E N Don’t miss your chance to win a Pedersoli Deluxe Lightning Rifl e•Register for END of TRAIL before March 1st to Qualify S Cowboy ChroniicllDe i NNSNoeoovpvveteeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrr 22 2200000001111 0 CCoowwCbbooywy CbCfohhyrr ooCn(nhiiiicrcllollee n icle gPPPaaagggeee 111 o S o n r e f m e T U o p R p r a A F October 2010 Cowboy Chronicle Pe ageg 1 I o i e L r n s T f 4 o ~ o 7 r d m - a 5 y a 0 ! The Cowboy Chronicle t ) io n The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Sh ooting Society ® Vol. 24 No. 2 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. February 2011 . Northwest regioNal . Rattlesnake Gulch Roundup September 23-26, 2010 By Ricochet Robbie, SASS #8775L Photos by Goldvein Photography

enton City, WA – Re - See HIGHLIGHTS pages 30 , 31 member when you played cowboy with your also produced a 2011 Soiled Dove B friends and were always Calendar with photos from past on the hunt for the bad guy? If so, Regionals to raise additional funds you had your chance to relive this for the scholarship. This endeavor childhood fantasy this year at the was a huge success, and the calen - Northwest Regional Champi - dars were sold out. Good job Dia - onship. Our theme “Wanted Dead mond Deb and GD Rimrock or Alive” re-enacted the escapades Goldvein! The Rattlesnake Gulch of Josh Randall, the bounty hunter, Rangers really appreciate your ef - as he rounded up bad guys across forts to raise money. the West. After the photo session, Hank Our side matches on Thursday Hills, SASS #78028, piped the included all the regular events doves from the town to the stage to along with a 4-stage Plainsman compete for top soiled dove. The event, 2-stage Wild Bunch event, merry piper led 15 of his favorite and a night shoot. Special thanks ladies to the podium. Moose Call, to Silent Sam, SASS #10991, Texas SASS #30877, and Mudflat Mike, Jack Morales, SASS #5026, and SASS #20904, interviewed the Hipshot, SASS #7, for taking over lovely ladies and after much delib - the Wild Bunch event. eration by our panel of experts, Six stages were shot each day on Friday and Saturday. Georgia Bank, SASS #86344, was After shooting the side matches The scenarios varied from ambushes on the trail, to saloon fights, on Thursday, six stages per day stage robberies, jail breaks, and town shootouts. Leggs Balou selected winner. Special thanks to were shot on Friday and Saturday. is seen here dealing Western justice to a whole passel of outlaws. Hilde, RP Dodge, SASS #20279, and The scenarios varied from am - When the smoke cleared, all the desperados lost! Dutch Van Dooler, SASS #48790,

bushes on the trail, to saloon fights, who acted as our judges and to all stage robberies, jail breaks, and town shootouts. When the smoke Gulch by a video projected on the our participants who make this cleared, all the desperados lost. targets. We also had our annual contest a success each year. Our evening entertainment on Soiled Dove/Finest Derriere contest With the winner of the Soiled SASS C owboy Chronicle Thursday and Friday revolved on Friday. Doves determined, it was time for

around Iver Johnson’s night shoot. This year, our shooters were in - the finest derriere contest. This Competitors were invited to partic - vited to have their picture taken year the soiled doves acted as the In This Issue ipate in a side match where roles with their favorite soiled dove and judges. After close inspection, the were reversed and you, the shooter, the proceeds from the sales of pho - winner was determined to be Runa - Wild Bunch for dummies - 32 acted as the bad guy attacking the tos donated to the SASS Scholar - muck, SASS #44216. Some of the illitary niforms m u

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6 FROM THE EDITOR Cowboy Action In Europe . . .

8-11 NEWS The Stowaway . . . Deadliest Pistolero In Tombstone Is Texas Mac! . . . Editorial Staff Tex Editor-in-Chief 12, 18 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . . . Cat Ballou Editor 14 CAT’S CORNER What Women Wore: Accessories Make The Outfit (Gloves ) . . . Miss Tabitha Asst. Editor 16 COYOTE DROPPINGS What Is Rank Scoring And Why Does SASS Use It? . . . Coyote Calhoun ARTICLES Managing Editor & 19-28 Cowboy Memorial Chapel (Background & Update) . . . Marketing Director 32-40 GUNS & GEAR Adobe Illustrator Marlin Firing Pin “Fix” . . . Barber Shop Blues . . . Layout & Design 42 PROFILES Mac Daddy A Salute To (Texas Jack Omohundro) . . . Graphic Design 44, 45 HISTORY Sassy Swede The Forgotten Trail (Oregon’s Applegate Trail) . . . Advertising Manager (505) 843-1320 • Fax: (877) 770-8687 47-50 SASS END of TRAIL Sign-up Now for your chance to win a Pedersoli Deluxe Lightning Rifle! Contributing Writers Annabelle Peacock, Bad Penny, 51-53 REVIEWS PRODUCTS North American Arms: . . . Blackthorne Billy, Capgun Kid, Capt. George Baylor, Col. Dan, 54 TRAIL MARKER Cree Vicar Dave, Dalton Masterson, Always To Remember . . . Indiana Kid, Joe Fasthorse, Juaquin Malone, Miz Annie Ross, 55-74 ON THE RANGE What’s Goin’ On In Your Town? . . . Palaver Pete, Pearl, Pit Mule, Poke, Richochet Robbie, Rufus T. Bohanon, Singin Sue, Texas Flower, 76-78 CLUB REPORTS Tejas Caballero s- Come To Aid Of Cowboy Memorial Chapel Tuolumne Lawman, Whooper Crane

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cowboy actioN iN , EuRopE Czech Republic By Tex, SASS #4 & John Peacemaker, SASS #51709

John Bohemia, each country, and each country has Austria SASS Life one vote when addressing any issue. #73504 Wyatt H. Ristl, Tex, SASS #4 This Board meets during major SASS Life ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ matches and exchanges information #5132 regarding our sport. Coordinating the time and place of Days of Truth, owboy Action has begun for example, is one important topic to grow rapidly in Eu - that is periodically addressed. rope. There are clubs in European cowboys are en - C nearly every country. couraged to contact their Board While not nearly all the cowboys representative regarding local is - belong to SASS, it is SASS that is sues or Kodiak Al for issues in - Thunder Man, providing the unifying set of rules, volving SASS. Members of the SASS #29821 policies, and practices the local Board of Representatives are clubs are adopting and the country identified below: officials are accepting in order to approve the discipline being shot European Board Hungary: in their country. As the game of Representatives El Heckito, SASS #74835 grows and more and more clubs [email protected] Denmark Austria: opt to hold annual matches, con - Topeka Jaki Wyatt H. Ristl, SASS #5132 Captain [email protected] flicts inevitably occur (nice prob - [email protected] Wildbeard, Italy: lem to have!). And, the European Fra Diabolo SASS #55145 SASS Life Alchimista, SASS #41531 Cowboy Action Championship, [email protected] #45998, [email protected] Regulator Days of Truth, moves around the Belgium: Flying Sue, SASS #73457 Joined SASS continent each year, and needs to Not available [email protected] in 2002 be coordinated. Harmony among Czech Republic: Luxembourg: President, the clubs requires communication, Thunder Man, SASS #29821 Kodiak Al, SASS #4008 Association of of course, but country pride can [email protected] [email protected] Danish Western sometimes get in the way … no - John Bohemia, SASS #73504 Smiley Miles, SASS #48390 Shooters—2009 [email protected] body wants someone else telling [email protected] Working with Croatia: them what they can and cannot do! Norway: Denmark Dept. Not available The Wild Bunch realized years Nashville Frank, SASS #49204 of Justice for Denmark: sport approval ago it cannot get directly involved [email protected] Captain Wildbeard, SASS #45998 in local politics … it’s sort of like Charles Quantrill, SASS #49472 [email protected] the “Prime Directive” on Star [email protected] Long Greybeard, SASS #86687 Trek! Not only does the Wild Poland: Finland [email protected] Bunch not truly understand the Trigger Hawkeye, SASS #68174 England: nuances of a local issue, they cer - [email protected] Vic G. B., SASS #56010 tainly don’t understand the gun- Slovakia: [email protected] Milos Urgosik laws in each country or the politics Blackheart Bill [email protected] of dealing with personalities Finland: O`Reilly across borders. Consequently, the Woodbury Kane, SASS #64887 [email protected] Wild Bunch has an official repre - [email protected] Sweden: sentative in Europe to watch after Finn Jake, SASS #43250 Ray Heartless, SASS #62762 SASS’ interests, and to do what he [email protected] [email protected] can to facilitate communication be - France: Wild Bull, SASS #21850 tween SASS Headquarters and the John Peacemaker SASS #51709 [email protected] European clubs. [email protected] Switzerland: Trusty Phil, SASS #28720 Finn Jake, SASS Life #43250, However, the story doesn’t end Palouse Creek Hondo , [email protected] Regulator Classic Old Western there. The European cowboys have SASS #22804 Germany: Society of Finland, COWS Life #74 developed their own way of facilitat - [email protected] Handgunner SASS Finland #1 ing communication among them - The Netherlands: [email protected] TG for SASS Finland & selves—The European Board of Four Eyes Henry, SASS #16042 Shotgun George, SASS #55784 Classic Old Western Society Representatives. This Board con - [email protected] [email protected] RO Instructor sists of two representatives from COWS Homepage: http://www.cows.fi/ Visit us at sassNet .com February 2011 Cowboy Chronicle Page 7 Board of Representatives (continued) . . .

France

John Peacemaker SASS Life #51709 Member of the Board — Cowboy Action Shooting™ France, #6 SASS France Territorial Governor since 2007 SASS RO-II Instructor since September 2009 Involved in Cowboy Action in France since 2007 and in SASS France since its creation in 2008 EuRopE Website : www.sassnet.fr

Trusty Phil, SASS Life #28720 Founder and Honorary President Cowboy Action Shooting™ France, #1 Vice-President Old West French Shooters, #2 Manager and Founder of the Paris Western Show™

Italy

Alchimista, SASS #41531 One of the founders of Old West Shooting Society, SASS Italy in 2004 Member of the Italian Wild Bunch Earned RO-II instructor status (black pin) in 2008 at the SASS Convention in Las Vegas, USA Match Director or Range Master during all international Italian Cowboy Action Shooting™ matches Three time Posse Marshal during American END of TRAIL

Luxembourg

Kodiak Al, SASS Life #4008, Regulator SASS USA European Representative Involved in Cowboy Action since 2005 SASS Luxembourg #2 TG for SASS Luxembourg since its creation in 2006 SASS RO-II Instructor since 2007 Speaks five languages. SASS role is to facilitate communication between SASS Headquarters and the European clubs.

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Visit us at sassNet .com Page 8 Cowboy Chronicle February 2011 rockcastle raNgers club iN keNtucky , Hosts InAuGuRAL sAss s Hoot By Lisa G. Cinquino, Park Mammoth Resort Public Relations Director

ark City, KY – Park Mammoth Resort’s Rock - castle Shooting Center, P hosted its first Single Ac - tion Shooting Society event No - vember 28, 2010. A permanent Cowboy Action Shooting™ range was fabricated, complete with five Old Western facade stages spread out amongst the two thousand acres of the sprawling family re - sort. The titled match, “Welcome to the Rock,” attracted over thirty competitors from five states, all dedicated to preserving and pro - quality shooters. The potential moting the history, spirit, and for Rockcastle Rangers SASS sport of Cowboy Action Shoot - Club to offer our members in (continued) ing™ by dressing in authentic terms of growth is unlimited, and Board of Representatives . . . costumes. Single action re - we are excited to begin building (Continued from page 7) volvers, pistol caliber lever action the next phase of the Old Western rifles, and old time shotguns, ei - town.” ther original from the 1800 period Rockcastle Shooting Center is sweden or replicas are shot by the com - the newest addition to the Park petitors in a timed event. Mammoth Resort property, which T-Bone Dooley, from Texas, a is developing into the nation’s Ray Heartless, SASS #62762 six-time Classic Cowboy World premier shooting sports resort. Shooting since 1990, Champion won the Outlaw Divi - Complete with a 15 Station Cowboy Action since 2003 sion and was the Overall Cham - Sporting Clays course, 5 Stand, Board member of the Sweden Western Shooting Federation, pion. Iron Maiden, the current Pistol and Rifle Ranges out to SWS #351. Ladies Duelist World Champion 1,000 yards, and two 3D Archery Range Officer won the Ladies division and Va - Ranges, the Rockcastle Rangers quero Jake, current Kentucky SASS Club has recently been State Champion won the Bucka - added to the family resort. roo Division. Park Mammoth Resort was Nick Noble, CEO of Rockcas - built in 1964 and continues to op - tle Shooting Center, said, “At erate as a 2,000-acre golf resort Rockcastle, we are committed to and family recreation destina - creating a destination resort for tion. Nestled among the wooded all shooting enthusiasts that par - ridges and valleys of the historic ticipate in various types of shoot - property, it is located in the heart ing sport events. We’re proud to of Caves, Lakes, and Corvette re - provide all SASS members with a gion of south-central Kentucky. permanent home where monthly To book your next family get SASS shoots will now occur every away or plan your company’s cor - fourth weekend.” porate outing, visit our website Shaddai Vaquero, Territorial at: Governor for Rockcastle Rangers http://ParkMammothResort.us Wild Bull, SASS #21850, SASS Club, said, “For a first time or email our guest client services Regulator and TG SASS event at Rockcastle, we had at: for SASS Sweden a successful match that drew top [email protected] .

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THE STOWAWAY his is a six-gun cart (or four- The jump from four to gun) that stores inside it - six-guns is accomplished self. Therefore the name, through the use of T “Stowaway.” The addition of optional outriggers. outriggers make this small four-gun a six-gun cart with no increase in size. It also has adjustable top and bottom long gun separations. The top box, handlebar, outriggers, Everything is stored and sides can be stowed in the bottom inside the bottom box portion of the cart. The front box for transport. hinges are recessed so when the back cover is in place you have a snag free flat surface to set a suitcase, hat boxes, etc. for even more useable space. Don’t need a six-gun cart? Then get the four-gun Stowaway. You can al - ways add the outriggers later if needed. The four-gun Stowaway is $295. To move the cart on the The six-gun is $310. ground in the stowed posi - The size differential Outriggers, if purchased later, tion, an aluminum handle is is clearly seen here are $16 per set. The Stowaway provided. Hook it in the front with one cart in the (Two sets needed for six guns.) configured as hasp where the lock would go, stowed configuration Please see Regulator Rude or call an optional and you’re ready to roll. This photo shows all the and the other in the his cell phone: 772-418-3455 six-gun cart. The handle can be stored components stored inside fully assembled con - inside the cart as well. the bottom box. figuration.

Board of Representatives (continued) . . . norway slovakia

Charles Quantrill, SASS Life #49472, Regulator O’Reilly Involved in Cowboy Action Shooting™ since 1998 Main shooting categories:

Duelist/Classic Cowboy / President Scandinavian Western Shooters and SASS Norway Quantrill Raiders club Vice President poland Trigger Hawkeye, SASS Life #68174 RO-II and judge of the sports- shooting State-class A shooter since 1968. Multiple Polish Army Sports-Shooting Champion In 2005 participated in second Days of Truth in the Czech Republic. In 2006 founded the Polish Western Shooting Association. Nashville Frank, SASS #49204 Organized first Polish Cowboy Action SASS RO-II Instructor Championship with President and TG of Quantrill Raiders, 34 participants. a SASS affiliated club In 2011 is organizing the 5th Polish Chief Security Marshal in Cowboy Action Championship and Scandinavian Western Shooters the 8th Days of Truth, the Together with Charles Quantrill, represent both European Cowboy Action Norway and SWS on Board of Representatives Championship http://www.swsnet.org/stevnekalender2009.html President of Polish Western Shooting Association

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DeaDliest Pistolero iN tombstoNe is texas Mac! By Texas Flower, SASS Life #43753

exas Mac, SASS Life #43494, The contest was held during the won the 2010 Deadliest Pis - three-day Helldorado weekend. A Ttolero Contest in Tombstone, Tombstone shooting gallery/gun Arizona during Helldorado Days. shop sponsored the indoor shoot. It all began when we decided to Contestants were required to use a attend the SASS Arizona State .45 Colt caliber single action re - Match, Bordertown, in October. volver, barrels up to 7 ½ " with fixed While planning our trip to the sights. Shooters had the option of match, we realized Helldorado Days, using their own guns or ones pro - an annual celebration in Tombstone, vided by the gun shop. Texas Mac was the weekend before Border - chose to use the guns provided. The town. We planned to stay in Tomb - wax bullets were supplied for all stone while shooting the match shooters. Having participated in the since the range was near town. SASS Convention Indoor World Never having been to Helldorado Championship, Texas Mac had some competed, including some border Days, we decided to include both experience shooting wax bullets. patrol officers. Shooting at a paper events in our trip. For three days, many shooters target, contestants were given six shots each try for a possible total of 60 points. Anyone could shoot more than once, but the score re - ceived on the most current try counted as the shooter’s score. Texas Mac shot twice. At high noon on Sunday, Texas Mac was named the 2010 Deadliest Pistolero in Tombstone and awarded a very nice engraved trophy at a presentation ceremony in the mid - dle of Allen Street. Needless to say, that was one happy cowboy! Winning the competition was a nice addition to our visit to Tomb - stone, and our trip to attend the SASS Arizona State Match, Border - town, which is a great match!

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CALIFoRnIA ’s LARGEst WEstERn FEstIvAL By Stacey Blackwell litz and glamour have long rodeos, parades, trail been Palm Springs’ calling rides, Desert Circuses, Gcard. So, now cowboys? The and cowboy balls several first year of the Palm Springs West - times a year. Luminaries Fest and Rodeo, 12,000 people such as Gary Cooper, Bob showed up for the fun. This year, Hope, and Frank Bogert they’re expecting many more as rode horses and donned they kick off a Western World’s Fair upscale Western duds at this spring. From March 24-27, on these glamorous social 25 acres in the middle of Palm events. Now, the cowboy Springs, there’s non-stop entertain - glitz has returned. ment for every cowhand. The late Cowboy In the past, Palm Springs was Mayor Frank Bogert is known as a cowboy’s haven. Back credited with building in the “hay days” of the mid-20th Palm Spring’s reputation century, regular Western activities as a hot spot for celebrities. at local resorts for Life mag - were held to promote Palm Springs The four-term mayor snapped pho - azine in the 50s. But at and raise money for charities with tos of the rich and famous playing heart, he was a cowboy. arena that carries on the legacy An article written in 1960 by that he loved. news Flash!! Ray Corliss described his dress as, This WestFest is billed as a END of TRAIL has now opened up the Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter “Rodeo Renaissance. Plus some Va - “Fantasy Camp for Cowboys” Shooting Category! You asked for it, now END of TRAIL has it! If quero. He buys his belt buckles by where “Old West meets the New you’ve already signed up for a different category, it’s not too late to the pound and his boots by the West.” This fandango is full of change! If there is enough interest, we can keep it … don’t let this hundredweight.” Some of the everything from Western fashion opportunity pass you by! events during the WestFest week - shows to trail rides, non-stop Gene end take place at the Bogert rodeo (Continued on page 18 )

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Another Rebuttal To Comin At Cha Hits The Mark! “Real Cowboys Shoot Duelist” have now attended two Comin At friends. This, I believe, is the origi - ICha Regionals; the first one I nal objective of this sport. he December ‘10 letter, “Real tion, the gun handling skills, the thought was the best Regional I I am just saying I hope every - TCowboys Shoot Duelist,” on finesse, and the equipment to go ever attended. But, I still held my one has a chance to shoot at Comin Page 14 by J.P. Lower requires re - faster have made this into a great decision open until I attended an - At Cha at least once. I am positive buttal. gun sport. other one. I did this year, and my they will come away feeling as I do. Having action work done does The timer is there for a rea - opinion is the same as last year— Let’s look at the shoot itself. not make a gun “sissy.” Action son; in the end, the best scores are they were the best Regionals I ever The stages are shooter friendly. work aids in the longevity and the shortest times. attended. I talked to other shooters, They are set up so every shooter can overall function of the firearm. If any man called me, or my and they felt the same. enjoy them and shoot well. The Unaltered guns do not very well guns “sissy,” he’d be reminded to What made them so good? Well, shoot is so organized no stage ever withstand the cycling and firing of mind his manners, and he’d better from the minute you enter the Bad - drags or holds up the rest of the thousands of rounds a year, nor be smiling if he says it again. lands Bar 3 Ranch you are treated posses. Everyone joins in and helps dry firing thousands of times. Ad - Furthermore, let us all hope men like family. T-Bone greets you, set - no matter what the task is. Every - ditionally, using two hands on a such as J.P. Lower are not whin - tles you in to your RV spot, and wel - one is treated the same, whether handgun is not “sissy.” ing about altered guns to newcom - comes you to his home. I spent the you are a top shooter or a begin - Shooting and competing are ers or anyone expressing interest week on his ranch and always had ner—no favoritism two very different things. Per - in our sport. Whining and name- something to do. I have gotten to Finally, Comin At Cha has a va - haps the letter writer plays the calling shows poor sportsmanship. know many of the members in the riety of vendors, excellent entertain - game only a few times a year and It is the friendly, helpful, well- Dooley Gang, of which I am one, and ment, good food, and a great cowboy does not understand that some of mannered people with positive at - they all treat you like an old friend. yard sale—always something to do. us play the game dozens of times titudes, and the overall T-Bone makes it a point all shooters My hat is off to T-Bone. I have en - a year. Shooting with stock guns cama raderie that make our com - enjoy themselves whether it be joyed his company at many shoots, is not a bad thing; neither is com - petitive sport great and draws shooting, relaxing, or partying. He and I consider him a friend. When peting with altered guns. new members. does not look at the Regional as a you meet him and attend a Comin Since the beginning of time Salty Shawn #75251 way to make money, by charging a At Cha, you will feel the same. people have attempted to go Manhattan, IL shooter for everything they do. In - The Sixgun Kid, faster. The thrill of competition is stead, he looks at it as a way for SASS #26315 passionately enjoyed and thrived people to have fun and meet new Bryson City, NC upon. Cowboy Action Shooting™ Good Job! has not degenerated into Cowboy IPSIC; rather some of the players am confident Col. Dan’s in-box have evolved into competitors, Ihas been overflowing with posi - What Was SASS Thinking? and even drawn other competitors tive feedback to his writing. If such have a few questions I would loading a six-gun is a slow propo - from other gun sports. is not the case, I fear for the future Ilike answered. How in the world sition for most folks. In the old Competitors do not complain of our country. I for one am 100% in does a Model 1911 fit into this or - days END of TRAIL consisted of that it takes three hours for three agreement. I applaud his writing ganization? I have nothing six stages over three days—two minutes of shooting. We don’t and the good judgment of The Cow - against semi automatic weapons, stages a day— for some 200 com - whine about someone slowing boy Chronicle for putting ink to paper! (I have two), but I believe SASS petitors. It would get dark before down the whole process with their Cicero Grimes, SASS #35479 should be exactly that! There are we could get 200 folks through the extremely long preparation time Franklinton, LA many organizations that would ex - two stages! And, that was using and loading rituals, nor whine clude our single actions, so why one revolver! Adding a second re - when they fiddle with their guns shouldn’t we be exclusive? Where volver and streamlining the way and fuss about every single empty did the two-gun business enter we run matches now allows 700 cartridge at the unloading table, Lady Doctor In into it? I’ve been around cowhands competitors to shoot 12 stages put - thus slowing the whole posse. The Civil War all my life and never knew one ting lots of rounds downrange over Whining about slowpokes would that carried two hand guns,(except three days, and get through early be as silly as whining about al - he article by Major Roy L. Pain, for maybe a spare in his saddle - enough in the afternoon to change tered guns. TSASS #86012, in the December bag). I always thought the coach clothes for the evening festivities. In 40 years of playing all man - 2010 issue of The Cowboy Chronicle en - gun was used by bartenders and Yes, shotguns were used by ner of gun games, my four years of titled, Medal of Honor , Mary Ed - stagecoach guards. I can’t figure it bartenders and stagecoach guards, Cowboy Action Shooting™ have wards Walker Civil War Doctor was in Cowboy Action Shooting. but they were also used by the local been the best of times. Our people quite intriguing. I do not recall ever Quick Ed Eaton, SASS #85095 sheriff to keep the town safe and by are friendlier than those in other hearing before of women serving as Vancouver, WA untold thousands to put food on shooting sports, more helpful, and doctors during the American Civil (The 1911 is not part of Cowboy the table. Many think if they had more respectful of each other. War. Doctor Walker was truly Action; it’s a separate discipline only one firearm, it would be a After the first year my guns were ahead of her time. My thanks to within SASS, sort of like Mounted shotgun! Doubles and the Win - altered. The 2nd and 3rd years Major Pain for his most interesting Shooting. It’s a costumed disci - chester Model ‘87 are certainly pe - my skills improved by learning at essay. Looking forward to reading pline and is close enough in time- riod-correct firearms … don’t even club matches with the Powder his next article. period to be held in conjunction get me started on the Model ‘97! It Creek Cowboys in Lenexa, Cree Vicar Dave, with Cowboy Acton events. Why was introduced into Cowboy Ac - Kansas. I shot the 2010 Nebraska SASS #49907 have it? Because folks enjoy it, tion at the very first informal cow - State Match clean, finishing 3rd Sterling, MI and it encourages membership … boy match in Coto de Caza because in the 49’er category. which is what SASS is all about. a few folks had them in the back of Competitors respect and ad - The two-gun business came their gun safes. It turns out, mire those who play the game a / about because folks wanted to they’re fun to shoot. The rest is his - little faster. 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WHAt WoMEn WoRE Accessories Make the outfit

Cat Ballou, SASS #55 . , ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ Gloves

loves were a considered By Miz Annie Ross, SASS #60919 a status symbol by many Victorian ladies. A gen - G tly-bred lady wouldn’t dream of going outside without Gloves were made in a variety her gloves. Victorian women of materials, including suede, kid - often wore gloves indoors as skin, leather, taffeta, silk, and well,and sometimes they even linen. Some gloves were trimmed Miz Annie Ross, wore gloves to bed! with lace at the cuff and others SASS #60919, Gloves were made in a variety had scalloped cuffs. Some gloves wears long of lengths, three-button, four-, were embroidered. evening mitts five-, six-, seven-, eight-, sixteen-, Beginning in the 1840s, ladies in this twenty-, and thirty-six button began to wear crocheted mitts. photo with lengths. This did not necessarily These fingerless gloves came in a Jingles Jerr, mean the glove had that many variety of colors. During the SASS #5463. buttons, but referred instead to 1850s and 1860s, wrist length Thanks the length of the glove. Generally (two-button) gloves were very Bonnie B. Good, one “button” equaled one inch in popular and were worn for both SASS #27711, length. Measurements were day and evening. They were usu - for taking taken from the bottom of the ally white or ecru in color and this photo. glove’s thumb seam to the top of often made of soft kidskin. In the the glove. 1870s, gloves of up eight buttons

in length became popular for be worn if there were holes, rips, evening. Four to eight button or tears in them. gloves in a variety of colors and Opera gloves should not be fabrics were popular for daywear. put on in public, by rather in the Beginning in the late ‘70s and privacy of the lady’s home before throughout the ‘80s, long cro - venturing out for the evening. cheted fingerless gloves were pop - Gloves were not to be re - Buffy Lo Gal, ular. During the 1880s, moved to shake hands or when SASS #46039, fash io nable gloves became longer, one presented her hand for a kiss. wears elbow starting at six buttons for day - Gloves may be worn during length satin time and going up to twenty-four cocktails or teas, but at least the gloves for button lengths for evening. right glove should be removed for an evening Mousquetarre gloves, opera eating. out with length evening gloves, varied Sources for this article in - Ringo Fire, from twelve- to thirty-six buttons clude the sites, http://www. SASS #46037. in length. These gloves were eveningelegance.com and made with a vertical opening with http://www.gloves.org , which also buttons just above the wrist. This have instructions for making your style enabled a lady to slip off the own gloves to match your outfit! section of the glove covering her (For further information or to fingers and to tuck in into the purchase your own copy of “What arm section of the glove. Women Wore: A Primer for Cow - A word about Glove Eti - boy Action Shooting Cowgirls,” quette: contact MizAnnie@dixiecow Gloves should be tidy, not to girls.org .)

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SASS Premier use i t? , Scoring Program by CD Tom can handle By Coyote Calhoun, SASS #201 all your scoring needs.

