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MercantileEXCITINGSee section our NovemberNovemberNovember 2001 2001 2001 CowboyCowboyCowboy ChronicleChronicleChronicle(starting on PagepagePagePage 92)111 The Cowboy Chronicle~ The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society ® Vol. 21 No. 2 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. February 2008 .A SHOOTING IN SIN CITY . 6th Annual SASS Convention & Wild West Convention By Billy Dixon, SASS Life/Regulator #196 Photos by Black Jack McGinnis, SASS #2041

dress in funny old See HIGHLIGHTS on pages 74, 75 clothes, and some join to do some seri- and singles wearing their very best. ous costuming. Ladies adorned in close-fitting white From Wednes- or pearl satin and silk, or dazzling day evening when the eye in unexpected contrasts of Sugar Britches and I purple and green, or hand rolled yel- checked into the low roses on gun metal blue. Men as Riviera Hotel and strutted as peacocks in charcoal gray L Vegas, Casino we never set Prince Albert frocks over blood red Nevada – Well, the 6th Annual foot outside the vests. Long, trimmed moustaches SASS Convention & Wild West hotel until Sunday were shadowed by wide brimmed Christmas is added to the pages of morning when we Stetsons or tall silk stovepipe hats. history, and I for one am changed by checked out and The smell of exotic perfumes and its passing. Being wrong is a hateful departed for home. after-shaves wafted by with each experience for me, and I’ve been Between arrival and passing reveler. Layers of starched wrong. Having attended various departure, we had silk petticoats rustled with every Ends of Trail and other SASS func- one of the greatest step, while bustles added shape and tions for more than 20 years now, I SASS experiences texture to mystery. Brass jinglebobs thought I had enjoyed the entire we have ever had! ka-chinged against stainless steel SASS experience. I had only seen Departing from rowels. Cowboys pulled tight collars the half of it! the chronology of the from constricted necks, and cowgirls The SASS Convention has an event, I shall contin- struggled for breath against the con- entirely different personality than ue this report with straint of corset and gown. Five END of TRAIL. I’ve known since my observations of The colors presented by the SASS Grand Army hundred and twenty merry souls starting the club in Houston 23 years one of the most of the Frontier was particularly moving. spoke in every tone and volume from ago and then doing the same when impressive cowpoke Not a word was spoken, but when the colors hushed whispers to belly laughs as we moved to Colorado that all kinds events I have ever started to move all conversations ceased, friends met, seating assignments of folks join SASS, and not all of them witnessed. everyone rose, and hats came off. This obvious were located, and the entire world join just to generate great clouds of The Cattle respect for the flag and what it stands for seemed to laugh and shine. Then the makes one proud to be a cowboy. smoke and make bang-ding sounds Baron’s Ball rear doors opened and all went hush. on the range. Some folks join to The Cattle Baron’s Ball in the The theme of Cattle Baron’s Ball SASS Grand Army grand ballroom of the Riviera took was taken seriously by cowboy and of the Frontier me back 120 years to a time that cowgirl alike. I’m just a poor old Heads turned and eyes averted SASS Cowboy Chronicle may have existed only in the imagi- cowpoke, so I don’t know much of as all attention was focused on Old nations of people like you and me, as silks, taffetas, brocades, and the like. Glory as the SASS Grand Army of we try to recreate the West that I recognize Stetson Tontos, Garcia the Frontier marched the red, white, In This Issue never was, but should have been. spurs, gold watch chains, lovely and blue dead center of the ballroom Costumes were not threatened by ladies, and well dressed cowboys. from back to front. Not a word was 46 KIRST KONVERTERS-PART 1 wind or dust or mud, so everyone The entire ballroom was bustin’ over spoken as hands and hats covered wore their very best. with cowboys and cowgirls, couples (Continued on page 71) by Tuolumne Lawman

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6 FROM THE EDITOR A New Year And A New Start In New Mexico . . . Editorial Staff 8-10 NEWS Ten-X, SASS #4444 . . . Louis Imperato . . . Don’t Miss An Issue! . . . Tex Editor-in-Chief 12-15 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . . . Cat Ballou Editor

16 CAT’S CORNER Glittering Costumes At The 6th Annual SASS Convention . . . Coyote Calhoun Managing Editor & 18 COYOTE DROPPINGS Buffalo Stampede And Buffalo Chile . . . Marketing Director Adobe Illustrator 20 POLITICAL Courage Of Conviction Is The True Spirit Of ‘76 . . . Layout & Design Mac Daddy 22-36 ARTICLES “Deadwood” Sanitized . . . Traveling In Europe With Firearms . . . Graphic Design Donna Oakley 40-44 GUNS & GEAR Gun Safety-Old West Style! . . . Inexpensive Dress Shirt Made Easy Advertising Administrator Contributing Writers 46 REVIEWS-PRODUCTS Walt Kirst And His Wonderful Konverters (Part 1) ... Billy Dixon, Bob Boze Bell, Capt. George Baylor, Col. Dan, Mounted Range Officer Program . . . What Is A National Spokesperson? Coyote Calhoun, Cree Vicar Dave, 48-51 MOUNTED Drummer Girl, Ellsworth T. Kincaid, Holy Terror, Joe Fasthorse Harrill, 52 PROFILES A Man, A Cowboy, A Passion . . . M. Lou Findley, Madd Mike, Nubbins Colt, Purdy Gear, Sweetwater Jack, Tuolumne Lawman, 53-56 END of TRAIL (27TH ANNUAL) (Sign-up) . . . Wildcat Kate and Johnnie Concho,

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A NEW YEAR AND A NEW START . IN NEW MEXICO . By Tex, SASS #4

early example of the benefit of New and educational. It not only allows tiative to develop SASS’ European Mexico competitors traveling to one to gain new friends, but it also base. SASS endeavors to become adjacent venues and Founders allows one to see how other clubs more involved in European Cowboy Ranch is the reallocation of the New operate and structure their matches. Action competition in a manner com- Mexico State Championship to This provides grist for improving plimentary to the existing program Silver City from Founders Ranch. one’s home club operations. For in Europe. Respecting the German Tex, SASS #4 This move will, hopefully, open the example, I just returned from Cowboy Action Championship in ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ door to the possibility of moving the Hawaii where the Maui Marshals early August and the European State Championship around the held their New Year’s Hawaii State Championship in late August, SASS e’re now well into the New state to other well-established Championship. Their side matches USA and SASS Italy will host WYear, and plans for the next ten Cowboy Action Clubs. were shot as a posse, very much like European END of TRAIL, essential- months are being feverously stirred! I’m also very pleased to see a a warm up match. Everyone partici- ly a SASS European Regional match, First on the agenda is the “Travel renewed effort among the Albu- pated. It was the first time in 20 in mid-August. Hopefully, Euro- Plan.” While nothing has yet been querque-area clubs to visit one years I’ve shot all the side matches peans will see this as a complemen- finalized, one of my personal goals is another’s monthly matches. It’s now … and it was a hoot! By the way … tary match and part of a European to attend all the annual New Mexico possible to shoot every weekend in if you get a chance to travel to August “shooting circuit.” matches. The idea is to understand this area, and many of the shooters Hawaii between Christmas and New Plans are progressing at Foun- and experience each of these match- belong to all the clubs, forming one, Years, give the guys a holler and ders Ranch. Knowledgeable help is es so the Founders Ranch shooting large Cowboy Action Shooting™ take your guns with you … that way being solicited to put the Founders program will compliment and community! it’s not a “wasted” trip! Ranch site planning on a firmer enhance the New Mexico Cowboy Traveling beyond the bounds of Another significant activity basis. In general, there will be no Action Shooting™ experience. An one’s home club is very rewarding involving travel is the General’s ini- (Continued on page 33) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 7 Page 8 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

. TEN-X,TEN-X, SASSSASS #4444#4444 . Kenneth (Ken) Paul McKenzie March 2, 1944 – December 11, 2007 By Ellsworth T. Kincaid, SASS Life/Regulator #6037

rue Grit … Believing in about some of Ken’s proudest and living by the code of moments: Tthe West … its values and His first thought, the first traditions … Exhibiting strength, thing that came to mind, was of nobility, and courage; honesty, his grandson, Ryan, now 12 years integrity, and decency. old, the son of his daughter Tina. I may have borrowed these Ryan is currently a great hockey words that define the qualities of player and goalie. Ken was more a cowboy … yet, Ken McKenzie, proud of Ryan than anything in known as Ten-X within SASS and the world. to his SASS friends, was all of He shyly chuckled when men- this and more. tioning Sue second, but she Born on March 2, 1944, Ken understood his love for Ryan, for was the oldest of five siblings, she feels the same. who survive him: Lynda Carol, Ken spoke of his love for Tina Louise Elizabeth, Arthur and how proud he was of her Edward, Richard Carl, plus four when she entered the Army. nieces and four nephews. Tina’s husband, Mike, is As a small boy growing up in someone Ken was also proud of Hudson, Massachusetts, Ken and bragged a lot to his friends loved sports and the outdoors. He about. Mike joined the Army at participated in football, hockey, age 18 and made it his career. water-skiing, and snow skiing. Mike is presently a Chief War- Ken especially enjoyed hunting rant Officer 4 and has served his and fishing. country with distinction for 24 Soon after high school gradu- years. ation, Ken joined the Navy. That He and Sue reminisced about was back in 1960. He became a their love of travel. He recalled hydraulic tech, 2nd class seaman enjoying his travels through and was honorably discharged in tural woodworking for 27 years. friends that enjoyed shooting Canada the most, but he also had 1964. He also married and was During this time one of his and discussing old pistols, rifles, a fondness for Montana and divorced … a union that produced hobbies was reloading for his and hunting. Alaska. When talk turned to a beautiful baby girl named Tina numerous shooting activities. In Ken sponsored various major South Africa, a smile crossed his Marie that he has always adored. 1991 he discovered Cowboy Cowboy Action Shooting™ mat- face. Hunting in South Africa Moving to Whittier, Califor- Action Shooting™ and was asked ches across the country with his had been a dream of his and he nia in 1969, he enrolled in Rio to reload for some of his Cowboy “All-Around Cowboy” side-match, was thrilled accomplishing this Hondo Junior College, studied Action friends. This hobby even- complete with recognition a- goal. And Ken didn’t go big game Architectural Engineering, and tually turned into Ten-X Ammu- wards. Generous with his time, hunting with modern equipment. more importantly, met the love of nition, a company he owned and he never hesitated to lend a sup- Nope, he chose to shoot the wild his life, his wonderful wife, Sue. operated for 14 years … Ken was porting hand, give advice when beasts of Africa with his cowboy Ken and Sue spent 31 fan- living most every man’s dream. asked, or make a donation for the big bore rifles. tastic years together. Though Ten-X Ammunition became benefit of a club. Sue recalls Ken saying SASS they had no children of their one of the first and most success- Ken always said Cowboy gave him a lot of happy recollec- own, they shared the love of trav- ful bullet manufacturers within Shooting and Ten-X Ammunition tions. His receiving the END of el and enjoyed many vacations the sport of Cowboy Action were the highlight of his working TRAIL “True Grit Award” in 2005 over the years. Shooting™. Ken’s expertise in career. holds special memories for him. Ken worked as a drafting reloading had him traveling to Just days before Ken’s pass- He mentioned he hadn’t realized detailer for a cabinet shop and different cowboy shoots. With ing, Sue and Ken shared a few how many friends he truly had soon started designing and build- his sense of humor, and of course, special moments many couples until then. Yet, if Ken could have ing cabinets, eventually instal- his proclivity to talk a knot off a oftentimes neglect during such read the positive comments so ling finish cabinetry and architec- tree, he made many friends … stressful times. They talked (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 9 ################################# TEN-X, SASS #4444 . . . with the same True Grit everyone # # (Continued from previous page) knowing Ken knew he possessed. # COWBOY ACTION SHOOTERS # many people wrote about him on the Many of us seeing how great Ken # # SASS Wire just days after his pass- looked, how great and positive his # # 2008 HANDGUN SPECIALS # # ing, he’d know how many lives he attitude was during his battle with # LIMITED TO QUANTITIES ON HAND # touched. cancer, something Sue was so proud # # His SASS friends were particu- of him for, hoped and believed he had # GWII STAINLESS STEEL GWII STAINLESS STEEL # larly special to him. Although he was beat the devil himself. In fact, less # # # # under medication during his conver- than three months prior to God choos- # # sations with Sue, he named a few ing him to ride with His Heavenly $ $ # NOW 490 NOW 520 # memorable friends, hoping he would- Posse, Ken bagged an elk in South # # $ $ n’t offend anyone he didn’t think of Dakota. # 600 640 # mentioning: Durango Kid, Tupelo This may sound crazy, but when I # 357 MAG,51/2”, 7 1/2” 357 MAG, 45LC, 7 1/2” # Flash, Contrail, Buffalo Chip, close my eyes, I can actually hear him # # Meadow Muffin, and Nasty Nick. laughing that deep “belly laugh” of # GWII SS EXPRESS GWII CALIFORNIAN EXPRESS # In March 2005 Ken was diag- his, joking with all the great cowboys # # nosed with renal cell carcinoma – kid- that went before him … I can see him # # ney cancer that had metastasized slapping John Wayne on the back and # # # $ $ # into his lymph nodes. The doctors telling him and Gene and Roy about NOW 485 NOW 379 # # $640 $490 gave him just 6 months to live … and that elk he bagged in South Dakota. # # as Sue has so happily said, “guess he Can’t you just see them all laughing? # 357 MAG, 45LC, 4 3/4” 357 MAG.45LC,4 3/4” # showed them!” Ken … Ten-X … God Bless you … # # Ken showed them all right … we’ll miss ya, pardner ... # 1873 HARTFORD SAA 1873 HARTFORD SAA # # # # # # # $ $ For AD Rates # NOW 370 NOW 370 # ~ DONNA ~ # $450 $460 # # # (EXT. 118) 3 1 # 38/40, 4 /4” 32/20, 7 /2” # # # Save Another $500 Per Gun When You Buy Two Or More Guns. # # GIVE TO THE # # # ORDER DESK (800) 430-1310 # # # SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION Fax: 949-756-0133 # # (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) E.M.F.Co.,Inc. www.emf-company.com # # MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! # 1900 E. Warner Ave., Suite 1-D, Santa Ana, California 92705 # ################################# Page 10 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

LOUIS IMPERATO, CHAIRMAN OF e e HENRY REPEATING ARMS, DON’T MISS AN ISSUE! oldfinger, SASS Life #4151, PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 28, 2007 Caka Ralph R. Denton, Sr. By Anthony Imperato, President takes a break with his Cowboy Henry Repeating Arms, Co. Chronicle on the set of “The WIRE.” The HBO series is shot in ouis Imperato was born in Baltimore, MD. LBrooklyn, New York in 1933, A member of both the Screen served in the US Army during Actors Guild (SAG) and The the Korean War, and spent over American Federation of Television 50 years in the firearms indus- and Radio Artists (AFTRA), he try. Mr. Imperato owned John will be seen in upcoming episodes Jovino Company, a worldwide as the National Editor of “The distributor of firearms and Sunpapers.” police equipment, Iver Johnson Coldfinger can also be seen on Arms, and for the past 10 years, the Discovery Channel in “The Henry Repeating Arms. He was Haunting” series as the Demo- known for his incredible work nologist, Ed Warren. ethic and marketing skills. He shoots with his wife, Jersey He is survived by his wife of Lily, SASS #4152, and son, Taffer, 53 years, Rita, his son Anthony, as members of The Jefferson who is President of Henry Outlaws in PA. Repeating Arms, his daughters Mariann and Lisa, and six grandchildren. “Mr. Lou,” as he was fondly called by Henry Repeating Arms employees, will VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM be sorely missed. February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 11

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THIS bilities on the Timer Operators (TO) the shoot, and I had been shooting A lot of time and energy has and/or Match Directors (MD). What for a few years at that point. Am I been put into developing these pro- MIGHT do I mean with that statement? sayin that ya need ta memorize the grams, and these things have come HELP US If whole dang printing? Naw, geeze, I about due to the growth of SASS. By Madd Mike, ALL SHOOTERS can’t even do that. Let us all utilize this informative SASS Life #8595 Would at least READ THE RO I hear it all the time, “Ya but information as we shoot, travel, and MATERIALS (annually), Madd Mike, I don’t ever want to run make new friends. Just look in the This is something that came to It would be a more accurate shot the timer. Why should I take the back of The Cowboy Chronicle at the me after spending time on the SASS In the right direction. time to learn all that?” Well, ‘cuz it clubs and shoot dates. Where else Wire, and giving special thought as Pun intended. will only make you a better shooter. can you find such an opportunity to to why, when, and where, we git inta I am not taking the timer opera- But, “I am just here to have fun, not have fun with friends, and perhaps trouble on the range some times. tors/posse leaders/match directors win.” Fine, but having the increased travel and make new ones? NOW don’t git scared and turn the out of this equation ‘cuz, they are personal knowledge of what the SASS/Cowboy Action Shooting™ page, please read on. SHOOTERS TOO. Yes, RO II pin timer operator is expected to remem- ROCKS, man!!! When we git in trouble on the holders need to have a re-fresher ber, and sometimes remember and I hope to come to a shoot near range, it seems a lot of the wooda- course, but what about us, the every- apply said knowledge, has ta be done you someday. shuda-cuda’s are later asked on the day shooter? We shooters can learn in split seconds, as someone is shoot- [email protected] Wire, and that is just fine. BUT, A LOT, just by reading the material, ing. Well having that knowledge just looking at the situation on the Wire with no test and no pressure put can’t hurt ya none. to me is kinda like looking at a blue- upon us. The material is available at Look folks, we are all in GIVE TO THE print. When said question came up www.sassnet.com, and everyone SASS/Cowboy Action Shooting™ as (on the range) it’s more like looking knows someone with a computer a hobby, and we are all volunteers in SASS SCHOLARSHIP at the building, which the blueprint these days. making the shoots happen. There is FOUNDATION represents. It’s a Three-D view, ver- Let us all take some personal usually a small number of folks that (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) sus a single dimension view. responsibility for helping out on the do most of the work at these shoots, A lot of the questions that are range, with increased knowledge or whether they are small, medium, or MAKE brought up on the Wire shed light on understanding. I will be honest, as large in stature, and this is a very discrepancies of calls, and/or discrep- the very first time I took the RO II simple way for EVERYone to help THE ancies of how things were handled. class, I walked away with a much (indirectly), because the better edu- I think we shooters often times better understanding of what we do cated we are about our sport/hobby, DIFFERENCE! put TOO much emphasis/responsi- and what we are supposed to do at the better things will move along. February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 13

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COWBOY ACTION usually on the forms as “other” or great assets as well. the 1st timers, we headed down to just a blank line. If you can get a Gun carts can also be inexpen- Stage 1. When it was my turn to DOESN’T HAVE TO BE buddy to leave a holster empty and sive if someone upgrades and sells shoot, I stepped up to the bench, and EXPENSIVE! shoot with you that way, more power theirs. Or, do like I did – go to the Cricket Dave, SASS #52239, By Scattergun Stranger, to you. It definitely adds a twist and used sports equipment shop and buy explained the shooting sequence, SASS # 59765 some fun to the standing and shoot- a cheap golf bag cart and modify it to and asked if I had any questions. ing drill we are all used to. hold guns. Making a wooden box “No questions, just a little nervous,” Over the last year I’ve read sev- There’s also a satisfaction factor attachment to a hand dolly is also I said. Cricket Dave replied, “take a eral articles expressing the opinion when your times beat the folks using popular, and you don’t need to be a deep breath, take your time, and Cowboy Action Shooting™ has be- two guns! If you refuse to shoot fabricator or woodworker to do it. have fun.” come a “rich man’s game.” I beg to because a category doesn’t officially Hope this helps a few folks start- Pistols were first up and at the differ. exist, and there is no award for win- ing out or on a budget. first trigger pull all I heard was I have been active in the sport for ning the category, I think you’ve lost “click.” I recocked the hammer and approximately 10 years now, and the sight of what is important—SPIRIT again click. Click, click, click. I’m most money I have invested has been OF THE GAME. MY FIRST sure some of the cowboys were won- in ammunition! There is a huge dif- There is plenty of used shooting dering if I forgot to load my pistols. ference in what is necessary to shoot, equipment available. Check out gun COMPETITIVE Cricket Dave stepped up and and what is wanted to shoot. shows for firearm deals, as well as MATCH told me to lay the pistols down and Let me start with the major asking other shooters. And, last but step back. We moved to the reload- investment—firearms. I have been not least, leave ‘em alone! You can Although I have been a member ing table and discovered that the using one, that’s right—ONE hand- have just as much fun with a “stock” of SASS for over a year, Saturday screw holding the cylinder pin was gun all this time, and I still get to shootin’ iron as the shooter that November 10, 2007 was the first loose and allowed the pin to push in take the usual 10 shots. How? One spent a bunch of hard-earned dollars time I actually competed for score too far, preventing the hammer from word—reload. I’ve read some arti- on action jobs for their guns. and time. I was shooting at the Lone striking the bullet. Another cowboy cles with folks talking about the his- A wardrobe can be inexpensive if Star Frontier Shooting Club at stepped up with a screwdriver set torically true Old West, and how one checks out fabric stores for pat- Ormsby Ranch in Cleburne, Texas. I and my pistols were fixed. folks were lucky to have one hand- terns and sale-priced fabric, and didn’t have a rifle, but Bent Star, To my surprise I was told I could gun, much less two. I’ve also read employees usually know people will- SASS #14724, said I had used that restart and shoot Stage 1. Even the letters from people asking for a new ing to make clothing. You can also excuse too many times, so he loaned other cowboys stayed until I fin- category to be invented for one check western/tack shops for clear- me the use of his .45LC rifle. ished shooting. I finished all 6 revolver. It’s already out there. It’s ance items. Thrift stores can be After a brief safety meeting for (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 15

MY FIRST COMPETITIVE COLOR GUARD their march was the sound of their never forget how you made them MATCH . . . AT THE footsteps, and to the best of my recol- feel.” Now, given the fact that thar’ (Continued from previous page) lection, it was only after they had is always two sides to every story, we SASS CONVENION settled in their positions in front of still have to accept the fact that a sit- stages without any more problems, the stage that the announcer broke uation perceived as real, is real in its and I even had a clean shoot on one Well, there I was at the the silence and called for the consequences. But after readin’ of them. Cattleman’s Ball at this last conven- National Anthem to be sung. Hack M. Up’s letter, I betchca’ I can At lunch I had a chance to visit tion, sitting at my table, enjoying a I’m here to tell you, this simple, say without fear of contradiction with a few more people and several shot of bourbon and the company of respectful presentation of the colors that those shooters in yer’ posse that cowboys told me for a “tenderfoot” I some new friends. Our table was was more impressive and more pow- day would give anything for jus’ one did pretty good. After lunch, Bent well off to one side, sort of at the erful than any kind of fanfare or fire- more chance to welcome yer’ friend Star and I shot a few more rounds edge of the crowd. There must have works I have ever witnessed. into the fold. through another one of his rifles. been a thousand people in atten- Many thanks to the members of In closing, I would only offer one Although the day didn’t start well, I dance at the Ball, all milling around the Color Guard and to the SASS small caveat. For the sake of safety, had a lot of help and support, and I or seated at tables, and just talking Convention organizers for this brief it is always best that any new shoot- intend to shoot again. up a storm. but dignified ceremony. er at least have experienced the I was worried I would be too slow I was aware of the flags at the Crooked River Bob, sound and the recoil of their and hold up the posse. I quickly back of the room, but all of a sudden, SASS #26199 firearms before stepping on to the found out everyone wanted me to they started to move. If the Alachua, FL firing line. They’ll feel better if they take as much time as I needed and announcer said a word about it, I do, and they’ll know exactly what to not to worry about misses. It’s true; didn’t hear him. However, no expect … and so will everyone else those targets are so big you’re bound announcement was necessary. It THERE IS NEVER AN around them. to miss one! was as if Old Glory just projected ACCEPTABLE TIME Bring her back for a proper wel- Thanks to Bent Star and Cricket some sort of aura that spread come. Everyone would be delighted Dave and the other cowboys in the through the room and touched every OR PLACE FOR if you did. She’ll feel right at home posse who helped me through the person in turn. One by one, conven- RUDENESS in pretty short order. day. But then again … isn’t that the tioneers stood and took off their hats Fly Speck Billy, Cowboy Way? as the Color Guard marched down Author and poet Maya Angelou SASS #57146 Black Powder Hayes, the center aisle, and the room went probably put it best, “… people will Elk Rapids, MI SASS #71954 silent. The only sound I remember forget what you said, people will for- Ft. Worth, TX hearing as the Color Guard made get what you did, but people will Page 16 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

GLITTERING COSTUMES AT . THE 6TH ANNUAL . SASS CONVENTION Cat Ballou, SASS #55 ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ By Cat Ballou, SASS #55

he Convention’s Theme, a Cattle Baron’s Ball, brought out a great deal of glittering costumes and much “bling.” I think I needed sunglasses while presenting the cos- Ttume awards! For the sixth time, the cos- Best Dressed Winners tume contests were sponsored by our good friends from Phoenix, Arizona, Wild West Mercantile, C. S. Fly and Claudia Feather, Proprietors. It was also my honor to be the pre- senter for their induction into the SASS Hall of Fame this year. Their continuing support of costuming in our sport is very much appreciated. Thursday night’s Saloon Dance kicked off the first costuming event—the Classic Cowboy/B- Western Costume Contest. This year saw a major increase in participants and everyone seemed to have a rousing good time! Contestants paraded in outfits dressed as Annie Oakley, bawdy saloon Best Dressed Ladies (l-r) Dixie Bell, Best Military (l-r) Cowtown Scout, Judges’ gals, Buffalo Bill look-alikes, rhinestone cowboys, Peaches O’Day, and Curly Anna. Capt. Shakey Twitch, and Honorable and classic western cowboys and cowgirls. Thanks Mud Marine. Mention – to my judges, Blue Eyes, SASS #92, Captain Lady LaSalle. George Baylor, SASS #24287, and Fannie Kikinshoot, SASS #33693, and to the Judge’s Assistant, Allie Mo, SASS #25217. After the costume promenade and the announcing of the awards, we all danced until way past my bedtime to the great western tunes of Syd Masters and the Swing Riders. Saturday night brings out the best costumes of all, and this year the emphasis was on “glitter and bling.” Best Dressed Men – First place Lady, Dixie Buck Chillwell (2nd) and Soloman Star (1st) Bell, was absolutely delicious in a chocolate, cream, and blue silk cre- Best Dressed Couples (l-r) Schmitty and Madame Demarest, ation. Of course, Peaches Oh Well and Autum Rose, Citizen Kane and Calamity Kane. O’Day was stunning ala Lillian Russell, and first / time participant, Curly Anna looked delectable in a blue lace and burgundy Curly Anna presents her costume to the Best Dressed velvet gown. Judges (l-r) Janet Wilson of One disappointment Alter Years, Catawba Kate, for me this year was Mad Mountain Mike, the lack of participa- Captain George Baylor, tion in the Gentle- and Aspen Filly. men’s category. Come (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 17 Saloon Night Winners

Classic Cowboy Winners (l-r) – Ten High, Canyon Kid, and Tres Pinos.

B-Western Ladies winners (l-r) – Betty Boop, Shotglass, and Baby Jane Doe.

B-Western Men’s Winners (l-r) – Jittery Jim Jonah and Citizen Kane (not pictured, W. A. Ward).

SASS CONVENTION 2007 COSTUME CONTEST Judging is no easy task! The Saloon Night Judges discuss an entry while assistant, Allie Mo, gets ready WINNERS to call the next contestant. (l-r) Allie Mo, Blue Eyes, Classic Cowgirls (l-r) – Cottonwood Kate, Captain George Baylor, and Fannie Kikinshoot. Darn It Darr, and Texas Flower. BEST DRESSED Ladies: 1st Dixie Bell, SASS #5366 2nd Peaches O’Day, SASS #68389 (Continued from previous page) 3rd Curly Anna, SASS #76924 on, guys. Step up and present your Gentlemen: outfits. I know you’re out there 1st Soloman Star, SASS #208 because I saw many great gentle- 2nd Buck Chillwell, SASS #68402 men’s outfits in the audience during Couples: the costume presentations. Don’t be 1st Schmitty, SASS #22261 & shy—be proud to show your finest Madame Demarest, duds. Soloman Star’s winning outfit SASS #50793 2nd Oh Well, SASS #2364 & portrayed a 1970’s television cattle Autum Rose, SASS #21869 baron ala J. R. Ewing, and Buck 3rd Citizen Kane, SASS #11717 Chillwell was the epitome of a 19th & Calamity Kane, Century cattle baron. SASS #60625 Winning couples dressed as a Military: Civil War era townsman and his love- 1st Cowtown Scout, ly lady, a Victorian era gentlemen SASS #53540 and his lady, ensconced in gold bro- 2nd Capt. Shakey Twitch, cade and rust-colored lace, and a SASS #68958 3rd Mud Marine, SASS #54686 proper Scotsman with his glittering Judges’ Honorable Mention: silver clad bride. Lady LaSalle, SASS #46241 Those dapper military winners trooped out in Confederate and SALOON DANCE NIGHT Indian Wars regalia. Classic Cowboy: Judging is never easy at this 1st Ten High, SASS #56149 event, and my thanks go out to 2nd Canyon Kid, SASS #2116 Judges Mad Mountain Mike, SASS 3rd Tres Pinos, SASS #1702 #4385, Janet Wilson of Alter Years, Classic Cowgirl: Catawba Kate, SASS #21206, 1st Cottonwood Kate, Captain George Baylor, and Aspen SASS #32707 2nd Darn It Darr, SASS #2799 Filly, SASS #50535. 3rd Texas Flower, SASS #43753 Next year’s Convention theme is B-Western Cowboy: the 1876 Bicentennial. So, start 1st Jittery Jim Jonah, thinking red, white, and blue, and SASS #64913 step up to the bar and present your 2nd Citizen Kane, SASS #11717 patriotic costumes! 3rd W. A. Ward, SASS #11723 B-Western Cowgirl: 1st Betty Boop, SASS #11696 2nd Shotglass, SASS #17153 VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE 3rd Baby Jane Doe, SASS #284 AT WWW.SASSNET.COM Page 18 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008 Coyote With Coyote Calhoun Droppings BUFFALO STAMPEDE AND BUFFALO CHILE – That’s Chile with an “e” – By Coyote Calhoun, SASS #201

There are going to be several Match and a “Long Range Buffalo “Wild Bunch Match.” We will be try- firsts for this match. One of the Hunt.” The warm-up match is ing out the new rules to make sure Coyote Calhoun SASS #201 firsts is a SASS University two-day always a good idea. It helps to get all goes smoothly before we get to shooting school with Long Hunter as the kinks out and helps you get the END of TRAIL for the World ime is getting close, so while the instructor. Long Hunter is not feel of the land. Sorry, the “Long Championship. The Wild Bunch you are thinking about it, go new to teaching, but this is the first Range Buffalo Hunt” will be shot on Match will be shot on Thursday, the T ahead and sign-up for time he has teamed with SASS to Buffalo Targets, not the real thing. side match day, along with the Buffalo Stampede. If you have never present a SASS University approved The distances of the targets will Plainsman Match, with Tex as the been before, you don’t know what shooting school. The class size is range from 100 to 300 yards, and posse leader. We will also have a you’re missing. It’s one of the best- limited to 12 students, so each stu- each shooter will be given a set great assortment of side matches. kept secrets in SASS. Not only is it dent will receive individual instruc- amount of time to hit as many tar- The Plainsman Match, Wild Bunch a good match, but it is also the END tion. It will be held on Tuesday, gets as possible. You’ll be surprised Match, Warm-up Match, Buffalo of TRAIL Preview Match. That April 22nd, and Wednesday, April how fast someone can shoot a single Hunt and Side Matches together means you’ll get to see first hand the 23rd. The idea is to learn how to shot rifle when under the clock. We only cost $20 to shoot. It’s the best new pistol knock-down targets that “Shoot Smart,” and this will lead to will have two categories for the twenty dollars you’ll ever spend! will be in use at END of TRAIL, and shooting faster. match, one for single shots and one But Thursday is not over yet! a few other things we have in store Also, on Wednesday we will hold for lever actions. There will be a potluck dinner and a for you at END of TRAIL. a six-stage Action Shooting Warm-up Another first will be a four stage (Continued on page 41)

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COURAGE OF CONVICTION IS THE TRUE SPIRIT OF ‘76 Colonel Dan, SASS Life # 24025 American Enterprise Institute for easy—but neither was the task seek their acceptance so much as to Public Policy Research in Washing- taken on by our forefathers of estab- compromise our core beliefs, values, ton, D.C. entitled “Be Not Afraid.” lishing a free and independent and convictions in order to gain the http://www.aei.org/boyer/thomas.htm nation. It’s been said freedom is promise of their favor? I hope not. The gist of his message was we must never free—I agree. I would add not Hypocrisy and deceit may own Colonel Dan, not be afraid to stand up for what we only is it never free, it’s never easy. center stage on the liberal side of SASS Life #24025 know is right, despite the criticism No matter the depths of political America, but if we remain staunchly from the self-proclaimed guiding elite hypocrisy and deceit, particularly as committed to a set of ethics based on or politically correct of the age. In seen every election year, we’ve got to truth, we will prevail. o avoid criticism, say nothing, fact, personal courage in defense of remain true to our ideological princi- Hypocrisy, by its very nature, is Tdo nothing, be nothing.” As I truth is our sacred and civic duty as ples and demonstrate the courage of built on a foundation of lies, as was “see it, that quote from Justice shown by the spirit of our Founders our conviction to truth and those the Soviet Union. The USSR fell Clarence Thomas applies very well in those summer months of 1776. solid ideals that gave birth to under its own weight due in large to many of those running for This is a message particularly America and made it superior to any part to the lies, and so it will be with President these days, just as is close to my heart for it’s one I’ve nation on earth. the hypocrites in America today—but applies to a multitude of Americans written about many times. I refer to Regardless of the criticism, we only if we remain strong in our who spinelessly let politicians at all this as having the courage of your can’t surrender to what we know is beliefs. And when those frauds fall, levels get away with poll-driven convictions. Displaying that courage wrong just because it may be the who will be there to pick up the “criticism avoidance campaigns.” in today’s America where deceit, path of least resistance and thus pieces if not those who stood strong Justice Thomas gave a coura- hypocrisy, image, and creeping reduce the heat of criticism. Keep in throughout the battle? If we give in geous speech on February 13, 2001 at socialism seem to rule the day in mind the source of that criticism is or give up and either join the hyp- the Francis Boyer Lecture for the many sectors of our society isn’t oft times liars and hypocrites. Do we (Continued on page 29)

