 530-365-1839 Burney CA Gateway To The West Sep 18 - 20, 09 Bounty Seeker 636-464-6569 St. Louis MO SASS North Dakota and South Dakota State Championship Shootout at the Happy Jack Mine Sep 18 - 19, 09 Happy Jack 435-979-4665 Lake Powell UT Peace in the Valley Jun 19 - 21, 09 Wild River Rose 701-588-4331 Kindred ND Shootout at Old Magdalena Sep 18 - 20, 09 Grizzly Adams 575-854-2488 Magdalena NM SASS High Plains Mounted Regional Six Gun Justice Sep 18 - 19, 09 Teton County Jr. 208-709-1708 Rexburg ID Revenge Of Montezuma Jun 19 - 21, 09 Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Cortz CO Wolverton Mtn. Peace Keepers Sep 18 - 19, 09 Hellfire 360-513-9081 Ariel WA SASS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Thunder Mountain Bar-B-Q Shoot Sep 19 - 20, 08 Tailspin 970-858-0132 Whitewater CO END of TRAIL Jun 22 - 28, 09 SASS Office 714-694-1800 Founders Ranch NM SASS Colorado State Mounted Championship SASS Maryland State Championship Blazin’ Saddles Sep 19 - 20, 09 Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Pueblo CO Thunder Valley Days Jun 25 - 27, 09 Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Damascus MD Verde Valley Ranch Wars Sep 19 - 21, 09 Whisperin Meadows 928-567-9227 Camp Verde AZ Yellowstone Valley Buffalo Stampede Jun 26 - 27, 09 Backstrap Bill 406-652-6158 Billings MT Chippewa Regulators Sep 19 - 20, 09 Lazy Eye Ben 906-632-2720 Sault Ste. Marie MI SASS NORTHWEST TERRITORIAL BLACK POWDER SHOOTOUT Wild West Extravaganza Shootout Sep 19 - 20, 09 Penny Pepperbox 775-727-4600 Pahrump NV Smoke in the Gorge Jun 26 - 28, 09 Frisco Nell 360-835-5630 The Dalles OR Oklahoma Gunslingers Shootout Sep 20 - 20, 09 Ima Ssandy Storm 918-244-8060 Will Rogers Downs OK Wild West Days Jun 27 - 28, 09 Joe Cannuck 360-676-2587 Custer WA SASS NORTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Mica Peak Marshals 2009 Annual Jun 27 - 28, 09 Old Timer Gus 509-325-9253 Mica WA Rattlesnake Gulch Roundup Sep 24 - 27, 09 Ricochet Robbie 509-628-0889 Benton City WA SASS Wisconsin State Blackpowder Shootout Adobe Walls Sep 25 - 27, 09 Querida 831-635-9147 Gonzales CA Smoke in the Hills Jun 28 - 28, 09 Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WI SASS West Virginia State Championship Appalachian Railhead Jul 02 - 05, 09 Larsen E. Pettifogger 623-516-1922 Williams AZ Showdown XVIII Sep 25 - 27, 09 Jackson 540-678-0735 Largent WV SASS HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL Fall Roundup Sep 25 - 27, 09 Shamrock Sis 309-798-2635 Milan IL Hell on Wheels Jul 02 - 05, 09 Fight’n Joe Baker 307-220-5222 Cheyenne WY Hell Fire ‘09 Sep 25 - 27, 09 Slick McClade Quitman LA Firecracker Shootout Jul 03 - 05, 09 Frito Bandito 661-406-6001 Piru CA Rampage Sep 26 - 26, 09 Sly Steadyhand 801-546-4843 Fruit Heights UT SASS Alaska Territorial Championship Shootout Eagles Revenge Sep 26 - 27, 09 One Son of A Gun 231-544-2461 Central Lake MI Under The Midnight Sun Jul 03 - 05, 09 Tripod 907-373-0140 Anchorage AK SASS Maine State Black Powder Shootout Darsiders Revenge Independence Shoot Jul 05 - 05, 09 Diamond Red 406-685-3618 Ennis MT Shootout at Sulfur Flats Sep 26 - 27, 09 Bum Steer 207-446-6941 Augusta ME Rocky Mountain Regional Raid Jul 09 - 12, 09 Sweet Water Bill 303-366-8827 Byers CO Wilderness Trail Sep 27 - 27, 09 Noose 859-223-0722 Wilmore KY SASS Alaska State SASS Nevada State Championship 13th Annual Jul 10 - 12, 09 Darlin’ Caroline 907-378-9472 Chatanika AK Championship Eldorado Oct 01 - 04, 09 Charming 702-565-3736 Boulder City NV SASS Montana State Championship SASS NORTHEAST REGIONAL Shootout On the Sun River Jul 10 - 12, 09 Jeb’s Lady 406-727-7625 Simms MT Mason Dixon Stampede Oct 01 - 04, 09 Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Thurmont MD SASS New Hampshire & Vermont State Championship SASS Alabama State Championship Fracas at Pemi Gulch Jul 10 - 12, 09 Laconia 603-661-8522 Holderness NH Ambush At Cavern Cove Oct 02 - 04, 09 Six String 