MercantileEXCITINGSee section our NovemberNovemberNovember 2001 2001 2001 CowboyCowboyCowboy ChronicleChronicleChronicle(starting on pagePagePagePage 90) 111 The Cowboy Chronicle~. The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society ® Vol. 20 No. 4 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. April 2007 . END of TRAIL 2007 . A TRUE WEST EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE By Chiz, SASS #392

ND of TRAIL is a Cowboy HIGHLIGHTS on pages 72 & 73 Action Shooting™ institu- E tion that continues to get Shoot on Wednesday. The six-stage better with age. Like a good saddle, Mounted Shooting main match be- the more you ride it, the more com- gins on Thursday with two stages be- fortable it gets. ing shot each day through Saturday. END of TRAIL 2007 is shaping Conventioneers Rejoice! Two up to be an incredible event people Conventioneer stages will straddle have come to expect. Now stretched the center bay where a Manu- out over a period of ten days, END of facturers Gallery will be set up. A TRAIL offers SASS members a full greater effort to include the widest spectrum of activities, shooting variety of firearms and ammunition opportunities, and entertainment is underway and will provide an along with a passel of new ideas to opportunity for all END of TRAIL make the event even better! participants as well as the public to It all starts on Friday, June 15 shoot the guns of the Old West. when the six-stage warm up match Conventioneers can shoot to their for the overflow shooters and Stage hearts content! Drivers begins. This group also All shooters will be treated to a shoots the main match on Saturday, series of all new shotgun targets as Sunday, and Monday. For those not well as an addition of new rifle and shooting the first weekend looking pistol targets. Also new for the en- for something to do, they can sign up joyment of main match shooters is a for the Evil Roy Shooting School that TC Thorstenson and Harvey Wallbanger, Jr. will again be performing at recorded description of stage des- takes place on Saturday and Sunday. END of TRAIL. The bond between trainer and performer is evident criptions and scenarios. Based on by the trust each shows for the other as they entertain competitors As the town begins to fill with ven- the series, Classic Gunfights by Bob and spectators alike. Don’t miss this amazing show! dors and exhibitors, the warm up Boze Bell as seen in True West match for the main weekend match Plainsman Event. In addition, all will be set up to immortalize each Magazine, the theme of END of starts on Tuesday followed on Side Match Awards will be present- Posse with a picture. TRAIL 2007 will focus on the stories Wednesday with Side Matches for all ed just prior to Opening Ceremonies If all things go right, the and illustrations as compiled by this participants. New this year is a $20 on Wednesday evening, freeing up Mounted Shooters will be using two author/artist. The championship “All You Can Shoot” program that time for participants who will spend arenas for the World Championship shooting stage descriptions will be includes all Side Matches and the less time during the Sunday Awards match. Plans are to level the dam at written by and vocally performed by Ceremony. The Main Match begins the end of town and install a brand Bob Boze Bell, utilizing recorded SASS Cowboy Chronicle Thursday with shooters plying four new professional arena that is in broadcasts on each shooting stage. stages each of the three days. easy walking distance to town and Artwork created by Bell, who is Included in the main match included in the main activities area. noted as one of America’s preemi- event is the Team Shoot, which will The Mounted Shooting program nent Old West Gunfight experts and In This Issue be added as a “5th Stage” during one begins on Monday with a New an accomplished artist with hun- 64 TAYLOR’S UBERTI of the main match days. The Team Shooters Clinic. A three-stage warm dreds of provocative illustrations on 1858 REMINGTON event will also accommodate the up match will take place on Tuesday, the subject, will be used throughout Posse Photo where Artie and Sadie and there will be a two-stage Fun by Tuolumne Lawman (Continued on page 72)

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6 FROM THE EDITOR Winter Range–An Outstanding National Championship Editorial Staff 8-11 NEWS International Combat Stress Conference (CSC) . . . Dutch Is Recovering Nicely . . . Tex Editor-in-Chief Comments From SASS Members . . . Cat Ballou 12-20 LETTERS Editor Wanted: Military Costume Judges . . . Chiz 16 CAT’S CORNER Managing Editor Advertising Director 18 CHIZ BIZ What’s Goin’ On . . . Adobe Illustrator Layout & Design 22 POLITICAL Hate Crime Is Thought Crime . . . Mac Daddy Graphic Design 24-36 ARTICLES Back In The Good Old Days . . . Winning With Wisdom And Treachery . . . Donna Oakley Advertising Administrator 38-48 GUNS & GEAR One Man With Courage Makes A Majority . . . Wax Bullets . . . Contributing Writers Bob Boze Bell, Bob Crismon, Capt. George Baylor, Cinnamon Lucy, 50, 57 MOUNTED What We Do With Our Horses In The Off-Season ... Ride!! Col. Dan, Cree Vicar Dave, Ellsworth T. Kincaid, Holy Terror, Ioway, Joe Fasthorse Harrill, 53-56 END of TRAIL 2007 . . . Juaquin Malone, Madd Mike, Mr. Quigley, Nubbins Colt, Yosemite Valley Sam, SASS #73791 . . . The Shooter’s Persona . . . Purdy Gear, Quick Cal, 58 PROFILES Sierrita Slim, Swift Montana Smith, Tuolumne Lawman 60 HISTORY This Month In History . . . Little Known Famous People . . . The Cowboy Chronicle is published by The Wild Bunch, Board of Directors of The Single Action Shooting 61, 62 REVIEWS-BOOKS The Guns Billy The Kid . . . Knott’s Berry Farm’s Ghost Town Society. For advertising information and rates, administrative and editorial Taylor’s & Co. Uberti 1858 Remington .45 Colt Cartridge offices contact: 64 REVIEWS-PRODUCTS Chronicle Administrator 23255 La Palma Avenue VENDORS Lonerider Leather . . . Yorba Linda, California 92887 66 714-694-1800 FAX: 714-694-1813 68, 69 TRAIL MARKER email: [email protected] http://www.sassnet.com What’s Goin’ On In Your Town? . . . The Cowboy Chronicle (ISSN 15399877) 71- ON THE RANGE is published Monthly by the Single Action Shooting Society, 23255 La Palma Rough & Ready Rob, SASS #42891, & Richmond Roughriders Avenue, Yorba Linda, California 92887. 80-89 CLUB REPORTS Periodicals Postage is Paid at ANAHEIM, CA and additional mailing offices (USPS MERCANTILE Nice SASS Collectibles . . . #020-591). POSTMASTER: Send ad- 90- dress changes to The Cowboy Chronicle, 23255 La Palma Avenue, Yorba Linda, 97- CLASSIFIED California 92887. DISCLAIMER - The Single Action Shooting Society does not guarantee, 107 SASS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION warranty or endorse any product or service advertised in this newspaper. ® The publisher also does not guarantee General US Grant, SASS Trademarks the safety or effectiveness of any prod- like so many other SASS®, Single Action Shooting Society®, uct or service illustrated. The distribution SASS competitors, enjoys END of TRAIL®, EOT®, of some products/services may be ille- turning a Cowboy Action The Cowboy ChronicleTM, gal in some areas, and we do not Shooting™ match into a TM assume responsibility thereof. State and Cowboy Action Shooting , local laws must be investigated by the family affair. When the TM family comes to visit and CAS , purchaser prior to purchase or use or products/services. brings their hats, boots, The World Championship of TM and guns, it’s time to Cowboy Action Shooting , WARNING: Neither the author nor The hit the range! Grant is Bow-legged Cowboy Design, and the Cowboy Chronicle can accept any seen here last year at Rocking Horse Design responsibility for accidents or diffe- END of TRAIL sporting ring results obtained using reloading are all trademarks of data. Variation in handloading tech- new River Crossing The Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. niques, components, and firearms buckskins and Any use or reproduction of these marks will make results vary. Have a compe- dispatching the bad guys without the express written permission tent gunsmith check your firearms with his engraved ‘97. before firing. of SASS is strictly prohibited. Page 6 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

WINTER RANGE – AN OUTSTANDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP By Tex, SASS #4

but by then it was all over but the The second innovation was a ry. All match stages were well shouting. murder mystery dinner Thursday dressed, providing a pleasing “Old There were a couple of impres- evening. This unique bit of enter- West” environment for the shooting sive innovations this year everyone tainment allowed the diners to problems. Tex, SASS #4 seemed to enjoy and appreciate. become involved in a fun-filled And, the shooting problems ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ First, the Opening Ceremony’s safe- evening of “who done it.” Other sported plenty of targets … several ty briefing was a humorous video match directors might want to con- stages called for ten shot revolver with scenes every airline passenger sider something like this as another sequences, for instance, and there he Winter Range Rough Riders knows by heart. The fine points in way to keep their guests involved were actually ten targets to be Twill be reporting on this year’s the briefing were cleverly demon- and on the range for the duration of engaged! All regular targets were event shortly, but it was such an strated … and some of us had oppor- the event. set at medium distances, and all excellent production, it deserves a tunity to replicate those scenes on Incidentally, the traditional appeared to have smooth front sur- few early remarks. Although the the range when quietly adjusting Saturday evening banquet was held faces. Even the bonus targets were Rough Riders can’t take credit for it, the position of horizontally staged in the big tent, and the steak dinner quite shootable … if you bothered to the weather this year was absolutely long guns. Never a word had to be was actually served to tablecloth- use your sights! perfect! The last two years have spoken … the entire posse instantly covered tables by the caterer who A couple of stages made good use been tests of our cowboys’ spirit and knew what was being done … and also provided metal utensils. It was of reactive targets. They were set resolve, but this year it was as nice why. This video accomplished its job a very nice touch! light enough so even the diminutive as it has ever been … clear, mild … it brought the match rules into Winter Range built an excellent .32’s could take them down … pro- days with only a hint of a breeze. A sharp focus, and the rules were set of stage props a few years ago vided they were hit near the center light wind did blow in on Sunday, remembered. and continues to add to the invento- (Continued on page 70) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 7 Page 8 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

ANNIE OAKLEY WESTERN ARTS SHOWCASE BRINGS WESTERN ARTS TO LIFE

t is nearly impossible think of sin- age of 15. Annie’s primary competi- during the week include the Ohio Igle action, Old West shooting with- tor in the contest was 25 year-old Fast Draw Championship and the out thinking of the sharpshooters of Frank Butler, a professional sharp- sharp shooting finals for the Miss the Old West who performed with shooter. Frank and Annie eventual- Annie Oakley contest. the traveling Wild West shows of the ly married and went on to perform For the fourth year, to further late 19th and early 20th centuries. all over the world with a number of honor Annie’s history of Wild West One of the most memorable of these different Wild West shows, including performing at the festival, the Ohio- performers was Annie Oakley. “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.” based variety productions company, Arts Club, a non-profit organization Annie was born Phoebe Ann Since the days of Annie Oakley’s GLD Enterprises & Productions, will dedicated to the preservation and Moses near the town of Greenville, fame, there have been songs, stage present the “Annie Oakley Western promotion of the Western arts. Also Ohio around 1860. As she grew up, shows, and movies telling her story. Arts Showcase.” This western arts participating will be the Society of she essentially supported her family For the past 43 years the residents of convention offers participants three American Whip Artistry, which will after the death of her father. She her hometown in Darke County, Ohio days of workshops, contests, and coordinate the whip workshops and discovered restaurants paid well for have held “Annie Oakley Days,” a fes- entertainment from all of the Wild contests, and the International Knife game brought in by trappers and tival to honor “Little Sure Shot” in West arena arts such as whip Throwers Hall of Fame, which will hunters. Using her late father’s their own way. The event features artistry, gun spinning, trick and handle knife throwing workshops shotgun, Annie earned a living by historic encampments, a Western fancy roping, and knife and toma- and competitions. Some of the best providing the establishments with melodrama, historical tours, live hawk throwing on the grounds of trick ropers, knife throwers, whip fresh quail. entertainment, and more. Annie Oakley Days. artists, and gun spinners in the A show promoter noticed Annie’s The event kicks off with a pre- This year’s Showcase event will country will be in attendance. Along marksmanship and convinced her to liminary contest to select “Miss also include the fifth annual Ohio with contest awards, some miscella- enter a sharp shooting contest at the Annie Oakley.” Other contests held regional convention of the Wild West (Continued on page 25) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 9 Page 10 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

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DUTCH IS RECOVERING NICELY By Tex, SASS #4

ictorville, CA – Retired Wild Bunch Vmember, Dutch, was recently diag- nosed with a brain tumor. He had surgery right away to remove the growth and is presently recovering. He’s clearly feeling much better, because he’s very impatient to get out of the hospital and on with the rest of his life! Surgery of this type is a delicate busi- ness. Many of the nerves in the right side of his head were saved, but not all. His hearing and balance are affected and ther- apy and patience will be required to over- come these new challenges. He plans to be home by the time this issue hits the streets. Dutch thanks everyone for their prayers and believes the reason he is doing so well is because of all the prayers that have been said for him. He has asked any well wishes, email, cards, and so forth be sent to the Happy Trails office. We all wish him the best, and hope to see him at upcoming SASS events later Dutch’s fund raising efforts for the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation in Victorville, CA have been very this year. successful. He is seen here manning the Happy Trails booth at the 2006 Las Vegas SASS Convention. Page 12 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

R. J. POTEET’S marginalize – the Cowboy Action priately motivated, they will spend the the Old West. To me, this is a shame. Shooting™ and SASS brands. money to undo the bending. Or move on. You wouldn’t remember, but we met a VIEWPOINT Tex opines, “My hope is the Sorry, Tex. This isn't the Territorial few times; the first was when you held Territorial Governors, along with the Governors’ dilemma, and they can’t solve the timer on my very first SASS stage at Dear Wild Bunch: general SASS membership, will construc- it. It’s The Wild Bunch’s problem. the Railroad Flat Shoot in 1987 (if I recall In the February ’07 issue of The tively talk about this issue ... to find a I am absolutely certain the great correctly). Back then I was a very com- Cowboy Chronicle, Tex editorializes “What way through the forest.” In my view, majority of SASS members support the petitive shooter and won a lot of matches do we do about our loads?” and Jake that’s just plain wrong. heritage and traditions (read rules) upon in Northern California, and even finished Payden chastises Adirondack Jack’s prior It is past time for The Wild Bunch to which Cowboy Action Shooting™ and pretty high at the 10th END of TRAIL letter on the wimpy loads issue. Even step back up to the plate, acknowledge SASS have been built. If you don’t retake (37th I think). But the “Spirit of the longtime friend and supporter Mike the game has been corrupted, and will control and support your real customer Game” philosophy back then was to use Venturino now is asking what is happen- implode if you don’t take responsibility base, Cowboy Action Shooting™ and the guns and loads of the Old West, not do ing to Cowboy Action Shooting™. for fixing it. How do you fix it? With SASS as we know them are doomed. the absolute minimum in order to get the Here’s what I think. leadership, brass cajones, and an iron For all of the folks who thrive on the edge over the other guy. The Wild Bunch, in a well inten- will. Show these three things, and I competition and just want to win, I have I’m not sure SASS can be turned tioned, albeit misguided, attempt to satis- believe you will have a groundswell of the same advice I have always had. How from its path to IPSC style shooting, as fy all of the shooters all of the time, has support. do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. there are too many people who think abrogated your responsibility to protect Start with SASS produced and/or Practice. Practice. Even with a Stradi- SASS has always been that way. But, I do and preserve the game you (we) created sanctioned matches. Do what Tex sug- varius, I’ll never be first violin. think those of us who have a longer view thirty years ago. gested in his most recent editorial. Yer ‘umble servant, of the sport should bring the issue up and I know Cowboy Action Shooting™ Design the matches for the broad (major- R. J. Poteet remind folks there is another way. Keep and SASS have morphed into a business ity) middle ground. Use knockdown tar- SASS #3 up the good work. with customers (members) that must be gets set for .38 Special at 850 FPS. The Wild Bunch (Ret.) Roscoe Coles, kept satisfied. Successful businesses Period! Match producers who choose not SASS #1188 are built on brands. Cowboy Action to do so lose their SASS sanction. Period! THERE IS Sparks, NV Shooting™ and SASS are brands, and I’ve had conversations with some of brands must stand for something. When you and with shooters about “unringing ANOTHER WAY brands get confused about their her- the bell” regarding the growing use of itage, their customer, their product, (inappropriate) modifications like short As someone with 20 years in SASS, I ADVERTISING their ethics, or even their packaging, stroke kits, gamey rigs, and excessive wanted to let Tex know I agree with his INFORMATION trouble follows. Think “New Coke” and grip checkering or engraving. Here's my concerns and with the views as expressed “Edsel” for reminders. answer. Make ‘em all shoot in Modern in his Chronicle articles. I think we have ASK FOR Wimpy loads, short stroke kits, and limit the number of match entrants gotten away from the original intent of smokeless “black” powder, stages in the Modern category. The shooters the game and become much more focused ~ DONNA ~ designed to the broadest (lowest) common who bend the rules spent the money on technological development, winning at (EXT. 118) denominator all work to erode – if not required to do the bending. When appro- all costs, and a lot less about the guns of April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 13 Page 14 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

MY RESPONSE TO TRAIL for a year or two until the bugs are But do something and make the decision honor their rules, there is no reason the worked out, and then require the change known to all SASS members because con- “Cowboy Way” can’t have the same “WHAT DO WE DO for all Regionals, the National, and then fusion causes discontent. integrity. This would make the 32s still ABOUT OUR LOADS?” the State Championship matches. Beans, SASS Life #316 valid for kids as well as those 200 pound By reintroducing this slowly in this Henderson, NV strapping cowboys now using them. As a When I first started shooting SASS, I manner, it would give the competitor SASS member told me one day, “If every- was using a .44 Special with a 210-grain about four years to make the change. one shot the same stock loads, the fastest bullet. When I made the transition to the New shooters would know what they COWBOY LOADS shooters now would still be the fastest .38 Special, I procured a mold for a round need when they started; again, no sur- When I first started shooting Cowboy shooters then.” I think he was at least nose flat point 160-gr bullet and stayed prises. Action, SASS had a 650 feet per second 90% right. with that load for years. I am now using SASS will never control what the minimum for handguns. There were not EEK Parish, a .45 Schofield load with a 200-grain bul- many local shoots require. At best, SASS any minimum bullet weights that I SASS #41747 let. This will take all the knockdown tar- now only provides guidelines to which the remember, so a shooter could use a 96 Tucson, AZ gets to the ground. majority of the clubs conform. If X Club grain .38 caliber bullet at 650 feet per If I had spent the money and effort to wants to be a SASS affiliate club and hold second and have a very light recoiling obtain the .32 caliber handguns and monthly shoots at a remote location with pistol. Why not reinstate the 650 fps rule RULES FOR developed the light loads and SASS 15 or so shooters and they allow loads again? How would it be able to be moni- “VINTAGE COWBOY” asked me to vote, it’s obvious I would vote soft enough to just ding the targets, allow tored? Well pards, are we forgetting the against the change. T-shirts, and do not require cowboy hats, integrity of the “Cowboy Way?” I don’t Rules same as for Classic Cowboy If we are concerned about the mini- they will continue to do so. want to be told that the honor of the unless otherwise stated here: mum loads used in SASS, why don’t we The Wild Bunch is in a position to Cowboy Action Shooter can’t be trusted!! 1-Guns start from the top—END of TRAIL? require the minimum loads at END of In my other life I am a range officer at • Permitted pre-1890 in design or repro- Publish the information early enough so TRAIL. You may lose 30-50 END of a local club that has two IPSC matches a ductions only. Double barrel shotguns it is easily available to everyone. No sur- TRAIL shooters and the funds they sup- month. In all the years I have never seen only. prises. Knockdown targets set for the .38 ply. You could: a chronograph set up to monitor a match. • No action or performance enhancing Special 158 gr. bullet at 750 FPS. This 1. Step up and make the changes and I have, however, on a regular basis seen modifications (Smoothing of actions is will allow those that use the shorter bar- take the financial hit for a short the competitors come out to practice dur- permitted) rel pistols to obtain the minimum energy period. ing the week and bring their chrono- • Excluded post-1890 in design, includ- to knock the targets over. 2. Ignore the minimum requirement graphs along to make sure a new load or ing Cattleman “fast Shots” and Ruger The downside is you would need sev- and make it a non-issue. new bullet would make the major 165 Vaqueros eral knockdown targets per stage. This As much as we like to think we power factor. (bullet weight times feet per • No padding or attachments on levers, wouldn’t slow the shooter down, but (SASS members) have the power to make second, read only the first three digits.) butts, or any part of the firearm except would slow down the stages, as the tar- any changes, the final authority rests This power factor goes for stock as well as for those provided on original forearms gets would need to be reset after each with the Wild Bunch. full race handguns. A .45acp 200 gr. bul- by manufacturers. Checkering, stag- shooter. As we used to say in the Old Corps let at 830 fps is 166 power factor. horn grips may be acceptable Introduce this change at END of (USMC), either step up or stand down. Now if the gamiest of the gamers can (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 15

(Continued from previous page) RAMBLING FLAVOR OF shoot without reloading. Brass could be • Leather period slings not used to sent back to the manufacturer to be used enhance performance are permitted on THOUGHTS THE YEAR again. Cowboy Action ammo would actu- long guns FROM ally become “re-manufactured ammo.” • No sight enhancements except where As most of you are aware, there is a I’ve used re-mans from some companies bare metal has been filed AN OLD GUY debate over the ammunition and with excellent results. This approach • Tang sights on rifles are acceptable firearms used in Cowboy Action Shoo- along with judicious regulation of 2-Ammunition I have been reading for some time ting™. The big worry is that folks with firearm modifications would insure • Lead uncoated projectiles only, in origi- now about “Race Guns” and those “out of money to blow on custom firearms and everyone could have the chance to be a nal bullet weights. the box guns” not being equal in shoot- ammo will price the rest of us out of our “Top Gun.” • Close to maximum loads – blackpowder ing for time. I have what I believe will competitive boots. Rightly so, many fine On a different note, I am a “distance or smokeless powder equivalent help even out the times for those people shooters have been left behind in other running” competitor. (That’s as in foot (Cowboy will be required to stipulate that are fast and those people that are shooting disciplines by not being able to race) Running is one of the only sports what powder and how much used.) accurate. afford the “Flavor of the Year” equipment. out there that lets you participate and • A subjective test will be how much the Take any target and cut a two-inch There is however a simple and elegant compete against anyone. After all, you revolver recoils hole in it, preferably not in the center, solution. Those wishing to compete at can’t go out tomorrow and tee up against • .44 Special and .44 Magnum are but along any edge (an inch to two inch- Regional, National, and World Level Tiger Woods, or pitch to the slugger excluded es from any side), and then put shooting Matches must use the “ammunition pro- Barry Bonds! But, I have, in fact, stood • Cap and Ball revolvers are exempt clay in a drop down rack (easy to build) vided” at the loading table. This would on the starting line with a few of the from ammunition requirements. behind the hole. If you hit the target, not be as hard to implement as you would world’s best runners. Though I am a 3-Clothing then you get the hit and time, but if you expect, and would also serve to regulate rank amateur, it’s a great feeling to know • As per classic cowboy with only four hit the shooting clay .5 of a second is by default the local shoots as well. that “on any given day,” just maybe, I items mandatory subtracted from your time. You wouldn’t Three or four popular cartridges might be able to win this race! Cowboy This proposed category is for those have to make all of the targets like this, could be selected, and test barrels for Action Shooting™ could be a sport like shooters who want to shoot “the way it but you could. This would help make the each would be provided to interested that, and as such, would be the envy of was”, and compete against other like two types of guns more even. ammo manufacturers. They would pro- all other shooting sports. minded shooters, using guns and ammu- Also how about some fancy shooting vide this “Cowboy Action Ammo” at the If anyone wants to discuss this fur- nition in the manner that was normal in like “match lighting, candle snuffing, certified standard. This would not mean ther, you can email me at the 19th century. shooting the ace of spades, and shooting your favorite Marlin in .32-20 would be [email protected] For those shooters who want to use the card in half the hard way (on edge).” illegal; it would just mean you wouldn’t Rascal Roy McCutcheon all manner of ways to gain an edge, This could be done at a dollar a shot and be able to be the nation’s best using it. SASS #71792 other than sheer skill, this category is for ties, move the targets back five feet Blackpowder shooters wouldn’t need Niles, OH not for you. or take another shot. This money could ammo as they have issues they deal with These are the basic rules and concept go for the SASS scholarship fund or ... If that keep them out of the arms race any- for “vintage cowboy.” If this is what you you could get a sponsor that would put way. Top competitive shooters or those think Cowboy Action Shooting™ should up a prize, like a gun or rifle, this could hoping to be a top shooter would adjust For AD be, then I look forward to shooting make for a mighty popular “open” shoot- their own loads to the standard, knowing against you. ing stage for Waddies and Shootists. that at the highest level shoots, that this Rates If you have to ask, “can I do this,” you My Grandfather always said, “If you is what they would be using. probably can’t, and it’s probably against can’t hit what you’re aiming at, don’t Purchasing substantial quantities of the spirit of this category. waste the bullet.” this ammo would, I think, result in a rea- ~ DONNA ~ Desert Snake Dan, SASS #72284 Calico Jake, SASS #54084 sonable price, and would probably result (EXT. 118) New Zealand Glendale, CA in sales to shooters that can afford to Page 16 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

WANTED: MILITARY COSTUME JUDGES By Captain George Baylor, SASS Life #24287

daunting. There were a LOT of dif- ferent uniforms. Of course, we had various US Army uniforms, chang- Cat Ballou, SASS #55 ing every year, and different by ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ rank. Units with special uniforms such as Zoaves or Berdan’s Sharp- at Ballou and I were talking shooters complicated things further. about the shortage of quali- Then, we had a virtual rainbow of C fied judges for the military Confederate uniforms, with subtle category at major costume contests. variations in fabric and style Being the good manager she is, she depending on the area and time of tossed the ball into my court. “How the war, plus rank. Then, add in the about recruiting a cadre of such folks US and Confederate Navies and to be military judges at those Marines, and it’s beyond mere mor- events?” That’ll teach me. tals. We haven’t even talked about Let me first explain that costume foreign uniforms. contests at END of TRAIL and the It should also be noted you SASS Convention involve the con- would not just be judging the mili- testants presenting themselves tary category, but all of the cate- before the assembled judges. They gories. But, you’ll probably be sur- have 60 seconds to describe their cos- rounded by 19th century fashion tumes. The judges want to know experts. You might feel like an idiot who you are and when you are. compared to the judge next to you Unusual aspects of your costume who can give you a fifteen-minute need to be explained. The judges dissertation on the bustle without score the contestants separately notes. But he doesn’t know how without consulting, and then discuss many feathers on a hat represent a them. This way when one judge cavalry colonel in the Confederacy. noticed the contestant said it was If in doubt, just vote for the lady 1880 and was wearing a 1930 hat who has given you the biggest bribe. style, it’s a mistake now known by That always worked for me. everybody. When another judge sees Unfortunately, I’m still waiting for a zipper on a lady’s ante-bellum ball the first bribe offer. gown, they all know it. When the And you have to be willing to military specialist notes the give up entering the contest. Confederacy didn’t have an air force, Usually people who are interested so those command pilot’s wings on in costume contests enter. the tunic were a mistake, everybody One group might be previous knows it. Thus, a group of judges winners. A costume can’t have won with different but interlocking areas END of TRAIL or the SASS of expertise can come up with the Convention and be entered at a correct answers. Regional, END of TRAIL, or the I’ll throw out some qualifica- SASS Convention—FOREVER. tions, and if you fit all or some of Thus winners who built a costume them, contact Cat—please. that took a year of research and cost First, you have to be willing to like an engraved Uberti ’73—or work cheap. I was a judge at END of more—are all dressed up with no TRAIL ’06 and got one, maybe two place to go. So, if you’re a previous Margaritas. One applicant asked, winner and would like to be a judge, “Does this job involve travel?” Yes, odds are you would be a good one. and at your expense and not reim- You’ve shown that you can master bursed nor deductible. Not only the genre, understand the rules, that, there are no costume contest and know enough about military judge groupies. uniforms to get a good one and Secondly, you have to be knowl- make the whole impression work. edgeable about 19th century military “But Captain Baylor, what do I uniforms. This isn’t as daunting as it do when someone shows up with a might seem. No, actually, it’s pretty (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 17

(Continued from previous page) ent” items were substituted for out Marines even in the 19th century, General Forrest, and you’re wearing Patagonian Lancer’s desert uniform, of stock uniform items. and they come across quite different a uniform that he never wore, you and I have no idea where Patagonia Authenticity is 40%. That’s from a Navy Captain or a Con- don’t get originality or authenticity is or whether they had Lancers or what the military specialist is need- federate private. points. not or if this one looks anything like ed for. It’s the military specialist Details: pretty self-explanatory. As SASS grows, the costume con- one?” Well, frankly, it’s the contes- who will have the Bravo Sierra Is everything there? Are the boots tests grow. Note the increase in cat- tant’s responsibility to convince you detector (to use the proper military polished, or, if appropriate, not pol- egories over the last few years. With the uniform is authentic. A photo of term) when the contestant is bluff- ished and looking worn? Whether it more categories will come more con- a Patagonian Lancer would go a long ing his way through the presenta- is the right sword comes under testants. With more contestants, it way if I were on the judging panel. tion. He will also catch the big mis- authenticity. Whether it is worn cor- will become more and more difficult Someone wearing a post-Civil War takes that the rest of the jury won’t. rectly or polished (or not as appro- to judge—without “a few good men” US uniform can probably just If the contestant is wearing a staff priate) comes under details. (where have I heard that before) who explain the parts of the uniform, but officer’s sash on a cavalry uniform Originality: This one always know their stuff. if you have a rare uniform, and you and explains he’s on the staff of makes me go, “Huh?” No uniform is If you’re contemplating being a want to win, having proof it was General Nuisance, then the military “original.” But a rare uniform judge, contact Cat and get on the authentic would be a good idea. On specialist will know the contestant is should get more points than a com- list. Then when someone asks you to the other hand, fantasy uniforms correct. The military specialist will mon one. If you’re duplicating a help at a state championship or and “John Ford” uniforms have been know, for example, that no Purple photograph of Nathan Bedford Regional you can get some experi- given trophies. Judging is an art, Hearts were awarded during the Forrest, it should get more original- ence. Then you, too, can be an END not a science. (Let’s just say that Indian Wars, and that a NRA marks- ity points than a generic Union cav- of TRAIL or SASS Convention judge uniforms in John Ford movies manship medal is not correct on an alry captain. It’s considerably more and earn … well, as much as two weren’t necessarily authentic. ) 1872 Army officer’s uniform, and difficult to match. If you say you’re Margaritas. A contestant in an unusual US that the Confederacy awarded virtu- uniform should probably have pho- ally no medals. Details such as this tographic proof, too. The variation can differentiate between two uni- in uniforms probably knows no forms that look good. This will pre- VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE bounds. “The Book” might prescribe vent the winner from being “the uni- sky blue trousers for the year the form with the most braid, most deco- AT contestant is representing, but the ration on the chest, and fanciest US was stingy and used up old uni- hat.” This happens when the judges WWW.SASSNET.COM forms. Thus, an enlisted man with don’t know 19th century military. outdated trousers could just explain The fanciest uniform might be the that old stock was issued. Officers most authentic, or it might not. GIVE TO THE bought their own uniforms then, as It doesn’t take a military special- SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION they do now, but they were under- ist to judge the rest, presentation, (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) paid then, as they are now. Their details, and originality. uniforms were not always up to Presentation: If the contestant MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! date, and sometimes “field expedi- is a Marine sergeant, well, they were Page 18 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

blooming. Founders Ranch was also snow-free, and the Buffalo seemed energetic to get into the uncovered grasses on the warm terrain. Before returning home, Doc Drillem and I stopped off at the Dragoon Mountain Spanish Barb Ranch located near Tombstone to look at two horses. This location was the last stronghold of Cochise and is steeped in history, including the fact it is home to a successful breeding program for these unique horses. Spanish Barbs are America’s first horse, brought here by the Con-quis- tadors. They are the base breed for today’s quarter horse. Chiz, SASS #392 The ranch is owned and operated SASS Marketing Director by Marjorie Dixon whose passion for the Spanish horses is evident. It was t’s springtime in the Rockies, and wonderful to look at Hidalgo, the Ilots of folks are thawing out from beautiful black stallion watching the heavy snows of winter. My trip to over his herd of pregnant mares. It Phoenix for Winter Range in March was even more exciting to be among Smoke in the Valley is moving and changing its name! was the perfect reintroduction to the yearlings and two year-olds It becomes the Four Corners Territorial Blackpowder Shootout warm weather from my new-New whose mild temperaments and to be held in beautiful Cedar City, Utah. Mexico home where we had an attraction to humans makes you intense indoctrination of the white want to just be next to them. All the wife, Susan, worked with us and the Tombstone Livery. Cowboy Doug and stuff. Upon our return from the fan- horses are trained and finished by two horses we proudly purchased. his wife, Terry, have completed exca- tastic match that enjoyed the best Rick Levin a 25 year veteran of the While in Tombstone, I had the vating six bays near their arena and Arizona weather I‘ve seen in the past Philadelphia Police Department who opportunity to visit a brand new have built a mini Western town that three years, our property was com- trained the horses and officers for Cowboy Action Shooting™ range includes a catering facility, bunk- pletely snow-free, and trees where a- their mounted duties. Rick and his located on the edge of town at (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 19

e e (Continued from previous page) and Cinnamon Lucy who put on an houses, and a small theatre. With incredible Winter Range SASS Tombstone being the Holy Grail of National Mounted Championship. the Wild West, this excellent new Some 55 shooters representing the The Blue & The Gray facility is destined to become a popu- best in all Mounted organizations lar pilgrimage for the Cowboy Action enjoyed a professionally produced and Mounted Shooters who can dress match in perfect weather conditions. The Civil War a wicked, wretched The battle shocking, cruel, up, shoot, and saunter the streets of Well Done! A personal thanks to war, and fatal, Tombstone, all in the same day. Easy Pickens who let me ride his On either side when in battle Brother shooting at brother Smokin’ Iron 2007 will be the back-up horse during the match. It Both did spiteful things specifically Friend against friend and father new host of the SASS Four Corners was good to see you out after losing When engulfed in the blood against son Territorial Blackpowder Shootout, your wife of 30 years. Your SASS and gore The flags of each aide held high to September 14 & 15. The match will family is with you in this time of sail be held in Cedar City, Utah and pro- mourning. The soldiers some clad in blue duced by the Coal Creek Cowboys. On a final note, farewell to others clad in gray THE CIVIL WAR … Sponsored by Great Basin Cartridge Dwayne Bond. The plinky piano Shooting at the other Against the states Company & Thunder Ridge Muzzle- player, who first came to our atten- Their costumed ruinous “prey” Men who died for our country loading, the match moves from tion at END of TRAIL 2005 with his People in blue and gray Founders Ranch where it was for- original raw style and period correct The uniforms, the soldiers drab and Who helped make the USA merly Smoke in the Valley. The encampment, passed away on his bare Founders Ranch shoot will now focus way to Festival of the West. He was The lieutenants decorative and Squirrel Tooth Mary on its Four Corners Action and scheduled to join us again at this stately SASS #59366 Mounted Regional that takes place year’s END of TRAIL. He now joins But just the same, they’re only (12-year-old SASS member …) August 16-19. some of the great piano players in a ordinary men Congratulations to Nuevo Mike new place. Clad in the blue and gray

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HATE CRIME IS THOUGHT CRIME By Colonel Dan, SASS Life #24025 “ have sworn upon the altar of racial slur to describe Curly during jurisdiction, and we can be prosecut- IGod, eternal hostility against the murder, somehow that is worse ed more stringently for harboring every form of tyranny over the mind than if Moe kills Larry and says what government has determined to of man.” Thomas Jefferson nothing. The fact remains, however, be unacceptable thinking while com- A form of tyranny over the mind both Curly and Larry are dead at the mitting a crime. The instant we of man that Jefferson feared has hands of Moe. Under the Hate accepted this legal premise as valid, Colonel Dan, taken root under the guise of the Crime Law, the prosecution of Moe we opened the door to limitless inter- SASS Life #24025 politically correct war on so-called for murdering Curly can be treated pretations and applications of the prejudicially motivated acts of vio- differently and the punishment concept. And who determines what noble banner displayed to get buy-in lence—they call it Hate Crime. much more severe than for Larry’s hateful thoughts are added to the from main street America in order to What it really is, is Thought Crime. murder. The difference here, accord- politically incorrect list—govern- justify the existence of a law or any The story for public consumption ing to these laws, is the thought in ment—and under the guise of com- extension of that concept—and on this concept is some crimes are Moe’s mind when he killed Curly. passion for the victims and the therein lies the ultimate danger— motivated purely out of hate for race, Murder is an overt act, but hate preservation of law and order! the extension of that concept. religion, or national origin, and thus stems from thought—an internal- Hate crime legislation has been The power to prosecute is the are somehow worse crimes than oth- ized process. What is “hate crime” cleverly sold to America by employ- power to control. When we can be ers that have the same result— then if not the ability of the state to ing the time tested method of using a prosecuted for the nature and con- although I’ve yet to hear of a murder first determine and then prosecute noble label to hide the underlying tent of our minds, we will have lost that was committed out of pure love man based on his thoughts? intent. In this case, the ruse of the liberty that is born of free and affection for the victim. It’s obvious to me people’s upholding civil rights, punishment of thought and expression because If Moe kills Curly and uses a thoughts now come under federal bigotry, and discrimination was the (Continued on page 33) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 23 Page 24 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