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DISPATCHES FROM CAMP BAYLOR By Captain George Baylor, SASS Life #24287

Tequila, so if it’s late in the week at blackpowder shooters, and more days rain, we followed T-Bone a big match, when you come by, bring Frontiersmen. http://www.curtrich. Dooley’s instructions on parking Tequila, maybe limes. com/captbaylorsrangercamp.html Camp Baylor. Ten feet later we were Getting Started in Some Texas Events: stuck. Credit must go to T-Bone Cowboy Action Shooting™ Showdown at Ormsby Ranch Dooley and Bad Gene Poole primari- At every big event I’ve attended Here we proved you could have ly for getting it unstuck. Several in the last couple of years someone four Frontiersmen on one posse others helped. I’m afraid that if the has come up to me and told me how without getting delayed. Normally current rate continues, we’ll have to he got started in Cowboy Action match directors spread out stop crediting the people who pull us Capt. George Baylor, Shooting™ after reading Getting Frontiersmen. They might allow, out in this column simply because of SASS #24287 Started in Cowboy Action Shooting at say, a Gunfighter posse, or a Duelist lack of room. The editor would like my website. Or he was able to short- posse, but they assume Frontiers- me to occasionally write about SASS Ranger Camps cut the learning curve. Or he read men will be spending all of their instead of just about getting stuck at he bus we live in is named Camp Frontiersman for Dummies and time charging their pistols. These SASS matches. TBaylor. Texas Rangers lived in decided to shoot Frontiersman. match organizers allowed Frontiers- I must say I was impressed with Ranger Camps in the 19th century, Unfortunately, the last guy is usually man Bad Gene Poole to marshal the the method of getting the bus and they were named after the com- someone younger than my Rolex and posse, and for three more of us onto unstuck. First, the trailer was mander. To follow that tradition cor- capable of clean stages in the teens. the posse. It worked. I don’t know if pulled away from the coach. Then T- rectly, we’d have to call it Camp But, that’s the price I pay for trying I’d suggest an all Frontiersman Bone brought up a Jeep with a mili- Redhead, but she indulges me. to be helpful. No good deed goes posse. First, we’d have to have 20 or tary spec. 30,000 lb. capacity winch, Camp Baylor has become a place for unpunished. Despite that, I’m really more Frontiersmen in one match. and attached the winch cable to the contestants to visit and taste The gratified to hear from those people. Comin’ Atcha bus’s trailer hitch. I was thinking, Redhead’s Margaritas. At the The purpose of the articles on the First I have to mention that “Swell, that’ll pull the Jeep to the Southwestern Regional, Showdown website is to grow more Cowboy when we arrived at the Bar-3 Ranch, bus.” But T-Bone anchored the Jeep at Ormsby Ranch, we ran out of Action Shooting™ competitors, more home of Comin’ Atcha, after several (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 23

(Continued from previous page) place in the shadow of the fort. The When I started the drive, I realized Redhead trying on dresses, shoes, to his tractor with a chain. Boards thing most remembered about this there was an annual event in corsets – all the accoutrements of were put under the wheels, and the match, in Texas, where some clubs Tombstone on Thanksgiving week- SASS women. Since I started this bus was moved about two feet at a have “Cowboy Bull’s-eye” matches end, the Ace La Rue Memorial sport I’ve wanted her to get more time until we reached hard ground. instead of Cowboy Action Shoo- Shootout, by the Tombstone Bus- involved. This is tough since she Impressive. ting™, is the action part came back. caderos. Who could resist a Cowboy only shoots to repel boarders, and Comin’ Atcha is unique among They used BIG targets and put them Action Shooting™ Match overlook- she hates to shop for clothes. But as SASS events, primarily because of up close. 40 people shot the match ing Tombstone? The following week- the pile at checkout grew to look like the energy of the organizers, prima- clean out of 125 or so contestants. end Shootout in the Saguaros, organ- the Matterhorn, and more outfits rily of T-Bone. He has two speeds, on That’s ACTION! ized by the Cowtown Shooters went in and out of the fitting room, I and off, and I’ve never seen off. It’s For those who say if you have Association, took place in Cowtown, realized she had changed in retire- contagious. steel targets close you’ll get lead north of Phoenix. ment. She explained, “As we attend Of course having the costume splash back, it should be noted the We got the rig in and out of the more and more events I’m making contest limited to Elvis and Marilyn only Texas event I attended this fall range at Tombstone without getting friends. I’m enjoying the parties. impersonators and having Saturday that had significant splash back did- stuck. For the Shootout, we left the Now, I want to dress the part. night entertainment by Elvis, topped n’t have close targets, but adhered to bus at an RV park. I’m a slow learn- Anyway, I don’t have to dress as a off with an hour of professional fire- the 10 yard rule. Yet, a 200-grain er, but not that slow. secretary between SASS events.” works didn’t hurt. Giving out 15 bullet came back hitting a lady at Who is this woman, and what Those of you with significant guns by my count didn’t hurt. Lots the loading table in the forehead, has she done with my wife? others who spend the equivalent of of people put on good events, but leaving a 1” gash that required first In Phoenix we had to drop by the annual gross national product of Elvis? Fireworks? aid. These targets were angled down two SASS icons, Dillon Precision, a third world country on SASS cloth- Among the things you might and created no safety problems. and Wild West Mercantile. I found it ing will no doubt be warning me that want to copy for your event: every- It should be noted that this difficult to spend much at Dillon I’ve created a monster, but I’m thing was included, side matches, match, with 125 contestants includ- because I already bought most of happy—until she starts throwing two lunches, the Saturday night dining world champions, was won over- their stuff. But at Wild West out my clothes to make room in the ner, and tickets for the appropriate all by a Buckaroo, Justin Parker. Mercantile I was stunned to see The tiny closet of the bus! gun drawings. Movin’ West Next year Comin’ Atcha will be After over two months of shoot- the Southwestern Regional. It ing Texas events, it was time to head VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM should be a hoot! Camp Baylor west, with the ultimate Defend Old Parker goal of reaching the SASS Con- This event takes place at the vention in Las Vegas in early reconstructed Fort Parker, where in December. In my misspent youth ADVERTISING INFORMATION 1836 Cynthia Ann Parker was and middle age, this would have abducted in a Comanche raid. Her been a marathon 1100-mile drive in ASK FOR son by Chief Nocona would be the one day. But with the bus/trailer ~ DONNA ~ last great Comanche War Chief, combination, it’s an expedition. 200- (EXT. 118) Quanah Parker. The stages take 300 miles in a day is a good day. Page 24 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

“DEADWOOD” SANITIZED By Doc Relic, SASS #21601

BO’s “Deadwood” series is, in For this we’ll need a Boy Scout for a The bad guys would only be if the victims tried to retaliate, they Hmy opinion, truly fascinating, screenwriter. Okay, you talked me allowed to use the interrupted would only have their guns or complete with superb acting and into it. So let’s give it a whirl. curse we all know from the B-west- knives shot out of their hands. Mild incredible screen writing. As most As part of this sanitizing erns. Terms like, “Why you no good Bill Hickok would still expire in a of us know, however, it is definitely process I’m afraid we would have to …” or “I’ll be a …” would predomi- card game, but only at a charity what you’d call X-rated due to the rename quite a few of the principal nate. Al Cursengen might be event sponsored by the local extreme violence and severe profan- characters. Al Swearengen would allowed to say, “You thumb-sucking church. With Bill seated facing ity, not to mention full frontal nudi- have to become Al Cursengen, Seth donkey orifice,” but only when he’s away from the entrance a disgrun- ty. Now that the series has been Bullock would be Seth Cowlick, Cy really mad. Instead of a saloon and tled local walking behind him will cancelled after three seasons Tolliver would be Cy Tolerant, brothel, Cursengen would be the trip and fall, allowing his gun to (although there is rumor of a movie Trixie would have to become proprietor of a barbershop where slip out of his holster and discharge version or two) I would offer the fol- Treatsie, Wild Bill would be Mild Treatsie and other ladies like her when the hammer hits the floor. lowing suggestions to broaden its Bill, Ellsworth would be Heavens- would be employed as manicurists. Disgruntled types never seem to appeal to a wider audience of worth, while George Hearst would Indeed, Cursengen could deliver know it’s not wise to have the ham- Cowboy Action Shooters. First of be George Hearse, for if ever there one of his famous soliloquies while mer resting on a live round. all, move the whole production up was a vehicle for conveying the Treatsie blows gently on his mani- Nowadays they just sue the manu- here to Canada. Alberta’s own dead to the grave, it would be our cured fingers. facturer. At any rate when the gun Stampede City of Calgary has a boy George. Mr. Wu could still be Violence would have to be sub- goes off poor old Mild Bill has a classic re-creation of the early histo- Mr. Wu, but as he only seems to dued. No more of this throat slash- heart attack from being so badly ry of our west at historic “Heritage know one English word, that word ing business. Cursengen’s enfor- startled, his head previously having Park,” which would serve as the would have to be “Thumb-sucker.” cers, renamed from cutthroats Silas been weakened from a bout of rheu- ideal new location. Secondly, we’ll Because of this, Doc Cochran would and Dan to barbers Laurel and matic fever, rumored to have been clean up the language, cover up the have no choice other than to be Hardy, would only be allowed to jos- obtained from his association with nudity, and tone down the violence. renamed Doc Thumbran. tle their victims around a little, and (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 25 (Continued from previous page) ference between “Saving Private one of the town’s manicurists. Mild Ryan” and earlier Hollywood war Bill’s so-called dead man’s hand will movies. Once you’ve seen “Private consist of the following cards: 3-5-6- Ryan,” it’s difficult to take previous 9-10 with the 3 and the 10 being the war movies seriously. We also get only ones of the same suit. He’d an accurate impression of what our have been dead financially if any war veterans actually experienced one had called his bluff on a hand along with a greater appreciation of like that; hence the name. the sacrifices they made. That famous scene in Season 3 It’s much the same with whereby Trixie knocks on George “Deadwood.” Those early pioneers Hearst’s door, distracting him with had a difficult life, and we should one of those full frontal nudity appreciate their sacrifices as well. episodes, and then shooting him Besides, in today’s world we have to with her hide-out gun will require realize sometimes the bad guys win some modification. My version will and the good guys are not without have Treatsie knocking on George their flaws, which is the underlying Hearse’s door, batting her eyelashes theme of this series. at him and dropping her handker- David Milch’s screen writing for chief. Even a villain feels obligated “Deadwood” is exceptionally well to pick up a lady’s dropped hand- done using language that is almost kerchief, where-upon Treatsie can Shakespearean, except for the pro- deliver a slap to George’s face as fanity. The series may be over, but I soon as he stands back up. In retal- predict it will be analyzed and iation, our villain will insist appreciated for years to come. It Cursengen arrange to have Treatsie may be fun to play cowboy, but I slapped back with George and his wouldn’t have wanted to exist in the henchmen as witnesses. Cursengen days of the real historical cowboys. will then consider a Treatsie looka- Modern day comforts have much like among his other manicurists to more appeal, and accurate portray- suffer the punishment. als like “Deadwood” makes me The Season 3 assassination of appreciate what I have in this day Ellsworth by a Hearst thug’s gun- and age. I think very few of us shot to the head will be modified. would have been comfortable in Heavensworth’s hat will merely be “Deadwood’s” environment, but we shot off his head. His immediate still have the right, and indeed the response will be: “Why you no good obligation, to know that such an …” followed by “I’ll be a …!” environment once existed. Okay, so now we’ve gone from one extreme to the other, from super grim to super sanitized. In other words, we’ve gone from harsh reality to muddled fantasy. Muddled fantasy creates its own set of problems though, such as during a trial when the jury actually expects a policeman to shoot a gun out of a criminal’s hands. We deserve to have a clear understanding of our history, warts and all, so we can collectively make rational decisions in the present. No one should believe the television westerns of the 1950’s ever represented reality. It was fun to watch as a kid but hardly historically accurate. “Deadwood” probably comes closer to accurately portraying history than anything else previously attempted. I think it deserves to stand on its own merits, warts and all. That’s undoubtedly what life was like back then despite what legions of Roy Rogers’ fans may pre- fer to believe. It’s much like the dif-

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TRAVELING IN EUROPE WITH FIREARMS By Toni Two Bits, SASS Life #20849

ast year El Rod, SASS Life confirmation letter from DOT 2007, from Alitalia). Reno also has a U.S. ments (holsters, belts, boots, etc.) L#8849, and I decided to travel to we felt it would be a good idea to Customs office where we declared were in a third soft-sided case, and the European Cowboy Action visit the Italian Consulate in Los our guns and camera (Form 4457), the fourth case was clothing for the Shooting™ Championship, Days of Angeles to get a notarized letter of so upon returning to the U.S., we remainder of our three-week trip. Truth (DOT) 2007, in Mazzano, Italy clearance to take our guns and weren’t charged any duty, and not Delta’s regulations stated we could with our firearms and most of our ammo to a “sanctioned” match. This returning with firearms that weren’t put the 11 pounds (each) of ammuni- ammo. To tell of our adventures on letter included our passport num- declared. Delta’s regulations were tion in the regular cases (soft sided) that trip would fill a book with 1200 bers, gun types, and serial numbers, two cases per person, no more than – ammo to be in original cardboard pictures and text, but what I need to ammunition quantity, and a “Good 50 pounds each, and the firearms boxes or metal containers, not cow- impart to you in this article is what Guy” letter from our local police. had to be packed in hard cases with boy reloads in plastic cases. we did to travel with our competition Match Director, Arizona Tom, told us locks according to their regulations Our whole trip was based on our firearms and 22+ pounds of ammu- we didn’t need that letter, but upon (see your airlines website for friends picking us up in Verona, not nition. Remember—this is what we arriving at the Rome airport, it restricted items, “sporting guns”). Milan, and renting a car later. did in 2007 with no experience flying helped with the police there. For extra cases and weight, the costs Unfortunately for us, there is no to Europe with our firearms; NOT Since we live in Northern rise. Since we took four pistols, two direct link from Reno to Verona, so exactly what we’d do for European Nevada and Reno is our nearest air- rifles, and three shotguns (plus some we planned on transferring to END of TRAIL (EEOT) 2008 … port, we were limited to airlines spare parts), the two gun cases Verona on Alitalia. Upon arriving in After paying our entry fee (100 (Delta) and their regulations (which reached their maximum weight rap- Rome, we had to get police clearance, Euros each via PayPal) and getting a we found are somewhat different idly. The other cowboy accoutre- (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 27 (Continued from previous page) days later in Los Angeles where we which is where the Consulate letter had to present ourselves with pass- helped. Getting the police clearance ports, U.S. Customs forms, and was a several-hour problem, which money to get them out of a bonded made us miss three connecting Customs warehouse. flights (Alitalia) to Verona. The guns Once we arrived home from were a concern because they knew Atlanta before locating the missing nothing about the match in Mazzano gun cases five days later in Los (Northern Italy about 400 miles Angeles, a lot of phone calls occurred, away), but the ammunition was the finally ending up with the LAX real problem. Italian law and Cargo Manager personally. If you Alitalia Airlines state that ammuni- become separated from your gun tion has to be packed separately cases, they immediately become from “anything” in a locked, hard- “bonded cargo” and not “personal sided case, which we didn’t have. We baggage.” The airlines “lost baggage” unloaded all the ammo from the two people may not know this little idio- clothing cases and had to obtain syncrasy and may not be very helpful another case. Guns and ammo are in locating them. “hand-transported” from airline-to- Things we learned and what police-to-airline by security police we’ll do if we go to EEOT 2008: (and it requires an 80 Euro pay- • pay the EEOT 2008 fee ment). Once cleared and arriving in • have the U.S. Customs declaration Verona, we picked up our gun cases forms filled out (Form 4457 – they VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM at the airport police office after pre- want to see the actual guns). senting the Rome airport police • we’d still get a letter of clearance • allow at least five hours between Go if you can! paperwork. Oh, yes, the extra ammo from the Italian Consulate (Match flights P.S. If anyone is interested in travel- case costs more Euros because we Director said it wasn’t necessary) The above is probably a LOT ing through Canada with firearms in then had five cases total. • only take ammunition for our rifles more than you really wanted to a motor home, which we did in 2006 Point of Interest here – the (everything else you can buy there know, but it was a fun trip even with with 21 guns, send me an email (hep- Italian police are more important – just let them know in advance) the few glitches. The people were [email protected]) – there are two criti- than Italian Customs when trans- • fly from Reno to Atlanta and then wonderful—helpful and fun. The cal forms (one from the internet and porting guns and ammo (even in a Milan (not transfer in Rome to stages were well laid out and all one faxed from the Firearms Office, vehicle). We found each Province Verona) – if you can fly directly to descriptions were clear. Everything and $25 Canadian (dollars) required (Mazzano is in Brescia Province) Verona from a U.S. airport, that is was translated into 3-4 languages. several weeks in advance before may be different. Also, the airport best because Verona is only 40 The opening and closing ceremonies arriving at one of the Ports of Entry. police we spoke with did not speak miles from Mazzano and is a small were awesome. We met so many peo- Canada is seriously restrictive about English, and we ended up with a airport, whereas Milan is about ple from the 16 European nations. handguns in particular. Delta and Alitalia airport “trou- 130 miles and a huge airport. It is bleshooter” to translate what was important to not land (transfer) in happening. any other country without the After shooting at DOT 2007, our appropriate paperwork and lots of gun cases were stored in the hotel time between flights. Do not land vault (with no ammo – we left any in England at all for ANY reason... remaining with the match official for • rent a car at the Milan airport them to practice with) until leaving (taxis are expensive, and it’s a three weeks later. Back to the three-hour drive to Mazzano) Verona airport (Air France) where • stay at the same family-run hotel we filled out the police paperwork in Desenzano (about 10 miles from again, paid our 80 Euro transport Mazzano on Lake Garda – very pic- fee, a transfer in Paris (where I turesque with lots to do at the lake thought I could catch a glimpse of after shooting each day). Some- the Eiffel Tower – not), then to what more pricey than the hotels Atlanta where our gun cases were in Mazzano. not on our plane (horrors and stress). • return flight out of Milan (no stops Somehow the two cases of guns were in Paris) back to Atlanta (or any delayed in Paris and showed up five other U.S. airport) Page 28 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

SOURCES FOR FREE LEAD, I HAD AN IDEA … By Matthew Duncan, SASS #13289

warehouse for about a year … departments. DO NOT DISPOSE battery. Contain all rinse water and hmmmm. SULFURIC ACID BY DUMPING dispose of per Federal Environ- Now some Cowpokes caution ON THE GROUND! mental Protection Agency, State against recycling car batteries The wife has been treating all Board of Health, County Health because of hazardous materials like the neighborhood stray cats for Fire and Police departments’ guide- sulfuric acid. Well, Cowpokes shoot worms. I’ve noticed the worm med- lines. Dumping the rinse water into guns, handle lead bullets, smoke, icine is so strong, the grass dies a ditch will kill most of the neighbor drink alcoholic beverages, and drive where the cats recycle their food pets, all vegetation down stream for Fords, which ain’t the safest ether, intake (poop). And if you ignore my two miles, and will also lead to a so why not recycle the lead from car “DO NOT DISPOSE SULFURIC very difficult explanation to the batteries, ask I? ACID BY DUMPING ON THE arresting Officers. So, I hoisted that car battery up GROUND!” you will not be able to After bounding out of the cala- Matthew Duncan, SASS #13289 on Gray and took it back to the convince anybody (especially my boose, I used a hacksaw and tried to ranch. wife) it was the cat’s worm medicine cut the plastic case off. Don’t use eason is winding down, and I’ve Took the fill caps off the top and poop that has killed off her flower your favorite hacksaw; better yet Sgot about only 400 rounds left. drained the sulfuric acid. For prop- garden and ate through the steel borrow one from an anti-gun neigh- I’m a bit on the conservative side, so er disposal of sulfuric, you will need water line to the house. Trust me bor because no matter how well you I’m looking for sources of free lead to fill out Federal Environmental on this one. rinsed the sulfuric acid out of the before spring. Protection Agency, State Board of Then, using cold water (after battery, the hacksaw ain’t going to At work I’ve been tripping over Health, County Health forms, and water line is repaired) flush any be worth much when done. an old car battery. Been lying in the notify the local Fire and Police remaining sulfuric acid from the (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 29 SOURCES FOR FREE LEAD, I HAD AN IDEA … (Continued from previous page) 3/4" of lead covered by 1" of dross in Using a butane torch to burn the melting pot. My cost breaks the plastic case off works, but make down to: sure you stand up wind. Boiling • Butane torch fuel-$2. sulfuric acid residual mixed with • Refill LP tank-$22. plastic case fumes all blowing down • Flower garden replacement- wind has the tendency to kill shrub- $247.13 bery and the rest of the neighbor- • Repair of water line-$785.54 hood pets, including gold fish in • Bond Agent-$500. indoor aquariums. When the Fede- Total is $1,556.67 for about a ral Carpet Baggers arrive, suggest- pound of lead. Cost does not include ing it was a terrorist act will keep pending lawsuits or gold fish your bond from being revoked. replacement. Trust me on this one. My conclusion is using car bat- Fire up your outdoor melting teries for a source of lead is viable. pot and start throwing sections of I’ve got most of the remains of one the battery in. After burning up a battery left, and if pressed I can half tank of LP, you will notice in leave it go for two or three thousand between every six wafers is a sub- dollars. I figure at that price I’ll stance that will not burn or melt have enough to recoup my costs with and sucks up the heat. Manually some left over to skip the territory. remove this substance. After six (In other words, don’t try this at hours (not counting jail time) I have home! … editor). COURAGE OF CONVICTION IS THE TRUE SPIRIT OF ‘76 . . . (Continued from page 20) ance that founded America, and did ocrites, ignore or cower from them so upon Judeo-Christian principles. because it’s the easier road, there will And they certainly did not write be no one left to pick up the pieces of the 1st Amendment to be used as a truth and reaffirm it for posterity. basis for running God out of town Standing strong in the face of on a rail of secular atheism. public pressure to cave in and com- • We’re a sovereign nation with our promise principle is a difficult test of own language, traditions, and cul- personal fortitude, commitment, and ture, and we will never apologize to character, but it must be done if we anyone for our efforts in protecting are to survive a free nation as origi- and sustaining that sovereignty. nally intended. Surrendering to lies If I could make only one change Franklin, and Jefferson. urge all to experience and generate is a shallow victory, but standing up in our social fabric today, it would be As the Bible reassures in Mat- the strength, excitement, and free- for truth is the strength of character to encourage all Americans to be thew 11:18, “Time will prove where dom that truth in the face of treach- that runs deep. unapologetic vanguards of our tradi- wisdom lies,” and it must lie within ery brings to those who live by the In today’s modern America, the tional principles. Fervent as were us to know the truth and the courage of their convictions. trend has been to ignore and deny the Founders in those beliefs that courage to defend it and live it. As a Draw your strength and courage truth under the guise of avoiding created this country and made her people, we must live by the courage from that Spirit of ‘76, and once hav- judgmentalism, but in doing so we’ve strong; reaffirming truth from all of our convictions if we’re to remain ing taken up the reins of defending, compromised long held standards and points on America’s compass, stand- a morally strong, free, and inde- restoring, and upholding America’s moral values. We must be willing to ing tough and never backing down in pendent nation, and live at peace principles against those that seek to stand up and tell the truth of it. the face of hypocrisy, deceit, distor- with ourselves. subvert them—never look back. Strength to state the truth and not be tion, or political correctness. The challenge for us is to go con- Soldier on my friends. intimidated is the strength of heroes. Now is always the best time to fidently from our place in history Just the view from my saddle… I would like to see a growing make that stand because the strength armed with truth, as did our Contact Colonel Dan: wave of unified millions unapologeti- of character in America tomorrow will Founders from their place in histo- [email protected] cally state for ALL to hear our con- be determined by the strength of ry—undeterred, unapologetic, un- Article Archives: viction to such truths as: character in Americans today. swerving, and uncompromising. I’d http://mddall.com/sbss/SBSShome.htm • Guns are the tools of freedom, not The strongest soldiers I ever of evil and the phrase “…shall not knew or read about were uncompro- s. be infringed,” means exactly that. mising men of Godly conviction; gun TOP OF THE LINE ur y • Modern liberalism is merely re- those who had both strength of char- yo pla n is SINCE 1957 o r d packaged socialism, communism, acter and fervor—and the fortitude ng ge e vi u ad and fascism disguised in rhetorical to stand boldly and defiantly against a R Tr gr & r n lt o images of government promised evil in defense of those principles. E o le C a m S o ed r security—the total antithesis of “Truth above all” should be our t v fo s a s u r n colonial traditionalism and wholly guidepost—unafraid and boldly C g u n g unacceptable to us. stated by America’s patriotic sons E • We do not apologize for, nor will we and daughters—you who are the ever deny, the fact that it was those spiritual descendants of men like who fervently sought divine guid- Washington, Madison, Adams, MASTER ENGRAVER P.O. Box 2332 GIVE TO THE OM Cody, WY 82414

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THE OTHER BULLET Re-enactors Review By M. Lou Findley From an interview with Whit Edwards

n this modern age where time possible, so he started moving in Itravel feels truly convincing, have original period-piece buildings and you ever wanted to transport your- constructing those he couldn’t find, self back to 1875, to a small western to create on his property the town of town and live “the life” for just a few Marrow Bone Springs; not just a days? Well, a group of people from a façade, but a town with real build- variety of places, with the majority of ings that are livable, at least for a the members from Oklahoma and short time. Dr Mike is very actively Texas, have figured out a way to involved in the Marrow Bone Marrow Bone Springs members in front of one of the original experience stepping back in time to Springs group with the four or five mercantile buildings move to that site. 1880, more or less, without that time characters he plays on any given machine. Any time from 1875 – 1890 weekend. paid. If you build your own living Most of the businesses have living will do. Marrow Bone Springs is just quarters, house or cabin, you are quarters. The jail has three cells. If Dr. Mike Enger, a landowner in south of Fort Worth with 28 full scale entitled to stay there. Whit built the one of the “characters” is in jail and Texas, dreamed of living in such a furnished buildings. A contractor Phoenix house that has “rooms for does not have a plan for a jailbreak, time. He had the means and the was paid to build the large main rent.” In town the Dixie house is that member can change characters dream and friends who wanted to barn, made with true dimensional bunkhouse style, and the McGee and get out to play another charac- help him make the town a reality for lumber – a 4X4 is a 4X4 and 2X4 is house is the hotel. The 36 buildings ter. The town is surrounded by all of them. Marrow Bone Springs really a 2X4. All the sleeping quar- include Gunsmith with his living woods and pastures. Some members became a reality. Mike wanted to ters have wood burning stoves. The quarters in the back, just as with the have built their cabins out in the play “cowboy” as authentically as members who provide the wood get cobbler shop and doctor’s office. (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 31 group are elected. Some of the mem- new building. Fortunately they have bers participate in SASS, but most some real carpenters. If the mem- are re-enactors only. Everyone bers decide to perform outside of attending has to be 21 or older, since Marrow Bone Springs, they charge there are three working saloons in those who “hire” them. They also the town. And, you must be invited charge movie studios to utilize their to attend four events before you are town. Marrow Bone members have eligible to be voted in as a member. dues and event fees (such as theatri- Each member can invite a guest to cal performances, boxing matches, an upcoming event. They have about the circus) that are period correct to six “re-enactment” events per year at collect the money to pay for their Marrow Bone. On the concluding insurance and event costs. Saturday or Sunday there is a meet- There are a huge variety of guns ing of the members to discuss prob- at Marrow Bone Springs. Every lems or activities they want to plan. character might carry a different The closed-door meeting is held at gun: Colts, Colt replicas, Smith & the church. Sometimes they vote on Wesson, Remington, Merwin & membership, plan work weekends Hulbert, and conversions. You name for maintenance, or for putting up a it and it is there. Very few use cap

Whit Edwards as one of his period characters, O-Doole, from New York.

(Continued from previous page) Dr. Mike Enger, the person who woods. Everyone requests a place to conceptualized Marrow Bone Springs and had the land stay prior to the event. Think of step- on which to build it. ping back to Deadwood, and you could be there in Marrow Bone. It is and ball since most events are in the regularly used as a place for Old 1880’s. “At Marrow Bone, we use real West full-emersion experiences; first guns, but the blanks we use are not person events from Friday at 6 pm the same ones we use for public per- until Sunday at noon. But you can’t formances. We use an insert made of go there unless you are invited. aluminum with a shotgun primer as There are 58 active members, our noise maker; we use Remington with anywhere from 30 to 45 mem- mostly. In the shotguns we use a bers attending any one event, with safety blank – gold plastic blanks. up to 16 guests. The officers for the Some of the members with horses re-enacting Tombstone. (Continued on page 37) Page 32 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

Christmas Spoils By Bob Boze Bell, SASS #50,000

DECEMBER 26, 1873 The men who ride with Tiburcio Vasquez on the Kingston Raid are a Riding on a rumor of post- Christmas rough group. They include his first lieutenant Clodoveo Chavez, Francisco bounty, a Mexican gang headed by the Gomez, Blas Bicuna, Ramon Molina, Ysidro Padilla, Manuel Gomez, notorious Tiburcio Vasquez reins up on Ignacio Ranquel and one “Ramon” (no last name is known). The rest have the north bank of the Kings River, in never been positively identified. Most are hard cases and criminals. northern California, and ties up their horses in a clump of willows. In the evening darkness, 10 (some reports state 12) heavily armed raiders walk stealthily across the bridge with the goal of robbing the entire village of Kingston, nestled on the south side of the river. The town is small—two stores, a hotel, a blacksmith shop and several saloons. The robbers encounter several citizens on the main street. They tie up each one and force them to lie face down in the street. Then the gang robs the citizens of their money and valuables. One of them, Milt Woods, refuses to lie down, protesting that doing so would spoil his good clothes. Incredibly, the outlaws give in and march him to the hotel so he can lie down there. Having cleared the road, the bandits The Two Tiburcios sweep across the open plaza. Vasquez It’s tempting to portray the bandido in high Spanish style carries four Colt Navy revolvers on his (right), but he evidently dressed more like he is attired in person as he strides boldly from store to the photo above, even on raids. This photo was taken after store, commanding his men. As the his arrest in 1874. premises are secured, Vasquez places a guard in front of each business. Almost a dozen patrons are in the up a chair and floors the robber. Gilroy is posse opens a blistering barrage at the roughing up and threatening Mexicans up and hotel saloon when the outlaws burst into wrestled to the ground and beaten with a outlaws. Vasquez and his men, primarily down the coastal range. A large reward is the room with pistols at full cock. They revolver, leaving him badly hurt. armed with pistols, have a hard time offered ($8,000 for Vasquez alive, $6,000 for force everyone to lie down on the floor as John Sutherland, a local, prominent determining the direction of the gunshots him dead). The outlaw is captured on May 13, each victim’s hands and feet are tied, and rancher and landowner, is in the hotel when and wildly return the fire. 1874. Tried and convicted for murder, Vasquez then they frisk for valuables. A puppy the robberies start. He grabs his Henry rifle Sutherland and another townie press the was hanged in San Jose on March 19, 1875. bounds in and runs from one victim to and rounds up several other townsfolk. They attack, following the brigands across the another, licking their faces. “The men take cover near the river and across the street bridge. As the bandits leap into their were to claim later that this was the worst from the stores. saddles, a ball strikes Vasquez’s lieutenant, part of the whole affair,” the Fresno In the dim light, Sutherland spots one of the Clodoveo Chavez, in the leg above the Weekly Expositor later reports. outlaws (later identified as Ramon) standing knee. Francisco Gomez, Vasquez’s cousin, Bob Boze Bell is the Not all the townsmen give in so easily. guard in front of Sweet’s Store. Sutherland is wounded in the neck. executive editor of In the dining room of the hotel, Lance opens fire. The robber staggers inside and After firing some 40 shots, Sutherland and True West magazine and the author of six Gilroy is eating dinner when an outlaw exclaims in Spanish to his compadres, “I’m his men have run out of ammunition. They illustrated books enters, brandishing a pistol. Miss shot!” He is dangerously wounded. watch helplessly as the outlaws gallop off about the Old West. Reichert sees it, screams and runs out the “Vamos!” (Let’s go!), Vasquez shouts to into the blackness. He writes a daily back. Looking up, Gilroy assumes the his men as they flee from the buildings, After the raid on Kingston, enraged blog at twmag.com intruder has insulted the lady, so he picks carrying their plunder. Sutherland’s little “impromptu posses” scour the countryside, February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 33

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TO BE HELD AT THE Buffalo Chip Outdoor Wagon Camp ad 6811 East Cave Creek Ro Cave Creek, AZ 85331 A NEW YEAR AND A NEW START ch 7, 2008 IN NEW MEXICO . . . Friday, Mar (Continued from page 6) The Buffalo Range Riders – 5:00—8:00 p.m. new buildings erected until it is clear Action and Mounted – have been $25 ENTRY DONATION CAN BE how the drainage will be handled. active at the Ranch for the past cou- VANCE, OR AT PURCHASED IN AD The True West Preservation Society is The monsoon rains a couple of years ple of years. Founders Ranch now THE DOOR AND INCLUDES: ago were a real wakeup call! No one welcomes the High Desert Drifters, a a dedicated group of members whose ood wants to build a town that periodi- brand new Cowboy Action Shooting™ • Cowboy F mission is to preserve and protect fet) cally floods! club, to Founders as well. Cowboy (all you can eat buf America’s Old West Heritage. The Having said that, however, the Action Shooting™ is now available at eception non-profit organization existing steel building will receive the Ranch on the first and second • Cocktail R at 5:00 p.m. strives to identify and special attention this year. The hope weekends every (non-winter) month! revitalize historic is it can be converted into “the” Belle SASS has purchased land and Union and permanently enclosed. A now has approved plans for building • Dinner at 6:00 p.m. monuments and is driven y by a volunteer Board of large, enclosed Belle Union means a new Headquarters Building in • A Special Set by Countr Regents. Proceeds from we can dispense with the “big tent,” Edgewood, NM. The Northern New Legend Don Edwards install lighting, and invest in a real, Mexico-style building is adjacent to the event and auction will y permanent bar for the Belle Union, the I-40 Interstate Highway where it • Western Attire is Mandator go directly to the True West along with a stage, and maybe even will be very visible, and represents Preservation Society. some flooring! Founders Ranch has the largest international headquar- fantasies of becoming a movie-mak- ters operation in the city. Even For more information and to purchase tickets in advance, visit the ing venue, so it’s clear the big steel though construction is not scheduled True West Preservation Society website at PreserveTheWest.com building must have a near-term face- for completion for many months, or call 888•575•1291. lift to provide the appropriate Old SASS is nonetheless very excited West atmosphere! about having a tailor-made head- As time goes on, additional quarters building and a permanent amenities for the shooters will be home for the SASS Museum. provided at Founders Ranch. One of Living in a state that has four the projects initiated last year was seasons is a new experience for an effort to provide electricity to the many of us Southern Californian first few rows of RV parking. The transplants! All one can do in the PRESERVE THE WEST engineering work has been complet- wintertime is dream and load ed, but the cost data is still being ammo! Pulling the trigger on the developed. With all necessary data range and actually working on in hand and users/investors commit- Ranch building projects must wait PreserveTheWest.com • 888-575-1291 ted, work can begin and service could for better weather. Everything will be available by END of TRAIL. change in the Spring! Page 34 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

SASS INAUGURAL EUROPEAN END of TRAIL MATCH 2008 August 12 – 16, 2008

By Elder Kate, SASS #5707; Alchimista, SASS #41531; U.S. Grant, SASS #2; and Kodiak Al, SASS #52355

azzano, Italy – We invite you do it again, you’re in luck! Mall to come and shoot a near Mazzano, Italy will be hosting replica of the World Championship the first SASS Sanctioned European of Cowboy Action Shooting™, END match designed to follow all the of TRAIL 2008, in Mazzano Italy END of TRAIL 2008 stages. This without the expense of traveling to will be a great opportunity for you to New Mexico, USA. For those who enjoy some of the history and cama- have always wanted to shoot END of raderie that SASS has developed TRAIL, but can’t find the time, or over the years. perhaps you shot it and would like to Mazzano is a small town a few kilometers from Brescia, Lake Garda, and the southern Swiss Alps. The range is beautifully located with

The Mazzano Range has 16 shooting bas and offers parking, camping, showers, and food. Once you’re on-site, there’s no reason to leave! Shoot during the day and take advantage of the social activities in the evening. It’s a complete “cowboy” experience!