After I gave my answer, the per - stage. If you shoot the slowest, score? Sure there are! You just son said, “Well, why don’t you your rank for that stage is equal to take the total time of each of your print that in The Cowboy Chronicle ?” the number of shooters in the stages, add them together for an Coyote Calhoun, SASS #201 So, I will. match. Each stage in the match is over-all time, and put shooters in ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ Let me begin by explaining how calculated in this same manner and order of slowest total overall time rank scoring works. Rank scoring rank points are given for each to highest total time and the low - treats each stage in a match as a score. At the end of the match, each est time wins. get a lot of questions separate match. It takes each shooter’s ranks for each stage are So, which one do we have to about SASS and SASS shooter’s total score, which is raw added together for a total rank use? In sanctioned State Champi - matches, and one that is time plus misses and penalties, score. The shooters are put in order onships, Annual Matches, or in I frequently asked is, from the stage and puts them in of their total rank score from lowest Monthly Matches, you can use ei - “What is rank scoring and do we order from fastest to slowest, and to highest, and the shooter with the ther. SASS does not have any re - have to use it?” As a matter of then assigns a rank to each score lowest number of rank points is the quirements as to which one you fact, I was just asked that very for that stage. If you shoot the match winner. use. There is even a third option question at the SASS Convention. fastest, your rank is one for that Are there easier ways to (Continued on next page)

Visit us at sassNet .com February 2011 Cowboy Chronicle Page 17 (Continued from previous page) stages equal in value. you can choose, which is rank As time has passed and stages scoring within category. In this have become more balanced, we variation, each category is treated have found Rank Scoring is still as a separate match and ranks preferred because it rewards the are only applied across each cate - consistent shooter. For example: gory separately. If there were a shooter with one miss on two only ten shooters in your category, different stages in most cases will the most rank points you could not receive as many rank points get for one stage is ten. Choosing as a shooter with two misses on any of these scoring options one stage and one clean stage. We doesn’t have to be a headache, at SASS think this is a good thing though, as the SASS Premier as it promotes consistent shooting Scoring Program written by CD and not just shooting with reck - Tom, SASS #10411, can handle less abandon. It slows you down them all. All you have to do is de - just a bit to make sure you hit all cide which one you want to use. the targets. On the other hand, a So it is not any more difficult in match being scored by over-all scoring one way or the other. time becomes a speed match, or as SASS does require Regional I call it, a “foot race.” Believe me, Championships, the National you can miss fast enough to win in Championship, and END of an over-all time match. TRAIL, the World Championship, Another reason we continue to to use Rank Scoring. The reason use Rank Scoring is tradition. for this requirement now is differ - Rank Scoring has been used for a ent than when SASS first started long time. I don’t know if it was using Rank Scoring. used at the first END of TRAIL, In the early days of SASS and but it will be used this year, and END of TRAIL, stages lacked bal - was used as far back as I can re - ance; i.e., you might have one member. Also, I think Rank Scor - stage with a pistol, rifle, and a ing has become just as much a shotgun, and then the next stage part of the game as dressing cow - only one pistol. If you were scor - boy, and that is what sets us apart ing by overall time, most of your from the other shooting sports. score would come from the multi - “Anyway that’s my opinion, and it ple gun stage- making it more im - should be yours!” … just to quote portant. Rank Scoring makes all a friend…

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Real Cowboys Shoot Duelist The Story Is The Key ... ~Respons e~ ust my take on the article about great Western. If we are to base Jthe Best Western Movies by our likes/dislikes solely on accu - .P. Lower, SASS #18563, recently a well tuned firearm because after a Palaver Pete in the November racy, then we need to discount Jwrote an article titled, Real Cow - few thousand more practice rounds 2010 Cowboy Chronicle . I under - anything/everything that was boys Shoot Duelist. there are some shooters with whom stand fully his comments that done by Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Come on, J.P., you sound a lot like I’d like to catch up … or, heaven for - movies being accurate in their Hopalong Cassidy, and The Lone my grandfather who used to walk five bid, even beat! In your line of think - choice of firearms and clothing Ranger as well. That would do miles to school in the snow barefooted ing, gun manufacturers in the past make for a very entertaining piece. away with a multitude of enter - and uphill both ways … I shoot with had to make guns with heavy springs However, I feel the original tainment that taught us right many fellows that use .45 Long Colts and rough, heavy actions, however, list that was compiled was done so from wrong, patriotism, respect, with seven and one-half inch barrels, belt driven machinery and hard to because of the stories that are and decency. always want the pistol targets at least shoot firearms would be hard to mar - told, not because of the accuracy Capt. Franklin W. Steele, eleven paces out, and the rifle targets ket in the twenty-first century. of the trappings, and that is the SASS #43339 at the end of the bay, because that’s I have shot with world-class shoot - more important element in a McMinnville, OR the way the cowboys did it. Bull! I say. ers. I love to watch Badlands Bud, and Most gunfights were ambushes with just marvel at his speed and dexterity. shotguns or rifles, if history is I would one day love to beat him like a California’s Largest Western Festival . . . recorded right. rented mule, but that ain’t going to (Continued from page 11 ) hensive look at today’s Western I don’t agree Cowboy Action happen. It does not, however, stop me Autry movies, downtown Village - style. And it’s a chance for shop - Shooting™ started out as a manly from trying to get better. I’m just say - Fest, charity auctions and the ping the best from out of the west. sport with women and children wel - ing you deal with your idea of Cowboy Western Design Expo. The Cow - “For 40 years I have produced come and shooting full house loads Action Shooting™, and I’ll deal with boys & Indians magazine-spon - rodeos, concerts, BBQs, fashion until your teeth rattled was the norm. mine—and we’ll both have fun! sored Western Design Expo kicks shows, or cowboy events,” stated It is, after all, a sport and a competi - In a closing note, Gunfighters are off with a celebrity autograph party Christopher Burkhardt, CEO of tion. You may deride those fast, accu - the ones with a pistol in each hand on Thurs., March 24. WestFest is Spur Of The Moment Productions, rate shooters, but I have observed and a huge grin on their face; Duelists working with the magazine to draw “but this is the first time I have everybody jumps to it when the catch up! several big names in the fields of brought them all together in a re - buzzer goes off! I am one of those Fanner Fifty, SASS #59504 fashion, furniture, sculpture, art, sort town like Palm Springs.” shooters that likes a smooth action on Carson City, NV and authors, and present a compre - (Continued on next page)

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aNother sass aDVeNture For .Bubba Jo , By Rufus T. Bohanon

ey y’all. It’s Rufus T. Bo - new mess hall y’all is a-building and SASS #13133—all Senors from down even had done went and bought him hanan or Bubba Joe for boy howdy, is it nice. Itz even got south?? I wuz talkin’ to ole Shaky a brand new gun since last time I wuz Hshort. The last time I had some purty cabinets that somebody Snatchem, and he said I should look there. Ole Jimbo had him a really wroten a letter to y’all I said I might told me Dusty Dee, SASS #86597, him up if I ever needz new teeth, but purty blu color of a hat on, a mighty be back in May. and Rusty Redneck, SASS #86596, I told him I likes mine just fine—all funny looking hat! Sceerrry!!!! J.D. Well, seems I sceered some folks had built. Let me told you, they do four of ‘em. Guess ole Shaky is one Redeye was sittin’ on a stool, and he ‘cause there sure was a whole lots some mighty fine work. Heck, they of them there dentalist. I axed him said if I wanted to see something less people at y’alls little git together even gave away for totally free a nice if he had seen my buddy Lie N Dog, purty to look up Senor Headstone. I place. Bubba Joe Jr. and my purty lil’ dealie that a shooting person can and he directed me up to the jail for never did find him but, if’n he im - lil’ lady gurl, Nelly Jo, would neither hang their ribbins from. I’ll probably some reason. But I didn’t see him in pressed Mr. Redeye, he must have one come with me ‘cause they was need to be a-buying me one of them there. Where wuz you, lil’ Doggie? I had on somethang really purty. thinkin’ it wuz going to be a-raining. for my ribbins, too! If’n I EVER git sure wuz thirsty! Well, I had to leaf before the Well, I ain’t sceered, and so I come on anuther job I am going to be think - One feller told me he had done potluck dinner to go check on my new out. I was a-running late cause I ing about gittin’ them folks to build had to change his name—last time I pups, but I bet it wuz yummy! I don’t knows if you remember me Nelly Jo sum new cabinets for our lil’ seen him he was Doc Adams, SASS didn’t really need to eat no way cause telling you about lil’ Rover with a place, too. Seems peoples think I #86567, but now his name wuz Dea - I got a food allergy or something. My limp from where I accidentially shot don’t have enuff edumacation these con Adams. Nice feller no matter tummy is really swelling up more him. Well, it turnz out Rover ain’t a days, and nobody wants to hire me! what hiz names are. And one cowboy and more every time I eat. him—he’s a she. He or she has dun I wuz wundering around and went and had a slew of pups right some of you folks dressed even fun - before I left. I told Nelly Jo I thunk nier than last time. There wuz these he wuz a-getting’ mighty fat. Any - three fellas dressed like Kung Fu kid body wanna lil’ Rover Jr.? or somebody. They said it wuz Mex - Anyhows, I got there just in time icun or something, but I say Kung to git in on some of Hash Slinger’s, Fu Kid cuz I seen the movie once SASS #77432, good ‘ole ham and time. They called ‘em-selfs Simon beanz. Those wuz some mighty fine Slick, SASS #10728, Christmas Kid, vittles. I was lookin’ at that there SASS #34945, and Deadeye Duke, California’s Largest Western Festival . . . (Continued from previous page) There’s also fun for shoppers Unlike Cody and Jackson Hole, with the Old West Mercantile and where tourists flock annually to see for kids with carnival rides. Two the top designers displaying furni - live performance groups play daily ture and fashion, the Palm Springs during the exclusive Gene Autry Western Design Expo is just 90 FilmFest, which Jackie Autry, minutes from Los Angeles and Or - Gene’s widow, helped to bring to ange County. The Expo is in the Palm Springs where she lives: “Oh, Renaissance Hotel ballroom, adja - You Cowgirl!” a documentary by cent to the WestFest grounds. Shirley Morris featuring Juni There’s also three days of PRCA Fisher, and the “Silver Screen Cow - rodeo and live entertainment. boy Project,” a tribute to singing The TwangFest Stage is live cowboys performed by the Red Hot from noon-6 p.m. daily and then Rhythm Rustlers. again after the rodeo from 8:30-10 On Sunday, March 27 there’s p.m. Entertainment includes the Cowboy Church in the rodeo arena, Saddle Cats, Harmonicowboy Gary followed by a Fiesta del Charro, Allegretto, Juni Fisher, The Red giving the day a Vaquero flavor ala’ Hot Rhythm Rustlers and Michael Señor Bogert. As Jackie Autry said Tcherkassky. If that’s not enough following last year’s inaugural entertainment, there are also WestFest, “Somewhere Frank mounted shooting contests, a Fast Bogert is smiling.” Draw competition, and Mojave For more information on West - Muleskinners re-enacting the past Fest, click on www.palmsprings four times a day. west fest.com

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cowboy memorial chaPel Background & Update By Palaver Pete, SASS Life/Regulator #4375

He knew at once he had to do some - thing about this oversight. The Cowpoke I speak of is none other than Long Jim Hancock, SASS Reg - Palaver Pete, ulator #47369, a retired lawman liv - SASS Life/Regulator #4375 ing on the left coast of the United States. Soon Jim discovered an - other Cowpoke who harbored the OW DID THIS ALL same concern—where was the START? Well, here’s the Chapel, and wouldn’t it be a great Hreal skinny: Sometime back idea if we had a Chapel dedicated to a Cowpoke wandering through the the memory of our SASS loved ones streets of Cowboy Town at Founders and friends who have gone before Ranch in New Mexico sensed some - us? Conveniently, this second Cow - thing was missing. At first he poke known in the SASS commu - couldn’t put his finger on it, then all nity as Maurice ‘Mo’ Lasses, SASS at once it hit him—there was no Life #65309, lived on the right coast, Chapel! What’s a true western and together they reckoned a town without a white steepled “Memorial Chapel” needed to be Ms. Maggie Jensen, SASS Life #7601, jumped right in to help Long Jim Chapel so often seen in the Old constructed at Founders Ranch. Hancock man the Cowboy Memorial Chapel Booth. Over $2,700 worth of West as well as on the silver screen? ”Lets work together,” they said. raffle tickets were sold. Lucky Winners are listed on the SASS Web site.

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can be found in the monthly issues of The Cowboy Chronicle . Just prior to the SASS Conven - tion, the total monies received and deposited was $17,519, but that was about to change rather rapidly. News of the quality items offered for raffle soon spread throughout the SASS Convention, where Long Jim and his wife, Antety, SASS #43598, set-up shop in the Grand Pavilion of the Riviera Hotel. Convention at - tendees gathered around, and on Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life #49907, closing day of the convention, a total poses with Antety, SASS #43598, of $2,715 had been collected. Add to at the Comin’ At ‘Cha Regional. Both have been a tremendous help that the $164.77 collected at Sunday in raising funds for the Chapel. morning’s Cowboy Church and the total amount now (at this article is of raffle items will soon be posted to being written) is $20,398.77! A the Chapel link on the SASS web great start for only six months of site. To whet your appetite, here’s a Flint McCloud, SASS Life #3103, Antety, SASS #43598, and collection effort. Thanks, Cowpokes, little peek at a couple of the raffle Ms. Maggie Jensen all worked hard during the SASS Convention to help sell raffle tickets for the construction of the Cowboy Memorial Chapel for all your help and generosity. items already donated: a LeMat Re - at Founders Ranch in New Mexico. Hope to see you at next year’s Now the task remains to raise volver from Pietta; one firearm from Convention in Las Vegas. Thanks Pards! another $55,000 to meet anticipated Ruger, one pair of Chinks from construction cost—estimated at $50 River Crossing, and one firearm “Let’s raise the money and get this still available). Worshipers at END per square foot (1,500 x from Chiappa—that’s just a drop in Memorial Chapel built and dedi - of TRAIL’s Cowboy Church donated $50=$75,000). Additional funds re - the bucket as to what you will see cated to our departed loved ones over $600, and individual contribu - quired to construct the Chapel will before the drawings take place at and friends. Let’s go talk to the tions started to roll-in. The Project continue to be raised by individual END of TRAIL 2011. Between now Wild Bunch!” was underway—hard work was and club donations sent directly to and END of TRAIL, you will have The Wild Bunch listened. They about to begin, and decisions needed the SASS Western Heritage Mu - ample opportunity to purchase raf - looked at each other and deliberated to be made. seum (see address above), and raffle fle tickets directly at the SASS web for all of 30 seconds—their agree - Based on the large number of proceeds. Now that the initial three site, where items up for raffle will ment was unanimous: “Let’s site the worshipers at END of TRAIL’s Cow - raffles are completed (see list of be listed. Chapel on Founders Ranch and help boy Church, it was decided the items won, along with donors and Well, that’s about it Cowpokes. these dedicated Cowpokes achieve Chapel should be at least 30 x 50 or winners at: http://sassnet.com/ What we all need to do now is talk their goal,” they said in unison, and 1,500 square feet in size. Plaques chapel/index.php ), a new inventory (Continued on page 23 ) so the Project began. The official an - commemorating our departed loved nouncement and ground breaking ones and friends would be placed for the Cowboy Memorial Chapel within the Chapel, and in some was held this past June during END cases, on the chapel pews and/or of TRAIL 2010. When the news was other fixtures. Cost of plaques has announced, END of TRAIL atten - yet to be determined, so orders and dees shouted with glee—Vendors cost of orders are yet on hold. immediately joined-in and an - The Wild Bunch decided the nounced their donations. The Wild Chapel project should be promoted Bunch contributed 500 Life Mem - under the auspices of the Western bership raffle chances at $20 a piece Heritage Museum, which is a non- for starters—a potential of raising profit, tax deductible 501(c)(3) en - $10,000 (transferable tickets are tity. All contributions and dona tions are tax deductible, and should be made to the SASS Western Heritage Museum, Attn: Cowboy Memorial Chapel, 215 Cowboy Way, Edge - wood, NM, 87015. Coyote Calhoun jumped in and offered to list the Chapel project on the Internet at the SASS website, along with a list - ing of raffle items and instructions for obtaining raffle tickets. Tickets can now be purchased directly at: http://www.sassnet.com/chapel/ind ex.php. Thanks Coyote! Things began to move rather rapidly now—Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life, #44907, and yours truly joined the committee, and Tex, SASS #4, became the official go-between the committee and the Wild Bunch. Conveniently, this second Cowpoke Soon it was recognized a “Goal known in the SASS community as Maurice ‘Mo’ Lasses, lives on the Gauge,” was needed in The Cowboy right coast, and together with Chronicle to keep SASS members in - Long Jim Hancock, reckoned a formed as to the donations received “Memorial Chapel” needed to be versus the amount required for con - constructed at Founders Ranch. struction. Accordingly, the Gauge

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siDekicks &heaVies Honoring the Saddle Buddies and the Bad Guys who helped make Saturday Matinees so goldurned FUN!

By Whooper Crane, SASS #52745

soldier … sailor … boxer … turn - coat … warden … doorman … you name it! But, as far as I’m concerned, his most-memorable roles were as Whooper Crane, Sgt. Festus Mulcahy in Fort SASS Life #52745 Mug shot by Deadeye Al Apache and as Sgt. Major Timothy Quincannon in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Rio Grande . Now, Who’s the biggest Mick maybe it’s because I’ve seen these in the movies? great John Wayne/John Ford clas - Oh-Oh, not so fast bucko! sics so many times that that big ne of my favorite Sidekicks Irish mug is imprinted on my is Victor McLaglen. Dur - brain as the most lovable old Oing his nearly 40-year Sidekick ever. movie career, he played just about The only problem is … Victor every role you could imagine … McLaglen wasn’t Irish !!! He was,

Victor McLaglen

in fact, English !!! He was born in ‘30s, among them the original Turnbridge Wells, Kent in 1886 to Beau Geste with Ronald Coleman an Anglican Bishop of Scottish de - and William Powell; John Ford’s scent and his wife. Mother Machree (along with a bit Victor then grew up in South player named John Wayne); an - Africa and, at the age of 14, joined other John Ford classic The Black the British Army hoping to do his Watch , in which Victor played a part for Old Blighty in the 2 nd Boar war hero masquerading as a cow - War. He never saw any action in ard, and several more hero-role this war—he must have been sav - films prior to his crowning jewel ing himself for WWI ,in which he role as a coward/traitor in Ford’s served with the Middlesex Regi - insightful film, The Informer . ment (part of The Princess of In this epic drama, Victor’s Wales Royal Regiment, donchano). convincing portrayal as the tattle - For a while, Victor made a liv - tale Gypo Nolan, who ratted on ing as a professional boxer. He his IRA buddies to the British even sparred with World Champs during The Rebellion, earned him Jack Johnson and Jess Willard in an Oscar as Best Actor in 1935. exhibition bouts. He said, “They Victor portrayed gangsters, knocked me around pretty good, soldiers, pirates, and cops with but never knocked me down!” equal ease during the 1940s, but After the war Victor decided as most of us cowboy wannabes acting was a more civilized way of will agree, he was at his best play - making a living than boxing. He ing a Sergeant in the U.S. Cavalry played in a handful of silent films riding alongside The Duke as they in Britain before moving on to put down all sorts of Indian upris - “Movie Mecca,” Hollywood. ings in the Old West. His rough, tough appearance My own preference is his por - got him roles in dozens of adven - trayal of Sgt. Quincannon in She ture films during the 1920s and (Continued on next page)

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Sidekicks and Heavies . . . to Mary Kate’s for a family sup - mightily to Tinseltown’s creative per. “Hello the house!” output throughout his long career. (Continued from previous page) might object. Victor was nominated for a Like so many of our old movie Wore a Yellow Ribbon (who contin - Now, Victor played Irishmen Best Supporting Actor Oscar for pals, Victor is buried at Forest ually hides a bottle of “snake bite time and time again throughout his performance in this very spe - Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, medicine” in Captain Nathan his career, but none was as capti - cial movie. CA. Pay him a visit and be sure Brittles’ water barrel) and, who’s vating from a general audience Victor kept cranking out excit - to wish him “Top of the mornin’ to scheduled to retire from the Cav - viewpoint as that of Squire Will ing flicks and TV features until ye, darlin’!” alry along with The Duke and, Danaher, Maureen O’Hara’s ornery his death at age 72 in 1959. His Sources: wikipedia.org; who’s snookered (by The Duke) brother … who refuses to give over 120 films are a great legacy imdb.com. into initiating a free-for-all fist - Mary Kate (Maureen) her dowry if of adventures on celluloid. Most Photos: Whooper by Deadeye Al; fight in the suttler’s saloon, in she marries American Sean Thorn - critics agree, he contributed Victor by aveleynman.com order to prevent him from partic - ton (The Duke) in The Quiet Man. ipating in a dangerous last patrol. His hardheaded stand leads to In this great Ford epic, Victor the greatest cross-county fistfight Cowboy Memorial Chapel . . . and The Duke were joined by a ever captured on film. Victor and (Continued from page 21 ) Chapel will be serving us for years couple more real good Sidekicks, The Duke slug it out over hill and to our clubs about a club donation. to come, and unfortunately we will Ben Johnson and Dobie Carey, dale, rill and rail until finally The One suggested formula is to donate be losing our loved ones and friends along with big-name stars John Squire sees the error of his ways, between $3 to $5 per member—a as the years pass on by, so space and Agar and Joanne Dru. I always caves in to good sense, and agrees formula that definitely would expe - uniformity of plaques are serious watch it whenever it plays on to give Mary Kate her “Fortune.” dite achieving our stated goal. and obvious considerations. An - TCM. I suppose I should pick up At the end, The Squire and Should we fortuitously exceed our nouncement of dimensions and costs a DVD of it to watch between Sean become fast (drinking) goal, then excess funds will remain will be published as soon as an offi - times, but I think The Missus friends and come home together with the Western Heritage Museum cial decision is reached. Once this to cover future maintenance cost for decision is reached, SASS Affiliated the Chapel. Cost of Memorial Clubs, as well as individual mem - FACTOID Plaques is still under study. Size bers will be provided the opportu - Abraham Lincoln had a mild case of smallpox when he delivered (dimensions) of the plaques and the nity of ordering plaques for their his famous three-minute Gettysburg Address. number of lines per plaque and how departed friends and loved ones. He was not even the main speaker. they are to be mounted is still being Keep those dollars coming studied by the committee. The Pards—you’re a Daisy if ya do.

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wilD west “w heels ” What Cowboys Rode When old paint Was At the Blacksmith Getting new shoes By Whooper Crane, SASS #52745 Whooper Crane, SASS Life #52745 from taking off in all directions, the Shepherds also had to protect them from predators like wolves What’s right, Shepherds or and eagles (who also liked a little Sheep Herders? rack of lamb now and then). Shepherding as a career s I write this, the media is began back around 4000 BC in full of references to the Asia Minor and spread through - AShepherds who were vis - out Eurasia in the following mil - ited by the Angel Choir on Christ - lennia, moving into Greece, the mas Eve to announce the birth of Middle East, Eastern Europe, Jesus. These guys were tough Spain, and Scotland as the taste nuts who were hired to keep an for lamb and the desire for wool eye on the sheep that provided moved westward. meat, clothing, and cheese (yes, Now, you need to know the from ewe’s milk) for the folks in “pastures” designated for sheep Snug and off the ground, Sheep Wagons were the and around Bethlehem in Judea. were the roughest and most Airstream of their day. Besides keeping the sheep (Continued on next page)

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their flocks. was begun. At some point here, the guys As you can see in these photos who were running the show de - of period-correct replicas built cided they’d better change their today by Hansen Wheel & Wagon, image from the passive, isolation - Sheep Wagons had all the com - ist one personified by the name forts of home with cabinets, bed, “Shepherd” to a tougher-sounding stove, lamps, and a tight weather - moniker to parallel the cattle- proof roof. With these Wagons, pushers name “Cowboy.” They sheepmen definitely had it better picked “Sheep Herder” … and the than cowboys, who had virtually name stuck, both here and Down no protection from the elements Under (where sheep herding be - … and slept on the ground . came a really big industry). About Today, Sheep Herders are the only difference between the more apt to choose Pickup old name and the new name was Campers or Camper Trailers for the fact Sheep Herders tended their homes away from home, but their flock on horseback instead of the clever Sheep Wagons set the on foot. stage for comfort out on the range. Technology of sorts popped up If you’d like one of these his - about this same time. Up ‘til the toric beauties, you can get one for Tight and cozy, this wagon took off some of the curse mid 1800’s, sheepmen lived in around 25 Big Ones from of herding sheep for a living. “movable huts” that had to be torn Hansen’s. Your grandkids would down, moved to greener pastures, love to stay in it the next time and set up again. These were they visit, I’d wager … and you (Continued from previous page) The Big Pond decided to raise their “homes on the range.” could use it on your next elk hunt - mountainous lands … which the sheep during America’s expan - In the late 1800’s, some bright ing trip! local farmers found lousy for sion, the more rugged western guy thought, “Instead of hauling Sources: wikipedia.org; planting crops … but the sheep lands (western Colorado, Mon - a home in our wagon, why don’t answers.com seemed to enjoy. tana, Wyoming, etc.) became the we just live in our wagon ?” And Photos: Whooper by Deadeye Al; So, when folks on this side of ideal areas for headquartering the concept of the Sheep Wagon Wagons by Hansenwheel.com

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teN ways to eNjoy Cowboy Action shooting tM By Singin’ Sue, SASS #71615

everyone. We were hooked and be - we could get the rifle, and keep are ten things that have brought came members on closing day. our eye out for a side-by-side.) We enjoyment for us, and maybe Then, we sat for a year, wait - were on our way, and then what they’ll renew your “Spirit,” too! ing for the next END of TRAIL. It we call, “A God Thing,” happened. 1. Participate . Don’t wait until finally came. We visited with Someone heard we were looking you have all your equipment friends from New Jersey, saw the for a starter rifle, and “So and So” (many will share while you Singin’ Sue, SASS #71615, awards ceremony, and went home. was upgrading, and he had one we build). Get involved in the and husband, Again, we stayed idle and read The could afford! And by the end of the match by setting targets, load - Shanley Shooter, SASS #71614 Cowboy Chronicle , waiting for when day, someone else was letting go of ing/unloading tables, or scoring. we could afford the equipment to a 12-gauge! Dusty Lone Star, Just participate. y husband, daughter, and enjoy the sport. Finally, I got bold SASS #31537, lent us a brand new 2. Get to Know People . Talk with I were introduced to SASS and said, “We’re going out, and holster he’d bought, led us to some those in your posse. If you’re an Mthe first year END of staying on the Ranch. We’ll never ammo—and there ya go! “Old Timer,” then switch up TRAIL came to Founders Ranch. get to know people or what it is all Since then, we have been put - posses. Shoot with someone We had a great number of shooters about until we do!” ting our best foot forward, re - new. eating at our café for breakfast and That was the turning point! specting those around us, and 3. Help With Set Up . Until you’ve dinner. What great folks! We were We could only afford a pair of re - remembering how it feels to be done the work, you won’t know invited out to visit by virtually volvers (maybe by the next year the “newbie.” With that said, here the issues, and you will enjoy a

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well-run stage all the more, both of us are still employed, we knowing what it takes to make try to choose one travel match it run smoothly. each year. That way we have a 4. Get on a List for Work Parties . great chance to see other match There is always something ideas and meet a whole new needing to be repaired or re - posse of folks. painted. Take pride in your 9. Stay on Range (if available) . area clubs and places to shoot. You miss so much having to If it is a city-run range, then drive back to town after stages volunteer to keep up the area. are done. If you don’t have a You’ll enjoy the work you put in, trailer, try a tent, or see if some - and the Range will tend to work one in the area will rent. Pards more on your behalf. of ours from Houston at this 5. Invite New Folks . Let people past END of TRAIL went online, know they’re welcome to come found a man in Albuquerque to and see what it’s all about. We’re bring out an RV, rented it for not an “exclusive” organization— the week, and he picked up the all are welcome, right?! (Shanley RV after the event. We enjoyed Shooter, SASS #71614, carried their company and a couple of applications in his briefcase!) evenings in camp. 6. Take an RO Class . An RO class 10. Stick Around and Socialize . gives you a lot of information, Be it a monthly match or a “Big - and the more you know and un - gie,” take time to stick around derstand, the more likely you’ll and socialize. There is a reason not make a mistake. most of us shoot—we enjoy it. 7. Write a Stage, or Two, or Six ! Visit awhile and you’ll find you New ideas are great. They keep enjoy a few more things as well. us out of the same old – same Invite new folks to stay and old rut. Just have an RO look it visit awhile. Remember—the over for safety issues. cowboy welcomed all to his fire 8. Pick a “Travel Match .” Since for a cup and story.

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one Pot chuck Cooking Up Some Tasty Grub Like Cookie Did Out On The Trail By Whooper Crane, SASS #52745, and The Missus

The recipe originated some - where in southern Arizona where my granddaddy, the original Whooper Crane, rode as a Mes - senger on the local stage line. In the cold weather, he always looked forward to a big bowl of this stew- Whooper and The Missus like soup when he got back to his home station. ow that we’re in the Whip up a big batch at your midst of winter, (Oh Boy, home station for all your hungry Winter Range is just cowboys when they come in from N around the corner!), it’s a day of shooting in the cold. time to crank out our tried and You’ll put the roses back in their true recipe for ranch-style split cheeks, believe me. pea soup. Ingredients This recipe has been handed Strips of thick-cut smoky Bacon down through the family since be - 1 Bag of Split Peas fore the 1880s … even though it’s 4 Cups of Hot Water been adapted slightly to accom - Cup of Black Coffee modate how we get our provisions Ham Steak, cut into 1/2 " cubes today (like getting our ham at Large Yellow Onion, coarsely Fry’s rather than curing it out chopped back in the smokehouse). Stalks of Celery, coarsely chopped The secret to the great “ranch” Large carrots, coarsely chopped flavor is smoky bacon and ham. The Garlic Cloves, finely chopped secret to its heartiness is plenty of 1/4 Cup Soy Sauce Lots of good stuff in the soup makes this a very special veggies to go with the meat. Tbs. Hot Sauce cold-weather meal!

Directions Add the Bacon pieces and Red Rock Ranch Soup Start up about 15 charcoal the rest of the ingredients briquettes. to the pot. Over medium heat, put on Put half the new coals your 10-12 " Camp Dutch under the Dutch Oven Oven. and the rest on top. Lay in the Bacon. Fry Let your soup simmer for lightly, not crisp. another 1 1/2 hours, stir - Take the Dutch Oven off the ring often. coals to cool down a bit. Serve your soup with some Remove the Bacon. Cut into hearty bread and butter. 1/2 " pieces. Set aside. Enjoy the compliments from Drain the Bacon grease your hungry crew. from the Dutch Oven. Note: If you like your soup a Put the Hot Water, Coffee, bit thinner, add another and Split Peas in the cup of water with a couple Dutch Oven. dashes of Soy Sauce. Put the Durch Oven back on Next month we’re going the coals. to try a tasty-looking San Simmer for 1 hour, stirring Antonio Beef Stew recipe often. that Charlie Waite, SASS After the hour, start up an - #79885, sent over to us. other 15 Charcoal bri - We’re droolin’ already! Here’s what you’re lookin’ at when the soup’s ready to serve! quettes.