256-582-3621 Cavern Cove AL Southwest Border Dispute Jul 10 - 12, 09 Chico Cheech 575-388-2531 Silver City NM Comanche Moon Shootout Oct 03 - 04, 09 Dee Horne 432-557-6598 Midland TX The Final Showdown Jul 11 - 12, 09 D. J. McDraw 740-767-2326 Mt. Vernon OH Shootout on the Cimarron Oct 03 - 04, 09 Querida Kate 405-547-2533 Stillwater OK SASS Utah State Championship SASS Nebraska Black Powder Shootout Castle Gate Robbery Jul 16 - 18, 09 Cowboy M. Maude 435-637-8209 Price UT Smoke ‘N Steel III Oct 03 - 04, 09 Firewater 308-226-2255 Grand Island NE SASS Pennsylvania State Black Powder Shootout Huntsman World Senior Games Oct 06 - 10, 09 Buzzard Brat 435-627-2346 St. George UT Smoke N Fire at Indian Creek Jul 17 - 17, 09 Deputy Keck 412-216-0165 Donegal PA SASS WESTERN REGIONAL Cornhusker State Games- CAS Jul 18 - 19, 09 Flint Valdez 712-323-8996 Louisville NE Last Stand at Chimney Rock Oct 08 - 11, 09 Justin O. Sheriff 909-229-7882 Lucerne Valley CA Ambush at Indian Creek Jul 18 - 19, 09 Deputy Keck 412-216-0165 Donegal PA Massacre at Millbrook Oct 08 - 10, 09 Grandpa Buckten 705-421-2537 Hill City KS SASS Ohio Black Powder Shootout SASS Oklahoma State Championship Days of Smoke Jul 18 - 18, 09 Rye Miles 216-261-0512 Rochester OH Shootout at the OKC Corral Oct 08 - 11, 09 Roy’s Creek Dan 405-615-4577 Oklahoma City OK (Continued on page 104) Page 104 Cowboy Chronicle May 2009 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS ANNUAL MATCHES Match Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Match Name Sched. Contact Phone City State SASS Wisconsin State Championship Yuma Territorial Prison Breakout Jan 15 - 17, 10 ClueLass 928-726-7727 Yuma AZ Mississippi Fandango Oct 09 - 11, 09 Mockingbird 608-442-8741 Holmen WI Ambush at Butterfield Trail Jan 22 - 24, 10 Fast Hammer 505-647-3434 Las Cruses NM Shootout at Cypress Creek Oct 09 - 11, 09 Louisiana Lady 318-397-2035 Downsville LA Gold Coast Gunfight 2009 Feb 20 - 21, 10 L. Topay 305-233-5756 Fort Lauderdale FL The Shootout on The Santa Fe Oct 10 - 10, 09 Kid Hawkins 386-454-2067 Fort White FL Willimantic Smoke Sep 18 - 19, 10 Ripley Scrounger 207-876-4928 Willimantic ME Gunfight At Wolf Creek Oct 10 - 10, 09 Wild Otter 828-423-7796 Asheville NC Regulators Reckoning Oct 01 - 01, 10 Will Reilly 615-325-9585 Wartrace TN Lynchin In Tulsey Oct 10 - 10, 09 Halpeno Charlie 918-728-5878 Tulsa OK SASS Kansas State Championship Border Wars ‘09 Oct 16 - 18, 09 Buffalo Phil 913-898-4911 Parker KS CANADIAN ANNUAL MATCHES SASS New Jersy State Championship Shootout at the Ridge May 15 - 17, 09 Judge Bill Spinks 604-526-0836 Mission CANADA Purgatory in The Pines Oct 16 - 18, 09 Peacemaker Reb 908-359-8794 Jackson NJ Deadwood Gulch Spring Match May 17 - 18, 09 Wounded Belly 902-890-2310 Truro NS CANADA Diamond Four Roundup Oct 17 - 18, 09 Kayutah Kid 607-796-0573 Odessa NY South Western Ontario Roundup Jul 11 - 12, 09 Payton 519-337-9058 Sombra Ontario ON CANADA The Whoopin’ Oct 17 - 17, 09 Texas Heat 512-762-7552 Driftwood TX Showdown in the Valley Jul 18 - 19, 09 Little Edgy 250-338-7373 Courtenay BC CANADA Ranger Roundup Oct 17 - 17, 09 George Rogers 270-554-1501 Paducah KY Headquarters Aug 29 - 30, 09 Teacher C 250-592-4311 Victoria BC CANADA Ambush at Rocky River Oct 17 - 18, 09 Terrebonne Bud 248-709-5254 Utica MI SASS Canadian Regional Bustup at The Reckoning Oct 18 - 18, 09 Bum Steer 207-622-9400 Augusta ME Boomtown 2009 Sep 03 - 06, 09 Little Edgy 250-338-7373 Courtenay BC CANADA Hanging Tree Shootout Oct 18 - 18, 09 X S Chance 573-765-5483 St. Robert MO Showdown at Badlands Sep 19 - 19, 09 R. 