16 shooting bays, and has on-range camping. Showers are available, and fantastic food can be purchased on location. Last year we were visit with Alchimista SASS #41531 of served pasta, chicken, a meat and Pietta Arms, Master Rino Chiappa, cheese plate, and many varieties of SASS #5745 of Chiappa Arms, and beverages. A DJ played music and other firearms manufacturers. many wonderful vendors were avail- This year will feature “Maestro able for shopping. Carlo Leva.” He will be presenting a You will have the opportunity to (Continued on page 45) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 35

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FASHION SHOW A CROWD PLEASER! By Cat Ballou, SASS #55 . Photos by Black Jack McGinnis, SASS #2041 .

ne of the highlights of the Models are SASS members, and Mountain Mike and Miss cowgirls and cowboys, Dance SASS Convention for me the fashions showcased are from Tabitha do a terrific job com- Hall darlings, and delectable ball Oand many others is the many of the Convention’s ven- menting on each and every outfit gowns. Saturday noon fashion show dors, as well as SASS members’ displayed. Outfits worn por- Enjoy the photographs and hosted by Mad Mountain Mike, own outfits, handmade or other- trayed Frontier Scouts, Indian plan to attend the Fashion Show SASS #4385, and Miss Tabitha, wise. The show always plays to a maidens, Military regalia, at the 2008 SASS Convention. SASS #26972, of River Crossing. packed audience, and Mad Victorian day dresses, B-Western You won’t be disappointed.

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THE OTHER BULLET . . . Different members sponsor a and can put money in the bank at the women love playing the part of a suf- (Continued from page 31) weekend’s event, determining the end of the event. At the next event fragette. Of course, there are also They fit inside an aluminum 5 in 1. stage or theme of that event, and they can take up to 1/3 of their money the soiled doves. One member con- It is loud enough, especially across a buying all the food and beer. There out. You can even be a robber and put sistently plays Calamity Jane. Some poker table, and safe at any range. are no scripts, just a theme for the the money “earned” in the bank. women just sit on their front porches We have a safety session at the weekend and the goal of authenticity One of the greatest undertakings visitin’, rather than go to the saloons beginning of every event and rules of and great fun. The weekend at was the driving of a herd of cattle in the evening. engagement, so that prevents injury Marrow Bone Springs is filled with through the town by the members! Whit Edwards, who was inter- and encourages and inspires ‘real life’ court trials, theatrical shows, medi- Many of the participants remember viewed for this article, usually uses conditions. Here everyone is on the cine “flim flamers,” and all sorts of that with some fondness. Some four of his developed characters at honor system for dying. If you are activities. There are often traveling members bring horses, and some any given event although some shot multiple times up close, you theater groups “visitin” the town and bring wagons and buggies, but most Marrow Bone members only have know you are dead. If you are shot in putting on performances for every- do not. Attendees eat at McGee’s one or two and that works out just a gun battle at some distance, you one. “We have had really bad Boarding House for every meal. It is fine for them. Whit can go up to might get a wound or be missed all Shakespeare, really funny plays, and equipped with a full working kitchen. seven characters, but that means together. It is never determined by ‘I even a period boxing match.” The It is the only eating house at the packing extra outfits for the week- got you,’ ‘No you didn’t.’ If the person group does everything with greatest moment. McGee’s also has two pull end. Obviously, if you run out of who is shot does not go down, then regard to the historical perspective. chain toilets and indoor showers, and characters, you can’t play any more. that’s part of the fun and games, and If you built something, you have is the only building with electricity. You can take the opportunity to cre- you figure you missed. If a person is your own place to stay. Otherwise, it The lights are made to look like ate a new one from the other outfits killed, they have to go to the church is first requested, first served for a gaslights. There are also two out- you have brought with you. The and sit for 30 minutes, and come back place to stay. The event begins with a houses and, of course, there are trees. more adventurous and troublesome as a totally different character than trip to the bank where everyone All the other lights come from oil characters get into a little additional the one who was killed.” It’s almost draws a card. The card determines lamps, and the heat comes from wood mischief and need more than one or like redemption or re-incarnation. how much money you get at the start stoves. There is no air conditioning, two characters to make it through And how would you know if of the event. If you owned a business even in the heat of the summer. In the whole weekend. someone was a good enough shot to at the previous event, you can pay the the evening, all the activities tend to If you want more information, or hit you at 25 yards, and you were taxes and keep the business. If you be around the saloons with three dif- to get in touch with Whit Edwards, supposed to be dead? Well, Marrow can’t pay the taxes, the business is ferent saloons selling beer, ale, or contact him at wedwards@okhis Bone Springs members have a live auctioned. Taxes are double what you Pimberton sodas. Occasionally a tory.org. Whit indicates the most shoot on Saturday morning, and after paid for the business in the previous Mixologist works one of the bars. memorable highlight is when, just watching how inaccurate everybody event, or double the amount you paid The ladies in the group find it for that golden moment, you feel is on a consistent basis, no one comin taxes the previous event. Taxes tougher to create a variety of transported back in time. plains whether someone should have will eventually get so high it has to be women’s roles. Some of the women (If you are involved in an Old West died or not. Or if they do, it is in the re-auctioned. Individual characters have three or four characters, usual- re-enactment group and would like to members’ meeting at the end of the in the town earn money on the weekly including an actress’ role or seam- share information with SASS mem- weekend, not during the weekend’s ends they attend, especially the bar- stress. They can run an ice cream bers, please contact M. Lou Findley at Old West events. tenders, saloon dealers, and cooks, parlor, bakery, or eatery. Some [email protected]) Page 38 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

BACK IN THE SADDLE Hat Maker Reopens Business After Fighting Off Debilitating Disease

By Paul Harasim Las Vegas Review-Journal Photos by John Locher

hen you see David Johnson longtime sidekick, brag that world-renowned Las Wsmile as he sets a $500 Johnson’s D Bar J Hat Company Vegas hat-making Western hat on fire, you can be sure hats are so waterproof that when operation in an he’s feeling better. you’re caught in the rain you’ll never effort to conserve And when you hear Cactus, his have to cover it “with one of those energy to fight the Texas size condoms,” rare and often fatal you suspect the D Bar blood disorder. J brand will once Several times he again be a force in the suspected the next custom hat industry. time friends would Three years ago, be wearing D Bar J however, when John- hats in his presence, son developed aplas- they also would be tic anemia, he be- taking them off – at David Johnson sets a Western hat ablaze in his shop on Verde Road. The fire singes off excess fur and fuzz. came, in the cowboy his funeral. parlance that he “It didn’t look good for me,” he The flames, which Johnson David Johnson works on a custom hat at his shop. loves, “as careful as a said as he sprayed alcohol on a black quickly douses with a fine water He has made hats for former President Clinton naked man climbin’ a beaver fur hat before lighting it with mist spray, singe off any excess fur and country music performer barbed wire fence.” a match. “I don’t know if I look as and fuzz left from shaping the hat. Charlie Daniels, among others. He shut down his good as this hat will, but I’m back.” (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 39 (Continued from previous page) White wanted to find the man he had “See how nice and smooth the heard “was on death’s doorstep.” hat’s finish is now,” he said. “I enjoyed our conversations With medications, transfusions, about history,” said White, who and hospitalizations helping the 49- installs phones in commercial prop- year-old Johnson spawn blood cells – erties for Embarq. “I missed them.” aplastic anemia causes the body to When he finally found Johnson stop producing enough new blood through friends, the hat maker was cells — he has enough energy to once feeling better, but living off disabili- again use 19th century wood blocks ty. All of his hat-making equipment, to shape hats and early 20th century largely purchased at estate sales machinery to finish them. from hat makers throughout the He also needs enough energy to country, was in storage. complete setting up his new work “Nobody would loan him money and sales operation behind Santa Fe to get started again,” White said. “I Station at 7230 Verde Road. didn’t really have money, but I had a Blocking machines, steam pots place for him to set up shop.” for hats, ironing and sewing White’s wife had long thought machines, and a display area all that if they could find the right busi- have to be in just the right place if ness for a huge outbuilding behind he’s going to once again turn out their home on Verde Road, they products for a clientele that has might turn it into an enterprise that stopped being made early in the 20th hopes his blood disorder is a thing of included President Clinton, actor could help fund their retirement. So century. Through trade magazines, the past and he can once again share Antonio Banderas, singers Charlie why not restart a custom hat-making he found where he could purchase stories with customers that produce Daniels and Bono, the Roy Rogers business that at one time had made the equipment. grins rather than grimaces. Museum, Mike Tyson’s entourage, Johnson well over $250,000 a year? “I’ve found I’m pretty good at Don’t be surprised if you hear and entertainers at the 2002 Winter “I can’t believe how wonderful fixing things, and I can always get a this cowboy tale when you wait for a Olympic Games. this has turned out,” Johnson said, machinist to make me new parts,” hat at the D Bar J: Two cowboys are “I’m only able to really go for as steam enveloped his head while Johnson said as he stood near a riding along a trail in the mountains about four hours a day right now, but he shaped a hat. “I thought this part broken boiler that will one day pro- when they suddenly hear tom-toms I’m getting stronger all the time,” of my life was about over.” vide him with more steam for hat beating very close to them. “Oh! Johnson said. Johnson enjoys making all kinds shaping. That doesn’t sound good,” one says to On Monday, Las Vegas rhythm- of hats, including derbies, fedoras, Today, Johnson is philosophical the other. As soon as the words are and-blues bassist Ronee Mac, who and top hats. They don’t come cheap, about hats. A person should never spoken, an Indian jumps out from had often frequented Johnson’s old ranging from more than $200 to try to wear a hat that has more char- behind a tree and says, “Yeah, our shop on Spring Mountain Road in the around $700. acter than they do, he notes. regular drummer is out sick.” 1990’s, found D Bar J’s new home. Cactus, a 74-year-old former Johnson’s weight has shot up as “Hats,” Johnson said, “help you He handed over an old hat for maintenance man, favors a chest- a result of his medication, but he have good times.” Johnson to refurbish. long beard, a gigantic cowboy hat, “Man, he’s like God in the hat and going by one name. He started world,” Mac told a visitor. working for Johnson several years In 2002 and 2003, the outdoors ago after buying hats from him. He magazine “True West” honored enjoys adding Western flavor to the Johnson as the best historical hat hat enterprise and peppers conversa- maker. One of Clinton’s hats, pre- tion with quirky anecdotes. sented to him by delegates from the “You can always tell whether a Nevada Democratic Convention, is in man who wears a derby has been the Smithsonian Institution in told, ‘No,’ by his wife the night Washington, D.C. before,” he told a customer. “He tilts Other apparel stores refer cus- his hat to the left.” tomers to Johnson. Johnson’s career in hats hardly “It’s amazing how he can make a followed a straight line. While work- hat look like new again,” said ing in the pharmaceutical industry, Michael Hull, who sells and shapes he also was in a country western Stetsons and other Western head- dance troupe at the Gold Coast gear at the Boot Barn western Casino. When he wanted a hat apparel store a short drive south of repaired, there was no one to do it. Mandalay Bay. “There’s nobody else Before long, he was using the who can do what he does.” steam from a teakettle to soften a The fact that Johnson is again hat so he could reshape it. doing what he does best can be par- In the late 1980s, Johnson decid- tially credited to Steve White, a fly ed there could be a good market for a fisherman who had purchased wide- hat maker in Las Vegas. He read brimmed stylish D Bar J hats. about the craft, learning that hat- After Johnson’s old store closed, making equipment had largely

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WOMEN, GUNS, AND GEAR Helping New Shooters By Holy Terror, SASS #15362

ing new shooters … member knows what they are talk- alleviate any intimidation, and it will When helping a new shooter it is ing about, and you might know a bet- give you someone to help explain the always a good idea make sure they ter way to help this woman or junior. ideas clearly. Hopefully, they will take actually want your help. Some peo- However, if you try to approach that your advice, but they will be able to ple really don’t want any help. They new shooter while he or she is alone, make that decision together. Holy Terror, SASS #15362 are enjoying what they are doing, a couple of things may happen. Once you have made sure your and they don’t really want to change First, they might be intimidated subject wants your help and you anything. Now, if it is a safety issue, because they don’t know you and aren’t interfering, there are both ne of the things I truly enjoy is let them know right away, and con- might not realize you are trying to good and bad ways to approach a Ohelping a new shooter. I love see- tact a range officer if there continues help them. Or, they may not know shooter. I suggest you approach a ing the excitement, the nervousness, to be a problem. However, some peo- enough about shooting to under- new shooter only when they are not and most of all, the accomplishment ple take pride in the fact they come stand what you are trying to explain otherwise occupied. that follows their first stage. I know in dead last and are not interested in to them. You also might be giving For instance, the loading and many of you share my same feelings. changing that! them information that contradicts unloading tables are bad places to Cowboy Action has a good repu- When it comes to helping a jun- what their companion is telling approach a new shooter. Usually in tation because our members are so ior or some women shooters, you them, so it could end up confusing these areas the shooter is high on willing, and passionate, about help- want to be careful. Usually women them even more! adrenaline, and they are thinking ing those new to the game. and junior shooters come shooting If you are trying to help a junior about too many things for your However, sometimes what we mean with a friend or family member who or woman shooter that has a compan- advice to do any good. Consider as help really turns out to be a hin- is already giving them shooting ion, I suggest approaching them while approaching them after the stage drance. Here are some tips for help- advice. Not every friend or family they are both together. This will help (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 41 WOMEN, GUNS, AND GEAR . . . (Continued from previous page) When it comes to information briefing, so they will be more about shooting faster, handing guns inclined to listen, and you will have better, or improving the mental the opportunity to answer any ques- game, this advice should be given tions they might have. with caution. There are times when It is also not a good idea to it can be helpful, but this informa- approach a shooter while they are tion given to the wrong level of already talking to someone else. If shooter can really hurt more then too many people try to speak to a help. A first time shooter doesn’t new shooter at the same time, they need to know you should draw one will overload, and no one will be able gun while holstering the other. to get any information through. Likewise, they may not be interest- Some things are more important ed in the latest, greatest shotgun than others when giving advice. The loading technique. New shooters absolute most important advice you are trying to concentrate on the can give concerns safety. Nothing is basics of hitting the target and more important than shooting in a remembering the shooting sequence. safe, responsible manner. When it Too much information too fast can comes to new shooters, sometimes be an overload. they need to be reminded of certain For information beyond the safety rules. Unless it is a real emer- basics, wait until they ask you, or gency, I suggest kindness first, but if possibly offer your services at a prac- it is a dangerous situation, it is more tice session away from the pressures important to correct the situation of a match. before anyone gets hurt! Helping new shooters can be a After safety, comfort advice is the wonderful, rewarding experience. next most important. If a person is Put yourself in their shoes, and leaning back and the long guns are remember what it was like to be a beating them up, suggest leaning for- new shooter! ward. This allows their body to If you have questions about this absorb the recoil. Or, if a person is article, or if you have an idea or prod- missing shotgun targets high uct you think should be brought to because they are lifting their face off the attention of women shooters, or of the stock, encourage them to keep any shooters, please email me at their head down. [email protected].

BUFFALO STAMPEDE AND BUFFALO CHILE . . . (Continued from page 18) under way on Friday with a Fun Chili Cook-off. You should bring any Shoot. Friday will end in the truest experience the dish you want to share, and if you of Western Traditions—a Stud Poker wish, bring a pot of chili to be judged Game complete with beer. All that and eaten. Last year the Chili Cook- enter can win a gun. “evil roy”target! off winners were Giggles, SASS Saturday brings the last six #41964, for her “I hate to Cook Green action stages, and the beginning of Chile,” and Wicked Felina, SASS the six-stage Mounted Shooting • revolutionary stand folds up #3483, for her “Red Chili.” I learned match. During the Mounted Shoo- to less than 3 feet long many things about Chili last year. ting match, there will be another • certified ar500 armor steel for One of the most important was there first—the first ever SASS Mounted maximum safety and durability is a big difference between Chili with Rifle Match. It will be mixed in with • angled target face with no and “i” and Chile with an “e.” Last the main mounted match, and will exposed bolts or clamps year’s recipes are on the website if be a hoot to watch. Saturday night • you can mount target heads you would like to see what the com- is our Traditional Mexican Fiesta, at 2 different heights petition is like, or just try some good complete with a Mariachi band, eating. We will be giving awards for Mexican food, free margaritas, and • choose from more than 12 head shapes & sizes both green and red chili entries. costume contests. The Main Match starts Friday Sunday is capped off with the • no tools required CORPORATE morning and this year’s theme is Doc last three Mounted Shooting SPONSOR Holliday, my favorite Georgia gun- stages, a Top Gun shoot-off in which “I use this design from Action Target for my own slinger. During the twelve stages, we everyone is invited to participate, practice sessions because it gives me a perfect will be pulling teeth, playing poker, and the awards ceremony. The training tool to prepare myself for matches and maybe even having a spelling Buffalo Stampede has a little some- throughout the year. I also use these targets in contest. (That is, if poker is not your thing for everyone, and I hope to see all my shooting schools because they are easy to transport, they are safe, and they last.” Evil Roy game.) Also, Mounted Shooting gets you there! 2000 SASS Overall National Champion 2001 SASS Overall World Champion 30+ State and Regional Championships 6”, 8”, 10” or 12” $95 circle target heads GIVE TO THE $140 18” cowboy action shapes 801-377-8033 SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION www.actiontarget.com (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! Page 42 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

TEACHING AN OLD COWBOY NEW TRICKS By Cree Vicar Dave SASS Life #49907 TG Sucker Creek, Michigan

I also read various articles that pro- arms and wrists are not exactly claimed its dependability, accuracy, what they used to be. I don’t like and cleanness. However, loading .38 loading under the recommended Special to the minimum measure- powder load because of safety prob- ment for Cowboy Action (3.2 gr for lems that could arise. So I called 125 gr and 158 gr bullets) creates Hodgdon and talked to Chris in well over 800fps, which in turn pro- Tech Support. He asked me if I had duces quite a fair sized recoil. An tried Trail Boss. I said I had Cree Vicar Dave, expert told me recoil has to do with thought about it, but didn’t want to SASS Life #49907 velocity and bullet weight. “Basic spend the extra money for the pow- Territorial Governor Definition of an Expert is a person der. Now I’m not so tight that I Sucker Creek Michigan who carries a brief case and comes squeak when I walk, but I do try to from over 200 miles away.” Recoil manage my affairs frugally. Well, or over half a decade now I’ve has much to do with the old “for every Chris went on to explain the bene- Fenjoyed Cowboy Action Shoo- action there is an equal and opposite fits of Trail Boss. ting™. ‘Till now Hodgdon Tite Group reaction,” a phenomenon we were James 1:19 says, “My dear broth- has been my pistol powder of choice. supposed to learn in science class. velocity. It would probably be a good ers, take note of this: Everyone When I started shooting, one of the Now I am quite sympathetic to idea. But the last time I checked, should be quick to listen, slow to top shooters advised me to use it, and all those who would like a minimum I’m closing in on seventy, and my old (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 43 CORRECTION TO CREE VICAR DAVE’S ARTICLE In Cree Vicar Dave’s article, “A New Look On An Old Craft,” (December ’07 issue), there is an error. In the third paragraph, third sentence, the measurement for the blank chain pieces reads: "2-3/16" X "3-1/8." It should read: "2-3/16" X "3-5/8."

(Continued from previous page) I was pleasantly surprised when I speak, and slow to become angry.” So checked the price. I had always I listened to Chris and tried Trail heard Trail Boss powder cost quite a Boss. I couldn’t believe it. At the rec- bit more. When I checked the price, ommended low load for a .38 Special I found the price per pound has come pistol (3.0 grs of Trail Boss using a to be equal to most other powders, 125 gr bullet or 2.7 grs of Trail Boss and even less than the Tite Group I for a 158 gr bullet (check loading had recently purchased. chart), there was a noticeable recoil The end result was also quite reduction. I was shooting Ruger Va- nice. The first match shot after load- queros with 4-5/8" barrels. I checked ing with Trail Boss I received a the speed on my chronograph and Clean Match certificate. I’m no found the average of a string of seven expert, but it doesn’t take a genius to 125 gr bullets was 629 fps, and the spot a good product. Thanks again average for the 158 gr was 649fps. to Chris at Hodgdon Tech Support That’s around 200 fps less stress on for teaching me a thing or two! my old wrists, but still a respectable You can receive reloading data speed for Cowboy Action. from Hodgdon. A free Cowboy Action The benefits of using Trail Boss Reload Manual can be yours by call- are many. It has more volume per ing 913-362-9455 or go to www.hodg- weight so double powder charging is don.com,explore their “Reloading obvious. The powder is easy to see in Data Center,” and download your the case. That is a big plus if you’re choices. Always follow manufactur- like me and peek to check the powder ers’ reload recommendations, all level before you seat the bullet. The safety precautions, and be quick to manufacturer’s recommended mini- listen to good instructions. mum loads produce less recoil in Hope to see ya on the trail. most cases. The powder is clean, and [email protected] Page 44 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

e e GUN SAFETY- INEXPENSIVE OLD WEST STYLE! DRESS SHIRT MADE EASY By Seven Ladders, SASS #75152 By Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life #49907 TG Michigan ortally wounded in a gunfight in Both Hardin and Clements became MPhenix, New Mexico, June 1, involved in Miller’s intrigues. he shirt is an important part of 1894, Con Gibson had his pistol hang Another Hardin, Martin Q. Hardin, Tour dress. In fact SASS rules up in his suspenders as he tried to also became involved. specifically address what is accept- draw from his waistband. It was a In May 1893, while Frazer was able and appropriate for Cowboy fairly typical gunfight – with a pre- escorting convicts to Huntsville Action Shooting™ attire. God dictable result. Study historical Prison, Miller organized a plot to kill made the first set of clothes out of records, and you will discover few of him. Frazer anticipated this and skins for Adam and Eve (Genesis the gunfights of the Old West organized supporters, including 3:21). Since that time the style has involved holsters. Take John Wesley Texas Rangers. Miller and Mart changed through the centuries. In Hardin, for example. There is not one Hardin were charged with conspiring my opinion, the late 1800’s documented source this great gun- to kill Frazer, but were acquitted. achieved the apex of formal dress. fighter ever used a holster. Instead, That left only one way to end the sus- Consequently half of the enjoyment he used cords around his neck, the pense. On April 12, 1894, Frazer shot for me in participating in our great waist of his pants, and leather-lined Miller. Hit at least once dead center sport is suiting up for the game. lows. If it is a button down collar, pockets. Another gunfighter, Wild in the chest, Miller was still firing as My uniform is that of a circuit remove buttons and make a tem- Bill Hickok, most often carried pistols Frazer gave up and ran away. preacher, in part because I am a plate out of thin cardboard the size in a sash. Many gunfights of the Old In December 1894, Frazer had a preacher. In the past couple years of the collar with the radius West were delayed while participants second shootout with Miller, with a I have crossed over to dressing desired. Next, with a pencil, mark ran to get a pistol from their room or similar result. This time, Miller had exclusively in the 1800’s style. As a the radius on each side of the col- “kit.” The parties involved weren’t Frazer charged with assault. He col- result, the Vicar’s Wife and I keep a lar. Then, leaving around 1/4” going around “heeled.” lected his supporters and moved close look out for frugally priced seam allowance, cut the collar. Another example of the casual operations to El Paso. It was at this items. But, we have been disap- Next, cut back a little on the origi- gun-handling skills of the Old West point two of the most important pointed at times with shirts pur- nal stitching. Then form, adjust, is the well-known Miller-Frazer shootings of the Miller-Frazer Feud chased on line. So, we have come and pin new round style collar. Feud of Pecos, Texas. Sheriff Bud took place. up with a great looking dress shirt Finally, hand or machine sew. It’s Frazer shot ex-deputy Jim Miller on The first of these involved at a minimal price. just like that 19th century style two occasions. In neither of these Mannie Clements. In June 1895, The Vicar's Wife is a shopper. shirt at a fraction of the cost. shootings did Frazer kill Miller. Clements accidentally shot himself. She finds unbelievable deals quick- In my judgment the shirt Why? Miller was wearing a breast- He had loaded all SIX chambers of er than a good bird dog can get on looks better than the ones we pur- plate of boiler iron under his long his pistol, and then casually tossed point. She finds long sleeved white chased on line, and the fit is much frock coat. the gun on a mattress. He was hit dress shirts on sale for around $5 better by far. If you wear your Sheriff Frazer had hired Miller somewhere in the hip. Though the each, some even less. The only best duds every day, on the field or as a deputy, but Miller had proven to wound was described as painful, it problem is they have modern just for the Awards Banquet, this be very cunning. At the same time, was not serious. Three days later, pointed and button down collars. is an inexpensive way to acquire Miller had a knack for using other Mart Hardin accidentally shot him- But, the matter was resolved as fol- dress shirts. people for support. First of these, self, too! Alighting from a buggy, he undoubtedly, was his wife, Sally, let his pistol fall from his pocket. whose kinsman was the notorious The bullet entered under the right ex-gunfighter John Wesley Hardin. shoulder blade and lodged in the VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM Her brother was Mannie Clements. (Continued on page 49) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 45

SASS INAUGURAL EUROPEAN END of TRAIL instructors. The main match will be for $20 US, which will offset the cost MATCH 2008 . . . August 14th through the 16th. In of membership materials (badge, cer- the spirit of collaboration between tificate, paperwork, and mailing for (Continued from page 34) “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.” SASS and Italy, this match will have this event). show on Sergio Leone and his These are considered a series, since Co-Match Directors. From Italy is General U.S. Grant, SASS #2, Spaghetti Westerns. Giuliano Gem- the main character is always Clint Martex, SASS #33700, and from the and Lonesome Dove, SASS #12, will ma, aka Ringo, will be present. Eastwood, and he always lacks a United States, Elder Kate, SASS be back in Mazzano for this match. Sergio Leone is best known for the name. All the scenarios were created #5707. World Champion competitor Take the opportunity to meet this creation of the spaghetti westerns. by Carlo Leva, who will be in Long Hunter, SASS #20389, will be SASS founder and early supporter of Leone filmed the western, “A Fistful Mazzano to tell us of stories of the the Range Master, ensuring all SASS Cowboy Action Shooting™! SASS of Dollars” in 1964, starring a then Maestro and his Spaghetti Westerns. rules are enforced. USA is very pleased to help present unknown Clint Eastwood. “A Fistful Side matches and Range Officer To participate in this match, you a match shooters will remember, and of Dollars” created the spaghetti classes will be offered August 12th must be a SASS member. To encour- that will be the first of many SASS- western genre that encompassed and 13th, as well as shooting classes age those who are not currently sanctioned European matches in the more than 200 films. After “A Fistful by Long Hunter and Lassiter. They SASS members to participate, SASS years to come. of Dollars” came “For A Few Dollars are both top competitors in Cowboy is offering a one-time opportunity to For information and applications More,” and finally, the ultra-classic Action Shooting™ and excellent purchase a basic SASS membership go to: www.owss.it WORLD 2007 CHAMPS 8 YEARS TWIN Jeffrey Willis IN A ROW! Burlington, West Virginia SASS 3553 World Champion SASS Shooter – Derringer – “To compete with the best, you must shoot the best! Bond, the Rolls Royce of derringers.”