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(Continued from page 1) competitors grumbled he used un - fair tactics in his win. Although it might be the opinion of some folks he’s a “gamer” for showing up in only his union suit, match management determined he won it fair and square. A close second was Hank Hills who wore his splendid kilt. Callahan’s at the Shiloh Inn was the location of the Saturday Night banquet, where we were treated to more costume contests, dinner, and dancing. We also pre - sented the side match awards. Once again, Big Iron Buster, SASS #9361, and Ol’ #4, SASS #41004, competed in the black - powder shotgun trap side match event and once again they tied for

Hank Hills, resplendent in his kilt, took second place in the Finest Derriere Contest … and was awarded ALL the Soiled Doves as his consolidation prize!

first place. They shot another arship. Thank you to everyone round of trap to break the tie and who helped in this effort. once again they tied. So, it was Congratulations to our new decided they would break this tie Northwest Regional Champion, by collecting as much money as Kuna, SASS #39361, of Kuna, possible in three minutes from Idaho. Kuna is the current Idaho the crowd with the proceeds to State Champion. His closest com - benefit the SASS Scholarship (Continued on page 30 ) Pinto Annie was the #2 lady fund. As time ran out, Ol #4 slid overall … but always #1 in style on his side across the dance floor points! She has shown ladies with the final dollar. Despite his can dress like ladies and still gallant efforts, Big Iron Buster be extremely competitive! won by a landslide, and the two She always looks great! managed to raise $267 for the Tillie Dies— scholarship. Good job guys! Lady Northwest The Rattlesnake Gulch Regional Champon. Ran gers added a new Congratulations and drawing for the ladies this outstanding shooting! year that included a pair of diamond earrings along with a carton of primers, with the proceeds donated to the SASS Scholarship. Samuel B. Carpenter made When all was said and another of his many trips from done, between raising his home range in Norway to participate in the Regional. money through soiled dove He proved he’s not just another classes, photos, calendars, pretty face by winning the side match proceeds, Ol#4 Classic Cowboy Category and Big Iron Buster’s and taking first place fundraiser, and the SASS Traditional in the Wild Bunch. Ruger and diamond ear - Our European cowboys are ring drawings, the shooters Kuna—Northwest Regional becoming more and more Costuming was highly prized at this and Rattlesnake Gulch Champion. He came from Idaho, competitive … and when the Regional, and the contests were close Rangers at the Northwest a legend in his own time, and opportunity presents itself, fought! Best Dressed Couple, Hank Regional managed to raise tamed the wilds of the consider traveling to Europe and Heather Hills strut their stuff! $2,225 for the SASS Schol - Northwest! Congratulations! to compete on their turf!

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(Continued from page 29 ) our regular Rattlesnake Gulch petition was Buffalo Wings, SASS Shootoff where any shooter could #56856, the current Oregon State participate. The winner of this Champion, who came in second match was our Junior shooter, Kid overall. Tillie Dies, SASS #79511, Koder, SASS #78381. from Colfax, Washington, is the Many thanks to Lampson In - new Ladies Northwest Regional ternational for the use of their Champion and came in 15 th over - stage, One Shot B for the use of his all. Her closest competitor was sound system, S.S. EQ., Inc. – Pinto Annie, SASS #27966, who Pasco New Holland for the use of came in 17 th overall. This was a the tractors, and the Army Na - hard fought contest, with stage tional Guard for the use of their wins spread out among five shoot - tent and tables. We thank our staff ers, Kuna, Buffalo Wings, Mid Val - and all of the folks who worked as ley Drifter, SASS #35724, Shifty waddies and stage drivers to make Jack, SASS #65353, and Shalako this match a success. Tucker, SASS #27964, and con - gratulations are in order to all our winners. Shifty Jack, SASS #65353, once again designed and ran the Master Gunfighter Shoot Off where the top male and female shooters participated. The win - ners of the Shoot Off were last year’s Regional winners, Mid Val - ley Drifter, SASS #35724, and May B. Shecann, SASS #58075. Mud - flat Mike, SASS #20904, also ran

Winners L Duelist Deadeye Deb, Rimfire Rifle Pocket Pistol Top Shooters and SASS #4198 Winner Rick O’Shea, Winner Chucho El Roto, Northwest Regional Champions L F Cartridge Ricochet Robbie, SASS #2221 SASS #45859 Man Kuna, SASS #39361 SASS #8775 L Winner Bea A Starr, L Winner Heather Hills, Lady Tillie Dies, L Senior Nelly, SASS #11609 SASS #28873 SASS #78029 SASS #79511 L S Senior Shot Z Lady, Bought it Joe Cannuck, Bought it Two Bears, Category Champions SASS #60903 SASS #58702 SASS #2834 49’er J. T. Wild, L Wrangler Buck Shot Shell-E, Iver Johnson’s Glimpse of Hell Speed Rifle SASS #20399 SASS #37335 Winner Kuna, SASS #39361 Winner Twelve Mile Reb, Buckaroo Buckshot Ryan, Silver Senior Wilkes, SASS #28702 L Winner Tillie Dies, SASS #30634 SASS #87024 Senior Rick O’Shea, SASS #79511 L Winner Georgia Bank, B-Western Crotchety Old Grouch, SASS #2221 Bought it Twelve Mile Reb, SASS #86344 SASS #51188 S Duelist Omache Kid, SASS #30634 Bought it Twelve Mile Reb, C Cowboy Samuel B. Carpenter, SASS #5282 Rimfire Pistol SASS #30634 SASS #34043 Wrangler Mid Valley Drifter, Winner Joe Cannuck, Speed Pistol Cowboy Kuna, SASS #39361 SASS #35724 SASS #58702 Winner Gifford Gringo, Cowgirl Heather Hills, Side Matches L Winner Fire Opal, SASS #41076 SASS #78029 Master Gun Fighter Shootout SASS #50730 L Winner Buckshot Shell-E, Duelist Johnny Pinebox, Man Mid Valley Drifter, Bought it Joe Cannuck, SASS #37355 SASS #58074 SASS #35724 SASS #58702 Bought it First Chance, E Statesman Silent Sam, Lady May B. Shecann, Speed Shotgun SASS #76895 SASS #10991 SASS #58075 Winner Shalako Tucker, Precision Pistol Frontiersman Captain Landlocked, Man on Man Shootout SASS #27964 Winner Lunger, SASS #78045 SASS #53043 Kid Koder, L Winner Pinto Annie, L Winner Buckshot Shell-E, F Cartridge Runamuck, SASS #78381 SASS #27966 SASS #37355 SASS #44216 Long Range Bought it Shalako Tucker, Bought it Shalako Tucker, F C Duelist Appy Dan, Single Shot Minto, SASS #56175 SASS #27964 SASS #27964 SASS #67998 Buffalo S Shot Willy Hitum, Derringer Precision Rifle Grand Dame Bea A Star, SASS #58087 Winner Rick O’Shea, Winner Bravo Juan Yoas, SASS #28873 Lever Action Hey Granpa, SASS #2221 SASS #14525 Gunfighter Bones McCrackin, SASS #60902 L Winner Fire Opal, L Winner Heather Hills, SASS #46721 Scoped Jacknife Pete, SASS #50730 SASS #78029 Junior Pancake Poncho, SASS #14210 Bought it Buckshot Shell-E, SASS #79211 L Single Shot Georgia Bank, Bought it Two Bears, SASS #37355 L 49’er May B. Shecann, SASS #86344 SASS #2834 Blackpowder Trap SASS #58075 L L Action Shot Z Lady, Big Iron Buster, L B-Western Brassy Shell, SASS #60903 SASS #9361 SASS #16096

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Wild Bunch Plainsman Costume Contest Military Cedar County Sheriff, Traditional First Place Chucho El Roto, Best Shooting Costumes SASS #4578 First Place Samuel B. Carpenter, SASS #45859 Lady Pinto Annie, B-Western Grifter, SASS #84380 SASS #34043 Second Place Ol #4, SASS #41004 SASS #27966 Couple Hank & Heather Hills, Second Place Sunrise Bill, Third Place Clyde Henry, Man Contigent Fee McGee, SASS #78028 SASS #64301 SASS #7046 SASS #71885 and #78029 Third Place Missouri Lee, Buffalo Gal Shot-Z Lady, B-Western Soiled Dove Georgia Bank, SASS #5860 SASS #60903 Lady Powder River Rose, SASS #86344 Modern Night Shoot SASS #77227 Finest Derriere First Place Crotchety Old Grouch, Winner Hey Granpa, Man Paso Tom, Runamuck, SASS #51188 SASS #60902 SASS #66808 SASS #44216 Second Place Texas Jack Morales, L Winner Wrong Eye Geri, Best Evening Costumes Best Dressed Waddie SASS #5026 SASS #57863 Lady Heather Hills, GD Rimrock Goldvein, L Modern (and 3rd Modern overall) Bought it Sy-Less McCormick, SASS #78029 SASS #38202 Idaho Six Gun Sam, SASS #80868 Man Hank Hills, Best Dressed Stage Driver SASS #28944 SASS #78028 Moose Call, Junior Boy Buckshot Ryan, SASS #30877 SASS #87024

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Page 32 Cowboy Chronicle February 2011 Dii sPatches From camP baylor i Captain Baylor modeling the Wild Bunch for Dummies, Costuming Mernickle Evil Roy Slim Jim rig with matching shotgun belt. (Photo by Lorrie Lott, (Part 1, Uniforms of the Mexican Punitive Expedition) Mr. Quigley Photography) From Wild Bunch Shooters Handbook CLOTHING AND ACCOUTERMENTS 2010 Third Edition ASS Wild Bunch Action Shooting is a combination By Captain George Baylor, SASS Life #24287 “Sof historical reenactment and Saturday morning at the mati - nee. Participants may choose the holster with ‘US’ embossed on covered with canvas and a leather style of costume they wish to wear, the flap, and secured by a long chape. He is drinking from his but all clothing must be typical of khaki lanyard looped diago - M1910 aluminum canteen. His the late 19th century and early 20th nally around his torso. The chevrons of rank on both sleeves are century cowboy and military. Em - M1912 belt also supports a now of more modest size than (the phasis is put on period US military double pistol magazine pouch previous uniform).” from 1900 to 1916. Period western and is itself supported by a The Bad News dress is allowed such as Pike, pair of leather suspenders.” Most of the photos of soldiers Dutch, Lyle, or Tector in the closing Center: “Dispatch rider, show they wore wool uniforms in scene of The Wild Bunch movie (e.g., 1st Provisional Motorcycle the Mexican desert. The olive-drab Western style pants with or without Company. The motorcyclist material faded badly. Pinkish, or suspenders, and long sleeve western wears a M1911 olive-drab khaki-ish or olive-drab can all be shirt). Vests are optional. Boots knit wool service sweater justified. Cotton was available, but must be SASS legal. Legal SASS with two open hip pockets, even most photos of officers show headgear must be worn. Mexican worn over the soldier’s cam - them wearing olive-drab wool. dress is also appropriate.” paign shirt and cavalry-style Cotton vs. Wool The original intent was for con - wool trousers. Bandanas From Leta at Coon Creek Old testants to dress as characters in were often sported by Ameri - West: “re: cotton and wool uniforms. The Wild Bunch or military of the can soldiers. His goggles are I was looking up something today era. This was soon discovered to be US Uniforms commercially manufac - and ran across this great info on the too restrictive and would have kept tured—The US Army never cotton and olive-drab wool uniforms a lot of people from entering. So, Stephen Walsh, Osprey Publishing. issued them for Mexican border between 1898 and the end of WWI. bottom line is you may shoot wear - Figure 1 is from that book. It service. His equipment is limited to This is in the book “Encyclopedia of ing the outfit you normally shoot in, shows three members of the Mexi - the M1910 cartridge belt, leather United States Army Insignia and or you may wear a specifically can Punitive Expedition of 1916. cavalry style gloves, and cavalry Uniforms” by Wm. K. Emerson (a “Wild Bunch” costume. The man on our left: “1st Lieu - brown leather leggings worn over great book). Anyway, there’s a whole Controversial? tenant, 7th Cavalry Regiment. This the russet brown shoes. Slung chapter on cotton uniforms. The Past experience tells me what - figure wears a typical uniform for across his back is his M1903 khaki cotton was issued in 1898, ever I write about uniforms of the US officers during the border fight - Springfield and on his right hip is a and the wool one in 1903 for winter Mexican Punitive Expedition, ing. The M1911 olive-drab Mon - non-regulation early model dis - only and was very slowly produced someone will come on the SASS tana-peaked hat has officers’ black patch case of olive-drab canvas ...” and distributed. The cotton one was Wire immediately and tell me I’m and gold cords with two acorn tas - Right: “Sergeant, 24th Infantry issued to all enlisted for summer, so wrong, stupid, ignorant, and proba - sels. His wool pullover campaign Regiment. This NCO from the there was always a cotton uniform bly a member of Al Qaida. shirt in a similar shade has four African-American US 24th Infantry after 1898. It seems “they” had So I’ll just admit it (not the Al dark brown buttons on the placket, wears the M1911 Montana-peak trouble constantly with the dyes for Qaida part.) I’ve put one or more and bears his rank bars on the col - hat with light blue infantry cords, a olive-drab and khaki; regs changed items here that are not correct. lar; he chooses not to wear his black well-worn olive-drab campaign every few months it seems … pocket Uniforms of the necktie. His wool riding trousers are shirt, wool trousers, and laced khaki flaps, collars, five-button, and six- Mexican Punitive Expedition a rather darker olive-drab shade. canvas leggings, with the M1910 button changed constantly.” A good reference is The Mexi - He is armed with a .45 caliber Colt pack, cartridge belt, and first-aid Pocket Flaps can Revolution 1910-20 , by P. Jowet M1911 semi-automatic pistol in a pouch. The bayonet for his M1903 Virtually every photo I’ve seen and A de Quesada, illustrated by cavalry-type swiveling russet brown Springfield is carried in a scabbard of troops on the expedition had

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pocket flaps on their shirts. with a Colt automatic pistol and a from 3-1/2 " to 6 ". General Persh - Leta on Pocket Flaps: “about M1903 Springfield rifle. The hat ing’s hat had vent eyelets. Some the pocket ‘flaps’ on the tan shirt. cord indicates branch of service.” hats didn’t. A Grosgrain hatband Looks like 1916. In Vol. III Horse Center: “First Lieutenant, 1916 was normal. Acorn hatbands were Soldiers, page 180, and also Osprey When wearing the shirt as the worn. Enlisted men wore branch Men-at-Arms series, “The US Army outer garment, as was the practice colors, yellow for cavalry, blue for 1890-1920,” color plate E (Figure 2) in the campaign against Pancho infantry, or red for artillery, for ex - ... They say the 1916 pattern Villa, the officer’s branch of service ample. Officers wore gold braid changed from the 1912 only in the could not be told. Indeed, a second acorn hatbands. quality of the flannel and the addi - lieutenant, who did not have a rank I can find no photographs of tion of pocket flaps, and could also badge, but wore plain officer’s dress, anyone, enlisted or officer, wearing be made in cotton olive-drab for would wear no insignia at all save any insignia on the campaign hats— summer wear. (This often faded to his gold and black hat cord that no crossed sabers, insignia of rank, a tan or yellow or green color).” would identify him as an officer.” or regimental insignias—nothing. Figure 2: Right: “Colonel. Inspector General’s Insignia Department, 1916 Enlisted rank is available from The all- white uniform was worn the suppliers listed at the end. For as a dress uniform in hot climates.” Replica officer’s boots with officers, as best as I can tell, modern Footgear M1911 Spurs supply of major, lieutenant colonel, Enlisted men were issued colonel, and brigadier general (the M1904 marching shoes. ( Figure 3 ) boots. ( Figure 4 , shown with highest rank in the Mexican Puni - These, for SASS purposes, look M1911 spurs) I’ve seen everything tive Expedition) will work, but lieu - pretty close to modern packer boots leather in natural tan (new), brown tenant and captain’s bars have if you remove the kiltie. Canvas (aged and polished), and russet. changed. You will need antique in - leggings were worn covering the top Campaign Hats signia ( Figure 6 ) to be authentic. of the boot and the trousers almost Multiple companies received to the knee. Officers could wear the contracts for Campaign Hats. Offi - M1904 marching shoes with leather cers bought their own. They were puttees or custom made brown generally of higher quality. Some quickly faded from olive-drab to kangaroo. Both Stetson and D Bar J make them in kangaroo as well as olive-drab. ( Figure 5 is a D Bar J officer’s hat in olive-drab). Brim sizes were from 3 " to 5 ", and crowns

Antique 1916 captain’s bars US Soldiers (Discovered by Cowtown Scout)

Left: “Battery Quartermaster Ser - (I’m ignoring the movie uniforms geant, 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment of and insignia for now. They were as Field Artillery (Mountain), 1916 authentic as Blazing Saddles.) En - The 4 th was organized in 1907, listed men would wear a disc with and its 1st Battalion was on the branch insignia on the left collar Mexican border when Pancho Villa and a U.S. disc on the right. raided Columbus, New Mexico. It D Bar J officer’s Trouser Pockets was then sent into Mexico to cap - M1904 Marching Shoe campaign hat At one time trousers were is - ture Villa. This sergeant is armed (Continued on page 34 )

Visit us at sassNet .com Page 34 Cowboy Chronicle February 2011 Dispatches From Camp Baylor . . . (Continued from page 33 ) The 1904 trouser belt was can - sued with no front pockets but two vas. The buckle was a frame of tar - hip pockets. Like shirts with no nished brass with a tarnished brass pocket flaps, this was a dumb idea tip on the tongue ( Figure 7 ). The for troops on horseback. The front shiny brass roller buckle was pockets were eliminated to keep en - phased in during World War II. listed men from putting their Tunics hands in their pockets, I suspect. Photos show occasionally the Some photos show trousers with tunic was worn by both officers and slash front pockets, and General enlisted personnel. They were pro - Pershing was photographed with duced in both wool and cotton. Fig - his right hand in his pocket, a ver - ure 8 shows General Pershing tical opening. Of course, he (a) was a general, and (b) wore custom made uniforms. Some issued for mounted troops had slash front pockets and no rear pockets. Belt

Schipperfabrik’s replica officer’s tunic— cotton, also available in wool

wearing a tunic. Figure 9 shows Schipperfabrik’s replica officer’s tunic in cotton. What I left out An expanded version of this article with more photos and infor - mation is at http://www.curtrich. com/Wild BunchForDummies General Pershing _ch6.html. M1904 trouser belt wearing a tunic Ladies’ Costumes Ladies, I haven’t forgotten you. Ladies costume will be in a future episode. I’ve found some interest - ing ones not yet seen on the Wild Bunch scene. Conclusion Wild Bunch is much like Cow - boy Action Shooting™ in costuming. You can do the minimum and still shoot, or you can work at being au - thentic to the era. It’s your choice. Sources Coon Creek Old West http://www. cooncreekoldwest.com/ Hon. W.F. “Buck” Butler, SASS #4827, and Miss Leta Butler, SASS #4828, 520-886-8273. Most of the people wearing uniforms at Wild Bunch matches got at least part of them from Leta and Buck. Schipperfabrik, http://www.schip perfabrik.com/store/index.php Phone: (615) 378-1020 What Price Glory, http://onlinemil

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the .44 wcF cartriDge (.44-40 ) The Round that Tamed the Old West By Tuolumne Lawman, SASS #6127 (Life)

Tuolumne Lawman, PART II SASS Life #6127 Colt ceased production of the lever- Part I addressed the background of action Burgess Colt rifles was a the .44-40 cartridge and the Win - “Gentlemen’s Agreement” between chester rifles that used it. What Colt and Winchester. The Winches - follows is “the rest of the story” … ter Company representatives showed Colt representatives a prototype of a COLT “LIGHTNING” RIFLE double action, large bore revolver n 1883, Winchester had cornered Winchester had just designed. Win - the market on repeating rifles chester was ready to introduce it to Colt’s medium frame “Lightning” pump action rifle Iand carbines in calibers such as compete with Colt’s revolvers. If Colt was introduced in .44-40. .44 WCF, .38 WCF. Marlin would not agreed to drop production of the Colt introduce its first repeating rifle in Burgess rifles, Winchester would not would improve after the improve - any of these calibers until 1888. produce the large bore revolver. Colt ments were implemented. Manufacturers such as Burgess, agreed to discontinue production of In fact, despite the troubled and Evans, Whitney, and Kennedy had lever action rifles. slow start, the Lightning went on to lever guns in the 1880s, but had not It was a good move on Colt’s become very popular indeed. De - achieved the success and popularity part, as this agreement was proba - mand for the Lightnings increased of the Winchesters. It was in 1883 bly more beneficial to Colt than Win - dramatically. By 1898 more than that Colt Firearms, maker of the chester. The Colt Burgess lever 186,000 Colt Lightnings had been 1873 Single Action Army revolver, action had only had modest success “Hangin’ Judge Hemp” manufactured. That exceeds the decided to again try their hand at the when introduced. Winchester was blazes away with a .44-40 Colt number of Marlin lever action rifles repeating rifle market. well entrenched in the repeating Lightning at the 2006 Murrieta produced during that same time pe - Colt, by the way, had initially en - rifle market. Winchester also had Posse match in Ione, CA. riod, making the Lightning pump sec - tered the repeating rifle market, long the manufacturing capability and ond only to Winchesters in sales. The before Winchester firearms even ex - brand name reputation that gave ibers. These middle sized framed ri - 1895 Montgomery Wards catalog lists isted. In 1839, Colt produced a total them the ability to give serious com - fles came with either round or octag - the “Colt’s New Lightning Magazine of 360 Patterson revolving carbines, petition to Colt’s handguns with onal barrels 26 inches in length, with Rifles” in various calibers from .22 to based on the Patterson revolver de - their new double action pistol, if they a full length magazine tube. They .44 for $11.80. This was exactly the sign. These were used effectively in had produced it. This gentleman’s also produced a 20-inch “Baby Car - same price they charged for Winches - the Second and Third Seminole Wars agreement, however, did not pre - bine” version in the medium frame ters. Because of this popularity, most in the late 1830s to late 1850s. Dur - clude Colt from producing slide or that weighed less than six pounds. wholesalers and retailers in the West ing the Civil War, Colt produced pump action rifles. I am sure Colt In early 1885 Colt’s new Light - carried the Colt pump rifle on their 15,000 large bore, five shot, .56 cal - made the agreement with Winches - ning had gotten off to a rough start. shelves to meet demand. iber Model 1855 revolving rifles for ter to stop producing lever action ri - Feeding and ejection were a problem There were many Lightning fans the Union Army. By the early 1880s, fles, knowing they had plans for a with the initial production guns. The in the West. Buffalo Bill Cody and Colt had long abandoned the manu - new type of pump action rifle. It was revolutionary pump action rifle had Annie Oakley sometimes used Colt facture of revolving rifles, due to a 1883 when W.H Elliot, C. J. Ebbets, been released before all of the design Lightning pumps. Period photo - lack of popularity, in part due to their and W. B. Franklin applied for the flaws and production procedures graphs of cowboys and lawmen with revolving rifle’s nasty habit of “chain basic patents for Colt to make the were worked out. Early customers Colt Lightnings are plentiful. A pard firing” all the chambers with disas - pump action for a repeating rifle. In were frustrated by mechanical prob - of mine that worked with me at trous results to the shooter! late 1884 or early 1885, Colt released lems with the new Lightning. Colt Riverway Ranch Camp in the Kings Colt now shifted its rifle efforts it as the Lightning pump action rifle. was flooded with letters from retail - Canyon area had a Lightning in .38- to producing a lever action, repeating There were two basic frame sizes ers and customers complaining about 40 that belonged to his grandmother. rifle to compete with Winchester. In at first. One was a small frame .22 the rifle and its inherent feeding She carried it in a saddle scabbard 1883 Colt introduced the Colt- rimfire. Most of the small frame .22 problems. Colt quickly re-engineered when riding out of the California Burgess lever action rifles and car - rimfire Lightnings were made with the Lightning, rectifying the prob - mountains to school in the early bines in .44 WCF. They sold a total 20 to 24 inch octagonal barrels. The lems in subsequent production guns. years of the Twentieth Century. of approximately 6,400 of these Colt- other size frame that was originally Colt also repaired the guns already Those were rough times in that re - Burgess rifles before discontinuing introduced was a medium frame that retailed at no charge to the customer. mote area. Not that many years be - them in 1885. The primary reason came in .32-20, .38-40, and .44-40 cal - The reputation of the Lightning (Continued on page 46 )

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marliN FiriNg PiN “Fi x” By Blackthorne Billy, SASS #74914

Blackthorne Billy, SASS #74914

The pin, replacement hammer spring, and replacement lever de - tent spring is $35, plus the usual shipping/handling and sales tax: $46.06 total. Totally worth it. Triple Threat and I took the Marlin apart, removed the originals, installed the replacements, and did a little judi - cious emery cloth work on some areas that showed some machining roughness, as well as a few burrs. The job takes a little mechani - cal aptitude, but with two heads and four hands, after 45 minutes or The Kit for Marlin One-Piece Firing Pin & New Springs so from start, the Marlin was back in one piece. Racking the lever ex - ack in 1997, I became in - surmised. Fortunately, my buddy, hibited a super-smooth ease of oper - terested in shooting Cow - Sauk Trail Mike, SASS #73580, of - ating, and we went to Triple boy competitions. I found fered to let me use his 1873 to re- Threat’s South Forty home range to B a late year production shoot the stage and the final two verify our efforts were correct. Winchester 1897 that was priced stages, even providing the ammo, Badda-bing, badda BANG, bang, right at a gun show, bought two new since his ‘73 is a .38 Special. bang, bang! Ruger Vaquero .44-40 revolvers, and The Marlin uses a unique firing While the factory three-piece placed an order for the brand new pin design, consisting of three firing pin works very well under Marlin 1894 Cowboy in the same pieces, which isn’t a faulty design, normal conditions, it does lend itself caliber. After two months waiting, I but with a couple other details, it to problems, particularly for Cow - received the first .44-40 Marlin that contributed to the failure to fire. boys running low velocity loads that came into the Chicago region. (I Cowboy loads, by SASS practices, don’t fully seal the firing chamber. have since moved to Michigan, are low-power, low velocity. In The one-piece firing pin helps im - where there are far less restrictions many instances, the pressures cre - mensely; however, it does not totally on firearms ownership for LAW- ated upon firing aren’t adequate to eliminate the possible problem. The ABIDING citizens.) Each of the fully expand the case to fit snugly bottom line is, at least every 100 firearms has had the occasional and seal the chamber, allowing high rounds, remove the Marlin lever “burp,” but the Marlin first gave out pressure hot gas to escape back and bolt. Flush the bolt and rifle in - on me in October during our last along the case and the firing pin, ternal working areas with “Break- competition at Hidden Valley Cow - carrying spent powder residues into Free” aerosol foam cleaner. Great boy Range near Sturgis, MI. Third the mechanism. Over time, and not stuff! Use “Q-Tips” to swab all inte - stage, last rifle shot, “click.” I taking the pains to thoroughly flush rior areas where there is part-to- thought I’d short-stroked it, and the bolt/firing pin assembly regu - part movement. Lubricate worked the lever smartly and ex - larly, these residues had jammed judiciously. In the bolt firing pin pelled a live round. My Timer in - the firing pin slot and coupling, pre - slot, use the lightest possible oil or structed me to load another live venting it from striking the primer. a synthetic, especially if you shoot round, but since I hadn’t taken any My bad. in cold weather. Then you won’t get extra cartridges to the stage firing Another Cowboy buddy, Triple scored with a miss when it doesn’t line, I took the “miss.” Drat! Threat, SASS #62108, suggested re - go “bang.” Also, if you are getting On the next stage, when switch - placing the factory 3-piece firing pin that black smudge on the outside of ing to the Marlin, the first trigger with an aftermarket one-piece, solid fired cases, you might increase the pull yielded a sad “click.” I levered pin. (The source is “Cowboys and powder by another grain or so to it, pulled the trigger, and another Indian Store,” Santa Ana, CA eliminate cumulative problems. click. Uh oh, broken firing pin, I (www.cowboysandindianstore.com ). [email protected]

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Visit us at sassNet .com Page 38 Cowboy Chronicle February 2011 restoriNg aViNtage Airstream trailer few weeks before we Part 3~Axles set out on our six- Amonth Cowboy Action By Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life #49907 voyage in our newly rebuilt 1969 Airstream trailer, the Vicar’s Wife and I were put - ting the finishing touches on it—curtains, window shades, and having inlaid vinyl in - stalled. Gold Tooth Dave, SASS #86266, mentioned the trailer looked like it was lower on one side than the other. We measured, and sure enough, there was almost a one and a half inch difference. On closer inspection, I noticed the axles didn’t seem right. When we jacked it up there was hardly enough clearance to remove the tire.

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The Airstream trailer does not uti - road at 60 MPH. lize a metal coil or leaf spring. Its The shocks are a little tricky to spring action is a square steel tube install. You can put them on after filled with rubber, and a square installing the axles but if so, you steel bar extends out to an arm that need to bend the shock bracket ears has a spindle attached to it. Over back, install the shocks, and bend the years the rubber can lose its the ears back straight again. Or luster. The axles on our 1966 were before lifting the axle, install one OK, but this 1969 had problems. In end to the axle and attach the other the old days this was a quick fix. end when the axle is in place, then They just pried up the ol’ covered tighten the nuts. Make sure the wagon with a stout tree branch, shocks are on the right way! blocked it up with a stump, and I soldered all the wires for the went to work makin’ the parts electric brakes. In times past, I needed for the job. But with only a spent half a day alongside a road in couple of weeks before we started Canada removing clip-on wire con - out on our shooting venue and win - nectors, and soldering and taping ter escape, this was a very large wires together on a fishing compan - snag impeding our progress. After ion’s trailer. When the brakes don’t making a few calls, we had two new work in mountainous country it has axles (with extra load capacity), the makings of a bad day. four new brake assemblies, and Solid brass valve stems were four new shocks being delivered. It installed in rims for the “D” rated says in Psalm 20:7, “Some trust in radial tires. Also, I bought those chariots and some in horses, but we auto balancing rings that bolt on trust in the name of the LORD our behind the rims. They worked well God.” Axles have come a long way until we ventured onto I-40 going to since chariot travel, but my trust is the Oklahoma State Shoot. In their still in the LORD. great wisdom, the Highway Depart - We lifted up the trailer and set ment put saw cuts in the concrete it on jack stands. Removing the old that are a perfect match for the cir - axles is not difficult, but care cumference of the trailer tires. As should be taken not to break off the a result, the little BBs in the bal - shock stud when loosening the ancers got pounded to one area, and nuts. A little heat and some WD-40 the trailer started to think it was are better than having to cut a stud on the basketball court. Needless out and weld a new one back in. A to say, the auto balancers are no thread chaser was used on them, longer being used. I just make sure and anti-seize was applied to the the tires are properly balanced. threads before installing new When we finished our four- shocks. I used new washers and state shoot circuit and landed in a shake-proof nuts on the shocks. A Georgia RV Park, I noticed the floor jack was used to lower the old frame in the back had slowly set - axles and lift the new ones in place. tled in the west. But that’s a tale Gold Tooth Dave and Matt teamed of woe for next time. up with me to install them in a few I’m glad we had new axles and hours one afternoon. The brake as - brake units on before starting on semblies went on well. I used blue our venture. The trailer pulled and lock-tight on all the bolts. You don’t stopped like a new one. need any surprises going down the [email protected]

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barber shoP blues By Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life, #49907

There seems to be an allure about a barbershop. There’s the BARBER POLE, the BARBER CHAIR, the BAR - BER SHOP TALK, and all the neat smells that are unique to a BARBER SHOP. In the old days a barber had to be very dexterous to stay in business. Not only Cree Vicar Dave, did he have to be ready to SASS Life, #49907 give a good haircut, but he also had to be able to perform other jobs like shampoos, hen I was just a little shaves, and an occasional How does it look in the back, Meg? shaver, my mom used ta surgical procedure. Wcut my hair. She did an When I became a thick. The hair was then combed OK job, but I wanted ta go to a real teenager, my hair had to be back on each side to form a DA in barber where the big boys got their cut just the right way, kind of the back. It took a good 20 to 30 hair cut. My first trip to the bar - like the Elvis style. Then a minutes in front of a mirror every bershop had me a thinken that I layer of “Butch Wax” was ap - morning ta get each individual hair was on my way ta being a man. plied around a quarter inch Getting clipped in the correct place on my head.