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Kwik 503-318-8192 Sherwood OR SASS Arizona State Championship Bordertown Oct 21 - 25, 09 Swiftwater 520-883-1217 Tucson AZ EUROPE ANNUAL MATCHES The Gunfight Behind The Showdown in the Camp Jun 11 - 14, 09 Fra Diabolo [email protected] Tabor-Oparany CZ Jersey Lilly Oct 22 - 25, 09 Captain Jake 714-536-2635 Norco CA Days of Truth Jul 02 - 04, 09 Thunderman +420 603222400 Oparany CZ SASS Missouri State Championship North Star Trail Jul 17 - 18, 09 Captain Woodbury Kane +358505174659 Loppi FI The Show-Me Shootout Oct 22 - 25, 09 Smokie 417-759-9114 Branson MO inscrit aux match de la High Sierra “End of Track” Oct 22 - 25, 09 Peaceful 209-293-4456 Railroad Flat CA SASS Europe Jul 18 - 19, 09 Lictevoet J-Claude +33(0)466 759 529 Uzes FR Guns of Autumn Oct 23 - 24, 09 Joe West 706-864-9019 Gainesville GA SASS-Germany Championship Nov 01 - 01, 09 Rhine River Joe 0049-2823-5807 Bocholt DE “Comin Thru The Rye” Gunnin’ Fer Wild Bunch Shootist Apr 05 - 05, 09 Alameda Slim [email protected] Siena IT A Showdown Oct 23 - 25, 09 Derringer Di 205-647-6925 Hoover AL Gunsmoke in Old Gunners Corral Apr 25 - 26, 09 Martex +39 346 6635149 Toppo di Travesio IT SASS Kentucky & Tennessee State Black Powder Shootout Hangin at Crossfire Camp May 08 - 10, 09 Kaboom Andy 39 335 7378551 Udine IT Smokeout In the Hills Oct 23 - 25, 09 Iron Maiden 423-539-8426 Winfield TN SASS European Regional Championship Shoot Out at Oak Ridge Oct 23 - 23, 09 Pittsburg Mac 781-599-1930 Middleton MA End of Trail 2009 Sep 04 - 06, 09 Alchimista 39-0303737100 Gualdo Tadino, Perugia IT Blue Mountain Shootout Oct 30 - 01, 09 Lester Moore 610-704-6792 Topton PA Shoot Off Day Sep 20 - 20, 09 Tomboy Jeky +39-339-1503450 Mazzano IT SASS SOUTHEAST REGIONAL Gunfight at Fort Alamo Dec 12 - 12, 09 Marshal Steven Gardiner +39-338-920-7989 Trevi IT Comin’At’Cha Nov 05 - 08, 09 T-Bone Dooley 903-272-9283 English TX Trail's End - The World Frontier & SASS North Carolina State Championship Western Championships Mar 13 - 15, 09 Doc Hayes 64-6-379-6692 Wairarapa NZ The Uprising at Swering Creek Nov 05 - 08, 09 Carolina Jack 910-257-6242 Salisbury NC Montrose Marshals Turkey Shoot Nov 08 - 08, 09 Big Hat 970-240-6151 Montrose CO Vengeance Trail Nov 08 - 08, 09 Shady Brady 352-686-1055 Brooksville FL DOWN UNDER ANNUAL MATCHES SASS South Carolina State Championship Winter Round Up 09 May 16 - 17, 09 Saskatchewan Sam 08 85246603 Korunye AU Shootout at Givhans Ferry Nov 12 - 15, 09 Edisto Ike 843-869-2429 Ridgeville SC SASA - Southeast Heartland SASS Louisiana State Championship Territorial Jul 04 - 05, 09 Dagger Jack 61-7-5537-5857 Gold Coast AU Hanging at Coyote Creek Nov 13 - 15, 09 Rattlesnake Blake 985-796-9698 Amite LA SASS AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Defend the Roost Nov 19 - 22, 09 Just George 760-677-9109 Ridgecrest CA Chisholm Trail 2009 Sep 28 - 04, 09 Virgil Earp 61-7-4695-2050 Millmerran AU The Great Northfield Raid Nov 20 - 22, 09 Desperado 818-341-7255 Sylmar CA Gunfight at the Ok Corral Oct 24 - 25, 09 Duke York 61-3-9551-2902 Drouin VI AU Cowford Stampede Nov 20 - 22, 09 J Bird Blue 904-7784184 Jacksonville FL Australian International Black Powder Sunshine State Shootout Nov 20 - 22, 09 Lone Wolf McCrary 321-263-5239 Newberry FL Championship Nov 06 - 08, 09 Mister Skye 02-9975-7983 Teralba NS AU Bill & Dorothy Hahn Memorial Rawhide Nov 14 - 15, 09 Tiresome 03 5978 0190 Somerville VI AU Benefit Match Nov 21 - 22, 09 Will Finder, 619-224-8480 Pala CA Tombstone Territory “Ace La Rue Memorial” SASS ANNUAL MOUNTED Championship Nov 26 - 29, 09 Diamond Pak 520-780-4852 Tombstone AZ 25th Annual Arizona Territorial Championship SASS New Mexico State Mounted Championship Shootout in the Saguaros Dec 04 - 06, 09 Barbwire 480-488-3064 Phoenix AZ Buffalo Stampede Apr 23-26, ‘09 SASS Office 505-286-4566 Founder’s Ranch NM Old West Christmas Shootout Dec 11 - 13, 09 Dusty Lone Star 210-273-5517 Fredericksburg TX SASS WESTERN REGIONAL MOUNTED CHAMPIONSHIP Top Gun Dec 12 - 13, 09 Buffalo Brady 772-344-6119 Indiantown FL King of the Cowboys May 9-10, ‘09 Wildcat Kate 951-928-4601 Nuevo CA Cowboy Christmas Ball Dec 12 - 12, 09 An E. Di 509-787-1782 Quincy WA SASS HIGH PLAINS MOUNTED REGIONAL Gunfight At Brawley Wash Dec 18 - 20, 09 Lt. I.M. Lost 520-797-7568 Tucson