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WALT KIRST AND HIS WONDERFUL KONVERTERS Part I By Tuolumne Lawman, SASS# 6127

Remington New Model Army Conversion History The American Civil War created Tuolumne Lawman, an enormous demand for firearms of SASS #6127 every kind. Designers and manufacturers pushed the limits with new any of today’s Cowboy Action designs and production methods. MShooting™ percussion revolver Existing firearm manufacturers shooters would like to have the abil- such as Colt and Remington moved ity to convert their revolver to a over and made room for the likes of metallic cartridge firing revolver, Christian Spencer and Oliver just as shooters did 140 years ago. Winchester. The first widely suc- With this in mind, Walt developed a cessful Remington revolver was the drop-in 1858 Remington Kirst New Model Army in .44 caliber. Konverter cylinder about ten years While we generally (and erroneous- ago. By simply dropping in one of ly) refer to it as a “Model 1858,” it these Kirst cylinders, you can con- was actually introduced in 1861 vert your Uberti or Pietta 1858 after the beginning of the Civil War. Remington percussion revolver into The “1858” refers to the patent date. a very period correct conversion This New Model Army revolver from revolver to use in Cowboy Action Remington was second only to the Shooting™, utilizing .45 Colt, .45 Colt in its numbers and popularity. Schofield, or .45 Cowboy Special car- Part of its popularity was because its tridges. No gunsmithing is required, one-piece frame was sturdier than and it can be returned to percussion the inherently weaker two-piece at any time. I personally use one in frame of the 1851 and 1860 Colts. the same Uberti forged framed New Self-contained metallic car- Model Army .44 I use for Civil War tridges in Smith & Wesson, Henry, re-enacting to also shoot Cowboy and Spencer firearms became Author’s Uberti New Model Army with Kirst Konverter. Action Shooting™ matches. Before immensely popular during the Civil getting into a review of his products, War. There was no doubt they repre- Remington, and others could only lic cartridge revolvers. Just after the let’s first cover the historical prece- sented the future of firearms. Until produce percussion style revolvers. Civil War, however, Remington dent for Walt Kirst’s Konverters. 1871, however, Smith and Wesson Bored-through-cylinders were an decided to pay the licensing fee to held the exclusive rights to Rollin absolute necessity for cartridge Smith and Wesson in order to con- White’s patent on “bored through revolvers. This gave Smith and vert the huge stocks of percussion revolver cylinders.” This meant Colt, Wesson a virtual monopoly on metal- (Continued on next page)

Available at: Buffalo Arms Co...... 208-263-6935 River Junction Trade Co...... Toll Free: 866-259-9172 VTI Gun Parts ...... 860-435-8068 February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 47 (Continued from previous page) the revolver’s recoil plate. .44 caliber New Model Army Both the .44s and .38s usually USFA Customer Loyalty revolvers (1858’s) for re-issue to the had a modified recoil plate with a Trade-in Program US Army. They converted the New loading notch milled into the right Model Army .44s to five shot car- side of the percussion revolver’s Trade in any Colt Single Action or clone tridge revolvers using the .46 caliber frame. An additional assembly with toward the purchase of a genuine Rodeo®, rim-fire. According to McDowell in a loading gate and frame mounted Cowboy® or Gunslinger® and receive a free US his book “A Study of Colt Con- firing pin was also added. Then, Trademark Gun Case and Theodore Roosevelt versions and Other Percussion either a shortened percussion cylin- calendar. See our web site, usfirearms.com for details. Offer expires 12/31/06. Revolvers,” 4,574 of the Remington der that had been bored through, or New Model .44 Army Revolvers were a newly manufactured bored Showcase Dealer Program converted to this .46 caliber rim-fire through cylinder were fitted. Some round between 1868 and 1869. Remington cartridge conversions Coming soon! Be sure to look for our new Smith and Wesson received $1 per had a simple ejector rod mechanism USFA Dealer Display. Shown here, the display gun royalty. These new cartridge attached to the right side of the bar- will feature a full range of our exceptional firearms at USFA Showcase Dealers nationwide. conversion Remingtons were very rel/loading lever. The ejector rod had popular with US frontier troops. a small “flag type” protrusion at the U. S. Fire Arms Mfg. Co. Hartford, CT • USA • Phone 860-296-7441 Eventually with the Rollin White muzzle end that was locked in place 100% www.usfirearms.com Patent expiring, Remington began by the loading lever in the closed AMERICAN MADE ® making numerous cartridge conver- position. In order to use the ejector, sion revolvers. Remington reworked the revolver was placed in half cock, their percussion revolvers, using a and the loading lever unlocked and newly manufactured cylinder and dropped slightly, freeing the end of ADVERTISING INFORMATION altered the revolver recoil plate. the ejector rod. Within several years, many Reming- The Remington cartridge conver- ASK FOR ton New Model Army revolvers were sions in .38 center-fire and rim-fire, also being converted to six-shot .44 .44 center-fire, and .46 rim-fire were ~ DONNA ~ Remington center-fire. This .44 cal- produced in huge numbers. Some (EXT. 118) iber cartridge was simply Reming- were actually converted to .45 Colt ton’s version of the already successful by various gunsmiths. Remington .44 Martin (Colt) center-fire car- kept producing cartridge conversion are slightly less expensive. Around small fortune just for one cylinder tridge. The Remington .36 caliber revolvers until the No. 3 Army Model half, however, were manufactured in full. So what’s an early Remington percussion Navy sized revolvers were of 1875 was released, also in .44 rim-fire calibers such as .38 Short loving, Spencer toting cowpoke to do? likewise converted to both .38 Long Remington, then in .44 WCF, and and Long rim-fire and .46 rim-fire. Do like I do and shoot an Italian New rim-fire and .38 central-fire. Many of finally some in .45 Colt for the Original .46 rim-fires are some of the Model Army copy with a .45 Colt the .38 and smaller rim-fire caliber Indian Police. scarcest of the early metallic car- Kirst Konverter! revolvers were modified using a two- Original Remington conversions tridges, and even if they were still (Next month – a review of piece cylinder and no modification to are about as plentiful as Colts and able to discharge, they would cost a the Konverters) Page 48 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

MOUNTED RANGE OFFICER PROGRAM By Johnnie Concho, SASS Life #2926, and Wildcat Kate, SASS Life #7873 National Spokespersons for SASS Mounted Shooting is to increase the number of certified responsible for his own safety, and Mounted Range Officers is to provide MRO-I and MRO-II instructors the safety of those nearby. However, the sport of SASS Mounted Shooting nationwide in order to have all SASS it is the ultimate responsibility of the competent, firm, and fair officials in Mounted Shooters certified in these Mounted Range Officers to ensure all levels of competition, and allow Johnnie Concho, vital safety courses. These MRO safety rules are consistently followed. Mounted Range Officers to perform SASS Life #2926, Regulator courses are available online at the It is our intent every SASS competi- any duty on the range. The course & Wildcat Kate, SASS website for your review. tor has the knowledge to function as offers guidelines for the fair and con- SASS Life #7873, Regulator Consistency is important—unde- a Mounted Range Officer, given sistent application of the rules and fined rules and gray areas cause appropriate coaching on the range by procedures for the match. The Mounted Range Officer (MRO) hard feelings, misunderstandings, experienced personnel. When design- Mounted Range Officer’s role is to AProgram, which includes a and arguments. The Mounted Range ing and running a match, every keep the match running efficiently, Mounted Match Director Guide, Officer program is designed to pro- Match Director and Mounted Range safely, and consistently. It is the Mounted Range Operations Basic vide a better understanding of the Officer must keep in mind the event responsibility of club officials to Safety Course, and Mounted Range rules and how to apply them. SAFE- is solely for the safe enjoyment of the determine the qualifications, experi- Officer Training Course for SASS TY RULES—FIRST, LAST, AND shooters. Mounted Range Officers ence, maturity, and judgment of its Mounted Shooting has been devel- ALWAYS. The purpose of these must be professional, polite, and match officials, and appoint appropri- oped over the past four years and courses is to ensure safety and con- friendly. The SASS Mounted Shoo- ately trained individuals as Mounted has been implemented across the sistency at every SASS club match, ters Handbook is to be followed in Range Officers for their matches. country. SASS has appointed Buck no matter what size the match is. designing a match, and SASS rules Any time you go to a match, Cantrel, SASS #38242, as the coordi- Each SASS competitor who sets enforced equally and consistently. SASS’ goal is for you to feel comfort- nator of the MRO Program. His goal foot on a range is a Safety Officer, The purpose of trained club (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 49 MOUNTED RANGE OFFICER PROGRAM . . . (Continued from previous page) feel comfortable knowing scoring, able knowing the safety rules and procedures, and equipment are con- procedural penalties are consistent sistent with the SASS Mounted with your home club. You will also Shooters Handbook. GUN SAFETY-OLD WEST STYLE! . . . (Continued from page 44) These two men “witnessed” Jim muscles of his neck. Mart Hardin Miller’s shotgun murder of Bud had also loaded all six chambers of Frazer in Toyah, Texas, on September his pistol. 14, 1896. The resulting trial was Two experienced gunmen acci- moved to Eastland County on a dentally shoot themselves within change of venue, and, in January days of each other? The coincidence 1899, Miller was found not guilty. is startling, but the significance So, the accidental shootings of reaches beyond that. With both Mart Hardin and Mannie Clements, Mart Hardin and Mannie Clements followed by the loss of John Wesley shot, they weren’t any support for Hardin a short time later, forced Jim Miller during the summer of Miller to end his intrigues and get 1895, and, on August 19, 1895, down to business, assassinating things got much worse when John Frazer himself. Miller, of course, Wesley Hardin was shot to death by gained nothing from the murder, and John Selman in El Paso. The loss of he left Pecos and West Texas. In three of his strongest supporters 1908, he was involved to a greater or brought Jim Miller’s plans to a tem- lesser degree in the assassination of porary halt. Pat Garrett near Las Cruces, New With opinions in Pecos now run- Mexico. A little over a year after ning against him, Miller brought his that, Miller and three conspirators in two least desirable cohorts into play, another case were lynched by an John Denson and William Earhart. angry mob in Ada, Oklahoma. GIVE TO THE SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! Page 50 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

e e WHAT IS A NATIONAL MOUNTED SUMMIT 2007 – SPOKESPERSON? GREAT SUCCESS By Wildcat Kate, SASS Life/Regulator #7873 By Wildcat Kate, SASS Life #7873, Mounted National Spokesperson he need for spokespersons that the perception it is a professional, Tcan represent SASS in the highly well-run organization he 2007 SASS mounted territo- Mounted Shooting program. competitive Mounted Shooting busi- Benefits outside the Organiza- Trial summit was a great suc- There was a discussion at the ness has benefits for our Organi- tion for having a spokesperson cess. The meeting began with meeting announcing the official zation as well as for sponsors and include: Coyote Calhoun, Wild Bunch mem- National Advisory Board mem- outside organizations (including the • Provides a ‘point-of-contact’ for ber, announcing the solid commit- bers, their roles, and how the media) that deal with SASS. media and other inquiries to SASS ment SASS has to the Mounted interaction works within the The SASS Board of Directors, the • Makes it easier and more reliable Shooting program. Coyote organization. Three new mem- Wild Bunch, has chosen Johnnie to have a designated voice acknowledged there are rumors to bers of the National Advisory Concho and Wildcat Kate to be • Provides a recognizable name and the effect SASS is ending Mounted Board were introduced—Kid National Spokespersons for SASS face to associate with SASS Shooting – but he assured us “that Dilligaf from Florida; Cimarron Mounted Shooting. The duo has the Mounted Shooting—a walking is not so” and wants the National Lou, SASS Marketing Assistant, necessary ability and willingness to ‘billboard’ for SASS at functions, Advisory Board and the TG’s to and Coyote Calhoun, representing stand up and enunciate SASS events, and activities. take it from the horse’s mouth the Wild Bunch. Note: SASS will Mounted Shooting successes and Johnnie and Kate are able to that, “SASS is excited about be identifying the National achievements, as well as the ability speak publicly about SASS Moun- Mounted Shooting and continuing Advisory Board members by title to get our message across regarding ted Shooting, as they are knowl- forward full throttle with the pro- or Region in the future. our Mounted Shooting Program. As edgeable about issues, activities, gram—that’s the message SASS The results of the voting on the public face of our Organization in and items that concern SASS. They wants out there.” Summit agenda items will be sent the Mounted Shooting community, are familiar with SASS’ attitudes There will be two National to your Territorial Governor in the Johnnie and Kate have a standing in and philosophies; possess a high Mounted Championships—the next Governor Bulletin, and has the organization as credible leaders standard of credibility, and, are able Eastern in Florida and the Western also been posted on the SASS and experts in the field, as well as to build a good rapport with our tar- in Tombstone, Arizona. Coyote Mounted Wire. every aspect of Mounted Shooting. get audience. They are likeable, Calhoun said the two SASS assis- Again, the Summit was great! As spokespersons they will: well-known personalities, possess tants headquartered in SASS’s We definitely want continued sup- • Keep SASS in the mounted com- good humor, and are loyal support- New Mexico office, Cimarron Lou, port from Territorial Governors munities’ eye through the genera- ers of SASS. Marketing Assistant, and Prairie and National Advisory Board mem- tion of publicity As National spokespersons, Mary, SASS Clubs Administrator, bers, and your attendance at the • Ensure SASS gets the most posi- Johnnie and Kate represent the are committed to supporting the 2008 Convention. tive exposure possible membership and public image of • Provide invaluable promotion for SASS. They communicate with elo- group events, requests, conven- quence and ease regarding SASS tions, and activities values, purpose, and goals and For AD Rates • Allow our group’s opinion to be inform others through their expressed on issues of the day and demeanor and presentation style. ~ DONNA ~ those being discussed among the While Johnnie and Kate will (EXT. 118) organizations help inform our members and public • Provide a focal point for SASS about the facts, their most important members to refer inquiries role is to deliver SASS’ current mes- zation. We want to create a relation- viding commitment and a valuable • Increase the visibility of SASS sages as they relate to Mounted ship with our members and ensure perspective and outlook on our SASS Mounted Shooting and enhance Shooting and the SASS Organi- SASS is an industry leader by pro- Mounted Shooting Program. February 2008Cowboy Chronicle Page 51

Winners INGALLS PARK PLAYS HOST TO Overall Champion Horsedancer, SASS #4728 L Champion Pearl Handle Lady, THE 60TH ANNUAL NORCO VALLEY SASS #31388 Division 1 No Toe Joe, FAIR AND THE SASS 2007 MOUNTED SASS #7450 L Division 1 Hillacious, WESTERN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! SASS #50709 Division 2 Blackjack Barry, By Wildcat Kate, SASS Life #7873, National Spokesperson of SASS Mounted Shooting SASS #53716 L Division 2 Rainbow Wrangler, ngalls Park is the host to the careers with only tenths separating SASS #70952 Iannual Norco Valley Fair. The Roy the first and second place as well as Division 3 Cobalt Blue, Rogers Rangers hosted the 2007 the Overall positions! SASS #26767 SASS Western Regional Champion- The Mayor of Norco, Harvey L Division 3 Bad Apple Baby, ship of Mounted Shooting on Sullivan, was in the announcer’s SASS 65878 September 1 & 2 during the 60th booth to welcome the SASS Mounted Division 4 Mac James, Annual Norco Valley Fair in the Shooters and the Roy Rogers SASS #43493 Grand Moreno Arena. This is a fam- Rangers for what was our fourth con- L Division 4 Wildcat Kate, ily fun sport—it’s fun and fast, fast secutive invitation to the Norco SASS #7873 and fun!! There were competitors Valley Fair. The attendees enjoyed Division 5 Horsedancer from 7 to 75 at this annual affair. the nightly rodeo, fair entertain- A fiery horse, a cloud of dust, and a Senior Sunup Rider, The event was attended by 55 of ment, and each other’s camaraderie. hearty Hi Yo Little Big Horse! SASS #631 the Region’s best Mounted Shooters Congratulations to the 2007 2007 SASS Western Regional Overall L Senior Ima Lopin, who did battle in a six-stage match. Western Regional Champions and Winner, Horsedancer, rides his Arabian to victory! A fast horse and SASS #65879 everyone who made this match a Although the outside weather was straight shooting are but two Junior Dinky Dalton, blistering hot, the arena was cool great success once again! Horse- of the ingredients for being a top SASS #64509 and footing conditions were amazing. dancer and his stallion, Amorosa, competitor. Horsedancer puts it all Wrangler Shrimpy Sheila Many Mounted Shooters had the emerged the Overall Champion with together and makes it look easy! best match of their competition (Continued on page 82) Congratulations! Page 52 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

A MAN, A COWBOY, A PASSION Interview with a friend: Frederick Holster Maker, SASS #33134 By Alchimista, SASS Life #41531

one season. Frederico makes things revolvers, and he believes historical- used to personalise all his products. for a lifetime and former customers ly there’s no other pistol linked to its All these finished leather pieces are often return for a visit and more holster and belt that better repre- placed inside his showcase so the merchandise. sents an era. sun can give them a better colour. He was quoted in several Ame- In 2000 he became a SASS mem- Frederick Holster Maker is also rican tourist guides and thanks to ber, choosing the alias Frederick able to accommodate customers’ these, foreign customers came, and Holster Maker. With the formation requests. I have a fantastic picture of are still coming to meet him. of the Old West Shooting Society in a cowboy holding his rifle while he Alchimista, SASS Life #41531 Customers who only want “custom Italy, he lived to spread the Old West rides his horse that he hand-stamped made” leather goods seek him out. in our country. on a flat leather surface. ome, Italy – I would like to tell Leather is in his blood. His From 2004, thanks to now-called These are some of the aspects of Ryou about a meeting I had sever- grandfather and his father were SASS ITALY, he has even more Frederick Holster Marker, the one al years ago when going to work in saddle makers in a countryside vil- opportunities to create the leather of that uses his hands to create our Rome. I was close to downtown, lage near Rome. They worked for a the Old West. Some friends, and I’m beloved holsters and belts. I invite around the Pantheon, when I noticed local cowboy. Federico, listening to one of them, assert he is the best you to come and meet him if you a really strange shop with certain their stories of a past time became artisan available in Italy for this have the opportunity to visit Rome. stuff exposed through the windows – enthralled. This passion became “custom made” leather. You will love this city for something extraordinary leather stuff. his style, his way of life—the cow- A great help to him was the other than just Roman history! I opened the door and saw a cowboy way!! book, “Packing Iron.” He believes Federico Polidori boy working with ancient devices The love for the Old West was so this literature should be placed near Via Piè di Marmo, 7 that attracted me so much I came in strong his father made him a belt the beds of our children. 00186 ROMA for more than a while. I want to and holsters to play with when he The leather he uses is natural Tel +39-06/6797191 introduce you to Federico, a real arti- was just a kid. For Federico, these with a minimum of fat. The thick- san, and his leather. He rented this holsters were really strange because ness is 9/10 oz. In his Suede Lined shop in 1979. Before, it was located they were a Hollywood style, but he model, he adds some leather from in a hovel of an old roman palace, as was so happy he used the rig for England inside. His holsters are a noble got the fancy to rent this many years. completely hand-made; this is not room to him. When the first western movies, the fastest system available … but It’s one of the rare laboratories the ones in black and white of the this is what he prefers and offers to where it’s possible to see a man 40’s, and the first western books his customers. while he’s creating with his hands. arrived in Italy, they satisfied his His wire is 100% flax from What he produces is not just exclu- curiosity, and he discovered a fantas- Ireland. The buckles come from the sively western style. The customers tic world called America and its United States with classic styles that come into his shop ask for suit- Golden Era. such as the California Clip, Corner cases, badges, bags, belts, and so on. Even though creating leather Buckle, and Cart Buckle, always His customers are not the ones that bags was his predominant business, nickel-plated. Also, the copper rivets like bags that can be used for only he had the opportunity to satisfy come from the US. several lovers of Single Action He loves to decorate his holsters with nickel spots or basket weave or border stamping. These designs are February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 53 Page 54 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008 February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 55 Page 56 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008 February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 57 Page 58 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

A FISTFUL of THORNS e e By Michael A. Crane, Celtic Knight, SASS #68617 THE BLOOD OF Reviewed by Sweetwater Jack, SASS Life #28885 BASS TILLMAN riting a “Historical Novel” has Reviewed by Kansas City Jack, SASS #9243 Wgot to be one of the more difficult accomplishments for an author. lood of Bass Tillman, by Kansas Creating and maintaining the bal- BCity author Cotton Smith has ance between researched historical been introduced nationally in accuracy and a novel’s requirement paperback by Dorchester Publish- for “readability” is no easy chore, ing (Leisure Books, New York). It is especially when the subjects of your his twelfth western novel. work are as well known as “Doc” The western mystery takes Holliday, Kate Elder, and the Earps. place in historic 1879 Longmont Michael Crane establishes his “bone and Denver, Colorado. Bass Till- fides” within the first few pages of “A man, an older, respectable lawyer Fistful of Thorns,” and serves up with a gun fighting past, sets out page-turning action salted with the on the trail of the murderers of his language and facts of the period. son and daughter-in-law, following Mr. Crane has obviously studied a few clues. He ends up on trial his subjects and the 1880 period in himself for the murder of two which this novel is set. You can taste crooked U. S. deputy marshals. A the air and smell the streets in this Scottish farmer, a professional one. I especially enjoyed the hangman, and a Lakota bear med- Epilogue, giving you the facts of the icine woman come to his aid, along Return of the Spirit Rider, is due in “characters” final days, which for with two old friends everyone September 2008 and is the sequel some came quickly. Others, mostly fiction? Who knows? I’ll have to ask thought were dead. to the critically praised Spirit the ladies, lived well into the 20th Doc when I meet him up the trail … His thirteenth western novel, (Continued on next page) Century. Which is fact and which is (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 59

A FISTFUL of THORNS . . . shot. Holliday couldn’t understand swollen legs with wet towels, there bed. I’ll see to her,” said Doc. “Did (Continued from previous page) why he wasn’t laying face down in the was a knock at the door. she leave owing anything?” and HE probably won’t tell me the street. As soon as he thought it was “Who is it?” Doc asked. Creek and Willie deposited the truth of it! safe he looked at his legs. There was “We got Kate, Doc,” Creek comatose Kate. Willie shrugged at A sample from Chapter 9: no blood, just welts and a feeling that answered, “she’s passed-out colder Doc’s question and stuttered a reply, “When Doc reached the middle of he had been scalded. than a wedge. Can we bring her in?” “I’m n...n...n...not sure.” the street, Kate brought the shotgun Back at his room Doc discovered At the sound of his friend’s voice Doc went to the enameled tin box level, pointed and fired. One barrel what he had been hit with. Doc headed for the door in his under- on his dresser and got a $5 bill. roared and Doc was hit in the back. “Sand!! That crazy bitch shot me wear and opened it. With Johnson Handing it to Creek he said, “Give He felt a fierce burning sensation with sand!” It was obviously the bar- was stuttering One-Legged Willie this shinplaster to Duffy. It should from the small of his back down to his dog’s precaution against killing Pertwee, the undertaker. settle anything Kate had on her tab.” boot tops but he was still able to walk. bystanders if it came to gunplay As they lugged Kate into the And walk he did. He hurried into an inside the saloon. He wondered if room, Creek continued, “She finished Boot Hill Press, alley out of Kate’s line of sight. She Kate knew that or if she was actually off the bottle, sat down, laid her head Klamath Falls Oregon stopped in the middle of the roadway trying to kill him. on the table and it was adios for the ISBN # 0-9745914-0-8 struggling to break open the gun, Less than an hour later, while he high and lonesome.” Library of Congress Control which had misfired on the second was still soaking his back and “Thanks, gents. Put her on the #2003113083

THE BLOOD OF BASS TILLMAN . . . (Continued from previous page) just been reprinted. The audio book Rider. He has also authored Trail To version of Stands a Ranger has just Eagle and Tribesmen Arise, histories been released and the audio version of Boy Scouting in the Kansas City of Blood Brothers is planned for area, and been one of the 28 selected December. The audio book version of writers in the Western Writers of Blood of Bass Tillman is planned for America’s 50th anniversary antholo- June 2008. gy. Westward Spirit Rider and Sons Contact Don D’Auria, Dorches- of Thunder have also been published ter Publishing 212-725-8811, ddau- in large print, hardcover versions by [email protected] or Cotton Wheeler Publishing, in addition to Smith, 913-432-5923, spiritfire@ their original paperback release. kc.rr.com or www.cottonsmith Pray For Texas, his second novel, has books.com VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM Page 60 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY LITTLE KNOWN FAMOUS PEOPLE WAY OUT WEST – 1860’s John White By Joe Fasthorse Harrill, SASS #48769

Joe Fasthorse Harrill, FFeebbrruuaarryy SASS #48769 By Ellsworth T. Kincaid, Life/Regulator #6037 OHN WHITE was the cantankerous cook at the N Bar Ranch in Montana. www.great-american-adventures.com JAs a permanent member of the outfit, the cook wielded more power than any of the other ranch hands. The root of his authority sprang from the fact he furnished the one 4 Feb 1860 Texas Rangers and Captain John Ford fight Juan Cortina and his Mexican irregulars at element a cowboy most cherished … the Battle of La Bolsa Bend on the Rio Grande River. Sonofabitch Stew. 8 Feb 1861 Six Southern states establish the Confederate States of America. 13 Feb 1861 Assistant surgeon Colonel Bernard John Dowling Irwin takes command of troops, attacking and defeating hostile Chiricahua Indians at Apache Pass, New Mexico Territory, becoming Nation’s first Medal of Honor action, which will not be issued until January 24, 1984. 18 Feb 1861 Jefferson Davis is sworn in as President of the Confederate States of America; Montgomery, Alabama. 16 Feb 1861 Flying the Lone Star flag, Ben McCulloch and his Texas Rangers march to the Alamo, precursor to Sherman’s “March to the Sea.” This is the first attempt by the Union at a US garrison post, arsenal, and supply depot and demand their surrender. total warfare, a strike aimed not just at military objectives, but also at the will of the 18 Feb 1861 Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders agree to abandon their lands in Colorado, guaranteed Southern people. to them in an 1851 treaty, believing they retain their freedom to roam and hunt buffa- 17 Feb 1864 At 9:00 PM in Charleston Harbor the 30 foot long, 5 feet high, and 4 foot wide lo. Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley is struck by an explosion that destroys her entire 21 Feb 1861 President-elect Lincoln secretly arrives in Washington to take office, foiling an assas- stern and disappears, becoming the first sub to ever sink an enemy warship, when she sination plot in Baltimore. rammed Union ship USS Housatonic. Only 5 of her 160-man crew lose their lives. 23 Feb 1861 Texas leaves the Union. 20 Feb 1864 In the largest battle fought in Florida, General Joseph Finegan’s Confederate forces 1 Feb 1862 Atlantic Monthly publishes “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” written by Julia Ward defeat General Truman Seymour’s Union forces, allowing Florida’s interior to remain Howe. the domain of the Confederates. 6 Feb 1862 Union gunboats – four ironclads and three timberclads – commanded by Andrew Hull 22 Feb 1864 At the Battle of West Point, Mississippi, General Nathan Bedford Forrest routs Union Foote, under command of General Grant, fire on and take Fort Henry, on the Tennessee forces three times the size of his army, helping end General Sherman’s expedition into River. Union gunboat Cincinnati fires first shot. Alabama. 8 Feb 1862 First amphibious landing under enemy fire occurs at Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Feb 1864 Union Colonel Ulric Dahlgren is killed attempting to enter Richmond. On his body, in 10 Feb 1862 Wooden steamboat USS Commodore Perry destroys Southern flagship Seabird. a cigar case, is found details of a plot to destroy the Confederate capital and kill or kid- 17 Feb 1862 CSS Virginia, built from USS Merrimack’s hull, is launched; Norfolk, Virginia. nap Jefferson Davis. 13 Feb 1862 Lee defeats Ambrose Burnside; Fredericksburg, Virginia. 5 Feb 1865 Sherman and 60,000 Union troops leave Savannah, heading toward Columbia. 16 Feb 1862 After two days of battle, 14,000 Confederates surrender at Fort Donelson, Tennessee 6 Feb 1865 Robert E. Lee is made Commander-in-Chief of all Confederate armies. Two months on the Cumberland River to General Grant, earning him the nickname “Unconditional later he’ll surrender to Ulysses S. Grant. Surrender” Grant. This is the Union’s first important victory of the War, opening cen- 12 Feb 1865 Reverend Dr. Henry Highland Garnet, the first African American to address the U.S. tral Tennessee to Union occupation. Two days later Nashville will fall to Union troops. House of Representatives, delivers a sermon to a crowded House chamber, commem- 21 Feb 1862 Colonel Henry Sibley and 2600 Confederate infantry/cavalry defeat 3800 Union troops orating the victories of the Union Army and deliverance of the country from slavery. under General Canby at Val Verde, New Mexico along the Rio Grande, giving the 17 Feb 1865 General Sherman’s army takes Columbia, capital of South Carolina, symbol of the South hope it might conquer the Southwest. Sibley then captures Albuquerque and rebellion, and burns it to the ground. Santa Fe. Sibley and Canby were brother-in-laws. Fifty-two-year-old Lieutenant 18 Feb 1865 Charleston, one of the nation’s finest and busies cities and a Confederate target identi- Colonel Kit Carson, of the First New Mexico Cavalry, is brevetted for his leadership fied early in the war by Lincoln, finally falls after five months under siege. of eight companies. 18 Feb 1865 Confederates quietly abandon Fort Sumter during the night. 28 Feb 1862 Confederate Captain Sherod Hunter and 200 mounted riflemen occupy Tucson with- 13 Feb 1866 The Clay County Savings & Loan Association in Liberty, Missouri is robbed by out firing a shot. “Missouri Bushwhackers” wearing faded soldier blue overcoats at two o’clock in the Feb 1862 Union war prisoners start arriving at Camp Sumter, near Andersonville, Georgia. The afternoon. College student George Wymore, an innocent bystander, is shot and killed. prison has 16.5 acres of open land enclosed by a 15-foot-high stockade, with no hous- Frank and Jesse James and Cole Younger are believed to be the leaders of the gang. ing, clothing, or medical care available. By the end of August, there’ll be 32,000 men Take is between $57,000 – $62,000 in cash, bonds, gold, and silver. This is America’s in an area of 26 acres intended to hold 10,000. Of 45,000 Union soldiers confined, first daylight bank robbery during peacetime. According to the Wymore family, with- 13,000 will die. in weeks of the robbery, they received a letter apologizing for the death of their boy, Feb 1863 Formation of a secret society of law enforcers, the Rocky Mountain Detective signed by Jesse James. Association, is formed. Feb 1867 Famed bandito Narciso Bojorques and One-eyed Jack Williams duel over a card game 2 Feb 1863 Leland Stanford, California Pacific Railroad’s President, strikes the first spike at cere- in Copperopolis, California. A slug from Narciso creases Williams’ head, while a fatal monies in Sacramento. The race is on to build the transcontinental railroad. shot hits the bandito in the arm, ricocheting into his heart and killing him. 5 Feb 1863 USS Queen of the West is captured by Confederates on the Red River and altered into 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Governor Samuel J. Crawford signs into law an act to protect livestock from a ram. “Spanish fever.” This law prohibits driving of Texas or Indian cattle into Kansas 24 Feb 1863 Arizona is organized as a territory from part of New Mexico Territory. between March and December. 9 Feb 1864 Vigilantes in Aurora, Nevada lynch four men. 24 Feb 1868 House of Representatives impeach President Andrew Johnson after his attempted dis- 9 Feb 1864 George Custer and Elizabeth Bacon wed in the First Presbyterian Church, Monroe, missal of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton; the Senate will later acquit Johnson. Michigan. She wears white silk, he in dress uniform, a Yankee frock coat adorned with 1 Feb 1869 Outlaw Cullen Baker, gang leader terrorizing Dallas, Texas area is hunted down and gold buttons, braid, and epaulets. killed by a group of men including his father-in-law. 9 Feb 1864 109 Union soldiers’ tunnel out of Confederate Libby prison, Richmond, Virginia – the 8 Feb 1869 Notorious horse thief “El Pollo” (The Chicken) is shot and captured at Socorro, New largest escape of the war. Half reach Union lines. Mexico. 14 Feb 1864 General Sherman enters Meridian, Mississippi, during a winter campaign serving as a 28 Feb 1869 Wild Bill Hickok quits the scouting business for good. February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 61 Cochise Leather Reproductions from the Frontier West Era

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e e SIX GUN TOM, SASS#49289 VALDEZ, SASS #2335 By Dr. Douglas Briggs Milton, DE – I have long admired April 23, 1928-November 25, 2007 the title “cowboy.” The word for me By Goody, SASS #326190 has always stirred up images of a strong, rugged individual – one who Ft. Worth, TX – Valdez, SASS was self-confident and had no fears #2335, aka William Lafayette to stand up for what he knew was Wallace, 78, passed away November right. In 2006, it was my great pleas- 25, 2007. ure to have met a man who embodied Valdez was born April 23, 1928, my vision of a real cowboy. in Amarillo, Texas. He was a long- Six Gun Tom, aka Tom Turner, time resident of Benbrook, moving was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the here in 1954. He married Glenna youngest of three children. As a boy Dean Peters on August 21, 1949, in Lexington he was District Duncan and enjoyed 57 years of marriage Yo-Yo champion four years in a row, until her death. He retired from and also received the Gold Duncan General Dynamics after 40 years Yo-Yo award for three years, and he nursing homes in our area – telling working as a test engineer. He was was the Kentucky State Duncan Yo- stories and jokes, twirling guns, and an avid outdoorsman and a man of Yo champion in 1956 and 1957. I can giving folks a fanciful taste of the many hobbies, including painting, only assume these early skills were Old West. He was like a little kid, leather working, SASS, knitting, meant to serve as a foundation for living his dream. crossword puzzles, and square danc- his gun handling skills as a cowboy. Tom knew guns. He had been an ing. A devoted husband and father, He loved music and played in armorer while serving with the he will be missed by his family. several bands when he was younger. police, and had taken countless Survivors: Son, William L. “Bo” can’t recall ever seeing him miss a He also performed with Jimmy Eller classes and training seminars. He Wallace and friend, Margaret pistol shot in a match. He was fond and the Little People in several had personal correspondence with Brown; daughter, Kathy Wallace; of those pistols, 7-1/2" .44-40 Single nightclubs in the Washington, DC Arvo Ojala. He had an uncanny grandchildren, Taylor Ford, Anna Action Army’s. The rifle, a ‘92 also area in the 60’s. sense of how a gun should “feel,” and Jackson, Charles Brown, and Julie in .44WCF, had been re-barreled by He proudly served his country in seemed to be able to tell by touch Brown; great-granddaughter, Kayla his son Bo, and was a tack driver, the Army. He then served his com- when the action wasn’t “just right.” Grover; and numerous nieces and especially with Valdez doing the munity as a Deputy Sheriff in Tom loved the Old West and nephews. hammering. Topping off his favorite Fairfax, VA, for about four years. He could answer any trivia question you Anyone who ever came into con- match guns was a Berretta mule- was the Sheriff of Old Virginia City could come up with. We would sit tact with Valdez knew they had met eared side by side. As I said, I can’t in Fairfax, VA – he scripted, staged, back and watch Tombstone or a John someone special. A fine wit accom- recall seeing him miss more than and performed in many western re- Wayne movie, and he would point out panied by a friendly demeanor half a dozen total targets, TOTAL, enactments. all sorts of unique details – like ensured people took a liking to him. in the eight years we shot together. He became a Deputy Sheriff in Audie Murphy wearing the largest Chief of Scouts for a Frontier Army Several years ago he had some Loudoun County in 1979, and stayed gun belt ever filmed, or the editing in our fantasy game, he was a real serious health setbacks. While he there until he retired in 2000. It was error in True Grit (yes, there is one). live Marine who fought in WW2. He was able to come out and visit with during this time he was awarded the In February of 2007, Tom suf- was quiet about this service, but us one more time about nine Medal of Valor for his actions during fered the first of several subdural would speak proudly of his prowess months ago, it was just too hard a a standoff with armed gunmen hemorrhages, and then Tom suffered with the GI .45. This ‘Greatest battle to fight. All who knew him shooting at a truckload of explosives. a severe stroke a few months later, Generation’ knew the job they had will miss him, especially this wet The highlight of his career was when and passed peacefully in his sleep done was essential, but unsavory. behind the ears Cowboy Action he had the chance to serve as a the next week. They had been asked collectively to Shooter wannabe who learned a guard for his childhood idol Roy Roy Rogers said cowboys never literally save the world. This they great deal from him and Rogers for a few days. Roy was com- cry, and I sure tried to keep it in, but accomplished, and then retired back his cronies. ing to town to attend the opening of Tom was more than a friend. In to civilian life. The little world a new restaurant, and needed securi- every measure, Tom was a real cow- You could see the military disci- that was sad yester- ty. What stories he could tell about boy, a white hat wearing lawman – pline and training when he shot day is much sadder those few days! His wife says you he was a man of honor. He served his Cowboy Action, always one handed, today. Vaya con could not get the grin off of his face country and his community. He slow and steady, never missing. I Dios, my friend. for almost a year. loved putting on his tux and dancing When Tom and his wife moved to with his wife. He enjoyed going out Delaware, he became a member of and entertaining and making other the Tombstone Posse of Salisbury, people happy. He was a good man. Maryland, which did western re- In the short time we knew each VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT enactments, western skits, and per- other, he became one of my closest WWW.SASSNET.COM formed in parades. He wrote numer- friends. Tom was a role model, and I ous skits for the posse to perform hope I can be half the cowboy he was. at senior centers, nursing I should also note Tom was a gift homes, and for the Scouts. He of life donor. Even in death, he helped GIVE TO THE played numerous west- over 100 people. So if someone comes SASS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ern parts in the skits he up to you one day and says, “Did you (A non-profit, tax-deductable charity) wrote. He also person- hear the one about …” you know they ally performed for the might have been helped in one way or MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! senior centers and another by Tom. February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 63

SWAMP FOX, e New Birth e SASS Life/Regulator #5454 Robbie Lee, SASS Life #77712 By Cowboy Mickey, SASS Life #69295 Submitted by Grandfather, South Pacific, SASS Life #59402