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Because it was, as they would say right and left ears. back then, “Real cool looking.” I I looked it all over and won - would have enough grease on my dered iffin’ I could do it. Then I head that I could stand out in the thought, “I’m not as vain as I was freezing cold of a Michigan when I sported a DA.” So I started winter morning for a half gettin’ ready ta cut hair in the hour waiting for the school kitchen until I heard a shrill sound bus with no hat on and not in my ears coming from the direc - get chilled. It says in tion of The Vicar’s Wife, “You’re not Philippians 2:3, “Do noth - making a mess in MY house!” ing out of selfish ambition So, I hung a mirror outside on or vain conceit, but in hu - the storm door. At least this way I mility consider others bet - can enjoy the beauty of the great ter than yourselves.” It’s outdoors while cutting my hair. I hard to believe what people set up a TV tray ta put things on, will do for vain glory. Hair got the clipper set, and started today, gone tomorrow. mowin off my graying hair. I was Well, today things have amazed at how easy the process changed. I now wear my went. The whole project was fin - hair much shorter and ished in just a few minutes and I cover it up with a cowboy saved the time, money, and the hat most of the time. The miles on the car it used to take. I allure of the barbershop came in as proud as I could be ta has waned quite a bit. Now I look show off to the missus my new at going to get a haircut as a chore, found talent. I asked her how it not wanting to waste the time sit - looked in the back. She said oksy ting in a barbershop waiting my without even looking up from the turn to get clipped while I could be afghan she was crocheting. Then I loading shells. Also there’s the thought, “What does it matter what endless process of getting up to it looks like in the back? I can’t see speed on the latest MASCULINE the back of my head anyway!” BOVINE FECAL MATERIAL, or to I’ve been a cuttin’ my own hair put it bluntly, MALE HOLSTEIN for going on six months now. The SOLID WASTE. Being born on a clippers were paid for after the sec - dairy farm, I already know what it ond cutting. People ask me all the looks like, what it smells like, and time, “Who cuts your hair???” what it feels like when it squishes Probably because they think it’s up between the toes. So, I don’t very nice looking. I just expand need a rehash on a monthly basis. my chest and humbly say, “I cut While pondering all of this in my own hair.” But then that may my fertile mind, I overheard some - be a little vain as well. The other one say that many college students day I had an old timer ask me if I today cut their own hair to save would consider cutting his hair. money. Soooo I became the proud But I don’t remember if he was owner of a electric/battery hair wearing his glasses at the time. clipper set. If I’m going ta get But one thing is for sure; I now clipped, I might as well clip myself have a lot more time and money ta and save money. There are differ - do some serious loading for Cow - ing plastic attachments that clip on boy Action Shooting™. If ya see to the hair clipper to adjust for the me at a shoot, don’t ask me ta cut desired hair length on different your hair, cuz’ I found out it’s parts of the head. These number against the law ta be a barber iffin’ from 1 through 8 and there are ya don’t have no license. even tapered ones to go around the [email protected]

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A S ALUTE TO texas Jack omohundro sAss #151 (Frank Leama n) By Poke, SASS #4968

hen I received my De - Action Shooting™ in 1992 and thought I knew him very well. we have several tables of guns for cember 2010 issue of The met Frank the following year. He Wrong! Every time we would see sale. We saw Frank at the show WCowboy Chronicle , I read has been a good friend since that each other he was involved in almost every year, and one time the story of Frank Leaman, Texas time and will be remembered by some new venture. Initially, I he told me how he liked to win Jack Omohundro’s, passing. I my family and many other fami - was skeptical of some of the money playing Roulette. To say knew of Frank’s passing before lies and shooters. things Frank told me. As time the least I was a little skeptical this, and I would like to say a few One thing about Frank is he and our friendship went on, I because most people lose money things about this unique and was a very unique person and a learned to believe Frank’s stories. at the Roulette wheel. That night wonderful man. man of MANY talents. Over the A friend and I go to the Reno I met him in the Casino and I became involved in Cowboy years I got to the point where I Gun show every November where (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) containing an ivory watch fob watched him play Roulette. To with a cowboy on horseback at say I was not skeptical ever again full gallop. What a beautiful is an understatement! piece of workmanship! It’s some - I learned over the years to be - thing I will cherish for many lieve the stories Frank told me years, and something that will go because they were true. One to one of my grandsons. time early on in our friendship, Frank was also one of the Frank told me he was a Magi - most mechanically inclined per - cian. Again, I was somewhat sons I have ever met. I think he skeptical until he did one of his could rebuild a car engine with a magic tricks for me. No more wrench and a screwdriver. I have skepticism on my part. Frank re - seen him work on Colt 1877 ally enjoyed doing magic tricks Lightning pistols when most gun - for my wife, Karin, and the rest of smiths won’t touch them. my family. Every time he came to I could go on and on about a town he had a new trick. Frank man I truly admired. To say the also entertained at the Horse least, Frank will be missed by Ridge Pistoleros’ annual banquet. many people. The Horse Ridge During the Horse Ridge Pis - Pistoleros and I salute Texas Jack toleros’ annual shoot here in Ore - Omohundro, Frank Leaman, and gon, Frank would always attend say goodbye to a real gentleman. and set up his tent. Frank some - (Frank is, indeed, missed! I, times stayed up all night either too, had many dealings with him working on a shooter’s gun or over the years, and can’t count the doing some engraving for some - times I needed a “laying on of one. When a young shooter came hands” for my percussion re - to Frank, he never charged them volvers after a Plainsman match for working on their guns. Frank and before the main match also liked to sponsor young shoot - started. Frank was my “go to” guy ers as a way of encouraging our during my Frontiersman days— youth to become involved in he had a way of setting those re - shooting sports. volvers up so they were light and Over the years, Frank did a responsive, yet 100% reliable! lot of work on my guns and en - Cat Ballou won one of Frank’s graved several. When my best famous engraving jobs during a friend, Big Casino, retired from match many years ago. I was de - the Bend Police Dept., Frank en - lighted, of course, and told Cat, graved a Henry rifle that was “That engraving would sure look given to Big Casino by the Police good on one of my Colts!” Without Association. This is one beautiful blinking an eye, Cat responded, gun. Several years ago while at “Yes, it would … but YOU didn’t the Reno Gun show, I asked win it!” She still has that Marlin Frank if he could make me an rifle engraved by Frank, and it ivory watch fob with a scrimshaw looks great! cowboy on it. Several weeks later Adios, my Friend … Editor in I received a package in the mail Chief)

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the ForgotteN trail Oregon’s Applegate Trail

By Palaver Pete, SASS Life/Regulator #4375

o other race of men with trail. The others proceeded up the the means at their com - Humboldt to where Winnemucca, Nmand would undertake Nevada is now located, set up a ren - so great a journey, none save these dezvous, and rested the stock. The c“ould successfully perform it, with Applegate Trail runs from Humboldt, no previous preparation, relying Although beautiful Nevada to Dallas, Oregon (not to be only on the fertility of their own in - to look at today, confused with The Dalles, which is on the Cascade vention to devise the means to over - the Columbia River). Near Hum - Mountains of come each danger and difficulty as boldt it joins the California Trail, run - central Oregon it arose. They have undertaken to represented one ning from near Fort Hall, Idaho to the perform with slow-moving oxen a more obstacle gold country of California. journey of two thousand miles. The to our courageous On August 9, 1846 a group of as way lies over trackless wastes, wide pioneers. many as 100 wagons set out from and deep rivers, ragged and lofty Fort Hall to cross the new Applegate mountains, and is beset with hostile Trail. In September, the first of the savages.” Jesse Applegate, 1843 wagons came across the Black Rock The year 1996 marked the 150 th Desert, a treacherous section of the anniversary of the Applegate Trail, trail filled with Indian attacks, over - the southern route of the Oregon mined to save others similar grief tion. On June 20, 1846, they left powering heat, and very little forage Trail. Over shadowed by its bigger and find a safer route to the Oregon their valley homesteads and jour - for the animals (see Massacre side brother, the Oregon Trail, the Ap - Territory. 1 neyed south down the Willamette bar). Next the wagons rolled into plegate Trail is often neglected by (One of our SASS affiliated Valley through what is now Corval - Surprise Valley, then onto Goose historians and seldom mentioned in clubs, The Dalles Defenders, is lo - lis and Eugene. They continued on Lake and Tule Lake. The party western journals—thus it is known cated near this historical spot to just south of Ashland, and then crossed the Lost River on a natural mostly only to Oregonians and ded - alongside the Columbia River.) turned east, reaching Green Springs stone bridge; the bridge and a icated scholars. The Applegate Upwards of 90 percent of our Mountain about where Highway 66 marker to record the expedition are Trail was blazed in 1846 as an al - westward bound Pioneers did not crosses today between Ashland and near Merrill, Oregon. The wagons ternate, and hopefully safer, route to know how to swim. Many Pioneers Keno, Oregon. (The Jefferson State then swung southwest around lower Oregon. Three brothers, Lindsay, as well as cattle driving Cowboys Regulators, a SASS affiliated club Klamath Lake and on towards Jesse, and Charles Applegate and drowned crossing various western makes its home in Ashland, while Green springs in the southeast cor - their extended families came to rivers. Keno serves as the home range of ner of what is now Jackson County. Oregon on the original Oregon Trail By the spring of 1846, the Ap - The Klamath Cowboy’s, another Levi Scott led the wagon train during the first major migration in plegate Brothers had settled in the SASS affiliated club.) on from present day Ashland to - 1843. As the party was rafting Willamette Valley of Oregon, The South Road Expedition wards the Willamette Valley. The through the rapids on the Columbia planted crops, and built cabins, but Party continued on until they reached rains had started by the time the River just outside The Dalles, one of they were determined to find a safer, the Humboldt River, then they wagons reached the Rogue Valley their rafts capsized in the current, more secure route for emigration. turned north along the river for 200 and from here on it would be either and Lindsay’s son, Warren, age 9, Charles stayed home to care for the miles. Being short on supplies, Jesse rain or snow for weather conditions Jesse’s son, Edward, also age 9, family and land. Lindsay and Jesse, Applegate was chosen to lead the (not much has changed weather along with Alexander Mac (Uncle along with Levi Scott and ten oth - party continuing onto Fort Hall, wise since then). Brush and trees Mac, age 70), drowned. This ers, formed a scouting party to be Idaho to get supplies and inform em - made the trail hard to clear, but the tragedy made the brothers deter - known as the South Road Expedi - igrants about the new (and safer) (Continued on next page)

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THE FORGOTTEN TRAIL MASSACRE LITTLE KNOWN Brigham City, Sept 12, 1859 FAMOUS PEOPLE Editor Deseret News—SIR:- scant rations we came to Lieut. Liv - his morning Milton J. Har - ingston’s company of Dragoons who Way Out West – rington, wife and child, of were escorting a party to Fort Walla TBuchanan Co. Iowa arrived Walla, Oregon. By Joe Fasthorse, SASS #48769 here, survivors of the company of After informing the command of emigrants lately massacred by the our distress, Livingston sent a de - Henrietta Maria Morse Indians about 25 miles west of Fort tachment of nine men with one of Joe Fasthorse, Hall between Portneuf Bridge and our company to pilot them to the SASS #48769 Chamberlain King the Snake River. place of the massacre. Upon their Mr. Harrington makes the fol - arrival, they found the dead bodies ENRIETTA MARIA MORSE lowing statement in relation to the of five persons on the ground out of CHAMBERLAIN KING was born in murderous affair: “Our company the eight that were missing. The H1832 at Boonville, Missouri, the only numbered 19 persons, 6 men 3 dead were horribly mangled and child of a Presbyterian women, and 10 children between 1 scalped. One little girl, five-years- minister. She moved to and 10 years old. Some of the com - old, had both her legs cut off at the Texas in 1850 when her pany was from Michigan and the knees. Her ears were also cut off, father founded the first others from Buchanan County, and her eyes were dug out from Presbyterian Church in Iowa. At the last crossing of the their sockets, and to all appear - Brownsville. In 1854, Sweet Water, we were advised to ances, the girl after having her legs she married Captain travel on Lander’s Cuttoff being told cut off had been compelled to walk Richard King and that route was nearer, better feed, on the stumps for the sole purpose moved to the and safe from Indian depredations. of gratifying the hellish propensity thatched wattle-and- Our journey was prosperous of savage barbarity. daub dwelling on what until the night of the 2nd when we Their animals were taken, and was to become the famous were selecting our place for camping their wagons plundered according to King Ranch. The original and were making our camp fires. the usual mode of Indian spoliation. mud and stick jacal house was We were startled at the report of a The names of the MURDERED are: eventually replaced by the spa - gun, followed immediately by a Edward Miltimore, James Mil - cious home on the banks of the number of others. We soon ascer - timore Jr., Wm Miltimore, Mary Santa Gertrudis Creek. tained that our rear wagons, which Ellen Miltimore, and Myron Cline. Captain King died in 1885, leaving had not yet arrived in camp, were MISSING: Henrietta full ownership of his estate, consisting of 600,000 acres of ranch attacked by the Indians. A boy Mrs Miltimore and child three land and a half million dollars in debts. With the help of her son-in-law, about 10 years old came running to months old and Albert Miltimore. Henrietta paid off the debt and increased the size of the ranch in ten years. us and said the Indians had killed ESCAPED: She ultimately created an empire of over 1,175,000 acres and made the his father and were killing all the Milton J Harrington, wife and King Ranch “Running W” brand a worldwide symbol. She developed the rest. In a moment’s time we were child, A. Hill, wife and child, Geo. hardy Santa Gertrudis breed of cattle, experimented in quarter horse surrounded by the savages, whose Alonzo, Neilson Miltimore, Frank breeding, and discovered innovative dry farming techniques. She donated hideous yells and constant cracking Hubbard, Nathan Titus, and Wm. land and money for railroads, churches, hospitals, schools, and founded the of their rifles at this moment ren - Marsh.” towns of Kingsville and Raymondville. dered the scene too horrid for de - Respectfully, J. C. WRIGHT Henrietta King died on the King Ranch in 1925 and is buried in scription. Those of us who survived This work published January 1, Kingsville. made our escape by taking refuge in 1923 is in the public domain world - some rushes and willows on the wide because the author died at bank of the Portneuf where we re - least 100 years ago. mained during the night. Next day See Wickisource: we started on our journey on foot, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Th and after traveling three days on e_Late_Massacre_near_Fort_Hall juana to the Canadian border at today’s traveler the opportunity to Blaine, Washington, travels over retrace the steps of Oregon’s early this route. The Applegate Trail was trailblazers. 2 Oregon’s Applegate Trail . . . designated a National Historic Trail Footnotes: (Continued from previous page) bridge (built in 1920) still spans the by the US Congress on August 3, 1. This Article was created men who joined the Applegate creek. The wagon train continued 1992. Known as the southern route based on materials provided by the Train had to guarantee to do the through the southwestern valleys of of the Oregon Trail, the Applegate Southern Oregon Historical Society road building and clearing needed Oregon until they reached their Trail provided an alternative for and the Josephine County Histori - to be done before more travelers final destination in the Willamette settlers who wanted to avoid the cal Society. could use the trail. The train lost Valley. The group had survived perils of the Columbia River. Not 2. Ibid. Meadow Vanderpool’s flock of sheep much hardship and trouble, but all settlers appreciated the trail; Comments on Oregon’s weather at Rock Point to Indians, and they created a new passage to the some even felt the Applegate’s had are intended to discourage modern Martha Leland Crowley, a young Oregon Territory that would be hindered rather than helped them day immigration of fellow country - girl, died October 18, 1846 while the used for many years. on their way. Time proved the real men in a state south of the Oregon train was moving across present In 1853 alone over 3,500 men, test, however. After nearly 150 border where many a non-supporter day Sunny Valley, Oregon. The women, and children took this years the Applegate Trail endures of the Second Amendment resides. creek where Martha died was aptly route. Today, Interstate 5, which as the basis for the state’s major We Oregonians say to them: Stay … named Grave Creek. A covered runs from the Mexican border at Ti - transportation routes, allowing You’re a Daisy if ya do! Visit us at sassNet .com Page 46 Cowboy Chronicle February 2011 The .44 WCF Cartridge (.40-44) . . . (Continued from page 35 ) While actually chambered for fore that the Daltons had left that the .44 WCF (.44-40) cartridge, Mar - area to head back east to Coffeyville, lin released their own version of the Kansas in 1892 to their appointment .44 WCF cartridge. It had a 217 with history. grain lead bullet over the same Colt eventually discontinued ac - charge of 40 grains of blackpowder. tual production of the Lightning ri - They called it, unimaginatively fles in 1898, though they were still enough, the “.44 Marlin Cartridge.” cataloged and sold until 1902. Deal - Most Marlin rifles were marked “.44- Marlin’s beautiful Century Limited .44-40 is a marvelous example ers and hardware stores would still 40” rather than .44 WCF so con - of the 1894 Marlin as issued in the Winchester developed .44-40. have some “new, old stock” Light - sumers would buy their ammunition nings on their shelves for several instead of Winchester’s. Back then, ered a premium rifle in the Klondike 1800 FPS from the same JSP hunt - more years. Throughout production, ammunition sales were a very impor - gold rush. Unlike the Winchester ing bullet! Using these “high veloc - .44-40 was the most popular caliber tant part of their business models. 1873, where .44-40 was the most pop - ity” rounds in any 1873 rifle, or any in the medium frame rifle. Five years later, Marlin released ular, with 1889/1894 Marlin shoot - .44-40 handgun, however, would MARLIN 1888, 1889, an improved version of the 1889, ers, the .38-40 was almost as popular have blown the weapon into expen - AND 1894 RIFLES called the Model 1894. It has a two- as the .44-40. At the turn of the Cen - sive and lethal fragments. Because Marlin Firearms Company, see - piece firing pin and slightly different tury, the .38-40 caliber enjoyed an in - of unfortunate mishaps and law - ing the popularity of the .44 WCF locking system; otherwise, it is al - creasing wave of popularity as a suits, these “High Velocity” loads cartridge in both Winchester and most impossible to tell them apart. caliber, especially in the North were discontinued many years ago. Colt rifles, was not about to be left The 1889 also had a spring loaded Woods. The 1894 Marlins had a well- We often call these “Pistol-Cal - out. In 1888, Marlin released a new lever latch, which is absent on the deserved reputation for exceptional iber Rifles.” That is really a mis - lever action rifle in .44 WCF. The later 1894. I have owned original ex - accuracy in both calibers. Today, you nomer. Winchester had introduced Model 1888 Marlins were “top ejec - amples of both, and there really was will encounter about as many .38-40 the .44 WCF as a rifle cartridge. tors” like the Winchester lever action very little difference. original Marlins as you will .44-40s. The fact is Colt, Smith and Wesson, rifles. In 1889, however, Marlin Marlin did manage to capture a CONCLUSION Remington, and Merwin and Hu - changed the 1888’s design slightly, sizable portion of the repeating rifle An interesting note is that the bert released revolvers, after the switching to a stronger, solid top, market. I have heard their success 1892 Winchester and 1894 Marlin fact, in these same calibers to create side ejection system. This has been with the 1889 helped nudge Win - were so strong that for a time some popular “pistol/rifle combos” that their trademark design until this chester in the direction of using the ammunition manufacturers mar - used the same ammunition. I have day. With minor safety improve - improved 1892 action on their rifles. keted special “High Velocity” loads of not covered the handguns in this ar - ments in lever and firing pin, the Cowboys, lawmen, and badmen alike .38-40 and .44-40 rounds for use ticle for the primary reason the .44- 1894 Marlin you buy today is nearly used the Marlins in increasing num - ONLY in 1892 and 1894s. Instead of 40 really is a rifle cartridge, and its identical to the Marlin rifles re - bers, especially around the turn of the 180 or 200 grain bullet at 1250 main importance in the West was as leased in 1889 and 1894. the century. Marlins were consid - FPS, you would get about 1700 to a rifle cartridge.

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North americaN arms : Companion Cap & Ball Revolvers

By B. Gil Horman

y Dad is a fan of black pow - Companions’ cases, I discovered, der pistols. Over the years along with the revolvers, a pack - Mhe has collected some age of 30 grain .22 caliber bullets, beautiful examples of small, der - a powder charge, a nipple wrench, ringer-types fitted for percussion a stickpin with a “T” shaped han - caps. My brother hunts with an in- dle to use as a de-capping tool, and line muzzle loader, and my cousin a lock for the case. The Compan - spends his weekends at mountain ions don’t have an integral ball man rendezvous. Black powder has rammer, so a hand held bullet long been a part of my shooting ex - seater is also provided. Additional perience, but I have yet to come As I opened each of the three bullets and accessories are avail - across anything quite like the guns Companions’ cases, I discovered, able from North American Arms, I tested for this review. They are along with the revolvers, a but #11 percussion caps, bullet the revolvers of North American package of 30 grain .22 caliber grease, and powder will need to be Tolerances are tight on these bullets, a powder charge, a nipple Arms’ Companion series, which is to purchased from a local supplier. revolvers! Remington #11 caps wrench, a stickpin with a “T” say, the smallest, fully functional, With all of my supplies in order, I reliably seated snug and out of the shaped handle to use as a de-cap - .22 caliber Cap & Ball revolvers set out for the shooting range. way, ensuring no “high-cap” ping tool, and a lock for the case. currently available on the market. (Continued on page 52 ) binding as the cylinder turned. The most diminutive member of the series is the Companion, which is based on North American Arms’ signature single-action .22 Long Rifle frame. Fitted with a 1 1/8 " barrel, it has an unloaded weight of just 5.1 ounces. The Super Com - panion, based on the .22 Magnum

The square base of the extended boot grip rested nicely on the pinkie knuckle of my shooting Since none of these percussion hand, which aided in revolvers have an integrally aiming and stability. mounted ram, the cylinder must be removed and a manual press employed to seat the bullets.

frame, sports a 1 5/8 " barrel and weighs in at 7.1 ounces. The latest addition to this series is the 1860 Companion. This frame was origi - nally introduced as the “Earl,” which is available as a .22 Magnum or convertible .22 caliber rimfire. However, the frame was destined to become a unique Cap & Ball re - The three Companions tested— volver for black powder enthusiasts. (lower right and going counter clockwise) the Companion, the It is as near to a perfect miniature Super Companion, and the 1860 replica of an 1858 Remington as a Companion. Lots of fun revolver can be at this scale. in small packages! As I opened each of the three

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North American Arms . . . (Continued from page 51 ) revolvers. As I tested a va - Put On Your Cap riety of caps, I learned that To start the shooting cycle, I re - some brands contain minor moved the Companion’s cylinder variations in the thickness from its frame and used the nipple of the primer compounds. wrench to check the tightness of Though these slight differ - A few drops of Otis Ultra Bore each nipple. It’s important to have ences are rarely ever an on the frame-mounted firing pin them snuggly set, but not too tight, issue with traditional black every 15 shots or so kept everything since they need to be removed for powder pistols, a cap that well lubricated and working. cleaning. I set a percussion cap on sticks up a little too high each nipple, without loading the from the nipple recess of a Stay Loose chambers, and fired all five caps Companion will cause the ne of the differences between the Com - down range. This blows out any ex - revolver to jam. Opanion revolvers and the Mini rimfire cess oil, moisture, or dirt from the I had the best results models is the configuration of the firing nipples. I also learned an interest - with the Remington brand pin. The rimfire models have a hatchet- ing lesson from this exercise. #11 percussion caps. They shaped firing pin mounted on the hammer, The Companions are built to all seated to a uniform depth while the Companions have a spring tight tolerances and with nipples in the nipple recesses and loaded, frame-mounted firing pin. When that are recessed into the cylinder. allowed the cylinder to ro - firing the Companions, a drop or two of lu - As a result, not all percussion caps tate freely. By the way, the bricant placed on the firing pin about every will operate successfully with these occasional burst percussion fifteen shots keeps the pin from seizing up cap will also jam with powder fowling. the gun. Rather Though it’s not specifically marketed for than trying to cycle use with blackpowder, the Otis 085 Ultra past it, just remove Bore proved to be just what I needed. It the cylinder, brush kept the firing pin loose, it didn’t gum up away the problem the works while shooting, and it proved to cap, and then finish be easy to clean afterwards. Though black - firing the set. powder firearms are bathed with soap and Loading Up water to remove powder fouling, the Ultra With the nip - Bore is also handy for that final light coat ples fired and the of oil used to prepare a blackpowder pistol percussion caps for storage. tested for function, I was ready to put the guns wanted it was to cover four of the to work. As it turns out, five cylinders’ chamber mouths While the Companions work well loading a Companion is a with the index and middle fingers with blackpowder, I prefer the more little more manually in - of my left hand while I poured the stable substitutes of Pyrodex P and volved than some guns, so powder using my right. This pre - Triple Seven. They both worked wonderfully and clean up was a breeze. being able to sit down while vented any powder from spilling loading can be helpful. Un - into the other chambers and cre - like full sized Cap & Ball ated a “V” shaped channel to catch Hodgdon Powder revolvers, which are loaded any loose grains until they could be odgdon produces some of the best pro - while fully assembled, the chased into place. pellants available for blackpowder H Companion’s cylinder is re - A correctly measured portion of shooting. Though the Companion re - moved from the frame for powder fills the chamber up to the volvers can shoot real blackpowder, I prefer loading. It’s important to interior ridge that circles the cham - to work with the more stable substitutes. ensure that no percussion ber wall. This ridge works to keep The Pyrodex P (the P stands for Pistol) is caps are placed on the nip - the bullet from being seated too an old standby that burns reliably, pro - ples at this stage. deeply. No patch or wad is required. duces dependable results, and is not too A small plastic bowl It’s simply a two-step process of difficult to clean up. will come in handy when pouring the powder and seating the Recently, when my brother was sighting loading your powder. It bullet with the hand held tool. in for the deer hunt, he introduced me to provides a clean surface for With all five bullets seated, I Hodgdon’s Triple Seven products. He likes the cylinder to rest on and used the tip of my finger to lay a the results the pellet version yields in his it will catch any grains of coat of grease across the top of the in-line muzzleloader. I contacted Hodgdon powder that try to escape. cylinder. The grease works to lubri - and asked if the powder version of Triple Another shooter at the cate the bullets and to prevent chain Seven would run well in the Companions. range thought I would firing. Out of curiosity, I tried differ - They said it would, and it did. In fact, I shot need a funnel to get the ent greases, including store-bought one of the Companion revolvers exclusively powder into the .22 caliber bullet lubricants and vegetable with Triple Seven to test their claim of chambers, but the powder shortening. All of them did the water-only clean up. The sulfur-free powder measure did a good job all trick, so it’s just a matter of prefer - residue rinsed right out of the bore and off on its own when I didn’t ence. Shortening is cheap and read - my hands. I’m not ready to give up Pyrodex rush the process. I found ily available, while the bullet P just yet, but I am looking forward to work - the best approach for get - lubricants are formulated not to run ing with Triple Seven in the future. ting the powder where I (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) in hot weather. Once all of these steps were completed, I set the per - cussion caps and proceeded to fire. Shooting the Companion Revolvers Though I knew the Companions would be interesting to shoot as a group, I was surprised to find that each one had a distinctive personality. The Companion is clearly an exercise in black powder mi nia tu rization. How small can a Cap & Ball revolver be, function reliably, and still be en - joyable to shoot? The Companion answers these These diminutive holsters keep the 1860 Companion close at hand and out of the questions nicely. Though it is tiny Powder, lube, and caps, procured separately, complete elements when on the trail … in every respect, it has just enough the list of necessaries. of a grip to hold on to and just enough power to make it fun to clear understanding of all the sup - these and other North American work with. It quickly caught the at - plies you need before you head to Arms products, visit their web site tention of other shooters on the the range. To learn more about at www.naaminis.com . Manufacturer Credits: range. Though folks were inter - ested in all three revolvers, they NORTH AMERICAN ARMS usually wanted to hold the diminu - 2150 SOUTH 950 EAST tive Companion. PROVO, UTAH 84606 The Super Companion, with (800) 821-5783 nearly double the powder charge of WWW.NAAMINIS.COM the Companion, spoke with more authority than its little sibling. The HODGDON POWDER COMPANY longer barrel and grip did make it 6231 ROBINSON easier to keep shots on target. The SHAWNEE MISSION, KS 66202 Super Companion offers a balance (913) 362-9455 of greater shootability while main - WWW.HODGDON.COM taining an exceptionally compact size. This model would be ideal for OTIS TECHNOLOGY some pleasant informal shooting 6987 LAURA STREET while out on the trail. PO BOX 582 My favorite discovery at the LYON FALLS, NY 13368 range was the performance of the (315) 348-4300 new 1860 Companion. The 4” barrel WWW.OTISGUN.COM placed bullets to point-of-aim all the way out to 15 yards. That’s a solid REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, INC. level of accuracy for some full sized 870 REMINGTON DRIVE pistols, let alone a miniature like P.O. BOX 700 this one. I rarely had a wandering MADISON, NC 27025-0700 shot. The square base of the ex - (800) 243-9700 tended boot grip rested nicely on the WWW.REMINGTON.COM pinkie knuckle of my shooting hand, which aided in aiming and stability. Author Contact Information: This is the model that most closely Gil Horman replicates the experience of shooting Technical Communications a traditional black powder revolver, PO Box 522352 but at about 1/3 of the scale. Salt Lake City UT, 84152 Whether you are a fan of black Email: [email protected] powder shooting or a follower of Phone: 801-414-9805 North American Arms Mini re - www.bgilcommunications.com volvers, the Companion series has something for you. Be sure to read your owner’s manual and to have a

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e e Cornbread Mama, SASS #74685 Star, SASS Life #5444 By Stick, SASS #63181 aka Joseph Roark though this was a greater distance, October 30, 1935 – December 3, 2010 the cowboys and cowgirls of Cross Creek were more like family to us. By Kiowa Jim, SASS #17735 After an emergency family trip o all who knew him, Joe Roark to Alabama, Kay said she was hav - personified the Cowboy Way. ing problems breathing and catch - T Joining SASS as a Life member in ing her breath, so she went to her 1996, he chose the alias “Star” in doctor. The doctor told me she had tribute to all the heroes of the “B” fluid on her lungs, and he was westerns whose personas he going to hospitalize her in order to would recreate. relieve it. As it turned out, she He assembled the costumes of had lung cancer, which was al - stars such as John Wayne, Roy ready in metastasis. On 11 April Rogers, Gene Autry, and Sunset 2009, my beloved Kay—Cornbread Carson, and characters such as Mama—passed on to her next life. Hopalong Cassidy, the Lone In excess of 250 people were in Ranger, and Zorro. Each was com - attendance for her service on the plete to the smallest detail, includ - 18th of April. There were more cow - ing the tooled leather gun rigs, boys from Cross Creek and other guns, and boots worn on the Silver chapters in southeast North Car - Screen by the heroes he admired. olina than Rotary members— Kay Geisen He became an accomplished rather ironic since she was the Cornbread Mama, SASS #74685 leather craftsman in order to build President of the Rotary and the some of the accessories himself. hen I began shooting with cook for the Cowboys! The cowboys He loved playing cowboy. He SASS in January 2005, my have been wonderful in their sup - W proudly assumed the characters of wife, Kay, did not like guns. How - port of me, even the ones here in Al - his childhood heroes, and kept ever, her love for me overshadowed abama, where my family is and I those characters pure and true to her dislike, and she indulged me. have now resettled. the originals. He carried their My first group was Cross Creek She is missed personas into children’s hospitals, Cowboys of Fayetteville, NC. Kay every minute of every museums, gun shows, and west - wanted to join me in participation, day, but espe - ern film festivals to promote the but she had no desire to shoot. She cially when - ideals and spirit of the Cowboy bership in the Double R Bar Reg - really enjoyed cooking, so she be - ever I go Way and playing the Game. ulators in California where Roy came Cornbread Mama, SASS alone to a Love of country is part of the Rogers once played cowboy off- #74685. The Cross Creek Cowboys Cowboy Ac - Cowboy Way, and Star served his screen, he took part in SASS com - later moved to Wagrarn, NC. Al - tion match. for more than 40 years, going from petitions and activities all over a 20-year Air Force service that the country. Always a gentleman ended in 1975 to a second career even in competition, he made in civil service from which he re - friends everywhere and “never tired in 1997. met a stranger.” From his home He leaves his wife of 57 years, Peaceful, SASS #256 ranges with the Mis - Beverly (whom he called “Boss sissippi River Ran - Lady” in SASS circles and else - By Nyack Jack #64693L gers in Byhalia, where), two sons, Michael Ter - Territorial Governor MS and the rance and Mitchell Travis, one High Sierra Drifters Memphis grandchild, and three great- t saddens me to announce Peace - Gun slingers grandchildren; also his mother, a Iful, SASS #256, aka Dexter in Memphis, brother, and six sisters. And, a lot O’Day, passed away on Thursday, TN to a life of friends and fellow cowboys who October 14, 2010 after a brave fight mem - will surely miss him! with cancer. Peaceful was a long time SASS and Rendezvous shooter, and was President of the High Sierra Drifters Cowboy Action Club and West Point Rod & Gun Club. Although he has moved on to that big open range above, those of us who remain behind will have fond memories of being part of his life. Peaceful will be greatly missed.