AZ Revenge Of Montezuma Jun 19-21, ‘09 Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Cortz CO SASS Hawaii State Championship SASS Arizona State Mounted Great Pineapple Shoot Dec 26 - 29, 09 Bad Burt 808-875-9085 Lahaima HI Championship Aug 7-9, ‘09 July Johnson 928-636-5651 Prescott AZ Gun Smoke in the Gulch Dec 26 - 26, 09 Hungry Bear 850-929-2406 Pinetta FL Oklahoma Gunslingers Shootout Sep 20-20, ‘09 Ima Ssandy Storm 918-244-8060 Will Rogers Downs OK Holiday Shoot Jan 01 - 02, 10 Moe Green 435-668-6622 St. George UT Sunshine State Shootout Nov 20-22, ‘09 Lone Wolf McCrary 321-263-5239 Newberry FL

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Welding ...... 33 Gun Craft ...... 81 Munden Enterprises ...... 26 SASS - MERCANTILE ...... 93 WWHA ...... 40 Dennis Reigel ...... 98 Gunfighter 928 ...... 97 Mustang Woodcrafters ...... 68 SASS - MERCANTILE ...... 94 Xcalibers, Inc., Reloading Products . . . 79 DeSantis Holster & Leather Goods . . . 2 Guns Of The Old West ...... 71 NRA ...... 8 SASS - MERCANTILE ...... 95 Xcalibers, Inc., Reloading Products . . . 97 May 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 105 B SASS TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS LIST b CLUB NAME St. Governor Phone CLUB NAME St. Governor Phone CLUB NAME St. Governor Phone CLUB NAME St. Governor Phone Alaska 49er’s AK Four Bucks 907-344-4880 Sand Creek Raiders CO Gingles 303-781-2609 Guns of Sabine Pass LA Navasota Kid 337-734-2281 Tres Rios Bandidos NM O Bar Freddie 505-325-2167 Golden Heart Shootist Soc. AK Lt. Col. D. D. Reed 907-488-3903 Thunder Mountain Shootists CO Curly Clark 970-464-7780 Up The Creek Gang LA Navasota Kid 337-734-2281 Eldorado Cowboys NV Madd Mike 702-465-8055 Juneau Gold Miners Posse AK Buckskin John 907 789-7498 Windygap Regulators CO Piedra Kidd 970-565-9228 Danvers Desperados MA Pittsburg Mac 781-599-1930 High Plains Drifters NV El Rod 775-783-8387 Alabama Rangers AL Pinchony Creek 334-227-4712 CT Valley Bushwackers CT Cayuse 203-457-1031 Gunnysackers MA Yankee 781-383-9799 Lone Wolf Shooters, LLC NV Lash Latigo 775-727-8790 Cahaba Cowboys AL Curly Doc Coleman 205-988-9076 Ledyard Sidewinders CT Cayuse 203-457-1031 Harvard Ghost Riders MA Barrister Bill 978-667-2219 Nevada Rangers Cowboy Action Gallant Gunfighters AL Tuff Stuff 205-529-2373 Padens Posse DE Deacon Will 302-422-6534 Shawsheen River Rangers MA Barrister Bill 978-667-2219 Shooting Society NV Jon Bernard Books 702-452-2354 North Alabama Regulators AL Sawyer 256-489-2955 Antelope Junction Rangers FL Hombre Paul 727-492-6113 Damascus Wildlife Rangers MD Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Pahrump Cowboy Shooters Old York Shootists AL Pistoleer 205-838-5479 Cowford Regulators FL Doc Monday 904-221-5151 Eas’dern Shore Renegades MD Jingles Jerr 410-833-3430 Association NV Lobo Joe 406-847-2335 Russell County Regulators AL Limp Along 706-327-6801 Five County Regulators FL B. S. Buhley 941-354-2919 Monocacy Irregulars MD Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Roop County Cowboy Shooters Arkansas Lead Slingers AR Morongo Bill 479-531-3575 Florida Outlaws Cowboy St. Charles Sportsman’s Club Association NV Toni Two Bits 775-783-8387 Critter Creek Citizens Mounted Shooting FL Kid Dilligaf 954-434-1276 Cowboy Action MD Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Silver City Shooters Society NV Otto N. Sure 702-614-9205 Vigilance AR Critter Creek Bob 870-774-1586 Fort White Cowboy Cavalry FL Deadly Sharpshooter 352-332-6210 Thurmont Mounted Rangers MD Timber Smoke 410-997-9370 Steptoe Valley Raiders NV Smokey 702-454-2206 Judge Parker’s Marshals AR Reno Sparks 918-647-9704 Gold Coast Gunslingers FL Jeremiah Longknife 954-680-0497 Thurmont Rangers MD Cody Conagher 304-258-1419 Bar-20, Inc. NY Buckskin Bruce 607-674-5702 Mountain Valley Vigilantes AR Ozark Outlaw 501-362-2963 Hernando County Regulators FL Fiero Rider 352-596-9483 Beaver Creek Desperados ME Capt. Morgan Rum 