February 2007 LAST STAND at CHIMNEY ROCK 2006 SASS Western Regional by Five Jacks, SASS Life/Regulator #23711
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MercantileEXCITINGSee section our NovemberNovemberNovember 2001 2001 2001 CowboyCowboyCowboy ChronicleChronicleChronicle(starting on pagePagePagePage 90) 111 The Cowboy Chronicle~. The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society ® Vol. 20 No. 2 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. February 2007 LAST STAND AT CHIMNEY ROCK 2006 SASS Western Regional By Five Jacks, SASS Life/Regulator #23711 ictorville, CA – “WAS IT AS See HIGHLIGHTS on page 73 VGOOD FOR YOU AS IT WAS FOR ME??” boys and cowgirls from all over the This is the line from “Rustler’s world began rolling in. There was Rhapsody” that began the first stage Waggoners Fritz from Germany and for the 2006 SASS Western Regio- Dr. Who and Darnin’ Daisy from the nal, “LAST STAND AT CHIMNEY island of Maui—the Hawaii State ROCK.” “Rustler’s Rhapsody” was Champs (that’s a very, very long the theme and each stage began drive for a free shoot!) Oh yeah, with a line from the movie. This there was one other notable. On year’s Regional was hosted by the Saturday night this soldier showed Double R Bar Regulators, all alone up. I’ll tell ya more about him later. for the first time. The Western As usual, most of Wednesday was Regional has always been SASS’ spent getting set up and ironing out own Regional until this year. But last minute details. with SASS having to focus their Thursday was escorted in by a efforts on the new Southwestern desert breeeezzze. Our good pard- Territories, that left the Double R ner, Chekahsah Joe, gets the credit Bar managing all by their lonesome! for writing the side matches that We had a lot to learn and a lot of every participant was allowed to work that needed to be done. shoot once for the record and as To start, we went to the cattle often as they liked off the record. The action this year at Chimney Rock was hot and heavy— barons who own the land we call our both for the Action and the Mounted Shooters. The Action Shooting The fastest first time shooter on home range – the Lions Club of had the largest number of competitors ever and enjoyed a brand new each stage got a certificate in a nice Lucerne Valley. We proposed to shooting facility. The Mounted Shooters carved their own glory frame with their picture on it. For build a new range that would be out of the desert and wound up as the top 2006 Mounted Shoot! the “off-the-record” side match worthy of a SASS Regional for years turns, the $1 paid for each turn was to come. The good part was we want- 13 thirteen stages. Next came the out-of storage buildings. Heck, we all donated to Happy Trails Chil- ed to use “the out back” side of the gathering of building materials. even bulletproofed the walls of the dren’s Foundation. range and spend our OWN money. Sounds easy so far, don’t it? This is storage buildings! At this point I Along with all the side matches, They just naturally said go right when it pays to have lots of good really do need to thank Merciless there was the long range match shot ahead!! We then cut two roads and friends that work for or manage Mel, Desert Dawg, and Twitchy from our brand new wooden plat- built 12 twelve new berms, creating lumberyards. It also helps if you Finger for being there EVERY form, facing targets set out to 400 supervise a framing company that Tuesday night ‘till after dark with hundred yards, give or take. SASS Cowboy Chronicle frames a couple thousand houses a me. Now that’s devotion! The four of In the early afternoon another year. A few meetings (ya gotta have us had a lot of help at other times, bunch started to gather, and this those) and then we had a “plan.” Uh, and some times cow folk members group kept talking about how great In This Issue did I mention the plan changed would come out and help. Getting that desert “breeze” is! They have to many times? That’s the short, sim- the range done really was a great be the Plainsmen. Only the black- 57 TAYLOR’S 1858 ple version of how we got to our fan- time—a lot of work, but a great time. powder shooters love a good stiff R&D CYLINDER tastic all new range with lots of new On to the shoot! breeze! Wonder why that is? Oh! by Tuolumne Lawman facades and easy-to-get-steel-in-and- On Wednesday, October 4th, cow- (Continued on page 71) 64 ELDORADO 2006 by Charming 68 SHOOTOUT AT BEND OF TRAIL C h C by Dutch McCrae r o o w 74 BORDER WARS 2006 n b by Chantilly i o 23255 La Palma Avenue c y Yorba Linda, California 92887 76 HELL ON WHEELS l REGIONAL e www.sassnet.com by Hawkeye Sam 7302 E. Main St., Suite #7, Mesa, AZ 85207 800-596-0444 • (480) 218-1181 • FAX 888-528-5487 Email [email protected] www.wildwestmercantile.com February 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 3 Page 4 Cowboy Chronicle February 2007 February 2007 Cowboy Chronicle Page 5 The Cowboy CCONTENTSONTENTS Chronicle 1 ON THE COVER Last Stand At Chimney Rock 2006 SASS Western Regional ... 6 FROM THE EDITOR What Do We Do About Our Loads? . Editorial Staff 8, 10 NEWS Announcing The 10th Annual Roy Rogers And Dale Evans Western Film Festival . Tex Editor-in-Chief Comments From SASS Members . Cat Ballou 12-20 LETTERS Editor Chiz 16 CAT’S CORNER Texas Women On The Chisholm Trail . Managing Editor Advertising Director 18 CHIZ BIZ What’s Goin’ On . Adobe Illustrator Layout & Design 21 POLITICAL History’s Natural Progression . Mac Daddy Graphic Design 22-32 ARTICLES The Story Of “Nervous” Charlie Beaumont . Slow Buttons . Donna Oakley Advertising Administrator 34-42 GUNS & GEAR Getting’ Strapped For Spurs . The Moving Target . Contributing Writers Bob Boze Bell, Bob Crismon, Capt. George Baylor, Cinnamon Lucy, 44, 46 MOUNTED Last Stand At Chimney Rock 2006 SASS Mounted Championship . Col. Dan, Cree Vicar Dave, Ellsworth T. Kincaid, Holy Terror, Ioway, Joe Fasthorse Harrill, 48 PROFILES Call Me Mojave . Future Cowboy Sidewinder Slade . Juaquin Malone, Madd Mike, Mr. Quigley, Nubbins Colt, This Month In History . Little Known Famous People . Purdy Gear, Quick Cal, 50 HISTORY Sierrita Slim, Swift Montana Smith, Tuolumne Lawman 51 REVIEWS-BOOKS One Good Horse . The Cowboy Chronicle is published by The Wild Bunch, Board of Directors of The Single Action Shooting 53-56 END of TRAIL 2007 . Society. 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For example, a “full house” .45 we have a problem with out loads. hope things work out for the best, or Long Colt load topped with a 255 gr. Our game is being seriously tilted to we can be pro-active and see if we bullet is also quite legal, but it’s not favor lightly loaded small calibers, can find a way to “turn the herd” competitive either! I personally and … that’s not our heritage.