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Shootout at By Pit Mule, SASS #29220 Coyote Gulch ndianola, Iowa – Welcome They came from Tennessee, Mis - to Coyote Gulch, home of souri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Min - the Fort Des Moines nesota, and Iowa. Good thing I Rangers. Our range is lo - Cowboy Action Shooters are hearty cated in the gentle rolling hills of folks; it turned into a hot afternoon. south-central Iowa on property Even though it was hot, everyone owned by Randy and Ann Jimenez still had a great afternoon, taking of Central Iowa Shooting Sports. part in the side matches, hooking up Coyote Gulch is a spacious, se - with old friends and acquaintances, cluded, ten plus acre layout with and getting in some shopping. in for their shooter’s packets twelve stages on a 600-foot long fir - Miss Kitty Morris, SASS and made sure they knew ing line with permanent stage #74587, greeted everyone checking what was going on with the fronts. It’s an ideal spot for Cowboy match. Each year we try for Action Shooting™, set in a natural something a little different valley surrounded by 225 foot hills. and fun to do along with all This is where the Old West comes the usual great side matches. back to life, and the Shootout at Range Coordinator and Coyote Gulch fills the valley with Match Director Marshal gunfire and smoke. Morris, SASS #69898 , put a Around high noon on Friday terrific side match together June 4th, shooters from near and far for this shoot. The Magnifi - drifted into the range, looking to get cent Seven Challenge in - in some practice before the shootout. (Continued on page 56 )

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Shootout at Coyote Gulch . . . (Continued from page 55 ) the Wild Bunch side match, a volved the use of seven guns: four re - fun addition to any shoot. Don volvers, two rifles, and a shotgun, Tuco also brought in a pair of and could be shot by one shooter or photographer friends to cover two shooter teams. It was lots of the match. James Piper of guns, lots of ammo, but what a lot of Pipeline Media Group and Dave fun! Assistant Range Coordinator Leto did a wonderful job of pho - Don Tuco, SASS #46748, handled tographing the match. They set

up their cameras down range and took some great remote shots of the shooters from the front. Something you don’t see a lot of. Main Match day, Saturday morning, June 5 th , light rain was in the area—enough to dampen the range, but not the spirit of the shoot - ers. I kept a watchful eye on the

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radar as the shooters waited pa - well from then on. Sunday’s finish tiently. Bad weather is always a of the match came off without a nightmare for us match officials. hitch, and after lunch we handed Why is it as a shooter I don’t mind out awards and held the Top Gun waiting out the weather, but as a shoot-offs. match official I sweat it out real One of the unique parts of the bad? We wanted to give the shoot - Fort Des Moines Rangers’ shooting ers the best start possible, so we program is the introduction of the waited. Getting caught in the rain Working Cowboy/Cowgirl and is one thing, but starting in it could Range Detective Categories. These pose some safety issues. At last the categories are for new folks and radar gave us an opening to get the those who cannot for any reason match underway, and after a 45- shoot a shotgun. The Working Cow - minute delay, the shooters were boy/Cowgirl Category requires a happily off to start the match. The rifle and only a single revolver, day cleared off great and all went while the Range Detective Category makes use of a rifle and two re - Winners volvers. We’ve had several folks 49’er Wild Ben Raymond, who don’t have or can’t use all the members who graciously volun - SASS #23108 standard equipment take advan - teered to work the match. And, a Young Gun Calhoun Drew, tage of this opportunity to still play big thanks to our neighbor SASS SASS #72469 the game. club, the Zen Shootists, for loaning C Cowboy Kaycee Mccaylum, Shooters get hungry and Fort us those “extra targets” we all need SASS #48970 Des Moines Rangers members, Six now and then. Cowboy J. B. Kid, Finger Jack & family of Tiger Pit Finally, a big thanks to you, the SASS #88820 BBQ, did a great job on breakfasts shooters. Your attendance and sup - Duelist Sheriff Chubby Johnson, and lunches both days. You can’t port made this one fun match to put SASS #71923 beat grilled, smoked, and Dutch on! We look forward to your return E Statesman Haystack Jack, Oven cooking. next year, June 3, 4, 5, 2011 at SASS #51414 Thanks to our vendors, spon - Shootout at Coyote Gulch, the 2011 F Cartridge Tommy T, sors, and Fort Des Moines Rangers SASS Iowa State Championship . SASS #69374 F C Duelist Surly Bob, SASS #51247 L Young Guns Gunslinger Grace, SASS #81768 Gunfighter Doc Horseshoe, SASS #57380 L 49’er Kalamity Horseshoe, SASS #57381 L Duelist Songbird , SASS #48971 L Senior Lily Butterfly, SASS #84575 L S Senior Ginny Crump, SASS #63883 L Wrangler Missalotta T, SASS #71924 Senior El Viejo, SASS #46777 S Duelist Steel Tree, SASS #21058 S Senior Cap Horn, SASS #44507 Wrangler Timber Jack Thompson , SASS #55358 Buckerette Bloomin Thistle Buckaroo Mississippi Wild Man, SASS #70727 L Range Detective Mustang Marti, SASS #69384 Range Detective Coon River Kid, SASS #86730 Working Cowgirl Texas Blue Eyes, SASS #83401 Working Cowboy Stevie D

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By Dalton Masterson, SASS #51139 LTG

rand Island, NE – The up for the main match. allow cowboys to attend Platte Valley Gunslingers Saturday’s day of the Nebraska State Fair Ghosted Hornady’s Midwest reckoning finally came, if they wished. They also Roundup, the 2010 SASS Ne - and the first six stages had a chance to hit up braska State Championship, Sep - began. The stages were our vendors row, which tember 3-5, 2010. It was held at fun and challenging, was closer to the shooting Heartland Public Shooting Park in with lots of movement line this year than previ - Grand Island, Nebraska. The city- and a variety of target ous years. owned range has twelve big berms ranges. During our daily Sunday started with a with armored steel targets, and barbeque lunch, door brief Cowboy Church held wonderful semi-permanent, but prizes were handed out under the tent by Fort portable buildings and props. to all the registered Hays Preacher. The shoot - Platte Valley Gunslingers shoot on shooters. ing commenced for six the 1 st Sunday of the month from Saturday evening more stages of Cowboy Ac - April to October. was left clear of any Tex makin’ smoke! A giggle, a hollar, tion fun in beautiful The match started on Friday scheduled events to and a cloud of smoke always let everyone know weather. At the end of the with some great side matches. where Tex was! day, we had a total of 88 Pocket pistol and derringer, shooters repre - and long range were among senting nine the “normal” matches, but states with six of also included in the fun was a the shooters shoot - BB Gun match, a .22 match, ing the match and several other challenging clean. Tex, SASS marksmanship events. Sev - #4, and Cat Bal - eral mini-stages were also set lou, SASS #55, up to get the shooter warmed representing SASS drove all the way from New Lonnie Ironwood escaping the Mexico to join in hangman! Each stage had a the events. Freeda Bee Mee and Wesley— starting line and virtually all The banquet the real Match Director ... Crooked Creek in action! had movement. was held in nearby Wood River at Babel’s Barn, an 1840s built barn moved here from Pennsylvania and reconstructed. Prior to the meal was a costume contest judged by Cat Ballou, Terry Lane, and Restless Rose. The meal was prime rib with all the fixings. A tuned Cimarron 1878 hammered double was donated by Run N Iron Customizing, and given away to a lucky registered shooter. There was also a raffle of a Colt donated .38-40 Ginger Belle on the run! SAA and a Bond Derringer. The This young lady makes Dad, Hold on to your hats! Dalton Masterson and the pocket proceeds from this raffle went to a Gunsmoke, SASS #9118, Senior Duelist Montana Brown Walker! There was no need for any permanent shelter for the range. proud! is ready to spring into action! smoke-test challenges at this match! (Continued on next page)

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Dalton Masterson with caps afire …

The last thing Newton, SASS #6188, said was, “Hold my beer … watch this!”

(Continued from previous page) There was also a SASS Scholarship raffle that raised over $300. On the following Monday, Labor Day, Hornady’s Smoke N Steel III, the 2010 Nebraska State Blackpowder Shootout, com - menced. This was a blackpowder only match, with 35 shooters. Fire at the Fort! The stage props Seven of them shot the match made the Old West ambiance real! clean, and one of those was a new blackpowder shooter. A number of competitors tried blackpowder for the first time at this match. Most, if not all, were pleasantly surprised at the fun to be had, and will be shooting black - powder more often. Five stages were shot, with the last two being shot in a mid-morn - ing thunderstorm. The dark sky made for some nice smoke and fire, challenging everyone to see the tar - gets. But, the shooters persevered, and all the stages were finished without a rain delay. We then called it a day, had our BBQ lunch, and awaited the brief awards cere - mony, held inside of course. Stories were shared, new friendships were made, and old friends were reunited. The Ne - braska State Championships were an exciting and fun filled event. If you have the time, are traveling through, or just want somewhere fun to go shoot, stop on by and say “hi.” We would love to have you shoot with the Platte Valley Gun - slingers next Labor Day weekend, where we put the action in Cow - boy Action! For more information, please email us at: [email protected] The Honorable Mr. Cody graced See more our presence during the banquet. He kept talking about some HIGHLIGHTS irrigated land in Wyoming pages 60 , 61 that was available for “a song!”

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2010 SASS Nebraska State Championship and Blackpowder Shootout . . . (Continued from page 59)

Panhandle Kate and Firewater Nebraska State Champs Congratulations!

Tex continues to preach— when you get your picture Overall Match Winner— taken … show a little a Gunfighter … “attitude!” These costume Fort Hays Preacher. contest winners nailed it! Congratulations!

Nebraska State Match Winners

Match Winners L Gunfighter Sister Jack, Man Fort Hays Preacher, SASS #40316 KS SASS #33995 KS L Senior Prairie Scooter, Lady Panhandle Kate, SASS #16699 GA SASS #45469 NE L S Senior Sadie Marcus, SASS #25541 KS State Champions L Wrangler Yellow Rose of the Man Firewater, SASS #9514 Plains, SASS #14544 Lady Panhandle Kate NE Senior Skunk Stomper, SASS #65141 NE Categories S Duelist Montana Brown, 49’er Newton, SASS #6188 SASS #16698 GA B-Western Aspen Wrangler, S Gunfighter Tex, SASS #4 NM SASS #50536 CO S Senior Round Rock, C Cowboy Reiver, SASS #38388 SASS #8212 IA CWB Grunt N Grumble, S S Duelist Claddagh, SASS #19676 NE SASS #81444 NE Duelist Sheriff Chubby Wrangler Trego Kid, Johnson, SASS #45143 KS SASS #71923 IA Young Gun Thunderbolt Kid, E Statesman Rosita Gambler, SASS #74968 NE SASS #41377 CO F Cartridge M.T. Brass, Costume Contest SASS #15701 NE Best Character F C Duelist Mountain Moose, Male Dipshot Dutch, SASS #5956 WY SASS #64933 WY Frontiersman Dalton Masterson, Female Sadie Marcus, SASS #51139 NE SASS #25541 KS Grand Dame Kassidy Kate, Best Dressed SASS #43010 KS Male Trego Kid, Gunfighter Ft. Hayes Preacher L SASS #45143 49’er Panhandle Kate NE Female Sonora Blaze, L B-Western Aspen Filly, SASS #69510 CO SASS #50535 CO Couple Aspen Wrangler, L Duelist Freeda Bee Mee, SASS #50536 CO SASS #56443 NE Aspen Filly, SASS #50535

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Smoke ‘N ’ Steel Winners

49’er Black Iron NE L Duelist Freeda Bee NE Dan, Mee, SASS #64514 SASS #56443 B-Western Lonnie NE L Gunfighter Sister Jack, KS Ironwood, SASS #40316 SASS #46621 L S Senior Sioux Lookout, NE C Cowboy Quick Fire NE SASS #82784 Hombre, L Wrangler Yellow Rose of NE SASS #32550 the Plains, E Statesman Flatland KS SASS #14544 Smithy, Senior M. T. Brass, NE SASS #49542 SASS #15701 Frontiersman Dalton NE S Duelist Crooked Creek NE Masterson, Dick SASS #51139 SASS #80449 F Cartridge Gutshot Don, NE S Gunfighter Tex, SASS #4 NM SASS #45468 S Senior Thaddeus NE Gunfighter Fort Hays KS O’Malley, Preacher, SASS #77700 SASS #33995 S S Duelist Mountain WY L 49’er D B Belle, NE Moose, SASS #66831 SASS #5956 L B-Western Aspen Filly, CO Wrangler Firewater, NE SASS #50535 SASS #9514

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the caPguN kiD riDe s !! ! The 2010 Pennsylvania State Championship, My Forty Dollar Hat, The Raunchiest Gunbelt In The World, and Carolina Dutch Henry Brown’s Dogs.

By The Capgun Kid, SASS #31398

uncy Valley, PA – Grown men look at the photo of Dutch and his dread - quake and quail at night when the ful beasts … Now then, are you gonna be - Mmoon is full and Carolina Dutch lieve me or your lyin’ eyes? Henry’s Dog Pack roams the SASS It’s gotten to the point for the Penn - matches! It is said, in fearfully hushed, sylvania State Championship Match at whispered tones, the dogs can bring down North Mountain where one of the reasons a horse and, indeed, even grind a mounted I go is to see the vendors. That’s not to match to a halt by depleting the equines say the club spirit and the reliable, con - before dawn ... sistent quality of the match aren’t impor - They stand about thirteen hands and tant. Nor can a body overlook the have blazing red eyes and … thoughtfulness that goes into special OMG, I don’t want to talk about it any - events like their SASS Scholarship char - more, I may never sleep in peace again … ity tent and Friday Night Supper. They On the other hand, I find some folks A forty-dollar hat and the most beautiful rig in the world. may even be worth the trip in and of are so cynical—they don’t believe me, so themselves. In fact, though, some of my

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Even Hedley Lamarr would cringe at these guys.

but you’d never know it. It is easy to overlook the thoughtfulness of the stage writers and match theme planners when leafing through your handbook, but invariably when you latch onto a theme like Mel Brooks’ movie, “Blazing Sad - dles,” you find a lot of banter takes place in the posse once people recall all the scenes from this and other movies. Somebody had to set that atmosphere up in the first place. Throw in the props that were set up, such as the toll gate from the end of the movie and the candy - gram, on top of the already fixed Are you gonna believe me building fronts, forts, and elevated or your lyin’ eyes? lynching platform, and the event gets a little better from the get-go. favorite pieces of gear and clothing The geographic spread of the posse have come through the camaraderie leaders, such as Rowdy Bill, SASS you experience when you see those #9628, and Tom Payne, SASS vendors year after year. Bob Enck’s #13115, from New York and Jug Gun Barn has sponsored this match Browning, SASS #22356, from repeatedly, and people like T-Star Maryland, lend credibility to the Leather and The Blanket Brigade thoughtfulness of the match. are something to look forward to (Continued on page 64 ) over the winter whilst Holster and Belt $425 dropping loose change into 2 Holsters and Belt $585 a mug so’s to have enough cash to burn a hole in your pocket in the spring. Gotta have one of Black Hills Barb’s shirts. When you drive up Holster and Belt $190 the mountain, through 2 Holsters and Belt $265 the forest and into the parking area for El Posse Grande’s event every year, you are always struck by the scenery and the wooded range area. This year Pastor Hanson Steel’s, SASS #76916, Holster and Belt $155 crew based the match on 2 Holsters and Belt $225 the movie “Blazing Sad - dles.” It was Pastor Han - Quick Whit Bigguns and Halfcock Brett son Steel’s first state carrying their share of the workload match as match director, as counters.

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The 2010 Pennsylvania State Championship . . . (Continued from page 63 ) #46705, and I pulled into the event, Long about the previous Febru - but would certainly like to see more ary, those of us registering started clubs do it. I had some boots, a hat getting notices the club was going to or two, several shirts, and some stage a charity event for the SASS leatherwork to offer, and I dropped Scholarship whereby you could the prices through the floor to get bring in unwanted gear and cloth - rid of them. I wasn’t there ten min - ing, post them in a tent, and split utes when I spotted a hat I’d been the take with the scholarship. I had looking for for about a year. Yup, no idea what a draw this was when that SASS Scholarship Tent had my my pard, Gray Squirrel, SASS attention … three or four visits were called for because of a very hot wad of cash burning holes in my pocket. Between what I bought and what I sold, I hope the kid who gets this scholarship can straighten out the econ - Yup, Big Guns was known to be a lean and mean, omy, cure a disease, and tall drink of water. bring back the B-Western … or some such. fit together pretty well because he watch bust caps. Now, I don’t shoot Anyway. Gray Squir - likes to talk and I like to listen to for speed, but every so often I like to rel and I had become him. He shoots well, and when you set my sights on shooting a clean roomies and roadies for have a pard who does that, it tends match. I wanna know that, were I “Anybody got a dime?” about two years prior to to help you be the bullet. He’s one in a movie, I could shoot the gun out and for this event, and we of the coyotes I like to periodically of the bad guy’s hand or settle the

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OK Corral fight single handedly if for so low a price at a flea market I called on to do so. You never know had to go to confession because I when B-Westerns are gonna come - felt like I cheated the guy. I had ex - back, and I might have to audition. tended and retracted the buckle be - Gray can stoke you up like that. In cause of weight gain and loss, and I addition to being somewhat of an used it as a test bed to figure how expert on how everybody dressed in fast I could make a rig from start to the Civil War (which I could give a finish. None of the edges were bur - rat’s furry fanny about), he can also nished, and the hide I made it out walk the walk and talk the talk of was purchased at a blackpowder about things like the SASS Conven - (Continued on page 66 )

Winners Overall and State Champions Man Biloxi Bob, SASS #22644 Lady Mustang Megs, SASS #60070 Categories Wrangler Biloxi Bob Cowboy Slick Silver Kidd, SASS #28339 Senior Geronimo Jim, SASS #21775 49’er Dirty Dale, SASS #61545 S Senior Rowdy Bill, SASS #9628 Gunfighter Doc Allan Wood, SASS #34170 Duelist Big Fred, Among the best shots in Rock Ridge. SASS #28338 Match Winners Mustang Megs, SASS #60070, F Cartridge I M Crossdraw, and Biloxi Bob, SASS #22644. SASS #8321 S Duelist Johnny Shiloh, tion, shooting tactics, and a bit of the raunchiest pieces of leather I SASS #5371 motivational speaking about how a ever made; an experiment from the C Cowboy Travis Spencer, body should focus when on the get-go. If I remember rightly, part SASS #59583 stage. That gets my attention. of the reason to even build the thing F C Gunfighter Jug Browning, SASS #22356 When you get a match like this one, in the first place was out of spite be - E Statesman Geriatric Kid, where you look forward to it, it is cause John Wayne wore such atro - SASS #28872 because your anticipation is up due cious gun leather in “Hondo,” “Rio F C Duelist Smoky Hill to the match quality. Happens Bravo,” and “El Dorado.” I had to Thompson, every year. choose between not watching those SASS #7923 As his truck pulled up the dirt movies and building a spite-rig. No Frontiersmn Split Rail, and gravel road leading into the brainer. So now I go piling into the SASS #24707 range where El Posse Grande does match with a handicap wondering B-Western Major Spender, their work, we were like a couple of what else will go wrong with my SASS #67756 Young Gun Coplay Kid, kids peering out the windshield to North Mountain Jinx. SASS #68571 see what was up. I also began to Not one piece of leather put into Buckaroo Halfcock Brett, wonder what would go wrong for me it was anything other than a scrap, SASS #88434 this weekend. Recall I once wrote I and the silver I put on it was bought Wild Bunch Doc Molar, felt jinxed in this particular match SASS #18470 because every year I’d show up and Cowgirl Mustang Megs have guns breaking, ammo cases L 49’er Ida Mae Holliday, left home, and a set of gongs that SASS #48419 suckered me into shooting a “P” be - L Wrangler Sidesaddle Sue, SASS #73023 cause if I did so they would chime L B-Western Pearly R Mateeth, like a clock. For such a great match SASS #29198 as this one, I always disassemble as L Senior Misfire Maggie, if I had bad medicine every time I SASS #69350 come here. L Gunfighter Lady Smith, Well, it didn’t take long unpack - SASS #41871 ing to figure out this year’s hex … I C Cowgirl Black Hills Barb, brought the wrong rig! The one I SASS #34171 made for this event was still in my L S Senior Basket Lady, SASS #11944 shop because the phone rang when L Duelist Beloved, I was supposed to pack it, and I for - SASS #54746 got … what a drag it is getting old! L Young Gun Alamo, The one I brought was, in fact, sit - SASS #42496 ting forgotten in the bottom of my carpenter’s bag. It had to be one of Visit us at sassNet .com Page 66 Cowboy Chronicle February 2011 The 2010 Pennsylvania State Championship . . . (Continued from page 65 ) pens naturally when a match is well rendezvous over fifteen years ago. I planned and thought out. think it was a split buffalo remnant. We started on the fourth stage Never heard of such, but I bought it and shot six stages on Saturday. As anyway. Sister Mary Vicious!!! I always seems to be the case when couldn’t believe I left my other El Posse Grande turns its pens choice rig home and would have to loose, the stages involved the right shoot this weekend with this piece! amount of movement without being My posse, Posse Four, was most chaotic. You shot an interesting of the boys and girls from Western variance sequences and target or - Pennsylvania … all of us Steeler ders that challenged without be - Fans. I had been shooting with coming algebraic fractal patterns on Dirty Dale, SASS #61545, Gemstone a base three mathematical uni - Janet, SASS #74014, Sodbuster verse. Lastly, there was the sheer Burt, SASS #14411, and his lovely fun of shooting with pards who wife, Ellie Sodbuster, SASS #30273, knew what they were doing and Coon Richardson, SASS #71203, shared the load of work. Evidently Squirrel, and my dearest friends Lostrider Calhoun, SASS #50731, Yup, that SASS Scholarship Tent had my attention. Dirt Slider, SASS #65857, and Dusty and Timberland Renegade, SASS Lady, SASS #79407, since coming to #58071, were a great team design - plus John Wayne hat from the member to shoot outside-outside-in - Pennsylvania five years ago. We did ing stages and putting the mechan - scholarship consignment tent for side on the two sets of three targets. have several folks attached to us we ics together. only forty dollars cash money. Re - Somehow I made it through the rest had not met before, not the least of I spent the day shooting clean member the chapeau John Wayne of the day without a procedural or a which were a couple of juniors without having a gun fail, nor hav - eventually beat the crap out of in miss. We finished on the second known as Halfcock Brett, SASS ing to use somebody else’s ammo, “Hondo” and “Rio Bravo?” Well, stage where you had to remember #88434, and Quick Whit Bigguns, nor being lured into a procedural. there it was, and I could not pass you’d engage two of the shotgun tar - SASS #80157. Based on the exam - Hmm … what was wrong with that up. Once I got the hat home and gets, move, engage everything else, ple of their willingness to work, their picture? Maybe my rig wasn’t so took a steam iron to the brim to get and then get the two remaining safety practices, and their shooting, raunchy after all! it the way I wanted, I have worn it shotgun targets. Not exactly rocket it’s reassuring SASS has so much to I bought a shirt from Stitches in all season and cannot put it on science, but it occurred to me I was offer to our youth. It was also an at - Time/Black Hills Barb, SASS without thinking of what a great shooting the match clean. That got tention getter when these young #34171, picked up a ‘92 from Enck’s idea the exchange was. On the a hold of me, and I got dopey nerv - men showed us how to do it, and Gun Barn/Barnmaster, SASS other hand, somebody was walking ous, waiting for the jinx to pounce off that is just another thing that hap - #11943, and got my hundred dollar around in my old vest, my Boss of a tree limb and ruin my day. Maybe The Plains Hat, and a pair of Frye I’d forget the second set of shotgun Boots I put up for sale. My raunchy targets or instinctively go for it out rig worked flawlessly for me, and I of order. Yup … a “P” … that’d be it surprised even myself with it. … that’d be how I’d goof it up. The rest of the vendors present When I did everything right, were Russ the Carver, Boomer’s finishing with a clean match, it oc - Bags, Shooter Safety Products, PT curred to me I could not wait to Litewell Photography, Sweetwater come back to this ever so hospitable Mercantile, Frederick’s of Dead - club next year. It also occurred to wood, Mustang Nuts, and M C me, when I shot clean at Heluva Walker Tintypes. Well worth a Ruckus in ‘05, I was wearing this lunchtime stroll. rig. As a matter of fact, every time They run a good banquet at I have ever shot clean, I was wear - North Mountain on Saturday. This ing this rig. Inasmuch as it did not year several of my pards decided to get eaten by Carolina Dutch hang around for a bring-your-por - Henry’s dog pack as they roamed in tion dinner Friday. They showed the pale moonlight, maybe I’d have “Blazing Saddles,” and there was a to wear it all the time. Don’t look so lot of laughing and good times going raunchy after all. on. Wish I could do this during the You might wanna consider week and work on weekends. shooting here next Memorial Day Sunday shooting started us at Weekend. It really is worth every the toll gate from one of the last mile of the trip. scenes in the film. You had to re - Don’t shoot yore eye out, kid.

“Candygram for Mongo”

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shootout at olD magDaleNa . The SASS New Mexico State Championship 2010 . By Annabelle Peacock, SASS #50114

the old town fared. We met up with Major Lee Scholes and his lovely bride, Lori. What a wonderful pair of people they are. They graciously allow us to play our games on their ranch every year. Well, Old Magdalena looked great! Those Trail Drivers work very hard, and they had everything under control. Shade structures lined the shooting range, allowing the shooters respite from the hot sun. All the weeds and bushes were cut down and the new steel was freshly painted and shiny in the sunlight. The cantina shack was up and furnished with tables ready to hold the banquet of bar - beque meats and all the trimmings This match was literally started of a Cowboy Dinner planned for Following the main match, there was still lots of shooting! with a BOOM! Chickasha Smith’s Saturday night. At the Registra - Clearing snakes from the back yard is always a dusty business out West, cannon is a tradition for this match, tion Tent, we meet many friends we and it was no different in Old Magdalena! and it never fails to shock everyone hadn’t seen in a year! within earshot when it sends Bright and early on Thursday, noon. Everyone got to shoot just as deep, six feet long and four feet its load down range! Half-a-Hand Henri, SASS #9624, much as they cared to. It was a full wide, and made a fire in it. When was conducting her ‘Finishing day of shooting. But, the fun did the coals were burning just right, ld Magdalena, New Mex - School’ down by the General Store. not stop there. Cowboys and Cow - they brought out wrapped meats ico Territory – The sun There was a practice bay available girls were gathered around the (beef and pork) and a huge covered Oshone brightly, the wind for any shooters that were eager to campfire after dinner, seated on pot of beans and put it all in the pit stayed down, good stages, and get rid of those jitters and misses bales of hay, with a Sarsaparilla in and then buried it overnight. When everybody had fun with their guns before the main event!! hand as teams were assembled for (Continued on page 68 ) … all weekend long!!! Friday, September 17, started the trivia contest called, “Are You We had just pulled into Old out with Long Range Events early Smarter Than a Fifth Grade Cow - Magdalena and circled the ‘wag - in the morning and a four-stage boy?” Half-a-Hand Henri was the ons,’ feeling tired from being on the Wild Bunch Match in the early af - emcee as she led five teams of four dusty trail all day. After setting up ternoon, finishing with a four-stage through the trivia questions. They camp, we went into town to see how Warm-up Match in the mid-after - battled it out, and after answering the most questions correctly, the Best of the West won the bragging rights. Go Team! Saturday, September 18 Old Magdalena awakened bright and early as shooters made their way to the safety meeting held at the Gal - lows. Just before the first shot went down range, SASS #50339, Chickasha Smith’s, cannon belched out the signal for the shooting to begin. Three big posse’s found their starting places, and a lot of smoke and thunder was sent down range New Mexico SASS State that day! Champions for 2010— Chickasha Smith, Knittin Kit - Half-a-Hand Henri and Boggus Deal. Congratulations! ten, SASS #50340, and all the Mag - Unfortunately, their reign will be dalena Trail Driver Ladies put short-lived … the 2011 State together a fantastic feed at the bar - Old Magdalena was all spruced up and ready to go for the New Mexico Championships are planned for State Championships. Notice the unusual, completely enclosed beque that night. Very early the January 2011 in Las Cruces. loading/unloading tables at the left in the photo … day before they dug a pit six feet It’s not good to “peak too early!”