603-772-5041 Boot Hill Regulators NY Colonel Bill 845-354-4980 Outlaw Camp AR Ozark Outlaw 501-362-2963 Howey In the Hills Cowboys FL Ole Glor E 352-429-2587 Big Pine Bounty Hunters ME No Nonsense Nancy 207-897-3820 Border Rangers NY Pete Gabriel 607-734-7993 South Fork River Regulators AR Arkansas Bell 870-994-7227 Indian River Regulators FL Turkey Creek Red 321-728-7928 Capitol City Vigilance Border Rangers NY Pete Gabriel 607-734-7993 True Grit SASS AR Ozark Outlaw 501-362-2963 Lake County Pistoleros FL Southpaw Tom 386-566-6782 Committee ME Rootin Tootin Tim 207-897-3820 Circle K Regulators NY Feany Valentine 315-357-2352 Altar Valley Pistoleros AZ Dirty Dave Rudabaugh 520-889-9231 Miakka Misfits FL Deadlee Headlee 941-926-4106 Hurricane Valley Rangers ME Capt. Morgan Rum 603-772-5041 Crumhorn Mountain Cowboys NY Buckskin Bruce 607-674-5702 Arizona Cowboy Shooters Okeechobee Marshals FL Amaduelist 561-371-5507 Chippewa Regulators MI Jack Bantam 906-635-6947 D Bar D Wranglers NY Esmeralda 845-724-3515 Association, Inc AZ Johnny Meadows 928-567-9227 Panhandle Cattle Company FL South-Pacific 850-271-5899 Double Barrel Gang MI Slippery Pete 269-838-6944 Diamond Four NY Pete Gabriel 607-734-7993 Arizona Yavapai Rangers AZ Pigpen 928-274-2667 Panhandle Cowboys FL Kid 850-478-5608 Eagleville Cowboys MI One Son Of A Gun 231-676-0922 East End Regulators NY Sheriff A. B. Dupree 631-588-8495 Bordertown, Inc. AZ T. A. Chance 520-573-1218 Resurrection Rangers FL Dixie Heart 813-920-4280 Huron River Raiders MI Baja Kid 734-261-9786 Hole In The Wall Gang NY NY Doc Bogan 631-598-1989 SASS-8-TG AZ Dirty Bob 520-825-2863 Southwest Florida Johnson Creek Regulators MI Cool Hand Carl 248-318-3463 Panorama Trail Regulators NY Bristol Bisley 585-229-2750 Cochise Gunfighters AZ Coyote Cat 520-366-5401 Gunslingers FL Cowboy Mickey 239-776-5272 Lapeer County Sportsmans Pathfinder Pistoleros NY Freddy Pharkas 315-469-2023 Colorado River Regulators AZ Trinity 928-855-6155 The Hatbill Gang FL Zack McGee 904-282-1881 Club Wranglers MI Wall-Man 248-628-7424 Rockdale Renegades NY Pete Gabriel 607-734-7993 Colorado River Shootists AZ Big Horn Bing 928-580-0361 Weewahootee Vigilance Rockford Regulators MI Tuscon Stu 616-887-9917 The Long Riders NY Nawlins Kid 585-467-4429 Cowtown Cowboy Committee FL Black Diamond Doug 407-977-3839 Rocky River Regulators MI Mackinaw Kid 810-245-7040 The Shadow Riders NY Snake River Clay 631-477-1090 Shooters, LLC AZ Two Dot 623-931-4889 American Old West Cowboys GA Cherokee Maddog 269-429-0124 Saginaw Field & Stream Club MI Bad River Marty 989-585-3292 Tioga County Cowboys NY Pete Gabriel 607-734-7993 Dusty Bunch Old Western Cherokee Cowboys GA Harman Hammer 864-882-2077 SASS-6 - TG MI Dakota Doc 810-733-8454 AuGlaize Rough Riders OH Temple 419-438-5497 Shooters AZ Gil T. Azell 602-284-8495 Doc Holiday’s Immortals GA Man From Little River 678-428-4240 SASS-7 - TG MI Cactus Kay 810-733-8454 Big Irons OH Highweeds 513-746-1426 Dusty Bunch Old Western Lonesome Valley Regulators GA Echeconnee Kid 478-987-3289 Sucker Creek Saddle & Central Ohio Cowboys OH Col. Cord McNally 614-563-6070 Shooters AZ Gil T. Azell 602-284-8495 Mule Camp Cowboys GA San Quinton 706-335-7302 Gun Club MI Cree Vicar Dave 989-654-3636 Firelands Peacemakers OH Cheyenne Culpepper 440-324-7611 Los Vaqueros AZ T. A. Chance 520-573-1218 Pale Riders GA Limp Along 706-327-6801 West Walker Rangers MI Lucky Lennie 616-340-9197 Jackson Six Shooters OH Krazy Thom 330-792-0450 Mohave Marshalls AZ Kizmet 928-753-4266 River Bend Rough Riders GA Silver City Rebel 770-887-9942 Wolverine Rangers MI R. J. Law 248-828-7714 Miami Valley Cowboys OH Jinglebob Kidd 937-667-2868 Prescott Ranch Rangers AZ July Johnson 951-775-1984 Tennessee Mountain Cedar Valley Vigilantes MN Mogollon Drifter 507-838-7334 Middletown Sportsmens Rio Salado Cowboy Action Marauders GA Double Barrel 706-375-6711 Crow River Rangers MN Boulder Canyon Bob 763-753-4820 Club, Inc. OH 7 