THIS IS MORE FUN THAN SITTING IN THE TRUCK By Greta Dee, SASS #63811

on a Sunday morning, we headed out and weird and that I was fine sitting This had to be one of the weirdest to the Central Florida Rifle and Pistol at the truck. I just knew Bruce would moments in life for me. What on Club, home of the Weewahootee be back soon. After all, I’d been sit- earth were these people doing? Vigilance Committee. I refused to get ting there for over two hours. The Everyone was friendly, helpful, out of the truck because I could not gentleman with the ponytail tried informative, and best of all, fun. I believe adults were dressing up as again, and let me know that his wife learned the man in the ponytail was cowboys. I was content to sit and wanted to say hello, but still couldn’t Turkey Creek Red, and the man read my book. Well, after about an get me off the truck. that was going to let Bruce shoot hour, the inside of the truck seemed to Success, here comes Bruce with a was The Jailer. Greta Dee, get very small, so I moved outside to big grin, and I knew I was in trouble Throughout the remainder of the SASS #63811 the tailgate. Things were fine, I fig- when the conversation started off afternoon, I watched, listened, and ured Bruce would feel guilty soon with “Honey, I love you.” I politely became mesmerized. Who would would have never thought I’d be enough, and off to lunch we’d go. (although slightly irritated) asked have ever thought adults would have Icalled by the alias of Greta Dee, Next thing, I notice a funnily dressed what he wanted. He points like a lit- so much fun playing cowboy? When worry about what type of holster to man is waving at me. I looked behind tle kid to a tall, skinny looking guy we left (yes, I got my steak), I was buy, or if my clothes are period cor- me, thinking he knew someone stand- and says “that man said I could ready to dress the part, but not touch rect. My husband, Brucester Dia- ing there, but there wasn’t anyone shoot his guns if we stay until the any guns. Bruce, on the other hand, mond literally bribed me with food to there. I chose to ignore him. end.” I believe I rolled my eyes and was ready to go. attend a Cowboy Action Shooting™ A short while later, the same man agreed, as I knew the bribe would We spent the next week searching match in Orlando. Turned out to be came over and assured me that pay off soon enough (steak for dinner the Internet, Buffalo Bills Shooting one of the best bribes I’ve ever suc- “Cowboys don’t bite,” and I could sounded good). Store, and Shepler’s for clothes, guns, cumbed to. come closer if I wanted. I informed Needless to say, I had finished and so forth. Fortunately we connect- After I got over getting up and out him I thought it was a little freaky reading and decided to get closer. (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 25

(Continued from previous page) vinced me to try some shooting. After improved over time. Although the shoot while wearing a corset. ed with a great group of local cowboys each match, we went to an empty scores weren’t great, I loved it. I I think we are very fortunate to who loaned guns, leather, and gave berm, and I practiced loading, aiming, think I’m more hooked than my hus- live in Central Florida with, in my great advice. We picked our aliases, and finally firing. It took a few band now. With practice and listen- opinion, the best Cowboys in the which wasn’t an easy task and months before I dared try the double ing to sound advice, I have improved nation. I’m sure many of you will Brucester started shooting regular barrel, but I finally did. Guess what? and consider myself a competitor now. agree and some will disagree, as I’ve monthly matches. I spent the first It wasn’t too bad, although you could- Even if I hadn’t, I’d still be playing learned there isn’t a better group of three months dressing the part. I n’t tell by the bruise that encom- Cowgirl. people than those you’ll find at a kept score, spotted, and reset steel. passed my upper arm. I learned very I still enjoy the dressing up part Cowboy Match. I’ve read about men- Night Train Kate, Wolf Rider, and quickly where not to put the shotgun. the best. I consider myself proud to tors in our sport and how great they Quicksdraw Connie tried getting me If you look at my scores for the have won Best Dressed Saloon Girl are for the young ones who want to to shoot, but I was a chicken. The first six months, you would be sur- (or best dressed floozy, as I’ve been learn, but they are there for the Jailer didn’t help much because he prised I hung in. I averaged 15-20 called) at The Cowford Stampede adults too. I have to give special seemed to yell a lot and scared me. misses per match (couldn’t hit a pistol 2006. I did learn a valuable lesson … thanks to a few that without them I Night Train Kate finally con- target to save my life). I have it’s not easy to sit in an ore-cart and wouldn’t be the Cowgirl I am today. There is always someone willing to ANNIE OAKLEY WESTERN ARTS SHOWCASE BRINGS help, but several go way above and beyond. Thank you – Wolf Rider, The WESTERN ARTS TO LIFE . . . Jailer (I’m not afraid of him any- (Continued from page 8) The show will be hosted by “The included with weekend participation more), Bad Hombre, Quicksdraw neous awards will be presented as Brothers & Co. Entertainers” and registration. General admission to Connie, Santa Fe River Stan, Night well, including one for best costume. features entertainment from the the Saturday awards show is only $15 Train Kate, and the man that got me The “GLD Enterprises & Produc- unique stage show ‘Whips & at the door, but pre-registration is out of the truck, Turkey Creek Red. tions Showmanship Award” will be Wands™’ featuring “America’s Got required to attend the dinner as well There are a ton of others, but it’s presented to the western artist who Talent” whip artist Gery L. Deer, and for an additional $15. Join either the impossible to list them all. consistently demonstrates through- two-time International Brotherhood Wild West Arts Club or the Society of I never imagined I would have out the weekend his or her commit- of Magicians Ring 324 Magician of American Whip Artistry and get both become an RO-II, became a member of ment to the positive, entertaining, the Year, James “Professor” Karns. the membership and the weekend the SBSS, or offered to run the timer and educational promotion of the Annie Oakley Days will be held showcase participation for $60. at a club’s annual match, but I have. Wild West arts. July 27-29, 2007 at the Darke County For detailed information call I’ve learned a lot from our sport and The Annie Oakley Days events Fairgrounds on State Rt. 49 in GLD Enterprises & Productions at plan to keep on learning for years to provide a perfect backdrop for the Greenville, Ohio. A weekend pass to (937) 902-4857 or email gdeer@ come. I only hope I can help new Annie Oakley Western Arts Show- the festival itself is only $3 per person gldenterprises.net. For detailed in- shooters like everyone has helped me. case and Ohio WWAC Convention. at the gate. Weekend participation in formation, including registration, It doesn’t matter if you’re young, old, On Saturday evening, July 28, a the Annie Oakley Western Arts event schedule, accommodations male, female, working, retired, dis- ‘fancy-dress’ chuck wagon banquet Showcase is $40 and is open to the listings, and more on the participat- abled … Cowboy Action Shooting™ is and awards show will be presented. public, but requires pre-registration ing organizations, visit the GLD great fun for everyone. The awards show is open to the pub- for full participation. Admission to Enterprises & Productions website I am extremely grateful to have lic as well. the banquet and awards dinner is at http://www.gldenterprises.net. gotten out of the truck that day! 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BACK IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS By Rowdy Yates, SASS #141

hen some shooters think of the means the event is based on the Old es. It means simply one is not our own knives, tomahawks, or ropes W“old days” or “how it was” they West and Hollywood’s vision of it. intended to just stand motionless. to assist in demonstrating these think of a bunch of unnecessary Participants dress to look like the Of course, demonstrating your skills accomplishments, using equipment activities on the clock, long distance cowboy or person right out of the at shooting and manipulating the with which we were familiar. In running, and general activity that 19th century west or straight from firearms involved are of primary those days it was common for stages does not indicate how well you shoot the B western movie screen. During importance to participating, but they to be written using one revolver, and and so should not be included in the course of each of the stages, it are hardly representative in total to if one was written requiring two Cowboy Action Shooting™. may also be necessary to demon- the game, and additional action or revolvers, the range supplied the We hear so often it’s all about strate one or some of the skills actions are not only important, they second. Eventually shooters started shooting, and our concentration attached to this era or image. Some are seen as absolutely necessary to supplying their own second revolver should be restricted to the perform- of these skills might include, but be the sport. I would submit the only in order to have one they could shoot ance of this activity. I guess if this not limited to, roping, knife throw- real difference of opinion would be more competitively. were true it would be called “Old ing, reloading, or obtaining ammo whether these activities should be Having your own knife, Toma- Style Gun Shooting.” from a container or location other on or off the clock. haw, and so forth is the same concept. Actually Cowboy Action Shoo- than your person. I think we all When I started Cowboy Action Preparing yourself for these ting™ has three separate elements agree these actions were necessary Shooting™ it was common for com- occasions/actions makes little sense to the sport and unless all three of at some point in the era we’re por- petitors to actually practice roping, in most of the Cowboy Action Shoo- these elements are included, the traying and on the movie screen. knife throwing, and reloading in ting™ matches we see today, as they sport is truly incomplete. Action: This word is self- order to compete at the highest pos- are either not found at all or are left Cowboy: This word or term explanatory in its use for our purpos- sible levels. Many of us even carried (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 27

(Continued from previous page) if it is left off the clock, and even then off the clock. Today’s cowboy shooter it is only tolerated. can be totally inept in these skills It is difficult for many to accept and remain competitive. Whether or that shooting is only one third of the not this is good or bad is left up to complete sport called Cowboy Action the individual. Shooting™. Shooting: I’d say this term or I would like to make one small dis- activity is the least debated. It is the claimer: In this article I’ve mentioned one aspect of Cowboy Action Shoo- the minimalists regarding ammuni- ting™ that everyone will agree is tion and clothing, and these comments absolutely necessary and cannot be are intended to only apply to the fit left out. Some shooters will dress to and healthy Cowboy Action Shooters. the minimum wearing the least To paraphrase Tex, SASS has Cowboy stuff they can without draw- always makes an effort to accommo- ing criticism. In fact, some of these date the frail, weak, and handicapped minimalists will even suffer a certain shooters. My comments are obviously level of criticism as long as no one not intended for the shooters that are actually stops them from shooting! described by one of those terms. There are also those competitors So … what’s the answer? Sorry to that will complain vehemently say, there isn’t an easy one, and any regarding any deviation from their effort to do the answering will no perspective of the sport, which usual- doubt be greeted with the admonition ly is just shooting, and nothing else. that there is no problem, and since Many of these minimalists also this change has taken place gradual- demand their absolute right to shoot ly over a 20 year period, I can see how the lightest possible ammunition of that might appear to be true. the smallest caliber so as not to inter- My only suggestion (read hope) fere with their pulling the trigger in would be that an effort be made the shortest possible amount of time. across the country and around the The inclusion of the knife throwing, world to bring back some of the cur- roping, bullwhipping, or any activity rently left out “action” in Cowboy that takes up time is only acceptable Action Shooting™.

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JINGLE, JANGLE, JINGLE By The O’Meara, SASS #6332

purs are devices used to make within 50 square miles probably spurs. “I got just what you need,” he an interesting experience. When Sreluctant horses go faster. should have warned me there’s a big said, “real Spanish spurs!” The spur rowels hit the stair behind your They’ve been around for hundreds of disconnect between the movies and chaps were heavier than I thought foot, they accelerate you forward at years. In the Old West, cowboys the real world.) they’d be, but they looked good. The an amazing rate. I estimate I was wore them because many of the hors- My wife and I had recently spurs had huge sharp rowels and doing 25-30 MPH when I hit the wall es they rode were half wild. Chaps moved away from Wyoming where would disembowel a horse if you ever across the room from the bottom of were worn to keep thorny brush and we’d lived for about 20 years, so I used them, but they had little bell the stairs. I also had cause to reflect rough ropes from sawing through decided to consult with an expert. I shaped pieces of metal called jingle- on driving a truck with spurs on. So, trousers and skin, same principle as called an old friend in Cheyenne who bobs hanging from the rowels, and spurs and chaps rode in the back a blacksmith’s apron. When movies was part owner of a huge family- they sounded good. with the rest of the gear. came along, chaps and spurs became owned ranch. “Chip,” says I, “When So when the morning of the next When I got to the match, I the uniform of the movie cowboy. I you ride a horse on the ranch, what Cowboy Action Shooting™ match strapped on spurs and chaps and remember watching the movie “Red kind of spurs do you wear?” Chip rolled around, I was ready! I had a belts and holsters. I was shooting 7- River” as a kid, and the image of thought about it for a second or two, big hat, a bib-front shirt, a bandan- 1/2" Colt clones, and I’m “high-waist- John Wayne wearing batwing chaps “First, I’m a rancher, not a cowboy. na, suspenders, and buckle-in-the- ed,” so if I wore a single cartridge and large spurs aggressively walk- And, if I’m somehow forced under back cowboy pants tucked into tall belt where it’s supposed to be, the ing across a set of railroad tracks duress to get on a horse, I don’t want boots. I put on the chaps and spurs grips would catch in my armpits without looking down was locked in to hurt the poor animal, so I wear and checked the outfit out in the before the barrels cleared the hol- my head. So when I discovered Nerf spurs.” (You shouldn’t expect a mirror. Lookin’ good—lot of style sters. So, I wore two pistol belts and SASS and Cowboy Action Shooting™ straight answer from a rancher who points! I didn’t have a problem car- tied the holsters down fairly low. and went to my first match and saw calls his horse “Alpo.”) rying my first load of gear from my Besides, all the real bad villains all those guys wearing them, I knew Nevertheless, I traded for a pair basement den out to the truck. Then wore two pistol belts, like Jack I had to have chaps and spurs. (The of batwing chaps and another headed back for the second load. Palance in “Shane.” I also wore a fact there wasn’t a horse or a cow Wyoming friend donated a set of Walking down stairs with spurs on is (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 29 (Continued from previous page) said, “Looks like his leg is broke, but shotgun belt that held almost a full it’s just twisted chaps. Lookit them box of shells. On my way to the first spurs, though.” “Huh,” the spotter stage, I had to give a little kick at the said, “He’s got the jingle bobs tan- end of each step so the chaps would gled in the rowels. Damndest thing flip out at the bottom and the spurs I ever saw.” would jingle like they’re supposed to. With some effort they got the The guy who wrote the first stage spurs untangled. I assured them I was known for his creativity. There was fine, got to my feet, and moved was a “bed” consisting of a sheet of over to the doorway trying to act as if plywood on legs with a table along- nothing unusual had happened. side made of the same stuff. Your Somehow, I finished the stage. I have first pistol was staged on the table. no idea if I hit anything or not, and You started out lying on the “bed,” I’m pretty sure they could have timed yelled “Cucaracha,” and when the me with a calendar. On my way over buzzer went off you sat up, picked up to the unloading table I was wary of your pistol, and shot at five little fast tangled spurs, which caused me to food ketchup packet “Cucarachas” walk slow and pigeon toed. When I stapled to a piece of cardboard about got to the table and started clearing 10 feet away. Then you stood up, hol- my guns, the guy watching said, “Say, stered the pistol, moved to a doorway, you ever seen that Monty Python and shot your second pistol, rifle, and silly walk thing on TV?” My response shotgun. It seemed simple enough. was not nice. Probably not even civil, There is a reason why, even before comes to that. waterbeds, cowboys did not wear their An adjustment to my attire was spurs to bed. When I lay on my back definitely in order, so I slung my sad- on the plywood “bed,” my spurs held dlebags full of ammo over my shoul- my feet six inches in the air. And, der, picked up my rifle and shotgun, with my wide-brimmed hat on, I and headed for the truck. It was only couldn’t lay my head down. I felt like a couple hundred yards away. a banana. I nevertheless gamely After about ten paces toward the yelled “Cucaracha,” and when the truck, I knew something was amiss. buzzer went off I tried to sit up. My shotgun belt and cartridge belts Sitting up out of bed is usually easy, with holstered pistols were slowly but if the Spanish rowels of your inching down toward my knees. fancy spurs are stuck in soft plywood, Impossible, I thought. The guy who it takes some extra effort. I gave my sold me the rig assured me the belts legs an extra jerk, swiveled around, were lined and absolutely would not and sat up. That was when I discov- slip. After a few more paces I realized ered that leather chap legs don’t slide he was right, the belts were not slip- then I noticed my chaps were now observed. “Well, I am too.” I figured across plywood. My right chap leg ping. Instead, their weight, along riding low, and the leather was if I kept him talking, he wouldn’t had twisted around so the buckles with the heavy chaps, was slowly hanging down below my boots. I had notice I was having trouble trying to were in front. Ignoring that, I picked pulling my pants down. My ancient to kick my legs sideways with each get my spurs off because the buckles up my pistol and shot the first suspenders, it seemed, were unequal step to keep from tripping on the were hidden under large flaps of “Cucaracha.” Did you know that a to the task, and pants, chaps, pistols, blasted things, all the while walking twisted chap leather. I couldn’t get small ketchup packet, when hit with a cartridge, and shotgun belts were all pigeon toed so my spurs wouldn’t the spurs off, and I couldn’t pull my .45 caliber bullet, splatters more than headed south. I didn’t know if my old tangle, and clamping my elbows to legs out of the chaps with boots and 10 feet? I suddenly had little red braces would allow my britches to my sides as hard as I could. And my spurs on. “Oh? How’s that?” I asked ketchup spots all over my face. That slide far enough to be embarrassing, ammo-laden saddlebags were slip- him. “Well,” he said, “I left my video caused me to splutter a bit, since I or possibly even trip me, but I wasn’t ping off my shoulder, so I had to lean camera home, so when I try to was thinking cockroach. I managed going to chance it. I needed to do over to keep them in place. An eld- describe your wardrobe malfunction, to miss the next four cucarachas. I something. Trouble was, I had a rifle erly couple, obviously visitors with nobody’ll believe me.” Shaking his stood up, holstered my pistol, and in one hand, and a shotgun in the tennies and cameras, passed me as I head, he ambled away. I thought of stepped toward the doorway. other, which left me with no hands for struggled toward the truck. They several things to say to him, any one Or rather, I tried to step toward pants grabbing. I clamped my elbows turned their eyes away and pretend- of which would have gotten my the doorway. My feet wouldn’t move, to the belts at my sides as hard as I ed not to notice. When they were a lights punched out. I threw my and I heard a loud “Whump!” that could, and the slide stopped. couple paces behind me, I heard the boots, with spurs still attached, into turned out to be me hitting the dirt. Well, almost. With each step I woman say something about, “Oh, the truck, followed by the chaps, got My feet were locked together. I was took, the mess of iron and leather the poor man ...” in the truck, and drove home in my spitting dust when I heard the RO slipped just a fraction of an inch I counted the steps remaining to stocking feet. and a spotter talking to each other lower. It was a race to the truck the truck ... ten ... nine ... eight ... belt Later I went on the Internet and above me. “Is he hurt?” asked the between gravity and me. I figured slip ... seven ... six ... feeling a mite looked up actual photos of real cow- spotter. “Don’t think so,” the RO I’d make it with time to spare, but airy around the butt ... two ... Hah! I boys of the late 1800’s. Sure enough, made it to the truck with a good many of them had spurs and chaps. quarter second to spare, laid my long Apparently those old time cowboys guns in the bed, and grabbed the knew about spurs and chaps, VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT belts just as the whole thing was because the vast majority of those about to give way. (I made a mental hateful spurs and chaps were hang- WWW.SASSNET.COM note to ask my grandkids how they ing on a saddle pommel. And the keep those low-rider pants up. I fig- horses didn’t look too happy about it, ured it was strategic placement of either. Oh, by the way, I later discov- GIVE TO THE Velcro, but maybe there was some ered the hard way that walking SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION other secret I didn’t know.) I started across a set of railroad tracks with- (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) unbuckling belts and cursing softly. out looking down while wearing There was a guy leaning on the spurs cannot be done in the real MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! tailgate of the truck next to me. world. Someday I’d like to see the “Havin’ a bad day, aint ya,” he outtakes from “Red River.” Page 30 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

NEW YEARS EVE … AN AFTERMATH … By Arizona Tom, SASS Life #30872, TG

roken Arrow, SASS #58975, and able van turned out to be a good stop off in that hunting area to take her hunting pouch over one shoul- Bme, Arizona Tom, SASS #30872, idea, as roads had not cleared in the a nice walk through the snow-cov- der, glanced at me, shrugged and were traveling back from visiting area we traveled. ered landscape and really make this said, “did you expect me to go friends. We not only sat around and So, back towards our home we an enjoyable trip. We soon pulled naked?” So off we went again – this had a good time celebrating the went, still dressed up in our “week- the Landrover off the road and drove time hopes high for something else arrival of the New Year 2007, but end clothes,” Broken Arrow in her about a mile into the wooded area, than just shooting for fun! had also indulged in something else buckskins and me in my 1880 parked the off-roader off to the side, About 800 yards into the woods we love to do—Cowboy Action Infantry uniform. and got out for our walk. I slid into there is an elevated stand I like to Shooting™ with our friends and As we traveled along the high- my Civil War Greatcoat against the use when hunting in the summer neighbors! The weather had been way towards home, the sun broke cold. Broken Arrow donned some of months because it gives me a better cold, but not cold enough to stop us through the clouds and it turned her furs, and off we went! view over the foliage surrounding from staying outdoors at the range into a really beautiful day with sun- We had gone just about 200 that area. So we headed in that for hours on end. To wind it up on shine glistening on the snow-laden yards when we saw tracks in the direction – and saw more fresh the last day before we all headed trees and on the frozen surfaces of snow … fresh tracks … without even tracks in the snow on the ground. back to our homes, we indulged in the fields. As the day had turned a word spoken between us, we both Now this was really getting exiting!! some long range shooting, and then, out to be so fine, I did not stay on the simultaneously turned on our heels When we reached the stand, I after a hearty meal, we all set out to highway, which would have been the and headed back to the Landrover. noticed a slight breeze blowing go back to our “other lives.” “Broken shortest route home, but chose to Once there I took my trusty directly away from the stand, so we Arrow” and I were traveling in her take to the country roads to see “Gemmer” Sharps out of its leather did not enter it, but headed another rugged off-road vehicle, an English- more of this wonderful day and pro- cover and strapped on my web belt 70-80 yards down a small slope built “Landrover” Defender, not in long our trip. with the row of blackpowder .45-70 towards a small brook that flows my van as usual, because there had This road we finally wound up on cartridges I had worn for our long through the woods. This brooklet been quite a bit of snow in the high- is well known to both of us. It also range shooting. Broken Arrow hesi- was not quite frozen over, and we er elevations where we had met passes directly past the area where I tated for a moment, and then chose could hear the soft tinkling of run- with our friends. Using this vehicle frequently hunt, so it came to us her muzzle loading .45 Tryon rifle ning water as we made ourselves in preference to my more comfort- quite naturally that we might just with the medium range sights, slung (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 31 (Continued from previous page) ten to do so. DARN IT. While I am comfortable among some man-sized still thinking about this and cussing boulders that are grouped around myself, Broken Arrow slowly and this little stream as it winds its way smoothly reaches for her .45 Tryon, through the forest. We took advan- and I realize this is going to be ok … tage of the rocky shelter from the she had loaded her gun with a good wind, settled down in a corner where load of 55 grains GOEX fffg, the we could still catch a little sunlight, same she uses for long range, and and quieted down for a wait … had set a 400 grain Minie bullet on This is one of the aspects I love so top of that charge while we were sit- when hunting; getting yourself pre- ting and waiting in the rocks. pared, finding your stand according She now settles down on one to the instincts, then getting as com- knee, steadies herself against my fortable as possible before settling in side, slowly raises the muzzleloader, and letting things go quiet as you and carefully draws a bead on that prepare for your wait. This is when I wounded buck. Just as he raises his love listening to the sounds of nature head in a perfect stance, she touches in the forest, the little sighs of the off the Tryon and in a blaze of smoke wind in the branches, scuffling of and fire the heavy bullet races mice in the undergrowth, the patter towards the buck, and takes him of squirrels, and the flickering flight down with a perfect shot to the of birds as they flit from tree to tree heart. As soon as Broken Arrow on their errands. No birds today touched off her gun, I jacked a fresh though, just a squirrel that bounded round into my Sharps – just in case, from one tree to another after we sat but it was not needed. She did a per- for a short time. fect job with that muzzleloader she is Then – sure enough – after so fond of. (And I know deep in my almost an hour there is movement heart I have not heard the last of this between the trees – a doe is moving for a long time.) slowly into our field of view from the So, now we had more work to put right side, pausing to nibble at our hunting knives to, and after branches every few steps as she pass- another hour passed, I hiked back to es dense brush that obscures her for a where we left the Landrover and few moments. As I am on the right maneuvered it through the woods as side of where we have settled down, far as I could to get as close to our she is “mine” – so I slowly take up the game as possible. That off-roader heavy weight of my trusty old Sharps, made in Great Britain with its pow- softly set my trigger, and when the erful six-cylinder diesel engine is doe stands perfectly still about 90 great for that job. It is not really yards away, I pull my triggers and the comfortable to travel long distances blackpowder load roars into the still- in, but it is one of the few true four- ness. The doe drops in her tracks, and wheel drives left that does not com- all becomes quiet again. promise by slacking ability to travel Boy – what a way to start a new really rough terrain. Permanent year – and what a way to put a high- four-wheel drive in combination with light on a wonderful day! Happiness the ability to lock both axles for max- surges through me, as Broken Arrow imum traction pretty much gets you gives me a hug and is grinning from anywhere you want to go. ear to ear as well. She knows how After loading up and washing our much I enjoy this! hands in the ice cold waters of the After letting the woods get quiet stream, we then happily continued again, we walk to where the doe is our journey home, not only with lying on the ground, get out our VERY high spirits, but also with a Bowie knives, and start to work on good load of venison for the freezer! our game. As we progress, I sudden- As we headed out of the woods ly feel Broken Arrow stiffen slightly we met a group of hunters heading and stare off to her left. I follow her in, so we stopped for a chat and to glance and just a mere 50 yards away pass the time of day. While doing so, stands a young buck. He is seeming- one of them casually tells us they ly uncertain what to do, as he just have been called out to track down a stands for a moment and then moves deer that had been hit the night very clumsily for a few steps. Then before by a car on the nearby road. we see the reason why. He is drag- We grin at him, take him over to our ging his right fore leg uselessly over truck, and show him the contents of the ground; obviously the limb has our loading space in the rear. been broken or otherwise incapaci- And I regret deeply we did not tated. Broken Arrow and I are still remember to take at least one of the frozen … not moving an inch. cameras we had with us out of the Now I realize with a rush I have truck until the next day, when I found not reloaded my Sharps rifle after them sitting in their bags on the back that last shot because we had defi- seat while I was cleaning the rest of nitely seen my game go down – that the gunk from our adventure out of is something I usually NEVER let the vehicle. Nonetheless – the pic- happen. I ALWAYS reload immedi- tures of that day will live in my mem- ately – but today I had truly forgot- ory for a long time to come! VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM Page 32 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

WINNING WITH WISDOM AND TREACHERY By Matt Duncan, SASS #23189

while back I wrote a bit about pups would rush over and pick him months or so. But, he was home for Ahow youth had speed and agility up to see what is wrong. Us old January’s match with Cutter’s in their favor while my generation geezers would tell Morticai to go give Raiders at Paradise Pass (http:// had wisdom and treachery. Now I mommy a hug and then we’d head home.earthlink.net/~rhelser/). We want to warn you young pups not to for the garage. This is wisdom (think have a small target range setup in try to the wisdom and treachery about it for a day or two, or do I need the back forty (feet), and he even angle on us. to spell it out for you?). practiced the night before! Even with what we’ve forgotten Then there’s the ‘73 I bought for Saturday we loaded up Gray and and throw in Alzheimer’s, us old Morticai so he didn’t have to share headed for Paradise Pass. I even geezers have enough wisdom left to my ‘66 at matches. The ‘73 was the registered as Traditional instead of stay way ahead of you pups. Even fancy border model, short barrel 49er at Morticai’s insistence. when you get 10 or 20 years of life’s with extra engraving on the forearm First two stages I’m leaving him experience under your belt, remem- and stock. Some would say it was in the dust. For some strange reason ber we’ve added the same in our wis- treachery, but with my advanced age his one pistol isn’t firing the last dom bank. I “forgot” to tell Morticai I had also round, costing time and misses. I’m I remember when Morticai dropped a short stroke kit in my ‘66. 13 rank points ahead of him. McCool, SASS #23190, was diapered But, I’m getting away from the Third stage I swap my pistol for Morticai McCool, SASS #23190, and and trying out his walking legs. He dad, Matt Duncan, SASS #23189, story. his “malfunctioning” pistol. Neither stopped right there in the middle of enjoy friendly, familial rivalry when Morticai has been way out East of us have any pistol problems on the kitchen, starting straining, and participating in for schooling and has missed the stage 3. And he’s a gaining ground his face turned beat red. You young Cowboy Action matches. SASS matches for the last four (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 33 WINNING WITH WISDOM Stage Five. I pick up the rifle and sight in on the first Yankee (steel tar- AND TREACHERY . . . get). Lever will not move! Safety (Continued from previous page) was on! I twist the safety off and pro- on me. ceed to drop Yankees left and right. Stage Four. A third pistol is to be Couple Yankees snuck up close, so as staged in a wood box with hasp. I ran into the backroom for my SxS I Morticai stages the pistol for me bounced a shotgun cartridge off while I’m staging the shotgun. Morticai’s chest to wake him up. “Shooter ready?” “Nope,” say I. I Morticai finishes the match with reach over and flick the brass round 81 rank points to my 75. that somehow got wedged into the Morticai claims that if’n he had- hasp locking my third gun in the box. n’t had pistol problems, he would Good try, Morticai. Wonder why I have beaten me. “Bah,” say I. It was didn’t think about doing that? my superior wisdom with a touch of Morticai is only 7 rank points behind. treachery that done him in. GIVE TO THE SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) MAKE THE DIFFERENCE!

HATE CRIME IS over federal hate crimes based upon race, color, religion, and national ori- THOUGHT CRIME . . . gin. But the federal hates crime (Continued from page 22) statutes do not permit us to investi- there is no limitation as to what can gate or prosecute most offenses moti- be considered unacceptable. The vated by a victim’s disability, their ability to adjudicate and prosecute gender, or their sexual orientation.” thought could very well lead to sup- U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, pression of all free thought that does- January 1998 (http://www.usdoj.gov/ n’t comply with the politically correct opa/pr/1998/January/004.ag.html) as determined by those in power at Conspiracy to commit hate crime the time. This, then, is clearly a form is the next step as I see it and the fol- of that tyranny over the mind refer- low-on restriction and probable elim- enced by Jefferson. ination of free thought and its child— What is to stop those in power free speech—all legally done under from escalating and corrupting this the law! Remember this: further? What prevents government “Those who suppress freedom from expanding the law to include always do so in the name of law and conspiracy to commit a hate crime? order.” John Lindsay Conspiracy to commit hate possibly When man loses his freedom of defined as hate speech, hate talk thought, he has no freedom left. The radio (attacked under the “Fairness mind of man is the ultimate vestige Doctrine”), hate rallies, hate looks, of independence. A former Justice of hate insinuations, hate gestures, the Supreme Court warned of this hate mail, hate pamphlets, hateful several years ago when he said: political ads, and demonstrations “Restriction of free thought and using ‘hateful and mean-spirited free speech is the most dangerous of all signs’ … such as “Down with subversions. It is the one un-American Politicians.” Definitions will be lib- act that could most easily defeat us.” erally defined after the conspiracy Justice William O. Douglas statutes are on the books, and it To my way of thinking, this Hate then becomes possible to put down, Crime bilge is nothing but the plant- control, and restrict opposing ing of a dangerous seed that will thoughts, ideas, and speech under a grow into a freedom-strangling banner of upholding the law through vine—it’s a crime of historic propor- the classification of such activity as tions. The power and desire to prose- hate crimes. cute thought is a crime against This is dangerous incremental- humanity for it criminalizes one of ism at its worst and extreme in its the greatest God-given gifts of all to consequence, but is exactly where it mankind—his independent intellect. leads. Government officials have The eventual offense committed by been seeking to expand that power government in exerting jurisdiction from the beginning by adding cate- over free thinking men through the gories to the growing list of those cov- use of hate crime legislation as its ered under hate crime statutes … genesis is the tyranny of which “President Clinton brought to- Jefferson spoke and a much worse gether law enforcement experts, com- transgression against free people munity leaders, and hate crime vic- everywhere than any individual tims to highlight the need for every crime ever committed—regardless of American to get involved in eradicat- the hate involved. ing the cycle of prejudice and violence Just the view from my saddle… … But, we want to do more. The Contact Colonel Dan at Justice Department has jurisdiction [email protected] Page 34 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

SHOOTING THE IDAHO CHAMPIONSHIP WITH MY GRANDKIDS By Doc Peabody, Painless Dentist & Proctologist, SASS Life #7722

Doc Peabody, SASS Life #7722

y grandkids came up to Idaho Mfrom California for a two-week visit. It just so happened the Idaho Rita Book, SASS #72435. State SASS Cowboy Action Shooting™ Championship was being held at the Junior Top Gun won by them up to lever-action rifles, single- same time. Rita Book, SASS #72435. action pistols, and 12 gauge pump shot- We thought it would be fun to see if guns. Once we were sure they would be we could teach them enough about gun rounds in a .22, the previous summer. safe during the match, we signed them safety in two days to be safe enough to We had work to do. up for the match and with SASS. They enter them in the match. My 14 year- First, we went to the range and had each had to choose an alias. Last year old granddaughter had never shot a them shoot a .22 single-shot rifle. They Doc Peabody and his Grandson, when my daughter shot a local match, gun. My grandson had shot about 30 quickly mastered that, so we moved Mini Peabody, SASS #72434. (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 35

(Continued from previous page) (DISCLAIMER: I’m not a profes- she called herself Split Pea-body, (a chip sional shooting instructor. Please don’t off the old block). They wanted to have think *any* untrained junior shooter similar names. My grandson chose Mini can be taught safe gun handling in the Peabody, SASS #72435, and surprisingly same amount of time. Every child is dif- enough, that was available. My grand- ferent. Some are just plain gifted ... I’m daughter wanted “Sweet Peabody,” but looking at you, Holy Terror.) that was already taken so she went a dif- Hanna Oakley, SASS Life #7723, ferent direction and chose the alias Rita won 3rd place Ladies Modern. Book (Read a Book), SASS #72435. Me? ... Well, let’s just say I need The Idaho State SASS Cham- more practice! pionship match was very well organ- Sunday was the man-on-man Top ized, as usual, and a heck of a lot of fun. Gun Shootout. The kids weren’t sure I highly recommend it. It consisted of they wanted to enter because of the 12 stages, six on each day. Total rounds pressure of shooting in front of so many were about 120 pistol, 120 rifle, and 50 people, but they finally decided to give it shotgun. We asked to be on Wogg’s a try. Mini Peabody worked his way posse. He was the 3rd place END of through the eliminations and was final- TRAIL Traditional winner. He and ly eliminated in the last round. John Bear were excellent posse mar- Rita Book won the Junior Girls Top shals, and they were very helpful with Gun and then shot against the Junior the Junior shooters. Boys champion. It was a very exciting Note to self: Don’t use cheap ammo match-up. They were running almost in a match. On the first day Mini Me shot-for-shot until the final target. He didn’t do as well as he could, and I must hit it a split second before she did, but take part of the blame. He is a she was shooting heavier loads and Buckaroo and was shooting .22’s. I knocked it down first. She is the Idaho bought a big brick of .22 ammo … 500 State Junior Top Gun Champion! rounds for about $10. I didn’t realize Just for fun, they had Rita shoot there was going to be a large percentage against the Men’s Top Gun winner, of duds. I bought more expensive ammo Shalako Tucker. The dilemma was how for the second day, and he didn’t have to make it fair and exciting. They decid- any duds. He had a total of nine misses, ed to run it the same way, but with Rita but at least five of them were due to shooting half the targets. It must have cheap ammo. My granddaughter was been the right decision because this shooting .38’s and only had five misses. match also came right down to the wire, When the gunsmoke cleared, Rita but they both missed one target. Book had won 3rd place in the Junior Bottom line is my grandkids had a Girls category and Mini Peabody had great time with their first shooting won 2nd place Buckaroo. Not bad for experience in SASS. They both want to about four actual hours of instruction come back next year and shoot the and practice. Idaho State Championship again! Page 36 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

LUCKY BILL, FREEGRAZERS,

Miss Mary Spencer AND BANNOCK pulls the Dutch oven containing Bannock By Grey Fox, SASS Life Regulator #223, cinnamon rolls from the fire, & Miss Mary Spencer, SASS Life #55147 ready for a tasty treat.

Grey Fox, SASS Life Regulator #223, & Miss Mary Spencer, SASS Life #55147

just put down my January 2007 ICowboy Chronicle, one of two publica- tions I read cover-to-cover, advertise- ments and all. The other is True West Magazine. I guess that is why I am a SASS Life Member and a Charter If you have some butter and brown member of True West Maniacs. sugar, melt a couple of tablespoons One of the articles I thoroughly each, add a little vanilla and drizzle enjoyed was Lucky Bill’s “Hell Freezes Once the dough has been prepared, over the cinnamon buns when fresh Over.” The Colters Hell Justice all sorts of things can be added Pinch the dough closed and bake out of the oven or off the rack. (Continued on next page) for variety. for half an hour at 375 degrees F. MMMMM delicious! April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 37

(Continued from previous page) water. Mix dry ingredients, add Committee’s Freegrazer events are water, mix, knead 5 to 8 minutes, roll fun shooting. I’da been there, too, into a ball, flatten to about 1-1/2 inch- except Tex and Ellsworth made Miss es thick, put in a Dutch oven, bake at Spencer and me go to Alaska! 375 degrees F., for about 30 minutes. Actually Lucky Bill’s article precedes Voila, tasty bread. mine, “The Battle of the Old Stone On the trail, in camp, or at home Barn,” also a Freegrazer adventure. Bannock can be baked into cinnamon However, I must call Lucky Bill to buns with blueberries, raisins, apple, task about his spelling of BANNOCK pecans, Saskatoons, cranberries, or (he spelled it BANNACK), totally most any firm fruit or berries. You can incorrect! My ancient Webster’s bake it on a stick, cookie sheet, bread Dictionary lists the word as BAN- tin, on a rock, or in a Dutch oven. NOCK – a cake made of oatmeal or To make cinnamon buns, use the barley meal, popular in Scotland and preceding mix, after kneading roll Northern England! out to approximately 3/8 to one inch Bannock was a staple of the fron- thick. Coat with raw (brown) sugar tier, brought here by the Hudson’s and cinnamon, add your nuts, Bay men. The food was adopted by berries, or fruit, roll up, pinch shut, the Metis and Frontiersmen. cut into one to two inch lengths, put Miss Mary Spencer (A Scots in a Dutch oven, or any of the afore- metis) and I eat Bannock almost mentioned devices, and bake for daily. It is a very versatile bread approximately 30 minutes at 375 product, easily made and very tasty. degrees F until done. If you have The simplest form is oatmeal and some butter and brown sugar, melt a water. Then you may add salt, bak- couple of tablespoons each, add a lit- ing powder, shortening, milk, eggs, tle vanilla and drizzle over cinnamon fruit, berries, and nuts. Our recipe buns when fresh out of the oven or off consists of 3 cups whole-wheat flour the rack. MMMMM delicious! (oatmeal or any flour will do), 1 TSP At some future date I can enlight- salt, 1 tablespoon sugar, 2 table- en SASS shooters on “Spotted Dick.” spoons baking powder, 1-1/2 cups cold Stay tuned.