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The SASS New Mexico State Championship 2010 . . . (Continued from page 67 ) Dinner!! Oh, and who could forget Shoot!! You know how cool it is to they took that food out of the pit … the freshly made sopapillas driz - see that fire, smoke, and sparks you could not believe how tender zled with honey? Simply delicious! coming out the end of those guns at and juicy the meat was! Add the Whoa, son! Before you get out night? Ha! Now that was one full, beans, coleslaw, and all the trim - that Sarsaparilla jug … you will be fun day in Old Magdalena! mings … you got yourself a Cowboy going to the Blackpowder Night Sunday, September 19 dawned early with all those eager cowboys and cowgirls ready for the next six stages. More fast and fun stages were completed as the weather held true and turned out to be a beautiful day. Then it was time for the Posse Shoot where the trick was to shoot all those nasty, rubber snakes outta the yard with only your shotgun. It took a lotta dust to scare those snakes away! And then, the couples were gathering at the Hotel/Depot for the Couples Shoot, and each team had to shoot all their guns with specific help from their significant others! ... Grizzly Adams, SASS #3674, Whew! After that, it was time to gets things started at the Shooters’ Meeting. Safety, settle down for the Awards Cere - special rules, plans for the event, mony. What a great time! and an inspection of all the Tents up and down the firing line provided much needed shade As you have heard many, many “costume categories” competitors during the mid-day shooting. In years past they have also provided times before … Or have first hand to ensure compliance were part respite during the occasional desert thunder showers! knowledge of … it takes a special of the program. posse of people and a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to make a cowboy working, fast shooting cowboys and shoot come off like it does in Old cowgirls make Old Magdalena Magdalena. What makes a great shine!! Way to go! Thank you to shoot, but the people, the shooting, the vendors, the sponsors, and the eating, and the visiting? everyone who showed up to shoot Yessiree!! A great posse of hard with us. See y’all next year!!

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Tijeras Pete, SASS #75465, is timed by Half-a-Hand Henri as he unloads his ’97 during the Wild Bunch pre-match event. Pete plans to run Wild Bunch events at Founders Ranch in 2011.

An evening around the campfire is an Old Magdalena tradition. Whether it’s a sing-a-long, a trivia contest, or just a jam session, it’s always a pleasure to share the campfire with friends, even if you don’t know some of them!

New Mexico State Champions

B-Western Smith Ryan, NM L Duelist Mary Lee NM SASS #72821 Sloshed, Buckaroo Capitan NM SASS #30601 Regulator, L 49’er Prairie Mary, NM SASS #84262 SASS #48835 C Cowboy Ten High, NM L F Cartridge Doc Barium, NM SASS #56149 SASS #59972 Cowboy Mica NM L Senior Anna Pavlova, NM McGuire, SASS #57407 SASS #18526 L S Senior Attitude NM Cowgirl Amber Ale, NM Annie, SASS #66175 SASS #18031 Duelist Fast Hammer, NM L Wrangler Texas Tiger, NM SASS #60707 SASS #74829 E Statesmen Dirty Dan, NM Senior English Lyn, NM SASS #9726 SASS #74828 49’er Grubstake NM S Duelist More Or Les, NM Charlie, SASS #5529 SASS #85065 S Gunfighter Tex, SASS #4 NM F Cartridge Edward R S NM S Senior J W Brockey, NM Canby, SASS #57406 SASS #59971 Wrangler Boggus Deal, NM F C Duelist Led Foulin’, NM SASS #64218 SASS #18030 Frontiersman Marshal NM Non-New Mexican Cotton, Category Winners SASS #3283 L 49’er Annabelle AZ G Dame Lawless Lori NM Peacock, Sue, SASS #50114 SASS #80852 L F Cartridge Apple Annie, AZ Gunfighter Half-a-Hand NM SASS #11105 Henri, L Gunfighter Lucy, NC SASS #9727 SASS #42261 Junior The Sandoval NM S Duelist Shenandoah FL Kid, Drifter, SASS #86892 SASS #52885 L B-Western Ez Gz, NM S Gunfighter OK Trigger, NC SASS #83885 SASS #28117

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aysville, UT – The dic - tionary defines ‘Ram - page” as to rush K violently or wildly about. At a growing Cowboy Action Shoot - ing™ club nestled in the foothills of northern Utah known as “Wahsatch Desperadoes,” Rampage is defined as their annual fall shoot that is nothing short of a whole lotta fun! This years shoot was just that. The day started out with the local Boy Scouts performing a flag cere - mony with one of our own young cowgirls, Utah Star, playing the “Star Spangled Banner” on her flute. Then a day full of six stages, 20 SASS recognized categories, a costume contest, and food catered Utah Star playing the National Anthem on her flute with the local Boy Scouts during the Flag Ceremony.

by a great local BBQ joint, not to mention the weather couldn’t have been any better. The local boy scouts also pitched in to help run the score sheets. There were door prizes, great awards, and in some of the shooting bays the great black Captain Poh-rank— smoke was so thick you might think top Young Gun. Great Shooting! the morning fog just rolled in. Many generous sponsors do - nated door prizes, which shows great support of our sport and for which we are very thankful.

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powder, and dust, I feel like the drives to the distant railheads, and days when the plains were filled the Easterner with loaded wagons with grazing bison, long cattle heading west to homestead aren’t really so far in the past after all. Winners Strangers meeting for the first Overall time and feeling completely at Cowgirl Celtic Ceilidh, home with their new cowboy family SASS #79307 all share the same cowboy spirit. Cowboy Texas Slick Willy, So Pards, pack the saddlebags and SASS #53477 Categories come out and play, and hope to see 49’er Boots Robb, you on the trail. Rampage ‘11 will SASS #43337 be held September 24, 2011. B-Western Col. Butch Simons, SASS #77845 Cowboy Alpheus Tyner, SASS #81557 C Cowboy Porter Rockwell, SASS #7756 Cowgirl In Cahoots, SASS #69908 Duelist Cinch, SASS #29433 E Statesman Deputy Duke, Overall Top Shooters—Texas Slick Willy and Celtic Ceilidh. Congratulations! SASS #3325 Eighty nine shooters turned up complete the shooting just in time F Cartridge Sparks, from as far away as 300 miles, and for the vittles and award ceremony. SASS #1412 F C Duelist Norton Buffalo, we even had 13 clean shooters! (I Wahsatch Desperadoes has op - SASS #37833 was not one of them, however). We tional side matches throughout the Frontiersman Vermillion Utah also award a “Cowboy of the Year” year and at “Rampage” those who Bob, Award for the cowboy who is al - have been top shooters are recog - SASS #50518 ways there to help out any way he nized. We even award the clean Gunfighter Idaho Packer, can. And a “True Grit” Award for shooters from monthly shoots with SASS #45068 one of our own going through tough the prized and beloved bar of soap! Young Gun Captain Pah -rank times, and surviving the trials set Folks young and old all come to - L Young Gun Utah Star, before them. gether for the love of the Old West. SASS #78937 L 49’er Book Cliff Sally, With six stages all in their own Ya know, when I’m at one of these SASS #67368 shooting bays, we divided into six events, seeing all the cowboys and L Duelist Bitterroot Beaver, posses, which helped keep the action cowgirls sporting their finest period SASS #50432 moving along, so we were able to duds with the smell of leather, gun - L Gunfighter Dog Woman, SASS #22073 L Wrangler Celtic Ceilidh Wrangler Highland Drifter, SASS #71109 Senior Texas Slick Willy L Senior Idaho Sage Hen, SASS #61400 Special Awards Cowboy of the Year Texas Slick Willy True Grit Award Dog Woman

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smoke on the Border 2010 By Pearl, SASS #68593 Photos by Shutter Shootin’ Donna, and Cindy Ella, SASS #79345

agram, NC – The Second Annual “Smoke on the WBorder,” the North Car - olina State Blackpowder Champi - onship, April 15 – 17, 2010, was twice as much fun for the partici - pants this year because we shot both during the day and at night! Beau - tiful, beautiful weather—80’s and sunny during the day. Cool at night and a trifle breezy, which worked out fine because although there is Our NCBP Match Director— nothing like the smell of blackpow - Carolina Jack der while watching flames shoot out of your long guns and revolvers Mortensen. Shooters were wel - Top Cowboy Red River Ray and under cover of darkness, we still Top Cowgirl Miz Jewel comed by a beautiful new sign our need the smoke to disperse quickly friend, Range Raider, SASS #60365, too, so we can see! That is definitely designed and fabricated for us. It a tradition we plan to continue. A should last for years. Thank you giant special tip of the hat to our Range Raider! friend Wireman, SASS #55160, Buckaroo Winner—Willie the Kid Once again, the challenging, fun stages were crafted by our own Car - olina Jack, SASS #18432, Match Di - rector and also the President of the North Carolina Cowboys. The match was held in Wagram, NC, just a little dab south of the golf capital of the world, Pinehurst, NC. Just sayin’, in case any of y’all want to come out and shoot with us next year, you can play golf and shoot the same weekend. That’s because clever Penelope Petticoat, SASS #45702, had the side matches on Thursday, and the main match stages on Friday and Saturday, fol - lowed by the awards ceremony, so we can get home in time to do chores on Saturday afternoon. The Cross Creek Cowboys built this Lady Winners (l – r)—Myra Venga, Cherokee Cass, Pearl, Miz Jewel range from scratch just a few years Lady Duelist winner, Myra Venga, ago, and now have a state match- and Senior winner, Rubicon Ryder. worthy location for us to play cow - boys with our friends. whose idea the night shoot was. Vendors included Chuckwagon After having a ‘Eureka’ moment, Bill, who prepared the vittles at no Wirey not only thought up the idea, charge. He accepted donations for but also ran the night match, wrote the Easy Does it Ranch, a non-profit the stages, and installed the lights organization that helps teens who to illuminate the targets (not for have personally suffered with or nothing is he called Wireman!). Ms. had family members who have Jewel, SASS #62556, was the win - struggled with alcohol or drug ner of the night shoot, Ladies’ Cate - abuse. Gunpowder Creek, with gory, and Slow Crow, SASS #75363, Dutch Henry and his wife Brenda, (formerly Southern Draw) was the travel to matches to provide us with winner of the Men’s Category. gear and trimmings to look good. The theme of this year’s match Laying J Custom Leather (I have was “Appaloosa” based on the 2008 one of his belts myself!), J&J De - movie starring Ed Harris and Viggo (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) signs, Beaded Renegades lovely jew - elry (…and some of her earrings, too!), Ear, Inc, for new hearing pro - tection, and Shutter Shootin’ Donna, who took posse, still, and ac - tion photos—thank you all! Door prizes (saddlebags, rifle sheath, staghorn knife, and a pair of Rod Kibler holsters) were donated by Royal Barnes. AZ Gray, SASS #5432, personally handcrafted two beautiful knives, a Damascus, and a Bowie. ceremony more fun! D&T Mercantile, Doc Clockadial and Just a little note on the “Cow - Thirsty, SASS #14949, donated a gor - boy Way.” Wicked Wanda won the geous Waltham Broadway Pocket beautiful watch from D&T Mercan - Watch, circa 1889. Pearl and Kear - tile. She then turned right around ney donated three pieces of hand - and gave it to Royal Barnes because crafted Native American art, and he really wanted it. That is the true toothbrushes! (What can I say? I’m cowboy spirit. a dentist!) The Cross Creek Cowboys Thanks to everyone who helped donated a Cimarron .45 Caliber make this match fun! Until next model “P.” Thank you for your con - time, God Bless America and here’s tributions, they made the awards to the Second Amendment!!

Winners S Senior Sandhills Slim, 49’er Wendover Kid, SASS #22998 SASS #37552 Wrangler Three Cut, L 49’er Yukon Gal, SASS #58264 SASS #71562 L Wrangler Star Fire, Buckaroos Willie the Kid, SASS #48347 SASS #52397 Side Matches B-Western Hugh Damwright, The Ore Cart Shootout SASS #57700 Red River Ray L B-Western Cherokee Cass, Long Range Rifle SASS #47941 Pistol Caliber Lever Action Cowboy Slow Crow, Lady Yukon Gal, SASS #75363 Man Twelve Mile Bluff, Cowgirl Hot Lead Heather, Lever Action and Single Shot SASS #69421 300 yards Huckleberry Mike, C Cowboy Chief Big Ugly, SASS #45701 SASS #78985 Rifle Speed Linden Kid, C Cowgirl Wicked Wanda, SASS #57332 SASS #28122 Shotgun Duelist JM Brown, Double Hammerless SASS #27309 Lady Yukon Gal L Duelist Myra Venge, Man Slow Crow SASS #72463 Double Hammer E Statesman Hogg Legg, Twelve Mile Bluff SASS #67701 1887 Lever Carolina Jack Frontiersman Lucky RK, Pistol Speed Match SASS #79366 Traditional Three Cut F Cowboy Twelve Mile Bluff, Gunfighter Red River Ray SASS #71561 Clean and Smooth F Cowgirl Circle City Blondie, Ms. Jewel, SASS #71563 Wendover Kid Gunfighter Red River Ray, High Noon Henry, SASS #33254 SASS #67649 L Gunfighter Pearl, SASS #68593 Myra Venge, Senior Rubicon Ryder, Hot Lead Heather SASS #69415 Wolverine Woman, L Senior Ms Jewel, SASS #60366 SASS #62556

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miDwest classic Fou r .2010 , By Juaquin Malone SASS Life #44677 Photos by Laura Gajewski

#23910. He has taken the match from an idea to one of the best matches of the year. On April 23 rd cowboys began to gather at The World Shooting and Juaquin Malone, Recreational Complex at Sparta, SASS Life #44677 Illinois for a day of side matches and a Wild Bunch Match. For a uffalo, MO – The QUAIL few there was once again The Doo - AND UPLAND WILDLIFE ley’s Shooting School where you BFEDERATION was formed could benefit from the expertise of in 2009 in Buffalo, Missouri by the famous Dooley Gang. That those with agricultural roots and evening there was a bonfire on the the realization that as wildlife range with some story telling and goes, so does man. Their programs the chance to engage in an adult have a solid emphasis on local beverage while meeting some of projects and on the whole picture, the cowboys and girls you had yet as opposed to one single species. to call friends. In their short existence, they have Saturday morning the 24 th expanded into nine states with came and so did a lot more shooters more chapters coming soon. In in full rigs and ready to roll. The keeping with the cowboy way of opening ceremony and shooters embracing new and better ideas, meeting wound up with the pledge the Quail and Upland Wildlife Fed - and a whoop and a holler as ten eration is now the beneficiary of posses went to gather at their re - the Midwest Classic. All funds spective starting locations and be World Shooting Complex, as they raised go to help expand habitat challenged by six well planned are able to set up their tents across and, therefore, maintain and in - stages. There is always a breeze at from the firing line, which provides crease animal populations as one Sparta, and one of the benefits of easy access for shooters and specta - of our greatest renewable re - that is when the folks from the tors alike. As always, there was a sources. We still have the same Butcher Block fire up their grills, sausage being grilled to perfection wide assortment of items available. man at the helm of the match in the wonderful aroma of rib-eye was present everywhere. The ven - Saturday evening found us the person of Back 40, SASS Life steaks, hamburgers, and polish dors have an ideal situation at the (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) one ready for four more great gathering at the Fraternal Order stages, another chance to indulge of the Eagles Lodge in Sparta for in the great food, and do some last the banquet, raffle, and charity minute shopping. After lunch, auction. There you had the oppor - everyone gathered for presenta - tunity to bid on a hand-made tion of awards and to say “so long” knife, fine art generously donated to new and old friends. by individuals and organizations, Midwest Classic #4 brought a and many other wonderful items. diversity of weather and a lot of The food was good, and the drinks fun. I can’t wait for #5. As always, were reasonable. I can be reached at: Sunday the 25 th found every - [email protected] .

Winners E Statesman Sundance, Match Winner Duke Skywalker, SASS #88138 SASS #26871 F C Duelist Tame Bill, Top Lady Honey B. Graceful, SASS #30699 SASS #51369 L Wrangler Dew R. Dye, Category SASS #59089 Wrangler Duke Skywalker L 49’er Lefty’s Lady, 49’er Don Jorge, SASS #66826 SASS #37131 L Duelist Iron Maiden, Duelist Nuttin Graceful, SASS #67188 SASS #39117 L Gunfighter Partners Partner, Gunfighter Shane Starrett, SASS #54603 B-Western Copperhead Joe, L B-Western Perfecto Vaquera, SASS #39162 SASS #69780 Outlaw T-Bone Dooley, L Senior Sedona Roxy, SASS #36388 SASS #68229 Senior Dapper Dan, L S Senior Cactus Kay, SASS #40887 SASS #15157 C Cowboy Sgt. Eli, L F Cartridge Honey B. Graceful SASS #35882 G Dame Tootsie Pop, S Senior Hard Cash, SASS #41486 SASS #68128 Buckaroo Vaquero Jake, F Cartridge Bailey Creek, SASS #69781 SASS #5759 Young Gun Son-of-a-Plinkerton, S Duelist Lucky Lennie, SASS #76002 SASS #22244

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Wild Bull, SASS #21850, sAss sweden Regulator and Territorial Governor for SASS Sweden By Bad Penny, SASS Life #1453

Cowboy Action Shooting™ is very popular in Sweden. The Swedish cowboys belong to the Swedish Western Shooters Federation, but more and more are slowly joining SASS, the unifying international organization that ensures worldwide consistency in our game. Evil Roy and Wicked Felina can be seen here (back row, center) just under the stage driver. More and more cowboys from the states are starting to make the trek overseas to play cowboy in “the Old Country.”

SASS Sweden Wild Bull, SASS #21850, Regulator Territorial Governor and Contact [email protected] Schedule: Varies see www.swsf.se for details. Monthly matches from May to October with an occasional very cold shoot in the nasty months of November to March.

hen I asked Wild Bull, my guide to Cowboy Action WShooting in Sweden, what the name of his club was, he said, “SASS Sweden.” That led to some of my questions to him not making much sense to him, which led to his answers not making much sense to me. Like where was the club (all of Sweden), how big is it (try all of Swe - den), etc. Getting, in short, nowhere. If he had said Dynamite Town Marshals in Karlskoga, which is his home club, I would have leapt in the air uttering joyful war whoops. I wouldn’t even have had to ask why they were called Dynamite Town Marshals. Karlskoga is Alfred Nobel’s city. He’s the scientist who in - vented dynamite and has made up for that ever since by leaving, in his last will and testament, which he signed right here in Karlskoga, the money that has endowed the most presti - gious and famous prizes in all the (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) 175,731 square miles in area, but Last July, though, they had the member of SASS Sweden, Ray Heart - world—the Nobel prizes. with less than 9,000,000 people (al - biggest match they’ve ever held in less, SASS #62762. Congratulations! I could have even made veiled most all legal) compared to Califor - Sweden. How do European Cowboy Action jokes about having team shoots nia’s almost 37,000,000 (‘nuff said). Days of Truth 2010 was held at shooters ride the trails between Eu - where Stumpy slings sticks of dyna - “There are only about 15 clubs in all Sweden’s largest range, the 12 bay rope’s many countries toting guns mite at the baddies’ hideout, and of Sweden shooting Cowboy Action, beauty in the town of Thorsby (appro - and ammunition? John Wayne shoots them out of the and the total of Cowboy Action Shoot - priately named for Thor, the God of “Most shooters use a European air blowing the place apart a la Rio ing™ matches in a year is about the Thunder) which “had about 200 shoot - Gun Passport,” Wild Bull explains. Bravo—a team shoot that would same, and the members of SASS Swe - ers and about half of them came from “This is just what it says. Your guns surely bring the local sheriff a-run - den are involved in putting on a ma - countries other than Sweden,” Wild are listed in this document, and you ning to see what it was all about. jority of these matches.” Bull boasts. It was, in fact, the Euro - show it to customs when crossing the Karlskoga is still a pean Championships. And, lo and be - border. You also have to bring an in - world-renowned center of hold, the Overall European Champion vitation to the match you are going to innovation in chemistry of Cowboy Action Shooting™ is a (Continued on page 85 ) to this day. But, he didn’t. He had a different story he wanted to tell, which worked out fine once we were on the same page. But if Wild Bull and I hadn’t been mercifully separated by cyberspace, (with a budget of $0.00 everything must be done by e-mail) he would have been perfectly justified in hauling out his hogleg and putting me out of my misery. Kind man that he is, we got over it. So let me tell you about SASS Sweden. The guns, the costumes, and the rules “I believe we gath - of the game will be familiar to cowboys ered together all the traveling to matches around the world. True to SASS Sweden’s mandate of keeping Swedish cowboys Swedish SASS members SASS Sweden has taken the lead and cowgirls up to the minute with SASS match protocols, in a club in 2007,” Wild in promoting and encouraging targets are big and close, the scenarios uncomplicated, Bull tells me. The idea “SASS rules” in Swedish cowboy matches. and the guns the same as everywhere. was to form the club so they would qualify for a Territorial Most ranges are shared by sev - Governor who could keep the faithful eral shooting disciplines, and, Wild informed as to the goings on in SASS. Bull tells me, there are several Three years later—out of the esti - ranges that are sited in old gravel mated 250 Cowboy Action Shooting™ pits around the country. shooters in Sweden, who all belong to A modest 10 to 12 shooters are the Swedish Western Shooters Feder - expected at monthly matches with 80 ation (SWSF)—only about 30 belong to 90 at big matches. to SASS Sweden. “I guess most Swedish Cowboy Action shooters will never go to the U.S. to shoot a match, so they just can’t see the point of joining SASS and spending the extra money,” opines Wild Bull. “But more Swedish shooters join SASS every year, want - ing to support the organization.” And, it is these members of SASS Sweden who run the majority of the Cowboy Action Shooting™ matches in Sweden and are the keepers of The Cowboy Way and Spirit of the Game. It’s all very understandable. I can assure everyone, knowing SASS budgeting policies as well as I do— they will never bring the words “stim - ulus package” to mind—I can safely assure everyone the Swedish, Ger - man, French, or even Italian editions of The Cowboy Chronicle are a fair few years down the road. Of the 250 total, Wild Bull esti - mates about 15 per cent of Swedish Cowboy Action Shooting™ partici - pants are women and juniors, “which is not as many as we’d like,” he adds. “You have to be able to travel to shoot Cowboy Action in Sweden,” Wild Bull continues. Sweden is slightly larger than California at

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tejas caballeros Come to the Aid of the Cowboy Memorial Chapel By Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life #49907

make sure everything was going to be A-OK. To make it even better, they have recently acquired a multi-year lease. So now they can get serious about development. As Winston Churchill would say, “Never, never, never give up.” The morning of the 18th was cool and bracing, but the sun was Cree Vicar Dave, shining bright. The Pledge to the SASS Life #49907 Flag was given and a prayer was offered. Then Judge Menday Com - ing, SASS #65165, blessed my hile The Vicar’s Wife and heart by mentioning the need for I wintered in Texas this funds to build the Cowboy Memo - Wyear, I had an opportunity rial Chapel at Founders Ranch, ta shoot most every weekend. On New Mexico. He then proceeded to Saturday December 18, 2010, the pass the hat for donations to help Tejas Caballeros assembled at their this noble cause. Cowboy Action Range on the Flat After the opening, we set out to Creek Ranch located near Johnson shoot the stages that were nicely City, Texas. They have been a Cow - laid out for us. Their range is in boy Action Club for close to 20 among the trees with a natural years. But in 2008 they suffered berm carved by the hand of the the problems that some clubs of LORD. They have nice sized tar - today have experienced—encroach - gets and some unique props. One ing neighbors who do not want to is a mine car ride that rolls down live near a shooting range. After an incline at a fair clip while the looking around a bit, they found a shooter tries to knock over a cou - new home in the center of the 550- ple shotgun targets. I always seem Cree Vicar Dave & Judge Menday Coming acre Flat Creek Ranch. Before set - to miss at least one, but someday I ting up shop, all the neighbors hope to knock ‘em all down! Their adjoining the ranch were surveyed, long-term plans are for expanding and noise levels were checked to (Continued on next page)

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(Continued from previous page) other withholds unduly, but comes the parking area and building a to poverty. A generous man will complete Old West Cowboy Town, prosper; he who refreshes others including a Church building on will himself be refreshed.” stage numero uno . When ya get a I would like to express my chance, ride on over and join ‘em; whole-hearted thanks to Judge I’m glad I did. Menday Coming and all the great After the last shot of the match cowpokes associated with the Tejas went down range, I moseyed over Caballeros for the generous offer - to see if they had finished counting ing. With donations like this from the money collected for the Cow - Cowboy Action Clubs, the Cowboy boy Memorial Chapel. Praise Memorial Chapel will become a re - God! Even though there were ality very soon. only 29 shooters, the final tally The Tejas Caballeros shoot the was $159! It says in Proverbs 3rd Saturday and their Web Site The actual hat that was passed 11:24-25, NIV “One man gives is: www.tejascaballeros.org freely, yet gains even more; an - [email protected]

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Visit us at sassNet .com February 2011 Cowboy Chronicle Page 85 Bunkhouse Bidness . . . (Continued from page 77 ) This almost guarantees, shoot. Obtaining a European Gun if you live long enough, Passport is not hard,” he continues. that infirmity and the “It is issued by the police, at least in passing years will rob Sweden. You already have your per - you of your first genera - mits for the guns, they just put ‘em all tion Colt without the in one document and charge you for government having to doing so, of course. The ammo needed even raise the subject of for the event goes with the guns.” confiscation. Now that is This is almost exactly what diabolically clever! Canadian Cowboy Action shooters do Dear reader, never, to shoot in the U.S. with their Alcohol, NEVER vote for anyone Tobacco, and Firearms Form 6 and an whose election slogan is invitation to the shoot. “Yes! We can,” when he This brings up the subject of or she and you, too, Swedish gun laws, and I must say should know damn well nothing fascinates me more than the the message from gov - truly antic variety of such laws ernment, any govern - around the world. ment, is almost always: th “Swedish gun laws are pretty “No, you can’t.” The The Elder Kate (standing 5 from left), who was just indicted into the Cowboy Action Shooting™ Hall of Fame during the 2010 Las Vegas Convention, is seen here during strict,” Wild Bull admits. “No one can only joy for those who her recent visit to Sweden. Elder Kate has been active in facilitating RO classes get a handgun permit if not capable of bear the burden of throughout Europe, ensuring consistency in the game we play—world wide! shooting 46 out of 50 points one handed power is saying “no” to at a bullseye target at 25 meters.” someone who wants to do something. family of four—not a large family by would be ‘97s and a lot of Husqvarner Fair enough aside from the ques - “The rifle and shotgun laws are any standards—can own their own side by sides and some Stoegers, too,” tion of how do you get good enough on less strict,” says Wild Bull. “And per - set of guns to shoot a Cowboy Action according to Wild Bull. a handgun to get a handgun? mits for these do not come with a time main match. Two handguns and two But, if you go to France where “You borrow a handgun owned by limit and no shooting ability must be long guns is six “gun points.” Multi - ‘97s are prohibited, you have to shuck the club you are joining,” Wild Bull proven—only an active membership ply by four equals 24 and that siren out the old Husqvarna despite having explains. in a gun club and/or proof of passing wailing closer and closer is coming for a gun passport for your ‘97. That is if But here is the kicker, and it a hunter safety course.” you. See the delicious seductiveness you have enough “gun points” left brings to my mind an image of bu - “Costuming is VERY important. of saying “no” above. over for a second shotgun, of course. reaucrats lying awake at night We cannot have as many guns as you True to SASS Sweden’s mandate And what should someone in Swe - dreaming up schemes to torment the guys, so we let the frustration out by of keeping Swedish cowboys and cow - den do if they want to start participat - very people that pay their wages and getting or making lots of cool stuff to girls up to the minute with SASS ing in Cowboy Action Shooting™? obey their laws to the letter. wear,” he jokes. “ A household can match protocols, targets are big and “Check the match schedule “A handgun permit will expire in have a maximum of 20 points of guns. close, the scenarios uncomplicated, through the internet ( www.swsf.se ) five years, and then you will have to A handgun is 2 points, a long gun— and the guns the same as every - and go visit a shoot,” says Wild Bull. shoot the requirement again to keep rifle, or shotgun—is one point.” where—Rugers and Ubertis “with the “You will be well taken care of.” your handgun,” explains Wild Bull. Do the math. It means that no occasional genuine Colt. Shotguns You can’t ask for more than that.