Mile Tom 937-885-5043 Shooting Society AZ Gold Canyon Kid 480-288-0861 Valdosta Vigilance East Grand Forks Rod & Ohio Valley Vigilantes OH Marcus Allen 330-225-5625 Tombstone Buscaderos AZ West Fargo 520-826-0012 Committee GA Hi Seas Cowboy 229-468-3175 Gun Club MN Robber Robert 701-746-5131 Sandusky County Regulators OH Bad Creek Kid 419-875-6577 Tombstone Ghost Riders Maui Marshals HI Lobo Negro 970-464-2272 Ike’s Clantons MN Lt. C. Burl Gatewood 612-860-7136 Scioto Territory Action Club AZ J. B. Fast 520-682-7343 Turkeyfoot Cowboys IA Dusty Tagalon 319-430-3176 Lookout Mountain Gunsmoke Desperados Inc. OH Smokin Iron 740-385-6692 Tombstone Ghost Riders Zen Shootists IA Dusty Tagalon 319-430-3176 Society MN Wagonmaster 218-744-4694 Shenango River Rats OH Marshall Flagg 814-724-7192 Mounted Club AZ Dan Nabbit 520-456-0423 Border Marauders Mounted ID Mud Marine 208-597-6191 Central Ozarks Western Tusco Long Riders OH D. J. McDraw 740-767-2326 Tonto Rim Marauders AZ Rye Creek Roberts 928-472-9136 Border Maurauders ID Mud Marine 208-597-6191 Shooters MO Fingers McGee 573 687 3103 West Jeff Ghostriders OH Col. Cord McNally 614-563-6070 White Mountain Old West El Buscaderos ID Capt. Malachi Fallon 208-263-2324 Gateway Shootist Society MO Missouri Bull 314-776-6885 Cherokee Strip Shootists OK Querida Kate 405-372-0208 Shootists AZ Stands Alone 928-537-8401 Hell’s Canyon Ghost Riders ID Kid Karen 509-397-3715 Moniteau Creek River Flying W Outlaws OK Aberdeen 806-256-3047 Winter Range Northwest Shadow Riders ID El Gordo Hombre 208-743-5765 Raiders MO Fingers McGee 573 687 3103 Indian Territory Single Action Marksman, Inc. AZ Justice B. Dunn 928-636-4911 Oregon Trail Rough Riders ID Gem Hunter 208-466-0061 Rocky Branch Rangers MO Latigo Smith 816-318-9967 Shooting Society OK Oklahomabound 918-827-1505 YRL-High Country Cowboys AZ Star Packer 520-632-5463 Panhandle Regulators ID Kid Karen 509-397-3715 Southern Missouri Rangers MO LongShot John 417-461-0033 Oklahoma Gunslingers OK Bone Arranger 918-275-8067 5 Dogs Creek CA Snakebite 559-787-2943 Snake River Western The Ozark Posse MO Chaos Jumbles 417-451-9959 Oklahoma Territorial Marshals OK Roy’s Creek Dan 405-615-4577 Bridgeport Vigilantes CA Bodie Kid 760-937-5463 Shooting Society ID Idaho Bad Company 208-736-8143 Mississippi Peacemakers MS Leatherneck 601-824-5932 Shortgrass Rangers OK Goose Terwilligher 580-248-7260 Brimstone Pistoleros CA Rowdy Yates 714-532-2922 Southeast Idaho Practical Mississippi River Rangers MS Easy Lee 662-838-7451 Tater Hill Regulators OK Eight Bit Bob 918-437-1474 Buffalo Runners CA Peaceful 209-293-4456 Shooters ID Hardtwist Trader 307-883-3675 Natchez Six Gunners MS Leatherneck 601-824-5932 Tulsey Town Cattlemens Burro Canyon Gunslingers CA Tramp 714-921-8668 Southern Idaho Rangers ID El Jefe Hombre 208-406-3854 Bigfork Buscaderos MT Lobo Joe 406-847-2335 Association OK Rev. Lyin Kerrdawg 918-274-4354 Cajon Cowboys CA Asphalt Cowboy 951-679-8662 Squaw Butte Regulators ID Wogg 208-869-2362 Gallatin Valley Regulators MT Colt Heart 801-302-8612 Columbia County Cowboys OR Johnny Colt 503-642-4120 California Range Riders CA Old Buckaroo 408-710-1616 Twin Butte Bunch ID Hardtwist Trader 307-883-3675 Honorable Road Agents Shooting Dry Gulch Desperados OR Run Amuck 509-525-2984 California Rangers CA Sutter Lawman 530-589-6901 Fort Beggs Defenders IL Shotgun Bandit 847-669-1787 Society MT Judge Injury 406-570-8043 Fort Dalles Defenders OR Ol #4 503-653-5364 California Shady Ladies CA Maggie Hunter 530-391-0966 Good Guys Posse IL Jeweler Jim 847-639-9089 Last Chance Handgunners MT Captain Drummond 406-363-5443 Horse Ridge Pistoleros Inc. OR Texas Jack Morales 541-923-0686 Chorro Valley Regulators CA El Lazo 805-441-4242 Illinois River City Regulators IL Fourty Five .45 Kid ‘The’ 309-694-7100 Montana Territory Jefferson State Regulators OR Col. Cornelius Gilliam 541-734-8509 Deadwood Drifters CA Irish Red O Toole 805-526-6563 Illowa Irregulars