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One Man with Courage Makes a Majority By Bob Boze Bell, SASS #50,000

The outlaws have good reason to fear Jeff Milton (left) and his resolve. Three- Fingered-Jack Dunlap finds out the hard way (right) when he gets three fingers full of FEBRUARY 15, 1900 buckshot in the gut. Today is supposed to be Wells Fargo Express Agent Jeff Milton’s day off. But someone telegraphed in sick, so he is working the run from Nogales, Arizona, to Benson. At dusk, when the train glides into the small station in Fairbank along the San Pedro River Valley, Jeff opens the express door to unload the packages bound for Tombstone and the surrounding area. As Jeff hands down the designated goods to the station agent, a cowboy on the platform yells out for Jeff to put up his hands. “What’s going on here?” Jeff asks an agent. “Just a bunch of drunk cowboys having a joke, I guess,” the agent replies. “That kind of joke is liable to get somebody killed,” says Jeff, as he continues unloading packages. Five cowboys, who are using passengers on the platform as shields, During his long career, show their weapons. One of them Milton faces many tough hombres yells, “Throw up your hands and come including Black Jack out o’ there!” With the command Ketchum and John comes a rifle shot; the slug takes off Wesley Hardin (above). Milton’s hat. Reaching behind the door of the express car, Milton appears with a Deputy Frank Stilwell sawed-off shotgun and barks back, “If (right) tries to outsmart there’s anything here you want, come Milton with a clever ruse to get and get it.” He quickly sizes up the the Wells Fargo agent to show his situation, though, realizing he can’t mining claims to a bogus investor, return fire with the shotgun without but his plan fails when another agent hitting innocent people. Unfortunately, gets sick and Milton stays on the job. his pistol is on his desk, inside the car. The five cowboys, still hiding behind “Look out for the son of a bitch, he’s face. Before finishing, he passes out, The clever ruse has failed, and Milton passengers, open fire with high-powered shooting to kill,” yells Dunlap, as he falls. landing in between the two trunks. will live on to chase even more bad rifles. The volley of shots from the Milton’s wound is serious (a slug has Outside, the outlaws circle the car men—whether they’re lawless lawmen outlaws shreds Milton’s shirt as several cut an artery). Faint from the loss of and shoot round after round into it to or the average outlaw element. shots strike his left arm between the blood, Milton still has the presence of ensure the death of Milton. After elbow and shoulder, spinning him mind to kick the door shut and, at the threatening the life of the engineer and Bob Boze Bell around and knocking him flat. same time, remove the keys to the safe using his body as a shield, the robbers is the executive editor Thinking they have killed Milton, or from his pocket, flinging them into a climb into the car. One outlaw is about of True West magazine and the at least knocked him out of the fight, the pile of packages at the opposite end of to shoot Milton, but the engineer stops author of six the car. Cramming his wounded arm outlaws jump up into the doorway of him by pleading, “The man’s dead illustrated books the railroad car. Milton raises the into the handle of a trunk, he rips the now.” The men search frantically for about the Old West. shotgun with one hand and lets loose, sleeve of his shirt at the cuff, tearing it the keys but can’t find them. In He writes a daily hitting Jack Dunlap with pellets while to the shoulder, then twists his desperation, they round up Dunlap blog at twmag.com another ball zings past Dunlap and hits homemade tourniquet around his arm to and gallop off into the night with $40 Bravo Juan Yoas in the seat of his pants. stop the flow of blood spurting in his in change. April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 39

THE CROSS By Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life # 49907 TG Michigan

or over two thousand years Fthe cross has been a symbol of Christianity. When the explorers came to discover America, they marched under the shadow of the Cross. The United States of America was conceived by men well versed in the Bible. And early schools, universities, and hospitals were By Cree Vicar Dave, established under the name of SASS Life #49907 the One who made atonement Territorial Governor, Michigan for all mankind on Mt Calvary. Our Lord said to all who would listen in Mark 8:34, “… If any- will break away. one would come after me, he Next apply a liberal coat of clear must deny himself and take up finger nail polish. Allow to dry, and his cross and follow me.” it’s ready as is. You may want to add People around the world wear embellishments. I put a stone in the the cross to express outwardly center of the cross opening. You can the change that occurs inward- find small inexpensive pierced ear- ly by faith. rings the proper size and glue in A while ago I received a place. Be careful not to get glue on cross made from horseshoe the top of the gem and set with small nails wrapped in thread from a these two nails around a ring, bend- each side of the rings. Place beads on needle nose, etc. I gave the cross member of our church. I exchanged ing the tip back toward the nail string as desired. Tie knot at end of another coat of clear finger nail pol- the plain leather necklace with a head. Place these two nails together bead rows. Braid remaining threads ish. You can use plastic beads or you black braided thread one adorned with the flat wide side inline and on each end of beads loosely. Affix can use glass beads and real hair with beads. Since then I have made touching each other from bend to tip clasp on one ring and clasp to other bone. You can find many supplies at a few others using various color with rings installed. Use a little glue ring. Tie end of one braided string to Wal-Mart, Fire Mountain, etc. As in thread to go with different outfits. to hold in place. This forms the top one ring, and the other to second all projects, be sure to follow all safe- They are relatively easy and inex- of the cross. ring. Use rings that will break away ty requirements. pensive to make. Then, align top to bottom and when tugged on. This is for safety. If Have a great Easter season and Materials needed per cross glue in place. Next, take desired color the apparatus becomes entangled, it remember to take up your cross. 4 – Horse shoe nails (1.88" long) button thread and starting at 4 –1/4" OD rings, silver color (use top of cross, a little below the rings that will break away when rings, wrap thread in close pulled on) together loops down to the 1 – Tube Krazy Glue center of opening. Deciding 60" Black waxed linen heavy thread which side you want for the 50" Button thread (color optional) back of the cross, loop to one 1 – Silver colored clasp arm, and continue wrapping Assorted beads thread. When you get to Clear finger nail polish around 1/4" from the end of Assembly the nail head, wrap back over Take two horseshoe nails, meas- to the center opening. Then, ure from the end of the head 1-5/16" wrap down the bottom of cross and make a 90° bend so the tip of the to about 3/8" of the end, and nails are pointing away from the wrap back over to center wide flat side of each nail. Place again. Repeat on other arm; these two nails together with flat then wrap back up to starting wide sides in line and touching each points and tie off. other. This forms the bottom of the Next, decide how long you cross from bend to heads. Use a lit- want the neck string to be. tle glue to hold in place. Cut three strands around Take two horseshoe nails, meas- four inches longer than neces- ure from the head 13/16" and make a sary and align even. Pass 90° bend so the tip of the nails are thread through the two rings pointing away from the wide flat side in the top of cross until even of each nail. Then, form each tip of on both sides. Tie a knot on Page 40 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

THE BADGE By Swift Montana Smith, SASS #52720

for global warming! Our winter worry, that grass ain’t goin’ around the campfire enjoying a nice started out rather mild with temps nowhere. Anyway, you know I don’t big roasted hunk of giant armadillo in December reaching seventy like to rush into anything … might meat, Oog’s ring fell off and landed degrees. We all thought we were in be a sudden shortage of wheat, then in the fire. As he watched it melt, for a nice warm winter but nature all we gotta do is walk right out the he realized that maybe if he gath- has a way of coming up behind you, front door and voila, we’ll have our ered up all the little pieces of copper when you least expect it, and cuff- own grain. Kids need bread for he found, and put them in the fire, ing you right in the back of the PB&J sandwiches you know!” he could melt them all together to head. Okay, well maybe this cold “Umm, yeah sure …” she have enough to make one large ring, will kill off some of the bugs and answers back like she’s just eaten a and so the crown was born! Swift Montana Smith, other varmints that plague us all bad grape. The crown worked pretty good, SASS #52720 summer long. Last evening, as I sat in front of too, for awhile because you couldn’t The nice thing about it being so the fireplace trying to chase away miss seeing it smack dab on top of uring wintertime in the north- cold outside is you don’t feel guilty the winter cold and warm my bones, someone’s head, but after all the Deastern part of this great coun- about sitting inside. When the I decided to polish my Single Action jewels had been added to the thing try of ours, Cowboy Action Shooters weather’s nice and I’m cleaning my Shooting Society badge and make it to pretty it up and make it sparkle, ready themselves for the up and guns or making bullets, or perusing all nice and pretty, so when the sun it became so darn heavy our leaders coming shooting season. As I sit in a catalog to see what I can’t live was out, it would really shine. I started suffering from neck prob- my cabin and put pen to paper, the without, my wife is usually asking held it in my hand and wondered lems. Having no good masseuses or temperature outside is a balmy sev- me, “When are you going to cut that why a piece of chrome plated Ibuprofen in those days, they decid- enteen degrees. (Last night it wheat field outside that use to be stamped metal could mean so much ed that maybe it was time for some- dropped down to five degrees with a our front lawn?” to me, and I got to thinkin’ about thing smaller again. Hence, the wind chill of minus ten!) So much I always answer back, “Oh don’t badges in general. I wondered at badge was born. who was the first one to create a The nice thing about a badge is, badge, and then wear it. Surely it when you’re at home sitting around had to be a long, long time ago. I the dinner table enjoying a nice could see one of our long distant piece of normal sized roasted ancestors, fresh from coming down armadillo, you can take it off and a tree, picking up some muddy put it in the cookie jar so it doesn’t grass, and slapping it on his chest. get lost. When you’re ready to hit “Oog a moog moog!” he would the town, you put it back on and say, pointing to the now dried sure enough, as you walk down the muddy thing stuck to his chest, street, everybody sees that badge, which translated meant, “See this and they know that the person thing here? That means I’m some- wearing it is someone special. one special; so listen to me!” By the 19th century the Soon it became a sign of leader- Industrial Revolution was in full ship and anyone who was in charge swing, producing mass quantities of had to go to that special place and goods and services. During the get the special muddy grass and Victorian era, style was just as slap it on their chest. But after a important as functionality so things while, it became awful inconvenient not only had to work, but they had to keep going back to that same to look good, too. place and during the dry spells, the It’s a good thing badges got a lit- mud was very hard to find. tle fancier as well because I just By then, man had discovered can’t imagine Wyatt Earp com- copper. Little did we know how that manding the same amount of material would change our lives, respect from just wearing a clump sometimes for the better, and some- of muddy grass dried to his shirt! times for the worse. We found out So that’s a very brief history of that if we hit this metal with a how our badges came to be, but heavy object, like a large rock, we what do they really mean after all? could flatten it out and shape it. It The badge is so important to us only took a short while before Oog a in our society that if someone shows mooga shaped the thing into a sign you one, you want to believe and of leadership and wore it on his fin- trust them right away because for ger. But like every popular fashion the past two hundred years, all the statement, everybody’s got to have people wearing badges swore an one, and soon all the Moogs had oath to Truth, Justice, and the rings and that kinda put the kibosh American Way, which at this point, on the ring as a symbol of authority. the latter of the three is becoming a One day, probably while sitting (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 41

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(Continued from previous page) If you walk into a room filled Maybe it’s just me, and maybe secured the pin in back. I thought little ambiguous and fuzzy around with people you usually just get an I’m reading things into what really about how important this one singu- the edges. offhanded glance from everybody, isn’t there, but I’m sure I see a lar badge was and the history behind In the 1800’s, all a man had to do but put on a badge and walk into resurgence of interest in the Wild it. I shifted in my chair and straight- was show his badge and outlaws the same room and people will not West and Cowboy accoutrements in ened my back, feeling proud to have started to worry. Women respected only stare at you, they’ll also want general, and although there are a the privilege and honor to wear it. any man with a badge and knew darn to know you and ask who you are lot of people who would like to take I’m anxious to begin another fun well that she was safe with that man, and why you’re important enough to this thing away from us and see it filled year of Cowboy Action Shoo- day or night, and would be protected wear a badge. I believe the same die, there are thousands more that ting™, and I’m looking forward to no matter what the circumstance. thing goes for the SASS badge we will make an effort to maintain it all the events, big and small, where Not only did law officers wear all wear today. You can go any- and see that it lives on forever! The I will get to see all my friends I have badges, as they still do today, but so where in the world and if you see numbers prove it! so much in common with and enjoy did detective agencies like the someone wearing a SASS badge, you As I finished polishing my SASS their company until another spin

Pinkerton’s. Train conductors had know right away this is someone badge, I reached for the special around the sun puts us back into badges, because it showed everyone you can talk to and trust. It’s all leather holder I bought to display it the cold, and we find ourselves hud- this was the man who was in charge part of the Cowboy Way. in and with tender loving care, dling in our houses again hiding of that particular train. Even the I’ve never met anyone I couldn’t mounted the badge in its place, and from old man winter. q Pony Express riders wore a badge so trust at any Cowboy Action Shoo- q other people who saw it knew who ting™ event. I never saw a vendor they were and why they didn’t have worry about their wares; as a mat- time to stop for tea and biscuits. ter-of-fact, it’s just the exact oppo- And anyone who has ever been in site of worry I’ve seen. Most ven- the Boy Scouts can attest to how dors hardly pay attention to who is important a merit badge is, and if looking at their merchandise you get enough of them, you become because they know no one would William Brown Holster Co. an Eagle! Even the Great Seal of dare take anything without paying 302 E. Fremont, Tombstone, AZ the United States of America is a for it. Many merchants will simply badge of sorts. The President does- set out a box or coffee can with a (800) 337-5250 n’t walk around wearing it everyday, sign that reads, “Off to shoot, if you [email protected] but if you look at anything he is see anything you like, take it and transported in, it has that seal on it put the money in the coffee can … illiam Brown is a third generation leathersmith still using some of and it’s telling everyone, “Hey, I’m Thanks!” I’ll bet you couldn’t do the same machines and tools that his great grandfather used. Top the big cheese, so look out!” W that at a rap concert! shooters are using our holster designs and WINNING. We offer chaps, The badge has always stood for When you wear a SASS badge, something important. As soon as a you are not only telling everyone saddlebags, shoulder holsters, spurs and spur straps, belts, buckles, wild kid puts on a Sheriff’s badge from what your favorite sport is, you’re rags, most of which is made right in our store. the 19th century, even a plastic one, also saying you are committed to the Our store is located he or she immediately puffs out Cowboy Way even if it’s only to wear across the street from their chest and feels like someone a cowboy hat on occasion. You are the OK Corral in special. They’ll walk a little differ- also representing all the rest of us Tombstone, Arizona. ent and even talk with a little more that are involved in this sport and authority, like the Cowardly Lion in way of life. You have over seventy L. Frank Baum’s “Wizard of Oz,” all five thousand brothers and sisters / he needed was a badge for his whole that also wear that badge with pride, demeanor to change. and every day the number increases. Come see us in person VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM or visit us Frederick Jackson Turner GIVE TO THE Rattler John online at SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION www.wmbrownholster.com (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! q q Page 42 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

WOMEN, GUNS, AND GEAR Match Attractions

By Holy Terror, SASS #15362

suggest attending one or more local You can attend any size match at to work with your posse, so that you matches before attending a big any ability level as long as you have know how to count, score, and time. annual match. The monthly match reasonable expectations and are The third thing you can do to help helps you get started because it is safe. A novice shooter will not win a transition your move from greenhorn Holy Terror, SASS #15362 smaller and less intimidating. Most world championship his first time to seasoned veteran is to be honest people will be relaxed, and there out, but he or she can still have fun. and to relax. You should be honest should be plenty of time to help you I suggest monthly matches as a with your posse. At the beginning of here are lots of things about get through the stages. You don’t starting point only so you have some a match, posse marshals usually ask TSASS matches you should know have to worry about being slow or match experience that will help with about new shooters. Don’t be afraid if you are new to SASS or if you are becoming confused. You should safety and enjoyment. to speak up. They aren’t asking to set thinking of getting someone new attend a monthly match a couple of Second, attend a Range Officers you apart; they are asking so they started in Cowboy Action Shooting™. times so you get used to the rhythm Training Course. These are usually can help you through your first There are four things you can do of how a match flows, and you can available before most annual match- match and make it more enjoyable. that will help you get started if you learn to work with your posse. It is es, and they can really help transi- Relax and have fun. If you are so are a new shooter worried about not a good idea to go to a large match tion a new shooter to an old hand. worried and nervous that you don’t attending your first match. not knowing what is going on An RO course teaches you all the have any fun, then it was a waste of First, go to a local monthly because it can be intimidating. safety procedures as well as the time and money for you to come. match in your area. If you have However, no matter what size SASS rules. If you know the rules, it Above all, you should enjoy shooting, already been to a monthly match, match you attend, your shooting is easier for you to participate. The even if it is your first time. you are way ahead of the game. I ability does not have to be a factor. course also covers the correct ways (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 43 shopping available. Every woman loves to go shopping, and the more stores available, the easier it is to Cochise Leather work one’s shopping mojo. Big matches have a larger selection of Golden Gate Reproductions from the Frontier West Era vendors as well as a better chance for Western Wear the vendors to prosper through sell- ing their wares. It is our duty as shooters to support all our hard working vendors. The shopping Home of pleasure is just a plus. Also, the vendors at large match- Knudsen Hat Co. es are tailored not only to shooters, Authentic OLD WEST hats but also to people in general. There for damn near 25 years is often art, jewelry, furniture, and clothing for sale, as well as other Thank you for voting us items interesting to everyone, not True West Magazines; just shooters. There is also great entertainment reader's choice, for available at the larger shooting Best Living Hat Maker matches. There is usually a band Wanted Dead or Alive with dancing available. There are 10X Beaver Quality Custom Leatherwork sometimes Old West historians, quick Black, or pecan Heavy Wool ______$99.98 draw or gun spinners, singers, or $244.98 Black, Sand Pecan or Sand at Affordable Prices even a gambler/magician that puts $272.98 Includes on a good show. bolo cord band • Chaps/Chinks • Saddlebags The latest craze many people enjoy is a casino night. The match Choose w/ or w/o Jimmy • Ranger Belts • Cuffs • Spur Straps puts together tables of craps, poker, bound edge Stewart and roulette where participants gam- 10X Beaver ble for play money used to buy raffle Blk or Pecan $234.98 Cochise, AZ • (520) 826-1272 tickets at the end of the night. The $262.98 match raffles guns or other items to Sand: Wool See these and MUCH MORE on our the ticket holders. 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This gives WAH MAKER dealers extant. them a chance to see the shooting, Also Cows, Recollections, the clothes, and to meet the people Stetson, Bailey, etc. involved. It is a great way to show them what is going on and what fun 10am-6:30pm they are missing by not attending. To Order Call Richmond Another great thing about large 12153 San Pablo Ave. matches is the activities for non- Richmond, CA 94805 Just off Hwy. 80 shooters. I have had numerous peo- Orders: (510) 232-3644 ple ask me how to get their spouses and or kids, or even grandkids, involved. 963 Contra Costa Pleasant Hill, CA. 94523 Sometimes you can just bring them (925) 827-1014 to a local match. However, don’t be goldengatewesternwear.com discouraged if they don’t want to e-mail: [email protected] start shooting after a local match. Many larger SASS matches have Page 44 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

WAX BULLETS – A NEW IDEA? By Bob Crismon, SASS #48245

he 2006 Indoor Wax Cham- ity for me during the winter months.” Target .45 wax bullets to use in toy – wax bullets – I cautioned him Tpionship in Las Vegas prompted (Author: In the late fifties Red Jet brass cases. As a Law Enforcement to be careful. He said, “Bull!” and a number of SASS shooters to ask bullets were also manufactured and Officer I used them in fast draw then purposely shot me in the foot! the same question. Some skeptics sold by Colt.) practice for strengthening my arm, In 1957 a Denver local TV show suggested this “new idea” is just a In the past you could buy plastic sight picture, and trigger squeeze asked me to put on an afternoon live fad that will pass. One comment was cases and bullets that were reusable practice. Back in 1971 at the indoor fast draw demonstration. I had been wax will just provide the anti-gun over and over. I have about 75 that academy we shot Red Jet wax .38 experimenting with Teflon solid tub- folks another example how lead bul- I’ve been using for years. They are bullets using our issue 4-inch M10 ing cut into bullet size and inserted lets are passé. To find the answer I made by Winchester. In his book ‘No S&W revolvers.” (Author: A num- in the front end of a .22 caliber Colt posed the question on the Internet. Second Place Winner’ the late Bill ber of law enforcement and mili- Scout cylinder. I thought I would use Below are some interesting excerpts. Jordan provided excellent instruc- tary people reported using wax bul- these for the demo, powered by a All came from reloading forums, tions on how to make and load wax lets for training.) blank cartridge. My first draw and none from the SASS Wire. bullets. Mr. Jordan used tens of OK, we have testimonials that shot missed the target, bounced off “I have an old box of CCI wax thousands of wax bullets in his trav- wax bullets have been around for the wall, ricocheted to another wall, bullets for. 45 caliber. The instruc- els doing shooting exhibitions for the more than thirty years – even further hit a vase on a table, and ended with tions say the Red Jet bullets are NRA.” (Author: It appears wax bul- back used in rifles if the Bill Jordan glass, water, and flowers flying all made with an exclusive process lets were shot in Winchester rifles comment is fact. As far as we can tell, over the place. Probably the shortest using plastic and a highly developed way back then.) the first single cartridge used in both live TV demo on record. They didn’t wax base. It goes on to say they are “The Los Angeles Police Depart- pistol and rifle was just introduced in invite me back! shot with just primers and are ment had a computerized shooting Las Vegas. I found no web mention of Everyone likes a success story. reusable up to 15 times when shot theater that used wax bullets shot shotgun use of wax bullets, so that’s At the SASS Indoor Wax Cham- into a special bullet trap that you at a screen 15 feet high and 30 feet another SASS/Vegas/Ten-X first. pionship the blue Bandit Bullets can make out of a cardboard box. It wide. I sold them a Star Machine to My first wax bullet experience used are manufactured by Candy even has directions how to make the reload the wax bullets. Speer sold was when a younger brother came and Don Valle in South Dakota. bullet trap. Wax bullet shooting them primer powered plastic cases home on US Navy leave in 1956. Here is what Candy said when asked became a neat indoor practice activ- and bullets. Speer also made While showing him my newfound (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 45

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… HE SAYS – TEA BAGS! – I say you mean “real tea bags?” By Arizona Tom, SASS Life #30872

- And he says it again, “Yup – 1851 Colt Navies, with paper car- ly into the gun’s chamber, then put- I use teabags to make my ammo!” tridges and is just as quick getting ting a small wad card on top of the e are both standing side by side his firearms ready for action as I am! powder before setting my round ball Wat the loading table getting He picks them out of the leather in place and compressing with the ready for our next stage of this inter- pouch on his gun belt, slips them in loading lever. I had, of course, heard national Cowboy Action Shooting™ sort of sideways, shoves the ball to about “paper cartridges,” but never match, and I am putting cartridge the top of the cylinder, and pushes actually seen them – except in old after cartridge in my revolvers, and down on the loading lever. pictures and books. Arizona Tom, so is my neighbor, “Hungarian Pete,” That is why I asked him what he But here was somebody actually SASS Life #30872 a cowboy from Hungary. makes his cartridges from – and his using them – and, as I had seen all The difference is – I am loading answer –“teabags!” morning, he never had a single mis- hollowed out just a trifle. In another up my Schofield revolvers with car- Later that afternoon we sit fire, no hang-ups – no nothing!! compartment of the box is a stick of tridges in metallic cases, and he is together, and I am asking a lot of Now this Hungarian cowboy paper glue, a number of .44 cal balls loading his two percussion guns, questions because this intrigues me. pulls a small rectangular box about and a small roll of sewing thread. I love to shoot my percus- one and a half times the size of a cig- Hungarian Pete now commences sion guns – I have two 1851 arette pack out of his saddlebag and to make a cartridge for his revolver Colt Navies in .44 “Army” proceeds to shows me his tools. First, before my very eyes by first applying caliber, as well as one 1851 he takes a small flimsy looking piece a little of the paper glue to the top Navy in .36, and my “big of rectangular paper from one slot in edge of the paper slip he is holding in banger” a “Whitneyville the box; from another he plucks a his hand. Next he seats a round .44 Walker” in .44 as well. wooden dowel approximately 4 inch- caliber ball in the small hollow at Up until now I have es long. One end of this he has stuck the end of the wooden dowel using a always loaded “traditional in an empty .38 cartridge case; the tiny amount of the same paper glue. style” by first pouring my other end is shaved off slightly to Then, he simply rolls the paper blackpowder charge direct- give it a very slight taper, the end is around the dowel – after carefully aligning the top of the paper with the glue on it and the lead .44 caliber ball sitting on the end of the dowel – exactly as you would roll a cigarette around some tobacco – the ball being the filter tip on the end of your quer- ley … Once the paper is rolled around the stick and the bullet approximately two times, Janos adds a little of the paper glue to the side end of the paper, rolls it smoothly on to the dowel to form a perfect paper roll, now with a lead bullet firmly glued in to the tip of this roll. Hungarian Pete then set this aside in the compartment of a car- tridge box to dry for awhile, and went on to “roll his own” with the astonishing speed born from long years of practice. After completing a box full of these paper hulls, he handed me his tools, grinned, and said – “now you!” But – realizing I was going to take up this method myself, I went on an errand … I got up, walked to my caravan to fetch my own bag of bullets and some teabags, along with my flask of GOEX fffg – and back I went to my first lesson in “doing it yourself.” First, I found the jar with the tea bags on the shelf in the closet above the sink in my caravan – I do like to (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 47

(Continued from previous page) paper cartridge load for our guns. thereby giving a comparable charge day accomplishments” – that do not drink tea once in a while and always Hungarian Pete took one of the of powder every time. The only vari- really have all that much merit! Yes, keep loose tea leaves as well as some paper hulls with the bullet now firm- ation is the length of the paper tube. I know it’s simple to go to a store, buy tea bags on hand. ly glued in the tip in hand, inserted a Next, when he twirls the end of a box of ammo, shove some rounds in Next I carefully removed the tiny small funnel into the open end, and the paper, this automatically goes your pistol, and shoot them down staple from the top of the tea bag poured some fffg blackpowder into more to one side than the other, cre- range. But – we Cowboy Action and dumped its contents in with the the funnel until it reached the tip of ating a sort of “banana” look. This Shooting™ folks go about things in a tea leaves in the tin – don’t want to the funnel itself. He then pinched his slightly bent shape enables easy different manner from that, now be wasteful here in any way! fingers together, pulled the funnel loading into the revolver’s chamber, don’t we? Firstly, most of us reload Then I carefully started to unfold out, twirled the end of the paper hull allowing the powder to conform to our ammo anyway, so we have free the body of the tea bag the way into a little tip, and then wound a the inside of the chamber and slip- and good access to the components Janos had showed me – and lo and piece of thread around this twirled ping down so the ball rests on the we need. Now – if you are one of us behold – he was right, it unfolded tip, twice around, tied a knot, chamber mouth prior to being seated “blackpowder freaks” you are even rather easily into a very much larger snipped off the thread, grinned, and with the loading lever. This crush- further along that road already as rectangle of thin, but strong materi- handed me a perfect .44 caliber car- ing down into the chamber with the you are infected with the “Old West, al. Then, I folded this piece of mate- tridge filled with blackpowder, and loading lever also serves to tear the way it really was” – so, dig out rial twice as he had showed me to said, “There you have it!” Easy!! apart the cartridge’s paper hull and those “real” guns (cap and ball) and create four evenly sized smaller rec- Looking carefully at this facilitates the percussion cap ignit- start trying it the “real old way!” tangles and cut them apart. astounding product and holding it ing the charge. I did … and surely will continue Next, I found a small wooden up against the light I first could see Due to the flimsy and yet sur- to do so! dowel in the same diameter as the that the paper hull was rather loose- prisingly strong tea bag tissue noth- Steps #1 to #6 in the accompany- .38 case that I stuck on the one end, ly filled up with the powder charge ing is left in the cylinder’s chamber ing pictures illustrate what I have gently scraped it down very slightly and that the paper hull was slightly once the charge has been fired – all written above - #7 shows you it all fits on all sides to give it that almost bent to one side where Janos had parts of the paper contraption, glue, into a small box easily carried around imperceptible taper, and gently twirled the end of it together and thread, and so forth exit through the in your saddlebag or gun cart!! sanded a small hollow in the exposed tied it with the thread. I asked barrel and leave absolutely nothing Try it some day – you will be sur- wooden top to the shape and size of a about this, and he explained: The behind!! Fantastic! prised!! .44 round ball from my box. length to which the paper is cut is Fantastic yes – but not new!! In After learning the process from As it turned out, after spoiling his “powder measure” – according to the days of the “Old West” long gone that knowledgeable cowboy, it was only three paper cartridges, I easily his choice, he cuts the paper longer by, it was common practice to use easy as eating pie – I have been able got the hang of rolling these paper or shorter in its length depending paper cartridges for handguns and ever since to turn out one perfectly hulls. upon how much powder he wants to muskets as well as rifles. Today in formed paper cartridge after another Then Hungarian Pete continued load in a particular gun. The powder our “progressive” age we have just – and you can do it too! on with his lesson – completing these is filled through the funnel until it forgotten about this kind of ammuni- And, I do this while watching ingredients to become a finished reaches the bottom of the funnel, tion and have reverted to “modern TV … Page 48 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

RE-CREATING THE “MODERN” CATEGORY By Capt. Morgan Rum, SASS #6859

First a little Background category. Age based categories actu- highly competitive types within Action Shooting™. he Modern category was an early ally allow the use of adjustable SASS. At the same time, the • Double barreled shotguns may TSASS creation because many sighted pistols right along side those Traditional category could possibly use ejectors (putting them on an participants didn’t have the fixed using fixed sighted pistols. In other be made more, well … traditional. equal footing with pumps and sighted Colt style revolvers needed words, the Modern category require- The Future? lever guns that both automatical- to play in the Traditional category. ments are exactly the same as the What do I mean by a more ly eject shells simply by opening There were plenty of the popular requirements of the Traditional cat- “open” category? Here are some pos- the action). Ruger Blackhawk’s around with egory except you must use at least sibilities. • Any shooting style may be used on adjustable sights though, and creat- ONE adjustable sighted pistol. • Any SASS legal firearms may be any stage where appropriate. (B- ing a separate category to allow oth- The only other SASS Categories used. Western already allows this.) ers to enter the game was a good allowing only a single requirement • Any SASS legal ammunition may I believe these changes would in idea. There was also a perception change is gender. No other category be used. effect, reverse the roles of the that pistols with adjustable sights is defined by a single piece of equip- • This would be the home of pump Traditional and Modern categories. were an advantage over the tradi- ment! (Frontiersman requires that shotguns (I never felt they No other categories would be affect- tional fixed sighted guns. So the BOTH pistols be cap and ball and belonged in the “Traditional” cate- ed. No categories would be added or Modern category made good sense. age based categories allow a mix of gory anyway, being a very late eliminated. Modern would become Today firearms not allowed in the Tradi- arrival on the western scene). the category of the highly competi- Twenty five plus years later, we tional category) • Maybe the currently banned tive types within SASS. What of the now have solid evidence that In spite of this information, when ‘93/‘97 pump would fit here since Traditional Category? Well, that adjustable sighted guns have I was asked at several TG meetings it is a modern hybrid that was could/would become whatever we absolutely no advantage over fixed last year, “is it time to eliminate the specifically designed for Cowboy decide to make of it. sighted pistols. Today’s Modern cat- Modern category,” I said, “NO.” egory requirements allow only one Instead of eliminating the category, I adjustable sighted revolver; every would rather see the category re-cre- VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT other firearm used may be the same ated to be a truly “Modern” category as the guns used in the Traditional and as a more “open” category for the WWW.SASSNET.COM April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 49

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PEEWEE’S FAREWELL TO MOUNTED SHOOTING By Stoney Meadows, SASS Life #2417 SASS Mounted #25

Border Wars 2007 team event prior to the regular match. ine, PeeWee and Stoney based 30 n Sunday, January 28, 2007, a PeeWee and Stoney didn’t start in miles east of Sacramento, California O16.1 hand, 1300 pound Appaloosa Division 1 after demonstrating their put in a lot of miles to the Los Angeles registered as PeeWee Cheyenne ran a skill and PeeWee’s temperament to Basin to shoot with Joe Whitely’s four stage match at the age of 25 accept gunfire, and were placed in California Desperados (at least 400 years, and after 14 consecutive years Division 2. From the get-go, PeeWee miles away) and to shoot at other of competition, he was officially retired demonstrated a love of the sport with places like Scottsdale, Tombstone, from Mounted Shooting. PeeWee was enthusiasm that didn’t equal my skill Ben Avery Range in Phoenix, actually a SASS member for a couple to steer him in the best practical way Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, and many Stoney Meadows astride PeeWee. of years wearing his badge at all the to run the course. He just loved to run other places long forgotten. But functions on his bridle. His alias was (he had an exceptionally long stride), wherever Mounted Shooting was days when we “jumped” hay bales, “Fluffy.” To the best our knowledge, and it didn’t matter where as long as it held, we tried to be there. rode into corrals, shot helium balloons, PeeWee has competed longer than any was fast (PeeWee: “What do you mean Those were the days when stages and all things imaginable. I put horse I can think of under the SASS you want to turn here?!”) were much different; i.e., we ran in the 110,000 miles on my old Dodge diesel Mounted Shooting rules. His first This was his first match, and for desert where a fast stage was forty sec- truck, and later when I bought a diesel match ever was the SASS hosted 1994 many years Stoney and PeeWee were onds. We ran through the woods; we pusher motor home, I put 130,000 CMSA World Championship at the the only SASS mounted competitors ran up and down streams to find bal- miles on that, retired that motor home, SASS World in Norco, California, north of the Tehachapi Mountains loons, and once we ran on a motocross bought another motor home, and so far where Stoney on PeeWee and William and the Grapevine leading to the Los course where you became air-borne I’ve put 10,000 miles on that one, and Bruce, SASS #5, were paired up for a Angeles Valley. So as you can imag- after topping one hill. Those were the (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 51

(Continued from previous page) (SASS World), and won the Senior for the episode. Most of the actors who year he has taken 70 to 80 school age PeeWee traveled all of those miles Men’s World Championship. You just rode him enjoyed PeeWee’s enthusi- and preschool children for their first without a problem. can’t keep a good horse with a big asm and good manners. horseback ride as well as some PeeWee has taken me to seven heart down. But, I have attributed his Other infants who were held on by teachers. Senior World Championships, SASS comeback in great part to the GLC He has had articles written about He’s been doing that for 10 years. He and CMSA, and to too many National 5500, and he has been maintained on him in the “Appaloosa Journal” as well also spent time with autistic children. Championships to remember, as well that ever since. as other magazines and newspapers. He is that trustworthy. as State Championships. And many Next, the love of my life, Miss I acquired PeeWee in mid-1985 PeeWee will still be used for train- times for local matches we were over- Wylie P Fox, SASS #17784, began rid- just before his third birthday. He has ing beginner riders and riding around all champions. ing PeeWee in competition. He carried been in the family 23 years. He has our small ranch as well as on the trails PeeWee never objected to other rid- her to four more Senior Ladies World been ridden by friends and neighbors, for many years to come. I will continue ers; however, other riders objected to Championships (SASS and CMSA) as my daughter, my two sons, and my to compete in Mounted Shooting, as I PeeWee saying he felt like a run-away well as many other Senior Lady titles. granddaughter. When my grand- love the sport and the people, and I will freight train. I am reminded of a The Other Part of His Life daughter was four years old, she be riding PeeWee’s nephew, Firejax. match in Tombstone, Arizona, where PeeWee took me deer and elk hunt- finally got to ride him all by herself. It is my hope all Mounted my daughter, Robin, also a SASS ing in Wyoming and Idaho. He packed He has been a good reliable babysit- Shooters will come to know and love Mounted World Champion, had to ride deer and elk to camp when needed. ter. I have a large preschool, and each their horses as I love PeeWee. a couple of stages on PeeWee. I had Once while elk hunting in the snow advised her not to turn him loose, but covered mountains of Idaho, I had an as children do, she decided to let him accident where I broke a collarbone have his head. On the rundown and skinned up a lot of other parts. Johnnie Concho, SASS #2926, said, This happened late in the day. He car- “you could see the whites of her eyes ried me back to the truck and trailer in from behind her sunglasses,” and the dark of night and in a blowing PeeWee scattered some balloon setters snowstorm some eight miles away. that were on horseback. We didn’t hire Once while fishing some 10 miles balloon setters in those days. Hell, in from camp after the sun had long those days we still blew up the bal- since set and the moon had yet to rise, loons by mouth. we started back to camp. I tried to In 1997, PeeWee was diagnosed by find the trail in the dark and couldn’t. UC Davis Veterinary School as having PeeWee kept indicating he knew terminal venicular, a degenerative con- where the trail was, so I finally put dition of the coffin joint and some my trust in him, and he took me back arthritis. However, they said he could to camp. continue competing for a few more PeeWee has been a great trail years by injecting his coffin joints with horse, but most of all, he’s been a great a steroid and then later cutting the friend. He’s taken me through nerve to the front part of his hooves. Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly, That lasted about two years. In 1999 and a hundred twenty mile trail in for medical reasons, I decided to retire Wyoming that included Butch Cassidy him. You do that for a horse you love. and the Sundance Kid’s hideout at the After time, I decided I couldn’t give up Hole in the Wall. We also spent some on him because he made it clear to me time working and training other hors- he wanted to go whenever I left for a es for the Folsom Lake State Park sys- match. So we started a rehab program tem. And, we participated with the El that consisted of several supplements Dorado County Sheriff’s Search and to his diet, no more riding, and GLC Rescue. We also got into the movies. 5500, a joint supplement. In less than The Movie: a year he appeared eager and ready to Behind the Mask of Zorro go. The current horse I was riding On the set Miss Wylie P Fox and I came up lame just before the SASS and our horses were in some scenes in World 2000. I decided to give PeeWee the town. On the following days we a try. We traveled to Bakersfield, had to do a lot of camera takes in the California for a match the week before foothills with other mounted members. the SASS World. We won that match On one of those days PeeWee carried and went directly from there to Norco five different riders in different scenes