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SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City AK AZ (continued) alaska 49er’s 1st sat & tripod 907-373-0140 Birchwood rio salado cowboy action 1st sat Bullseye Bucky 480-980-2115 mesa 3rd sun shooting golden heart shootist society 2nd sat & col. reed 907-488-3903 chatanika cowtown cowboy shooters, 1st sun & Barbwire 480-488-3064 phoenix last sun llc 3rd sat Juneau gold miners posse 3rd sun five card tanna 907-789-7498 Juneau arizona cowboy shooters assoc. 2nd sat Big tim 602-757-3728 phoenix AL tombstone ghost rider outlaws 2nd sat Wily yankee 520-400-5598 tombstone north alabama regulators 1st sun drake robey 256-313-0421 Woodville Whiskey row gunslingers 2nd sun turquoise Bill 928-925-7323 prescott alabama rangers 2nd sun rc moon 205-410-5707 Brierfield colorado river regulators 2nd sun & crowheart 928-505-2200 lake havasu vulcan long rifles 3rd sat havana Jim 205-979-2931 hoover 4th sat gallant gunfighters 3rd sun Buck d. law 256-504-4366 hoover (sept-Jun) old york shootists 4th sun derringer di 205-647-6925 hoover mohave marshals 3rd & 5th sun ol’ doc James 928-753-8038 Kingman russell county regulators 5th sat Will Killigan 706-568-0869 phenix city los vaqueros 3rd sat august West 520-544-7888 tucson AR lake powell gunslingers 3rd sat Bare fist Jack 928-660-2104 page mountain valley vigilantes 1st Wkend christmas Kid 501-625-3554 hot springs tonto rim marauders 3rd sun silverado cid 928-595-1230 payson outlaw camp 2nd & 5th sat ozark outlaw 501-362-2963 heber springs altar valley pistoleros 3rd sun & mean raylean 520-235-0394 tucson White river gang 2nd sat loco toro 870-435-2768 mountain home 5th sun arkansas lead slingers 2nd sat & dirty dan paladin 479-633-2107 garfield dusty Bunch old Western 4th sat squibber 520-568-2852 casa grande 4th sun shooters south fork river regulators 3rd sat Kid thorn 870-488-5447 salem tombstone Buscaderos 4th sat diamond pak 520-780-4852 tombstone Judge parker’s marshals 3rd sat reno sparks 918-647-9704 fort smith arizona yavapai rangers 4th sat Whisperin 928-567-9227 camp verde true grit sass 4th sun sister sundance 479-970-7042 Belleville meadows AZ colorado river shootists 4th sun cluelass 928-726-7727 yuma White mountain old West 1st & 3rd mustang lady 928-243-3457 snowflake CA shootists sat sue sunnyvale regulators 1st & 3rd mon shaniko Jack 650-464-3764 cupertino To update your SASS Affiliated Club Listing &/or Annual Match please contact Slipnoose at the SASS Office ph: (877) 411-7277 or [email protected] Visit us at sassNet .com Page 88 Cowboy Chronicle February 2011

SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.) Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City CA (continued) FL (continued) West end outlaws 1st & 3rd sat rob Banks 714-206-6893 lytle creek panhandle cowboys 2nd sun panhandle B. Kid 850-432-1968 pensacola silver Queen mine regulators 1st & 3rd sun t. e. Kidd 562-598-7771 azusa Big Bend Bushwhackers 2nd sun sixpence Kid 850-459-1107 tallahassee the outlaws 1st sat terrell sackett 916-363-1648 sacramento Weewahootee vigilance committee 2nd sun Weewahootee 407-857-1107 orlando escondido Bandidos 1st sat devil Jack 760-741-3229 escondido tater hill gunfighters 2nd sun Judge Jd Justice 941-629-4440 arcadia lassen regulators 1st sat chief Wages 530-257-3402 susanville lake county pistoleros 3rd sat deadwood Woody 352-357-3065 tavares two rivers posse 1st sat & dragon 209-836-4042 manteca southwest florida gunslingers 3rd sat Jed lewis 609-335-0346 punta gorda 4th sun miakka misfits 3rd sun deadlee headlee 941-650-8920 myakka city mother lode shootist society 1st sun sioux city Kid 209-795-4175 Jamestown panhandle cattle company 4th sat tac hammer 850-785-6535 port st. Joe hole in the Wall gang 1st sun frito Bandito 661-406-6001 piru cowford regulators 4th sat J Bird Blue 904-778-4184 Jacksonville river city regulators 1st sun point of orgin 530-304-5616 davis indian river regulators 4th sat Belligerent orney 321-403-2940 palm Bay 5 dogs creek 1st Wknd mad dog draper 805-497-2857 Bakersfield Bob cajon cowboys 2nd & 4th sat Bojack 760-956-8852 devore doodle hill regulators 4th sun dave smith 813-645-3828 ruskin chorro valley regulators 2nd & 5th sun marshal chance 805-460-9082 san luis five county regulators 4th sun dead shot scott 239-261-2892 punta gorda obispo antelope Junction rangers fri nite & mayeye rider 727-736-3977 pineallas park shasta regulators of hat creek 2nd sat cayenne pepper 530-275-3158 Burney 2nd sat guns in the sun 2nd sat Johnny 2moons 760-346-0972 palm springs Withlacoochee renegades, the last sat hungry Bear 850-929-2406 pinetta Buffalo runners 2nd sat nyack Jack 916-812-0434 rail road flat GA california rangers 2nd sat paniolo lady 916-483-9198 sloughhouse river Bend rough riders 1st sat done gone 770-361-6966 dawsonville dulzura desperados 2nd sat hashknife Willie 619-271-1481 san diego valdosta vigilance committee 1st sat Big Boyd 229-244-3161 valdosta the over the hill gang 2nd sun Kooskia Kid 818-566-7900 sylmar american old West cowboys 1st sat Josey Buckhorn 423-236-5281 flintstone high sierra drifters 2nd sun peaceful 209-293-4456 railroad flat lonesome valley regulators 1st sun Wishbone hooper 478-922-9384 Warner robins richmond roughriders 2nd sun Buffy 650-994-9412 richmond doc holliday’s immortals 2nd sat easy rider 770-954-9696 griffin Brimstone pistoleros 2nd sun rowdy yates 714-532-2922 lucerne valley pale riders 2nd sat Will Killigan 706-568-0869 mauk double r Bar regulators 2nd sun five Jacks 760-949-3198 lucerne valley mule camp cowboys 3rd sat marshal dan 706-337-4203 covington north county shootist assoc. 3rd sat graybeard 760-727-9160 pala cutter nevada city peacemakers 3rd sat marlin schofield 530-265-9213 nevada city tennessee mountain marauders 3rd sat trail Bones 423-842-6116 ringgold gold country Wild Bunch 3rd sat sutter lawman 530-713-4194 sloughouse cherokee cowboys 4th sat Joe West 706-864-9019 gainesville shasta regulators 3rd sat modoc 530-365-1839 redding HI Bridgeport vigilantes 3rd sat Bee Blest 760-932-1139 Bridgeport maui marshals 1st & 3rd sat Bad Burt 808-875-9085 maui Burro canyon gunslingers 3rd sat don trader 714-827-7360 meyers canyon single action shootist of hawaii 4th sun Brandebuck 808-351-9260 honolulu robbers roost vigilantes 3rd sat nasty newt 760-375-7618 ridgecrest IA murieta posse 3rd sun grizzly peak Jake 530-676-2997 sloughhouse turkeyfoot cowboys 1st sat ranger mathias 319-234-1550 elk run high desert cowboys 3rd sun doc silverhawks 661-948-2543 acton (mar-nov) fischels heights south coast rangers 3rd sun swifty schofield 805-886-3360 santa Barbara fort des moines rangers., inc 1st sun pit mule 515-205-0557 indianola panorama northfield raiders 3rd sun desperado 818-341-7255 sylmar (apr-oct) Kings river regulators 3rd sun slick rock rooster 559-299-8669 clovis outlaw’s run 2nd sun capt. Jim 712-623-5726 red oak ukiah gun club 3rd sun Will Bonner 707-462-1466 ukiah midnight mad river rangers 4th sat Kid Kneestone 707-445-1981 Blue lake Zen shootists 4th sat renegade slim 515-987-0721 nevada pozo river vigilance committee 4th sat dirty sally 805-438-4817 santa margarita (mar-oct) california shady ladies 4th sat lady gambler 916-447-2040 sloughhouse ID deadwood drifters 4th sat lusty lil 323-353-3898 piru southeast idaho practical shooters 1st sat idaho packer 208-589-5941 idaho falls coyote valley sharpshooters 4th sat Wif 408-448-3256 san Jose gunslingers of flaming heart 1st sat Jughandle Jack 208-634-3121 council hawkinsville claim Jumpers 4th sat & lethal les 530-843-4506 yreka ranch 5th sat l’amour squaw Butte regulators 1st sun & acequia Kidd 208-365-4551 emmett faultline shootist society 4th sun Querida 831-635-9147 gonzales 2nd sat the cowboys 4th sun captain Jake 714-318-6948 norco Border marauders 1st sun & mud marine 208-597-6191 Bonners ferry the range 4th sun grass v. federally 530-273-4440 grass valley 4th sat sloughhouse irregulators 5th sat & sun Badlands Bud 530-677-0368 sloughhouse el Buscaderos 2nd & 4th oddman 208-437-0496 spirit lake CO sun colorado cowboys 1st sat el gato gordo 719-683-6713 lake george southern idaho rangers 2nd sat gordo perro 208-234-7121 pocatello colorado shaketails 1st sun midnite slim 719-660-2742 ramah northwest shadow riders 2nd sat silverado Belle 208-743-5765 lewiston san Juan rangers 1st sun Kodiak Kid 970-252-1841 montrose IL Windygap regulators 1st Wknd piedra Kidd 970-565-9228 cortez oregon trail rough riders 2nd sun & John Bear 208-562-1914 Boise Ben lomond high plains drifters 2nd sun sand river slim 303-771-1920 ramah 3rd sat montrose marshals 2nd sun Big hat 970-249-7701 montrose twin Butte Bunch 3rd sat idaho packer 208-589-5941 rexburg four corners rifle and pistol club 2nd sun capt. W. K. Kelso 970-565-3840 cortez hell’s canyon ghost riders 3rd sat J.p. sloe 208-798-0826 moscow castle peak Wildshots 2nd sun old squinteye 970-524-9348 gypsum panhandle regulators 3rd sun halfcocked otis 509-991-5842 otis orchards pawnee station 3rd sat red river 970-225-0545 Wellington snake river Western shooting 3rd sun & missy mable 208-731-6387 Jerome Wrangler society 4th sat rockvale Bunch 3rd sat ghostmaker 719-275-5265 rockvale shady creek shootists 1st & 4th dapper dan 309-734-2324 little york four corners gunslingers 3rd sun cereza slim 970-247-0745 durango sun porter thunder mountain shootists 3rd Wknd pinto Being 970-464-7118 grand Junction rangeless riders 1st sat the inspector 618-345-5048 highland pawnee sportsmens center 4th sat governor general 970-656-3851 Briggsdale the lakewood marshal’s 1st sat pine ridge Jack 618-838-9410 cisne northwest colorado rangers 4th sat sagebrush Burns 970-824-8407 craig Kishwaukee valley regulators 1st sun grasshopper Bci 815-758-1946 sycamore Black canyon ghost riders 4th sun double Bit 970-874-8745 hotchkiss Boneyard creek regulators 1st sun Wild pike 217-356-5136 newman sand creek raiders 4th sun sweet Water Bill 303-366-8827 Byers Kaskaskia cowboys 2nd sat Beaucoup Joe 618-521-3619 sparta CT tri county cowboys 2nd sat sierra hombre 815-967-6333 hazelhurst ledyard sidewinders 1st sat yosemite gene 860-536-0887 ledyard the free grazers 2nd sat fossil creeek Bob 217-821-3134 effingham ct valley Bushwackers 2nd sun cayuse 203-457-1031 east granby illinois river city regulators 2nd sun uncle outlaw 309-360-6152 east peoria DE vermilion river long riders 2nd sun lead poison lar 815-875-3674 leonore paden’s posse 3rd sun hazel pepper 302-422-6534 seaford nason mining company 3rd & 5th diggins dave 618-438-6401 Benton FL regulators sat gold coast gunslingers 1st sat l. topay 305-233-5756 fort lauderdale macoupin county regulators 3rd sat one good eye 618-585-3956 Bunker hill howey in the hills cowboys 1st sat ol glor e 352-455-6508 howey in the litchfield sportsman’s club 3rd sat ross haney 618-667-9819 litchfield hills mclean county peacemakers 3rd sat marshall rd 309-379-4331 Bloomington ghost town gunslingers 1st sun macinaw 904-307-3532 st. augustine fort Beggs defenders 3rd sun torandado 815-302-8305 plainfield hernando county regulators 1st sun shady Brady 352-686-1055 Brooksville illowa irregulars 3rd sun shamrock sis 309-798-2635 milan fort White cowboy cavalry 2nd sat pudy sharp 352-332-6212 fort White marion county renegades 4th sat shell stuffer 618-266-9813 sandoval okeechobee outlaws 2nd sat & dead Waite 863-357-3006 okeechobee long nine cowboys, inc. 4th sun & postman 217-415-1118 loami 4th sun 5th sun okeechobee marshals 2nd sat & Kid celero 561-312-9075 okeechobee good guys posse 4th sun dangerous denny 815-245-7264 rockford 4th sun salt river renegades as sched lily mae 217-985-4915 Barry To update your SASS Affiliated Club Listing &/or Annual Match please contact Slipnoose at the SASS Office ph: (877) 411-7277 or [email protected] Visit us at sassNet .com February 2011 Cowboy Chronicle Page 89

SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.) Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City IN MI (continued) cutter’s raiders 1st sat midnite 574-893-7214 Warsaw Johnson creek regulators 4th sat gabby glenn 248-474-0590 plymouth desperado eagleville cowboys 4th sat trusty rusty 231-342-6462 central lake daleville desperados 1st sat flat Water Bob 765-284-0405 daleville rocky river regulators as sch terrebonne Bud 248-709-5254 utica pleasant valley renegades 2nd sat nomore slim 812-839-3052 canaan saginaw field & stream club as sched Bad river marty 989-585-3292 saginaw atlanta cattle company 2nd sat Bear creek 765-652-1525 atlanta lapeer county sportsmans sun flat Water 314-378-5689 attica reverend club Wranglers Johnny schuster’s rangers 2nd sun coal car Kid 219-759-3498 chesterton MN pine ridge regulators 3rd sat mountain 765-795-3016 cloverdale cedar valley vigilantes 1st & 3rd d m yankee 612-701-9719 morristown preacher sat circle r cowboys 3rd sat mustang Bill 219-279-2781 Brookston crow river rangers 1st sun cantankerous Jeb 763-682-3710 howard lake thunder valley 3rd sat redneck rebel 812-755-4237 campbellsburg lookout mountain gunsmoke 2nd sat Wagonmaster 218-744-4694 virginia Wolff’s rowdy rangers 3rd sat Justice d. 574-264-2012 Bristol society spencer granite city gunslingers 2nd sat & rev. cepheus 320-267-6576 saint cloud Wabash rangers 4th sat henry remington 217-267-2820 cayuga 5th sat red Brush raiders 4th sat doc goodluck 812-721-1188 newburgh lone rock rangers 2nd sat red dutchman 651-402-0368 rosemount starke county desert 4th sat Whip mccord 219-942-5859 Knox fort Belmont regulators 2nd sun mule town Jack 507-840-0883 Jackson deer creek regulators 4th sun doc molar 765-948-3844 Jonesboro east grand forks rod & 3rd sun BB gunner 218-779-8555 east grand Wildwood Wranglers 4th sun voodooman 219-872-2721 michigan city gun club forks indiana Black powder guild as sched c. c. top 574-354-7186 etna green ike’s clantons 4th sun dawgnapper 320-275-2052 new ulm KS MO Butterfield gulch gang 1st sun Kanasa flatlander 785-493-5682 chapman the ozark posse 1st sat tightwad swede 417-846-5142 cassville powder creek cowboys 2nd & 4th eldorado Wayne 913-686-5314 lenexa rocky Branch rangers 1st sun iza littleoff 816-524-1462 higginsville sat & 4th West plaines Waddies 2nd & 5th Buckshot Baby 417-284-1432 tecumseh Wed sat mill Brook Wranglers 2nd sun grandpa Buckten 785-421-2537 hill city moniteau creek river raiders 2nd sun doolin riggs 573-687-3103 fayette millbrook central ozarks Western shooters 3rd sun X s chance 573-765-5483 st. robert free state rangers 3rd & 5th Buffalo phil 913-904-8733 parker gateway shootist society 3rd sun Bounty seeker 636-464-6569 st. louis sun southern missouri rangers 4th Wknd smokie 417-759-9114 Willard sand hill regulators 3rd sat moundridge 620-345-3151 hutchinson MS goat roper natchez six gunners 1st sat Winchester 601-445-5223 natchez capital city cowboys 4th sun top 785-313-0894 topeka mississippi peacemakers 3rd sat squinter 601-825-8640 mendenhall chisholm trail rowdies 4th sun y. s hardey 620-367-2636 Wichita mississippi river rangers 4th & 5th easy lee 662-838-7451 Byhalia KY sat Kentucky regulators 1st sat derby 270-489-2089 Boaz MT hooten old town regulators 1st sat Bullfork shotgun 606-782-0239 mckee honorable road agents shooting 1st sat diamond red 406-685-3618 ennis red society Knob creek gunfighters guild 1st sun cumberland 502-548-3860 West point sun river rangers shooting 1st sun & Jeb stuart 406-727-7625 simms drifter society 4th sat green river gunslingers 2nd sat yak 270-792-9001 Bowling green gallatin valley regulators 2nd sat gooch hill drifter 406-763-4268 logan lonesome pine pistoleros 2nd sun isom Kid 606-633-4465 Jeremiah rocky mountain rangers 2nd Wknd Jocko 406-847-0745 noxon ohio river rangers 3rd sat george rogers 270-554-1501 paducah custer county stranglers 3rd sat hartshot 406-232-0727 miles city levisa fork lead slingers 4 th sun escopeta Jake 606-631-4613 pikeville Bigfork Buscaderos 3rd sat Bodie camp 406-883-6797 Bigfork rock castle rangers 4th sat Bitter creek Jack 270-749-4101 park city last chance handgunners 3rd sat Bocephus Bandito 406-439-4476 Boulder fox Bend peacemakers 4th sun tocala sam 859-552-9000 Wilmore lincoln county regulators 4th sat gideon Withette 406-250-4790 eureka LA montana territory peacemakers 4th sat Backstrap Bill 406-652-6158 Billings Border vigilantes 1st sat cooper york 504-722-8988 sorrento NC up the creek gang 2nd & 4th hardly able 337-474-5058 lake charles neuse river regulators 1st & 3rd sat paddi macgarrett 910-938-3682 new Bern sat Walnut grove rangers 1st sat hiem 828-245-5563 rutherfordton Bayou Bounty hunters 2nd sat soiled dove 985-796-9698 amite old hickory regulators 1st sat Wendover Kid 252-908-0098 rocky mount cajun cowboy shooters society 2nd sun durango dan 225-752-2288 Baton rouge old north state posse 1st sat tracker mike 336-595-8853 salisbury cypress creek cowboys 2nd Wknd mav dutchman 318-396-6320 downsville carolina rough riders 1st sun pecos pete 704-394-1859 charlotte grand ecore vigilantes 3rd sat ouachita Kid 318-932-6637 natchitoches carolina single action shooting 2nd & 5th carolina’s 919-383-7567 eden guns of sabine pass 3rd sat hobbel-a-long 337-463-5690 hineston society sun longarm Jackson hole regulators 4th sat slick mcclade 318-395-2224 Quitman carolina cattlemen’s shooting 2nd sat Wicked Wanda 919-266-1678 creedmore deadwood marshals 4th sat Barkeeps 225-715-8711 sorrento and social society MA high country cowboys 2nd sat Wild otter 828-423-7796 asheville danvers desperados as sched cyrus cy Klopps 781-667-2857 middleton Buccaneer range regulators 2nd sat dodge city dude 910-270-3351 Wilmington shawsheen river rangers as sched yukon Willie 978-663-3342 Bedford Bostic vigilantes 2th sat Bostic Kid 704-434-2174 Bostic harvard ghost riders as sched yosemite Kid 781-373-2411 harvard cross creek cowboys 3rd sat huckleberry mike 910-980-0572 Wagram gunnysackers sat nantucket dawn 781-749-6951 scituate gunpowder creek regulators 3rd sat fannie Kikinshoot 828-754-1884 lenoir MD piedmont gunslingers 3rd sun sam carp 704-596-7120 churchland eas’dern shore renegades 1st sat teton tracy 302-378-7854 sudlersville iredell regulators 4th sat stump Water 704-630-9527 statesville thurmont rangers 1st sun cody conagher 304-258-1419 thurmont ND monocacy irregulars 2nd sat church Key 304-229-8266 frederick Badlands Bandits (the) 3rd sat roughrider ray 701-260-0347 Belfield damascus Wildlife rangers 4th sat chuckaroo 301-831-9666 damascus dakota rough riders as sched roughrider Jim 701-673-3122 moffit (mar-nov) Bob ME trestle valley rangers as sched doc hell 701-852-1697 minot Blue hill regulators as sched dangerous d. 207-667-3586 Blue hill sheyenne valley peacekeepers last sat Wild river rose 701-588-4331 Kindred dalton NE hurricane valley rangers as sched leo 207-829-3092 falmouth platte valley gunslingers 1st sun firewater 308-226-2255 grand island Big pine Bounty hunters as sched ripley scrounger 207-876-3541 Willmantic alliance cowboy club 2nd sun panhandle slim 308-760-0568 alliance Beaver creek desperados as sched Jimmy reb 207-698-4436 sanford miles capitol city vigilance committee as sched mark lake 207-622-9400 augusta eastern nebraska gun club 2nd sun flint valdez 712-323-8996 louisville MI flat Water shootists of the grand 3rd sun fortyfour maggie 308-383-4605 grand island rockford regulators 1st sat no cattle 616-363-2827 rockford island rifle club river Bend rangers 2nd sat pitmaster 574-276-8805 niles NH double Barrel gang 2nd sat. dakota fats 269-721-8190 hastings the dalton gang shooting club, 3rd Wknd littleton s. 603-444-6876 dalton Butcher Butte Bunch 2nd sun grubby hardrock 810-750-0655 fenton of nh llc dalton chippewa regulators 3rd sat lazy eye Ben 906-632-2720 sault ste. marie White mountain regulators of as sched dead head 603-772-2358 candia sucker creek saddle & gun club 3rd sat Kid al fred 989-832-8426 Breckenridge new hampshire hidden valley cowboys 3rd sun saulk valley 269-651-5197 sturgis merrimack valley marauders as sched sheriff r. p. 603-345-6876 pelham stubby Bucket To update your SASS Affiliated Club Listing &/or Annual Match please contact Slipnoose at the SASS Office ph: (877) 411-7277 or [email protected] Visit us at sassNet .com Page 90 Cowboy Chronicle February 2011

SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.) Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City NH (continued) OH (continued) pemi valley peacemakers as sched laconia 603-524-2240 holderness scioto territory desperados inc. 3rd & 5th pickaway tracker 740-477-1881 chillicothe NJ sun Jackson hole gang 4th sun papa grey 732-961-6834 Jackson Wilmington rough riders 3rd sat paragon pete 740-626-7667 Wilmington NM auglaize rough riders 3rd sun deputy diamond 419-722-6345 defiance magdalena trail drivers 1st & 3rd sat grizzly adams 575-854-2488 magdalena desperado magdalena trail drivers 1st & 3rd sat tall ted magdelana ohio valley vigilantes 4th sat d. J. mcdraw 740-767-2326 mt. vernon rio rancho regulators 1st & 4th sat sam Brannan 505-400-2468 rio rancho central ohio cowboys 4th sun stagecoach 614-868-9821 circleville otero practical shooting 1st sat saguaro sam 505-437-3663 la luz hannah association miami rifle and pistol club inc. as sched carson 513-753-6462 milford chisum cowboy gun club 1st sun two Bit tammy 575-626-9201 roswell Jackson six shooters last sat flat iron fred 330-538-2690 north Jackson Buffalo range riders 1st sun garrison Joe 505-323-8487 founders ranch OK lincoln county regulators 2nd sat John steele 575-937-3023 ruidoso shortgrass rangers 1st sat & captain allyn 580-357-5870 grandfield Bighorn vigilantes 2nd sat lawdog Bob 505-883-8829 edgewood 3rd sun capron rio vaqueros 2nd sat, anna sassin 575-744-5793 truth or cherokee strip shootists 1st sun paladenton 405-547-2533 stillwater 3rd sun consequences rattlesnake mountain rangers 2nd sat Black river Jack 918-908-0016 checotah high desert drifters 2nd sun phillip doboy 505-286-6686 edgewood tulsey town cattlemens 2nd sat & curly thom 918-376-4376 tulsa taylor association 4th sat mabry rio grande renegades 2nd Wed, english lyn 505-550-9230 albuquerque oklahoma territorial marshals 2nd sat & lee roy rogers 405-799-0381 oklahoma city 3rd sat, 4th sun 4th sun, indian territory single action 2nd sun, Burly Bill 918-830-2936 sand springs & 5th sa t/ sun shooting society 3rd sat, gila rangers 2nd Wknd chico cheech 575-388-2531 silver city / 4th Wed & mimbres 5th sun monticello range riders 3rd & 5th J. W. Brockey 575-744-4484 elephant Butte tater hill regulators 3rd sun taos Willie 918-355-2849 tulsa sun OR seven rivers regulators 3rd sat stink creek 575-885-9879 carlsbad horse ridge pistoleros inc. 1st & 3rd Big casino 541-389-2342 Bend Jones sun monument springs Bushwhackers 4th sat val darrant 575-370-0650 hobbs merlin marauders 1st sat Bear Bone smith 541-582-4144 merlin picacho posse 4th sat fast hammer 505-647-3434 las cruces molalla river rangers 1st sat gold dust Bill 503-705-1211 canby tres rios Bandidos 4th sun largo casey 505-330-2489 farmington dry gulch desperados 1st sat runamuck 509-525-2984 milton NV freewater high plains drifters 1st sun irish ike 775-424-2336 fernley siuslaw river rangers 1st sun Johnny Jingos 541-997-6313 florence eldorado cowboys 1st Wknd charming 702-565-3736 Boulder city table rock rangers 1st sun & Jed i. Knight 541-944-2281 White city fort halleck volunteers 2nd & 4th green springs 775-753-8203 elko 2nd sat sat thomsen pine mountain posse 2nd sun cowboss 541-548-7325 Bend lone Wolf shooters, llc 2nd & 5th penny pepperbox 775-727-4600 pahrump Klamath cowboys 2nd sun & mad river 541-884-1905 Keno sun 4th sat mongo nevada rangers cowboy action 2nd sun cross Keystone 702-506-7023 Jean Jefferson state regulators 3rd sat Jed i. Knight 541-944-2281 ashland shooting society oregon trail regulators 3rd sat Willie Killem 541-443-6591 la grande roop county cowboy shooters 2nd sun russ t. 775-747-1426 sparks orygun cowboys 3rd sat & dog-leg don 702-378-9885 sherwood association chambers 4th sat silver state shootists 3rd sun tahoe Bill 775-586-9178 carson city oregon old West shooting society 3rd sun & mid valley drifter 541-259-2774 albany desert desperados 3rd sun Buffalo sam 702-459-6454 las vegas 4th sat steptoe valley raiders 4th sat cheyenne Kid 775-296-2053 ely umpqua regulators 4th sun Big lou 541-484-5900 roseburg silver city shooters society 4th sun iona vequero 775-764-0257 indian springs fort dalles defenders 4th sun frisco nell 360-835-5630 the dalles NY lewis river rangers as sch Johnny colt 503-289-1280 st. helens alabama gunslingers 1st sat Bum thumb 585-343-3906 alabama columbia county cowboys as sched Kitty colt 503-642-4120 st. helens tioga county cowboys 1st sat dusty drifter 607-659-3819 owego PA crumhorn mountain cowboys 1st sun lefty cooper 607-547-6008 maryland dry gulch rangers 1st sat pepc holic 724-263-1461 midway pathfinder pistoleros 1st sun sonny 315-695-7032 fulton perry county regulators 1st sat tuscarora slim 717-789-3004 ickesburg Boot hill regulators 1st sun Judge Zaney 845-352-7921 chester chimney rocks regulators 1st sun hattie hubbs 814-696-5669 hollidaysburg grey factoryville freebooters 1st sun tad sloe 570-489-0652 factoryville salt port vigilance committee 2nd sat twelve Bore 585-613-8046 holley Whispering pines cowboy 1st sun mac traven 570-723-8885 Wellsboro Bar-20, inc. 2nd sat Badlands Buck 315-637-3492 West eaton committee Border rangers 2nd sun dammit dick 607-724-6216 greene conestoga Wagoneers 1st sun no change 215-431-2302 southampton hole in the Wall gang ny 3rd sat el fusilero 631-864-1035 calverton Boot hill gang of topton 1st sun lester moore 610-704-6792 topton diamond four 3rd sat Kayutah Kid 607-796-0573 odessa apr-nov circle K regulators 3rd sun smokehouse dan 518-885-3758 Ballston spa heidelberg lost dutchmen 2nd sat ivory rose 717-627-0694 schaefferstown d Bar d Wranglers 4th sat captain m.a.f 845-226-8611 Wappingers fall logans ferry regulators 2nd sat mariah Kid 412-607-5313 plum Borough sackets harbor vigilantes 4th sun ranger clayton 315-465-6543 sackets harbor mainville marauders 2nd sun dodge Bill 570-477-5667 mainville conagher Westshore posse 2nd sun hud mccoy 717-683-2632 new the long riders 4th sun loco poco lobo 585-467-4429 shortsville cumberland mythical rough riders 5th sun rev dave 716-838-4286 hamburg the dakota Badlanders 2nd sun Barley pop Bill 610-770-1189 orefield clayton river Junction shootist society 3rd sat deputy Keck 724-423-6255 donegal the shadow riders as sched dusty levis 646-284-4010 Westhampton Jefferson outlaws 3rd sat oracle Jones 410-239-6795 Jefferson Beach easton greenhorns 3rd sat ragweed 610-847-2798 lower saucon rockdale renegades as sched scheriff richie 607-783-2752 rockdale township east end regulators last sun diamond rio 631-585-1936 Westhampton matamoras mavericks 3rd sun hammerin steel 570-296-5853 milford OH silver lake Bounty hunters 3rd sun marshal t. J. 570-663-3045 montrose Big irons 1st sat deadwood stan 513-894-3500 middletown Buckshot middletown sportsmens club, inc. 1st sat deadwood stan 513-894-3500 middletown Blue mountain rangers 3rd sun cathy fisher 610-488-0619 hamburg tusco long riders 1st sat split rail 330-364-6185 midvale purgatory regulators 3rd Wknd dry gulch geezer 814-827-2120 titusville West Jeff ghostriders 1st sun col. cord 614-563-6070 West Jefferson stewart’s regulators 4th sun sodbuster Burt 724-479-8838 shelocta mcnalley elstonville hombres 4th sun Basket lady 717-949-3970 manheim firelands peacemakers 1st Wed, Johnny shiloh 440-984-4551 rochester el posse grande 4th sun Black hills Barb 570-538-9163 muncy valley 3rd sat & RI 5th sun lincoln county lawmen 4th sun Wyoming Blink 401-385-9907 foster sandusky county regulators 2nd sat Woodfox 419-726-7950 gibsonburg SC shenango river rats 2nd sat & shenango Joe 330-782-0958 yankee lake palmetto posse 1st sat dun gamblin 803-422-5587 columbia last thurs piedmont regulators 2nd sat chase randall 864-637-8873 anderson miami valley cowboys 2nd sun Buckshot Jones 937-418-7816 piqua hurricane riders 3rd sat saloon Keeper 843-361-2277 aynor To update your SASS Affiliated Club Listing &/or Annual Match please contact Slipnoose at the SASS Office ph: (877) 411-7277 or [email protected] Visit us at sassNet .com February 2011 Cowboy Chronicle Page 91

SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.) Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City SC (continued) UT (continued) outlaws of skip J (the) 3rd sat alan meyer 864-304-2132 anderson utah War 3rd & 5th sat Jubal o. sackett 801-944-3444 salt lake city savannah river rangers 3rd sun surly dave 803-892-2812 gaston mesa marauders gun club 3rd sat copper Queen 435-979-4665 lake powell geechee gunfighters 4th sat edisto ike 843-869-2429 ridgeville diamond mountain rustlers 3rd sat cinch 435-724-2575 vernal greenville gunfighters 4th sun cowboy Junky 864-414-5578 greenville Wahsatch desperados 4th sat indiana Kid 801-299-1094 fruit heights SD castle gate posse 4th sat rowdy hand 435-637-8209 price cottonwood cowboy association 2nd sun dakota nailbender 605-520-5212 clark VA Black hills shootist association 3rd sun hawkbill smith 605-342-8946 pringle pungo posse cas 1st sat v. B. southpaw 757-471-6190 Waverly Bald mountain renegades 4th sun hilltop Kid 605-392-2319 faulkton liberty long riders 1st sun thunder colt 540-296-0772 Bedford TN cavalier cowboys 1st sun Kuba Kid 804-270-9054 hanover county greene county regulators 1st sat mort dooley 423-335-0847 rogersville virginia city marshals 1st tues humphrey hook 703-801-3507 fairfax Bitter creek rangers, the 1st sat silver stallion 931-707-9452 crossville Blue ridge regulators 2nd sun Bad company 540-886-3374 lexington Wartrace regulators 1st sat & Will reily 615-948-4143 Wartrace K.c.’s corral 3rd sat virginia rifleman 804-550-2242 mechanicsville 3rd sat mattaponi sundowners 3rd sun & flatboat Bob 804-785-2575 West point memphis gunslingers 2nd sat loco perro 662-838-9803 arlington 4th sat orsa cowboys 2nd sat Keystone 865-755-2567 oak ridge pepper mill creek gang 4th sun slip hammer spiv 540-775-4561 King george north West tennessee longriders 3rd sat can’t shoot 731-885-8102 union city Bend of trail 4th sun cavern Bill 540-380-4965 roanoke dillion stovall creek regulators as sch Brizco-Z 434-929-1063 lynchburg tennessee mountain marauders 3rd sat double Barrel 423-593-3767 chattanooga rivanna ranger company as sched virginia ranger 434-973-8759 charlottesville highland regulators, inc 3rd, 4th & iron maiden 423-628-2715 Winfield VT 5th Wknd verdant mountain vigilantes as sched snake-eye alger 802-476-6247 st. Johnsbury ocoee rangers 4th sat ocoee red 423-476-5303 cleveland WA TX mica peak marshals 1st & 3rd old timer gus 509-325-9253 mica south texas pistolaros 1st sat cibolo sam 210-213-7746 san antonio sat alamo area moderators 1st sat tombstone mary 210-493-9320 san antonio north east Washington 1st full a. t. mcgee 509-684-2325 colville texas troublemakers 1st sat lefty tex larue 903-539-7234 Brownsboro regulators Wknd texas peacemakers 1st sat deadeye greg 903-593-8215 tyler renton united cowboy action 1st Wknd Jess ducky 425-271-9286 renton texas riviera pistoleros 1st sat longstar 361-334-1978 corpus christi shooters orange county regulators 1st sat & texas gator 409-243-3477 orange Windy plains drifters 2nd & 4th hopalong hoot 509-299-6296 medical lK 3rd sun sat Buck creek Bandoleros 1st sat & hoofprint prine 254-897-7328 nemo Wolverton mountain peace 2nd sat hellfire 360-513-9081 ariel 3rd Wknd Keepers comanche trail shootists 1st sat and dee horne 432-556-8446 midland pataha rustlers 2nd sat doc day 509-382-4898 dayton 5th sat mima marauders 2nd sat okie sawbones 360-705-3601 olympia plum creek carriage & shooting 1st sat sun delta raider 512-376-2602 lockhart colville guns and roses 2nd sun cheyence sadie 509-684-3632 colville society smokey point desperados 2nd sun mudflat mike 425-335-5176 arlington el vaqueros 1st sun tom Burden 254-55-7240 Breckenridge apple valley marshals 3rd sat silent sam 509-884-3875 east Wenatchee Badlands Bar 3 1st Wknd t-Bone dooley 903-272-9283 clarksville panhandle regulators 3rd sun halfcocked otis 509-991-5842 otis orchards thunder river renegades 1st wknd two spurs 936-273-1851 magnolia ghost riders 3rd sun sidewinder sam 425-836-8053 fall city concho valley shooters 2nd sat roamin shields 325-656-1281 san angelo Black river regulators 4th sat montana slim 360-754-4328 littlerock Bounty hunters 2nd sat cable lockhart 806-299-1192 levelland poulsbo pistoleros 4th sun sourdough george 360-830-0100 poulsbo travis county regulators 2nd sat cherokee granny 979-561-6202 smithville custer renegades 4th sun Joe cannuck 360-676-2587 custer texas tenhorns shooting club 2nd sun & cole Bluesteele 817-577-1854 greenville rattlesnake gulch rangers last sat ricochet robbie 509-628-0889 Benton city 4th sat rattlesnake gulch rangers last sat ricochet robbie 509-628-0889 Benton city texican rangers 2nd Wknd dusty chambers 830-377-6331 fredericksburg Beazley gulch rangers last sun an e. di 509-787-1782 Quincy oakwood outlaws 2nd Wknd texas alline 903-545-2252 oakwood WI lone star frontier shooting club 2nd Wknd long range rick 817-980-7206 cleburne rock river regulators 1st & 3rd sat stoney mike 608-868-5167 Beloit canadian river regulators 2nd, 3rd & adobe Walls 806-679-5824 clarendon Western Wisconsin Wild Bunch 2nd sat sierra Jack 608-792-1494 holmen 5th sat shooter cassidy old fort parker patriots 3rd Wknd slowaz molasses 254-412-0904 groesbeck Bristol plains pistoleros 2nd sun huckleberry 815-675-2566 Bristol tejas caballeros 3rd sat Whiskey runner 512-288-3399 driftwood crystal river gunslingers 2nd sun ghost chaser 715-281-7823 Waupaca san antonio rough riders 3rd sat tombstone mary 210-493-9320 san antonio Wisconsin old West shootist, inc. 2nd sun & tracker Jack 715-643-2011 Boyceville gruesome gulch gang 3rd sat eli Blue 806-293-2909 plainview 4th sat daniels cottonwood creek cowboys 3rd sat pecos cahill 325-575-5039 snyder liberty prairie regulators 3rd sat dirty deeds 920-229-5833 ripon Willow hole cowboys 3rd sat & Baba looey 979-820-1457 north Zulch hodag county cowboys 3rd sun hodag Bob 715-550-8337 rhinelander sun oconomowoc cattlemen’s 4th sat marvin the 414-254-5592 concord red river regulators 3rd sun el rio rojo ray 903-838-0964 texarkana association moyle texas historical shootist society 3rd sun charles goodnight 281-342-1210 columbus the Bad guys posse as sched speedy dan 262-728-6577 elkhorn trinity valley regulators 3rd sun Byron Wells 972-206-2624 mnasfield WV Butterfield trail regulators 4th sat texas slim 325-668-4884 abilene dawn ghost riders 1st sun coffee Bean 304-327-9884 hinton purgatory ridge rough riders 4th sat armed to the teeth 806-777-6182 slaton frontier regulators 2nd sat captain tay 304-265-5748 thorton green mountain regulators 4th sat singin’ Zeke 830-693-4215 marble falls the railtown rowdys 2nd sun miss print 304-589-6162 Bluefield tejas pistoleros, inc. 4th sat & texas paladin 713-690-5313 eagle lake rocky holler regulators 3rd sun Jessee earp 304-425-2023 princeton sun Kanawha valley regulators 3rd Wknd pike marshall 304-925-9342 eleanor huaco rangers 4th sat Blueeyed Bear 254-715-0746 china spring cowboy action shooting sports 4th sun Jackson 540-678-0735 largent tin star texans 4th sat. mickey 830-685-3464 fredericksburg WY comanche valley vigilantes 4th Wknd denton dancer 214-384-3975 cleburne colter’s hell Justice committee 1st sat yakima red 307-254-2090 various UT Wsas three peaks rangers 1st & 3rd sat second 435-590-5436 cedar city cheyenne regulators, inc. 1st sat dr. frank powell 307-637-0350 cheyenne amendment Bessemer vigilance committee 1st sun smokewagon Bill 307-472-1926 casper north rim regulators 1st sat autum rose 435-644-5053 Kanab high lonesome drifters 2nd sat Kari lynn 307-587-2946 cody Big hollow Bandits 1st sat p.J. mccarthy 435-671-1929 heber sybille creek shooters 2nd sat Wyoming roy 307-322-3515 Wheatland copenhagen valley regulators 1st sat lead culpepper 801-627-4692 mantua southfork vigilance committee 2nd Wknd Wennoff 507-332-5035 lander Wasatch summit regulators 1st sun Boots rob 435-649-3625 park city Wsas halfcock crow seeps cattle company 1st sat Buffalo Juan 435-528-7432 mayfield powder river Justice committee 3rd sun doc fehr 307-683-3320 Buffalo l.l.c. Wsas dixie desperados 2nd & clark poulton 435-688-1699 st. george donkey creek shootists 4th sun poker Jim 307-660-0221 gillette 4th sat snake river rowdies as sched sheriff J. r. 307-733-4559 Jackson deseret historical shootist 2nd sat pronghorn pete 801-498-7654 Kaysville Quigley society rio verde rangers 2nd sat doc nelson 435-564-8210 green river hobble creek Wranglers 2nd sat hobble creek 801-489-7681 springville marshall To update your SASS Affiliated Club Listing &/or Annual Match please contact Slipnoose at the SASS Office ph: (877) 411-7277 or [email protected] Visit us at sassNet .com Page 92 Cowboy Chronicle February 2011

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International FRANCE societe de tir Bedoin ventoux sat-sun sheriff ch. outhpaw 049 035 1973 Bedoin SOUTH AFRICA club de tir de Bernay sat chriswood 02.32.45.59.00 Bernay Western shooters of south africa 3rd sat richmond p. hobson 027-21-797-5054 cape town old West french shooters as sch curly red ryder 33 3 85820203 caromb CANADA ctsve sat little shooting +33675558063 ecot Blueridge sportsmen’s club inc as sch rebel dale 519-599-2558 clarksburg on missie alberta frontier shootists as sch mustang heart 780-464-4600 rocky mtn al club de tri de nuits saint as sch reverend delano l. 003390038020 nuits saint georges house georges oakley 3551 valley regulators 3rd sat high country amigo 250-334-3479 courtenay Bc Berac as sch reverend delano l. 33 3 80203551 premeaux prissey palmer’s gulch cowboys as sch caribou lefty 250-372-0416 heffley creek Bc oakley red mountain renegades 1st sun preacher flynn t. 604-820-1564 mission Bc club de tir sportif de touraine as sch major John lawson brisset37@ tours locke hotmail.fr long harbour lead slingers as sch preacher man John 250-537-0083 salt spring Bc cas/sass france as sch charles allan +33146611798 varies island Jeppesen lasalle nova scotia cowboy action 3rd sun Wounded Belly 902-890-2310 truro ns club de tir Brennou as sch french Bob 0033(0)247675 varies shooting club 888 Badlands of h. a. h. a. 1st sat r.t. Ways 905-627-4123 ancaster on reverend oakley’s cowboy Klan as sch reverend delano l. 0033(0)380 203 varies Barrie gun club 2nd & northern crow 705-435-2807 Barrie on oakley 551 4th sat golden triggers of freetown 1st sun captain Jack (33)627721309 villefrache de Wentworth shooting sports club 2nd sun stoney creek 905-664-3217 hamilton on dimonds leBeau rouergue islington sportmen’s club as sch hawkfeathers 905-936-2129 humber on GERMANY Waterloo county revolver as sch ranger pappy 519-536-9184 kitchener on sass germany Wed rhine river Joe 004928235807 spork association cooper sass-europe monday niers river Kid 0049282398080 Wegberg prairie dog rebels 3rd sat valley Boy 519-673-5648 london on Jail Bird’s company monday orlando a Brick 004921317423 Wegberg lambton sportsman’s club 2nd sat payton 519-337-9058 sombra on Bond 065 Quebec mounted shooting as sch dirty owl Bert 819-424-7842 Joliette Qc cas-europe Wed hurricane irmi 004928235807 Bocholt nrW association ITALY ottawa valley marauders as sch Button 514-792-0063 ottawa Qc canne roventi last sun valdez s.ottaviani@uni filottrano vpm.it DOWN UNDER old West shooting society italy as sch alchimista 393342068337 italy AUSTRALIA fratelli della costa onlus 3rd sat oversize +35056424677 livorno flint hill prospectors 2nd sat Judge ruger 61418383299 glenlogie Wild West rebels sun alchimista 333342068337 malegno little river raiders 3rd sun lazy dave 613403777926 little river, victoria lassiter fan shooting club 3rd sun ivan Bandito 393470430400 mazzano gold coast gamblers 1st & 3rd dagger Jack 61755375857 gold coast Qld maremma Bad land’s riders as sch alameda slim alamedaslim@ siena sat owss.it ssaa single action shooting- sat/sun virgil earp 61746952050 millmerran Qld old gunners shooting club- as sch renato anese 335-1245391 toppo di travesio australia Western shootist posse adelaide pistol & shooting club 1st sat & lobo malo 61-8-2890606 Korunye s.a green hearts regulator 1st sun marshal steven +39074224180 trevi 3rd sun gardiner fort Bridger shooting club inc. 4th sun duke york 61-3-95512902 drouin vic honky tonk rebels last sun Kaboom andy 393357378551 vigevano ssaa-sasa little river 3rd sun tiresome 02 5978 0190 melbourne vic LUXEMBOURG raiders single action club sass - luXemBourg as sch smiley miles 352621280606 varies NEW ZEALAND NORWAY tararua rangers 3rd sun J.e.B. stuart (64) 6 3796436 carterton Quantrill raiders sun charles Quantrill +4793259669 loten frontier & Western shooting 2nd sun souther cross 0064 6 3798086 gladstone sass norway as sch charles Quantrill 47-932-59-669 loten sports association SERBIA Bullet spittin sons o’ thunder 2nd sat Billy deadwood 64-6-3564720 palmerston n. union of Western shooters of as sch hombre des nudos 063 7216934 humska Western renegades 4th sat Black Bart Bolton 027 249 6270 Wanganui serbia EUROPE SWEDEN AUSTRIA sass sweden as sch Wild Bull 004658612045 varies sweetwater gunslingers austria as sch fra diabolo office@sass- vienna SWITZERLAND austria.at old West shooting society as sch hondo Janssen 044-271-99 47 Zurich CZECH REPUBLIC switzerland association of Western shooters as sch thunderman 420603222400 prelouc LEBANON DENMARK el rancho as sch Jessie +9611385982 varies association of danish Western as sch mrs. stowaway +45602 013 65 greve shooters FINLAND Mounted Monthly sass finland as sch capt. Woodbury 358505174659 various USA Kane tombstone ghost riders 2nd sun dan nabbit 520-456-0423 tombstone aZ classic old Western society of as sch captain Woodbury 358505174659 loppi fin mounted club finland Kane california range riders as schd old Buckaroo 408-710-1616 varies ca ghost town riders 1st sun steely eyes earp 951-737-6596 norco ca revengers of montezuma 1st sun aneeda huginkiss 970-565-8479 cortez co Bay area Bandits as schd shootin shoer 813-623-6137 tampa fl florida outlaws cowboy as schd two gun gina 321-636-5399 ocala fl mounted shooting Border marauders mounted as schd Bad Buffalo Bob 208-610-8229 eastport id heartland peacemakers as schd rawhidenlace 765-561-2521 fountaintown in thurmont mounted rangers 3rd sun timber smoke 410-997-9370 thurmont md new hampshire mounted as schd myaz B. dragon 603-487-3379 new Boston nh shooters cowboy legends mounted as schd crown royal 973-296-6283 pompton nJ shooting ass. cowboy plains Buffalo range riders mounted 2nd sat Wild shot 505-843-1320 founders nm ranch oklahoma gunslingers as schd ima sandy storm 918-244-8060 claremore oK lone pine rangers 3rd sat hawkeye scout 541-447-7012 prineville or renegade rangers as schd ace montana 920-960-1714 ripon Wi CANADA Quebec mounted shooting varies dirty owl Bert 819-424-7842 Joliette Qc association LEBANON el rancho varies Jessie 961-138-5982 varies To update your SASS Affiliated Club Listing &/or Annual Match please contact Slipnoose at the SASS Office ph: (877) 411-7277 or [email protected] Visit us at sassNet .com February 2011 Cowboy Chronicle Page 93

SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS ANNUAL MATCHES Match Dates Contact Phone City State Match Dates Contact Phone City State USA 2011 July (continued) February SASS Alaska State Championship 08 - 10 darlin’ caroline 907-378-9472 chatanika aK high noon at the tombstone livery 10 - 13 Wily yankee 520-400-5598 tombstone aZ SASS Montana State Championship 08 - 10 Jeb’s lady 406-727-7625 simms mt SASS NATIONAL WILD BUNCH 22 - 23 pea patch 623-465-8683 phoenix aZ Shootout On the Sun River CHAMPIONSHIP – Winter Range SASS Utah State Championship 14 - 16 rowdy 435-637-8209 price ut SASS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 23 - 27 pea patch 623-465-8683 phoenix aZ Castle Gate Robbery Winter Range SASS State Black Powder Shootout 15 - 15 snappy lady 717-789-3893 ickesburg pa March Smoke on the Ridge Bayou Blast 11 - 13 possum skinner 337-375-2115 lake charles la christmas in July 22 - 24 texas slim 325-668-4884 abilene tX gathering of the posses 11 - 13 squibber 520-568-2852 casa grande aZ August the ides of march 18 - 20 sassy teton lady 352-357-3065 tavares fl SASS Idaho State Wild Bunch 10 - 14 John Bear 208-562-1914 Boise id trailhead 24 - 27 charles 281-342-1210 columbus tX Championship Reckoning at Blacks Creek goodnight shootout at pawnee station 19 - 21 red river 970-225-0545 Wellington co April Wrangler smokey mountain shootout 2011 07 - 07 Jim mayo 865-310-4069 Knoxville tn SASS Oregon State Championship 19 - 21 deaf eagle 541-990-7816 albany or SASS Texas State Black Powder 08 - 10 mickey 830-685-3464 fredericksburg tX Shootout at Saddle Butte Shootout – Resurrection V fire in the hills 19 - 21 tracker J. daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville Wi Blue ridge roundup - 2011 08 - 10 dig em deep 540-337-2714 lexington va September SASS FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL 13 - 17 sass office 505-843-1320 edgewood nm SASS Virginia State Championship 01 - 04 trapper dan 540-890-5162 roanoke va Buffalo Stampede Star City Shootout SASS Delaware State Championship 15 - 11 deacon Will 302-422-6534 seaford de SASS Minnesota State Championship 15 - 18 mogollon drifter 507-838-0026 morristown mn Round-Up on the Nantcoke Gunsmoke SASS - North Carolina Black Powder 15 - 16 carolina Jack 910-864-9875 Wagram nc SASS NORTHWEST REGIONAL 22 - 25 ricochet robbie 509-628-0889 Benton city Wa Shootout Smoke on the Border CHAMPIONSHIP sass - Wild Bunch - gold coast 20 - 21 l. topay 305-233-5756 fort fl Rattlesnake Gulch Roundup gunfight 2011 your favorite Western lauderdale SASS West Virginia State 23 - 25 twin 304-289-6098 largent Wv SASS California State Championship 28 - 01 mad dog 805-497-2857 Bakersfield ca Championship Appalachian Showdown XX Shootout at 5 Dog Creek draper rampage 24 - 24 indiana Kid 801-299-1094 fruit heights ut annual match roundup - 2011 29 - 01 cowtown Jack 817-980-7206 cleburne tX SASS Kansas State Black Powder 24 - 24 Buckskin frank 620-222-1388 Benton Ks Wasco county shootout - 2011 29 - 01 frisco nell 360-835-5630 the dalles or Shootout On the Chisholm Trail SASS Tennessee State Wild Bunch 30 - 30 Whiskey hayes 931-684-2709 Wartrace tn outlaw trail 28 - 02 sass office 505-843-1320 founders nm War in the Hills ranch May SASS Nevada State Championship 29 - 02 charming 702-565-3736 Boulder city nv SASS - Georgia State Championship 05 - 08 done gone 770-361-6966 dawsonville ga Eldorado Ride of the Rough Riders SASS Alabama State Championship 30 - 02 drake robey 256-313-0421 cavern cove al SASS Georgia State Black Powder 05 - 05 done gone 770-361-6966 dawsonville ga Ambush At Cavern Cove Championship October SASS Kentucky State Championship 07 - 08 appalachian 859-749-9292 mcKee Ky SASS Tennessee State Championship 06 - 08 Whiskey hayes 931-684-2709 Wartrace tn Hooten Holler Round-Up alan Regulators Reckoning SASS Texas State Championship 12 - 15 dusty chambers 830-377-6331 fredericksburg tX terror in the timbers 08 - 08 pitmaster 574-276-8805 niles mi Comancheria Days SASS New Jersey State 14 - 16 peacemaker reb 908-359-8794 Jackson nJ SASS California State Black Powder 13 - 14 Just george 760-677-9109 ridgecrest ca Championship Purgatory in The Pines Defend The Roost SASS Missouri State Championship 20 - 23 smokie 417-759-9114 Branson mo SASS Virginia Black Powder Shootout 14 - 14 missouri marshal 757-471-3396 West point va The Show-Me Shootout Smoke on the Mattponi IV SASS Arizona State Championship 26 - 30 mean rayleen 520-235-0394 tucson aZ SASS West Virginia Blackpowder 20 - 22 eddie rebel 307-397-6188 eleanor Wv Bordertown State Championship November Smoke Over Buffalo Flats SASS WESTERN REGIONAL 03 - 06 five Jacks 760-949-3198 lucerne valley ca shooting shindig Last Stand at Chimney Rock shoot out on the pecos 20 - 22 stink creek Jones 575-885-9879 carlsbad nm vengeance trail 06 - 06 shady Brady 352-686-1055 Brooksville fl shootout at leadville - 2011 20 - 22 colt starbucks 410-902-7939 Jefferson pa defend the roost 10 - 13 Just george 760-677-9109 ridgecrest ca SASS Alaska State Blackpowder 21 - 21 four Bucks 907-243-0781 anchorage aK SASS SOUTHWEST TERRITORIAL 11 - 13 rattlesnake Blake 985-796-9698 amite la Shootout – Smoke in the Greatland BLACK POWDER SHOOTOUT Hangin’ at Coyote Creek SASS Utah State Blackpowder 21 - 21 rowdy hand 435-637-8209 price ut dulzura duststorm 12 - 12 hashknife Willie 619-929-2917 dulzura ca Shootout The Castle Gate Smudge Match December SASS NORTHWEST TERRITORIAL 21 - 22 frisco nell 360-835-5630 the dalles or SASS Hawaii State Championship 17 - 19 Bad Burt 808-875-9085 lahaima hi BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT 2011 Great Pineapple Shoot Smoke in the Gorge International Smokin’ Guns at Rabbit Ridge 26 - 29 easy lee 662-838-7451 Byhalia ms SASS Regional Black Powder 26 - 28 Jubal o. sackett 801-944-3444 salt lake city ut CANADA Shootout – Thunder at Big Salty showdown in the valley July16 - 17 high country amigo 250-334-3479 courtenay SASS Pennsylvania State 27 - 29 Black hills Barb 570-538-9163 muncy valley pa AUSTRALIA Championship North Mountain Shoot Out XI man With no name apr 02 - 03 Judge ruger 61-4-1838-3299 ararat shootout at three fingers saloon 27 - 29 dirty sally 805-438-4817 santa margarita ca SASS AUSTRALIAN sep 26 - 02 virgil earp 61-7-4695-2050 millmerran James gang rides again 27 - 29 shaddai vaquero 406-231-2329 park city Ky REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP open range 28 - 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the comiNg ARGuMEnt By Colonel Dan, SASS #24025, Lif e/ Regulator

issue of obsolescence are: (1) Indi - their search for eternal truths. will never become obsolete. J. vidual rights come from God; (2) Locke addressed the eternity of di - David Gowdy of the Institute for Colonel Dan, The function of government is to vine law in this way, “Thus the law American Liberty supports this SASS Life #24025 secure God-given rights. Now con - of Nature stands as an eternal rule view in writing; “First, we must un - sider the words chosen by Jefferson to all men, legislators as well as derstand that liberty is based upon and upon which 56 founders placed others. The rules that they make for fundamental principles and not here’s an argument that will not only their signatures but their other men’s actions must, as well as philosophies or policies. Principles, eventually surface from pro - lives, their fortunes, and their sa - their own and other men’s actions, which are based on truth, are con - Tgressives regarding our Con - cred honor: “We hold these truths to be conformable to the law of Na - stant and timeless; philosophies stitution. It’s one they’ve be self-evident, that all men are cre - ture—i.e to the will of God, of which and policies are variable and periodically whispered over the ated equal, that they are endowed that is a declaration, and the fun - changing and are based upon theo - years, but has not been formally by their Creator with certain un - damental law of nature being the ries, circumstances, and opinion.” proposed by Congress—yet. It’s alienable Rights, that among these preservation of mankind, no Where’s all this lead? A sug - the argument that brings their are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of human sanctions can be good or gestion is being floated to convene claim of a “living, breathing docu - Happiness.” valid against it.” a constitutional convention for the ment” to its ultimate and logical “… endowed by their Creator If we believe the words of our purpose of adopting a 28 th Amend - conclusion—a new Constitution. with certain unalienable rights …” Declaration and the values it es - ment that states “Congress shall It would go something on the order These words were not chosen hap - pouses, you can’t help but believe make no law that applies to the cit - of … “Why should 21 st century hazardly. They were carefully and in the eternal nature of its con - izens of the United States that America be held hostage to 18 th deliberately considered to express cepts. Knowing that our Constitu - does not apply equally to the Sena - century ideas? Why should we be exactly what the Founders knew to tion grew from the Declaration, its tors and/or Representatives …” Al - dictated to by men who lived 230 be an eternal truth. Anything from fundamental concepts, principles, though possibly a worthy addition years ago and could have never the Creator is by definition of di - and values must be equally eter - to the Constitution, I see this as conceived of modern day America? vine origin or divinely inspired. Di - nal. Can man’s written word as ex - baiting America into a constitu - Their ideas reflected circum - vinely inspired values, principles, pressed in the Constitution be tional convention when adding stances of the 1700’s and were and concepts are never outdated, altered? Yes, and the Founders laid amendments requires no such con - tainted by their political struggle regardless of how man measures out a process for that. But, can the vention. Article V of our Constitu - with England … and besides, it time. To say they are obsolete fundamental concepts upon which tion states that proposed was written by white Anglo Saxon would be to say that God himself is those words are based be altered by amendments need only 2/3 vote by slave owners! How could any peo - obsolete. Is the Bible out of date? man? No, they are of divine ori - both houses of Congress and ratifi - ple, living in relatively small rural After all, scripture was written gin—from a creator acknowledged cation by 3/4 of the states. We 18 th century communities, whose thousands of years before our Con - by those who wrote and signed must avoid formal conventions be - existence depended primarily on stitution and by some who were both the Declaration and Constitu - cause if we ever allow it, the door basic trade and agriculture, write themselves slave owners! For my tion—those same men who be - would be wide open for the entire a supreme law of the land that ad - part, I stand resolute in saying that lieved in it so strongly they pledged document to change, even so far as equately applies to the challenges divinity and all it inspires and all everything life held dear for them a complete re-writing! Do you re - of the 21 st century? It’s impossible that which is based upon its pre - to its implementation and defense. ally want politicians putting a par - to conceive. We must have a new cepts is eternal. They knew such concepts were the tisan twist on their version of a constitution that addresses our Is the spirit of mankind eternal inspired work of our Creator, and new constitution? Not I. In fact, as needs and circumstances. Why or does it come and go like a sum - that no such elevated thought and stated in the second principle should we be forever tied down by mer wind? Is not man’s desire for eternal truths could come from above, it’s the incontestable obliga - the ideas of relatively primitive freedom eternal? Is that desire not man alone. Could man have phys - tion of government to secure our men who died more than 200 years inherent: i.e., placed there by God ically written these documents? God-given rights, not be the source ago?” That argument is inevitably himself? Is not God eternal and by Yes, and he did. Could man have of their destruction. Therefore, vig - coming our way my friends, so pre - extension his handiwork likewise written the words found in the orously fight such suggestions, for pare yourselves. How do we re - eternal? Are not mankind’s un - Bible? Yes, and he did. But who if our Founders saw fit to pledge spond to those who call for such alienable rights as eternal as his authored the underlying concepts? their lives, fortunes, and sacred action—those who are ignorant of soul and the God who created It wasn’t man; it was the Creator— honor to implement a constitution the Constitution, its true origin, as them? Is not the written expres - the same Creator acknowledged by based on a divinely inspired con - well as American history? Here’s sion of those unalienable rights those who were inspired by Him to cept, can we do less to preserve it? how I would answer. therefore eternal? I say they are pen the manuscript. Just the view from my saddle … Our Constitution grew from eternal for they emanate from the As our Constitution is based on Contact Colonel Dan: basic principles expressed in the eternal one. the divine concepts stated in the [email protected] Declaration of Independence. The The great philosopher John Declaration concerning the freedom Article Archives: two relevant principles of that Locke was one who the Founders of mankind, its principles are by ex - http://mddall.com/sbss/ Declaration I see pertaining to the looked to and read extensively in tension eternal and can never and SBSShome.htm

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