IL Trader Dave 309-787-2244 Peacemakers MT Brother Van 406-328-6807 Klamath Cowboys OR Nite Ryder 541-281-6162 Double R Bar Regulators CA Desert Dawg 760-949-3597 Kaskaskia Cowboys IL Colonel Darlin 618-628-3028 Rocky Mountain Rangers MT Lobo Joe 406-847-2335 Lewis River Rangers OR Johnny Colt 503-642-4120 Dulzura Desperados CA Tecolote Jack 619-987-9096 Kishwaukee Valley Sun River Rangers Shooting Lone Pine Rangers OR Dr. Doc Feelgood 541-504-8951 Escondido Bandidos CA J. W. Bass 760-789-5828 Regulators IL Six Fingered Shootist 815-895-4051 Society MT Mysterious Bill 406-454-1892 Merlin Marauders OR Sweetwater Jack 541-479-6021 FaultLine Shootist Society CA Tres Pinos 831-635-9147 Litchfield Sportsman’s Club IL Boben Weev 618-632-0712 Yellowstone Regulators MT Colt Heart 801-302-8612 Molalla River Rangers OR Bart Star 503-391-8917 Guns in the Sun CA Deacon Dick 760-340-0828 Long Nine Cowboys, Inc. IL Lemon Drop Kid 217-787-4877 Buccaneer Range Regulators NC Carolina Jack 910-864-9875 Oregon Old West Hawkinsville Claim Jumpers CA Sweetwater Jack 541-479-6021 Macoupin County Regulators IL Railroad Bill 314-994-0367 Carolina Cattlemen’s Shooting and Shooting Society OR Pale Wolf Brunelle 503-769-4138 High Sierra Drifters CA Nyack Jack 916-812-0434 Marion County Renegades IL Railroad Bill 314-994-0367 Social Society NC J. M. Brown 919-266-3751 Oregon Trail Regulators OR Henry Hank C. Vaughan 541-910-4244 Hole In The Wall Gang CA Irish Red O Toole 805-526-6563 McLean County Peacemakers IL Boot Hill Bones 309-346-7776 Carolina Rough Riders NC Longeye 704-366-9662 Orygun Cowboys OR Loden B. Kwik 503-318-8192 Kings River Regulators CA Snakebite 559-787-2943 Nason Mining Company Cross Creek Cowboys NC Carolina Jack 910-864-9875 Siuslaw River Rangers OR Pale Wolf Brunelle 503-769-4138 Lassen Regulators CA Kid Nickle 530-253-3502 Regulators IL Wolftracks 618-982-2976 Flatwood’s Cowboys NC Paco Blackie 252-636-8765 Table Rock Rangers OR Checotah 541-772-9941 Mad River Rangers CA Cap Roundtree 707-923-4999 Rangeless Riders IL Joseph Shelby 618-462-5212 Gunpowder Creek Regulators NC Ripshin 828-754-8298 Umpqua Regulators OR Pale Wolf Brunelle 503-769-4138 Mother Lode Shootist Society CA Dusty Webster 209-795-7430 Salt River Renegades IL Newsome Porter 217-985-4915 High Country Cowboys NC Oklahoma Charlie 704-662-3917 Blue Mountain Rangers PA Trusty Sidekick 610-939-9947 Murieta Posse CA Wildroot 530-745-9588 Shady Creek Shootists IL T. A. Spurs 309-798-2635 Iredell Regulators NC Dingo Dave 336-492-2498 Boot Hill Gang of Topton PA Lester Moore 610-704-6792 North County Shootist Assoc. CA Will Finder, The Free Grazers IL Crooked Arm 618-483-6309 North Carolina Cowboys, Inc. NC Stump Water 704-433-5781 Chimney Rocks Regulators PA Almost Broke Joe 724-627-0326 Bounty Hunter 619-224-8480 The Lakewood Marshal’s IL Sgt. Eli 618-847-4209 Old Hickory Regulators NC Red River Mike 252-535-6599 Conestoga Wagoneers PA No Change 215-579-9025 Panorama Sportsman’s Club CA Solomon Star 310-832-7445 Tri County Cowboys IL Thunderbird Kid 815-509-6375 Old North State Posse NC Oklahoma Charlie 704-662-3917 Dry Gulch Rangers PA Chicken Coop 412-343-0498 Plunge Creek Cowboys CA Adam Cartwright 626-695-1540 Vermilion River Long Riders IL Bailey Creek 815-442-3259 Piedmont Gunslingers NC Sam Carp 704-596-7120 Easton Greenhorns PA Tin Ear 610-847-2798 Pozo River Vigilance World Shooting & Recreational Walnut Grove Rangers NC Horsetrader 828-728-3077 El Posse Grande PA Doc Allan Wood 570-538-9163 Committee CA El Lazo 805-441-4242 Complex IL Colonel Darlin 618-628-3028 Badlands Bandits (The) ND Roughrider Ray 701-575-4418 Elstonville Hombres PA Barnmaster 717-949-3970 Richmond Roughriders CA I. M. Nobody 650-589-0505 Big Rock SASS IN Southpaw Too 812-866-2406 Dakota Rough Riders ND RoughRider Jim Bob 701-673-3122 Heidelberg Lost Dutchmen PA Barnmaster 717-949-3970 River City Regulators CA Diamond Dick 916-483-9198 Circle R Cowboys IN Gunther