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WHAT WE DO WITH OUR HORSES IN THE OFF-SEASON ... RIDE!! By Sierrita Slim, SASS Life, #4054

over, and we have to wait until February … nope, there’s snow all over the place … March, for the first BRR month- ly match, the weekend Sierrita Slim, before Winter Range! SASS #4054 So what to do … hmmmm! I don’t know hat a great year we had in about everyone else’s W2006! Winter Range, SASS horses, but ours just Invitational, END of TRAIL, need to be ridden. Cimarron, Magdalena, Belen, Shooting at the range Smoke In The Valley, Bernalillo behind the corrals once County … PLUS almost all of the in a while, maybe after monthly practice matches with the feeding them just to Buffalo Range Riders! Yessiree Bob, Jose gives us his plan for Cherry Flats keep them used to gun- we had a great year. But now it’s (it’s not all flat) … “Slim take the fence!” fire helps. But riding them frequently, that’s the ticket for our mounts. Keeps them used to being obedient (mostly!). We’re fortunate enough to live in the middle of nowhere. The nearest

Morning Dove comes out of a small drainage.

neighbor is about two miles away and a dry (most of the time) river bed about 3/4 of a mile north. Throughout the year we help our friends work their cattle when they gather and brand, so there’s some of that to be done. Why one time, Jose, Morning Dove, and I went after one red cow we’d missed when gathering a pasture the month before. Jose Heading out across West Eagle. Slim on the bluff. (Continued on page 59) Page 58 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

e e YOSEMITE VALLEY THE SHOOTER’S SAM, SASS #73791 PERSONA By High Spade Harry, SASS #37707 (aka PawPaw) By Doc Sawdust Bob, SASS #64292, Life met Yosemite Valley Sam on May e in SASS often stop with the Ruff ‘n ready woodWork fer Sale. 16, 1995, and I knew from the first I choice of our alias. I grant If’n ya git yersel’ Kilt, time I said “Hullo Sam,” we were W you, most are pretty nifty. What Coffins a spec-i-al-ity. going to be lifelong buddies. Since about the character behind the then we have ridden together almost alias? Does he not have a personal- Mekanix broke, constantly with only a few little dis- ity? Does he have a history? Where Doc’ll likely fix’m. agreements, like all friends have, but is he from? What does he do for a for the greater part of the time, we Git yersel’ shot in th’ Arm, living? Think about these ques- think and act alike. Doc’ll dig ‘er out. tions, and others, and build a leg- Yosemite, that’s what he likes to end for your character. The poem Git yer foot mangled ina Bar trap, be called, followed me around from below describes my character. Doc’ll cut ‘er off. match to match for a long time and finally last year he started shooting Doc Sawdust Varmints in th’ Yard. on his own. We put together an out- A quiet man o’ Wild ‘n Wooly Four leg’d er Two, fit suitable for a guy his size and greene County Doc’ll dispatch th’ Lot. headed for the range. Yosemite had In Virginny. already received his Hunter Safety Don’ git yersel’ on th’ Wrong side certification, so I was confident he Yosemite Valley Sam, Lives ina holla’ again’ th’ Ridge. th’ Barn had the necessary safe gun handling SASS #73791 Th’ Sharif don’ mess wuf ‘m. When Doc’s a’shootin’, principles down. I never expected I will be riding the trail together A Customer he may Sorely need. No fancy Duds. him to score 95 on that test, because shootin’ bad guys and havin’ a good M’be old Genes, m’be bibHauls, I wasn’t sure he was listening ‘ol time just as long as we can. If you BarFoot er cloudHoppers. through most of the course, but I think I’m a proud grandfather, you guess he was. At the range he got are correct! used to drawing and hitting the tar- gets pretty well, so it was time to see what he could do at a match. We shoot with the Auglaize Rough Riders in Defiance, Ohio, and I believe Yosemite was the first bucka- roo to shoot there. He was welcomed by the older shooters, as I knew he would be, and was even given a few pointers as he went along. I received several compliments as to what a safe shooter he was. Yosemite shot three matches with us last year and is ready for 2007. Practice is something Yosemite knows very well. Besides range time he also has to practice his music, where he’s a “three instrument” man—piano, tuba, and percussion. He is also a SO/RO-in-training. Yosemite is not one to stand around and do nothing at matches, so he is learning the administrative side of things, too. He takes his turn run- ning the timer at our home club’s (Maumee Valley Sportsmen’s Club in Malinta, Ohio) falling plate matches. He keeps score at IDPA and IPSC matches. He is also a new Boy Scout after a distinguished career in the Cub Scouts where he earned every badge and award they have. On top of all of this, he has the fastest thumbs in the county from playing video games. Now I’m not trying to tell you he is the next Badlands Bud or Holy Terror, but Yosemite Valley Sam and April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 59

top the last one and there’s this little them slip by. My horse Buddy just valley with a creek bed winding kept going faster and faster, and I through, a windmill, and a small just leaned back and held on. He house. Yep, that’s a pretty sight. doesn’t always act right in the arena, Until I rode the Flying H, I never but out in the wild, he’s back to being would have thought a horse could the Mustang that he is. No speedster, walk on terrain like that, let alone but he just won’t quit! with a man on his back, and run too! Well, there are more stories, but One day in Eagle pasture we tried to that’s all for now. Maybe something corral some wild goats (generations noteworthy will happen in February, ago they were domesticated). That and I’ll write again. Who knows? was a crazy ride! It was the only time Either way though, we’ll have fun. I galloped down a steep rocky slope. I See ya down the trail, amigos, in never would have tried, but the goats New Mexico Territory for sure … were going to get past if I didn’t, and perhaps other places too! Until then I didn’t want to be the one who let … Vaya con Dios!

WHAT WE DO WITH OUR HORSES OFF THE WALL IN THE OFF-SEASON ... RIDE!! . . . (Continued from page 57) pleasant, easy ride. Gun Carts found her in the brushy riverbed. After Valentine’s Day we’ll be She ran through the brush and hid back out on the Flying H working Suited for the Rowdiest until we rooted her out again. Then cows. Regular ranch work in really Cowboys & Cowgirls she’d double back, and hide behind pretty, but rough country. John us in thickets. Man, what a day. Henry Tunstall used to own this 224 N. Howard St. Should have taken us maybe an place, and his ranch house is still Greentown, Indiana 46936 hour to get her but we went from one there; we’ve slept in it. Though end of the pasture to the other, and mostly we stay in the bunkhouse Tel: (765) 628-2050 back, and back, and back … until where the pool table is because she finally gave out, laid down, and Morning Dove loves to play pool! Fax: (765) 628-1899 wouldn’t move! Our horses really There are a few abandoned home- “The Ultimate Gun Cart for C.A.S.” got a workout that day, and the ride steads on the Flying H too. When Now a SASS home in the dark was pretty neat! you come across some of them you Affiliated Sometimes we’ll trailer to Pecos’ wonder, “Why did they put a house Merchant place and ride in the arena, and out here?” But when you look at oth- maybe shoot some. Or, maybe we’ll ers, like in James Ray pasture, you Gunther Cartwright just ride down to the Pecos River on just look and say, “Isn’t this pretty!” the other end of his ranch. Nice Riding across ridge after ridge, you SASS Life Member #20136 7 Cart styles VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT 3 Species of wood WWW.SASSNET.COM 7 Wheel options 2 Wagons GIVE TO THE SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION 2 New Sheriffs Rack (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) E-mail: [email protected] MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! www.guncarts.com Tornado Ali Page 60 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY LITTLE KNOWN FAMOUS PEOPLE 1850’s WAY OUT WEST – By Joe Fasthorse Harrill, SASS #48769 Joe Fasthorse Harrill, AApprriill SASS #48769 Marshal Evett Nix to rid the By Ellsworth T. Kincaid, Oklahoma Territory of the infa- Life/Regulator #6037 mous Bill Doolin Gang. Along with Thomas, Nix enlisted Chris 4 April 1850 Levi Strauss arrives in San Francisco with canvas for tents. Madsen and Bill Tilghman 19 April 1850 The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (John Clayton, U.S. Secretary of State who formed a triumvirate and British diplomat Sir William Bulwer) is signed by the United known as the “Oklahoma States and Britain. The treaty concerned the construction of a canal Guardsmen.” Thomas across the Isthmus of Panama and declared that neither nation was served as a Confederate to “obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said Army courier when he was ship-canal.” This treaty will be annulled in 1881 and again in 1901 only 12 years old. As a when the U.S. gains almost exclusive canal rights. detective in Texas, Thomas 23 April 1850 As thousands of prospectors flood into California, the Quechan was known among outlaws (Yuma) Indians attack a ferry transporting gold seekers across the as a man to avoid. Thomas Colorado River. This attack leads to the construction of Fort Yuma. shot and killed Doolin in 1 April 1851 Western Union Telegraph is established to provide communications 1896 at a farmhouse in west of the Mississippi River. Lawson as he was preparing to 13 April 1851 During the Mariposa Indian Wars, California soldiers attack a HECK THOMAS was one of the flee the Oklahoma Territory with Chowchilla Indian village. Much of the village is destroyed, yet most of the Indians escape. lawmen recruited in 1893 by U.S. his wife and small son. 24 April 1851 Morgan Earp is born in Pella, Iowa. 29 April 1851 One in a series of treaties with California Indians is signed at Camp Barbour. These treaties promise to set aside lands for the Indians and to protect them from Americans. 26 April 1854 Fearing the spread of slavery with the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which 8 April 1853 Exploration begins for a railroad route between the 47th and 49th introduced the doctrine of popular sovereignty, permitting all U.S. parallels. territories to have self-government in all matters, including slavery, abolitionists in Boston form the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid 1 April 1854 Learning the Territory of Kansas was opening soon, Isaac Cody and Society to settle Kansas with anti-slave pioneers. his family, including eight-year-old Will Cody, pack their belongings and move from Iowa to stake their claim. 29 April 1855 Colonel Fauntleroy and four companies from Fort Massachusetts in southern Colorado attack the Ute on the Arkansas River near Chalk 4 April 1854 Discussions are held with Hawaiian King Kamehameha III regard- Creek. Forty Indians are killed, children are captured, and supplies ing annexation of Hawaii by the United States to prevent threats seized. from foreigners. The world’s major powers guarantee Hawaii’s free- dom and the idea of annexation dies. 4 April 1856 Lieutenant Philip Sheridan writes that six Vancouver Indians were murdered near his fort in the Lower Cascades, Washington 6 April 1854 Fort Phantom Hill, located north of Abilene, Texas, is abandoned. Territory. The murders were committed by six well-armed settlers. The fort was often visited by local Comanche, Lipan Apache, Kiowa, The victims, including a three-year-old boy, were family members of and Kickapoo. Chief Spencer. 18April 1856 Lieutenant Sheridan buries the six Vancouver Indians murdered on April 4. 21 April 1856 The 1st bridge across the Mississippi is completed. It extends from Davenport, Iowa to Rock Island, Illinois, and is open for railroad traffic. 12 April 1858 In one of his first addresses to the people of Salt Lake City, Utah, Governor Alfred Cummings states they must allow Federal troops into the city. People panic and some 30,000 Saints pack their belong- ings and desert the area north of the city for the town of Provo to the south. Only a few men stay behind who are directed to torch the town if they are to be taken over. 4 April 1859 Composer Daniel Emmett gives a premiere performance of his song “Dixie.” Though he wrote and sang about wishing to be down south in the land of cotton, he chose to sing the song on Broadway. 15 April 1859 Traditional full-blood and mixed-blood Cherokees organize the Keetoowah Society. 18 April 1859 The Leavenworth and Pike’s Pike Express Company has a trial run between Fort Leavenworth and the gold fields of the Kansas Territory with its stagecoach service. 19 April 1859 Fort Mojave is built on the banks of the Colorado River in Arizona to protect the “area” from Mojave and Paiute at Beal’s Crossing. April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 61

THE GUNS OF BILLY THE KID A New Documentary DVD from Varmint Media

Review by Ellsworth T. Kincaid, SASS Life #6037

A DVD Hollywood refused that is prominently dis- to produce ... played in the only ure, there are documentaries pro- authenticated photo- Sfiling Jesse James, Billy the Kid, graph of the Kid. Also the Gunfight at the OK Corral, and investigated is the leg- other legendary Old West topics. But end of Billy shooting releasing a documentary with an Marshal Robert Olinger emphasis on GUNS??? Well, it’s just with Olinger’s own 10- carried a brace of Bulldogs into the not politically correct. gauge Whitney shotgun, Battle at the Little Bighorn). Producers Tim Evans (aka filled with silver dimes. The Guns of Billy the Kid DVD is Hambone Farquhar, SASS #64309) Sherayko and Zeug aimed at Old West enthusiasts, his- and Susan Lutz, the creators of demonstrate the effects tory buffs, Cowboy Action Shooters, Varmint Media, decided to remedy of a double-load of silver and gun collectors. In addition to this oversight with the production of dimes through the bar- the story of Billy the Kid and his “The Guns of Billy the Kid.” Both rels of a historic 10- guns, this DVD includes gun- individuals have extensive careers in gauge shotgun. In fact, smithing notes, costuming tips, and network and cable television, and these historic guns are clips from some of Hollywood’s they have produced numerous Hosts Peter Sherayko (r) and Larry Zeug taken to the range and famous – and strangest – film ver- examine an 1878 .41 caliber Colt Thunderer. award-winning documentaries for operated with blackpow- sions of Billy the Kid. the History Channel, Discovery van West Productions’ master gun- der loads used in the Old West and The Guns of Billy the Kid is Channel, and National Geographic. smith Larry Zeug, who has supplied compared with today’s replicas. available now through Amazon.com, To accomplish their goal of producing period-correct firearms for dozens of Finally, the filmmakers introduce or go to www.gunsofbillythekid.com, smaller projects for a niche market, feature films as well as documen- what is believed to be the actual or you can order it through your they formed Varmint Media. taries on the History Channel and handgun carried by Tunstall and local bookstore. Fortunately for us SASS members, Discovery Channel. taken off his body by Billy and car- Look for a continuation of this Today Billy the ried as a backup gun by Billy series from Varmint Media with Kid is infamous. Not throughout … a .44 caliber “British GUNS OF DOC HOLLIDAY and bad for a punk kid set Bulldog,” discovered in a New Mexico GUNS OF DEADWOOD, both in on revenge. With the barn sale years ago (side note: Custer pre-production. killing of his boss, Englishman John Henry Tunstall on GIVE TO THE February 18, 1878, the SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION Kid and others formed (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) the Regulators and sought their revenge. MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! From that time until Pat Garrett put a slug into Billy on the evening of July 14, THREE RARITIES 1881 Billy had a run A Whitney-Kennedy repeater, a Colt Thunderer, and a British Bulldog—rarely seen in Western of the New Mexico movies, but all carried by Billy the Kid. Territory. A man see- king revenge becomes the niche here is the Old West, a fugitive from the law. What kind of firearms, and spewing lead. firearms would such a man opt for? Evans and Lutz enlisted the aid This documentary reveals the of the multi-talented actor, Peter Kid’s favorite revolver was a “self- Sherayko, best known for his por- cocker” and not a Colt Peacemaker. trayal of “Texas Jack Vermillion” in The handgun of choice was a .41 cal- the 1993 Western Tombstone. It was iber Colt Thunderer. And it was this author/historian Peter Sherayko and gun he held when Garrett’s bullet his Caravan West Productions that took Billy’s pathetic life. greatly influenced the accuracy of The guns Billy the Kid used and the movie Tombstone, creating the examined by this documentary may authentic “look” and feel, and shap- come as a surprise. Explained is why ing it into the cult classic it has Billy favored the Winchester over the become. Joining Sherayko is Cara- Colt handgun. It is the Winchester Page 62 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

KNOTT’S BERRY FARM’S GHOST TOWN A Pictorial Retrospective 1940~1968 By Dave Bourne, aka Lobo Ranger, SASS #18657 Book Review by Ellsworth T. Kincaid, SASS Life/Regulator #6037

s a kid growing up in Southern California dur- “authentic” look that allowed a small Aing the “hey-day” of Westerns in the 1950s and boy’s mind to wander back to the late 1960s, I would beg my parents to take me to 1800s, acting the sheriff and protect- Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, about an hour ing settlers from the bad guys. or so drive (without freeways in those days) from Interestingly, “the idea for the Ghost where we lived near Torrance Beach. The rides Town was to entertain the long lines of folks wait- Saloon of Judge Roy Bean fame was carefully con- offered at Knott’s Berry Farm weren’t as thrilling ing to get into the Chicken Dinner Restaurant!” structed in 1947 for the Ghost Town. as those at Disneyland, just a few miles away, but Mr. Knott not only entertained the folks, but he In his introduction, author Bourne mentions the food was fantastic (chicken fried steak and also educated them “in the ways of the pioneers.” the Wagon Camp, home of the Wagonmasters. This creamy gravy … just like mom and dad made, but That is, “the principle of self reliance, with no gov- was an encampment of eighteen covered wagons then they were from Oklahoma and knew how to ernment help, was the foundation of this spirit so creating a perimeter for a stage where performers cook “Southern”). The draw for me was Knott’s prevalent in the pioneer settlers of the Old West.” entertained. I remember sitting inside one of those Berry Farm’s Ghost Town. I enjoyed walking Walter Knott had done his homework in build- wagons and my mom pointing to an inscription on down the wooden boardwalks, swaggering like ing the Ghost Town as genuinely as possible. the canvas top and telling a young Ellsworth that John Wayne, Randolph Scott, or Hoppy, Gene, or Some of the buildings were authentic; dismantled she had made the inscription during her trek from Roy. Disneyland had its “Frontier Land,” and I and transported to the site, and reconstructed Oklahoma to California. Of course I believed her! liked that one too, but Knott’s Ghost Town had an with care. An exact replica of The Jersey Lilly (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 63

(Continued from previous page) or for building a Western Town, this is And was thrilled to be sitting in that a must have just to see the many pho- COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING very wagon! Never got a chance to tographs of the Ghost Town. ask her if she was just joshing with Thanks Dave, for the memories. SPECIAL SHOOTERS PACKAGE me … Knott’s Berry Farm and its Ghost Of course, Dave Bourne has his Town were truly magical. And it still own memories since he started work- exists today! 1892 LEVER ACTION RIFLES $$ SAVE $$ ing there in the summer of 1958 … Author Dave Bourne has been he must have been very young! It active in SASS for many years. He wasn’t long before he was playing the has played his piano at numerous piano at the Calico Saloon and was END of TRAIL’s, the SASS Conven- 1878 EXPOSED HAMMER SHOTGUN soon asked to join the Wagon- tion in Las Vegas, and many other masters, working there until 1962. SASS events over the years. His On page 72 and 73 we finally get a CDs of Saloon Piano music, Volumes glimpse of Dave from 1959 and 1960 I through IV, are excellent and repre- 1873 GREAT WESTERN II CALIFORNIANS … you haven’t changed a bit, Dave! sentative of the hurdy-gurdy saloons And yes, Dave, I remember “Sheriff from the past (go to saloonpiano.com John” Rovick. to purchase them). You may recall author Bourne as You can order this limited edition the piano player at the Gem Saloon in pictorial for $29 by sending checks or HBO’s DEADWOOD series. He has money orders payable to: done a marvelous job with this picto- Dave Bourne, $$ SAVE $$ rial in bringing back the images of Box 173, those yesteryears of my childhood. If Agoura Hills, CA 91376-0173 you visited Knott’s Berry Farm back KNOTT’S BERRY FARM’S then or ever wanted to, this pictorial GHOST TOWN SASS MEMBERS: deserves a place on your shelf. Those A Pictorial Retrospective, 1940~1968 of you needing ideas for building Author: Dave Bourne SAVE BIG ON ACOMPLETE SHOOTERS PACKAGE props for your club’s different stages 88 Pages, Publication Date: 2006 OF ASHOTGUN,RIFLE &TWO REVOLVERS. COWBOY GUN $ 00 ORDER DESK VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE CATALOG 5 (800) 430-1310 AT Fax: 949-756-0133 E.M.F.Co.,Inc. www.emf-company.com WWW.SASSNET.COM 1900 E. Warner Ave., Suite 1-D, Santa Ana, California 92705 Page 64 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

TAYLOR’S & CO. UBERTI FACTORY GATED 1858 REMINGTON .45 COLT CARTRIDGE CONVERSION By Tuolumne Lawman, SASS Life #6127

forged frame, factory gated cartridge conversions in .45 Colt for me to eval- uate, I was ecstatic. I have always wanted to own an original, but they are scarce and expensive, as well as Tuolumne Lawman, not being practical to shoot in SASS #6127 Cowboy Action Shooting™ matches. I never dreamed anyone would actu- have always been fond of what ally make a reproduction of a Re- Iother people consider to be “off- mington factory conversion, but beat” guns. While the vast majority Uberti surprised me. I haven’t been of the Cowboy Action Shooting™ this excited since Taylor’s began community embraces Marlin 1894’s, importing .56–50 Spencer Carbines! Winchester 1873’s, Colt SAA and Remington New Model Army their clones, I opt for the less popu- Conversion History lar: Spencer carbines, Henry rifles, The American Civil war created external hammered double shotguns, an enormous demand for firearms of and cartridge conversion revolvers. every kind. Designers and manufac- Taylor’s/Uberti 1858 gated factory cartridge conversion .45 Colt. In a large part, this fixation on less tures pushed the limits with new popular firearms is due to my affini- designs and production methods. exclusive rights to Rollin White’s study of Colt Conversions and Other ty for the early years of the West, Existing firearms manufacturers patent on “bored through revolver Percussion Revolvers,” 4,574 of the such as Colt and cylinders.” This meant Colt, Reming- Remington New Model .44 Army Remington moved ton, and others could only produce Revolvers were converted to this .46 over and made percussion style revolvers. Bored caliber rim-fire round for the US room for the likes of through cylinders were an absolute Army between 1868 and 1869. Smith Christian Spencer necessity for cartridge revolvers. and Wesson received a $1 per gun and Oliver Win- This gave Smith and Wesson a virtu- royalty. These new cartridge conver- chester. The first al monopoly on metallic cartridge sion Remingtons were very popular widely successful revolvers. Just after the Civil War, with the US troops on the frontier. Remington revolver however, Remington decided to pay Eventually with the Rollin White was the New Model the licensing fee to Smith and Patent expiring, Remington began Army in .44 caliber. Wesson in order to convert the huge making numerous cartridge conver- While we generally stocks of percussion .44 caliber New sion revolvers. Remington reworked (and erroneously) Model Army revolvers (1858’s) for re- their percussion revolvers, using a Close up of the 1858 Conversion’s loading gate. refer to it as a issue to the US Army. They convert- newly manufactured cylinder and “Model 1858,” it ed the New Model Army .44s to a five altered the revolver recoil plate. especially the years following was actually introduced in 1861 after shot cartridge revolvers using the Within several years, many Reming- America’s Civil War. Being an avid the beginning of the Civil War. The “.46 French” caliber rim-fire. Accor- ton New Model Army revolvers were Civil War re-enactor, I realize most of “1858” actually refers to the patent ding to Mc Dowell in his book “A (Continued on next page) the guns that opened the Wild West date. This New Model Army revolver were Civil War firearms, or Civil War from Remington was second only to firearms with mechanical improve- the Colt in its numbers and in its ments. The Remington .44 caliber popularity. Part of its popularity was New Model Army revolvers were due to its reputation that its one- some of the most popular handguns piece frame was sturdier than the in both the Civil War and the post- inherently weaker two-piece frame of Civil War eras. These same Reming- the 1851 and 1860 Colts. In fact, Colt tons were also the second most com- later adopted the Remington style monly converted revolvers to fire one-piece frame for its 1873 Single self-contained metallic cartridges. Action Army. Even in the firearms Cartridge Conversion Reming- industry, imitation is the sincerest tons have always held a fascination from of flattery! for me since I handled an original Self-contained metallic cartridges New Model Army cartridge conver- in Smith & Wesson, Henry, and sion at a gun shop in Sonora, CA Spencer firearms became immensely about 12 years ago. It was a .45 popular during the Civil War. There French rim-fire version. When was no doubt they represented the Tammy Loy of Taylor’s told me she future of firearms. Until 1871, how- had one of the new Uberti 1858 ever, Smith and Wesson held the April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 65 (Continued from previous page) either .45 Colt or .45 S&W Schofield also being converted to be six shot .44 ammunition. The cylinder face is Remington center fire. This .44 cal- rebated for enclosing the cartridge iber cartridge was simply Reming- case rims completely. While it is a ton’s version of the already successful nice feature, and is period correct, it .44 Martin (Colt) center fire car- makes it a little difficult to ensure the tridge. The Remington .36 caliber empty chamber is under the hammer percussion Navy sized revolvers were at the loading table. Uberti has used likewise converted to both .38 Long what is generally referred to as a Rim Fire and .38 Central Fire. Many “heavy plate” conversion on this of the .38 and smaller caliber revolver. This thicker plate assembly revolvers were modified using a two- is usually associated with the piece cylinder and no modification to Remington Navy models converted to the recoil plate of the revolver (a la .38 Central Fire, rather than the .44 today’s R&D Cylinder). Army conversions. The Army models Both the .44s and .38s had a mod- generally had a “thin plate” conver- ified recoil plate with a loading notch Close up of the 1858 Conversion’s ejector rod assembly. sion, being less than half the thick- milled into the right side of the per- ness of the “heavy plate” conversions. cussion revolver’s frame. An addi- mas package with my new Mattel brands of Italian replica blackpow- A period Remington advertisement tional assembly with a loading gate “Fanner 50” set in it! I was not dis- der handguns. The rifling is deep in an Army publication of the times, and frame mounted firing pin was appointed. The new forged frame and crisp, which is good for those however, shows a picture of a .44 New also added. Then, either a shortened Uberti 1858 .45 Colt conversion from who shoot blackpowder loads. Model Army revolver with a heavy percussion cylinder that had been Taylor’s & Co. is exceptionally nicely The trigger pull on the 1858 car- plate conversion, though no examples bored through, or a newly manufac- done. The deep blue-black finish is tridge conversion is very nice, proba- have been encountered. Even if the tured bored through cylinder were smooth and even, and highly pol- bly due at least in part to the lighter heavy plate is not entirely correct for fitted. Some Remington cartridge ished. The brass trigger guard is hammer spring than found on other an Army Model, I can certainly for- conversions had a simple ejector rod also polished. The 1858 conversion brands of 1858 replicas. It broke give them this slight infraction. mechanism attached to the right side has perfect metal-to-metal fit. The clean and smooth at about 2-1/2 (AUTHOR’S NOTE: After writ- of the barrel/loading lever. The ejec- hammer and trigger appear to have pounds. The hammer pull is also ing this article, I actually located an tor rod had a small “flag type” protru- been case hardened. All of the fairly light, but not so light it made original New Model Army with a sion at the muzzle end that was Uberti 1858 Remingtons have a ignition unreliable. All Uberti 1858s, heavy plate conversion and loading locked in place by the loading lever in much wider and more comfortable whether percussion or cartridge con- gate in .45 Colt. It was on the James the closed position. In order to use trigger than the Colts. In my case, versions, have a main spring tension- D. Julia antique firearms auction the ejector, the revolver was placed in the wide Remington trigger seems to ing screw in the front of the grip. By site. He states: half cock, and the loading lever help me with my trigger pull. unscrewing this screw or tightening “SCARCE REMINGTON NEW unlocked and dropped slightly, free- The metal finish and wood to it, you can adjust the hammer pull MODEL ARMY CONVERSION RE- ing the end of the ejector rod. (See metal fit was also excellent on the and falling force of the hammer. VOLVER. Cal. 45 Colt CF. SN full description later in article). Uberti 1858 conversion revolvers. The recoil shield of the Uberti fac- 84632. Blued finish with 8” oct bbl The Remington cartridge con- The grips are two-piece walnut, with tory gated conversion has a cartridge with three line bbl markings, pinched versions in .38 CF and rim-fire, .44 a varnished finish common to most loading notch milled out it. Uberti front sight, 2-pc walnut grips with CF, and .46 Rim-fire were produced other 1858 replicas. (I plan on strip- incorporates a machined assembly cartouche. These revolvers are said to in huge numbers. Some were actu- ing mine, and giving them a period added into the rear of the cylinder have been converted to cartridge by ally converted to .45 Colt by various correct oil finish.) The eight-inch opening that has a frame mounted Osgood Gun Shop, Bangor, Maine gunsmiths (see later note). Reming- octagonal barrel has a historically firing pin and spring loaded loading around the turn of the century.”) ton kept producing cartridge con- correct Remington “shaved post” gate mounted into it, just as The Uberti Factory Gated Car- version revolvers until the No. 3 design front sight, which is dove- Remington did on their original car- tridge Conversion features a period Army Model of 1875 was released, tailed into the front of the barrel. tridge conversions. This assembly is correct duplication of an original also in .44 Remington, then in .44 This is one of the best features of all held securely in place by a single Remington cartridge conversion WCF, and finally some in .45 Colt the Uberti made 1858’s, percussion screw, attaching it to the revolver’s ejector rod. It is a simple ejector rod for the Indian Police. or conversion. It allows you to adjust recoil plate. A shortened, bored- mechanism attached to the right UBERTI 1858 .45 Colt Gated the windage to your sight picture through cylinder in .45 Colt is added. side at the junction of the barrel and Factory Cartridge Conversion and favorite load. The Remington’s The timing, indexing, and lock-up of loading lever. The rod slips through I can’t tell you how excited I was rear sight notch in the frame is wide the cartridge cylinder were perfect. a machined piece that is inset into the day I got the 1858 gated car- and deep. The barrel is well The cylinder resembles a standard, the front bottom edge of the barrel tridge conversion! It was like being crowned, and the bore is centered in though shortened, 1858 percussion where the cylinder pin passes 10 years old and opening the Christ- the barrel, a concern on some other cylinder. It has six chambers for (Continued on page 84) Page 66 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

LONERIDER LEATHER By Captain George Baylor, SASS Life #24287

should start out by saying Jack tion and protection IHouston is my friend and has been they wanted, but we almost from the beginning of my use the guns a lot years in SASS. We’re both haunted more. We also don’t by our misspent youths. During the wear them out in the late Southeast Asian Unpleasant- rain, snow, heat, and ness, Jack commanded a PBR. cold every day as That’s a “Patrol Boat River” in Navy they did. speak. Two of them were blown out So, some subtle from under him. The Navy promot- changes were called ed him each time, making him the for. The top of the youngest full lieutenant in the fleet holster got a curved at the time. Twice small Navy boats lip to increase the with lots of firepower took me and funnel effect and Miss Annie Bellum, SASS #10379, The entire “Captain” rig, for 7.5" barreled guns, models her custom made my merry men upriver and covered make one-handed re- with Colt SAAs. LoneRider Leather B-Western rig. us while we did our dirty deeds, so I holstering a snap. have a little bit of a feel for what he pretty good holsters for them from Dropping a gun will ruin your whole was doing—and a lot of respect. someone else. But I wanted some- weekend. Evil Roy had clued me People who know me also know I thing I couldn’t get from the big into grasping the weak hand pistol wouldn’t use and tout something firms. I started talking to Jack. I lower than a firing made by a friend unless it was worth sent him the cover for “Packing Iron.” grip, around the wearing and touting. I’m a pretty It shows a carved Mexican double frame and trigger tough critic of things I use myself. I loop holster. I wanted that with a few guard, leaving the won’t suffer an inadequate piece of modifications for what we do. grip open for the equipment very long. It has to work, We do some things the old time strong hand to and work well. cowboys didn’t. take it away from Jack’s father was a B-Western 1. We reholster on the clock. the weak. So a actor who used the stage name of Shooting two guns, we have to draw lower top was Jack Houston in several Lone Rider one gun and return it to the holster called for. while simultaneous- I had also dis- ly reaching for the covered that old other. time cowboys, 2. If we use two even though cash strong side holsters, was short, would Mexican Double Loop “updated” for we usually have to pay the extra Cowboy Action Shooting™ usage, shift the gun to the $1.50 (a day and a heavily carved. Modeled after Mexican Single Loop rig, 3" wide carved belt. strong hand from half to two days cover of “Packing Iron.” movies in the forties. The star of the the weak hand and back and then wages) for floral Lone Rider series had been George back into the holster carving. So I wan- Houston, but he had died. The stu- 3. We wear two holsters during ted the rig carved. Modeled after dio kept the “Houston” and let Jack relatively athletic pursuits, so we The rig that John King use his real first name. When Jack, need the same sort of firearms reten- came from Jack Fisher’s real the son, finally got around to joining was quite impres- tiger skin SASS, he wanted The Lone Rider as sive. It held the chaps, these didn’t hurt any an alias. But, someone else had guns well and was cats. This out- beaten him to it by just a few num- fast. It also fit won the Best bers (moral: join SASS as soon as looked good. I Dressed Classic possible!) So he became “Jack Hous- used it a couple of Cowboy at the ton, Starring as The Lone Rider.” years … still do 2005 SASS Sadly, we have been unable to find when shooting Convention. any existing prints of those movies. 7.5" Ruger Old Armies. When Jack started shooting When they became available I Cowboy Action Shooting™, he switched to 5-1/2" Ruger Old Armies. dressed B-Western from day one, I eventually came to the conclusion I and he wore buscadero rigs, includ- should have 5-1/2" holsters. We col- laborated on this rig. ing one his father had used in the Close up of the carving— movies. Like many SASS people, he The holsters are single loop This guy is good! started making leather gear. I noted design, which is authentic for that his early efforts were pretty 1870s–1890s. They’re dropped a bit, supporting the holster and thus like- good, and each one was better than Captain Baylor’s not enough for B-Western, but not ly to stretch out. The lip on the top of the previous one. Mexican Single Loop, too much for Classic Cowboy. Some the holster is rolled outward like all When I started shooting 7-1/2” for 5-1/2" barreled guns, modern tricks are used in the back to of the competitive rigs. Re-holster- Ruger Old Armies, I got a pair of heavily carved. secure things so the single loop is not (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 67 (Continued from previous page) used are top quality. ing is easy. If I miss this one, it’s my Expect to pay more own fault. The holster is stiff. It for it than his regu- won’t collapse when the gun is lar rigs. removed. The stiffness comes from Since about 10% thick, quality leather, not steel or of his business is Kydex lining. Jack made a 3" belt fancy B-Western rigs, I asked Jack for pictures of some of his best B-Western Rigs. He didn’t have Fancy Buscadero rig for Katt R. Wallen. any! He had to ask customers to send for ease of draw. I wear them just in him pictures! The rig shown was front of the point of the hip. made for Katt-R-Wallen. It looks The rig on the cover of “Packing Iron” served as inspiration The rig is secure and fast. Jack like it belongs in a 1930’s western, for the “Captain” rig. didn’t put hammer thongs on them. and it works very well. That’s authentic, but I asked him to Jack also does leather work that isn’t holsters and gunbelts. The Copied from the 1895 Montgomery add them. They’re not in the pic- Wards catalog, a carved double tiger-striped chaps shown won best buckle hatband. tures, but they’re there now. Dump dressed Classic Cowboy at the 2005 one pistol while shagging brass, and SASS Convention. I had asked him you’ll want thongs. to duplicate John King Fisher’s tiger Take a look at the picture of the skinned chaps, but using tiger- close-up of the carving. This guy is striped leather. They are appropri- GOOD! The rig is probably too nice ately fancy and well made. to actually use in Cowboy Action He also duplicated the double Shooting™, but I do anyway. buckle hatband from the 1895 Jack used the finest leather and Montgomery Wards Catalog, using a thread and the like—thick, heavy, copy of the ad. strong leather that won’t get out of Also note LoneRider Leather is a Double Buckle hatband ad in the 1895 Montgomery Wards catalog. shape. Most of Jack’s reputation is one-man operation. Everything is for w-a-a-a-y underpriced rigs. done by Jack, not a sweatshop in because the carving pattern needed While customers buying his “get my Nuevo Laredo (though he’ll probably 3". It is very stable. It doesn’t have name out to the public super-bargain tell you he works sweatshop hours belt loops because someone shooting rigs” got more than they paid for, and pay.) Jack’s website is percussion pistols wouldn’t have they got affordable leather. Much of http://www.loneriderleather.com, them, so the belt could be carved, too. his custom work now is using the and he can be reached at lonerider The holsters are angled a bit forward really good stuff. All of the materials Katt R. Wallen’s Buscadero holster. [email protected]. Page 68 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

e e VALLEY VARMINT, DEAD EYE DUGAN, SASS #18974 SASS #31224 By Sam McRill, SASS #4708 November 5, 1944 – January 3, 2007 Valley Varmint, aka Larry Thanksgiving. By His Son-in-law, Berea Bandit, SASS #37666 Zuknick, SASS #18974, left for the He will be last roundup on December 18th, 2006 long remem- Berea, KY – Just before daybreak on after a six year battle with cancer bered for his wit, his big heart, and the morning of January 3, 2007, my and heart disease. Born in 1946 in his good soul. He was a real Pard and father- in -law, Dead Eye Dugan left Annapolis, Maryland, he lived in the True Friend. this earth to be with those who Sarasota, Florida area for his work- On December 22nd his fellow passed before him. He will be greatly ing life. Valley Varmint recently SASS shooters, as The Hole-in-the- missed by all his family and friends. retired from automotive bodywork Head Gang, attended his funeral and Included in the family, Dead Eye where he had managed Body Shops gave him a shotgun salute at the would have said it was those he shot for several area Auto Dealers and graveside service. Two members with in the Single Action Shooting individuals. were seen dropping a couple of Society. He was a long time member of the “extra” shotgun shells in with him for He loved to shoot and looked for- Dead Eye Dugan (l) and Single Action Shooting Society and the “Main Match” and remarking, ward to any match his health allowed Berea Bandit proudly pose with Dead Eye’s stained-glass also a member of the local Old West “He won’t need ‘em. Ain’t no misses him to go to. He was so confident this church window. Reenactors group, “The Hole-in-the- in that match!” sport was for him he was willing to Head Gang,” AKA OWLHOOTS, Valley Varmint is survived by his join as a Life member even after his doctor had told him he had about a for many years. He endured loving wife of 35 years, Pot Shot Peg, 20% chance of living one year. That was over six years ago and a quadru- his malady Cowboy style, qui- SASS #19875, as well as siblings, ple bypass heart surgery. He told me about Cowboy Action Shooting™ etly and carrying on as family, and many friends in the area. before his surgery, but he had never had a chance to try it, and at that time long as he could, Truly “A man to ride the river with” he wasn’t even sure if he would ever get to. Doctors informed us he would recently “robbing the and a Dear Friend, he will be truly never live through the surgery, but as time went on, we were told he would- train” with his Pards and sorely missed by us all. Happy n’t live without it. After the surgery, he was determined that shooting the weekend before Trails, Pard!! Cowboy Action was the one thing he would do before he left this earth. With determination in mind, Dead Eye purchased the gear to start shooting the very next season. The season was ready to start, and yet he wasn’t fully recovered, so he told me to try it in his place. I was hooked Handlebar Doc at the first match and couldn’t wait until he had recovered enough to come with me. He finally got to go to some of the matches. Some he par- Shooting Schools ticipated in, and some all he had the strength for was to sit and watch, but he was there encouraging, and giving advice on how I could improve. As time went on, by the next season he was able to attend more and more matches. When the word came out more RO’s were needed for matches, he was the first to say we were going for it. The more involved he could be, the more he enjoyed. He didn’t stop at RO-I. He went on to attend class for RO-II as well. Hooten Old Town was his favorite place to shoot and visit with friends. When the Regulators decided to add a church to the town, Dead Eye was the first to volunteer his services the only way he could. One of EW HOTGUN NOCK OWN ARGET the hobbies he picked up while recovering from surgery was stained N S K -D T !!! glass. He planned and designed for weeks until he felt he had the per- Shot at EOT, NE Regional, fect window for the church. With the help of myself and my wife he fin- SW Regional and ished the window, and one of the greatest moments for us was seeing it installed in the church. Mule Camp As time went on, Dead Eye’s health started to decline. We were able to go to some matches together late this summer. The last one was December’s match at Hooten. I am so thankful he was able to stay with us and enjoy Cowboy Shooting Schools Action Shooting™ for this long. Private Lessons We will all miss him very much. Group Schools One on One Via Video Focusing on your VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM individual needs ADVERTISING INFORMATION www.handlebardoc.com ASK FOR Handlebar Doc 903-732-5245 - [email protected] ~ DONNA ~ (EXT. 118) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 69

e e COLEMAN PITTS, SASS #1581 By H. B. Lovett, SASS #31793

Mankato, MN – Coleman Pitts, sports all of his life. He raced aka Dwight “Rex” Hoffman Mac- motorcycles, stock cars, midgets, beth checked out of our posse on autocross, and antique sprint cars. July 15, 2006 after a long battle He was a founding member of with a rare and terminal bone dis- the IMCA Old-Timer Racing ease. Coleman Pitts was instru- Association. He announced for the mental in starting Cowboy Action Northwest Midget Auto Racing Shooting™ in Minnesota. Association and the Arlington Proprietor of Guns of the Raceway for 15 years. Pioneers Museum and Gun Shop, Over 100 Cowboys and Cow- he had a lifelong interest in the girls attended a celebration of his history of the Old West. He was a life in full regalia and sent him off nationally known Cowboy and in a hail of gunfire dispensed from Gunfighter Poet and a Gunfighter many raised hoglegs. historian. He sat on the Board of Coleman Pitts is sur- the James-Younger Gang History vived by his wife Rosie, Association and was President three children, several elect of the National Outlaw and grand and great Lawman Association. He was also grand children, the voice of the Younger Brothers and a niece and capture reenactment. He was the nephew. founder of the Key City Cowboys. May he He was also involved in motor rest in peace.