Naples, FL – A Memorial Shoot in watchful RO, and obbie was born 10/03/07 and honor of Swamp Fox, aka George Karl most importantly, became a SASS Life Member Hedberg, was sponsored by the his spirit continues R10/04/07! If he is not a current Southwest Florida Gunslingers on to live in every member in good standing with the October 20, 2007 at the Hansen Range cowboy and cow- Panhandle Cattle Company Cowboy in Punta Gorda, Florida. Approxi- girl’s heart. Action Shooting™ club (Florida), he mately 150 cowboys, cowgirls, family, “Swampy,” as soon will be. Welcome aboard! and friends enjoyed shooting four of he was sometimes (I figure this is going to cost SASS “Swamp Fox’s” favorite stages. The called, loved Cow- some 900 issues of The Cowboy shoot was followed by a Service of boy Action Shoo- Chronicle! … but, it’s worth it! … Celebration and scattering the ashes of ting™. He truly Editor in Chief.) the beloved Swamp Fox on the long believed most men of all ages “loved to rifle range. play cowboy.” When Swamp Fox was in Swamp Fox, 66, a 30-year resident his cowboy attire, his persona was in SPLINTER MAKER, of Naples, FL, passed away Tuesday, character. July 10, 2007. He attended school in Swamp Fox enjoyed the cama- SASS #39601 Fairfield, CT, and was a graduate of raderie and shooting with so many dif- the University of Hard Knocks. ferent friends he forged and nurtured August 8, 1950 – November 21, 2007 Swamp Fox joined the U.S. Navy in on the trail. He lived the Cowboy Code 1958 and served aboard the USS Myles and often said, “To have a friend, you By Slowaz Molasses, SASS Life #41444 C. Fox. He was a member of the must be one.” Naples Moose Lodge No. 1782, a Swamp Fox was a quiet competitor Lorena, TX – Splinter Maker, alias, Charter member of the Sons of Norway with a passion for the sport of Cowboy John Mirick left this world to be with Scandia Lodge No. 3-617, and a Life Action Shooting™. His passion for Our Lord at 3:40 pm November 21, member of SASS and the Southwest shooting inspired other shooters and 2007, surrounded by his loving family Florida Gunslingers. Swamp Fox was new shooters. He recruited me, and friends. the owner of Hedberg Associates for inspired me, and became my mentor John was born August 8, 1950, in the past 30 years, working all over and friend. Brownwood, Texas. He graduated from Naples on his bush hog. Swamp Fox was proud of his SASS Kimball High School in Dallas. He He is survived by his wife, Dixie Regulator Badge. He was a founding joined the U.S. Air Force, and went to Lady, (Margaret) SASS #5779, his son, member of the Southwest Florida Vietnam. He married his childhood his mother, and a brother and sister. Gunslingers and the Five County sweetheart, Susan Kurz, on February Like the ever present spir- Regulators, and was a Territorial 12, 1971, in Dallas. He was employed it of the legendary Civil War Governor. He was a great ambassador by Meadows-Springfield Company Swamp Fox, the spirit of of our sport. where he was a lithographer. “Swamp Fox” could be Swamp Fox touched and inspired Splinter Maker was one of the felt on every posse, the lives of so many people, both with- founding members of The Old Fort shooting each stage, in and outside the SASS community. Parker Patriots in Groesbeck, Texas. God saw you were getting tired eyeing the loading His spirit will continue to be a source He worked diligently and tirelessly to And a cure was not to be. table, being the ever of inspiration of tall tales. get the club ready for its monthly and So he put His arms around you annual matches. He always remained And whispered ‘Come to me.’ in the background, wanting no recogni- ALZADA SLIM, tion in return. A golden heart I met Splinter Maker in the sum- Stopped beating, SASS LIFE #7617 mer of 2001, and we began shooting Hard working together on a regular basis until he hands now rest. MARCH 19, 1935 – JUNE 24, 2007 was diagnosed with cancer in God broke our 2006. He and I would travel Hearts to prove to us By Sourdough George/George the Younger, SASS Life #43897 all over Texas together attend- He only takes the best. ing matches and creat- Bremerton, WA – Alzada Slim thought with a name like ing memories. One of Although heart broken, I take (George Bennett) founder of the that he was as thin as a the best times we had refuge in knowing he isn’t suffering Webfoot Buckaroo’s/Poulsbo rail. Well, I saw this was attending END of anymore. Pistolero’s joined his Lord and bear of a man sitting at TRAIL in 2005. I miss you buddy……… Savior on June 24, 2007. the computer, and I Alzada was not only the asked, “Are you Alzada Alzada took me under his wing, the privilege to have met him, much founder, but also the President Slim?” Of course, the and now I am trying to fill the biggest less shot with him in a match. Not a of the Cowboy Action Shooters answer was “yes,” and pair of shoes I have ever tried to fill as finer man ever walked this earth. from the time he founded the then he shook my hand President of the Poulsbo Pistolero’s. Alzada Slim, you will be greatly club until his departure. with this bear paw that Alzada taught me more about being a missed, but never forgotten. From all When I first met was as gentle as a kitten. cowboy and the cowboy way than I the Pistolero’s and any Cowboy Action Alzada, I asked anoth- Within a matter of a thought possible. I firmly believe he Shooter that had the privilege to meet er cowboy who minute or less, I was has touched all the cowboys that had you, thank you for being you! Alzada Slim was, and hooked on Cowboy Action Shooting. I they said he was the just knew if anybody could be that nice one keeping score at in a shooting organization that organi- the computer. I zation had to be for me. Page 64 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

18TH ANNUAL SHOOTOUT AT SADDLE BUTTE! . The SASS Oregon State Championship . By Sweetwater Jack, SASS Life #28885 Photos By Black Box Belle, SASS #68385

hedd, Oregon – A post office near Mills on September 22, 1869. 138 Sthe place now known as Shedd, years of peace and tranquility fol- Oregon, just a bit south of Albany, was lowed. Then, on the 17th of August established with the name Boston 2007, all that changed! The Oregon

Top Hand awards (l) went to Long Jim Hancock, SASS #47369, for his $1800 was raised for Match Winners—Badlands Bud and untold hours of hard work as Range Master and herdin’ and corrallin’ 208 The Happy Trails Children’s Pinto Annie. Fantastic Shooting! Cowboy Action Shooters for this match, and Tuffy Tumbleweed, SASS #68204, Foundation for the privilege of for her long hours of support behind the scenes. Letters of appreciation (r) seeing Big Lou, SASS #7632, scalped berms are covered and allow the also went out to Bart Star, SASS #5885, and Inside Streight, SASS #64708, and shaved (first time without hair shooters to laugh at the possibility of for their generous help and support. in 29 years!). The sheerings were then donated to Locks of Love, which rain (In Oregon?). provides cancer patients’ hairpieces. This years’ theme for the match was: “Our Heroes, Gone but not Forgotten,” and the shooter’s handbook and stages told the stories of our heroes (and heroines) as well as some of the memorable movies and TV shows we all enjoyed “back in the Old Days.” Individual tributes to Annie Oakley, Tim Holt, Audie Murphy, Duncan Renaldo (you don’t remember the “Cisco Kid?” Shame on you!), Jimmie Stewart, and of course, “The Duke,” were worked into the 12 stages, as were the “Bonanza” cast, (Continued on next page)

Oregon State Champions— Mid Valley Drifter and Buckshot Shell-E. Congratulations!

Old West Shooting Society (OOWSS) opened the gates to SASS Cowboy Action Shooters from all over the Northwest Region, and as far away as Hawaii, Illinois, and Texas, and the “Shootout at Saddle Butte,” this year’s Oregon State Championship, was underway. The OOWSS folks have been running this match as an annual shoot for 18 years now, but this was the first year “Shootout at Saddle Butte” was to be the State Championship. The range facility is a great one, with plenty of room for parking, camping, and vendors in a huge grass field. More than half the February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 65 (Continued from previous page) not been “clean-shaven” since 1978!! Society will again hold the Oregon “Gunsmoke,” “McKenna’s Gold,” and The proper (period-correct, of course) State Championship in Match 2008, “The Magnificent Seven.” A favorite barber tools were wielded by and continue to do so in the future. was stage #1, which featured large, Warmheart, SASS #40481, and within This match was well managed and beautifully painted cutouts of the minutes Big Lou resembled a plucked smoothly run. The fun-factor was Golden Gate Warner Brothers cartoon characters chicken. Locks of Love, which pro- high, and the chow was great! It was Western Wear brought to life by the voice of Mel vides hair for cancer patients’ hair- obvious Match Director Mid Valley Blanc. (Yes, I do consider “Yosemite pieces, was given the massive Drifter, SASS #35724, Ass’t Match Sam” as one of my Western Heroes, amounts of hair involved. Director Antety, SASS #43598, (That’s thank you very much!! I’ve tried to The awards ceremony on Sunday “Ante, Ty!), Range Master Long Jim Home of pattern my life as much as possible, afternoon saw Badlands Bud, SASS Hancock, and his assistants, Inside after him and/or Daffy Duck.) #15821, (overall match winner) loaded Streight and Brazos Bucky Smith, Knudsen Hat Co. The side matches held on Friday down with more “stage winner” tro- SASS #59058, as well as the well- Authentic OLD WEST hats were popular and well attended, as phies than the poor young whipper- known Territorial Governor for the for over 25 years was Doc Shapiro’s Shooting School. snapper could hardly handle. Pinto OOWSS, Palewolf Brunelle, SASS Life All shooters were advised well in Annie, SASS #27966, shared the spot- #2495, cared about every shooter, ven- Thank you for voting us advance this was to be a “lost brass” light with Bud as Top Lady Shooter, as dor, and spectator that came through True West Magazines; match, and Boy Scout Troop 99 was well as category winner for Lady that gate. What more can you ask for? going to police up the rifle brass and Traditional. Feel free to check out their website for reader's choice, for shotgun hulls. The Boy Scouts did a The raffle and door prizes were match results and other tidbits. Best Living Hat Maker great job of “picking and sorting,” and too numerous to list, but included www.oowss.com Outlaw after the awards ceremony auction rifles, a matched pair of main match Crown: 10X Beaver Winners Black, Pecan, Choc was completed, the OOWSS was able revolvers, Dillon reloading presses, 4-1/2" Oregon State Champions $232.98 to hand Troop 99 $2,000 to help them several pairs of those magnificent Brim: Sand $264.98 Male Mid Valley Drifter, 3-1/2" 100% Wool toward their goal of attending the bronze spurs made by the Lindholm SASS #35724 $89.98 annual BSA Scout-A-Rama Brothers, as well as some amazing Female Buckshot Shell-E, The generosity of the OOWSS and metal artwork from Tule Spud’s SASS #37335 those attending this match was not Pacific Northwest Metal Arts. Overall Match Winners Outlaw Band 3:10 to limited to the Boy Scouts, though. 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SMOKE ON THE RANGE . SASS 2007 Michigan Blackpowder Shoot . RETURN TO WEST WALKER By Faygo Kid, SASS #26408

f you recollect, about a year ago, Wild Bill, the infamous Fireball, got badness. His first move was to con- Ithirty some vigilantes rode into word of all the horse stealin’, cattle tact some of the best blackpowder the town of West Walker and all but rustlin’, and card cheatin’ going on in shooters in the land. The list he wiped out Two Rig a Tony’s gang. that little town. Now, he believed devised consisted of Doc Roy L. Pain, The only ones that got away were Two Rig a Tony was still in prison, so Pinky Buscadero, Mike Fink, The Can-Can Girl and a couple of the first cowpoke he thought of that Mustache Kid, R J Law, 3 Gun Cole, hard cases by the names of Deuce could pull all this off was Montana The Lady, Shoulda Dun Gun, Cactus Stevens and Lucky Lenny aka Pinky Longhair from down Indiana way. Kay, Sunvale Pete, Ruby Red Jo, LaRue. Well, Tony was put in the He wired Randy Atcher and Lizzy of Dakota Doc, Three Deuces McKee, territorial prison, and the rest disap- the Valley down in Indiana and they and a youngin’ by the name of Desert peared for almost nine months. sent word back the Longhaired one Snake Jake. The word traveled down Can-Can was getting real lonely, was still there hanging out with into the Ohio Territory and Splitrail, so she got Deuce, Lucky, and a couple Cutter’s Raiders. No Cattle (that’s Cripple Creek Kid, Marcus Allen, other no goods together and broke cause Tony stole them all) from the and Lucille Muhall wasted no time Tony out of prison. They made a bee- town of Rockford, informed Fireball getting there. line straight back to West Walker, that Tony’s gang had busted Tony On one of the most beautiful took over the town again, and in no out, and it was them that had moved Fourth of July weekends you ever time were back to their evil ways. back into West Walker. saw, we all rode into West Walker to One of the Michigan’s West Fireball knew he and a few locals make a lot of fire and lightning, and Coast’s deadliest pistoleros since Just needed some help to stop all this rid the town of King Pin Two Rig a Tony and his gang once and for all. Saturday morning after a good breakfast (maybe our last) Cayuse Jack, J R Hammer, and a couple others came up with the idea of splitting up into four groups (about 13 or 14 in each) and to just infiltrate and min- gle in with the town folk until about 10 o’clock and then let all hell break loose. This sounded good to everyone, so at right around that time, with some at the Saloon, Goldmine, Can- Cans’ Brothel (I just happened to be here), and the Livery, the Good Doers struck two, most of the Bad Guys let loose more lead, fire, and smoke were in jail or had headed for the into Two Rig a Tony’s gang than foothills. Only some of the meanest Michigan had ever seen at one time. were still hiding around town. By the time the town clock had (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 67

(Continued from previous page) bars or in Boot Hill. Only the Ole Tony knew he was in deep Nastiest and the Meanest got away. trouble, so he sent word out for all That’d be Lucky Lennie (I think he his men (and a couple ladies) to gath- got away wearin’ PINK) er under the Texas Star at 10 AM It was a fun-filled weekend, with Sunday mornin’. Thinking all the lots of shootin’, good food, great fel- Good Guys and Gals believed they lowship, and lots and lots of door had won, they would now be in prizes that included two gift certifi- church. Moe Gunns, being a good cates from main match sponsor, thinker in his own right, told every- Mike’s Custom Hatters, for 7X hats, body to be up and going by 9 AM, with choice of color and design, and knowing Tony and a few others were lots of cartridges from the other still around. main match sponsor, Great Basin At exactly 10 o’clock (maybe 30 Cartridge Company. seconds early) the gang, led by Two As Eleanor and I were saying our Rig a Tony himself, tried to bully, farewells, I noticed some of the town man handle, and threaten all the folks putting up wanted posters for a town folks, but all they met was a new mayor and sheriff. So, if you wall of lead and smoke. By the time want a good job on the West Coast of all the smoke finely blew out onto Michigan, there’s a couple available. the prairie, the Good Guys had won But, just remember, good guys and back the town of West Walker. gals travel afar to make sure this is Two Rig a Tony, Can-Can Girl, the Land of the Free and Home of and most of the gang are now behind the Brave! Page 68 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

Winners Frontier Cartridge Modern Boss Spearman, SASS #32884 Senior Gunslinger, SASS #10706 49er Jake Cutter, SASS #41344 Traditional Doc Horsecutter, POWDER BLAST 2007 SASS #70785 Duelist Big Poison, SASS #48983 The SASS Southwestern Territorial E Statesman Cherokee Jones, SASS #52092 Blackpowder Shootout S Duelist Wyandot Jim, . . SASS #66953 By Captain George Baylor, SASS Life #24287 S Senior Stonewall Willie, SASS #47111 Gunfighter Step-N-Mud, Alamo. Fortunately the fall SASS fter having spent the summer in SASS #33546 Afar distant lands in search of match schedule was starting. One of B-Western Blue Thorn, strange and exotic SASS matches, I the highlights is Powder Blast, put SASS #62713 was required to return to Texas to on by the Oakwood Outlaws. One of C Cowboy Handsome Hoot, renew my accent. Additionally if I’m the best SASS clubs in a SASS-rich SASS #33786 out of the Lone Star State for more state, they also put on the Texas L Duelist Ms Laurie Darlin, than six months, I tend to forget the State Championship. SASS #41345 (Continued on next page) L 49er Irish Gypsy, SASS #36887 L Modern Lorelei Longshot, SASS #44256 Frontiersman S Senior Bad Gene Poole, SASS #46838 S Duelist Just-Ol-Creek, SASS #9979 Gunfighter Omaha John, SASS #48577 Senior Tex West, SASS #30760 Marcus Hooker shot pistols with The new saloon doors presented Bad Gene Poole was 5th overall C Cowboy Cowtown Scout, cigar clenched in his teeth, but he different challenges shooting Frontiersman Super Senior. SASS #53540 took it out to shoot long guns. for different shooters! Good Job! Handlebar Doc Shooting Schools

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(Continued from page 1) Best Merchant American hearts. As Sundown, Buckaroo Bobbins SASS #285, sang the Star Span- Best Territorial Governor gled Banner, I realized I had never Railroad Bill, SASS #25174 in my 60 years been prouder to be Congratulations to these fine an American and to be among my events, organizations, and folks SASS family. I doubt there was a who promote SASS and the cow- dry eye in the room. I also won- boy way. dered if anyone else shared the Dancing with the Stars moment of guilt I felt as we stood Then everyone who could walk there safe and sound being where or stumble gathered on the dance we wanted to be and doing exactly floor for the Grand March. No one what we wanted to do as thou- was caught in their unawares as sands of our fellow Americans Miss Tabitha had conducted were separated from their friends Victorian Dance Lessons on and family and placed directly in Thursday and Friday, instructing harm’s way. I must also wonder everyone in the art of Victorian how any group or individual, no steps such as the Grand March, matter how extreme, could hope to Virginia Reel, and Quadrilles. I defeat a nation as proud and uni- was reminded of the grand march fied as America. Many thanks to from “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” US Scout, SASS #15690, for lead- but on a grander scale. John ing the color guard, consisting of Wayne, Shirley Temple, Henry Mustang Gregg, SASS #38345, Lt. Fonda, and Ward Bond would have Col. Scratch, SASS #23839, been proud. Chins up, elbows in Sweetwater Jack, SASS #28885, tight, and knees lifted while the Mud Marine, SASS #54686, and Grandview Victorian Orchestra set Dusty Tagalon, SASS #32291, for the cadence. It didn’t matter if you representing every U.S. Soldier, knew the steps or not. You either Sailor, and Marine who has paid marched along or followed those the price for American freedom. The Cowboy Action Shooting™ Hall of Fame Class of ‘07: who did. I’ve never seen a happier Coyote Calhoun (back row, l-r) Darn It Darr, Tequila, and C.S. Fly & bunch of faces. & R.J. Poteet Claudia Feather, Proprietors of Old West Mercantile; Festivities continued as Cat The flags retired and Coyote (front row, l-r) Wes Terner, William Bruce, and Wild Shot. Ballou announced the Costume Calhoun continued the ceremonies Many Thanks for your efforts and activities that have Contest contestants. The Cat pro- with the official Wild Bunch wel- significantly shaped SASS and Cowboy Action Shooting™. vides details of this colorful event come to the 6th Annual SASS elsewhere in this fine publication. Cattle Baron’s Ball. With little hesi- Miss Tabitha and Mad Mountain tation, Calhoun introduced the long enjoy today. Along the trail RJ winners of the SASS Wooly Awards. Mike took the stage again with the and tall RJ Poteet, SASS #3, as the earned the END of TRAIL Top Hand * * * * * Grandview Orchestra as dancer and Master of Ceremonies for the Award in 1990 and was inducted into SASS WOOLY AWARDS stumble-foot alike tripped the light evening’s festivities. Poteet joined the SASS Hall of Fame in 2005. Best Annual Match fantastic with more Victorian danc- SASS almost at the beginning of Poteet and the real power in the fam- Winter Range, ing. Once again mountain man Cowboy Action Shooting™ and was ily, Sara Sota, SASS #33, were the SASS National Championship joined Indian maiden and gentlemen drafted into the Wild Bunch in ‘86. first people I spoke with when I Best Affiliated Club dressed in brocade lead their lady in During his years with SASS and as a joined SASS. Poteet has always rid- Double R Bar Regulators elegant ball gown around the floor in valuable member of the Wild Bunch, den for the brand. Best Mounted Shooting Match Viennese waltzes and two-steps. RJ Poteet saw our sport evolve from Then the raucous duo known as T- Revenge of Montezuma Other dances and dancers were sub- an unlikely shooting sport in a small Bone Dooley of the infamous Dooley Best Product ject to more personal interpretation Southern California gun club at Coto Gang and Ringo Fire, a gang of one, Taylor’s and Co., Inc. – and resembled more of an organized de Caza to the international sport we took control and announced the 2007 The Smoke Wagon (Continued on page 72) Page 72 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008 . A SHOOTING IN SIN CITY .

(Continued from page 71) SASS office c/o each and every one of match was enjoyed by all and drew National Firearms Museum. SASS stampede. Cowpokes yipped, cow- these folks and thank them for their quite a crowd of spectators. Here are Life #5208, Punxsutawney Phil, had girls giggled, and people who should devotion and efforts. the results: exciting news about a special exhibit have known better challenged cen- Now, on to the rest of the 6th Overall T-Bone Dooley, at the NRA National Firearms trifugal force and defied gravity on Annual SASS Convention and Wild SASS #36388 Museum in Fairfax, Virginia. the dance floor. West Christmas. Category Winners The NRA is now gathering Just so you don’t get an unrea- 6th Annual SASS Indoor 49’r Mustache Kid, memorabilia for this special exhibit sonable impression, I must mention World Championship of SASS #39293 to be housed during 2008 in the all was not peaches and cream dur- Cowboy Action Shooting™ B-Western Dirt Merchant, Firearms Museum for public dis- ing the Ball. I overheard two ladies Yes Dear, we shot real guns in SASS #61422 play, so if you have anything of of a more robust physique plotting the safety and comfort of the L B-Western Honey B. Graceful, SASS historical significance, con- SASS #51369 against another lady they referred to Riviera! All SASS activities were C Cowboy T-Bone Dooley tact Philip Schreier at (703) 267- as Cinderelli. “Why just look at that held in the east wing of the Riviera, C Cowgirl Red Dooley, 1601, or [email protected] and hussy with a waist like a mosquito,” including the shooting stages, which SASS #36389 maybe you can be a part of this very says one, and the other replies, were positioned in two adjoining Duelist Nuttin’ Graceful, special exhibit. Judge Roy Bean “Yeah, I’ll knock her down, and you meeting rooms. Three stages were SASS #39117 has provided his SASS badge #1 step on her.” As the plot thickened, shot each day Thursday, Friday, and E Statesmen One Son of a Gun, and his custom Colt revolvers. You Cinderelli’s sixth survival sense Saturday with targets and props SASS #20042 may either loan your items to the must have kicked in, as she returned changed each evening. All stages Gunfighter Curly Clark, museum and have them returned to the crowd where there was safety required 10 shots from two revolvers SASS #41056 early in 2009, or you may donate Junior Doober John, in numbers, if not size. I believe it and two shots from a double bar- SASS #70678 the items for a permanent exhibit. was that Limey cowpoke Willy reled, mule ear 12 gauge splatter- L 49’r Maggie Hunter, Reel Guns of the Old West Shakespeare who said, “Vanity, vani- gun. Rifles shot between 8 and 10 SASS #8974 The NRA Firearms Museum also ty … thy name is woman.” rounds per stage. As usual, each L Duelist Buffy Logal, has a traveling exhibit that has been Scholarship Raffle stage had a different scenario with SASS #46039 very popular. These display items & More Dancing an opening line by the actors. L Senior Wanda Seeit Again, include some of the most famous R.J. Poteet returned to the micro- Stages were humorous and chal- SASS #50301 firearms used by many of our Old phone to conduct the SASS lenging without being complicated. L Traditional Dixie Bell, West movie icons. Scholarship Raffle, and then sur- If we did a Nevada sweep with SASS #5366 • Hawken Plains Rifle used by for- Senior Kokanee Kid, vivors of the first round of dancing revolvers, we did a Nevada sweep SASS #54531 mer NRA President Charlton took control of the floor again for with the rifle, or a revolver double S Duelist Texas Mac, Heston as he portrayed Bill Tyler more dancing. Each table in the tap was followed by rifle double tap. SASS #43494 in “The Mountain Men.” ballroom was decorated with artful We recited our lines indicating S Senior Texas Jack Morales, • Sharps #3 Rifle SN8886 in .45-110 Cattle Baron centerpieces, which shooter-ready, the buzzer sounded, SASS #5026 was manufactured by Shiloh were raffled with proceeds benefit- then we snatched up revolver or rifle Traditional Gaslight, Sharps as one of three used by ing the SASS Museum. and blazed away at steel targets. SASS #30516 Tom Selleck as Matthew Quigley This spectacular event was the Most stages ended with two blasts A total of 68 shooters loaded up in “Quigley Down Under.” centerpiece of the 6th Annual SASS from the shotgun to be sure the and flung wax downrange at the 6th • Colt Walker Revolver SN491. Convention & Wild West Christmas. timers recorded all shots. Ten-X Annual Indoor Championships. Tex John Wayne remarked as Rooster Special thanks go to the Wild Bunch Ammunition supplied cases of rifle- Jr. was conspicuous by his absence. J. Cogburn to Kim Darby as and especially to Coyote Calhoun as revolver ammo and more cases of 12 This undoubtedly led to an unchar- Mattie Ross in “True Grit,” “Why, Executive Director, Associate Produ- gauge shotgun shells. All were pow- acteristic bout of depression by the by God, girl, that’s a Colts cers Lady Stetson and Ellsworth T. ered by primers only, and sailed wax real Tex. Fortunately, Cat Ballou Dragoon! You’re no bigger than a Kincaid, Victorian Segment Produ- projectiles downrange. As the wax dragged him from bar to dance floor, corn nubbin, what’re you doing cers Miss Tabitha and Mad Mountain bullets made no significant ding so all was not lost! with all that pistol?” Mike, and Costume Contest Segment when hitting the steel targets, coun- An Evening with the Judge • Winchester Model ‘92 Carbine Producer Cat Ballou. These memo- ters had to pay close attention to and Philip Schreirer SN995913 in .44-40. Chuck ries and people will never fade. record hits and misses. Counting Friday evening we all gathered Connors as Lucas McCain fired People who work this hard and rules were simple. If you think it’s a at the Top of the Riv to hear Judge many a Hollywood round through achieve results like this are never hit … it’s a hit. If you think it’s a Roy Bean speak with Philip this rifle with the modified lever thanked enough. Send a note to the miss … it’s a hit. Schreier, Senior Curator of the NRA in the series “The Rifleman” No other firearms or ammo were between 1958 and 1963. allowed on the range, so each shoot- • Colt Walker Revolver SN715 like er had the opportunity to shoot sev- the Walker used in “True Grit” are eral brands of revolvers, including both Italian reproductions. This Ruger Vaqueros, USFAs, and one was used by Clint Eastwood Ubertis. We had a few primers fail as “The Outlaw Josey Wales” in to ignite and also the occasional 1975 as he exacted revenge firearm malfunction, which was to against the hated Red Legs. be expected with the rapid turnover • Winchester Model 1892 Rifle of equipment. Most of us took it all SN795913 in .32-20 with its 15-1⁄2 Anyone can go dancing anywhere, in stride and had the option to re- inch barrel and modified lever but where else can one become shoot any stage where equipment ring is perhaps the best known of immersed in a gala 1880’s ball other malfunctioned. The absence of mod- all guns as the stagecoach gun than at the SASS Convention? Miss ified or even finely tuned guns lev- SASS was extremely pleased to have used by John Wayne as Johnny Tabitha, with help from Mad eled the playing field to some the NRA again be a part of the Ringo in the movie “Stagecoach,” Mountain Mike, make the entire extent. During one of my brain- Convention program. This year which launched the Duke’s film affair doable and even easy … any- Punxsutawney Phil talked about one who can walk can quickly learn fades, I was given special recogni- current NRA Museum activities and career in 1939. the steps and dance with confidence. tion in the form of a procedural encouraged SASS members to Seeing these six firearms at the This kind of dancing is far easier penalty for the ugliest Nevada consider lending guns and related SASS Convention sent a chill up my than line dancing, and looks much sweep during the match! materials to a special spine as I realized how much these more elegant! All things considered the indoor traveling exhibit for 2008. (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 73 . 6th Annual SASS Convention & Wild West Convention .

(Continued from previous page) tive immediately, this process will and Ranger Tanner Hide joined T- simple instruments have con- not be allowed, and the use of such Bone Dooley at the microphone. I tributed to keeping the sight, sound, ammunition will be considered as actually had face-fatigue from laugh- and spirit of the Old West alive all illegal ammunition. ing so long and so hard! over the world. The process of scoring shotgun Single Action Shopping Society Dial into the National Rifle shell hulls with a sharp blade is I actually became faster at draw- Association or the National Fire- known as “ringing” and essentially ing my Visa card from my back pock- arms Museum at www.nra.org to makes the round a slug. Also effec- et than my revolver from holster as catch this exhibit as it travels across tive immediately, this process will we toured the Royale Pavilion, which the country. Our thanks to Punxsu- not be allowed and the use of such had been filled to capacity with ven- tawney Phil and our other friends at ammunition will be considered as dors all sporting pearly teeth and the NRA for protecting our Second illegal ammunition. The penalty for Amendment rights and for allowing the use of illegal ammunition in any us the privilege to play our game. SASS match is a Match Disqua- Territorial Governor Summit lification. Cowboy Karaoke with the Dooley Gang All SASS members who have traveled America’s waterways with In addition to the more formal Kincaid’s Irregulars know the value activities at the SASS Convention, of having a historian along with the we were subjected to events such as group. It was no different at this Cowboy Karaoke, which thoroughly year’s Convention. Professor Paul entertained us on Friday evening. In Hutton from the University of New addition to being a crack shot, T- Mexico made Billy the Kid and The Territorial Governors met and Bone Dooley can belt out quite a After the Evening with NRA’s Wyatt Earp come alive in his discussed the issues of the day. repertoire of cowpoke songs. Punxsutawney Phil, the Karaoke seminars, which are not to be In the end, they basically declared, Sometimes things can just go party morphed into a full-fledged missed! Here’s hoping SASS “No rule changes for 2008!” can get him back again next year! wrong no matter how much planning pajama party! We’re used to these The Territorial governors met, precedes the event. The very sophis- sort of shenanigans on the free pressed copper bullets that dis- paddlewheel riverboats, discussed, and cussed … and in the ticated and hi-tech sound system integrate upon impact. You could but not at the Riviera Hotel! end essentially said, “No new rules overheated within the first few min- even purchase club insurance from this year!” Well, they did approve a utes of this event and could have ready smiles in a devilish attempt to Gillingham & Associates and elec- new Long Range Optical Category, resulted in disaster or at least a separate cowpokes from cash. From tronic hearing protection from but that’s it. There were two an- much quieter delivery. Once again, hat to boot, ostrich feather to watch E.A.R. Inc. EMF, Benelli, Ruger, nouncements made at the Territorial SASS members rose to the occasion fob, entire cowboys and cowgirls Colt, Cimarron, and Chiappa Fire- Governors Summit. One announce- could have been easily assembled arms displayed a dizzying array of ment concerned Power Factors and and accessorized from mountain firearms to charm any shooter. other concerned shotgun ammuni- man to B-Western queen within the Classic Old West Styles, Wild West tion. The Power Factor announce- confines of this den of accoutrement. Mercantile, and Wah Maker Old ment was printed in last month’s For the benefit of those who did not West Clothing had outfits in every Cowboy Chronicle. The statement attend, I’ll not mention every vendor size and shape. There were so many regarding shotgun shells follows: lest you rush out to Wal-Mart and vendors the one-armed bandits did- Shotgun Rounds throw your cash away in a fit of jeal- n’t have a chance as they lurked in It has come to our attention that ous rage. Just be assured Tonto Rim the shadows. practice of “Coning” or crimping Slim was practically giving stuff Buffalo Bill Historical Center shotgun shells to a smaller gauge away, while LJ Sawtooth Hat Yep, Buffalo Bill Cody from Cody, (e.g., 12 gauge sized down to 16 or Company boasted if he can’t fit a hat Wyoming had his designated repre- smaller gauge is being practiced, to your head, he’ll reshape you head sentatives hawking memberships. If and these shells are being used at Overall SASS Wax Bullet until it works! Mad Mountain Mike you have not been to the Buffalo Bill Champions—Dixie Bell and SASS matches.) Limited testing of of River Crossing apologizes to Historical Center in Cody, you just T-Bone Dooley. Good Shooting! these loads by the technical staff at everyone for standing in line for four need to go. Wear your walking shoes Hodgdon Powder Company has been to save the day. Three gents days while he tended to Cat Ballou. and be prepared to spend days tour- completed using traditional load removed ten gallon Stetsons and one There were guns and knives to ing the five museums. I have spent data and SAAMI standard testing with a serving tray gathered round touch and feel, and Sinter Fire Inc. days in this place enjoying every equipment. The “Coned” load test the smoldering equipment in an had frangible ammo made of lead- (Continued on page 74) results exceeded the recommended effort to fan and cool the electronic maximum SAAMI standards by as overload with little effect. Then, much as 7000 PSI. Therefore effec- from the fringe of the crowd appears SASS member, Tatted Lady, who rushed across the stage to perch her- self over the electronic embers as a hen over her clutch of eggs to sway rhythmically to and fro with hooped skirt and four petticoats (I counted five). As the electronics cooled, several cowboys overheated amid the show of lace and ankle, which proved too much for cowpokes who’ve spent The SASS Wax Bullet Match progressed smoothly this year. way too much time on the trail! Many of the gun/ammo issues that Many thanks to Tatted Lady from The Calendar Girls of SASS gathered at the SASS Booth to autograph their surfaced last year have been several perspectives. 2008 Calendar. Sales of the calendar benefit the SASS Museum. resolved. By all accounts, All equipment finally cooled and Ellsworth T. Kincaid and Lady Stetson are to be thanked everyone had a great time! the evening proceeded as Tensleep for initiating this project and then making it all happen. Page 74 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008 . A SHOOTING IN SIN CITY .