Cartwright 765-628-3923 Sheyenne Valley Peacekeepers ND Doc Neilson 701-588-4331 Jefferson Rifle Club, Inc. PA Colt Starbucks 410-902-7939 Robbers Roost Vigilantes CA M. C. Ryder 760-384-2321 Cutter’s Raiders IN Montana Longhair 574-269-9784 Eastern Nebraska Gun Club NE Mustang Gregg 402-839-3006 Logans Ferry Regulators PA Deputy Keck 412-423-6255 Roy Rogers Rangers CA Johnnie Concho 951-928-4601 Daleville Desperados IN Padre P.W. 260-672-3295 Flat Water Shootists of the Mainville Marauders PA Cincinnati Kid 570-474-0381 San Joaquin Valley Rangers CA Old Buckaroo 408-710-1616 Deer Creek Regulators IN Padre P.W. 260-672-3295 Grand Island Rifle Club NE W. Beckett U.S.Marshal 308-226-2651 Perry County Regulators PA Lester Moore 610-704-6792 Shasta Regulators CA Silver Buck 530-474-3194 High Ground Regulators IN Vaquero Hayes 812-662-7799 High Plains Renegades NE Mustang Gregg 402-839-3006 Purgatory Regulators PA Marshall Flagg 814-724-7192 Shasta Regulators Of Indiana Black Powder Guild IN Manatee 317-640-0172 Oregon Trail Regulators, NE NE Doc Viper 308-623-1797 River Junction Shootist Hat Creek CA Silver Buck 530-474-3194 Pleasant Valley Renegades IN Nomore Slim 812-839-3052 Platte Valley Gunslingers NE Dalton Masterson 308-324-2575 Society PA Vegas Kid 412-216-0165 Silver Queen Mine Red Brush Raiders IN Duke Skywalker 812-626-0214 Merrimack Valley MaraudersNH Marshal Mo Hare 603-672-8111 Silver Lake Bounty Hunters PA Pete Gabriel 607-734-7993 Regulators CA California Guy 909-599-5484 Schuster’s Rangers IN Sassie Sue 219-872-7957 Pemi Valley Peacemakers NH Capt. Morgan Rum 603-772-5041 Stewart’s Regulators PA Sodbuster Burt 724-479-8838 Sloughhouse Irregulators CA Black Jack Traven 530-677-0368 Stark County Desert IN Sassie Sue 219-872-7957 The Dalton Gang Shooting Club, The Dakota Badlanders PA Timberland Renegade 610-434-1923 Sunnyvale Regulators CA Billy Two Bears 951-734-2512 Thunder Valley IN Vaquero Hayes 812-662-7799 of NH LLC NH Ike Shotgun Mccoy 802-467-8837 Westshore Posse PA Hired Gun 717-774-5652 The Cowboys CA Ivory Jack McCloud 714-739-2721 Wildwood Wranglers IN Sassie Sue 219-872-7957 White Mountain Regulators NH Capt. Morgan Rum 603-772-5041 Whispering Pines Cowboy The Outlaws CA Allie Mo 209-296-2709 Wolff’s Rowdy Rangers IN Spoon River Sam 219-282-1866 Cowboy Legends Mounted Committee PA Pete Gabriel 607-734-7993 The Over The Hill Gang CA Hyatt Earp 818-982-2092 Butterfield Gulch Gang KS Shylock 785-823-1333 Shooting Association NJ Crown Royal Cowboy 973-296-6283 Lincoln County Lawmen RI One-Ear Pete 401-647-3049 The Range CA Second Creek Dick 530-292-3429 Capital City Cowboys KS Major Lee Wild 785-539-9508 Jackson Hole Gang NJ Emberado 609-466-2277 Geechee Gunfighters SC Ranger Law 843-552-1591 Two Rivers Posse CA Shenandoah 209-477-1117 Free State Rangers KS Brazos Peddler 830-997-0905 Thumbusters NJ Ol’ Sea Dog 732-892-7272 Greenville Gunfighters SC Chopper Dog 864-449-0443 Ukiah Gun Club CA Hoot 707-829-2731 Mill Brook Wranglers KS W. B. Earp 785-743-2409 Bighorn Vigilantes NM Falcon Kid 505-286-8449 Hurricane Riders SC Barber ‘The’ 843-756-9307 West End Outlaws CA Chickamauga Charlie 951-549-9304 Powder Creek Cowboys KS Fall City Sam 816-591-3864 Buffalo Range Riders NM More Or Les 575-744-5670 Palmetto Posse SC Lorenzo Kid 803-312-2884 Ben Lomond High Plains Crab Orchard Cowboy Buffalo Range Riders Piedmont Regulators SC Montana Brown 864-313-3098 Drifters CO Colorado Swede 303-688-3750 Shootist KY Hoss Lytle 606-776-6719 Mounted NM Sierrita Slim 575-746-5703 Savannah River Rangers SC Surly Dave 803-892-2812 Black Canyon Ghost Riders CO Fandango Dave 970-835-8871 Fox Bend Peacemakers KY Noose 859-223-0722 Chisum Cowboy Gun Club NM Iron Worker 575-626-3495 Bald Mountain Renegades SD Sodak Red 605-598-6281 Castle Peak Wildshots CO Old Squinteye 970-524-9348 Green River Gunslingers KY Shaddai Vaquero 270-651-3301 Gila Rangers NM W. 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