MERCANTE, SASS #40988 By Fra Diabolo, SASS Life #55145 Secretary and Webmaster of Sweetwater Gunslingers SASS Austria

I have the sad task of sending the Action Shooters in Austria and was a news of the death of the Mercante. great supporter of this popular Mercante, aka Manfred shooting game. A good friend and Kaufmann, died on January companion, he always tried to do his 25, 2007 at the age of best in every situation. 47 years after a long Unfortunately, he died too early, battle against cancer. and we will miss him very much. We He was one of the will hold Mercante always in our first SASS Cowboy thoughts. Page 70 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007 WINTER RANGE – AN OUTSTANDING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP . . . It was quickly realized everyone can shoot whatever loads they want, (Continued from page 6) notice so they can conform. It was sport of ours. so long as they meet the minimum of the target. Low hits were ques- also noted no commercial ammuni- A suggestion that received guard- velocity threshold, and those who tionable with the lighter loads. tion will be certified as THE mini- ed, but favorable, support was the choose to vie for the very top spots SASS is proud to have Winter mum performance ammo. It is the notion of including multiple “bonus” will likely choose to adjust their loads Range as our National Champion- cowboy’s responsibility to make sure revolver targets in state and above to whatever turns out to be the most ship and looks forward to many more his ammo meets the minimum veloc- matches set at some yet to be deter- competitive levels. Something for years of competition at the Ben ity standard in his firearms. mined level of difficulty (amount of everyone. Avery Range. The second issue is the realiza- energy required to knock them over). Coyote Calhoun announced the Territorial Governors tion the lightest possible bullets As we do today for the Buckaroos, all Wild Bunch will make a policy deci- The Territorial Governors meet- traveling at the specified minimum anyone is required to do is ring the sion regarding minimums and ing during Winter Range was of spe- velocity will generally define the target to get a hit. Even a lightly announce the policy by END of cial interest this year. The last item most competitive loads, although loaded .32 can shoot a clean match! TRAIL. Any new policy will not go on the agenda was the “light load” several of the top shooters comment- However, if the target is successfully into effect before next year. Perhaps issue under discussion since the ed they actually like a little recoil … knocked over, the shooter is awarded there is light at the end of the tun- Convention. Clearly, there were pas- it gives them instant feedback they bonus points. nel—finally. sionate opinions across the spec- need when competing at the highest trum. When it became obvious there levels. were a number of incorrect assump- Most SASS members will agree tions in play, the conversation took a shooting the lightest of the light different turn. loads is not the game they joined ADVERTISING It was explained there are actu- SASS to play … and everyone with ally two issues being addressed. The an ounce of competitiveness in them first is a perceived safety issue. With knows lightly recoiling loads are the INFORMATION very light loads it is often difficult to key to successful competition. My distinguish between a good round calls for “competitive loads” in the and a squib. Hits are often difficult mid .38 caliber range have been ASK FOR to detect and score correctly. Slow- taken to mean there is a desire to moving, hard-cast bullets will some- disenfranchise the .32 caliber shoot- times bounce back, hitting folks on ers, driving those who choose to the firing line. The easy way to shoot that caliber, for whatever rea- ~ DONNA ~ resolve this perceived safety issue is son, out of the game. Nothing could (EXT. 118) Donna Oakley, SASS #13013 to set a minimum velocity for all be further from the truth … if that loads. The Wild Bunch has agreed were the intent, there would never this needs to be done, and the have been a call for a national dis- Territorial Governors in attendance cussion. The hard part has been to GIVE TO THE agreed this needs to be done. There find a way to keep the mainstream was no general agreement what that competitors shooting “honest” loads SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION velocity should be, but one will be (whatever we decide that might be) (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) established. When it is established, AND accommodate the lighter loads, MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! everyone will be given plenty of allowing everyone to enjoy this great

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THE GREAT PINEAPPLE ROUND UP SASS Hawaii State Championship By Lobo Negro, SASS #5394, LTG Regulator Photos by Reverend Alkali Al, SASS #53635, of Mr. Quigley Photography

aui, HI – The third annual roll and the pineapple shoot. A MHawaii State Championship pineapple is held up with a cord and was hosted by the Maui Marshals, the shooter must shoot down at least December 28-30, 2006. The beautiful 50% of the pineapple with a shotgun. grass covered range is across the It didn’t take long for the sweet smell street from the Pacific Ocean with the of pineapple to permeate the range. West Maui Mountains as a backdrop. The coconut roll is a hoot. With shot- Cowboys and cowgirls showed up gun, the shooter has to roll a coconut from the outer Islands and the main- out of a circle on the ground. land for side matches on Thursday The main match started on (Continued on page 85) Shooting on the beautiful Maui range is a Hawaii State Champions Rowdy Finn and far cry from what most folks see “way out Man and Over All Darning Daisy emerged as the west!” Here the entire posse gets together Rowdy Finn, Hawaii State Champions. for the traditional “photo op.” SASS #54595 Congratulations! Lady Darnin’ Daisy, and ten stages for the main match on SASS # 23748 Friday and Saturday. This year we Top Lady Adelada Rose, were particularly blessed with the SASS #3623 arrival of Alan and Lorrie Lott from Category Mr. Quigley Photography to film our Traditional Ranger Mike, SASS #21214 event. I’ll tell you, if Miss Lorrie don’t L Traditional Darnin Daisy, get your picture, no one could. SASS #23748 There were seven side matches on 49er Rowdy Finn, Thursday. In addition to the speed SASS #54595 pistol, speed rifle, and others, the most Duelist Bad Burt, fun was had by all with the coconut SASS #14215 F Cartridge Lobo Negro, SASS #5394 Gunfighter Curly Clark, SASS #41056 L 49er Paniolo Annie, SASS #71269 L Duelist Bank Robbin’-Robin, SASS #59040 L Senior Adelada Rose, SASS #3623 Senior Wrangel, SASS #2089 Modern Just Rooster Will Do, SASS #52205 Page 72 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007 B END of TRAIL 2007 B

(Continued from page 1) Earl Gleason, Bill Barwick, the event publications and put on and The Buckarettes on display in an exhibition of the his Wednesday and Thursday. work. In addition to the shooting Juni Fisher joins the lineup competition stages, END of TRAIL on Thursday and continues will follow the Classic Gunfight Friday and Saturday with theme throughout its entertainment, Kip Calahan, Jean costume contests, and exhibitions, Prescott, and The Sons of which will include speaking engage- the Rio Grande. Dave Bourne will add his brand of Honky Tonk Piano not only in the Tijeras during the day, but nightly in the Belle Union. The Eighter from Decatur, fiddle-play- ing phenomenon, Jess The fastest man with a gun who ever lived Meador, will join the lineup is coming to town. Bob Munden, who has held as will several other high all 18 world records in speed shooting since profile Western Enter- 1960, has astounded audiences world wide tainers. On the Charlie with his amazing fast-draw abilities. Goodnight Stage END of Munden’s fastest time, officially recorded in A very special series of New York by Guinness Book of World Records TRAIL alumni, Joe Bow- entertainment has been reserved for representatives, is a one and three-quarters man, Lafitte, Jim Dunham, Friday and Saturday nights. one hundredths of one second—which is less and Joey Dillon, will dazzle In the Belle Union Can-Can Dancers than one half of one half of one tenth audiences with their vari- will take to the stage along with a of one second! ety of story telling, magic, performance by none other than Mae West as portrayed by Peaches O’Day. This should be a hoot-hollering extravaganza JOE BOWMAN is a slice of the that is sure to be remembered! ‘OLD WEST’ come to life … a fast drawing, Straight Shootin’, TRAIL through the Mission gate larger-than-life TEXAN, who is one will encounter a Tee-Pee village of the best men anywhere mixed with spectacles of the Old with a gun. He is truly the West. An exhibition of traditional Master of Triggernometry! Spanish Barb horses, who are the ments with Bell and other of the true descendants of the nation’s most prolific Wild West Conquistadors and have enjoyed a authorities. resurgence of popularity and popu- The entertainment program for lation thanks to a group of breeders END of TRAIL 2007 begins on who have taken on the task of pre- Tuesday evening with D.J. music serving the beautiful and historical and dancing in the big tent and animals, will be included in this dis- Cowboy Karaoke in the Belle Union. play, and interspersed throughout the “village” will be chuck wagons Juni Fisher has the uncanny ability from around the Southwest who will to write songs that plumb the depths be participating in the annual END of your heart. First, her melodies of TRAIL Chuck Wagon Cooking captivate you and then her stories Contest. On the Silhouette Bay, Dr. Lafitte, Knight of the Green hold you spellbound. Her music Outpost One will have its array of Cloth has amazed and amused with gives voice to the soul. (Continued on next page) his “Magic and Tales of the Old and gun handling feats. Bob West” show throughout the United States. As “America’s Leading Munden will take to the Western Magician,” Lafitte has Bahia de Coto shooting bay performed at various fairs and with his performance of in- festivals, including Michael Martin credible shooting demonstra- Murphey’s Westfest, CMT’s Starfest, tions while TC Thorstenson The Rose Bowl, Winter Range, and and his Buffalo, Harvey Wall- END of TRAIL. He is “The World’s banger, Jr. amaze the crowds Only Bona Fide Doctor of Faro.” with their remarkable ani- For those interested in honing their mal/trainer relationship. two-stepping or Cowboy Cha-Cha Miss Tabitha also returns skills, Miss Tabitha will be holding with her ever-popular Ladies dance lessons just prior to the dance. Victorian Undergarment For SASS members outside our bor- show. Wednesday is also the Devon Dawson, known as ders, the International Reception time for the Territorial A successful professional singer for many “Miss Devon” (SASS #49096) will take place in the Belle Union. Governors Meeting, The years, Jean Prescott has been featured at the of Fort Worth, Texas, has garnered International Western Music Festival, The On Wednesday the Tijeras Corral top nominations nationally as SASS Life Member/Regu- World Championship Ranch Rodeo Finals, “Female Performer of the Year” stage lights up with a constant flow of lator Reception, the SASS The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of and “Songwriter of the Year” live music performances, all hosted by Wire Gathering, and the Fame, San Antonio Stock Show, and the by The Western Music Association Miss Devon Dawson. The lineup of Founders Club Reception. cowboy’s favorite Western Heritage Classic and The Academy of Western Artists. music entertainers to date includes Folks entering END of in Abilene, Texas, just to mention few. April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 73

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(Continued from previous page) Association Female Vocalist of period firearms, including several the Year, Juni Fisher, will Gatling guns in their camp. Folks entertain folks before and can shoot these guns for a nominal after the Buckaroo Bronze fee and feel the adrenaline of put- ceremony and the official ting lots of .45-70 rounds down opening of an art exhibition range … in a hurry! Several new featuring the works of Bob permanent buildings will be in Boze Bell will follow. Bell who place, including a new Tonto Rim is the author of the Classic Trading Company and Lindholm Gunfighter I and II books is Spurs building that is a replica of also the books’ illustrator. 16 one that currently sits on Denver of his original pieces will be Street in Universal Studios’ back put on exhibition and will be lot. for sale. Bell will also intro- On Wednesday evening Awards duce his new Classic for the day’s Side Matches will be Gunfighters III book at the presented and followed by the END Jim Dunham has spent most of his exhibition, and the silent auc- of TRAIL Opening Ceremonies. life pursuing his love of the tion for the Wyatt Earp por- American West. Although born in trait will begin. If all this Illinois, Dunham grew up influenced by the art of Charles M. Russell, isn’t enough, the Belle Union Frederick Remington, and the books will feature the annual Soiled of Will James. As a teenager he was Dove costume contest with active in the sport of Fast Draw and Dave Bourne on the piano! became accomplished at gun A very special series of spinning and fancy gun handling. entertainment has been He studied acting and Fine Arts at reserved for Friday and the University of Colorado and Saturday nights. In the Belle began performing a show about Union Can-Can Dancers will the Gunfighters of the Old West for service clubs and church groups. take to the stage along with a performance by none other trait will be the featured item in a than Mae West as portrayed silent auction that will benefit by Peaches O’Day. This O’Brian’s HOBY organization, which should be a hoot-hollering to date has more than 367,000 high extravaganza that is sure to school sophomore alumni. A limited be remembered! The Big Tent number of portrait glichee prints entertainment program for will be available for purchase. Friday and Saturday evening END of TRAIL has something for everyone— Hugh O’Brian had 50s “beefcake” Thursday night will be packed is still to be determined, but young, old, and folks in between. written all over him, but chose to with activities. 2006 Western Music will feature music and danc- There are games for the youngsters avoid the obvious typecast when ing and will be an opportunity in the Kiddie Corral, or they can setting up his career. By the time to mingle and visit with suit up and wander the streets just like their parents! he graduated from high school, he friends and acquaintances. had lettered in football, basketball, Saturday night is also the Best will start Cowboy Church with wrestling, and track. He enlisted in Dressed Costume Contest with Reverend Dave Bunce, aka Jericho the Marine Corps at age 18. In 1954, Hugh was offered the awards presented by Cat Ballou. Wall, at 8:00 a.m. followed by Colt’s starring role in “The Life and On Sunday an earlier schedule High Noon Shootout at 9:00 a.m. Legend of Wyatt Earp” on TV. The Top Gun Shoot-Off begins at It became a mainstay hit and 10:30 a.m. with the Action Shooting Hugh an “overnight” star. He is the Awards beginning at 1:00 p.m. This founder of HOBY (Hugh O’Brian year the Mounted Shooting Awards Youth Leadership), which seeks out will be held separately in the Wah and helps recognize leadership Maker Arena at 11:00 a.m., and with potential in high school sophomores. the Side Match Awards being pre- Among the cannon fire welcome and sented on Wednesday, this year’s civil war honor guard with be a spe- Award Ceremony should be short cial presentation designed to kick off and sweet! the 26th annual event in grand style. END of TRAIL has something to Befitting a Classic Gunfight offer everyone involved in SASS or theme, actor Hugh O’Brian, best the Western Lifestyles World. It is known as the title role character in World Champion Gunslinger truly designed for this wide variety the Television Western series, “The Joey Dillon has been performing of people interested in the Old West. Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,” will professionally nationwide for years If you like to shoot, there is tons of be presented with the Bronze with his unique display of cowboy shooting. If entertainment or dress- Buckaroo Award on Thursday six-gun handling. He has been ing up is your bag, it’ll be all you can evening by True West Magazine’s named “Best trick and Fancy Gun do just to keep up with the schedule. Bob Boze Bell. The actor, who also Handler” by True West Magazine. The END of TRAIL chuck wagons If you simply like to ponder or revel not only provide a festive, “Old West” founded the Hugh O’Brian Youth He has won the Gunspinning World in the atmosphere of the Old West, Championship in Deadwood atmosphere, they are an attractive (HOBY) Leadership program almost South Dakota numerous times, the source for breakfast, lunch, and just slip back in time and come to 50 years ago, will also be presented Wild West Arts Club Championship dinner, and the cook-off provides Founders Ranch and be part of END with a portrait by Boze Bell of in Las Vegas, and has shown mouth-watering delicacies of TRAIL. It is truly an experience O’Brian as Wyatt Earp. This por- no signs of slowing down. that must be tasted to be believed! for everyone! Page 74 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

TEN GREAT YEARS: THE SHOOTOUT AT GIVHAN’S FERRY; SOUTH CAROLINA’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP By Henry McKenna, SASS Life #700

idgeville, South Carolina – In Rthe late ‘80’s I wound up living in the Mohave Desert, courtesy of my Henry McKenna, employment with Uncle Sam. I SASS Life #700 rather liked the desert, actually, and had especially looked forward to liv- exactly what happened, but it was ing in California so I might get a only temporary … at least the part chance to participate in an activity I about the “guns on the wall.” had only been reading about: an Ya’ see, several years later a good event known as END of TRAIL. friend was over at our house in Charleston and looking at the pic- Cake was served in honor of the tures from END of TRAIL. I gave 231st Birthday of the Marine Corps him a copy of a then-recent 14 page on November 10th. Ghost Dancer Cowboy Chronicle, and the hook was provided the cake and arranged a set. That friend soon became known brief ceremony in which the cake as Mad Monk McGuire, SASS was cut, as per tradition, with Mitford Mauler, SASS #16780, #4210L (and later a Regulator), and actual USMC sabers. did not shoot the match but took a was one of the visionaries who ini- Once a Marine, always a Marine! week’s vacation to help prepare the (Continued on next page) range, be a range wrangler, RO the L.D. Pondscum, SASS #38270, Shoot-off, RO the Long Range Side goes up against Kill-em-All Kate, Match, and help in every way SASS #45804, during the High Noon possible. Here is a tough yet Shoot-Off competition Sunday. humble man with true cowboy spirit! Light & Shadow Photography shoot the greatest guns of history. Heck, I already owned a Colt Single A couple of years later, after Action and a cowboy hat … spending many a fine weekend Once settled into the High shooting in Cowboy matches around Desert, I asked around and was put California and Arizona, I came off in touch with a gentleman by the active duty with the Marines and name of “Tex” who answered many headed home to the Carolinas. I fig- questions about the sport via tele- ured to be lucky to ever get a chance Doc Pathfinder, SASS #4138, phone. I gathered up what was to be a cowboy again. Perhaps the Ghost Dancer, SASS #1767, awards with his newly won 1866 rifle a couple of Buckaroos with lifetime needed and soon went to my first sport would grow enough to get out engraved by Savannah Gun Works, memberships in the Palmetto Posse. Have-a-Bourbon, SASS #50227. match. The 1988 END of TRAIL had our way? The odds were that the Sgt. Scattergun Ray, SASS #59658, That’s Match Director Osage Pete, over 300 shooters, and I was privi- guns would hang on the wall while I takes his new badge as his younger SASS #34200, on the right, leged to be one of ‘em. What a fine married and raised a family in civi- brother, Lt. Martin Longhorn, presenting the rifle. bunch of folks and a superb excuse to lized, polite Southern society. This is SASS #59659, looks on. April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 75 (Continued from previous page) chores while bringing professional- tially brought our sport to the Low ism, fair play, and fun to every stage. Country of South Carolina. The The posses seemed to magically bond, Kid Nama match he organized and built and there was a good mix of cate- SASS#55944, became the first Shootout at Giv- gories from seniors to soot lords. The three-time han’s (pronounced like “give-hanz”) Carolina Belles were there to infuse Ladies 49er, Ferry in 1996 and our State their charms, beauty, and skills, and South Carolina Championship. At least once a year add their elegant collective energy to State Champion, the guns were back on, and I was to all they touched. Everybody was makes short have a hand at bringing justice to drawn together and wreaking havoc work of a few the trouble-making varmints who upon those down range evildoers villains with her trusty dared go up against us. some referred to as “targets.” ‘73 carbine. The Shootout at Givhan’s Ferry A great shoot not enough for you? has always been a fine match, and There were some very well run side Winners C Cowboy Big Rock, the event raised money for various matches Thursday that included long SASS #44055 good charities such as Toys For Tots. range rifle, .22 rifle and revolver, Overall Shoot-Off Top Gun C Cowgirl Wicked Wanda, Over the years several top hands tomahawk throw, knife throw, der- Red River Ray, SASS #28122 from all over the South have made ringer, pocket pistol, speed matches, SASS #33254 Duelist J M Brown, this shoot a regular stop, and we’ve and even a “Wild Bunch” event. Overall Match Winners SASS #27309 been blessed with many distin- The evening social activities Cowboy Red River Ray, E Statesman Regulator Rude, guished visitors as well. Judge Roy were a great deal of fun, too. SASS #33254 SASS #19615 Bean, General US Grant (politely Carolina barbeque is considered a F Cartridge LD Pondscum, Cowgirl Maggie Darlin’, edited to “The General” in these delicacy by many, and some top- SASS #18274 SASS #38270 Overall South Carolina F C Duelist Rye Miles, parts), Evil Roy and Wicked Felina, notch victuals were served up Cowboy Bulls Head Bill, SASS #13621 Coyote Calhoun, Island Girl, Friday night. Saturday Night’s SASS #33692 Frontiersman Doc McCandless, Marshal Harland Wolff, and several Governor’s Ball found us enjoying Cowgirl New Englander, SASS #25723 other legends of our sport have some very well received prime rib. SASS #29812 Gunfighter Osage Pete, graced us with their presence at one Many items were auctioned or raf- South Carolina State Champions SASS #34200 time or another. fled off to raise money for the local 49er Swift Stoney, L 49er Sixgun Sallie, This year was the 10th anniver- Toys For Tots campaign as well as SASS #49735 SASS #38989 sary, and it was quite special. the Happy Trails Children’s L B-Western Fannie Kikinshoot, L 49er Kid Nama, What made this match so special, Foundation. Sutlers’ Row provided SASS #55944 SASS #33693 Traditional Bulls Head Bill, L Duelist Crackshot Cris, you ask? Ten well run, well designed quality shopping and all were kind SASS #33692 SASS #44319 stages for starters. The whole match enough to donate several gifts. L Traditional New Englander, L FCartridge Cheekie Girl, was a blast and involved just the OK, OK, OK … we all know that SASS #29812 SASS #63813 right amount of challenge, variety, when we go to a State Championship Duelist Wheelgun Dunn, L Modern Kill-em-all Kate, speed, accuracy, and innovation. The we downright expect a good shooting SASS #59360 SASS #45804 berm marshals were on top of their (Continued on page 82) L Duelist Crackshot Cris, L Senior Ms. Jewel, SASS #44319 SASS #62556 Modern Harmen Hammer, L Traditional Maggie Darlin’, SASS #20214 SASS #18274 L Modern Cody D West, Modern Punch, SASS #4368 SASS #11201 Senior Red Cent, Gunfighter Osage Pete, SASS #29170 SASS #34200 S Duelist Pard Pickett, Senior Surly Dave, SASS #30095 SASS #14630 Traditional Red River Ray, S Duelist Palo Dura Trailboss, SASS #33254 SASS #29582 Young Guns Deadeye Otter, Frontiersman Grey Traveler, SASS #48348 SASS #55360 Top Hand Award Pickax Pete, F Cartridge Doc Pathfinder SASS #30754 SASS #41388 Shootout at Givhans Ferry Cowboy L F Cartridge Cheekie Girl, Spirit Award Ghost Dancer, SASS #63813 SASS #17672 F C Duelist Wil D Bunch, Costume Contest Winners SASS #17036 Working C Cowboy The GilBob Kid, Cowboy Harry II Late, SASS #49699 SASS #8420 E Statesman G P Bear, Cowgirl Lizona Lee, SASS #21082 SASS #67439 B-Western Lorenzo Kid, Best Dressed SASS #30214 Lady Pearl, SASS #68593 L B-Western Fannie Kikinshoot, Gentleman Professor MT SASS #33693 Jerobaum, Buckaroo Lt. Martin SASS #27904 Longhorn, Junior Boy Lt. Martin SASS #59659 Longhorn, Buckarette Mojave Wildflower, SASS #59659 SASS #68695 Junior Girl Mojave Wildflower, Category Winners SASS #68695 49er Ozark Azz, B-Western SASS #18273 Lady Fannie Kikinshoot, Buckerette Mojave Wildflower, SASS #33693 SASS #68695 Gentleman Lorenzo Kid, Buckaroo Ogechee Kid, SASS #30214 SASS #62441 Military Henry McKenna, B-Western Lorenzo Kid, SASS #700 SASS #30214 Gun Cart Tobasco Dan, SASS #53148 Page 76 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

RANDOLPH COUNTY RUCKUS RIDES AGAIN SASS Illinois State Championship #2 By Juaquin Malone, SASS Life #44677 Photos by Juaquin Malone and Cheryl Pyer

Juaquin Malone, SASS Life #44677

parta, IL – Did you ever notice Swherever SASS cowboys gather, there is some kind of stampede, shootout, showdown, ambush, hulla- baloo, fandango, or as in this case, a RUCKUS? Isn’t it just great! The Prairie State Cowboy Action Shoo- ters Association geared up for year two as the temperature began to Our Match Director, Taquila Tab. climb during one of the hottest Julys Illinois State Champions— They make a great timer. Despera- we have seen in awhile. Our event Two Sons was the Top Lady Shell Stuffer and Turkey Legs. do Cowboy Bullets, LLC set up their facility has come a long way since Overall competitor. She continues Shell Stuffit was also the display and were ready to show last year, but it is still not quite com- to rack up victory after victory … Top Overall male competitor. their line of quality bullets. Desider plete. The main building is perched congratulations! Congratulations! Pools’N Spas Inc. was also a sponsor, on a wide hill overlooking a small else you could think of. It made for year, once again as a Presenting and it was too bad we couldn’t have lake. As you drive in through the a very relaxing time, and I didn’t Sponsor, thanks to Not Wild Bill and gotten them to set up some of their gate, you go up the slight incline have to forego my naps. his staff. Also on the Presenting products. It would have been a that takes you to the main parking There were pre-registered shoot- level was the builder of our beauti- area. A shuttle service was operat- ers from twenty states totaling 331. ful facility and host, the Illinois All were ready for a Department of Natural Resources, good time, and they thanks to the staff of the World were not disappointed. Shooting and Recreation Complex. Just like the first Also on board again this year was Ruckus, number two the local newspaper, The Sparta was a gunfighter friend- Plain News Dealer who did all of the ly match. There is some printing. All do outstanding work amazing talent in that and here’s hoping we can keep them category! Since the all involved long into the future. match was extended by Major sponsors were Coyote Cap one day over last year’s Gunworks, who returned with his event, the side matches outstanding product and pointers. The way in to the SASS Illinois began on Wednesday Banana River Outfitters was also State Championship. instead of Thursday, there with their line of high quality ed all day to take visitors, shooters, which left three days of match products. Competition Electronics, and their carts to and from the shooting and the big shoot-off on my favorite electronics supplier, fur- range area. Sunday along with the team chal- nished all of the timers and such. How do you top what was proba- lenge and the couple’s bly the biggest inaugural event in event. If you like seeing SASS history? (Besides being nomi- couples shoot well and nated for a Wooly that is.) First, take time out to kiss because of the potential for heat while shooting, you Our Range Director, Tex Hewitt. stroke weather, the plans were for would like watching this each posse to shoot four stages per event. The team event great way to unwind at the end of day either in the morning or the was a raucous good time the day and cool off from the July afternoon, and if you shot in the that was entertaining heat. Royal Bullet Company came morning one day, you would shoot in and exemplified what to offer their outstanding inventory the afternoon the next and so on. the sport is about, cama- of fine products. Last, but not least, This would then give you the rest of raderie, good natured was everyone’s favorite parts and the day free. This meant the match banter, and just plain tool supplier, Brownell’s. They were would be one day longer so you could having fun. raffling some of their products and devote more time to shopping, sight- Kirkpatrick Leather delivering their newest Cowboy seeing, staying cool, or whatever returned for the second Tenshot Tammy rides the range. (Continued on page 87) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 77

Winners Traditional Shell Stuffer Illinois State Champions Young Gun Wolf Creek Jake, Top Gun SASS #35386 Men Shell Stuffer, Overall Winners SASS #33146 Top Gun Ladies Turkey Legs, Men Shell Stuffer SASS #48384 Ladies Two Sons, 49’er Wild Pike, SASS #12636 SASS #31760 49’er The Brisco Kid, B Western Taquila Tab, SASS #26032 SASS #2048 B Western Larkin Skaggs, Buckarette Flaming Star, SASS #22199 SASS #71391 Buckarette Flaming Star Buckaroo Thunder Jack Johnson, Buckaroo Bendito SASS #40508 C Cowboy Okaw C Cowboy Okaw, SASS #30137 Duelist Smokin Iron, Duelist Ugly, SASS #18106 SASS #22147 E Statesman Marshal Duncan, E Statesman Walco Curly, SASS #47203 SASS #3053 FC Duelist Padraig Tiger Mcsean, FC Duelist Tame Bill, SASS #30498 SASS #30699 FC Gunfighter Sgt. Eli, SASS #35882 FC Gunfighter Sgt. Eli F Cartridge I. M. Heeled, F Cartridge I.M. Heeled SASS #36819 Frontiersman Black Jack Mcginnis Frontiersman Black Jack Mcginnis, Gunfighter Oatsville Slim, SASS #2041 SASS #26340 Gunfighter Les Hitts, L 49’er Kow Katcher, SASS #35157 SASS #53134 L 49’er Cheyenne Cinder, L B Western Honky Tonk Harlot SASS #55699 L Duelist Mean Mary L B Western Honky Tonk Harlot, L Modern Turkey Legs SASS #30748 L Senior Two Sons L Duelist Mean Mary, L Traditional Dew R. Dye, SASS #45913 SASS #59089 L Modern Turkey Legs Modern Buffalo Creek Kid L Senior Uh-Oh, SASS #41820 Senior Ol Short Tom, L Traditional Shamrock Sis, SASS #12635 SASS #23095 S Duelist Cole Starherrst, Modern Buffalo Creek Kid, SASS #21275 SASS #45529 Traditional Shell Stuffer Senior Spur, SASS #9645 Young Gun Wolf Creek Jake S Duelist Dee Mak Jack, SASS #55905 Page 78 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

MISSISSIPPI RIVER RANGERS SASS Best Club 2003 & 2006 SMOKIN’ GUNS AT RABBIT RIDGE 2006 SASS Mississippi State Championship yhalia, MS – The Mississippi BRiver Rangers have been asked, By Easy Lee, SASS Life #9753 “How did you win the Best Club of the Year Award two years out of the 6th SASS Mississippi State Cham- four it has been given?” Best answer pionship. While not a big match, we I can give is, “It’s just the way we do do offer many of the features of the things.” Our annual match may be larger Regional shoots. RO-I & RO- the best example. Come join us II are offered each year. MRR is ded- Memorial Day and see it firsthand. icated to promoting the RO program. The Mississippi River Rangers Every MRR member is required to (MRR) was organized in August 1996 pass RO-I. Again this year we and became SASS affiliated in April waived a $5 portion of the club’s fee 1997. The club is located on private and only charged the attendees $20. property outside of Byhalia, MS. The There were 16 RO-I and 11 RO-II range is dedicated to Cowboy Action Easy Lee, range owner, match direc- pins presented. A TG meeting was Shooting™ and funded entirely by tor, and event visionary leads the attended by 7 of the 10 TG’S attend- match team by example. His enthu- the $35 annual club dues, $15 shoot- ing the match with the minutes siasm and attention to detail are key Empress of the North riverboat ing fees, and the proceeds from the to producing a well-organized, fun being sent to Hipshot. veterans, Creek McIntosh and annual match. Currently we have match. Easy Lee’s pursuit of excel- This year’s match fee was $95 for Belle Epoque, provide a touch 109 active shooting members. lence has been key to garnering a the first shooter, $75 for the spouse, of class in their finery during 2006 was our 10th annual and pair of Best Club of the Year Woolies. (Continued on next page) the evening festivities. April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 79

(Continued from previous page) our own badges and plaques. The and all juniors shoot free. The fee proceeds from two charity side included the served sit down dinner matches, Cowboy Clays and Wild Fire with a band at Whispering Woods (the mechanical steed), were donated Hotel. Side match fee was $15 to to the SASS Scholarship fund and to shoot 10 events as many times as you Camp Hopewell for diabetic children. want. Costs are kept low by making (Continued on page 86)

Winners L Traditional Tenshot Tammy, Mississippi State Champions SASS #49462 Man Duel Chambers, C Ladies Sable Star, SASS #9098 SASS #57369 Woman Diamond Lilly, L Gunfighter Annie Hickok, SASS #20005 SASS #37899 Match Top Shooters L Senior Cactus Kay, Woman Diamond Lilly, SASS #15157 SASS #20005 L Modern Miss Amy, Man Prestidigitator, SASS #18763 SASS #52251 Modern Sweet Michael, Category SASS #41526 49er - Brisco Kid, Senior Little Doc, SASS #26032 SASS #21939 49er + Hico Kid, S Duelist Dakota Doc, SASS #35226 SASS #21939 C Cowboy Lead Shooter, S Senior The Arizona SASS #49607 Ranger, SASS #5824 F C C Cowboy Marshal Langston, Traditional + Headstone Hunter, SASS #25248 SASS #50132 Duelist Cascade Charlie, Traditional - Unpleasant, SASS #48668 SASS #47592 Frontiersman Joe West, E Statesman Ed Sieker Texas SASS #1532 Ranger, F Cartridge Mississippi Mac, SASS #15960 SASS #50524 B Western Pistoleer, F C Duelist Alabama Shootist, SASS #17155 SASS #19768 Young Guns Clearwater Trey, Gunfighter Boomerang, SASS #70453 SASS #252278 L 49er Kiamichi Queen, SASS #26033 Page 80 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