(Continued from page 73) like to sparkle and shine, you also dors and exhibits, but the fact is if you next step may be followed by gun minute and still missed enough to receive a limited edition horseshoe weren’t there, you missed out, dude. smoke and the feel of lead. Shooting fill up another trip. watch fob made of genuine imitation Seminars for Women by Holy Terror, Making Here’s a better idea known to only gold and encrusted with genuine Then there were the seminars. Victorian Hats and Choosing Acces- the chosen few. You can become a faux diamonds. Here’s the neat part. Evil Roy Shooting Techniques by sories by Huricane with-one-r, Gun member of the Buffalo Bill Historical If you act quickly, you may get your Evil Roy, Learn to Create Your Own Care and Maintenance by Jim Center Congress of Rough Riders and watch fob with your SASS number or Patterns for Victorian or Cowboy Bowie, and SASS Scoring and Match enjoy many benefits. In addition to as close as they can get. Sugar Outfits by Aspen Filly, How to Management by CD Tom. The list reduced admission price to visit the Britches and I were fortunate Research and Create Authentic goes on to include a variety of valu- Center, you get discounts on gift shop enough to meet with Jan Jones, character Looks by Rangy Lil, able and interesting information purchases and a subscription to the Membership Director, who issued us Custom Hat Making by L.J. from starting a successful SASS club quarterly Points West magazine. The our watch fobs numbered 209 and Sawtooth, Blackpowder for to match management. winter 2007 edition has, among other 196, respectfully to match our SASS Dummies by Captain George Baylor, Presentations articles, a biography of Willis Van numbers. All numbers are not avail- Accessories Make the Outfit by Miss Other presentations of great Devanter, Wyoming’s forgotten pro- able, but the faster you act, the bet- Annie Ross … Do you know what it interest included Dr. Paul Hutton minent jurist who presided over the ter your chance. Contact Jan at means when a proper lady sharply from the University of New Mexico trial of Tom Horn. [email protected] and work some magic. strikes the palm of her hand twice on Billy the Kid in the movies. Dr. Additionally, for those of you who I could go on and on about ven- with a folded fan? You should, as the (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 75 . 6th Annual SASS Convention & Wild West Convention .

(Continued from previous page) day of his life. Joe can draw and fire Association Vocalist of the Year, AWA Bill Barwick’s baritone voice is Hutton also presented the keynote three shots from his Ruger single 2005 Western Performer of the Year, impossible to miss whether he’s talk- address explaining how Billy the Kid action faster than you can even and WMA 2005 Crescendo Award ing or singing. Bill can take you is remembered as a symbol of west- think about it. Dial into www.joe- winner. Juni writes most of her down a dusty trail or by a cool moun- ern persistence and tenacity, while bowman.com to learn about this music, which is more than song in tain stream and has won him the George Armstrong Custer remains true American hero, artist, and gun- her stories of the West. One moment 2005 Will Rogers Cowboy Award for infamous as a symbol of the civiliza- man. Then walk right up to him you are hearing an angel sing, then a Western Music and Male Vocalist of tion of the American West. Bob Boze and get acquainted next time you green glint in her eye warns here the Year from the Academy of Bell, publisher of “True West” maga- see him at END of TRAIL or the comes the devil! Western Artists. zine exposed some of the myths of SASS Convention. It took Dave Stamey a few years I also had the privilege to meet the Old West. Did cowboys really I always look forward to seeing to decide writing and singing cow- and visit with Miss Peaches O’Day wear low-slung buscadero gun rigs and hearing Miss Devon Dawson. poke songs was better than plowing who is simply Mae West reincarnated. and finely creased Stetsons? Bob She’s a snappy little filly with a voice up pasture Frisbees with his chin Try to imagine a white chocolate souf- Boze Bell knows and presented evi- as clear and sharp as a coyote hot on and both elbows. Being awarded the flé sprinkled with cayenne pepper. dence to prove or disprove it. the trail of a jackrabbit. In some cir- WMA Male Performer of the Year Sorry I couldn’t report on every Singin’ and Socializin’ Society cles she’s known as Jessie the and nominated three times for song- entertainer and seminar and party We couldn’t hardly go anywhere Yodeling Cowgirl of “Toy Story 2” writer of the year cinched the deal. at the 6th Annual SASS Con- without being entertained. Our fame as heard on the Grammy award Dave captured us with his songs and vention and Wild West Christmas. friend Joe “Straight Shooter” winning CD, Woody’s Roundup. stories that conjured thoughts of cof- I could not travel every trail and be Bowman, like me, is a Texan every Juni Fisher is the Western Music fee boiling on a campfire. one traveler! Page 76 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

RESURRECTION RANGERS Ruckus at Tombstone B April 14, 2007 b

By Kid Karst, SASS #66239

rooksville, FL – The folks at The eight stages promised fast BTombstone’s Resurrection Ran- action, close up targets, and the ever- gers (RR), the newly reborn shoot- wanted simple, yet incredibly hard to out, founded on the range of the first hit, designs of the steel. This event SASS sanctioned club in Florida did was extremely well planned. it again. This club thinks of every- After the morning announce- thing. On the second Saturday of ments, the members of the club April 2007, RR kicked off their first gave Match Director Tennessee annual match and, much too all our Tonto, SASS Life #20891, and his anticipated surprise, knocked our lovely wife and Territorial Gover- boots off with all the thoughtfulness nor, Dixie Heart, SASS Life #43866, that went into this shoot. a special award for the apprecia- During registration each shooter tion, dedication, and all the hard was given a wonderful bag of good- work they put into making this 1st ies. There were bandanas, custom annual match a reality. RR badges (even though we don’t With over 80 shooters’ spirits need no stinking badges) for each high, each cowpoke settled into their shooter with their alias, and a sun- posse and took aim to shoot their glasses holder. Before the match best, have some fun, and when the began, shooters were able to try smoke cleared, bring home one of the their luck at any of the side matches. coveted prizes, maybe even Top Gun. The sound of dings was already in The powder was burning, the the air, as were each of our hopes for laughter contagious, and, of course, a great day. the sound of steel ringing in the One of the first things almost all morning was infectious. If a new A big and special thank you goes shooters noticed was the addition of shooter showed up this day, they were to the Phoenix Gun Club in even more props. There was a pletho- spoiled, and would fall prey to the Brooksville for their willingness and ra of steel, beautiful boulders, and a love of this sport due to the near per- acceptance in allowing this club to well laid-out selection of the finest fect scenarios, the colorful dress, the continue to be our home. We had bottled water you ever saw. Thanks ever increasing ruckus of the shoot- over 100 trophies and custom to the devoted hard work of the club ers, which is the pure embodiment of awards for clean matches, all hand- members, the shooters saw the bene- SASS, just having a hoot of a time. made by our volunteers! The Top fit immediately with new custom The after shoot meal was provid- Gun for both men and women painted steel and, by golly, the sweet- ed by Papa Joe’s restaurant, who received a beautiful bowie knife and est stage design any cowpoke would catered more food than any one cow- custom sheath. love to shoot over and over again. poke was able to finish. (Continued on next page) www.sweetshooter.com

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of people here, and I thank you all tearing down. for sticking with us, and making this To all shooters new and old alike, one of the best places to spend your thanks for helping SASS and us. weekend. We’re having the best time of our One other huge thank you goes to lives right now, and when you come all of the individuals who take down to Florida, don’t forget to check out steel after each match. Most of you our clubs. don’t get much appreciation, but we I pledge allegiance to the flag of want you to know without your hard the United States of America and to work and support, we would be lost. the Republic for which it stands, one So, thanks again for setting up and nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. YEE HAW! Winners It is this simple set of words said at Overall the beginning of each match that Man Kid Karst #66239 make Cowboy Action Shooting™ one Lady Daisy Mourning, of the best and truly diverse American SASS #67487 sports. God Bless America, and keep Top Gun our troops and families safe. Man Pike Bishop, SASS #5974 Lady Dixie Heart, SASS #43866 Categories Traditional Kid Karst Modern Deadlee Headlee, SASS #54317 (Continued from previous page) lunches, and more. Lots of people Senior Coffee Pot, Tennessee Tonto began with the walked away with something. SASS #55659 door prizes for a little luck of the The special prizes were for those S Duelist Shady Brady, draw, which was a wonderful sur- who became club members this year, SASS #19897 prise due to all the donations from and they each had a chance at one of Young Gun Young Deadlee our fellow shooters. This was one three, single barreled shotguns. Talk Headlee, SASS #54318 L Traditional Greta Dee, place not to miss out. There was a about being blown away! SASS #63811 brand new compound bow and case, The magnitude of this match is L Senior Chancey Lady, collector knives with famous cow- just amazing when you think back to SASS #25650 boys on them, jewelry, leather, hat- a year ago when this shoot started L Modern Dynamite Deed, bands, bullets, free shoots, free as a dream. We have a great bunch SASS #61645 L B-Western Lady Robin, SASS #20488 L F C Duelist Saltillo Jane, SASS #20487 L 49er Brenda Star, SASS #42100 Gunfighter Cypress Sam, SASS #10915 F Cartridge Black Diamond Doug, SASS #20485 Frontiersman Shiloh Jasper Green, SASS #16357 E Statesman Englishman, SASS #11742 Duelist Hombre Paul, SASS #44162 C Cowboy Chance Ramsay, SASS #18962 B-Western Half Breed Don, SASS #23463 49er Dead Eye Dallas, SASS #60249 Page 78 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

LEGENDS OF THE WEST By Drummer Girl, SASS #21299

west. Actors in Western movies, such as Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, John Wayne, Roy Rogers, and this year’s honoree, Jack Elam, are accorded VIP status. Historical figures like Jim Bowie, Annie Oakley, and Jeremiah Johnson are also revered. The event has grown in eleven years from 37 competitors in the first match, to 119 shooters in the 2007 Drummer Girl, event. Club membership has also SASS #21299 escalated and now numbers over 500 active shooters. Women comprise ajon Pass, CA - Excitement about 25% of the total membership, Cfilled the air as shooters con- which also includes 37 Juniors. verged at the top of the GEM A noteworthy hallmark of Ranch’s dusty trail, jockeying for a Cowboy Action matches is its casual place to park. Across the cleared but sincere friendliness. Low-key field, shooters pulled their highly competition, plus a ready willing- individualized carts from cars and ness to help anyone who needs pickups. Long guns, ammo, and bot- extra ammo, a cold drink, or a seat tled water were placed on the carts. in the shade, puts Cowboy Action Then shooters slung belted holsters Shooting™ on the highest around their hips and settled cowboy social/ethical rung on the ladder of hats firmly on their heads. Grey competitive sports. skies and a cold wind, unusual for No Cowboy Action Shooting™ September in Southern California, match I’ve ever attended exceeds the didn’t dampen enthusiasm as they Cajon Cowboys in those virtues list- called greetings to one another: ed above. Members of this club sub- tions beyond the picnic benches are shoot in club matches with adults. “Hi – glad you made it!” scribe wholeheartedly to the Spirit of the shooting stages. After the usual Pledge of “What posse are you on?” the Game, which makes participa- Cajon Cowboys’ range boasts Allegiance, reading of Safety Rules, “Brr-rrr! - I should’a brought a tion in their shoots a particular joy. seven semi-permanent bays. There’s and Prayer have been conducted, the jacket!” The ‘stat office’ and sign-up also a narrow bay where shooting posses move out to their assigned “See if there’s room on Posse shack sits at the edge of the main instruction for 6 to 11 year-old stages and begin the shoot. Targets Three!” staging ground. A flag pole, picnic Buckaroos is held every month, and had been freshly painted and some “Whoo – nice shirt!” tables, a couple of oil drums convert- another at the south end, where refurbishing is evident at a few of “You seen Bojack?” ed into heaters face the ‘veranda’ Cowboy Action Shooting™ instruc- the stages. Even the weather ‘Legends Of The West 2007’ was along the front of the office. Two cov- tor, Luke Warmwater, holds classes shaped up for the doin’s before the about to begin. This annual shoot, ered areas where food is prepared for any novice. Many of the kids who first shot broke the stillness. Ol’ Sol held near Devore and hosted by the and served, along with additional pass the Buckaroo course step up to had broken through the gloom, Cajon Cowboys, is named to honor shaded picnic tables complete this Luke’s Cowboy Action Shooting™ burned off the cloud cover, and people who became a ‘legend’ in the area. Stretched out in both direc- class. Those who complete it may (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 79

Award Ceremony, which was lengthy because of the remarkable number of prizes awarded. First Place Winners in each category received a trophy plus a handsome “Legends” belt buckle. Those in Second Place won a belt buckle. Everyone gathered in front of the ‘office’ veranda to hear the announcements and many stepped forward to be handed an award. Those who hadn’t won simply applauded those who did, and whispered to themselves, “Wait’ll next year!” “Legends Of The West,” the club’s annual shoot, is held on the GEM Ranch, north of San Bernardino, CA. It’s always scheduled for the fourth weekend in September, and all SASS members are welcome to participate. Contact The Cajon Cowboys by phone at 760-956-5044 or through their website: www.cajoncowboys.com

Winners Speed Rifle B-Western Wasatch Kid, Man Phantom SASS #18752 Lady Ima Schofield, C Cowboy Chekahsah Joe, SASS #50012 SASS #26301 Speed Pistol Duelist Frederick Jackson Man Cobalt Blue, Turner, SASS #20271 SASS #26767 E Statesman Choctaw, SASS # 272 Lady Dixie Belle Frontiersman Howdy Doody, Pistol/Rifle, Reload SASS #33040 Man Professor Bull Spit Gunfighter Guy Wolf, SASS #53548 Lady No Shooter Buckaroo Kid Cobalt, Derringer SASS #43105 Man Phantom L 49er Irish Eyes, SASS #22130 Lady Alicein Wonderland L B-western Diamond Jay, Pocket Pistol SASS #23737 Man Youngblood, L Duelist Miss Loddy SASS #60304 L F Cartridge Daisy Desperado, Lady Molly McRuger, SASS #74869 SASS #46060 Grande Dame Fan Chula, Shotgun Challenge SASS #16737 Man Durde Dugan L Gunfighter Nellie Pathfinder, Lady Dixie Belle SASS #47191 Long Range Rifle, Single Shot L Modern Sweetwater, Man Desert Dawg, SASS #1122 SASS #13225 L Senior Calamity Candy, Lady Buckskin Lily, SASS #23367 SASS #51707 L Silver Sr Stage Coach Sally, Long Range, Rifle Caliber (Continued from previous page) exceedingly fast technique turned SASS #26400 Man Lumpy Grits, warmed the air to a perfect seventy- heads and riveted the attention of L Traditional Dixie Bell, SASS #5366 SASS #49458 six degrees. everyone nearby. Modern Long Swede, Lady Nellie Pathfinder Posse leaders, determined to Noon’s lunch break was wel- SASS #22129 Long Range Rifle, Pistol Caliber keep the action moving along comed and a line was quickly formed 49er Cross Creek, Man Long Swede, smoothly as well as safely, read stage for hamburgers, hot dogs, and fixin’s SASS #38136 SASS #22129 procedures to attentive participants. prepared and served by a concession- F Cartridge Youngblood, Lady Nellie Belle Pathfinder ADDITIONALLY Despite this being the club’s biggest aire. There was time enough for a SASS #60304 Senior Loose Latigo, Working Costume event of the year, with prizes award- little socializing, too, before shooters SASS #10814 Lady Ima Schofield ed, the mood was just as lightheart- gathered their gear and rejoined S Duelist Noah Regrets, Man Jumpin’ Jittery Jim ed and friendly as at weekly practice their posses to continue the match. SASS #51706 Guncart Coot Gibson, matches. Clothing, however, was The same concessionaire who S F C Duelist Zzyzx, SASS #357 SASS #32343 noticeably different—more elaborate provided lunch prepared a tri-tip and Silver Senior Black Jack Flagg, Top 16 Shootoff and colorful. Several wore outstand- BBQ dinner for the shooters SASS #27659 Man Phantom ing outfits—women showed off bus- Saturday evening, and Jackson Traditional Durde Dugan, Lady Dixie Belle tles, feathered hats, and parasols. Turner’s band provided lively enter- SASS #31591 Clean Shooters Cracker, SASS #1363 Men, too, had taken pains with their tainment. Many participants had SIDE MATCHES Cowboy Clays Choctaw costuming. One wrangler showed up parked trailers, campers, or motor Man Phantom, SASS #54973 Solomon Star, SASS #208 in furry black and white chaps, while homes on the ranch property just Lady No Shooter Frederic Jackson Turner others sported military garb or black south of the range. Some shooters Speed Shotgun Washo Kid, SASS #8270 gabardine coats, creating a truly fes- lived close enough to spend the night Man Durde Dugan Desert Dawg tive ambience. at home, while others opted for near- Lady Irish Eyes, SASS #22130 M.C. Rider Equally important, there were by motels in order to enjoy the entire Pike Lumpy Grits more than a few very accomplished weekend, which began with side Man Professor Bull Spit shooters competing. The swift “Rat- matches on Friday. Lady No Shooter a-tat-tat-tat” sounds of those with Sunday was set-aside for the Page 80 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

THE CAPGUN KID RIDES . . . scenarios, RJSS scores as an impres- to Fuzzy Gonzales, The Territorial on the organizational skills of the RJSS (Continued from page 70) sive club. The targets were challeng- Governor, and Match Honcho on that Team who managed this show … better shooting events I’ve had in a long ing, but there was none of that sadistic day, and put the facts before him. He • Flite-Line Bullets time, well on my way into friendships nonsense like … R1,R3,R5,R5, The made his ruling, the DQ stood, and • Ace Sporting Goods that made me a very lucky man. Square root of R4, R$,R$,R$,R1 then … most impressively … there • Starline Brass The four clubs in the area, except if it’s cloudy and it’s R2 ... were no hard feelings, no underlying • Redding Reloading MacDonald Cowboy Action Shooting™ You know what I’m talking about, gossip, and no further discussion. The • Cimarron Firearms and Texas Jack’s near the airport at Pittsburgh, Logans because we’ve all been to those shoots shooter kept both his poise and his • El Paso Saddlery Ferry to the east of the city, Indiana that have one lemon of a stage that demeanor, and the incident was over. • Gary’s Custom Knives somewhere in the mountains, and these taxes our Spirit of the Game to get by. If you take that kind of behavior, Lastly, as if this match didn’t have people at River Junction Shootist They arranged and planned stages fold it into a ten stage match that has enough merit as a stand-alone, mem- Society (RJSS) near Donegal along the like the 8th stage, which had a rotating challenging but do-able stages, season it bers of the same crew of organizers, pike, hob-nob extensively with one star, down through the 4th stage that with a theme like Gunsmoke (that was such as Mattie Hays, strapped on a another, and the clubs support each had some reverse order shooting that built into each stage in such a way as to blackpowder match the day before. It other in a shooting circuit. Given the made you think without demanding make the story lines fun without being was their first effort, and I toured the familiarity, and the consistency of faces you get your MBA to shoot it. The fun too long or ponderous), and support it stages and was quite impressed with from shoot to shoot, you’d think there kept my attention every minute with the hard work put in by club offi- both the number of shooters and the would be nothing special about this two- because, among other attributes, these cers such as Lacey, Sara, Club President cohesiveness with which the first time day event. Not quite. clubs out here keep the posse sizes to a Chuckwagon Sam, Match Director match was run. Took me so thoroughly For one thing, The RJSS Folks have manageable size, so you are not stand- Durango Dave, and Club leaders Like that I started loading the dirty stuff a town at the range. No, not a boarding around getting bored. Everybody Colonel Hayes and his wife Mattie, into my open tops, and now have a walk of really neat props, but a real lit- works because there’s enough to do Tombstone Timi, Deputy Kek, Honey fresh agenda for next season. tle town with real little buildings you without being rushed, and not enough Dipper, Philadelphia Kid, and so on, you But, I tell you what. Don’t take my can go into, sit down, buy and sell, or slack time to stand around and swelter have a winning match. Moreover, you word for it. Check out the club website mebbe just chew the fat a while. It sits in the sun. That’s an important part of feel like you have a shooting home, like at http://www.nauticom.net/www/rjss/. just under the range, which is up on a making a quality shoot, but there was you belong to a community. That’s why When you get there, there you are. long shelf in the hill where the club is something else … something more with I wouldn’t hesitate to take the ride to They maintain an extensive gallery of situated, and when you look down on the assembly of clubs here in the hills come to The Ambush At Indian Creek photos and videos that give a far better this little town from said range, you also … that made it unique. every year. The fact that it is right off portrait of the club than my words can. get to take in some very pretty scenery Not long before this shoot, I wit- the pike helps … not hard to find in the Yup, the community of shooters in these with rolling hills and a wide sky. nessed a call by our Territorial middle of the wilderness … four local clubs has put together quite For another thing, the food was Governor and watched a little drama One more thing … in an age where an array of pictures, videos, and events. good. Chuckwagon Sam makes a point unfold when one of our most experi- vendors are getting reluctant to travel The Ambush stands out as a real win- of making sure we’re all well fed during enced shooters had his crossdraw six- to shoots because of high costs and ner. Two years of shooting with these their shoots, and The Ambush was no gun pulled out of the holster by a mov- fees, I was more than pleasantly sur- folks, and leaving my shooting home of exception. Then there’s the fact this ing prop. We all gasped as the loaded prised at how many good vendors ten years don’t seem so bad after all. club is easy to get to … it’s right off I-76. gun hit the dust. The shooter didn’t showed up and how much quality could In the Thesaurus, next to … “Spirit Of course, the main issue was the make a fuss, mind you, and seemed be seen under their canvas. Bob Enck Of The Game” … it says … “See River quality of the shooting. Here again, in willing to accept the match DQ like a and his Gunbarn were the main spon- Junction Shootist Society, ref: Ambush a well laid out range with a lot of open gentleman. The rest of us, however, sors, but the turn out of support was at Indian Creek.” air, good props, and well thought out had no such notion. We all marched up quite impressive, as well as a reflection Don’t shoot yore eye out, kid. February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 81 Page 82 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

POWDER BLAST 2007 . . . on posses in Texas with 10-12 shooters grown buffalo, complete with hump, nearest faucet. (Continued from page 69) shooting in the 20’s and three or four in etc., but with rabbit ears and cotton- The awards ceremony was proof of naysayers and stayed away. I was the teens. If, like me, you can’t shadow tail. It was so big the instructions to the adage, “choose your category wise- shocked. In the land that gave us shoot a stage in the low 20’s, this is empty both pistols into it made sense. ly.” For example, they had several Audie Murphy and Anna Nicole Smith, quite depressing, as if you were put on Then 5 rounds in each of 2 saw blades Frontiersman categories, such as a lot of Texas-based SASS shooters the super posse by mistake. at 25 yards or so and 4 shotguns. Frontiersman Gunfighter. Unfortu- were afraid of blackpowder. Must’ve Stages ranged from simple to not The match included lunch both nately there was no “Slow left-handed been naturalized Texans. True Texans quite. Targets ranged from semi-dis- days at Justa Kitchen, complete with old Frontiersman” category. Remem- are only afraid of ex-wives’ lawyers tant, hard to see rifle targets hidden in ice cream you can only get in Texas. ber, this is Texas. Texas has a lot of and the IRS. the shadows of the trees to HUGE saw One of the reasons we returned to people who can shoot. But an enthusiastic group did blades hidden in the shadows of the Texas was the discovery that outside All in all it was a fun weekend, show up to shoot ten interesting trees. One stage had eight rifle tar- of Texas and Oklahoma, you can’t get and any of you afraid to shoot black stages—in the forest, in the lowlands, gets, each at different range and ele- Blue Bell ice cream or Mrs. Baird’s stuff should ignore your fears and go facing east, with no wind. You’ve vation. Those of you who avoided bread, two of the reasons for the supe- to the next Blackpowder Territorial guessed it. The smoke just hung there, END of TRAIL because of fear of riority of life in Texas in general. Shootout in your area. If you’re lucky, refusing to leave, like your brother-in- knockdowns would have been shocked Mentioned in dispatches: Marcus the event will be as good as Powder law after a party. Targets disappeared to find an entire stage of knockdowns, Hooker shot a clean match, but more Blast ’07! like scantily dressed Magician’s assis- 4 for shotguns, and 18 you could shoot importantly, he smoked a cigar. He tants, returning only after your stage with either rifle (8 rounds) or pistol in took it out to shoot long guns and rein- INGALLS PARK PLAYS was ruined. New-to-blackpowder any order. They all fell easily if you hit serted it to shoot pistols. It was a shooters learned to plant one foot and them. If you didn’t, you made them up sight to see. HOST . . . dance around, up, and down to find with the shotgun. A few converts to the holy black (Continued from page 51) holes in the smoke. Gunslinger asked On the other extreme, one stage were made, and others who feared the a 119.270, and Pearl Handle Lady on me what color would be best for the started with the line, “Be vewy, vewy total destruction of their guns had Bud is Overall Champion Lady with a targets. Dayglo orange with a flashing quiet. We’re hunting wabbits.” Before their fears allayed. Several people 118.290. The closest contest was in strobe light below it would be good. you was apparently the result of an didn’t pick up their brass because, hor- Division 2 where Blackjack Barry rid- This was a morning phenomenon. experiment by the Texas A & M Bio- rors, black stuff or black substitutes ing Ben captured the Regional Title On Saturday morning stage times engineering Department. They’re the had been shot in it. Working the with a 123.587. West Coast Ghostrider went down as the sun moved across people who gave the world maroon car- unloading table, as Frontiersmen are turned in a 124.742, and Rockin R the heavens. That afternoon the rots and purple bluebonnets. Their apt to do, I just said, “thank you very Rowdy a 124.887. At any other match Plainsman match started at 4 PM. medical department, of course, is much,” and dumped it in Captain these performances would have been Smoke wasn’t a factor then. The wind famous for the world’s first hernia Baylor’s Magic BP Cleaning Elixir for Division wins, and perhaps Overall was up, and the sun was behind us. transplant. Their ROTC department is future use. Yes, the formula is secret, winners. The level of competition was My stage times beat some of the morn- famous for inventing the short round. and it’s absolutely the only chemical fierce!! Winners of this contest will be ing’s times even though I was using a (Note for the humor impaired: The known to man that can clean brass representing the Western Region at single shot rifle. first two accomplishments are real. that has been exposed to black stuff or the upcoming National Championship Did I mention that shooting any The third and fourth are jokes!) black subs. March 22-23 in Tombstone, Arizona, event in Texas can be akin to shooting a Before the shooter, at about 10 You can order it from me for only and we can’t wait to show the red-sash major match anywhere else? I’ve been yards, stood a rabbit the size of a full- $10 a liter, or you can get it from the gang what we’re made of! February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 83 Page 84 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

THEY CALL THE PLACE – AGARITA! By Dogie Jones, SASS #47652

ockhart, Texas – The sign on Sunday morn. Lthe gate reads “Agarita Ranch,” A little way down but it is one of the best-kept from the church is the Cowboy Action Shooting™ secrets General Store, and next in Texas. You drive down a dead- to it is the Lucky Lady end, white gravel road heavily Saloon. The general sided by Mesquite with a few scrub store is worth a visit … oaks mixed in. You watch the little the fixtures in the place white sign in the ditch pointing the are antiques, and with way and wonder, “Where in the all the cowboy stuff, world am I going?” You get the feel- you’d swear you’ve ing you are getting further and fur- stepped back in time. ther away from civilization. Then Now the Saloon is a you top a small rise and the road special place. First, it is abruptly ends. You are looking at a the only two-story build- stone entrance with a wrought ing in the town, if you iron, electrically operated gate. don’t count the block- You follow the drive through house on the fort, that is. the gate and begin to wonder if Downstairs and to the you’ve made a wrong turn. There is right is the saloon, com- absolutely nothing to indicate you plete with an original are anywhere near a Cowboy Action player piano and a sign Shooting™ location when you top a hill Agarita is absolutely inviting! It is the rest of the town stretching out on above the bar that says, “No Dancing on and below you see the roof-tops of an a great location to shoot cowboy, and it your right. The church is an 1880’s the Bar With Your Spurs On!” This 1880’s Old West town. Welcome to the invites you to just wander around. As style church building, complete with room serves as the administration HQ home of the Plum Creek Shooting you turn the corner into the town, the antique stained glass and a bell for call- for all shooting events conducted at Society located near Lockhart, Texas. first thing you see is the church with ing the cowboys and gals to worship on (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 85

(Continued from previous page) 400 yards. Agarita Ranch. If you are prone to All cowboy matches are shot from engage in a game of poker, you will be the back of the buildings and in and tempted to pick up a deck and park it at through the barns and corrals. The one of the large round poker tables. town is a functional part of the match Downstairs and to the left is a and contributes heavily to the shooting foyer, sitting room, and registration experience with the back of the build- counter for the hotel. Yep, you read ings forming the firing line. These folks right, the hotel. The Shamrock Hotel is work hard at keeping the cowboy spirit located above the Lucky Lady Saloon. alive and the shooting interesting with The foyer is complete with 1880’s pho- monthly matches conducted on the first tos on the wall (original) and a stairway weekend of each month. leading up stairs. The hotel contains At the conclusion of each match, two of the most beautiful rooms you lunch is served in the pavilion. Kitchen could ever wish to stay in. All of this is Kate and her staff go out of their way to period correct, except for the television put the chow down for a bunch of tired complete with satellite dish, and indoor and hungry Cowboy Action Shooters. plumbing, and of course, electricity. The You might leave here tired, but if you wrought iron bed is beckoning for a leave hungry, it’s your own fault! After good night’s rest. the meal there is always a short awards Across the way from the hotel and ceremony with hatpins awarded to the saloon is a large pavilion, a modern winners of each category, and a special metal building complete with kitchen pin for the top cowboy and top lady com- and modern bath facilities. All cere- petitors. It is special to be the Top Gun monies and celebrations are conducted at Agarita Ranch. If you don’t have a here. good time here, it simply ‘cause, “you Next door to the hotel is the bath- ain’t even tryin’ …” house, a modern facility for both the Agarita Ranch and the town of cowboys and for the ladies. Then there Agarita is an enduring compliment to is a Marshal’s Office, a blacksmith shop our beloved sport. You find yourself get- and barn, a stable, and two corrals. ting caught up in the ambiance of the Across from the barns, stable, and cor- town, especially when you realize the rals are the RV hookups where it is just creek below the town is Plum Creek a short walk to the firing line. where part of the battle between the On the far left side is Fort Agarita Comanche and the Texas boys was with its two-story blockhouse. This is fought on August 12, 1840. This place where the cowboy long-range matches just whispers the word, “Cowboy!” are conducted with silhouettes of pigs, As you drive away, what you’ll hear buffalos, and rams out to 300 yards, is pure south Texas, “Y’all come back and a large white square swinger at now, ya hear?” Page 86 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

THE DEDICATION OF FORT KASKASKIA By Inspector, SASS #41400 Pictures by Miss Kissy, SASS #61130

orld Shooting Complex, WSparta, IL – Veterans Day, 2007; it seems more than a coincidence the Kaskaskia Cowboys Shoo- tout for the Fight Against Cancer would fall on the weekend of Veteran’s Day. One reason is because this occasion marks the first event in which they would begin using their newest stage, Fort Kaskaskia. To aid in building the first-class facility used by this club, the Kaskaskia Cowboys began selling sponsorships to raise funds to build structures on each stage. In other words, they would sell a sponsorship, take the funds, build a structure with excellence will make it even better. those funds, and place the sponsor’s To all the vets who were in atten- name on it in return. (Capitalism at dance of our observance, and to all its finest!) the other veterans out there who may Upon learning of this practice, or may not be member of the Single and that limited space was available, Action Shooting Society, our sincerest Colonel Darlin, SASS #18069, a Thank You! retired Air Force Colonel, devised a work supervising and building this ing the Navy, and Dutch Hollow God Bless and shoot safe! brilliant plan to build a stage dedi- authentic looking structure. spoke representing the Air Force. cated to the veterans of our armed For the dedication ceremony, all Regrettably, the Coast Guard was services. Collecting donations from of the veterans present were asked not represented, but they were not S&S armed service veterans in the local to stand up front and participate in forgotten. Cowboy Action Shooting™ communi- the observance. Now, they say only The guest of honor was Korean ty and from other Cowboy Action 10% of Americans are veterans, but War Veteran Army Special Forces, CASTING Shooters who donated in the names it was clear in this crowd, over one Clod Buster, SASS #30669, William of relatives who served, it did not third of the people present were Hanna. It was truly an honor to have 815-796-2904 take long for the Colonel to raise the standing up as participants. a combat veteran of the “Forgotten revenue to purchase the sponsorship After the opening with the War” present to speak, lest we forget. [email protected] for Fort Kaskaskia. Upon raising National Anthem sung a cappella, a An honor guard composed of 9MM 125 RN 1000- $38.08 these funds, the Colonel did not sit veteran of each branch was asked to seven armed services cowboy veter- on his laurels and turn the money say a few words to represent each of ans fired a three round shotgun vol- 9MM 147 FP 1000- $39.74 over to watch this project become a the services. Chinaman, SASS ley under the cadence of Rattlesnake 38/357 125 RN 1000- $38.08 reality. Instead, he rolled up his #32908, spoke first representing the Joe, SASS #34532. Joe was still in 38/357 125 FP 1000- $38.08 sleeves, and with the assistance of Marines. Wild Bart, SASS #40732, his VFW uniform after having just 38/357 125 RNFP 1000- $38.08 Dutch Hollow, SASS #39260, who spoke representing the Army. Bushy arrived from another Veteran’s Day 38/357 148 DEWC 1000- $39.74 also is retired Air Force, went to Cap, SASS #15157, spoke represent- commemoration. 38/357 158 SWC 1000- $41.40 As the ceremony progressed, sev- 38/357 158 RNFP 1000-$41.40 eral of the speakers were choked up, 40 SW 140 FP 1000- $38.64 trying to stifle the flood of emotion 40 SW 175 SWC 1000- $48.02 that can be caused when remember- 40 SW 220 FP 1000- $51.50 ing those who could not be with us. 41 MAG 215 SWC 1000- $49.17 These heroes gave the ultimate sacri- 45 ACP 185 SWC 1000- $49.68 fice in the service of our great nation. Considering that many of these cow- 45 ACP 200 SWC 1000- $49.68 boy veterans were witness to some of 45 LC 200 RNFP 1000- $49.68 these sacrifices personally, it is 45 LC 250 RNFP 1000- $64.58 understandable how these feelings 44-40 200 RNFP 1000- $49.68 can occur. This display of emotion 44-40 240 RNFP 1000- $59.06 was infectious, reverent, and com- 44 MAG 200 RNFP 1000- $49.68 pletely appropriate for this solemn 44 MAG 240 RNFP 1000- $59.06 observance. 44 MAG 240 SWC 1000- $59.06 As for the Fort, the Colonel says it is still a work in progress. As you PRICES SUBJECT TO can see from the picture, the Fort CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE looks pretty good as it is, but if I CAN SHIP 70 LBS FOR $9.50 know the Colonel, his standards of February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 87