ROUGH AND READY ROB, SASS #42891, AND THE RICHMOND ROUGHRIDERS By The Potato Kid, SASS #40823

ack in 2001, my neighbor Rob about $60,000 to join this sport (you who a couple of years earlier had rider shooters, I figured it out Basked me to take a look at a need an RV to visit other clubs, he convinced me to buy a boat so he enough to finish in the middle of the local SASS shoot he had been trying said), and I was hooked. I bought didn’t have to use his. He tried and pack at many local shoots. Heck, I to explain to me. Having nothing to my first Ruger, a .45 from neighbor tried to teach me to shoot, but being even cleaned a match once! do, and since he was driving, I went Rob, as he wanted to shoot .38 cal- a Leo, I either ignored him or didn’t Thanks to Rough and Ready Rob along. At that time I had only one iber—“less recoil” he said. understand what the heck he was who introduced me to SASS and the single shot .22 rifle for shooting The next weekend I bought trying to teach me. Mechanical great gang of Richmond Rough- cans on camping trips, and I was another Ruger .45 pistol, Marlin stuff is not my strong suit. During riders, I have a full gun safe, load not familiar with SASS. 1894 rifle in .45, and a nice 16 gauge that first year I was scoring 15-20 my own ammo, and even sporadical- Rob had been talking and think- Winchester ‘97 shotgun from Tabor’s misses per match! But, it didn’t ly beat old Rough and Ready Rob. ing about joining SASS for some in San Bruno, a long time SASS sup- matter because I was having fun. You newbie’s, be safe, have fun, time, but as long as I’ve known him porter. On the way home I visited After reading many of the arti- and find a buddy to go outside and he has never been one to jump into neighbor Rob to tell him what I had cles in The Cowboy Chronicle, watching play with. anything without checking it out done, all with the wife’s permission, some excellent shooters, including PS: El Passo Gasso was wrong thoroughly. And, I think he needed of course. Rob couldn’t believe it, so Badlands Bud (who was only about about the $60,000; it was more like a buddy who he could easily beat. he joined, choosing Rough and Ready 12, back then) as well as the many $100,000, including the new RV the That Sunday he took me to a Rob, as he had lived in the town of other first-rate Richmond Rough- wife picked out! Richmond Roughriders’ SASS Rough and Ready, California, back in monthly match held at the the 60’s. Being from Idaho, and Richmond, California, Rod and Gun younger than many of the Rough- Club. After watching six fun-filled riders’ posse, it was easy for me to VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT stages I was greeted by El Passo find an alias; hence, The Potato Kid. WWW.SASSNET.COM Gasso who told me it would cost Rob is an avid outdoorsmen, April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 81 Page 82 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007 TEN GREAT YEARS: THE SHOOTOUT AT GIVHAN’S FERRY; recipient. Pickax Pete, SASS #30754, was recognized in 2004, and SOUTH CAROLINA’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP . . . Crackshot Cris SASS #44319L in (Continued from page 75) day. The Marines’ Hymn was sung berships in the Palmetto Posse, 2005. In 2006 it was unanimously match, quality food and social activi- and then all enjoyed cake. along with the nicest club badges voted to bestow the honor to Ghost ties, a row of good sutlers to peruse One of the most unique and you ever saw. He started this award Dancer himself. I do not know how in our free time, a gathering of fes- memorable traditions of The a few years ago to both recognize they kept it a secret, but Ghost tive pards, and some fun side match- Shootout at Givhan’s Ferry is the and encourage our youths as the Dancer was surely surprised! The es. The Shootout at Givhan’s Ferry Veteran’s Day ceremony. Gray future of our sport. man is known as a statesman, so it delivered in spades sure enough, but Rider, a man whom you’d particular- There is a very special recogni- was met with a great deal of applause what else made it so special? ly want on your side in a war, start- tion I must tell you about. The South and laughter when he moved, shell For one thing, Friday was the ed the Shootout at Givhan’s Ferry Carolina Cowboy Spirit Award is the shocked, up to the stage and Pickaxe 10th of November, and all Marines tradition of raising the flag and highest honor given to one South Pete announced, “He’s SPEECH- know what happened 231 years ago delivering a very moving patriotic Carolina cowboy or cowgirl during LESS!!” Good going Ghost Dancer … on that date—the United States speech to remind us of just how good the South Carolina State Champion- you are a credit to us all and an Marine Corps was formed at a tav- we have it to live in such a great ship. The Cowboy Spirit Award appropriate recipient of the very ern in Philadelphia. Ghost Dancer, country … and to whom we all owe a recipient is chosen for showing the award you founded. SASS #17672, a Marine aviator, and debt of thanks. This year, our local true Cowboy spirit in every way and Well, it’s great Cowboy Action a Korean War combat veteran, got Marines posted the colors and, as is selected by the South Carolina Shooting™ has spread all across the together with fellow Leatherneck Gray Rider could not attend, I Match Directors. Those who wear country and even the world over the Wil D. Bunch and they organized an stepped in to say a few words about this special badge are always finding years. Heck, the Tenth Anniversary informal birthday cake cutting cere- our hero veterans. Those amongst ways to help out and promote of The Shootout at Givhan’s Ferry mony held at “Camp McKenna” on us who served lined up and the rest Cowboy Action Shooting™. At the was an absolute blast. I, for one, will the range. All were invited and met went through and shook every veter- time of recognition the recipient can- strap on the guns again next following Friday’s shooting. After I an’s hand and personally thanked not be a Territorial Governor, Match Veterans’ Day weekend fer sure. I’ll read aloud the Birthday Message them for their service to our beloved Director, or Assistant Match Director. bring along the Buckarettes, Mojave from the Commandant of the Marine country. It seems most pards were Ghost Dancer founded the award, Wildflower, SASS #68695, and Corps, Ghost Dancer cut the cake feeling pretty proud about being and each year he donates one custom Ornery Ellen, SASS #68696, and we’ll with his Officer’s saber and present- Americans, and honored to recognize badge to be given out at the Shootout re-establish “Camp McKenna” at the ed the first piece to the oldest those who served. A couple of pards at Givhan’s Ferry. Palo Dura edge of the range. Please plan to join Marine present. Wil D. Bunch cut commented the match is worth Trailboss, SASS #29581, was the first us on 8-11 November, 2007. the next piece with his NCO saber attending for the Veteran’s recogni- and presented it to the youngest tion alone. GIVE TO THE Marine, while the third slice went to The awards ceremony recognized our senior Sailor in honor of a naval the best shooters, lookers, pards, and SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION tradition and all the great sailors in workers. Ghost Dancer, always the (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) the “Green Navy” who continue to innovative leader, presented three of MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! serve directly with Marines to this our Buckaroos with lifetime mem- April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 83 U.S. FIRE ARMS MFG. CO. AND WAYNE ENTERPRISES ANNOUNCE REVOLVERS TO COMMEMORATE DUKE’S 100TH BIRTHDAY Revolvers to include John Wayne Red River DTM Classic and Centennial Editions

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Wayne Red River DTM Classic will Cartridge Belt and Gun Holster. visit: www.usfirearms.com All Rights Reserved. www.john include USFA Single Action cham- Just as with the single action About Wayne Enterprises wayne.com bered in .45 Colt and .44-40 with an six-shooters the Duke carried in all Wayne Enterprises’ mission is to Contact: Doug Donnelly, aged blue and mellow ivory stocks, his famous Western movies, these preserve and protect the name, U.S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co. with Wayne’s Red River D brand on beautiful revolvers are 100% made image, and likeness of John Wayne 1-860-296-7441 Page 84 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007 TAYLOR’S & CO. UBERTI FACTORY GATED 1858 REMINGTON .45 COLT CARTRIDGE CONVERSION . . . (Continued from page 65) of a modern replica, the .46 rim-fire through. It had a protrusion at the is out of the question. The .44 muzzle end that is locked in place in Stetson cartridge uses a .451 a forward position by the loading healed bullet set into the case lever in the closed position. In order mouth of a case the same diameter to use the ejector, the revolver was (like a 22 LR), so it is not practical. placed in half cock, the loading gate As a thought, though, reworking is opened, and the loading lever the barrel with a .429 bore by unlocked and dropped slightly, free- Uberti would have allowed them to ing the end of the ejector rod. The chamber the conversions in .44 Colt ejector rod is rotated 180 degrees, (Black Hills Ammo) with a .429 bul- where the flag type protrusion is let. Still, the 45 Colt and Schofield away from the frame, allowing you rounds are a natural choice for to push the rod into the cylinder, Uberti. The .45 Schofield is darn pushing out the case. It sounds com- close in dimensions to the .46 plicated, but it is really not. French anyway! I believe Mc Do- I tried to take the percussion well actually mentions a .45 Colt cylinder out of my forged frame cartridge conversion of the New 1858 percussion revolver and put it Model Army being existent, though in the conversion. After removing it would have been a private gun- the loading gate/firing pin assem- smith conversion. bly from the conversion, the percus- AT THE RANGE sion cylinder fit right in. It did not Groups from the 1858 Gated index, however, when I cocked it. Cartridge Conversion: There must be a modification to the I used a traditional two-hand conversion’s cylinder hand to hold at about ten meters to do the accommodate the cartridge cylin- shooting. The temperature was cold der. Oh well, it was just a thought. (below 32 degrees) and windy. As I have already stated, the For this article, I used the follow- vast majority of the Remington ing smokeless ammunition from Jeff New Model Army .44 Revolvers Hoffman at Black Hills ammunition. were converted to either a I did not have any blackpowder loads Remington version of the .44 loaded up, so I just used the factory Stetson (Colt) cartridge or .46 ammo I had on hand. French rim-fire. For the purposes Black Hills .45 Colt 250 grain.

Black Hills .45 Schofield 230 early west, say 1867 to 1875. grain. The Taylor’s & Co. 1858 Re- Black Hills .45 Schofield 180 mington factory gated conversion grain .45 is a really special piece. It is The 250 grain .45 Colt ammuni- very well done, and shoots and han- tion from Black Hills printed a group dles wonderfully. I am not sur- about three inches above point of prised Taylor’s was the one to bring aim, about centered, with a group out the Remington Cartridge that was about two inches in diame- Conversion. After all, they were the ter. The Black Hills 230 grain ones that brought out the 1865 Schofield load group was about two Spencer Carbines from Italy. I inches above point of aim, centered, liked the author’s sample so much, and had a two-inch group. Finally, I bought it and had a local dealer the Black hills 180 grain Schofield DROS it to me. I just couldn’t let ammunition grouped about one inch this one get away. Oh, by the way. above point of aim, and about a one When you look at the 2007 Taylor’s and a half inch in diameter group. full color catalog and see the pic- CONCLUSION ture of the 1858 cartridge conver- I used the conversion at several sion in there, go ahead and drool a matches, and it is always an eye little. That’s my gun in the picture! catcher. Everyone wants to know I had to send it back in the middle “What’s that?” and it is sure to be of the evaluation for them to take checked out on the loading and the pictures. unloading tables by other shooters. Contact Tammy Loy at Taylor’s It’s a perfect match for my Spencer & Co. at (540) 722-2017 or check Carbine or 1860 Henry military their web site at: www.taylors model rifle. It is the perfect revolver firearms.com. Tell them Tuolumne for anyone trying to portray the Lawman sent you.

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For AD Rates ~ DONNA ~ (EXT. 118) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 85 THE GREAT PINEAPPLE ROUND UP . . . (Continued from page 71) tuckered out, and so we called it quits Friday. After a shooter’s meeting and for the day. Besides, there was enough pledge to the flag, the action got hot day left that some folks wanted to do a and heavy as we progressed through little shopping and others wanted cool six stages under warm partly cloudy refreshments at the beach. This is the skies. In Stage 1 you had to tangle time of year the Humpback whale with some snakes to salvage a buffalo starts to show up in Maui waters and hump that gave you a 10 second a trip to the beach offers a chance to bonus. Stage 2 found you tossing see one of these wonders of the ocean. dynamite and trying to shoot out the Entertainment activities abound here eye of the bad guy. You were in an out- on Maui. house to start Stage 3. After your Saturday morning found us business in the outhouse was com- shooters back at the range, rested plete, you had to board a stagecoach in and ready to take on four more excit- Stage 4 to take your gold to town. ing and challenging stages. We start- Well, you didn’t get far before you had ed right off having to break our to protect yourself, your gold, and a lit- brother out of jail in Stage 7. You did- tle lady that was a passenger on the n’t get a chance to ask him, but it stage. Somehow you salvaged your appears the town was about to hang bag of gold, but when you went to him, ‘cause next thing you know you deposit it in The Bank, Stage 5, once are in a fight around the Gallows in again you were faced with terrifying Stage 8. Somehow you manage to get odds in order to deposit your gold. you and your brother out of that By now you would figure we were mess. The trouble now is that you due a break after all this action. have to cross a swinging bridge in Mother Nature helped a little with Stage 9 to get both of you to your some gentle breezes and soft blowing wagon and get out of town. Shooting rain to cool us off. So, we decided to both pistols while on the swinging end the day by going to the store to bridge was most interesting, but you stock up and get out of town. Stage 6 made it to the other side intact. saw us defending the little lady from Whew!!!! I’ll tell you this has been an the stage once again in order to fill adventure, but it ain’t over yet. our order. Finally you are in your wagon, it There had been so much laughter is all loaded up, and you think you and camaraderie during the course of can now get out of town safely. Hah! this day that all shooters were plumb Are you in for a surprise, because

you find your path blocked by deadly Key guitar entertainment while the snakes and hungry buzzards. You scores were being tallied. start Stage 10 by throwing a rubber About four in the afternoon our chicken towards the buzzards to catered Texas BBQ showed up and we appease them. Well this dang chick- all sat down to supper. After supper en has a squeal to it that sets the we went right into awards. There was crowd behind you into stitches, a place and an award for every shoot- thereby humiliating you as you try to er. Three days of great shooting in seriously defend yourself. perfect weather, with great people, After Stage 10, and everybody good food, great entertainment an stopped laughing, we put the guns award for everyone … we all went our away and moved as a group over to ways very happy that Saturday night. the “bunkhouse” (on site air condi- The Maui Marshals hope you tioned building). There we enjoyed come and shoot The Great Pineapple refreshments and live Hawaiian Slack Round-Up with us this year!

VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM Page 86 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007 MISSISSIPPI RIVER RANGERS . . . (Continued from page 79) In January we send an announce- The club also has a no risk registra- ment and an entry form to all past tion refund policy. We refund every shooters welcoming them back. The shooter’s entry fee that does not shoot Cowboy Chronicle ad appeared in the the match no matter when they can- February issue. So there are no sur- cel, three months before the match or prises, a 16-page welcome confirma- just don’t show up. This year we tion booklet is mailed when entries refunded $1575. To us, it’s part of are received providing information on “the cowboy way.” Smokin’ Guns At all aspects of the match. Letters Rabbit Ridge is not about making inviting vendors also go out in money. It’s about seeing old friends January. Vendors are an active part and meeting new ones. of our match. They receive shooter It is gratifying to receive the com- packets, badges, and compete in the pliments of our shooters, but the real costume contest. We limit the num- measure of our success is they return bers of vendors to 1 per every 15 each year and without exception shooters and try to have only one ven- bring other members from their dor of a particular line, as it is impor- clubs. Meeting SASS members from tant the vendors have a successful other clubs is one of the joys of shoot also! The vending fee is $100, attending annual matches. To this which is used to buy the guns we give end, shooters found personalized away at the Sunday night banquet. business cards in their shooters pack- Our facilities include an 800 ets to exchange with new friends. square foot heated and air condi- Smokin’ Guns At Rabbit Ridge tioned clubhouse, a Four Flusher (yes, has an ongoing reputation for its it’s what you think) that has hot focus on safety and having a friendly, water and is air-conditioned. There is congenial bunch of shooters. Over the camping on the grounds with water, years our attendance has grown to electrical hookups, and a dump sta- this year’s 182 shooters from 16 tion. The bathhouse has flush toilets states. Regretfully, this will be our and hot showers. Of the 106 acres limit. For to go beyond 200 would available, 15 are dedicated to the cow- reduce our ability to provide the qual- boy range. It is flat and all grass. ity of shoot our attendees have come Parking is conveniently located adja- to expect. There must be enough cent to the stages. Our town of room and time for everyone to enjoy Gunsite consists of 15 full size build- every match activity. ings complete with props and furnish-

ings. There’s even the 40 foot, two sweep, double taps, alternating etc. story Dixie Lee Riverboat. All of the Pistol targets are large and up close. buildings have lights and ceiling fans There were at least thee MRR Stage to keep the shooters cool under fire. Drivers on every posse. One of them The lights facilitated the Friday night shot first on every stage to demon- shoot, which proves to be a real blast strate the correct sequence. The with the blackpowder shooters. Every expeditor position was used where year we add new targets and props to possible to reduce time between keep the game fresh and exciting. shooters. We want every shooter to This year we added a train depot come off the line laughing, or at least and a motorized moving mine cart. with a big smile. All shotgun targets are knockdowns Saturday morning the main and will go down with a .410. For our match opened with a prayer followed 10th anniversary, we brought back by Lee Greenwood’s rendition of the some of the shooters’ favorites from national anthem punctuated with a the past, like blowing up the bank, blast from the cannon. Following the the outlaw cabin where you ‘shoot safety briefing and a short tribute to open’ the door, kick down the jail door, our departed friend, Billy James, and the flip over the poker table. SASS #5713,182 shooters moved to Photographs are used in the shooters their stages and began the contest. book to help clarify stage instruc- Saturday evening Fitzgerald’s tions. Stage instructions are recorded Casino provided every shooter, ven- on a CD so every shooter heard the dor, and spouse with a free buffet din- exact same instructions. (Mule Camp ner at their casino in Tunica, MS. was where we first saw this used.) Tunica is less than an hour from our Our goal is to have a level playing range. We have already begun put- field for all shooters. Every stage ting together another night in Tunica begins with the action and/or props for next year. off the clock. Where you start and Sunday morning began with cow- where to put your hands is spelled boy church with Pastor Sawyer, SASS out. There were to be no surprises. #34250, delivering the sermon, and There were no unfamiliar targets, leading the hymns. Then the last placements, or shooting positions; four main stages were completed in a that’s why Wildfire was a side match. timely fashion. While the shooters Once the shooting begins with a post- ate lunch, the scorekeeper tallied the ed line, there were no mind games results. Our scoring program lists with complicated directions. Shoo- the misses for each stage by shooter ters could start at either end of a (Continued on next page) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 87 RANDOLPH COUNTY RUCKUS RIDES AGAIN . . . (Continued from page 76) Saturday night’s banquet was Action catalog. held in the ballroom of the facilities On vendors row you could find administration building and every just about anything you wanted. seat was taken. There was a cocktail There were purveyors of clothes, hour prior to the evening’s festivities, boots, hats, guns, badges, engraving, as everyone arrived most in their gun parts, and food. I had a really finest attire and found seating with outstanding rib eye steak sandwich old and new friends. The food was prepared by Christ Our Savior good and plentiful. There were raffles Lutheran High School, and it was for prizes contributed by sponsors, reasonable, too. There were plenty and vendors that ranged from of fluids to be had to help keep a per- firearms to pieces of art to books on son from ill effects in the heat. I corsets. It was an enjoyable evening. started the day with my coat on, but Speaking of camaraderie and as the temperature began to rise, banter among the hardest workers, I about 10:30 it ended up in the car. must mention a lady. She is Taquila Some didn’t wear their entire outfits Tab’s better half and a force to be in the heat. My friend Max reckoned with, Honky Tonk Harlot, Muletrain, SASS #37669, was seen SASS #30748. She was everywhere, wearing only his hat, boots, guns, doing everything, but always had a and red long johns! moment to listen and smile. The As the match progressed, with posse leaders all did an out standing temperatures hovering around 100 job in the heat and kept things run- and a heat index upwards of 106, ning smoothly with a minimum of heat became a major factor. All this controversy. When there was a ques- taken into consideration, there were tion, Tex Hewitt and Tab would relatively few problems and inci- arrive, and it would be solved to dents. A very small group of people most people’s satisfaction. found problems they wanted to com- The awards were presented plain about. If any of these things Sunday afternoon in the cool air-con- had violated any rules, I would have ditioned ballroom. Then there was a been right there with them, but it lot of patting of backs, shaking of really just came down to personal hands, and hugging of friends before preferences. I feel the match was all went their separate ways and well run. Considering six people did headed for home or on to another most of the work, it was extremely match. The thing that most people well done and rather than complain, need is a regular dose of fun and people should volunteer to help and friendship, and you get that at a gain input! The one thing I heard cowboy match. repeatedly though was, “Where are See you all there, and if you want the representatives from SASS?” I more information, you can reach me include this just to let them know as always at: they were missed. [email protected]

MISSISSIPPI RIVER RANGERS . . . (Continued from previous page) Rabbit Ridge is in part the result of so they can figure what could have attention to detail and having every been! Following lunch we presented element of the match documented. the SASS Mississippi State Cham- Our annual match process is outlined pionships, 78 shooting, 10 Spirit of and described in detail along with a the Game, and 11 clean match time line for every activity. Each year awards. For many, the Spirit Of The following the match, we update it Game awards are more coveted than with changes to improve our perform- the shooting awards, as it should be. ance. Safety gets our utmost atten- With all the awards presented, tion. Next year all shooters will be the Sunday night sit down dinner is wearing either wrap around shooting just a party where all the beautifully glasses or side shields, which the club dressed ladies and handsomely will have available. The scores are attired gentlemen can strut their analyzed stage by stage to identify stuff. Sonny Jackson and his group and eliminate sources of DQs and pro- provided the music for listening and cedurals. This year we had only two dancing. Jered Maddox gave away 11 DQs. One shooter came from a club guns purchased by the club, and where they do not honor “no sweeping Huricane-with-one-R presented the with an empty long gun.” The shoot- 28 fancy dress costume awards. er accepted his match DQ, stayed and For the match directors, it’s not worked with his posse, and was quite over yet. Scores are posted on selected by the posse to receive the our web site, MississippiRiverRan- Spirit of the Game Award. The cow- gers.com. A follow up cover letter boy spirit was alive and well! with the match results is sent to Our Motto has always been every shooter within 10 days. “Better than last year Refunds to shooters who registered, but not as good as next year!” but could not make the event are Cowboy Action Shooting™ mailed out. the way Judge Roy Bean The success of Smokin’ Guns At intended it to be! Page 88 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

DOOLEY GANG GOES INTERNATIONAL! By Ringo Fire, SASS Life #46037

oy, a whole lot has happened since Next the Dooley Gang headed to ciate the support. Now, just a couple Dooley Gang. We have grown from a Blast we spoke, friends and neigh- END of TRAIL, sharing our fan letter more highlights and then I’ll shut my group of 20 to a gang of well over 300, bors! In my last missive I related how with more shooters and the Wild pie-hole. and growing, with members in Texas, the Dooley Gang sent 13 shooters to Bunch. Again, membership soared. In October, six members of the Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, the 2006 Winter Range and came back We grew from 60 or so to easily over Dooley Gang went to “Ambush at Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, with 7 National Championships and 6 100. No Wild Bunch members yet, but Cavern Cove,” the Alabama State Pennsylvania, Colorado, Oklahoma, Top 10 Category finishes. there’s still plenty of time. At END of Championship and were awarded Arizona, Utah, Oregon, and Califor- Since Winter Range last year, the TRAIL we picked up members from 13 “Spirit of the Game” for Posse 10. nia, and internationally we have Dooley Gang received its one and only additional states and 4 countries and That was awesome! members in Australia, Austria, “fan letter,” and we were so impressed received invitations to shoot “Days of Then, also in October, it was on to Germany, and New Zealand. with its message we decided to share Truth” in Germany and “Chisholm the Southwest Regional Champion- They say it just takes a spark to it with as many shooters as possible. Trail” in Australia in 2007. We left ship in Cleburne, Texas where the start a forest fire, and apparently it We took the communiqué with us to END of TRAIL with five World Cham- Dooley Gang took home 17 of a possi- just took one little piece of fan mail to Jail Break (the Texas State Cham- pions in Classic Cowboy, Duelist, ble 30 category championships (but no send the Dooley Gang into interna- pionship) and circulated it among Elder Statesman, Grande Dame, and over-all’s this time). tional status. Or, to quote T-Bone: shooters there. Most of the readers Ladies B-Western. We finished up October with our “Hey, we’ve got members all over the were just as impressed as we were Since END of TRAIL it starts get- match “Comin’ at ‘Cha,” which was the world and in Utah.” I’m not sure what and, lo and behold, we went from ting all jumbled up because we don’t best “Comin’ at ‘Cha” ever! (Details that means, but it makes me laugh! being a gang of approximately 20 to have an accurate count of members, will be in another article.) Funny thing about that fan letter, somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 and we keep getting more all of the Last, but certainly not least, our it wasn’t signed. The Dooley Gang or more! time, what with all the different fearless leader, T-Bone Dooley, SASS would like to thank the anonymous While I am relating the happen- shoots we go to and our out of Texas #36388, was asked by Chiz, SASS fan or fans for such a fine piece of ings at Jail Break, let me include our members recruiting even more. I #392, to co-emcee the Wooly Awards at writing that literally put us on the results. We increased the Dooley Gang gotta tell ya’ folks, this thing has the SASS Convention and emcee the map, and that’s the Truth! count of State Champions from 10 to kinda exploded! Indoor World Championship award P.S. If I left out anyone’s state or 15 (out of 31 categories) plus claimed To tell you the truth, folks, it’s ceremony. You did a great job, T-Bone, country, I apologize, and you can send the men and women’s overall winners. very flattering so many shooters want and we are proud of you! me an update at RingoFire@Dooley Way to go Dooley Gang members! to be in the gang, and we really appre- So, 2006 was quite a year for the Gang.net April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 89

THUNDER CITY SHOOTOUT 2007 By Doc J. H. Hucklebury, SASS 14373

owboy Action Shooting™ draws 1924. Gang leader John Ashley’s Cinterest from just about anyone who home was in Gomez, which is has watched an event. During several now part of Martin County. of the events put on by the Okeechobee Before the event started, cow- Marshals, some of the deputies of the boy coffee and doughnuts were Martin County Sheriff’s Office showed provided. Introductions were an interest in what we were doing. made and some of the deputies Within a short time, the Club president, were allowed to practice with the Amaduelist, proposed a challenge .22 caliber rifle. match between the deputies, “The good The cowboys were very confi- The competitors of Thunder City Shootout 2007 guys,” and the Okeechobee Marshals, dent, thinking they were going to “The Outlaws.” The ground rules were “smoke” the deputies easily, but simple; the Deputies could use their when the deputies arrived, it was duty pistols (semi-autos) with two mag- learned eight of the ten were azines, their pump shotguns stoked from the SWAT team. When the with the appropriate number of rounds, shooting started, both sides got and a Ruger 10/22 rifle. (High powered serious. By the time everyone rifle rounds would damage our targets) had shot, both deputies and cow- The cowboys would shoot their nor- boys were the best of friends. mal cowboy guns. Hamburgers and hot dogs were had actually won. deputies brought out their MP5 and Ten deputies and ten cowboys enjoyed before the awards were dis- After the awards, the deputies let the cowboys shoot it, full auto! Now would shoot three scenarios. The tributed. The first place trophy was tried shooting cowboy guns. They shot that was fun! story line was chosen from Florida presented to the Martin County single action pistols in all disciplines, Everyone had a great time, and all history, “The Notorious Ashley Gang,” Sheriffs, the score showing they had Traditional, Duelist, and even are looking for a re-match, hoping to the infamous Florida gangsters that won by eight seconds. Second place Gunfighter. Few had problems with make it an annual event. terrorized South Florida’s citizens was the cowboys. Later, an error was the lever action rifles, but pistols Who really won the event? We all and police officers between 1911 and found in scoring, showing the cowboys Gunfighter style, wow! Then the did. Page 90 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007 April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 91 Page 92 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007

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SASS - End of Trail 2006 DVD ...... 17 SASS Advertisers Index SASS - End of Trail 2007 ...... 53 SASS - Evil Roy DVD ...... 36 SASS - Match Management ...... 105 2 T Manufacturing ...... 68 Dixie Gun Works ...... 62 Lindhom Bros. Spurs ...... 58 SASS - MERCANTILE ...... 90 AA Callister Corp...... 97 El Paso Saddlery ...... 28 Lolo Sporting Goods ...... 69 SASS - MERCANTILE ...... 91 Action Target ...... 25 El Paso Saddlery ...... 69 Lone Rider Leather ...... 100 SASS - MERCANTILE ...... 92 Alaska 49ers ...... 85 Electronic Shooters Protection ...... 49 Long Hunter Shooting Supply ...... 48 SASS - MERCANTILE ...... 93 American Cowboy ...... 37 Elite Sports Express ...... 37 M. Shelhart ...... 12 SASS - MERCANTILE ...... 94 American Derringer ...... 97 EMF Company ...... 20 Macoupin County Regulators ...... 88 SASS - MERCANTILE ...... 95 American Pioneer Powder ...... 26 EMF Company ...... 44 Meister Bullets ...... 20 SASS - MERCANTILE ...... 96 Ammo Direct ...... 50 EMF Company ...... 63 Mernickle Custom Holsters ...... 22 SASS - Mounted Shooting Membership App. . . . 52 Arntzen Steel Target ...... 57 EMF Company ...... 99 Moore Ranch ...... 97 SASS - Mounted Mercantile ...... 35 Australian Stock Saddle Co...... 30 Enck’s Gun Barn ...... 99 Munden Enterprises ...... 6 SASS - Renew or Whistle Dixie ...... 19 Back Pocket Guncart ...... 27 Espinoza Bootmaker ...... 98 Murphy Leather ...... 83 SASS - Winners buckle ...... 34 Ballistol USA ...... 97 Evil Roy Shooting School ...... 41 Mustang Woodcrafters ...... 71 Seven River Regulators ...... 80 Bar S Grips ...... 59 Five Dogs Creek ...... 84 NRA ...... 85 Shasta Leaterworks ...... 100 Barber’s Firearms ...... 98 Frontier Gun Leather ...... 15 Numrich Gun Parts Corp...... 47 Spencer Sporting Goods ...... 99 Bear Bones Knives ...... 98 Gallery In The Light ...... 98 Nutmeg Sports ...... 98 Star Packer Badges ...... 99 Big 45 Frontier Gun Shop ...... 98 George R Driscoll Studio & Workshop ...... 99 Oak Tree ...... 58 Starline Brass ...... 7 Bill Johns Master Engraver ...... 70 Gold Creek Trading ...... 98 Off The Wall ...... 59 Stoeger Industries ...... 3 Black Hills Leather ...... 51 Golden Gate Western Wear ...... 43 Oklahoma Leather Products ...... 99 Sturm, Ruger & Co...... 23 Bond Arms ...... 67 Great Basin Cartridge ...... 67 Old Frontier Clothing Co...... 8 Sweet Shooter Gun Cleaner ...... 45 Bozeman Trail Arms ...... 99 Griner Gunworks ...... 97 Old River Saddlery ...... 97 Swift Montana Smith ...... 62 Buffalo Arms Company ...... 99 Grip Maker ...... 99 Old West Reproductions ...... 100 Tandy Leather Factory ...... 69 Buffalo Bill Historical Society ...... 42 Guns Of The Old West ...... 63 Old West Wagon Wheels ...... 97 Taylors & Company ...... 108 Buffalo Western Wear ...... 97 Hamilton Dry Goods ...... 98 Olde Tyme Mercantile ...... 100 Tecumseh Trdg Post(cowboy) ...... 100 Cal Graph ...... 99 Harvard Ghost Riders ...... 82 Oregon Trail Rough Riders ...... 84 Ted Blocker Holsters ...... 98 Cart-Right Carts ...... 98 High Plains Drifters ...... 86 Oriental Saloon ...... 97 Ten-Ring Precision, Inc...... 74 Champion Attitude Boots ...... 74 Homestead Relocation Services ...... 85 Out West Marketing ...... 99 Ten-X Ammunition ...... 10 Chronicle of the Old West ...... 27 I.A.R...... 77 Perfect Shot, The ...... 100 Terry’s Sewing Shop ...... 98 Cimarron FA ...... 32 J.B. Hickok Mercantile ...... 49 Pioneer Gun Works ...... 50 Texas Jacks Wild West ...... 14 Circle Fly Wads ...... 64 James & Guns ...... 65 Ranchero Saddlery ...... 100 Thurmont Rangers ...... 81 Circle KB Leatherworks ...... 63 Jaxonbilt Hat Co ...... 77 Ranks Mercantile ...... 98 Tonto Rim ...... 33 Circle M Saddlery ...... 97 Jeff Flannery ...... 97 Redding Reloading ...... 45 Top Brass - Scharch Mfg. Inc...... 27 Coal Creek Cowboys ...... 75 Jim Downing Custom Engraver ...... 43 Richard E. Leach(wanted c/c) ...... 100 True Grit Single Action Shooting Society ...... 89 Cobra Enterprises ...... 24 JMB Distribution ...... 99 River Bend Rough Riders ...... 86 Twin Butte Bunch ...... 89 Cochise Leather Company ...... 43 K.C. Miles Leatherworks ...... 60 River Junction Shootist Society ...... 79 W.A.Murphy ...... 98 Collinscraft Grips ...... 97 Katz Knives ...... 45 River Junction Trade Co ...... 13 Wahmaker ...... 31 Colorado Mountain Hat Co...... 61 Kaw Valley Mercantile ...... 97 Rossi 92’ Specialists ...... 97 Walker 47 ...... 45 Columbia Precision ...... 100 Kempf Gun Shop(Suspenders) ...... 100 RUCAS ...... 87 Weewahootie Vigilance Committee ...... 87 Competition Electronics ...... 9 Kempf Gun Shop(Complete) ...... 100 Running Buffalo ...... 97 West Walker Rangers ...... 88 Cowboy Corral ...... 4 Key-Lock Saddlery ...... 83 Rustedfables ...... 71 Western And Wildlife Wonders ...... 21 Cowboys And Indian Store ...... 44 Kiowa Creek Trading Co...... 47 Rusty Musket Enterprises ...... 98 Western Stage Props ...... 99 Cowboys, The ...... 78 Kirkpatrick Leather ...... 11 Ruxton’s Trading Post ...... 97 Western Star Leather ...... 97 D.S. Welding ...... 59 Kirst Company ...... 51 Saber River Gunsmithing ...... 100 Wild West Mercantile ...... 2 Dennis Yoder Leather ...... 98 Laughing Moon Mercantile ...... 8 Safevision, Inc...... 65 William Brown Holster Co...... 41 Diamond J. Gunsmithing ...... 98 Leather Crafters & Saddlery Journal ...... 49 SASS - Buffalo Blanks ...... 18 XS Sight Systems ...... 29 Dietz Art Services ...... 97 Lefty’s Leather ...... 99 SASS - Corporal Dow Book ...... 35 Dillon Precision ...... 40 Liberty Leather ...... 99 SASS - Corporate Membership ...... 105 April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 101