4-H SHOOTERS DISCOVER A NEW GAME! riftwood, TX – Tejas Cabal- Ma’am calls down to the gents below: Dleros, near Driftwood Texas, ‘Simply checkin’, what are my two treated the kids and parents from favorite words, boys?’ When ready, the local Hays 4-H Shooting Sports declare loudly, “Yes Ma’am!” Club to a new game outside their With all of the firearms staged, regular program—Cowboy Action they were almost ready to start. Shooting™! Texas Heat, SASS Then with a big “Yes Ma’am!”, stand #48606, conducted the introduction, by for the buzzer, and the shooting which included safety protocol and began. Ah, the sweet sound of plink- range etiquette, cowboy styles, quali- ing – shootin’ rifle from the wagon fied firearms and familiarization, seat, shotgun knockdowns from the and a bit of cowboy history. A little left stall, and pistol rounders from demonstration and some showin’ off the right stall. Varying skill levels by Kickshot, SASS #62440, and were compensated for by the range Silver Scout, SASS #76058, was just officer’s instruction and direct assis- letting the kids know what to expect tance. Safety check at the unloading when taking their turn. These kids station cleared the next shooter. are always lookin’ to learn something Kickshot and Silver Scout assisted on new, and they with their parents safety checks, firearm handling, and were impressed with the range offi- posse duties to keep things moving. cer, Travilin’ Jones, SASS Life Well folks, you just can’t beat a good #29102, and the ‘safety first’ rules lead dispenser. We watched as the that were so similar to their own kids left with a new twang in their Shooting Sports Club range rules. speech and a swagger in their walk. Each of the shooters got an actu- Yup, it was about the shootin’, al run of the “Yes Ma’am” stage (so and it’s about the kids. Post script: named for the member/designer). After the kids lost their range Starting at the loading station, because of encroaching development, observing the double check rule, and this SASS club offered to take ‘em in then proceeding to the ready position for awhile until they could resettle. the story goes: The Tejas Caballeros is located Another lazy day at the Livery near Driftwood, which is southwest of Stable, Rusty Concho is polishing his Austin, Texas and meets the third brass. Singin’ Zeke is playing his Saturday of each month. The Club ukulele serenading the four wahine, has hosted the Texas State (wa-HE-nee) way over at the Blackpowder Shootout match and is Mission. Travelin’ Jones has just currently perfecting the “No Whiners” returned from a balloon ride up in match. For more information about the mountains and is putting up his these clubs, key-in tejascaballeros.org, horse. From the loft above, Yes and/or hays4Hshooting.com/. Page 88 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

e e TWO RIVERS POSSE THE RANGELESS RIDERS “Down By The River” November 25, 2007 RED HAT AUXILIARY By Inspector, SASS #41400 By Shenandoah, SASS #749 ighland, IL - At the first shoot our club’s cook has the day off. urham Ferry, CA – The Kid Hof the Rangeless Riders, seven Their contributions also include Dwas back. The Tracy Kid final- Winners cowboys with twenty targets ran acquiring prizes and managing raf- ly got a well-deserved day off from The Fastest Guns the event. We shot five stages in fles and draws to raise funds for our work and showed the rest of us how Men The Tracy Kid, early February 2002 and had a club and benevolent causes, as well Cowboy Action Shooting™ is done. SASS #43854 turnout of 54 shooters. I am proud as decorating for our annual He won stages 2 and 3 and finished Ladies Annie B Restless, to say our first event was a success, Christmas banquet. second to Nate Clayton by thirty SASS #58669 and we’ve kept growing from there. While the before mentioned two hundredths of a second on stage Categories We’ve come a long way since our activities are respectable enough, 5 and five hundredths of a second Duelist Fuzzy Bushwhacker, inaugural event, but what I noticed theses ladies have a much more SASS #67639 behind Mudville on stage 6. Not as a significant sign of our progress noteworthy direction. In 2007, Sr Duelist Gus Ashcroft bad for a shooter beset by the dis- F C Duelist Lefty Eastman, was last November when several of these ladies sponsored two charity ease of work for the last several SASS #20645 our lady shooters arrived at our Cowboy Action Shooting™ events. months. Blazin’ Nate took stage 1 F Cartridge German Jim, monthly match all wearing bright Their first event was targeted and the Diamond Back Kid SASS #12268 red straw hats with purple feathers toward assisting a young SASS scorched stage 4. Traditional The Tracy Kid in them. They called themselves, member and Boy Scout to fund his Mother Nature smiled on the L Traditional Annie B Restless “The Rangeless Riders Red Hat Eagle service project, (re: The Cowboy assemblage with a beautiful day, Modern Nyack Jack, Auxiliary.” Chronicle June, 2007) and more albeit turning a bit chilly on occa- SASS #64693 Although the Rangeless Riders recently, raised funds for another C Cowboy Blackie the Bull, sion. Peaceful was caught between are a subset of the Highland Pistol young SASS member, bound to a SASS #59288 rounds that went “bing” or some B Western Diamond Back Kid, and Rifle Club in Highland, IL wheel chair, to build a ramp onto that went “BOOM,” but he managed SASS #17597 (about 30 miles from St. Louis, MO), the back or her house. to clean the match anyway, along Buckerette Spitfire I am told this Auxiliary was born at With all of these activities occu- with JW Trader, El Passo Gasso, 49er JW Trader, the October, 2006 Show-Me pying the time of these ladies, it Whiskey Rivers, Sintree Tulait, SASS #24189 Shootout in Branson, MO. Details seems a wonder they ever find time Cisco Pike, Shenandoah, Hoosier L 49er Cherokee Doll, as to the organization’s creation are to shoot. To the contrary, the fact Daddy, Dragon, Mariposa Slim, Two SASS #22899 sketchy at best. The only informa- each and every one of them does Dogs Grant, and Soapy Smith. Silver Senior Lash Larue, tion the ladies will disclose is it has shoot is one of the more striking SASS #890 There were category winners from something to do with an extended qualities of this organization. Senior El Passo Gasso, first to nearly last place overall SASS #8134 wine tasting tour of southern The Rangeless Riders currently with a pretty even spread in L Senior Brandy Rose, Missouri and whatever happened in have 27 active members with 19 between. Another instance to sup- SASS #38294 Branson … stays in Branson! The being members of the Red Hat port the aphorism of choose your E Statesman Hoosier Daddy, only other information I can gather Auxiliary. Excuse me while I put category wisely. That’s how it SASS #30820 is the ladies are planning a my boots back on after doing my was Down By The River. “reunion” at this year’s Missouri math, but this means 70% of our State Championship. members shoot with their spouses. Regardless of the guarded cir- Our President, Colonel Darling, cumstances of this organization’s SASS #18069, would like to chal- VISIT THE SASS WEB SITE AT WWW.SASSNET.COM establishment, their contributions lenge any SASS affiliated club out to our local Cowboy Action Shoo- there to show us a higher percent- ting™ community speak for them- age of active members whose spous- selves. es are also active members and On own club’s home front, our shooters. If you are one of those ladies have assumed the responsi- clubs, hats off to you. Personally, I bility of scorekeeping, bookkeeping, think the Rangeless Riders Red Hat and providing very tasty lunches for Auxiliary is a tough faction to beat! a hungry bunch of cowpokes when God Bless and shoot safe!

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GREEN MOUNTAIN REGULATORS .“We Did It in a Year” . By Singin’ Zeke, SASS #69807

arble Falls, Texas – It all started with a new Cowboy M Action Shooter who wanted to find a Cowboy Action range that would welcome shooters in the central Texas area at a time other than the regular scheduled club matches – a place where the Cowboy Action Shooters could “practice” their sport with authentic realism. Absolutely nothing was available. All existing club ranges were on leased proper- ties, and the clubs were generally only allowed access on certain weekend days, usually only once a month for their regular monthly matches. To use that range any other time would entail paying the landowner an additional fee. This was something the clubs just could not afford. So, the only “practice” a Cowboy Action Shooter got was at his house, after work with no ammunition, just dry firing his cowboy guns. This order to “pick their brains” on exact- a lot more work. In order to might be fun, but it just didn’t give ly what I needed to do to build a cow- get an idea of whether a new the same results that being able to boy range. All of the cowboys were club would succeed and pros- “practice” on a “real” cowboy range, very helpful and were ever ready to per, we decided to hold a meet- with “real” stage fronts, “real” steel give me ideas, advice, and most ing on site at the ranch. Word targets, and “live” ammunition would important, support. This was spread among the Cowboy give. One might see improvement in October 2006. Action Shooters in the area, speed in gun transition and loading I decided to take on this project, and on the day of the meeting, proficiency by practicing in the living and one cool morning I drove over to there were a large number room, but the true experience of com- a long valley area on the ranch that who showed up and again peting and “practicing” real Cowboy was completely covered with brush expressed their support for Action Shooting needed the outdoor and scrub cedar trees. While stand- the range and the idea of availability of a “real” cowboy range ing there, I saw the range in my forming a new Cowboy Action club. sages on the SASS Wire looking for to make us all better shooters. These mind. I would clear some of the val- All were ready and willing to help in targets. Soon I received a message were my thoughts as I searched for a ley and build a couple of stage fronts any way to get the range going and from another club who said they had solution to the obvious need for a and buy some targets and the “prac- get the club on its feet. It felt good to some targets they wanted to sell as “practice” range. Being a retired tice” range would become a reality. see the genuine support and encour- they had replaced them with new police officer and living on my small As I continued to talk to some of the agement of all my fellow shooters. ones. I bought all they had. The ranch in central Texas, I found a solu- more experienced old time shooters, Okay, if there were that many range was coming together. The tion that has proven to be an asset to they continued to encourage me, and folks willing to help make a new excitement and enthusiasm contin- the Cowboy Action Shooting™ com- soon my little “practice” range idea Cowboy Action range and club, then ued to grow as things fell into place. munity in this area, and has brought began to grow. Its locale would offer we were going to do it. The next In all this confusion I met a man me more new friends than I could many cowboys in the North Austin week I had another bulldozer on the who has been the real backbone of ever have imagined. area a closer place to come shoot. range area, and then a motor grader the club. He came to me with a I decided I wanted to take a They could come after work and still to smooth things up. Many of the world of experience and a positive small area of my ranch and build a get in some shooting before dark. friends at the meeting began to attitude. His is well known in the “practice” range for Cowboy Action The next closest range was south of donate lumber and sheet metal, local cowboy community by his cow- Shooters. It was a very large under- Austin, another 50 miles from our money, and other items that could be boy alias, Nada Chance, SASS Life taking because there were so many range. Also, there was no place to used to build stage fronts. They also #29547. He unselfishly worked to things that had to be done to make a shoot cowboy style for approximately began coming to the range, and build the range and put together the Cowboy Action range that would be 100 miles north, east, and west of the working folks would come on week- necessary paperwork to form the like the ranges at the clubs in the new range. ends and weekdays after they got new SASS affiliated club known as area. Everybody I questioned Soon several of the experienced home from their jobs. Many would “The Green Mountain Regulators.” seemed to support the idea and said shooters suggested we form a “club.” stay after shooting to work on a new He guided us in the writing of the they would be willing to help make it The idea was very frightening at stage front. Everybody was putting bylaws and all the other paperwork happen in any way they could. I first. This meant more clearing, all their efforts into the new project. necessary to get the club going. He spoke to every shooter I could in more stage fronts, more targets, and I called clubs and posted mes- (Continued on next page) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 91

some good ol’ Cowboy Action Shoo- Cowboy Action Shooters. We are con- ting™ the way it was intended to be. stantly working to improve our facil- We are extremely proud SASS has ity. We welcome any and all new or chosen us to host the 2008 Texas old shooters to join us and get to State Blackpowder Match, “Regula- know some of the best people you tors’ Revenge,” in March 2008. will ever meet. Watch The Cowboy Chronicle for the If you are ever in the Marble exact dates of the match and further Falls, Texas area, come shoot with us information. Ya’ll come, we would or stop by for a visit. We look for any sure be glad to see you! reason to put the coffee pot on and Thanks to all the pards who talk about Cowboy Action Shoo- made us a success, and we look for- ting™. We can even go down to the ward to meeting more and more range and do some “practicing.”

(Continued from previous page) 35 shooters each match. We are sure still serves as Vice President of the that number will continue to grow. club and our Territorial Governor We also created a long-range and also continues to give a lot of rifle area on another part of the time and money, as well as his com- ranch and have targets set at 25, 50, puter expertise to make things hap- 100, 150, 200, 250, and 300 yards. pen for the club. He even writes This is great for the “big guns.” We stage scenarios that are true to the have plans to expand the rifle range cowboy tradition. He lives his life by out to (hopefully) 500 yards. But, for the code of “the cowboy way.” We are now, it’s nice to hear the steel ring at all very proud of him, and I’m espe- 300 yards! cially proud to call him my friend. All the members of the Green So, with a lot of help and sup- Mountain Regulators are extremely port, The Green Mountain Regu- proud of our club and our accom- lators was formed in November 2006 plishments as we approach the one- and held its first match on a very year anniversary of our club and cold morning that same month. Our range. We are continuing to grow first match had 11 shooters who and expand the range thanks to all became the club’s first members. the dedication and help of all our Now the club has grown to over 64 members. We have many family members, and the membership is memberships and are proud of our growing every month. The range has lady shooters and our juniors and eight completed stage fronts with buckaroos, too. Also, every member plans to continue to add stages to a is encouraged to submit ideas that total of 15. We shoot from a jail cell, we try to incorporate into our range sheriff’s office, gallows, saloon, buck- and our matches. This is truly a club board on springs, a suspension that belongs to each and every mem- bridge, and soon a rolling horse. We ber, and every body has a voice. We shoot on the 4th Saturday of each are a “fun” club where everybody month and have an average of about comes to have a great time and do Page 92 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008 February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 93 Page 94 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008