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 David Cook 907-243-0181 Birchwood AK CT Valley Bushwackers 2nd Sun Johnny Pecos 413-572-2820 East Granby CT Golden Heart Homesteaders Shooting Club 3rd Sun Kidd Reno 860-536-3342 Ledyard CT Shootist Society 2nd Sat & Last Sun Ruby Lil 907-488-0792 Chatanika AK Padens Posse 3rd Sun Deacon Will 302-422-6534 Seaford DE Juneau Gold Miners Posse 3rd Sun Jack Colton 907-321-5845 Juneau AK Gold Coast Gunslingers 1st Sat L. Topay 305-233-5756 Fort Lauderdale FL North Alabama Regulators 1st Sun Six String 256-582-3621 Woodville AL Big River Rangers 1st Sat Nimrod Long 850-592-5665 Grand Ridge FL Alabama Rangers 2nd Sun RC Moon 205-410-5707 Brierfield AL Howey In the Hills Cowboys 1st Sat Lady Robin 352-429-2587 Howey in the Hills FL Gallant Gunfighters 3rd & 5th Sun Buck D. Law 256-504-4366 Gallant AL Hernando County Regulators 1st Sun Shady Brady 352-686-1055 Brooksville FL Vulcan Long Rifles 3rd Sat Havana Jim 205-979-2931 Hoover AL The Hatbill Gang 1st Sun Santa Fe River Stan 386-423-2495 Titusville FL Old York Shootist 4th Sun Derringer Di 205-647-6925 Hoover AL Resurrection Rangers 2nd Sat Tennessee Tonto 813-920-4280 Brooksville FL Cahaba Cowboys Quarterly TBA Curly Doc Coleman 205-988-9076 Argo AL Fort White Cowboy Cavalry 2nd Sat Delta Glen 352-317-2357 Fort White FL Mountain Valley Vigilantes 1st Sat Christmas Kid 501-625-3554 Hot Springs AR Okeechobee Marshals 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Lead Pusher 561-793-5024 Indiantown FL Running W Regulators 1st Sat & 3rd Sun AR Mule Skinner 501-824-2590 Lincoln AR Tater Hill Gunfighters 2nd Sun Judge JD Justice 941-743-4043 Arcadia FL Critter Creek Citizens Weewahootee Vigilance Vigilance 1st Sun Evil Bob 903-838-3897 Fouke AR Committee 2nd Sun Weewahootee 407-857-1107 Orlando FL Outlaw Camp 2nd & 5th Sat Ozark Outlaw 501-362-2963 Heber Springs AR Panhandle Cowboys 2nd Sun Panhandle B. Kid 850-432-1968 Pensacola FL Judge Parker’s Marshals 2nd Sat Reno Sparks 918-647-9704 Fort Smith AR Southwest Florida Arkansas Lead Slingers 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Dirty Dan Paladin 473-633-2107 Bentonville AR Gunslingers 3rd Sat Duke Bedford 239-352-0721 Punta Gorda FL South Fork River Regulators 3rd Sat Kid Thorn 870-488-5447 Salem AR Martin County Marshals 3rd Sat Jasper Jim 561-747-4487 Stuart FL True Grit SASS 4th Sun Sister Sundance 479-968-7129 Belleville AR Lake County Pistoleros 3rd Sat Brocky Jack Norton 352-409-3693 Tavares FL Rio Salado Cowboy Action Miakka Misfits 3rd Sun Lulu Ann 941-322-0846 Myakka City FL Shooting Society 1st Sat AZ Lightning Jack 480-820-7372 Mesa AZ Indian River Regulators 4th Sat Turkey Creek Red 321-728-7928 Palm Bay FL Cochise Gunfighters 1st Sat I.B. Good 520-366-5401 Sierra Vista AZ Panhandle Cattle Company 4th Sat Tac Hammer 850-785-6535 Port St. Joe FL Cowtown Cowboy Cowford Regulators 4th Sun Cowford Kid 904-219-3795 Jacksonville FL Shooters, LLC 1st Sun & 3rd Sat Barbwire 480-488-3064 Phoenix AZ Five County Regulators 4th Sun Dead Shot Scott 239-261-2892 Punta Gorda FL Arizona Cowboy Shooters Doodle Hill Regulators 4th Sun Dave Smith 813-645-3828 Ruskin FL Association, Inc 2nd Sat Sunshine Kay 602-973-3434 Phoenix AZ Antelope Junction Rangers Fridays Mayeye Rider 727-736-3977 Pineallas Park FL Pima Pistoleros Cowboy The Withlacoochee Action Shooter 2nd Sat Wander N. Star 520-744-3869 Tucson AZ Renegades Last Sat Hungry Bear 850-929-2406 Pinetta FL Colorado River Regulators 2nd Sun Crowheart 928-855-2893 Lake Havasu AZ River Bend Rough Riders 1st Sat Hardbark Harry 404-373-8088 Dawsonville GA El Diablo de Tucson 2nd Sun Big BooBoo 520-370-0806 Tucson AZ American Old West Cowboys 1st Sat Josey Buckhorn 423-236-5281 Flintstone GA Dusty Bunch Old Valdosta Vigilance Western Shooters 3rd Sat Squibber 520-568-2852 Casa Grande AZ Committee 1st Sat Big Boyd 229-244-3161 Valdosta GA White Mountain Old Lonesome Valley Regulators 1st Sun Wishbone Hooper 478-922-9384 Warner Robins GA West Shootists 3rd Sat Fred Sharps 928-532-7820 Taylor AZ Doc Holliday’s Immortals 2nd Sat Easy Rider 770-954-9696 Griffin GA Los Vaqueros 3rd Sat Ole Deadeye 520-749-1186 Tucson AZ Pale Riders 2nd Sat Will Killigan 706-568-0869 Mauk GA Tonto Rim Marauders 3rd Sun Silverado Cid 928-474-8649 Payson AZ Mule Camp Cowboys 3rd Sat San Quinton 706-540-0400 Covington GA Altar Valley Pistoleros 3rd Sun Hidalgo 520-665-2222 Tucson AZ Cherokee Cowboys 4th Sat Southern Breeze 770-889-2434 Gainesville GA Mohave Marshalls 3rd Sun & 5th Sun Mizkiz 928-753-4266 Kingman AZ Maui Marshals 1st & 3rd Sat Bad Burt 808-875-9085 Maui HI Arizona Yavapai Rangers 4th Sat Johnny Meadows 928-567-9227 Camp Verde AZ Turkeyfoot Cowboys 1st Sat (Mar-Nov) Kingdom Kid 319-351-7572 Evandale IA Tombstone Buscaderos 4th Sat Diamond Pak 520-743-0179 Tombstone AZ Iowa South West Shootist 1st Sun (Apr-Oct) Colonel J. Fighters 402-291-2053 Glenwood IA YRL-High Country Cowboys 4th Sun J. P. Trouble 928-445-2468 Prescott AZ Zen Shootists 4th Sat (Mar-Oct) Cap Horn 515-999-2089 Nevada IA Colorado River Shootists 4th Sun ClueLass 928-726-7727 Yuma AZ Southeast Idaho Practical Sunnyvale Regulators 1st & 3rd Mon Billy Two Bears 408-739-4436 Sunnyvale CA Shooters 1st Sat Idaho Packer 208-589-5941 Idaho Falls ID Silver Queen Mine Squaw Butte Regulators 1st Sun & 2nd Sat Acequia Kidd 208-365-4551 Emmett ID Regulators 1st & 3rd Sun Walks Fletcher 310-539-8202 Azusa CA El Buscaderos 2nd & 4th Sun Cap’N Crump 509-447-7956 Spirit Lake ID Escondido Bandidos 1st Sat Devil Jack 760-741-3229 Escondido CA Northwest Shadow Riders 2nd Sat Silverado Belle 208-743-5765 Lewiston ID West End Outlaws 1st Sat Rob Banks 714-206-6893 Myers Canyon CA Southern Idaho Rangers 2nd Sat Snake River Dutch 208-237-2419 Pocatello ID The Outlaws 1st Sat Jackalope Jasper 530-344-8121 Sloughouse CA Oregon Trail Rough Riders 2nd Sun & 3rd Sat Pinkeye Pinkerton 208-922-3671 Boise ID Lassen Regulators 1st Sat Earl 530-253-3868 Susanville CA Hell’s Canyon Ghost Riders 3rd Sat J.P. Sloe 208-798-0826 Moscow ID Two Rivers Posse 1st Sat & 4th Sun Tejano Viejo 209-847-6818 Manteca CA Twin Butte Bunch 3rd Sat Idaho Packer 208-589-5941 Rexburg ID River City Regulators 1st Sun Max Sand 916-359-4041 Davis CA Panhandle Regulators 3rd Sun Headshot 208-245-4743 Plummer ID Mother Lode Shootist Society 1st Sun Dusty Webster 209-728-2309 Jamestown CA Snake River Western Shooting Hole In The Wall Gang 1st Sun K. C., U. S. Marshal 310-640-3653 Piru CA Society 4th Sat Missy Mable 208-731-6387 Jerome ID 5 Dogs Creek 1st Wknd Almost Dangerous 760-376-4493 Bakersfield CA Shady Creek Shootists 1st & 4th Sun Dapper Dan Porter 309-734-2324 Little York IL Cajon Cowboys 2nd & 4th Sat Bojack 760-956-5044 Devore CA The Lakewood Marshal’s 1st Sat Pine Ridge Jack 618-838-9410 Cisne IL Chorro Valley Regulators 2nd & 5th Sun Solvang Shootist 805-688-3969 San Luis Obispo CA Rangeless Riders 1st Sat The Inspector 618-345-5048 Highland IL Shasta Regulators 2nd Sat Cayenne Pepper 530-275-3158 Burney CA Boneyard Creek Regulators 1st Sun Wild Pike 217-356-5136 Newman IL California Rangers 2nd Sat Melvin P. Thorpe 916-984-9770 Ione CA Kishwaukee Valley Palm Springs Gun Club 2nd Sat Deacon Dick 760-340-0828 Palm Springs CA Regulators 1st Sun MT Mnt Man Mike 815-899-0046 Sycamore IL Dulzura Desperados 2nd Sat Hashknife Willie 619-271-1481 San Diego CA Tri County Cowboys 2nd Sat Sierra Hombre 815-967-6333 Hazelhurst IL Hawkinsville Claim Jumpers 2nd Sat Deacon Doug 530-926-5270 Yreka CA Kaskaskia Cowboys 2nd Sat Back Forty 618-625-6538 Sparta IL Burro Canyon Gunslingers 2nd Sun Don Trader 714-827-7360 Chino CA Illinois River City Regulators 2nd Sun Chillicothe Outlaw 309-579-2443 East Peoria IL Double R Bar Regulators 2nd Sun Kentucky Gal 760-956-6921 Lucerne Valley CA Vermilion River Long Riders 2nd Sun Lead Poison Lar 815-875-3674 Leonore IL Richmond Roughriders 2nd Sun Buffy 650-994-9412 Richmond CA Salt River Renegades 2nd Sun Scribbler 217-228-9047 Quincy IL The Over The Hill Gang 2nd Wknd Kooskia Kid 818-566-7900 Sylmar CA Nason Mining Company North County Shootist Assoc. 3rd Sat Graybeard 760-727-9160 Pala CA Regulators 3rd & 5th Sat Lowdown Highwall 618-279-3500 West Frankfort IL Shasta Regulators 3rd Sat Modoc 530-365-1839 Redding CA McLean County Peacemakers 3rd Sat Marshall RD 309-379-4331 Bloomington IL Robbers Roost Vigilantes 3rd Sat Coso Kid 760-375-9519 Ridgecrest CA Macoupin County Regulators 3rd Sat One Good Eye 618-585-3956 Bunker Hill IL High Desert Cowboys 3rd Sun Doc Silverhawks 661-948-2543 Acton CA Oak Park Sportsmen’s Club 3rd Sun Torandado 815-302-8305 Plainfield IL Kings River Regulators 3rd Sun Slick Rock Rooster 559-299-8669 Clovis CA Illowa Irregulars 3rd Sun (Apr-Oct) Shamrock Sis 309-798-2635 Milan IL Murieta Posse 3rd Sun Black Jack Traven 530-677-0368 Rancho Murieta CA Marion County Renegades 4th Sat Shell Stuffer 618-822-6952 Sandoval IL South Coast Rangers – Perry Adams Long Nine Cowboys, Inc. 4th Sun Postman 217-415-1118 Loami IL Cowboy Match 3rd Sun Swifty Schofield 805-968-7138 Santa Barbara CA Dewmaine Drifters As Sched Wounded Knees 618-997-4261 Carterville IL Panorama Sportsman Club 3rd Sun Desperado 818-341-7255 Sylmar CA Prairie State Cowboy Action Ukiah Gun Club 3rd Sun Will Bonner 707-462-1466 Ukiah CA Shooters As Sched Taquila Tab 217-496-3949 Sparta IL Mad River Rangers 4th Sat Kid Kneestone 707-445-1981 Blue Lake CA Cutter’s Raiders 1st Sat & 4th Sat (Apr-Oct) Midnite Desperado 574-893-7214 Warsaw IN Deadwood Drifters 4th Sat Lusty Lil 323-353-3898 Piru CA Daleville Desperados 2nd & 4th Sat Frenchy Yukon 765-472-7123 Daleville IN Coyote Valley Sharp Shooters 4th Sat Wif 408-448-3256 San Jose CA Big Rock SASS 2nd & 4th Sat South Paw Too 812-866-2406 Lexington IN Pozo River Vigilance Red Brush Raiders 2nd Sat As Sched. Chinaman 812-426-0793 Newburgh IN Committee 4th Sat Dirty Sally 805-438-4817 Santa Margarita CA Schuster’s Rangers 2nd Sun Coal Car Kid 219-759-3498 Chesterton IN California Shady Ladies 4th Sat Lady Gambler 916-447-2040 Sloughhouse CA Pleasant Valley Renegades 2nd Wknd Lizzy of the Valley 812-945-0221 Canaan IN FaultLine Shootist Society 4th Sun Querida 831-636-3348 Gonzales CA Thunder Valley 3rd Sat Redneck Rebel 812-755-4237 Campbellsburg IN The Range 4th Sun Grass V.Federally 530-273-4440 Grass Valley CA Stark County Desert 3rd Sat Whip Mccord 219-942-5859 Knox IN The Cowboys 4th Sun Captain Jake 714-536-2635 Norco CA Indian Trail Ambush 3rd Sat Dorvin Emery 765-853-1266 Modoc IN Sloughhouse Irregulators 5th Sat & Sun Badlands Bud 530-677-0368 Sloughhouse CA High Ground Regulators 3rd Sat Apr. - Nov. Blackjack Max 765-832-3324 West Terre Haute IN Colorado Cowboys 1st Sat Mule Creek 719-748-3398 Lake George CO 10 O’clock Line Shootist Club 3rd Sun Bunsen Rose 765-832-6620 Cayuga IN San Juan Rangers 1st Sun Sapinero 970-323-6566 Montrose CO Deer Creek Regulators 4th Sun C. Bubba McCoy 765-948-4487 Jonesboro IN Colorado Shaketails 1st Sun Yaro 303-646-3777 Ramah CO Wildwood Wranglers 4th Sun VOODOOMAN 219-872-2721 Michigan City IN Windygap Regulators 1st Wknd Crimson Sue 970-565-8573 Cortez CO Indiana Black Powder Guild 5th Sat Manatee 317-640-0172 Paradise Pass IN Four Corners Rifle Butterfield Gulch Gang 1st Sun Polecat Ron 785-827-8149 Chapman KS and Pistol Club 2nd Sun Capt. W. K. Kelso 970-565-8960 Cortez CO Powder Creek Cowboys 2nd Sat & 4th Wed Shawnee Shamus 913-236-8812 Lenexa KS Montrose Marshals 2nd Sun Big Hat 970-249-7701 Montrose CO Mill Brook Wranglers 2nd Sun Grandpa B. Millbrook 785-421-2537 Hill City KS Rifle Creek Rangers 2nd Sun Miles Coffee 970-625-0657 Rifle CO Free State Rangers 3rd Buffalo Phil 913-898-4911 Parker KS Rockvale Bunch 3rd Sat Nevada Steel 719-784-6683 Rockvale CO Sand Hill Regulators 3rd Sat Latigo Max 620-663-8666 Hutchinson KS Pawnee Station 3rd Sat Red River Wrangler 970-225-0545 Wellington CO Capital City Cowboys 4th Sun Newton 785-765-3915 Topeka KS Four Corners Gunslingers 3rd Sun Cerveza Slim 970-247-0745 Durango CO Kentucky Regulators 1st Sat Kentucky Dover 270-658-3247 Boaz KY Castle Peak Wildshots 3rd Sun Old Squinteye 970-524-9348 Gypsum CO Hooten Old Town Regulators 1st Sat (Mar - Dec) Bullfork Shotgun Red 606-776-6719 Mckee KY Thunder Mountain Shootists 3rd Wknd Pinto Being 970-464-7118 Grand Junction CO Knob Creek Gunfighters Shootists Society of Pawnee Guild 1st Sun Cumberland Drifter 502-548-3860 Shepardsville KY Sportsmens Center 4th Sat Cherokee Kat 970-484-3445 Briggsdale CO Green River Gunslingers 2nd Sat Yak 270-792-9001 Bowling Green KY Northwest Colorado Rangers 4th Sat Sagebrush Burns 970-824-8407 Craig CO Crab Orchard Cowboy Sand Creek Raiders 4th Sun Sweet Water Bill 303-366-8827 Byers CO Shootist 2nd Sat Rowdy Fulcher 270-389-9402 Clay KY Black Canyon Ghost Riders 4th Sun Double Bit 970-874-8745 Hotchkiss CO Kentucky Longrifles Ledyard Sidewinders 1st Sat Yosemite Gene 860-536-0887 Ledyard CT Cowboys 2nd Sat Bullfork Shotgun Red 606-784-0067 Morehead KY Echo Ridge Regulators 1st Sun Shiloh Beck 203-467-9577 Colechester CT Ohio River Rangers 2nd Sat Jim Spears 270-443-5216 Paducah KY Congress of Rough Riders 1st Sun Snake Eyes F. Tanner 203-612-8855 Naugatuck CT Lonesome Pine Pistoleros 2nd Sun Isom Kid 606-633-4465 Jeremiah KY If your Listing is incorrect, please notify SASS office (714) 694-1800. (Continued on page 102) Page 102 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007 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 Highland Regulators, Inc 3rd & 4th Wknd Hezekiah Hawke 859-250-7766 Winfield KY Buffalo Range Riders 1st Sun Coyote Calhoun 404-580-5985 Founders Ranch NM Fox Bend Peacemakers 4th Sun Tioga Kid 859-277-9693 Wilmore KY Bighorn Vigilantes 2nd Sat Boggus Deal 505-832-1302 Edgewood NM Devil Swamp Gang 1st Sat Captain Parker 985-537-7725 Thibodaux LA Gila Rangers 2nd Sat Chico Cheech 505-388-2531 Silver City/Mimbres NM Up The Creek Gang 2nd & 4th Sat Hardly Able 337-474-5058 Lake Charles LA Lost River Cowboys 2nd Sun Whiskey R. Dave 505-623-9201 Roswell NM Bayou Bounty Hunters 2nd Sat Soiled Dove 985-796-9698 Amite LA Rio Grande Renegades 2nd Wed, 3rd Sat, 4th Sun, Cajun Cowboy & 5th Sat Rancid Roy 505-898-4894 Albuquerque NM Shooters Society 2nd Sun Durango Dan 225-752-2288 Baton Rouge LA Seven Rivers Regulators 3rd Sat Neches Jack 505-628-0028 Carlsbad NM Cypress Creek Cowboys 2nd Wknd Mav Dutchman 318-396-6320 Downsville LA Lost Almost Posse 3rd Sat Buncle Steve 505-662-6034 Los Alamos NM Grand Ecore Vigilantes 3rd Sat Ouachita Kid 318-932-6637 Natchitoches LA Rio Vaqueros 3rd Sun J. W. Brockey 505-744-4488 T or C NM Deadwood Marshals 3rd Sat Barkeeps 225-715-8711 Sorrento LA Monument Springs Shawsheen River Rangers As Sched Yukon Willie 978-663-3342 Bedford MA Bushwhackers 4th Sat Mesquite Bandit 505-392-5017 Hobbs NM Harvard Ghost Riders As Sched Yosemite Kid 781-373-2411 Harvard MA Picacho Posse 4th Sat Fast Hammer 505-647-3434 Las Cruces NM Nashoba Valley Regulators As Sched Texas Jack Black 508-882-3058 Harvard MA Tres Rios Bandidos 4th Sun Long Step 505-325-4493 Farmington NM Mansfield Marauders As Sched Mohawk Mac 508-369-5093 Mansfield MA High Plains Drifters 1st Sun Fernley 775-575-3131 Fernley NV Danvers Desperados As Sched Cyrus Cy Klopps 781-667-2857 Middleton MA Eldorado Cowboys 1st Wknd Charming 702-565-3736 Boulder City NV Gunnysackers Sat Nantucket Dawn781-749-6951 Scituate MA Pahrump Cowboy Shooters Eas’dern Shore Renegades 1st Sat Slash Eight 410-648-6829 Sudlersville MD Association 2nd Sun Iona Vaquero 775-727-5897 Amargosa Valley NV Thurmont Rangers 1st Sun Cody Conagher 304-258-1419 Thurmont MD Nevada Rangers Cowboy Action St. Charles Sportsman’s Club Shooting Society 2nd Sun Cactus McHarg 702-644-5903 Jean NV Cowboy Action 2nd Sat Rufus Lupus 301-499-7879 Waldorf MD Roop County Cowboy Damascus Wildlife Rangers 4th Sat (Mar-Nov) Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Damascus MD Shooters Assn. 2nd Sun Russ T. Chambers 775-747-1426 Sparks NV Monocacy Irregulars As Sched Church Key 304-229-8266 Frederick MD Silver State Shootists Club 3rd Sun Tahoe Bill 775-586-9178 Carson City NV Potomac Rangers at SCSC As Sched Tennessee Slim 301-743-7664 Waldorf MD Desert Desperados 3rd Sun Buffalo Sam 702-459-6454 Las Vegas NV Capitol City Vigilance Silver City Shooters Society 4th Sun Daisy Mayhem 702-896-1174 Indian Springs NV Committee As Sched Bum Steer 207-622-9400 Augusta ME Bar D Hombre’s 5th Sun Madd Mike 775-727-7476 Pahrump NV Blue Hill Regulators As Sched Dangerous D. Dalton 207-667-3586 Blue Hill ME Lone Wolf Shooters, LLC As Sched. Penny Pepperbox 775-727-4600 Pahrump NV Hurricane Valley Rangers As Sched Leo 207-829-3092 Falmouth ME Tioga County Cowboys 1st Sat Empty Cases 607-699-3307 Owego NY Big Pine Bounty Hunters As Sched Ripley Scrounger 207-876-4928 Guilford ME Pathfinder Pistoleros 1st Sun Sonny 315-695-7032 Fulton NY Beaver Creek Desperados As Sched Jimmy Reb 207-698-4436 Sanford/Springvale ME Bar-20, Inc. 2nd Sat Renegade Ralph 315-363-5342 West Eaton NY Rockford Regulators 1st Sat No Cattle 616-363-2827 Rockford MI Hole In The Wall Gang 2nd Sun Rowdy Rube 631-474-0002 Calverton NY Sucker Creek Saddle & Boot Hill Regulators 2nd Sun Colonel Bill 845-354-4980 Chester NY Gun Club 2nd Sat Rodeo Road 989-205-0096 Breckenridge MI Border Rangers 2nd Sun (Apr-Oct) Badlands Buzz 607-898-3581 Greene NY River Bend Rangers 2nd Sat Jonathan Slim Chance 574-277-9712 Buckanan MI Diamond Four 3rd Sat Kayutah Kid 607-796-0573 Odessa NY Timber Town Marshals 3rd Sat Dakota D. du Roi 989-689-3891 Midland MI Panorama Trail Regulators 3rd Sat Twelve Bore 585-613-8046 Penfield NY Chippewa Regulators 3rd Sat Yooper Fred 906-635-9700 Sault Ste. Marie MI Circle K Regulators 3rd Sun Smokehouse Dan 518-885-3758 Ballston Spa NY Hidden Valley Cowboys 3rd Sun Charlie Ringo 269-327-4969 Sturgis MI D Bar D Wranglers 4th Sat Captain Maf 845-226-8611 Wappingers Fall NY Rocky River Regulators 3rd Sun Chili Pepper Pete 586-301-2778 Utica MI The Long Riders 4th Sun Loco Poco Lobo 585-467-4429 Shortsville NY Eagleville Cowboys 4th Sat Thummper John 231-377-7232 Central Lake MI The Shadow Riders As Sched Snake River Cowboy 631-477-1090 Westhampton Bch NY Double Barrel Gang 4th Sat Slippery Pete 269-838-6944 Hastings MI East End Regulators Last Sun Diamond Rio 631-585-1936 Westhampton NY Johnson Creek Regulators 4th Sat Cheyenne Raider 734-355-6333 Plymouth MI Big Irons 1st Sat Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OH West Walker Rangers As Sched Two Rig A Tony 616-891-6917 Grand Rapids MI Middletown Sportsmens Wolverine Rangers As Sched Dodge City Dick 248-674-1254 Port Huron MI Club, Inc. 1st Sat Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OH Saginaw Field & Stream Club As Sched Katie Callahan 989-585-3292 Saginaw MI Tusco Long Riders 1st Sat Split Rail 330-364-6185 Midvale OH Lapeer County Sportsmans Firelands Peacemakers 1st Wed, 3rd Sat & 5th Sun Johnny Shiloh 440-984-4551 Rochester OH Club Wranglers Sun Ricochet Bill 810-441-2438 Attica MI Sandusky County Regulators 2nd Sat Kenny Vaquero 419-874-6929 Gibsonburg OH Cedar Valley Vigilantes 1st & 3rd Sat Kaycee McCaylum 507-301-9698 Morristown MN Miami Valley Cowboys 2nd Sun Buckshot Jones 937-418-7816 Piqua OH Crow River Rangers 1st Sun Cantankerous Jeb 763-682-3710 Howard Lake MN Shenango River Rats 2nd Sun & 4th Sat (May-Oct) Shenango Joe 330-782-0958 Yankee Lake OH Lookout Mountain Scioto Territory Gunsmoke Society 3rd Sat Wagonmaster 218-744-4694 Virginia MN Desperados Inc. 3rd & 5th Sun Lucky Levi Loving 740-745-1220 Chillicothe OH East Grand Forks Rod & Wilmington Rough Riders 3rd Sat Paragon Pete 740-626-7667 Wilmington OH Gun Club 3rd Sun BB Gunner 218-779-8555 East Grand ForksMN AuGlaize Rough Riders 3rd Sun Doc Carson 419-782-7837 Defiance OH Ike’s Clantons 4th Sun (Apr-Sep) Dawgnapper 507-276-2255 New Ulm MN Ohio Valley Vigilantes 4th Sat Rowdy K 419-529-0887 Mt. Vernon OH The Ozark Posse 1st Sat Tightwade Swede 417-847-0018 Cassville MO Briar Rabbit Rangers 4th Sat Grizzly Killer 330-204-4606 Zanesville OH Rocky Branch Rangers 1st Sun Iza Littleoff 816-524-1462 Higginsville MO Central Ohio Cowboys 4th Sun Buffalo Balu 740-569-3206 Circleville OH Moniteau Creek Jackson Six Shooters Last Sat (Mar-Oct) Flat Iron Fred 330-538-2690 North Jackson OH River Raiders 2nd Sun Doolin Riggs 573-687-3103 Fayette MO Shortgrass Rangers 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Captain Allyn Capron 580-357-5870 Grandfield OK Gateway Shootist Society 3rd Sun Bounty Seeker 636-464-6569 St. Louis MO Cherokee Strip Shootists 1st Sun Querida Kate 405-372-0208 Stillwater OK Central Ozarks Oklahoma City Gun Club 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Stonewall 405-739-0545 Oklahoma Cty OK Western Shooters 3rd Sun X S Chance 573-765-5483 St. Robert MO Indian Territory Single Action Southern Missouri Rangers 4th Wknd Smokie 417-759-9114 Willard MO Shooting Society 2nd Sun, 3rd Sat, 4th Wed, Natchez Six Gunners 1st Sat Winchester 601-445-5223 Natchez MS & 5th Sun Montana Dan 918-313-0249 Coweta OK Mississippi Peacemakers 3rd Sat Squinter 601-825-8640 Mendenhall MS Flying W Outlaws 3rd & 5th Sat Papa Don 580-225-5515 Elk City OK Mississippi River Rangers 4th & 5th Sat Easy Lee 662-838-7451 Byhalia MS Tater Hill Regulators 3rd Sun Taos Willie 918-355-2849 Tulsa OK Mississippi Regulators 4th Sat Lone Yankee 601-249-3315 McComb MS Orygun Cowboys & Cowgirls 1st Mon, 2nd Sun Honorable Road Agents & 3rd Sat Transit Man 503-864-3311 Sherwood OR Shooting Society 1st Sat Diamond Red 406-685-3618 Ennis MT Molalla River Rangers 1st Sat Gold Dust Bill 503-705-1211 Canby OR Sun River Rangers Merlin Marauders 1st Sat Rogue Rascal 541-472-8585 Grants Pass OR Shooting Society 1st Sun & 4th Sat Wapiti Willie 406-454-2809 Simms MT Dry Gulch Desperados 1st Sat G. D. R. Goldvein 509-394-2418 Milton Freewater OR Gallatin Valley Regulators 2nd Sat Missouri River Kid 408-587-2072 Logan MT Horse Ridge Pistoleros 1st Sun Texas Jack Morales 541-923-3000 Bend OR Rocky Mountain Rangers 2nd Wknd Jocko 406-847-0745 Noxon MT Siuslaw River Rangers 1st Sun Johnny Jingos 541-997-6313 Florence OR Bigfork Buscaderos 3rd Sat Bodie Camp 406-883-6797 Bigfork MT Table Rock Rangers 1st Sun & 2nd Sat Checotah 541-772-9941 White City OR Last Chance Handgunners 3rd Sat Bocephus Bandito 406-439-4476 Boulder MT Fort Dalles Defenders 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Mallard 541-993-3663 The Dalles OR Rosebud Drygulchers 3rd Sun Sgt. Blue 406-356-7885 Forsyth MT Klamath Cowboys 2nd Sun Rambling Dave 541-273-1055 Keno OR Montana Territory Jefferson State Regulators 3rd Sat Jed I. Knight 541-944-2281 Ashland OR Peacemakers 4th Sat Montana Rawhide 406-245-2854 Billings MT Oregon Trail Regulators 3rd Sat Road Agent 541-963-2237 La Grande OR Yellowstone Regulators 4th Sat Chisler Wood 307-690-2676 W. Yellowstone MT Oregon Old West Greasy Grass Scouts Call to Shoot Prairie Annie 406-638-2438 Garryowen MT Shooting Society 3rd Sun & 4th Sat Mid Valley Drifter 541-259-2774 Albany OR Flatwood’s Cowboys 1st Sat William Tompskins 910-325-1049 Hubert NC Umpqua Regulators 4th Sun Big Lou 541-484-5900 Roseburg OR Old Hickory Regulators 1st Sat Father Time 252-291-3184 Rocky Mount NC Columbia County Cowboys TBA Kitty Colt 503-642-4120 St. Helens OR Walnut Grove Rangers 1st Sat Hiem 828-245-5563 Rutherfordton NC Chimney Rocks Regulators 1st Sat Hattie Hubbs 814-696-5669 Hollidaysburg PA Old North State Posse 1st Sat Layden 704-279-7161 Salisbury NC Perry County Regulators 1st Sat Snappy Lady 717-789-3893 Ickesburg PA Carolina Rough Riders 1st Sun Pecos Pete 704-996-0756 Charlotte NC Dry Gulch Rangers 1st Sat Pepc Holic 724-263-1461 Midway PA High Country Cowboys 2nd Sat Wild Otter 828-423-7796 Asheville NC Boothill Gang of Topton 1st Sun Lester Moore 610-821-8215 Topton PA Carolina Cattlemen’s Shooting Whispering Pines Cowboy and Social Society 2nd Sat Wicken Wanda 919-266-1678 Creedmore NC Committee 1st Sun Mac Traven 570-723-8885 Wellsboro PA North Carolina Cowboys, Inc. 2nd Sat J. M. Brown 919-266-3751 Creedmore NC Logans Ferry Regulators 2nd Sat Mariah Kid 412-793-1496 Pittsburgh PA Buccaneer Range Regulators 2nd Sat Dick W. Holliday 910-520-4822 Wilmington NC Lost Dutchmen 2nd Sat Basket Lady 717-949-3970 Schaefferstown PA Carolina Single Action Mainville Marauders 2nd Sun Gettysburg 570-387-1795 Mainville PA Shooting Society 2nd Sun Carolina Longarm 910-627-7615 Eden NC Westshore Posse 2nd Sun Doc Hornaday 717-432-1352 New CumberlandPA Gunpowder Creek Regulators 3rd Sat Horsetrader 828-754-1884 Lenoir NC The Dakota Badlanders 2nd Sun Dakota J. Gunfighter 610-837-8020 Orefield PA Cross Creek Cowboys 3rd Sat Grizzly Greg 910-424-3376 Wagram NC River Junction Shootist Piedmont Gunslingers 3rd Sun Sam Carp 704-596-7120 Churchland NC Society 3rd Sat Mattie Hays 724-593-6602 Donegal PA Bostic Vigilantes 4th Sat Bostic Kid 704-434-2174 Bostic NC Jefferson Rifle Club, Inc. 3rd Sat (Mar-Nov) Oracle Jones 410-239-6795 Jefferson PA Iredell Regulators 4th Sat Stump Water 704-630-9527 Statesville NC Blue Mountain Rangers 3rd Sun The Mad Tanner 610-562-8161 Hamburg PA Dakota Rough Riders As Sched RoughRider Jim Bob 701-673-3122 Moffit ND Silver Lake Bounty Hunters 3rd Sun Marshal Buckshot 570-663-3045 Montrose PA Sheyenne Valley Purgatory 3rd Wknd Dry Gulch Geezer 814-827-2120 Titusville PA Peacekeepers Last Sat (Apr-Sep) Wild River Rose 701-588-4331 Kindred ND Elstonville Hombres 4th Sun Basket Lady 717-949-3970 Manheim PA Platte Valley Gunslingers 1st Sun Col. Horace C. Rider 308-380-9511 Grand Island NE Stewart’s Regulators 4th Sun Sodbuster Burt 724-479-8838 Shelocta PA Oregon Trail Regulators, NE 2nd Sat Pvt. J. Southwick 307-837-2919 Scottsbluff NE El Posse Grande 4th Sun (Mar-Oct) Black Hills Barb 570-538-9163 Muncy Valley PA Alliance Cowboy Club 2nd Sun Panhandle Slim Miles 308-760-0568 Alliance NE Conestoga Wagoneers As Sched No Change 215-431-2302 Southampton PA Eastern Nebraska Gun Club 2nd Sun Flint Valdez 712-323-8996 Louisville NE Lincoln County Lawmen 4th Sun Longshot Logan 401-334-9466 Manville RI Flat Water Shootists of the Grand Palmetto Posse 1st Sat Edisto Ike 843-869-2429 Columbia SC Island Rifle Club 3rd Sun Wes B. U. S. Marshal 308-226-2651 Grand Island NE Piedmont Regulators 2nd Sat Chase Randall 864-843-6154 Anderson SC The Dalton Gang Shooting Club, Hurricane Riders 3rd Sat Concho V. Charlie 843-997-4063 Aynor SC of NH LLC 3rd Wknd (Apr-Oct) Littleton S. Dalton 603-444-6876 Dalton NH Savannah River Rangers 3rd Sun Creede Kid 706-860-0549 Jackson SC White Mountain Regulators As Sched Dead Head 603-772-2358 Candia NH Geechee Gunfighters 4th Sat Edisto Ike 843-869-2429 Ridgeville SC Pemi Valley Peacemakers As Sched Capt. Side Burns 603-539-4584 Holderness NH Deadwood Seven Merrimack Valley Marauders As Sched Sheriff R. P. Bucket 603-345-6876 Pelham NH Down Regulators 1st Sun Deadwood George 605-642-2301 Spearfish SD Jackson Hole Gang 4th Sun (Mar-Nov) Emberado 609-466-2277 Jackson NJ Cottonwood Cowboy Magdalena Trail Drivers 1st & 3rd Sat Slippery Steve 505-835-8664 Magdalena NM Association 2nd Sun J. D. Henry 605-886-7929 Clark SD Rio Rancho Regulators 1st & 4th Sat Sam Brannan 505-400-2468 Rio Rancho NM Black Hills Shootist Otero Practical Shooting Association 3rd Sun Hawkbill Smith 605-342-8946 Pringle SD Association 1st Sat Saguaro Sam 505-437-3663 La Luz NM If your Listing is incorrect, please notify SASS office (714) 694-1800. (Continued on page 103) April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 103 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.) (Continued from page 102) Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Bald Mountain Renegades 4th Sun Grease Cup 605-598-6744 Faulkton SD Cowboy Action Shooting Wartrace Regulators 1st Sat Will Reily 615-325-9585 Wartrace TN Sports, Inc. 4th Sun (Feb-Nov) Cody Canagher 304-258-1419 Largent WV Greene County Regulators 1st Sat Mort Dooley 423-357-8464 Rogersville TN Cheyenne Regulators, Inc. 1st Sat Overland Kid 307-635-9940 Cheyenne WY Memphis Gunslingers 2nd Sat Sagebrush Jim 901-380-5591 Arlington TN Colter’s Hell Justice Smoky Mountain Committee WSAS 1st Sat Lucky B. Thorington 307-754-5831 Varies WY Shootist Society 2nd Sat Hombre Sin Nombre 865-740-3801 Oak Ridge TN Bessemer Vigilance The Bitter Creek Rangers 3rd Sat Sunset Evans 931-484-2036 Crossville TN Committee 1st Sun Smokewagon Bill 307-472-1926 Casper WY Tennessee Mountain High Lonesome Drifters 2nd Sat Kari Lynn 307-587-2946 Cody WY Marauders 3rd Sat Cherokee Maddog 423-309-8552 Ringgold, GA TN Sybille Creek Shooters 2nd Sat Wyoming Roy 307-322-3515 Wheatland WY North West Tennessee Southfork Vigilance Longriders 3rd Sat Can’t Shoot Dillon 731-885-8102 Union City TN Committee WSAS 2nd Sun Wennoff Halfcock 307-332-5035 Lander WY Tennessee Trail Bums 3rd Sun Wiley Fish 931-728-5327 Manchester TN Donkey Creek Shootists 3rd Sat Poker Jim 307-660-0221 Gillette WY Ocoee Rangers 4th Sat Ocoee Red 423-476-5303 Cleveland TN Powder River Justice El Vaqueros 1st & Last Sun Tom Doniphan 254-559-9896 Breckenridge TX Committee WSAS 3rd Sun Doc Fehr 307-683-3320 Buffalo WY Plum Creek Carriage & Shooting Society 1st Sat Delta Raider 512-376-2602 Lockhart TX South Texas Pistolaros 1st Sat Long John Beard 830-663-4783 San Antonio TX CANADIAN MONTHLY MATCHES Comanche Trail Shootists 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Hoodoo Brown 432-682-1422 Midland TX Alberta Frontier Shootists As Sched Mustang Heart 780-464-4600 Kelsey ALB CANADA Orange County Regulators 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Nate Kiowa Jones 409-984-5473 Orange TX Rocky Mountain House Old West Buckcreek Bandaleros 1st Sat & 3rd Wknd Hoofprint Prine 254-897-7328 Nemo TX Shootists As Sched Luke A. Leathersmith 403-845-4347 Rocky Mnt House ALB CANADA Old Fort Parker Patriots 1st Wknd Slowaz Molasses 254-412-0904 Groesbeck TX Red Mountain Renegades 1st Sun Forty One Colt Bob 604-929-0178 Mission BC CANADA Texas Peacemakers 1st Wknd Pecos Red 903-984-1951 Tyler TX Valley Regulators 3rd Sat High Country Amigo 250-334-3479 Courtenay BC CANADA Texas Troublemakers 2nd Sat Coyote Rose 903-570-9954 Brownsboro TX Western Canadian Frontier Shootists Canadian River Regulators 2nd Sat Capshaw 806-335-1660 Clarendon TX Society As Sched Caribou Lefty 250-372-0416 Kamloops BC CANADA Texican Rangers 2nd Sat Dusty Chambers 830-896-7856 Fredericksburg TX Victoria Frontier Shootists As Sched Prairie Buck 250-655-1100 Victoria BC CANADA Bounty Hunters 2nd Sat Cable Lockhart 806-299-1192 Levelland TX Nova Scotia Cowboy Action Travis County Regulators 2nd Sat Shotgun Sally 512-694-6803 Smithville TX Shooting Club 3rd Sun Wounded Belly 902-890-2310 Truro, NS NS CANADA Texas Tenhorns Waterloo County Revolver Shooting Club 2nd Sun & Last Sat Hoss Jack 903-546-6291 Greenville TX Association 1st Sat Ranger Pappy Cooper 519-536-9184 Kitchener ON CANADA Lone Star Frontier Barrie Gun Club 2nd & 4th Sat Canadian Crow 705-435-2807 Barrie ON CANADA Shooting Club 2nd Wknd Texas Banker 972-641-8585 Cleburne TX Wentworth Shooting Oakwood Outlaws 2nd Wknd Texas Alline 903-545-2252 Oakwood TX Sports Club 2nd Sun Stoney Creek 1-905-664-3217 Hamilton ON CANADA Big Thicket Outlaws 3rd Sat Shynee Graves 409-860-5526 Beaumont TX Otter Valley Rod & Gun Inc. 4th Sun Slick Sid 519-842-2142 Strafforduille ON CANADA Tejas Caballeros 3rd Sat Texas Heat 512-219-8280 Driftwood TX Ottawa Valley Marauders As Sched Reverend Damon Fire 613-825-8060 Ottawa ON CANADA Gruesome Gulch Gang 3rd Sat Eli Blue 806-293-2909 Plainview TX San Antonio Rough Riders 3rd Sat Dusty Lone Star 210-273-5517 San Antonio TX Aurora Desperados 1st Fri Destry 905-727-8987 Aurora ONT CANADA Texas Historical Shootist The Badlands of H. A. H. A. As Sched Arty Ways 905-627-4123 Ancaster ONT CANADA Society 3rd Sun Longhaired Jim 979-373-9938 Columbus TX Centre de tir des Loisirs Red River Regulators 3rd Sun El Rio Rojo Ray 903-838-0964 Texarkana TX de Granby As Sched Richelieu Mike 450-658-8130 Granby QC CANADA Comanche Valley Vigilantes 3rd Wknd Denton Dancer 214-384-3975 Cleburne TX Butterfield Trail Regulators 4th Sat Cob-Eye Zack 325-660-3048 Abilene TX EUROPE MONTHLY MATCHES Alamo Area Moderators 4th Sat Tombstone Mary 210-493-9320 San Antonio TX Purgatory Ridge Sweetwater Gunslingers Austria As Sched Fra Diabolo [email protected] Vienna AU Rough Riders 4th Sat Willie Ray 806-634-6622 Slaton TX Old West Shooting Society Tejas Pistoleros, Inc. 4th Wknd Texas Paladin 713-690-5313 Eagle Lake TX Switzerland As Sched Hondo Janssen 01-271-9947 Zurich CH Badlands Bar 3 4th Wknd T-Bone Dooley 903-628-5512 English TX Czech Cowboy Action Green Mountain Regulators 4th Wknd Singin’ Zeke 830-693-4215 Marble Falls TX Shooting Society As Sched George Roscoe 420-777-220248 Oparany (South Bohemia) CZ Texas Regulators 4th Wknd Shotglass 281-259-0284 Tomball/Cypress TX SASS Germany As Sched Santa Klaus 49-941-24924 Varies DE Coal Creek Cowboys 1st & 3rd Sat Lineas A. Puffbuster 435-680-9275 Cedar City UT Cowboy Action Shooting-Germany Last Sat Kid O Folliard 49 170 382 9406 Edderitz DE Big Hollow Bandits 1st Sat P.J. McCarthy 435-671-1929 Heber UT SASS-Finland As Sched Quincannon 358-41-5794962 Finland FI Copenhagen Valley Old West Shooting Society Italy As Sched Alchimista 39-3342068337 Gussago - Brescia IT Regulators 1st Sat Lefty Slack 435-730-0880 Mantua UT Honky Tonk Rebels As sched Kaboom Andy 39 335 7378551 Vigevano IT Crow Seeps Cattle Dutch Western Shooting Company L.L.C. 1st Sat Buffalo Juan 435-528-7432 Mayfield UT Association 1st Sun Fat Bob 31-40-242-4076 Varies NL Dixie Desperados 2nd & 4th Sat Nitty Gritty Sandy 435-656-5211 St. George UT Scherpschutters Veghel 2nd Sun Cloggie Joe 31-4120-652694 Veghel NL Rio Verde Rangers 2nd Sat Doc Nelson 435-564-8210 Green River UT Western Shooting Club North Rim Regulators 2nd Sat Autum Rose 435-644-5053 Kanab UT Stone Valley As Sched Pete Cody 31-4-6433-1075 Stein (LB) NL Hobble Creek Wranglers 2nd Sat Utah Rifleman 801-489-5267 Springville UT SASS Norway As Sched Charles Quantrill 47-932-59-669 Loten NO Utah War 3rd & 5th Sat Jubal O. Sackett 801-944-3444 Salt Lake City UT Schedsmoe County Rough Riders Thurs Jailbird 47-6399-4279 Lillestrom NO Deseret Historical British Western Shooting Society As Sched Badas Bob 16-422-53-3333 Redcar UK Shootist Society 3rd Sat Shorty Lamoore 435-723-8614 Kaysville UT Mesa Marauders Gun Club 3rd Sat Copper Queen 435-979-4664 Lake Powell UT Roller Mill Hill Gunslingers 3rd Sat Widtsoe Kid 435-676-8382 Panquitch UT DOWN UNDER MONTHLY MATCHES Diamond Mountain Rustlers 3rd Sat D. M. Claim Jumper 435-789-7563 Vernal UT Gold Coast Gamblers 1st & 3rd Sat Dagger Jack 61-7-5537-5857 Gold Coast QLD AU Wasatch Summit Regulators 3rd Sun Boots Rob 435-649-3625 Park City UT Adelaide Pistol Wahsatch Desperados 4th Sat Sanpitch Kid 801-231-2643 Kaysville UT & Shooting Club 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Lobo Malo 61-8-2890606 Korunye SA AU Castle Gate Posse 4th Sat Cowboy M. Maude 435-637-8209 Price UT Cowboy Action Shooters Dixie Desperados 5th Sat Nitty Gritty Sandy 435-656-5211 Greenhorn UT of Australia 3rd Wknd Mister Skye 02-9975-7983 Teralba NSW AU Pungo Posse 1st Sat V. B. Southpaw 757-471-6190 Wakefield VA Mount Rowan Rangers 4th Sat Arizona Sheriff 0408 561 286 Ballart VIC AU Cavalier Cowboys 1st Sun (Mar-Dec) Kuba Kid 804-270-9054 Hanover County VA Fort Bridger Shooting Club Inc. 4th Sun Duke York 61-3-9551-2902 Drouin VIC AU Virginia City Marshals 1st Tues Virginia Vixen 703-455-4795 Fairfax VA The Wiski Mountain Rangers As Sched The Caretaker Hare 414383845 Mount Martha VIC AU Blue Ridge Regulators 2nd Sun Bad Company 540-886-3374 Lexington VA SSAA Single Action K.C.’s Corral 3rd Sat Sam Hades 804-264-3608 Mechanicsville VA Shooting-Australia Sun Virgil Earp 61-7-4695-2050 Millmerran QLD AU Mattaponi Sundowners 3rd Sun Flatboat Bob 804-785-2575 West Point VA Trail Blazers Gun Club 1st Sun Ernie Southpaw 64-3-755-7654 Mill Town NZ Pepper Mill Creek Gang 4th Sun Slip Hammer Spiv 540-775-4561 King George VA Bullet Spittin Sons O’ Thunder 2nd Sat Billy Deadwood 64-6-3564720 Palmerston N. NZ Bend of Trail 4th Sun Trapper Dan 540-890-5162 Roanoke VA Wairarapa Pistol and Shooting Stovall Creek Regulators Alt. 1st Sat & Sun Brizco-Z 434-929-1063 Madison Heights VA Club, Inc. 2nd Sun Doc Hayes 06 379 6692 Carterton NZ Verdant Mountain Vigilantes 2nd Sun Snake-Eye Alger 802-476-6247 Marshfield VT Tararua Rangers 3rd Sun J.E.B. Stuart (64) 6 3796436 Carterton NZ Mica Peak Marshals 1st & 3rd Sat Old Timer Gus 509-325-9253 Mica WA Western Renegades 4th Sat Slim Chance Ever 027 249 6270 Wanganui NZ North East Washington Regulators 1st Wknd Armstong Rosie 509-684-2325 Colville WA Renton United Cowboy SOUTH AFRICA MONTHLY MATCHES Action Shooters 1st Wknd Jess Ducky 425-271-9286 Renton WA Western Shooters Smokey Point Desperados 2nd Sun Mudflat Mike 425-335-5176 Arlington WA of South Africa 3rd Sat Richmond P. Hobson 27-21-797-5054 Cape Town ZA Wolverton Mountain Peace Keepers 3rd Sat Hellfire 360-513-9081 Ariel WA Apple Valley Marshals 3rd Sat Silent Sam 509-884-3875 East Wenatchee WA SASS MOUNTED MONTHLY MATCHES Ghost Riders-Snoqualmie Ghost Town Riders 1st Sun Steely Eyes Earp 951-737-6596 Norco CA Valley Rifle Club 3rd Sun Sidewinder Sam 425-836-8053 Snoqualmie WA Roy Rogers Rangers 2nd Wknd Wildcat Kate 951-928-4601 Winchester CA Black River Regulators 4th Sat Montana Slim 360-754-4328 Littlerock WA California Range Riders As Sched Old Buckaroo 408-710-1616 Varies CA Custer Renegades 4th Sun Slingshot Sam 360-410-6869 Custer WA Coyote Valley Regulators TBA Leroy P. Justice 408-842-6694 Gilroy CA Poulsbo Pistoleros 4th Sun Alzada Slim 360-308-8384 Poulsbo WA Revengers of Montezuma 1st Sat Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Cortez CO Old West Cowboys & Guns Sand Creek Shadow Riders As Sched Wildkat Mike 303-644-5802 Byers CO Shooting Society As Sched Bear Britches 800-735-1348 Cle Elum WA Florida Outlaws Cowboy Rattlesnake Gulch Rangers Last Sat Ricochet Robbie 509-628-0889 Benton City WA Mounted Shooting As Sched Texas Silver Star 386-717-7091 DeLeon Springs FL Beazley Gulch Rangers Last Sun An E. Di 509-787-1782 Quincy WA Broken Spoke Mounted Posse As Sched El Paisano 217-964-2433 Mendon IL Rock River Regulators 1st Sat Stoney Mike 608-868-5167 Beloit WI Midwest Rangers, Inc. As Sched Thunderbird Kid 815-967-7598 Rochelle IL Western Wisconsin Thurmont Mounted Rangers 3rd Sun Timber Smoke 410-997-9370 Thurmont MD Wild Bunch 2nd Sat Sierra Jack Cassidy 608-792-1494 Holmen WI Bristol Plains Pistoleros 2nd Sun Tex Hewitt 847-956-0947 Bristol WI New Hampshire Mounted Shooters As Sched Army Saddler 603-487-3379 New Boston NH Crystal River Gunslingers 2nd Sun Ghost Chaser 715-281-7823 Waupaca WI Cowboy Legends Mounted Wisconsin Old West Shooting Ass. As Sched Crown R. Cowboy 973-296-6283 Pompton Plains NJ Shootist, Inc. 2nd Sun & 4th Sat (Apr-Oct) Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WI Buffalo Range Riders Mounted 1st Sat Nuevo Mike 505-832-4059 Founders Ranch NM Liberty Prairie Regulators 3rd Sat Dirty Deeds 920-748-4833 Ripon WI Rio Grande Rustlers 2nd Sat Buckskin Doc 505-440-0257 Belen NM Blue Hills Bandits 3rd Sun Lone Lady 715-458-4841 Rice Lake WI Las Vegas Mounted Good Guys Posse 3rd Wknd Longtooth 847-436-4570 Sharon WI Shooting Associations Sunday Concha Wade 702-498-1134 Las Vegas NV Oconomowoc Cattlemen’s Oklahoma Gunslingers As Sched Ima Sandy Storm 918-244-8060 Claremore OK Association 4th Sat Marvin the Moyle 414-254-5592 Concord WI Lone Pine Rangers 3rd Sat Hawkeye Scout 541-447-7012 Prineville OR The Bad Guys Posse As Sched Speedy Dan 262-728-6577 Elkhorn WI Dawn Ghost Riders 1st Sat Coffee Bean 304-327-9884 Hinton WV Frontier Regulators 2nd Sat Captain Tay Grafton WV To make any changes or affiliate your store, please contact The Railtown Rowdys 2nd Sun Miss Print 304-589-6162 Bluefield WV Kanawha Valley Regulators 3rd Wknd Pike Marshall 304-925-9342 Eleanor WV Aim Me Home (877) 411-SASS. 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The Reckoning at Turtle Flats Apr 1, ‘07 Lulu Ann 941-322-0846 Myakka City FL John Wayne Shoot-out Sep 7-9, ‘07 Solvang Shootist 805-688-3969 San Luis Obispo CA Ruckus at Redrock Apr 12-14, ‘07 William Waddy 435-652-7887 St. George UT Shootout at Hoss Creek Ranch Sep 7-9, ‘07 Kenny Vaquero 419-874-6929 Gibsonbong OH Comancheria Days Apr 12-15, ‘07 Dusty Chambers 830-377-6331 Fredericksburg TX Standoff at Smokey Point Sep 7-9, ‘07 Mudflat Mike 425-335-5176 Arlington WA Shootout at Fort Miller Apr 12-15, ‘07 Fannie Mostly 831-637-8872 Clovis CA Dakota Territory Gold Rush Sep 8-9, ‘07 Hawkbill Smith 605-342-8946 Pringle SD Blue Ridge RoundUp Apr 13-15, ‘07 Dig Em Deep 540-337-2714 Lexington VA The Final Showdown Sep 8-9, ‘07 Rowdy K 419-529-0887 Mt. Vernon OH SASS Georgia State Championship Shootout ‘07 Sep 9, ‘07 Cantankerous Jeb 763-682-3710 Howard Lake MN Ride of The Immortals Apr 13-15, ‘07 Easy Rider 770-954-9696 Griffin GA SASS Minnesota State Championship Roundup Apr 14-15, ‘07 Texas Banker 972-641-8585 Cleburne TX Gunsmoke ‘07 Sep 13-16, ‘07 Kaycee McCaylum 507-301-9698 Morristown MN Shootout at the O. K. Corral Apr 17, ‘07 Tennessee Tonto 813-545-5658 Brooksville FL SASS FOUR CORNERS TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT Midwest Classic Apr 20-22, ‘07 Back Forty 618-625-6538 Sparta IL Smoke Iron 2007 Sep 14-15, ‘07 Penny Wrangler 435-680-0909 Cedar City UT SASS Mississippi State Blackpowder Shootout Shootout at the Happy Jack Mine Sep 14-15, ‘07 Happy Jack 435-979-4665 Lake Powell UT Showdown in Purgatory Apr 20-22, ‘07 Leatherneck 601-824-5932 Mendenhall MS Six Gun Justice Sep 14-15, ‘07 Teton County Jr. 208-709-1708 Rexburg ID Wasco County Shootout Apr 20-22, ‘07 Grizzley Jim 877-491-1933 The Dalles OR A Gunfight in Dixie Sep 14-16, ‘07 Texas Bill 901-465-1730 Arlington TN SASS Washington State Blackpowder Shootout A Dark Day Gateway To The West Sep 14-16, ‘07 Bounty Seeker 636-464-6569 St. Louis MO at Rattlesnake Gulch Apr 21-22, ‘07 Ricocchet Robbie 509-628-0889 Benton City WA Old Magdalena Shoot Out Sep 14-16, ‘07 Slippery Steve 505-835-8664 Magdalena NM Shootout In The Swamp Apr 21-22, ‘07 Dixie Lady 239-566-2047 Punta Gorda FL Purgatory Rush Sep 14-16, ‘07 Dry Gulch Geezer 814-827-2120 Titusville PA LandRun Apr 26-29, ‘07 Stonewall 405-739-0545 Oklahoma City OK SASS New York State Championship SASS New Mexico State Championship Heluva Rukus Sep 14-16, ‘07 Annabelle Bransford 518-877-7834 Ballston Spa NY Buffalo Stampede Apr 26-29, ‘07 SASS Office 877-411-SASS Founders Ranch NM SASS SOUTHWEST TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT SASS Nevada State Blackpowder Shootout Powder Blast Sep 14-16, ‘07 Texas Alline 903-545-2252 Oakwood TX Smoke Out at Purgatory Flats Apr 27-28, ‘07 Iona Vaquero 775-764-0257 Amargosa NV Wolverton Mtn. Peace Keepers Sep 15, ‘07 Hellfire 360-513-9081 Ariel WA Shootout on Lake Wimico Apr 28, ‘07 Tac Hammer 850-785-6535 Port St. Joe FL SASS NORTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP The Gathering Apr 28, ‘07 Bostic Kid 704-434-2174 Bostic NC Rattlesnake Gulch Roundup Sep 20-23, ‘07 Ricochet Robbie 509-628-0889 Benton City WA Anniversary Match Apr 28-29, ‘07 Lusty Lil 323-353-3898 Piru CA SASS Oklahoma State Championship Prince of the Pistoleers May 1, ‘07 Shawnee Shamus 913-236-8812 Lenexa KS Ruckus in the Nation Sep 20-23, ‘07 Montana Dan 918-313-0249 Coweta OK SASS California State Championship Fall Roundup Sep 21-23, ‘07 Trader Dave 309-788-2448 Milan IL Shootout at 5 Dog Creek May 3-6, ‘07 Almost Dangerous 760-376-4493 Bakersfield CA SASS Indiana State Championship SASS Texas State Championship Hoosier Ambush Sep 21-23, ‘07 Doc Molar 765-948-3844 Jonesboro IN Jail Break May 3-6, ‘07 Texas Alline 903-545-2252 Oakwood TX SASS West Virginia State Championship Ambush at Ricochet Junction May 4-6, ‘07 Armstong Rosie 509-684-2325 Colville WA Appalachian Showdown Sep 21-23, ‘07 Cody Canagher 304-258-1419 Largent WV Mo-Kan Border Skirmish May 4-6, ‘07 Iza Littleoff 816-524-1462 Higginsville MO Smokey Hayes Invitational Sep 21-23, ‘07 Rancid Roy 505-898-4894 Albuquerque NM SASS Kentucky State Championship T-Town Shootout Sep 21-23, ‘07 Newton 785-765-3915 Topeka KS Hooten Holler Round-Up May 4-6, ‘07 No Purse Nez 606-633-7688 McKee KY Rapmpage Sep 22, ‘07 Sanpitch Kid 801-231-2643 Kaysville UT Rough Riders Ride Again May 5-6, ‘07 Hardbark Harry 404-373-8088 Dawsonville GA Wild West Extravaganza Shootout Sep 22, ‘07 Penny Pepperbox 775-727-4600 Pahrump NV SASS NORTHWEST TERRITORIAL 10th Annual Shootout At Wildwood Sep 22-23, ‘07 VOODOOMAN 219-872-2721 Michigan City IN BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT May 5-6, ‘07 The Elder Katie 253-946-1438 Renton WA Verde Valley Ranch Wars Sep 22-24, ‘07 Johnny Meadows 928-567-9227 Camp Verde AZ Duel in the Sun May 6, ‘07 Westhampton Beach NY SASS Massachusetts State Black Powder Shootout Spring Avalanche Stampede May 8-19, ‘07 Buckskin John 907-789-7498 Juneau AK Shootout at Drake Mountain Sep 23-24, ‘07 Texas Jack Black 508-882-3058 Harvard MA Utah Territorial Shootout May 12, ‘07 Bufflo Juan 435-528-7432 Mayfield UT High Plains Throw Down Sep 28-30, ‘07 J. P. Trouble 928-445-2468 Prescott AZ Battle of Rogue River May 12-13, ‘07 Molly B’ Dam 541-479-2928 Grants Pass OR Legends of The West Sep 28-30, ‘07 Bojack 760-956-5044 Devore CA The Siege at San Juan May 17-20, ‘07 San Juan 970-249-4227 Montrose CO The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Sep 29-30, ‘07 Manatee 317-640-0172 Paradise Pass IN Adobe Walls May 18-20, ‘07 J.R. Harvey 408-245-5499 Gonzales CA SASS Nevada State Championship SASS Illinois State Championship The Macoupin County Eldorado Oct 4-7, ‘07 Charming 702-565-3736 Boulder City NV Spring Round-Up May 18-20, ‘07 Railroad Bill 314-994-0367 Bunker Hill IL SASS NORTHEAST REGIONAL Shooting Shindig May 18-20, ‘07 Neches Jack 505-628-0028 Carlsbad NM Mason Dixon Stampede Oct 4-7, ‘07 Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Thurmont MD Shootout in the Hills May 18-20, ‘07 Hezekiah Hawke 859-250-7766 Winfield KY High Noon at Tusco Oct 5-7, ‘07 Split Rail 330-364-6185 Midvale OH Shooutout at Leadville May 18-20, ‘07 Oracle Jones 410-239-6795 Jefferson PA SASS Alabama State Championship Charlie Bull Memorial May 20, ‘07 The Cocolallan 208-683-9708 Spirit Lake ID Ambush At Cavern Cove Oct 5-7, ‘07 Drake Robey 256-233-6350 Cavern Cove AL High Sierra Shootout May 24-27, ‘07 Black Jack Traven 530-677-0368 Railroad Flats CA Guns In The Grove Oct 6, ‘07 Ross Rutherford 828-287-4519 Rutherfordton NC SASS Mississippi State Championship Comanche Moon Shootout Oct 6-7, ‘07 Hoodoo Brown 432-682-1422 Midland TX Smokin’ Guns at Rabbit Ridge May 24-27, ‘07 Jered Maddox 901-490-0183 Byhalia MS Underwear Day Oct 6-7, ‘07 G.D. R. Goldvein 509-301-2418 Milton Freewater OR SASS SOUTHEAST REGIONAL Huntsman World Senior Games Oct 9-13, ‘07 William Waddy 435-652-7887 St. George UT The Shootout at Mule Camp May 24-27, ‘07 San Quinton 706-540-0400 Covington GA SASS SOUTHWEST REGIONAL SASS SOUTHEAST TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOUTOUT Showdown at Ormsby’s Ranch Oct 10-14, ‘07 Eli Hawk 817-441-8356 Cleburne TX The Shootout at Mule Camp May 24-27, ‘07 San Quinton 706-540-0400 Covington GA Massacre at Millbrook Oct 11-13, ‘07 Glacier Griz 785-421-3329 Hill City KS Ambush at Mill Creek May 25-27, ‘07 Capt. Jake 714-536-2635 Norco CA SASS Tennessee State Championship SASS Alaska State Blackpowder Shootout Regulator’s Reckoning Oct 11-13, ‘07 Sassy Lora 615-896-8450 Wartrace TN Smoke in the Greatland May 25-27, ‘07 David Cook 907-243-0781 Anchorage AK Dry Gulch at Arroyo Cantua Oct 11-14, ‘07 Diamond Dick 916-483-9198 Sloughouse CA SASS Pennsylvania State Championship SASS WESTERN REGIONAL North Mountain Shoot Out VIII May 25-27, ‘07 Black Hills Barb 570-538-9163 Muncy Valley PA Last Stand at Chimney Rock Oct 11-14, ‘07 Five Jacks 760-949-3198 Lucerne Valley CA St. Jude Children’s Hospital SASS Ohio State Championship Charity Shoot May 26, ‘07 T.A. Spurs 309-798-2635 Monmouth IL Shootout at Hard Times Oct 12-14, ‘07 Buckshot Jones 937-418-7816 Piqua OH End of Road May 26-27, ‘07 Missy Mable 208-731-6387 Jerome ID SASS Virginia State Championship Shootout at Three Fingers Saloon May 26-27, ‘07 Dirty Sally 805-438-4817 Santa Margarita CA Star City Shootout Oct 12-14, ‘07 Beer Slinger 540-776-0057 Roanoke VA Where the Old West Stayed Young May 26-27, ‘07 Sagebrush Burns 970-824-8407 Craig CO Border Wars ‘07 Oct 19-21, ‘07 Buffalo Phil 913-898-4911 Parker KS Open Range May 26-28, ‘07 Diamond Pak 520-743-0179 Tombstone AZ SASS New Jersey State Championship St. Jude Children’s Hospital Purgatory In The Pines Oct 19-21, ‘07 Flat Iron Frank 609-693-6120 Jackson NJ Charity Shoot May 27, ‘07 T. A. Spurs 309-798-2635 Milan IL The Whoopin’ Oct 20, ‘07 Texas Heat 512-219-8280 Driftwood TX Battle of Plum Creek May 31-Jun 3, ‘07 Delta Raider 512-376-2602 Lockhart TX Diamond Four Roundup Oct 20-21, ‘07 Kayutah Kid 607-796-0573 Odessa NY Western States Cowboy Action The Dalton Gangs October Shootout Oct 20-21, ‘07 Littleton S. Dalton 603-444-6876 Dalton NH Shooting Championship May 31-Jun 3, ‘07 Quick Cal 775-575-6700 Fernley NV Hanging Tree Shootout Oct 21, ‘07 X S Chance 573-765-5483 St. Robert MO SASS Idaho State Black Powder Shootout Beaver Dick SASS Arizona State Championship BlackPowder Blowout Jun 1-2, ‘07 Idaho Packer 208-589-5941 Rexburg ID Bordertown Oct 25-28, ‘07 Billy B. Jiggered 520-591-3180 Tucson AZ Gunfight at Chimney Rocks Jun 1-3, ‘07 Hattie Hubbs 814-696-5669 Hollidaysburg PA SASS Missouri State Championship The 2007 SASS Arkansas State Championship Pursuit By Show-Me Shootout Oct 25-28, ‘07 Smokie 417-759-9114 Branson MO Rooster Cogburn’s Posse Jun 1-3, ‘07 Sister Sundance 479-968-7129 Belleville AR The Gunfight Behind SASS MA, CT, and RI State Championship The Jersey Lilly Oct 25-28, ‘07 Captain Jake 714-536-2635 Norco CA Shootout at Sawyer Flats Jun 1-3, ‘07 Barrister Bill 978-667-2219 Harvard MA Guns of Autum Oct 26-27, ‘07 Southern Breeze 770-889-2434 Gainesville GA Rifleman’s Holliday Jun 2, ‘07 Maddog Miglorisi 928-536-6934 Taylor AZ Comin’ At ‘Cha Oct 26-28, ‘07 T-Bone Dooley 903-628-5512 English TX Paradise Pass Ambush Jun 2-3, ‘07 Midnite Desperado 574-893-7214 Warsaw IN SASS Kentucky & Tennessee State Black Powder Shootout Shootout on the Cimarron Jun 2-3, ‘07 Querida Kate 405-372-0208 Stillwater OK Smokeout In the Hills Oct 26-28, ‘07 Hezekiah Hawke 859-250-7766 Winfield TN SASS Wyoming State Championship Speidie Shoot Oct 27-29, ‘07 Badlands Buzz 607-898-3581 Greene NY Cody’s Wild West Shootout Jun 7-10, ‘07 Joe Cross 307-587-2946 Cody WY SASS North Carolina State Championship Utah Summer Games Jun 7-9, ‘07 Penny Wrangler 435-680-0909 Cedar City UT The Uprising at Swering Creek Nov 1-4, ‘07 J. M. Brown 919-266-3751 Salisbury NC Ambush at Hatcreek Jun 8-10, ‘07 Cayenne Pepper 530-275-3158 Burney CA SASS Kansas State Championship Oregon Trail Shootout Jun 15-17, ‘07 Hank Vaughan 541-910-4244 La Grande OR Sunflower State Shoot Nov 2-4, ‘07 Shylock 785-823-1333 Chapman KS Revenge of Montezuma Jun 15-17, ‘07 Piedra Kidd 970-565-9228 Cortez CO Shootout at Big River Swamp Nov 3, ‘07 Nimrod Long 850-592-5665 Grand Ridge FL Thunder In The Valley Jun 15-17, ‘07 Johnny Shiloh 440-984-4551 Amherst OH Vengeance Trail Nov 3, ‘07 Shady Brady 352-686-1055 Brooksville FL SASS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Castle in the Clay Nov 4, ‘06 Madd Mike 775-727-7476 Shoshone CA END of TRAIL Jun 15-24, ‘07 SASS Office 714-694-1800 Founders Ranch NM Nevada Senior Olympics Nov 4, ‘07 Penny Pepperbox 775-772-4600 Pahrump NV SASS Maryland State Championship Rusty Colts Guns of Autumn Nov 4, ‘07 Snake River Cowboy 631-477-1090 Westhampton Beach NY Thunder Valley Days Jun 21-23, ‘07 Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Damascus MD Arizona Territorial Round-Up Nov 8-11, ‘07 Sunshine Kay 602-973-3434 Phoenix AZ Yellowstone Valley Defend Old Fort Parker Buffalo Stampede Jun 22-23, ‘07 Montana Rawhide 406-245-2854 Billings MT Charity Match Nov 8-11, ‘07 Slowaz Molasses 254-412-0904 Groesbeck TX Ambush at Durham Ferry Jun 22-24, ‘07 Cherokee Knight 209-477-8883 Manteca CA SASS South Carolina State Championship State Games of North Carolina Jun 23, ‘07 J. M. Brown 919-266-3751 Creedmore NC Shootout at Givhans Ferry Nov 8-11, ‘07 Edisto Ike 843-869-2429 Ridgeville SC Great Lakes Match #10 Jun 23-24, ‘07 Wall-Man 248-628-7424 Attica MI SASS Louisiana State Championship Mica Peak Marshals Jun 23-24, ‘07 Old Timer Gus 509-325-9253 Mica WA Hanging at Coyote Creek Nov 9-11, ‘07 Soiled Dove 985-796-9698 Amite LA Shoot with No Name Jun 23-24, ‘07 Badlands Buzz 607-898-3581 Greene NY Montrose Marshals Turkey Shoot Nov 11, ‘07 Big Hat 970-249-7701 Montrose CO SASS Wisconsin State Blackpowder Shootout Bill & Dorothy Hahn Memorial Smoke in the Hills Jun 24, ‘07 Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WI Benfit Match Nov 16-18, ‘07 Will Finder, BH 619-224-8480 Pala CA SASS Michigan State Black Powder Shootout Cowford Stampede Nov 16-18, ‘07 Cowford Kid 904-219-3795 Jacksonville FL Smoke on the Range Jun 30-Jul 1, ‘07 Two Rig A Tony 616-891-6917 Grand Rapids MI The Great Northfield Raid Nov 16-18, ‘07 Desperado 818-341-7255 Sylmar CA SASS HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL Shootout at Purgatory Flats Nov 22-24, ‘07 Early Dawn 775-209-4708 Amargosa NV Hell on Wheels Jul 5-8, ‘07 Deputy Cuny 307-634-2449 Cheyenne WY Tombstone Territory “Ace La Rue” Blue Mountain Shootout Jul 6-8, ‘07 Lester Moore 610-821-8215 Topton PA Championship Nov 22-25, ‘07 Diamond Pak 520-743-0179 Tombstone AZ SASS Alaska Territorial Championship Shootout Under 25th Annual Arizona Territorial Championship The Midnight Sun Jul 6-8, ‘07 David Cook 907-243-0181 Anchorage AK Shootout in the Saguaros Nov 30-Dec 2, ‘07 Barbwire 480-488-3064 Phoenix AZ SASS New Hampshire & Vermont State Championship Cowboy Christmas Shoot Dec 1, ‘07 Edisto Ike 843-869-2429 Columbia SC Fracas at Pemi Gulch Jul 6-8, ‘07 Capt. Side Burns 603-539-4584 Holderness NH Top Gun Dec 8, ‘07 Amaduelist 561-694-2079 Indiantown FL Southwest Border Wars Jul 6-8, ‘07 Chico Cheech 505-388-2531 Silver City / Mimbres NM Cowboy Christmas Shoot Dec 14-16, ‘07 Texas Slim 325-668-4884 Abilene TX Independence Day Shoot Jul 7, ‘07 Diamond Red 406-685-3618 Ennis MT Holiday Shoot Dec 28-29, ‘07 William Waddy 435-652-7887 St. George UT SASS Montana Yuma Territorial Prison Breakout Jan 18-20, ‘08 ClueLass 928-726-7727 Yuma AZ State Championship Jul 7-8, ‘07 Montana Prairie Dog 406-452-0136 Simms MT The Western Cup Jan 25-27, ‘08 Daisy Mayhem 702-896-1174 Indian Springs NV SASS Pennsylvania State Black Powder Shootout Smoke N Fire at Indian Creek Jul 20, ‘07 Mattie Hays 724-593-6602 Donegal PA Redemtion at Plummer Butte Jul 20-22, ‘07 Rita Would 509-238-6290 Plummer ID CANADIAN ANNUAL MATCHES SASS North Dakota State Championship Peace in the Valley Jul 20-22, ‘07 Wild River Rose 701-588-4331 Kindred ND Shoot Out At The Ridge May 18-20, ‘07 Forty One Colt Bob 604-929-0178 Mission BC CANADA Wild West Days Jul 20-22, ‘07 Into Buffalo 360-303-5387 Custer WA NSMLA Spring Rendezvous May 19-21, ‘07 Wounded Belly 902-890-2310 Truro NS CANADA Ambush at Indian Creek Jul 21-22, ‘07 Durango D. Hickok 724-228-8999 Donegal PA Centre de tir des Loisirs de Granby May 20, ‘07 Richelieu Mike 450-658-8130 Granby QC CANADA SASS NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL Dry Gulch Jun 16, ‘07 Hawk Feathers 905-936-2129 Caledon ON CANADA The Great Nor’easter Jul 25-29, ‘07 Capt. Morgan Rum 603-772-5041 Pelhan NH Centre de tir des Loisirs de Granby Jul 15, ‘07 Richelieu Mike 450-358-8130 Granby QC CANADA Guns Of The Timberlands Jul 26-28, ‘07 Kid Kneestone 707-445-1981 Eureka/Arcata CA Bar-E Ranch Second Annual Jul 21, ‘07 Canadian Crow 705-435-2807 Barrie ON CANADA SASS HIGH PLAINS TERRITORIAL BLACK POWDER SHOOTOUT Rocky Mountain Thunder Aug 11-12, ‘07 Luke A Leathersmith 403-845-4347 Rocky Mnt House AL CANADA Rocky Mountain Regional Raid Jul 26-29, ‘07 Sweet Water Bill 303-366-8827 Byers CO Buffalo Shoot Aug 25, ‘07 Hawk Feathers 905-936-2129 Caledon ON CANADA Bessemer Jail Break Jul 27-29, ‘07 Smokewagon Bill 307-472-1926 Casper WY SASS CANADIAN REGIONAL SASS Iowa State Championship CHAMPIONSHIP Aug 31-Sep 2, ‘07 Rusty Wood 604-302-6176 Mission BC CANADA Ambush on the Prairie Aug 2-4, ‘07 Kingdom Kid 319-351-7572 Evansdale IA The Badlands of H. A. H. A. Sep 15, ‘07 Arty Ways 905-627-4123 Ancaster ON CANADA Black Butte Blowout Aug 3-4, ‘07 Idaho Shady Layne 208-524-1597 Idaho Falls ID Centre de tir des Loisirs de Granby Sep 23, ‘07 Richelieu Mike 450-658-8130 Granby QC CANADA Ambush at Hickory Ridge Aug 3-5, ‘07 Mac Traven 570-723-8885 Wellsboro PA Sagebrush Rebellion Aug 3-5, ‘07 Earl 530-253-3868 Susanville CA SASS Alaska State Championship EUROPE ANNUAL MATCHES The Justin Pierce Memorial Shoot Aug 3-5, ‘07 Montana Kid Hammer 907-451-4540 Chatanika AK The Pioneer Shootout Jun 2-3, ‘07 Charles Quantrill 47-932-59-669 Loten NO SASS Washington State Championship Westmatch XVI Aug 3-5, ‘07 The Elder Katie 253-946-1438 Renton WA The Mini Blaster Jun 24, ‘07 Samuel B. Carpenter 479-001-1230 Lillestrom NO Shaketails Annual Aug 3-5, ‘07 Yaro 303-646-3777 Ramah CO The Norsemen Trail Aug 8-12, ‘07 Nashville Frank [email protected] Loten NO SASS Utah State 4th CAS European Championship Blackpowder Shootout Aug 4, ‘07 Jubal O. Sackett 801-944-3444 Park City UT Days of Truth 2007 Aug 19-26, ‘07 Arizona Tom 38552528173 Gussago - Brescia IT SASS Idaho State Championship End of Trail 2007 Sept 15-16 ‘07 Alchimista 39-3342068337 Gualdo Tadino, PG IT Reckoning at Black Creek Aug 8-12, ‘07 Pink Eye Pinkerton 208-922-3671 Kuna ID Annual Championship of SASS Utah State Championship CAS - Germany Oct 6-7, ‘07 Marshal Heck +49 345-1200581 Edderitz DE Utah War Aug 9-11, ‘07 Jubal O. 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Gilliam 541-734-8509 Ashland OR SASS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Shootout at Three Rivers Aug 25-27, ‘07 O Bar Freddie 505-325-2167 Farmington NM END of TRAIL Jun 15-24, ‘07 SASS Office 714-694-1800 Founders Ranch NM MN BorderTown Shootout Aug 31-Sep 2, ‘07 BB Gunner 218-779-8555 East Grand Forks MN SASS HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL MOUNTED CHAMPIONSHIP Shoot’n in the Shade Aug 31-Sep 2, ‘07 Christmas Kid 501-625-3554 Hot Springs AR Rocky Mountain Regional Raid Jul 26-29, ‘07 Wildkat Mike 303-644-5802 Byers CO True Grit Aug 31-Sep 2, ‘07 Dapper Dan Porter 309-734-2324 Little York IL SASS FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Lead Daze at Linkville Aug 31-Sep 3, ‘07 Rambling Dave 541-273-1055 Klamath Falls OR Outlaw Trail Aug 16-19, ‘07 SASS Office 714-694-1800 Founders Ranch NM SASS Michigan State Championship Shootout at Ingall’s Park Sep 1-2, ‘07 Wildcat Kate 951-928-4601 Norco CA Wolverine Ranger Range War Aug 31-Sep 3, ‘07 R. J. Law 248-528-0440 Kimball MI SASS NORTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SASS Maine State Blackpowder Shootout Rattlesnake Gulch Roundup Sep 20-23, ‘07 Ricochet Robbie 509-628-0889 Benton City WA Smoke on the Mountain Sep 1-2, ‘07 Dangerous D. Dalton 207-667-3586 Blue Hill ME SASS NORTHEAST MOUNTED SHOOTING REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SASS Nebraska State Championship 10th Annual Mason Dixon Stampede Oct 6, ‘07 Timber Smoke 410-997-9370 Thurmont MD Shootout at Flatwater Sep 1-3, ‘07 Wes B. U. S. Marshal 308-226-2651 Grand Island NE SASS WESTERN REGIONAL Wild Bunch Match Sep 2, ‘07 Snake River Cowboy 631-477-1090 Westhampton Beach NY Last Stand at Chimney Rock Oct 11-14, ‘07 Five Jacks 760-949-3198 Lucerne Valley CA SASS Colorado State Championship SASS Florida State Mounted Championship Last Ride of Kid Curry Sep 6-9, ‘07 Miles Coffee 970-625-0657 Rifle CO Last Stand in the Wetlands Nov 17-18, ‘07 Texas Silver Star 386-717-7091 DeLeon Springs FL April 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 105 Page 106 Cowboy Chronicle April 2007 B SASS AFFILIATED MERCHANT LIST b STORE NAME City St. Contact Phone STORE NAME City St. Contact Phone

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