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SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Alaska 49er’s 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Tripod 907-373-0140 Birchwood AK Homesteaders Shooting Club 3rd Sun Kidd Reno 860-536-3342 Ledyard CT Golden Heart Shootist Society 2nd Sat & Last Sun Ruby Lil 907-488-0792 Chatanika AK Padens Posse 3rd Sun Hazel Pepper 302-422-6534 Seaford DE Juneau Gold Miners Posse 3rd Sun Jack Colton 907-321-5845 Juneau AK Big River Rangers 1st Sat Nimrod Long 850-592-5665 Grand Ridge FL North Alabama Regulators 1st Sun Six String 256-582-3621 Woodville AL Gold Coast Gunslingers 1st Sat L. Topay 305-233-5756 Fort Lauderdale FL Alabama Rangers 2nd Sun RC Moon 205-410-5707 Brierfield AL Howey In the Hills Cowboys 1st Sat Lady Robin 352-429-2587 Howey in the Hills FL Gallant Gunfighters 3rd & 5th Sun Buck D. Law 256-504-4366 Birmingham AL Hernando County Regulators 1st Sun Shady Brady 352-686-1055 Brooksville FL Vulcan Long Rifles 3rd Sat Havana Jim 205-979-2931 Hoover AL The Hatbill Gang 1st Sun Santa Fe River Stan 386-423-2495 Titusville FL Cahaba Cowboys 3rd Sun Duke Slade 205-854-0483 Argo AL Fort White Cowboy Cavalry 2nd Sat Kid Hawkins 386-454-2067 Fort White FL Old York Shootists 4th Sun Derringer Di 205-647-6925 Hoover AL Resurrection Rangers 2nd Sat Tennessee Tonto 813-920-4280 Brooksville FL Running W Regulators 1st Sat & 3rd Sun AR Mule Skinner 501-824-2590 Lincoln AR Okeechobee Marshals 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Lead Pusher 561-793-5024 Indiantown FL Mountain Valley Vigilantes 1st Sat & Sun Christmas Kid 501-625-3554 Hot Springs AR Panhandle Cowboys 2nd Sun Panhandle B. 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Good 520-366-5401 Sierra Vista AZ Indian River Regulators 4th Sat Turkey Creek Red 321-728-7928 Palm Bay FL Rio Salado Cowboy Action Panhandle Cattle Company 4th Sat Tac Hammer 850-785-6535 Port St. Joe FL Shooting Society 1st Sat AZ Lightning Jack 480-820-7372 Mesa AZ Cowford Regulators 4th Sun Cowford Kid 904-219-3795 Jacksonville FL Cowtown Cowboy Shooters, LLC 1st Sun & 3rd Sat Barbwire 480-488-3064 Phoenix AZ Doodle Hill Regulators 4th Sun Dave Smith 813-645-3828 Ruskin FL Colorado River Regulators 2nd & 4th Sun Crowheart 928-855-2893 Lake Havasu AZ Five County Regulators 4th Sun Dead Shot Scott 239-261-2892 Punta Gorda FL Arizona Cowboy Shooters Antelope Junction Rangers Fridays Mayeye Rider 727-736-3977 Pineallas Park FL Association, Inc 2nd Sat Sunshine Kay 602-973-3434 Phoenix AZ Withlacoochee Renegades, The Last Sat Hungry Bear 850-929-2406 Pinetta FL Pima Pistoleros Cowboy American Old West Cowboys 1st Sat Josey Buckhorn 423-236-5281 Flintstone GA Action Shooter 2nd Sat Wander N. 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Blackjack Max 765-832-3324 West Terre Haute IN The Range 4th Sun Grass V.Federally 530-273-4440 Grass Valley CA 10 O’clock Line Shootist Club 3rd Sun Bunsen Rose 765-832-6620 Cayuga IN Sloughhouse Irregulators 5th Sat & Sun Badlands Bud 530-677-0368 Sloughhouse CA Deer Creek Regulators 4th Sun Doc Molar 765-948-3844 Jonesboro IN Colorado Cowboys 1st Sat Mule Creek 719-748-3398 Lake George CO Wildwood Wranglers 4th Sun VOODOOMAN 219-872-2721 Michigan City IN Colorado Shaketails 1st Sun Yaro 303-646-3777 Ramah CO Indiana Black Powder Guild 5th Sat Manatee 317-640-0172 Paradise Pass IN San Juan Rangers 1st Sun Sapinero 970-323-6566 Montrose CO Butterfield Gulch Gang 1st Sun Polecat Ron 785-827-8149 Chapman KS Windygap Regulators 1st Wknd Piedra Kidd 970-565-9228 Cortez CO Powder Creek Cowboys 2nd Sat & 4th Wed Shawnee Shamus 913-236-8812 Lenexa KS Four Corners Rifle and Pistol Club 2nd Sun Capt. W. K. Kelso 970-565-8960 Cortez CO Mill Brook Wranglers 2nd Sun Grandpa B. Millbrook 785-421-2537 Hill City KS Montrose Marshals 2nd Sun Big Hat 970-249-7701 Montrose CO Free State Rangers 3rd Buffalo Phil 913-898-4911 Parker KS Rifle Creek Rangers 2nd Sun Miles Coffee 970-625-0657 Rifle CO Sand Hill Regulators 3rd Sat Latigo Max 620-663-8666 Hutchinson KS Pawnee Station 3rd Sat Red River Wrangler 970-225-0545 Wellington CO Capital City Cowboys 4th Sun Newton 785-765-3915 Topeka KS Rockvale Bunch 3rd Sat Nevada Steel 719-784-6683 Rockvale CO Kentucky Regulators 1st Sat Kentucky Dover 270-658-3247 Boaz KY Castle Peak Wildshots 3rd Sun Old Squinteye 970-524-9348 Gypsum CO Hooten Old Town Regulators 1st Sat (Mar - Dec) Bullfork Shotgun Red 606-776-6719 Mckee KY Four Corners Gunslingers 3rd Sun Cerveza Slim 970-247-0745 Durango CO Knob Creek Gunfighters Guild 1st Sun Cumberland Drifter 502-548-3860 Shepardsville KY Thunder Mountain Shootists 3rd Wknd Pinto Being 970-464-7118 Grand Junction CO Green River Gunslingers 2nd Sat Yak 270-792-9001 Bowling Green KY Northwest Colorado Rangers 4th Sat Sagebrush Burns 970-824-8407 Craig CO Kentucky Longrifles Cowboys 2nd Sat Bullfork Shotgun Red 606-784-0067 Morehead KY Pawnee Sportsmens Center 4th Sat Governor General 970-656-3851 Briggsdale CO Ohio River Rangers 2nd Sat Jim Spears 270-443-5216 Paducah KY Black Canyon Ghost Riders 4th Sun Double Bit 970-874-8745 Hotchkiss CO Lonesome Pine Pistoleros 2nd Sun Isom Kid 606-633-4465 Jeremiah KY Sand Creek Raiders 4th Sun Sweet Water Bill 303-366-8827 Byers CO Highland Regulators, Inc 3rd & 4th Wknd Hezekiah Hawke 859-250-7766 Winfield KY Ledyard Sidewinders 1st Sat Yosemite Gene 860-536-0887 Ledyard CT Highland Regulators, Inc 3rd& 4th Sun Hezekiah Hawke 859-250-7766 Winfield KY Congress of Rough Riders 1st Sun Snake Eyes F. Tanner 203-612-8855 Naugatuck CT Fox Bend Peacemakers 4th Sun Tioga Kid 859-277-9693 Wilmore KY CT Valley Bushwackers 2nd Sun Johnny Pecos 413-572-2820 East Granby CT Devil Swamp Gang 1st Sat Cooper York 504-722-8988 Thibodaux LA If your Listing is incorrect, please notify Prairie Mary (505) 286-4566. (Continued on page 102) Page 102 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.) (Continued from page 101) Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Up The Creek Gang 2nd & 4th Sat Sure Shot Sue 337-582-4420 Lake Charles LA Lost Almost Posse 3rd Sat Beau Legg 505-662-4757 Los Alamos NM Bayou Bounty Hunters 2nd Sat Soiled Dove 985-796-9698 Amite LA Seven Rivers Regulators 3rd Sat Neches Jack 505-628-0028 Carlsbad NM Cajun Cowboy Shooters Society 2nd Sun Durango Dan 225-752-2288 Baton Rouge LA Rio Vaqueros 3rd Sun J. W. Brockey 505-744-4488 TorC NM Cypress Creek Cowboys 2nd Wknd Mav Dutchman 318-396-6320 Downsville LA Monument Springs Bushwhackers 4th Sat Twobits Jim 575-631-7075 Hobbs NM Grand Ecore Vigilantes 3rd Sat Ouachita Kid 318-932-6637 Natchitoches LA Picacho Posse 4th Sat Fast Hammer 505-647-3434 Las Cruces NM Deadwood Marshals 4th Sat Barkeeps 225-715-8711 Sorrento LA Tres Rios Bandidos 4th Sun Long Step 505-325-4493 Farmington NM Danvers Desperados As Sched Cyrus Cy Klopps 781-667-2857 Middleton MA Lone Wolf Shooters, LLC 1st & 2nd Sun Penny Pepperbox 775-727-4600 Pahrump NV Harvard Ghost Riders As Sched Yosemite Kid 781-373-2411 Harvard MA High Plains Drifters 1st Sun Fernley 775-575-3131 Fernley NV Mansfield Marauders As Sched Mohawk Mac 508-369-5093 Mansfield MA Eldorado Cowboys 1st Wknd Charming 702-565-3736 Boulder City NV Shawsheen River Rangers As Sched Yukon Willie 978-663-3342 Bedford MA Nevada Rangers Cowboy Action Gunnysackers Sat Nantucket Dawn781-749-6951 Scituate MA Shooting Society 2nd Sun Joe Gill 702-565-3276 Jean NV Eas’dern Shore Renegades 1st Sat Slash Eight 410-648-6829 Sudlersville MD Pahrump Cowboy Shooters Thurmont Rangers 1st Sun Cody Conagher 304-258-1419 Thurmont MD Association 2nd Sun Iona Vaquero 775-764-0257 Amargosa Valley NV Monocacy Irregulars 1st Sun Roop County Cowboy & 3rd Sat (Dec-Feb) Church Key 304-229-8266 Frederick MD Shooters Assn. 2nd Sun Russ T. Chambers 775-747-1426 Sparks NV St. Charles Sportsman’s Club Desert Desperados 3rd Sun Buffalo Sam 702-459-6454 Las Vegas NV Cowboy Action 2nd Sat Rufus Lupus 301-499-7879 Waldorf MD Silver State Shootists Club 3rd Sun Tahoe Bill 775-586-9178 Carson City NV Damascus Wildlife Rangers 4th Sat (Mar-Nov) Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Damascus MD Silver City Shooters Society 4th Sun Daisy Mayhem 702-896-1174 Indian Springs NV Beaver Creek Desperados As Sched Jimmy Reb 207-698-4436 Sanford/Springvale ME Tioga County Cowboys 1st Sat Empty Cases 607-699-3307 Owego NY Big Pine Bounty Hunters As Sched Ripley Scrounger 207-876-4928 Willmantic ME Crumhorn Mountain Cowboys 1st Sun Lefty Cooper 607-547-6008 Maryland NY Blue Hill Regulators As Sched Dangerous D. Dalton 207-667-3586 Blue Hill ME Pathfinder Pistoleros 1st Sun Sonny 315-695-7032 Fulton NY Capitol City Vigilance Committee As Sched Mark Lake 207-622-9400 Augusta ME Bar-20, Inc. 2nd Sat Renegade Ralph 315-363-5342 West Eaton NY Hurricane Valley Rangers As Sched Leo 207-829-3092 Falmouth ME Panorama Trail Regulators 2nd Sat Twelve Bore 585-613-8046 Penfield NY Rockford Regulators 1st Sat No Cattle 616-363-2827 Rockford MI Boot Hill Regulators 2nd Sun Judge Zaney Grey 845-352-7921 Chester NY River Bend Rangers 2nd Sat Jonathan Slim Chance 574-277-9712 Buckanan MI Hole In The Wall Gang 2nd Sun Rowdy Rube 631-474-0002 Calverton NY Sucker Creek Saddle & Gun Club 2nd Sat Rodeo Road 989-205-0096 Breckenridge MI Border Rangers 2nd Sun (Apr-Oct) Badlands Buzz 607-898-3581 Greene NY Chippewa Regulators 3rd Sat Yooper Fred 906-635-9700 Sault Ste. Marie MI Diamond Four 3rd Sat Kayutah Kid 607-796-0573 Odessa NY Hidden Valley Cowbays 3rd. Sun Triple Creek Shorty 269-273-8334 Sturgis MI Circle K Regulators 3rd Sun Smokehouse Dan 518-885-3758 Ballston Spa NY Double Barrel Gang 4th Sat Slippery Pete 269-838-6944 Hastings MI D Bar D Wranglers 4th Sat Captain Maf 845-226-8611 Wappingers Fall NY Eagleville Cowboys 4th Sat Thummper John 231-377-7232 Central Lake MI Rockdale Renegades 4th Sat Scheriff Richie 607-783-2752 Rockdale NY Johnson Creek Regulators 4th Sat Cheyenne Raider 734-355-6333 Plymouth MI The Long Riders 4th Sun Loco Poco Lobo 585-467-4429 Shortsville NY Rocky River Regulators As Sch Terrebonne Bud 248-709-5254 Utica MI The Shadow Riders As Sched Snake River Cowboy 631-477-1090 Westhampton Beach NY Saginaw Field & Stream Club As Sched Katie Callahan 989-585-3292 Saginaw MI East End Regulators Last Sun Diamond Rio 631-585-1936 Westhampton NY West Walker Rangers As Sched Two Rig A Tony 616-891-6917 Grand Rapids MI Sackets Harbor Vigilantes Last Sun Bobby Hats 1-315-782-3536 Sackets Harbor NY Lapeer County Sportsmans Big Irons 1st Sat Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OH Club Wranglers Sun Ricochet Bill 810-441-2438 Attica MI Middletown Sportsmens Club, Inc. 1st Sat Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OH Cedar Valley Vigilantes 1st & 3rd Sat Kaycee McCaylum 507-455-1101 Morristown MN Tusco Long Riders 1st Sat Split Rail 330-364-6185 Midvale OH Crow River Rangers 1st Sun Cantankerous Jeb 763-682-3710 Howard Lake MN West Jeff Ghostriders 1st Sun Darby Pete 614-879-0457 West Jefferson OH Lookout Mountain Firelands Peacemakers 1st Wed, 3rd Sat Gunsmoke Society 3rd Sat Wagonmaster 218-744-4694 Virginia MN & 5th Sun Johnny Shiloh 440-984-4551 Rochester OH East Grand Forks Rod & Gun Club 3rd Sun BB Gunner 218-779-8555 E. Grand Forks MN Sandusky County Regulators 2nd Sat Kenny Vaquero 419-874-6929 Gibsonburg OH Ike’s Clantons 4th Sun (Apr-Sep) Dawgnapper 320-275-2052 New Ulm MN Shenango River Rats 2nd Sat The Ozark Posse 1st Sat Tightwade Swede 417-847-0018 Cassville MO & 4th Sun (May-Oct) Shenango Joe 330-782-0958 Yankee Lake OH Rocky Branch Rangers 1st Sun Iza Littleoff 816-524-1462 Higginsville MO Miami Valley Cowboys 2nd Sun Buckshot Jones 937-418-7816 Piqua OH Moniteau Creek River Raiders 2nd Sun Doolin Riggs 573-687-3103 Fayette MO Scioto Territory Desperados Inc. 3rd & 5th Sun Lucky Levi Loving 740-745-1220 Chillicothe OH Central Ozarks Western Shooters 3rd Sun X S Chance 573-765-5483 St. Robert MO Wilmington Rough Riders 3rd Sat Paragon Pete 740-626-7667 Wilmington OH Gateway Shootist Society 3rd Sun Bounty Seeker 636-464-6569 St. Louis MO AuGlaize Rough Riders 3rd Sun Doc Carson 419-782-7837 Defiance OH Southern Missouri Rangers 4th Wknd Smokie 417-759-9114 Willard MO Briar Rabbit Rangers 4th Sat Grizzly Killer 330-204-4606 Zanesville OH Natchez Six Gunners 1st Sat Winchester 601-445-5223 Natchez MS Ohio Valley Vigilantes 4th Sat Rowdy K 419-529-0887 Mt. Vernon OH Mississippi Peacemakers 3rd Sat Squinter 601-825-8640 Mendenhall MS Central Ohio Cowboys 4th Sun Buffalo Balu 740-569-3206 Circleville OH Mississippi River Rangers 4th & 5th Sat Easy Lee 662-838-7451 Byhalia MS Jackson Six Shooters Last Sat (Mar-Oct) Flat Iron Fred 330-538-2690 North Jackson OH Mississippi Regulators 4th Sat Lone Yankee 601-249-3315 McComb MS Rattlesnake Mountain Rangers 1st Sat Black River Jack 918-908-0016 Checotah OK Honorable Road Agents Shortgrass Rangers 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Capt. Allyn Capron 580-357-5870 Grandfield OK Shooting Society 1st Sat Diamond Red 406-685-3618 Ennis MT Cherokee Strip Shootists 1st Sun Querida Kate 405-372-0208 Stillwater OK Sun River Rangers Shooting Society 1st Sun & 4th Sat Wapiti Willie 406-454-2809 Simms MT Oklahoma City Gun Club 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Stonewall 405-739-0545 Oklahoma Cty OK Gallatin Valley Regulators 2nd Wknd Missouri River Kid 408-587-2072 Logan MT Indian Territory Single Action 2nd Sun, 3rd Sat, Rocky Mountain Rangers 2nd Wknd Jocko 406-847-0745 Noxon MT Shooting Society 4th Wed, & 5th Sun Montana Dan 918-313-0249 Coweta OK Bigfork Buscaderos 3rd Sat Bodie Camp 406-883-6797 Bigfork MT Flying W Outlaws 3rd & 5th Sat Papa Don 580-225-5515 Elk City OK Last Chance Handgunners 3rd Sat Bocephus Bandito 406-439-4476 Boulder MT Tater Hill Regulators 3rd Sun Taos Willie 918-355-2849 Tulsa OK Rosebud Drygulchers 3rd Sun Sgt. Blue 406-356-7885 Forsyth MT Horse Ridge Pistoleros 1st & 3rd Sun Big Casinos 541-389-2342 Bend OR Montana Territory Peacemakers 4th Sat Backstrap Bill 406-652-6158 Billings MT Orygun Cowboys & Cowgirls 1st Mon, 2nd Sun Yellowstone Regulators 4th Sat Chisler Wood 307-690-2676 W. Yellowstone MT & 3rd Sat Poke Along 360-896-5410 Sherwood OR Greasy Grass Scouts Call to Shoot Prairie Annie 406-638-2438 Garryowen MT Dry Gulch Desperados 1st Sat Runamuck 509-525-2984 Milton Freewater OR Flatwood’s Cowboys 1st Sat Seth Hawkins 910-346-3612 Hubert NC Merlin Marauders 1st Sat Rogue Rascal 541-472-8585 Grants Pass OR Old Hickory Regulators 1st Sat Father Time 252-291-3184 Rocky Mount NC Molalla River Rangers 1st Sat Gold Dust Bill 503-705-1211 Canby OR Old North State Posse 1st Sat Layden 704-279-7161 Salisbury NC Siuslaw River Rangers 1st Sun Johnny Jingos 541-997-6313 Florence OR Walnut Grove Rangers 1st Sat Hiem 828-245-5563 Rutherfordton NC Table Rock Rangers 1st Sun & 2nd Sat Checotah 541-772-9941 White City OR Carolina Rough Riders 1st Sun Pecos Pete 704-996-0756 Charlotte NC Klamath Cowboys 2nd Sun Rambling Dave 541-273-1055 Keno OR Buccaneer Range Regulators 2nd Sat Dodge City Dude 910-270-3351 Wilmington NC Jefferson State Regulators 3rd Sat Jed I. Knight 541-944-2281 Ashland OR Carolina Cattlemen’s Shooting Oregon Trail Regulators 3rd Sat Road Agent 541-963-2237 La Grande OR and Social Society 2nd Sat Wicken Wanda 919-266-1678 Creedmore NC Oregon Old West Shooting Society 3rd Sun & 4th Sat Mid Valley Drifter 541-259-2774 Albany OR High Country Cowboys 2nd Sat Wild Otter 828-423-7796 Asheville NC Fort Dalles Defenders 4th Sun Frisco Nell 360-835-5630 The Dalles OR North Carolina Cowboys, Inc. 2nd Sat J. M. Brown 919-266-3751 Creedmore NC Umpqua Regulators 4th Sun Big Lou 541-484-5900 Roseburg OR Carolina Single Action Lewis River Rangers As Sch Johnny Colt 503-289-1280 St. Helens OR Shooting Society 2nd Sun Carolina Longarm 910-627-7615 Eden NC Columbia County Cowboys As Sched Kitty Colt 503-642-4120 St. Helens OR Cross Creek Cowboys 3rd Sat Huckleberry Mike 910-980-0572 Wagram NC Dry Gulch Rangers 1st Sat Pepc Holic 724-263-1461 Midway PA Gunpowder Creek Regulators 3rd Sat Horsetrader 828-754-1884 Lenoir NC Perry County Regulators 1st Sat Snappy Lady 717-789-3893 Ickesburg PA Piedmont Gunslingers 3rd Sun Sam Carp 704-596-7120 Churchland NC Boothill Gang of Topton 1st Sun Lester Moore 610-704-6792 Topton PA Bostic Vigilantes 4th Sat Bostic Kid 704-434-2174 Bostic NC Chimney Rocks Regulators 1st Sun Hattie Hubbs 814-696-5669 Hollidaysburg PA Iredell Regulators 4th Sat Stump Water 704-630-9527 Statesville NC Whispering Pines Cowboy Badlands Bandits (The) As Schd Roughrider Ray 701-260-0347 Belfield ND Committee 1st Sun Mac Traven 570-723-8885 Wellsboro PA Dakota Rough Riders As Sched RoughRider Jim Bob 701-673-3122 Moffit ND Logans Ferry Regulators 2nd Sat Mariah Kid 412-793-1496 Pittsburgh PA Sheyenne Valley Peacekeepers Last Sat (Apr-Sep) Wild River Rose 701-588-4331 Kindred ND Lost Dutchmen 2nd Sat Basket Lady 717-949-3970 Schaefferstown PA Platte Valley Gunslingers 1st Sun Col. Horace C. Rider 308-380-9511 Grand Island NE Mainville Marauders 2nd Sun Gettysburg 570-387-1795 Mainville PA Oregon Trail Regulators, NE 2nd Sat Pvt. J. Southwick 307-837-2919 Scottsbluff NE The Dakota Badlanders 2nd Sun Dakota J. Gunfighter 610-837-8020 Orefield PA Alliance Cowboy Club 2nd Sun Panhandle Slim Miles 308-760-0568 Alliance NE Westshore Posse 2nd Sun Doc Hornaday 717-432-1352 New Cumberland PA Eastern Nebraska Gun Club 2nd Sun Flint Valdez 712-323-8996 Louisville NE River Junction Shootist Society 3rd Sat Mattie Hays 724-593-6602 Donegal PA Flat Water Shootists of the Jefferson Rifle Club, Inc. 3rd Sat (Mar-Nov) Oracle Jones 410-239-6795 Jefferson PA Grand Island Rifle Club 3rd Sun Wes Beckett 308-226-2651 Grand Island NE Easton Greenhorns 3rd Sat As Sched Ragweed 610-847-2798 Lower Saucon PA High Plains Renegades 5th Sun Skip Fricke 402-273-1391 Columbus /Monroe NE Blue Mountain Rangers 3rd Sun The Mad Tanner 610-562-8161 Hamburg PA The Dalton Gang Shooting Club, Silver Lake Bounty Hunters 3rd Sun Marshal T. J. 570-663-3045 Montrose PA of NH LLC 3rd Wknd (Apr-Oct) Littleton S. Dalton 603-444-6876 Dalton NH Purgatory 3rd Wknd Dry Gulch Geezer 814-827-2120 Titusville PA Merrimack Valley Marauders As Sched Sheriff R. P. Bucket 603-345-6876 Pelham NH Elstonville Hombres 4th Sun Basket Lady 717-949-3970 Manheim PA Pemi Valley Peacemakers As Sched Laconia 603-524-2240 Holderness NH Stewart’s Regulators 4th Sun Sodbuster Burt 724-479-8838 Shelocta PA White Mountain Regulators As Sched Dead Head 603-772-2358 Candia NH El Posse Grande 4th Sun (Mar-Oct) Black Hills Barb 570-538-9163 Muncy Valley PA Thumbusters 2nd Sun Doc Fanizzo 732-892-7272 Minmouth NJ Conestoga Wagoneers As Sched No Change 215-431-2302 Southampton PA Jackson Hole Gang 4th Sun (Mar-Nov) Emberado 609-466-2277 Jackson NJ Lincoln County Lawmen 4th Sun Eula Missen 401-647-3049 Manville RI Magdalena Trail Drivers 1st & 3rd Sat Slippery Steve 505-835-8664 Magdalena NM Palmetto Posse 1st Sat Dun Gamblin 803-422-5587 Columbia SC Rio Rancho Regulators 1st & 4th Sat Sam Brannan 505-400-2468 Rio Rancho NM Piedmont Regulators 2nd Sat Chase Randall 864-843-6154 Anderson SC Otero Practical Shooting Hurricane Riders 3rd Sat Concho V. Charlie 843-997-4063 Aynor SC Association 1st Sat Saguaro Sam 505-437-3663 La Luz NM Savannah River Rangers 3rd Sat Creede Kid 706-860-0549 Jackson SC Buffalo Range Riders 1st Sun Coyote Calhoun 404-580-5985 Founders Ranch NM Geechee Gunfighters 4th Sat Edisto Ike 843-869-2429 Ridgeville SC Bighorn Vigilantes 2nd Sat Good Karma 505-286-8449 Edgewood NM Cottonwood Cowboy Association 2nd Sun J. D. Henry 605-886-7929 Clark SD Gila Rangers 2nd Sat Chico Cheech 505-388-2531 Silver City/Mimbres NM Black Hills Shootist Association 3rd Sun Hawkbill Smith 605-342-8946 Pringle SD High Desert Drifters 2nd Sun Howlin Henry 505-286-4411 Edgewood NM Bald Mountain Renegades 4th Sun Grease Cup 605-598-6744 Faulkton SD Lost River Cowboys 2nd Sun Whiskey R. Dave 505-623-9201 Roswell NM Wartrace Regulators 1st Sat Will Reily 615-325-9585 Wartrace TN Rio Grande Renegades 2nd Wed, 3rd Sat, Greene County Regulators 1st Sat Mort Dooley 423-357-8464 Rogersville TN 4th Sun, & 5th Sat/Sun J. W. Calendar 505-856-4046 Albuquerque NM Bitter Creek Rangers, The 1st. Sat Sunset Evans 931-484-2036 Crossville TN If your Listing is incorrect, please notify Prairie Mary (505) 286-4566. (Continued on page 103) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 103 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS MONTHLY SHOOTING SCHEDULE (Cont.) (Continued from page 102) Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Memphis Gunslingers 2nd Sat Sagebrush Jim 901-380-5591 Arlington TN Sybille Creek Shooters 2nd Sat Wyoming Roy 307-322-3515 Wheatland WY Smoky Mountain Shootist Society 2nd Sat Hombre Sin Nombre 865-740-3801 Oak Ridge TN Southfork Vigilance Committee North West Tennessee Longriders 3rd Sat Can’t Shoot Dillon 731-885-8102 Union City TN WSAS 2nd sun Wennoff Halfcock 307-332-5035 Lander WY Tennessee Mountain Marauders 3rd Sat Cherokee Maddog 423-309-8552 Ringgold TN Donkey Creek Shootists 3rd Sat Poker Jim 307-660-0221 Gillette WY Tennessee Trail Bums 3rd Sun Wiley Fish 931-728-5327 Manchester TN Powder River Justice Committee Ocoee Rangers 4th Sat Ocoee Red 423-476-5303 Cleveland TN WSAS 3rd Sun Doc Fehr 307-683-3320 Buffalo WY El Vaqueros 1st & Last Sun Tom Doniphan 254-559-9896 Breckenridge TX South Texas Pistolaros 1st Sat Long John Beard 210-414-7786 San Antonio TX Texas Riviera Pistoleros 1st Sat Long Star 361-334-1978 Corpus Christi TX CANADIAN MONTHLY MATCHES Texas Troublemakers 1st Sat Lefty Tex Larue 903-539-7234 Brownsboro TX Alberta Frontier Shootists As Sched Mustang Heart 780-464-4600 Kelsey ALB CANADA Comanche Trail Shootists 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Hoodoo Brown 432-682-1422 Midland TX Rocky Mountain House Orange County Regulators 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Nate Kiowa Jones 409-984-5473 Orange TX Old West Shootists As Sched Luke A. Leathersmith 403-845-4347 Rocky Mnt House ALB CANADA Buckcreek Bandaleros 1st Sat & 3rd Wknd Hoofprint Prine 254-897-7328 Nemo TX Red Mountain Renegades 1st Sun Forty One Colt Bob 604-929-0178 Mission BC CANADA Plum Creek Carriage Valley Regulators 3rd Sat High Country Amigo 250-334-3479 Courtenay BC CANADA & Shooting Society 1st Sat Sun Delta Raider 512-376-2602 Lockhart TX Victoria Frontier Shootists As Sched Prairie Buck 250-655-1100 Victoria BC CANADA Badlands Bar 3 1st Wknd T-Bone Dooley 903-628-5512 English TX Western Canadian Frontier Old Fort Parker Patriots 1st Wknd Slowaz Molasses 254-412-0904 Groesbeck TX Shootists Society As Sched Caribou Lefty 250-372-0416 Kamloops BC CANADA Texas Peacemakers 1st Wknd Pecos Red 903-984-1951 Tyler TX Nova Scotia Cowboy Action Thunder River Renegades 1st wknd Double Down Dan 281-259-5202 Magnolia TX Shooting Club 3rd Sun Wounded Belly 902-890-2310 Truro, NS NS CANADA Tin Star Texans 1st. Sat Amber 830-685-3464 Fredericksburg TX Waterloo County Revolver Concho Valley Shooters 2nd Sat The Atoka Kid 325-723-2035 San Angelo TX Bounty Hunters 2nd Sat Cable Lockhart 806-299-1192 Levelland TX Association 1st Sat Ranger Pappy Cooper 519-536-9184 Kitchener ON CANADA Canadian River Regulators 2nd Sat Capshaw 806-335-1660 Clarendon TX Barrie Gun Club 2nd & 4th Sat Canadian Crow 705-435-2807 Barrie ON CANADA Texican Rangers 2nd Sat Dusty Chambers 830-896-7856 Fredericksburg TX Lambton Sportsman’s Club 2nd Sat Payton 519-337-9058 St. Clair ON CANADA Travis County Regulators 2nd Sat Chainfire Tom 210-860-5276 Smithville TX Wentworth Shooting Texas Tenhorns Shooting Club 2nd Sun & Last Sat Hoss Jack 903-546-6291 Greenville TX Sports Club 2nd Sun Stoney Creek 1-905-664-3217 Hamilton ON CANADA Lone Star Frontier Shooting Club 2nd Wknd Texas Banker 972-641-8585 Cleburne TX Otter Valley Rod & Gun Inc. 4th Sun Slick Sid 519-842-2142 Strafforduille ON CANADA Oakwood Outlaws 2nd Wknd Texas Alline 903-545-2252 Oakwood TX Ottawa Valley Marauders As Sched Reverend Damon Fire 613-825-8060 Ottawa ON CANADA Big Thicket Outlaws 3rd Sat Shynee Graves 409-860-5526 Beaumont TX Aurora Desperados 1st Fri Destry 905-727-8987 Aurora ONT CANADA Cottonwood Creek Cowboys 3rd Sat Tracks 325-207-1094 Snyder TX The Badlands of H. A. H. A. As Sched Arty Ways 905-627-4123 Ancaster ONT CANADA Gruesome Gulch Gang 3rd Sat Eli Blue 806-293-2909 Plainview (Hale County) TX San Antonio Rough Riders 3rd Sat Tombstone Mary 210-493-9320 San Antonio TX Tejas Caballeros 3rd Sat Texas Heat 512-219-8280 Driftwood TX EUROPE MONTHLY MATCHES Red River Regulators 3rd Sun El Rio Rojo Ray 903-838-0964 Texarkana TX Sweetwater Gunslingers Austria As Sched Fra Diabolo [email protected] Vienna AU Texas Historical Shootist Society 3rd Sun Delta Raider 512-376-2602 Columbus TX Old West Shooting Society Alamo Area Moderators 4th Sat Tombstone Mary 210-493-9320 San Antonio TX Switzerland As Sched Hondo Janssen 01-271-9947 Zurich CH Butterfield Trail Regulators 4th Sat Cob-Eye Zack 325-660-3048 Abilene TX Association of Western Shooters As Sched Thunderman 420-603-222-400 Prelouc CZ Purgatory Ridge Rough Riders 4th Sat Willie Ray 806-634-6622 Slaton TX Czech Cowboy Action Comanche Valley Vigilantes 4th Wknd Denton Dancer 214-384-3975 Cleburne TX Shooting Society As Sched George Roscoe 420-777-220248 Oparany(So. Bohemia) CZ Green Mountain Regulators 4th Wknd Singin’ Zeke 830-693-4215 Marble Falls TX SASS Germany As Sched Santa Klaus -25816 Varies DE Tejas Pistoleros, Inc. 4th Wknd Texas Paladin 713-690-5313 Eagle Lake TX Cowboy Action Shooting-Germany Last Sat Kid O Folliard 49 170 382 9406 Edderitz DE Texas Regulators 4th Wknd Shotglass 281-259-0284 Tomball/Cypress TX SASS-Finland As Sched Quincannon 358-41-5794962 Finland FI Coal Creek Cowboys 1st & 3rd Sat Lineas A. Puffbuster 435-680-9275 Cedar City UT Honky Tonk Rebels As sched Kaboom Andy 39 335 7378551 Vigevano IT Big Hollow Bandits 1st Sat P.J. McCarthy 435-671-1929 Heber UT Old West Shooting Society Italy As Sched Alchimista 39-3342068337 Italy IT Copenhagen Valley Regulators 1st Sat Lefty Slack 435-730-0880 Mantua UT Dutch Western Shooting Crow Seeps Cattle Company L.L.C. 1st Sat Buffalo Juan 435-528-7432 Mayfield UT Association 1st Sun Fat Bob 31-40-242-4076 Varies NE North Rim Regulators 1st Sat Autum Rose 435-644-5053 Kanab UT Scherpschutters Veghel 2nd Sun Cloggie Joe 31-4120-652694 Veghel NL Dixie Desperados 2nd & 4th Sat Nitty Gritty Sandy 435-705-4009 St. George UT Western Shooting Club Hobble Creek Wranglers 2nd Sat Utah Rifleman 801-489-5267 Springville UT Stone Valley As Sched Pete Cody 31-4-6433-1075 Stein (LB) NL Rio Verde Rangers 2nd Sat Doc Nelson 435-564-8210 Green River UT Quantrill Raiders As Sch Charles Quantrill 4793259669 Romedal NO Cache Valley Vaqueros 2nd. Sat Wasatch Ranger 435-723-1651 Logan UT SASS Norway As Sched Charles Quantrill 47-932-59-669 Loten NO Utah War 3rd & 5th Sat Jubal O. Sackett 801-944-3444 Salt Lake City UT Schedsmoe County Rough Riders Thurs Jailbird 47-6399-4279 Lillestrom NO Deseret Historical Shootist Society 3rd Sat Shorty Lamoore 435-723-8614 Kaysville UT Cas-Europe Wed Hurricane Irmi Bocholt NRW Diamond Mountain Rustlers 3rd Sat D. M. Claim Jumper 435-789-7563 Vernal UT SASS Sweden 1st Sat Wild Bull 4658612045 Lesjofors SE Mesa Marauders Gun Club 3rd Sat Copper Queen 435-979-4664 Lake Powell UT British Western Shooting Society As Sched Badas Bob 16-422-53-3333 Redcar UK Roller Mill Hill Gunslingers 3rd Sat Widtsoe Kid 435-676-8382 Panquitch UT Wasatch Summit Regulators 3rd Sun Boots Rob 435-649-3625 Park City UT Balanced Rock Regultors, LLC 3rd. Sat Ernie Bentley 435-637-7188 Price UT SOUTH AFRICA MONTHLY MATCHES Castle Gate Posse 4th Sat Cowboy M. Maude 435-637-8209 Price UT Western Shooters Wahsatch Desperados 4th Sat Slysteady Hand 801-546-4843 Kaysville UT of South Africa 3rd Sat Richmond P. Hobson 027-21-797-5054 Cape Town ZA Dixie Desperados 5th Sat Nitty Gritty Sandy 435-705-4009 Greenhorn UT Cavalier Cowboys 1st Sun (Mar-Dec) Kuba Kid 804-270-9054 Hanover County VA Virginia City Marshals 1st Tues Virginia Vixen 703-455-4795 Fairfax VA DOWN UNDER MONTHLY MATCHES Blue Ridge Regulators 2nd Sun Bad Company 540-886-3374 Lexington VA Pungo Posse 2nd wknd V. B. Southpaw 757-471-6190 Wakefield VA Gold Coast Gamblers 1st & 3rd Sat Dagger Jack 61-7-5537-5857 Gold Coast QLD AU K.C.’s Corral 3rd Sat Sam Hades 804-264-3608 Mechanicsville VA Cowboy Action Shooters Mattaponi Sundowners 3rd Sun Flatboat Bob 804-785-2575 West Point VA of Australia 3rd Wknd Mister Skye 02-9975-7983 Teralba NSW AU Bend of Trail 4th Sun Trapper Dan 540-890-5162 Roanoke VA Mount Rowan Rangers 4th Sat Arizona Sheriff 0408 561 286 Ballart VIC AU Pepper Mill Creek Gang 4th Sun Slip Hammer Spiv 540-775-4561 King George VA Fort Bridger Shooting Club Inc. 4th Sun Duke York 61-3-9551-2902 Drouin VIC AU Stovall Creek Regulators Alt. 1st Sat & Sun Brizco-Z 434-929-1063 Madison Heights VA Wiski Mountain Rangers, The As Sched The Caretaker Hare 414383845 Mount Martha VIC AU Rivanna Ranger Company See Sched Virginia Ranger 434-973-8759 Charlottesville VA SSAA Single Action Shooting- Verdant Mountain Vigilantes 2nd Sun Snake-Eye Alger 802-476-6247 St. Johnsbury VT Australia Sat/Sun Virgil Earp 61-7-4695-2050 Millmerran QLD AU Mica Peak Marshals 1st & 3rd Sat Old Timer Gus 509-325-9253 Mica WA Adelaide Pistol North East Washington Regulators 1st Wknd Armstong Rosie 509-684-2325 Colville WA & Shooting Club 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Lobo Malo 61-8-2890606 Korunye SA AU Renton United Cowboy Trail Blazers Gun Club 1st Sun Ernie Southpaw 64-3-755-7654 Mill Town NZ Action Shooters 1st Wknd Jess Ducky 425-271-9286 Renton WA Bullet Spittin Sons O’ Thunder 2nd Sat Billy Deadwood 64-6-3564720 Palmerston N. NZ Smokey Point Desperados 2nd Sun Mudflat Mike 425-335-5176 Arlington WA Wairarapa Pistol and Colville Guns and Roses 2nd. Sunday Crossfire Scout 509-684-8953 Colville WA Shooting Club, Inc. 2nd Sun Doc Hayes 06 379 6692 Carterton NZ Apple Valley Marshals 3rd Sat Silent Sam 509-884-3875 East Wenatchee WA Tararua Rangers 3rd Sun J.E.B. Stuart (64) 6 3796436 Carterton NZ Wolverton Mountain Peace Keepers 3rd Sat Hellfire 360-513-9081 Ariel WA Western Renegades 4th Sat Slim Chance Ever 027 249 6270 Wanganui NZ Ghost Riders 3rd Sun Sidewinder Sam 425-836-8053 Fall City WA Black River Regulators 4th Sat Montana Slim 360-754-4328 Littlerock WA Custer Renegades 4th Sun Slingshot Sam 360-410-6869 Custer WA SASS MOUNTED MONTHLY MATCHES Pouslbo Pistoleros 4th Sun Sourdough George 360-830-0100 Poulsbo WA Tombstone Ghost Riders Old West Cowboys & Guns Mounted Club 2nd Sun Cowboy Doug 520-457-3559 Tombstone AZ Shooting Society As Sched Bear Britches 800-735-1348 Cle Elum WA Ghost Town Riders 1st Sun Steely Eyes Earp 951-737-6596 Norco CA Rattlesnake Gulch Rangers Last Sat Ricochet Robbie 509-628-0889 Benton City WA Roy Rogers Rangers 2nd Wknd Wildcat Kate 951-928-4601 Winchester CA Beazley Gulch Rangers Last Sun An E. Di 509-787-1782 Quincy WA California Range Riders As Sched Old Buckaroo 408-710-1616 Varies CA Rock River Regulators 1st & 3rd Sat Stoney Mike 608-868-5167 Beloit WI Coyote Valley Regulators TBA Leroy P. Justice 408-842-6694 Gilroy CA Western Wisconsin Wild Bunch 2nd Sat Sierra Jack Cassidy 608-792-1494 Holmen WI Revengers of Montezuma 1st Sat Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Cortez CO Bristol Plains Pistoleros 2nd Sun Tex Hewitt 847-956-0947 Bristol WI Sand Creek Shadow Riders As Sched Wildkat Mike 303-644-5802 Byers CO Crystal River Gunslingers 2nd Sun Ghost Chaser 715-281-7823 Waupaca WI Florida Outlaws Cowboy Wisconsin Old West Shootist, Inc. 2nd Sun Mounted Shooting As Sched Chuck McCrary 321-263-5239 DeLeon Springs FL & 4th Sat (Apr-Oct) Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WI Broken Spoke Mounted Posse As Sched El Paisano 217-964-2433 Mendon IL Liberty Prairie Regulators 3rd Sat Dirty Deeds 920-748-4833 Ripon WI Midwest Rangers, Inc. As Sched Thunderbird Kid 815-967-7598 Rochelle IL Blue Hills Bandits 3rd Sun Lone Lady 715-458-4841 Rice Lake WI Thurmont Mounted Rangers 3rd Sun Timber Smoke 410-997-9370 Thurmont MD Oconomowoc Cattlemen’s New Hampshire Mounted Shooters As Sched Army Saddler 603-487-3379 New Boston NH Association 4th Sat Marvin the Moyle 414-254-5592 Concord WI Cowboy Legends Mounted The Bad Guys Posse As Sched Speedy Dan 262-728-6577 Elkhorn WI Shooting Ass. As Sched Crown Royal 973-296-6283 Pompton Plains NJ Dawn Ghost Riders 1st Sat Coffee Bean 304-327-9884 Hinton WV Buffalo Range Riders Mounted 1st Sat Frontier Regulators 2nd Sat Captain Tay Grafton WV (Before 1st Sun) Nuevo Mike 505-832-4059 Founders Ranch NM The Railtown Rowdys 2nd Sun Miss Print 304-589-6162 Bluefield WV Rio Grande Rustlers 2nd Sat Buckskin Doc 505-440-0257 Belen NM Kanawha Valley Regulators 3rd Wknd Pike Marshall 304-925-9342 Eleanor WV Las Vegas Mounted Shooting Cowboy Action Shooting Associations Sunday Concha Wade 702-498-1134 Las Vegas NV Sports, Inc. 4th Sun (Feb-Nov) Cody Conagher 304-258-1419 Largent WV Oklahoma Gunslingers As Sched Ima Sandy Storm 918-244-8060 Claremore OK Cheyenne Regulators, Inc. 1st Sat Dr. Frank Powell 307-637-0350 Cheyenne WY Lone Pine Rangers 3rd Sat Hawkeye Scout 541-447-7012 Prineville OR Colter’s Hell Justice Committee WSAS 1st Sat Lucky B. Thorington 307-202-1113 Varies WY If your Listing is incorrect, please notify Prairie Mary . Bessemer Vigilance Committee 1st Sun Smokewagon Bill 307-472-1926 Casper WY (505) 286-4566 High Lonesome Drifters 2nd Sat Kari Lynn 307-587-2946 Cody WY (Continued on page 104) Page 104 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS ANNUAL MATCHES Match Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Match Name Sched. Contact Phone City State New Years Day Shoot Jan 01 - 01, 08 Humphrey Hook 703-4425-1387 Fairfax VA Blue Mountain Shootout Jul 11 - 13, 08 Lester Moore 610-704-6792 Topton PA New Year Showdown Jan 01 - 01, 08 Barrister Bill 978-667-2219 Bedford MA SASS West Virgina Blackpowder State Championship SASS Florida State Championship Appalachian Black Powder Fued Jul 11 - 13, 08 Oatsville Slim 304-757-3384 Eleanor WV The Last Stand Jan 11 - 13, 08 Weewahootee 407-857-1107 Orlando FL SASS New Hampshire & Vermont State Championship Yuma Territorial Prison Breakout Jan 18 - 20, 08 ClueLass 928-726-7727 Yuma AZ Fracas at Pemi Gulch Jul 13 - 13, 08 Laconia 603-661-8522 Holderness NH The Western Cup Jan 25 - 27, 08 Daisy Mayhem 702-896-1174 Indian Springs NV SASS Pennsylvania State Black Powder Shootout Ambush at Butterfield Trail Jan 25 - 27, 08 Fast Hammer 505-647-3434 Las Cruses NM Smoke N Fire at Indian Creek Jul 18 - 18, 08 Mattie Hays 724-593-6602 Donegal PA High Noon at the Tombstone Livery Feb 09 - 10, 08 Wily Yankee 520-400-8962 Tombstone AZ SASS New Mexico State Championship Gunfight at Plunge Creek Feb 15 - 16, 08 Capt. Fox 909-795-4480 Highland CA Border Dispute Jul 18 - 20, 08 Chico Cheech 505-388-2531 Silver City/Mimbres NM Gold Coast Gunfight 2008 Feb 16 - 17, 08 L. Topay 305-233-5756 Fort Lauderdale FL Cornhusker State Games- CAS Jul 19 - 20, 08 Flint Valdez 712-323-8996 Louisville NE Hot Lead In Deadwood Feb 22 - 24, 08 Barkeeps 225-715-8711 Sorrento LA Ambush at Indian Creek Jul 19 - 20, 08 Durango Dave 724-228-8999 Donegal PA SASS Eastern National SASS Alaska State Blackpowder Shootout Mounted Championship Feb 22 - 24, 08 Two Gun Gina 352-669-2555 Williston FL Smoke in the Greatland Jul 20 - 20, 08 David Cook 907-243-0781 Anchorage AK Gunfight At Brawley Wash Feb 23 - 24, 08 Lt. I.M. Lost 520-797-7568 Tucson AZ Guns Of The Timberlands Jul 24 - 26, 08 Kid Kneestone 707-445-1981 Eureka/Arcata CA Shootout In The Hills Mar 01 - 01, 08 Lady Robin 352-429-2587 Howey FL SASS NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL Fire and Ice Mar 01 - 02, 08 Barbwire 480-488-3064 Phoenix AZ The Great Nor’easter Jul 24 - 27, 08 Capt. Morgan Rum 603-772-5041 Pelhan NH SASS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Shootout at Horse Ridge Jul 25 - 27, 08 Texas Jack Morales 541-923-3000 Bend OR Winter Range Mar 05 - 09, 08 Justice B Dunn 928-636-4911 Phoenix AZ Bessemer Jail Break Jul 25 - 27, 08 Smokewagon Bill 307-472-1926 Casper WY Raid on Andersonville Mar 07 - 09, 08 Montana Brown 706-423-9363 Anderson SC SASS Alaska State Championship The Puruit of Pancho Villa Mar 07 - 09, 08 Delta Raider 512-376-2602 Lockhart TX 12th Annual Aug 01 - 03, 08 Montana Kid 907-451-4540 Chatanika AK SASS Western National Shaketails XIIII Annual Aug 01 - 03, 08 Yaro 303-646-3777 Ramah CO Mounted Championship Mar 21 - 23, 08 Cowboy Doug [email protected] Tombstone AZ SASS Washington State Championship SASS Texas State Blackpowder Shootout Westmatch XVII Aug 01 - 03, 08 The Elder Katie 253-946-1438 Renton WA Regulators Revenge Mar 22 - 22, 08 Nada Chance 512-249-3482 Marble Falls TX Ambush at Hickory Ridge Aug 01 - 03, 08 Mac Traven 570-723-8885 Wellsboro PA Trailhead ‘08 Mar 27 - 30, 08 Delta Raider 512-376-2602 Columbus TX SASS Iowa State Championship Smoky Mountain Shoot-Out Mar 27 - 29, 08 Hombre Sin Nombre 865-740-3801 Oak Ridge TN Ambush on the Prairie Aug 01 - 03, 08 Kingdom Kid 319-351-7572 Evansdale IA SASS Florida State Blackpowder Shootout Black Butte Blowout Aug 01 - 02, 08 Idaho Shady Layne 208-524-1597 Idaho Falls ID Black Thunder Mar 29 - 29, 08 Amaduelist 561-694-2079 Indiantown FL SASS Utah State Blackpowder Shootout Shootout on the Little River Apr 05 - 05, 08 Big Boyd 229-244-3161 Valdosta GA Castle Gate Smudge Match Aug 02 - 02, 08 Cowboy Murder’n Maude 435-637-8209 Price UT Arizona Territorial Round-Up Apr 10 - 13, 08 Sunshine Kay 602-973-3434 Phoenix AZ SASS Idaho State Championship Stampede Apr 10 - 13, 08 Fargo 702-460-6393 Jean NV Reckoning at Black Creek Aug 06 - 10, 08 L. T. C Nathan 208-887-9224 Kuna ID Comancheria Days Apr 10 - 13, 08 Dusty Chambers 830-377-6331 Fredericksburg TX SASS MIDWEST REGIONAL Blue Ridge RoundUp Apr 11 - 13, 08 Dig Em Deep 540-337-2714 Lexington VA Guns of August Aug 07 - 10, 08 Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OH SASS Georgia State Championship Richmond Roundup Aug 11 - 13, 08 Buffy 415-640-7810 Richmond CA Ride of The Immortals Apr 11 - 13, 08 Easy Rider 770-954-9696 Griffin GA SASS FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Shootout at the O. K. Corral Apr 12 - 12, 08 Tennessee Tonto 813-545-5658 Brooksville FL Outlaw Trail Aug 13 - 17, 08 SASS Office 714-694-1800 Founders Ranch NM SASS Washington State Blackpowder Shootout SASS Utah State Championship A Dark Day at Rattlesnake Gulch Apr 13 - 14, 08 Ricocchet Robbie 509-628-0889 Benton City WA Utah War Aug 14 - 16, 08 Jubal O. Sackett 801-944-3444 Park City UT Shootout at Fort Miller Apr 17 - 20, 08 Fannie Mostly 831-637-8872 Clovis CA Shootout at Pawnee Station Aug 15 - 17, 08 Red River Wrangler 970-225-0545 Wellington CO LandRun Apr 17 - 20, 08 Stonewall 405-739-0545 Oklahoma City OK SASS Oregon State Championship Ruckus at Redrock Apr 17 - 19, 08 William Waddy 435-652-7887 St. George UT Shootout at Saddle Butte Aug 15 - 17, 08 Mid Valley Drifter 541-259-2774 Albany OR SASS Mississippi Peacemakers Showdown in Border War Aug 15 - 17, 08 Mud Marine 208-597-6191 Eastport ID Purgatory “08” Apr 18 - 20, 08 Squinter 601-825-8640 Mendenhall MS SASS New Hampshire State Black Powder Shootout SASS Indiana & Michigan State Black Powder Shootout The Great Buffalo Hunt Aug 16 - 17, 08 Capt. Morgan Rum 603-772-5041 Candia NH Reckonin at Red Brush Apr 18 - 20, 08 Manatee 317-640-0172 Etna Green IN SASS Maryland State Blackpowder Shootout The Reckoning at Turtle Flats Apr 20 - 20, 08 Cracker Jake 941-748-0741 Myakka City FL The Free State Blackpowder Shootout Aug 17 - 17, 08 Cash Caldwell 301-898-3149 Thurmont MD SASS New Mexico Mounted Shooting State Championship 3 Day Shoot Aug 22 - 24, 08 Loco Poco Lobo 585-467-4429 Shortsville NY Buffalo Stampede Apr 24 - 27, 08 SASS Office 877-411-SASS Founder’s Ranch NM SASS Wisconsin State Championship Buffalo Stampede Apr 24 - 27, 08 SASS Office 505-832-1302 Founders Ranch NM Fire In The Hills Aug 22 - 24, 08 Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WI Wasco County Shootout Apr 25 - 27, 08 Frisco Nell 360-835-5630 The Dalles OR Shootout at Three Rivers Aug 22 - 24, 08 O Bar Freddie 505-325-2167 Farmington NM SASS Nevada State Blackpowder Shootout Last Blast of Summer Aug 23 - 23, 08 Yankee 781-383-9799 Scituate MA Smoke Out at Purgatory Flats Apr 25 - 26, 08 Iona Vaquero 775-764-0257 Amargosa NV Monument Springs Bushwhacker Shootout on Lake Wimico Apr 26 - 26, 08 Desperado Dale 850-638-4939 Port St. Joe FL Annual Fandago Aug 23 - 24, 08 Twobits Jim 505-392-8219 Hobbs NM SASS California State Championship SASS Michigan State Championship Shootout at 5 Dog Creek May 01 - 04, 08 Almost Dangerous 760-376-4493 Bakersfield CA Wolverine Ranger Range War Aug 29 - 01, 08 Deuce Stevens 616-890-6657 Port Huron MI SASS Texas State Championship Shoot’n in the Shade Aug 30 - 31, 08 Christmas Kid 501-625-3554 Hot Springs AR Jail Break May 01 - 04, 08 Texas Alline 903-545-2252 Oakwood TX Underwear Day Aug 30 - 31, 08 Runamuck 509-525-2984 Milton Freewater OR Mo-Kan Border Skirmish May 02 - 04, 08 Iza Littleoff 816-524-1462 Higginsville MO Ambush at Durham Ferry Sep 04 - 07, 08 Cherokee Knight 209-477-8883 Manteca CA SASS Kentucky State Championship SASS Colorado State Mounted Championship Hooten Holler Round-Up May 02 - 04, 08 Big Six Henderson 859-200-7987 McKee KY Gunfight at Battle Rock Sep 05 - 07, 08 Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Cortez CO SASS NORTHWEST TERRITORIAL SASS Colorado State Championship BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT May 03 - 04, 08 The Elder Katie 253-946-1438 Renton WA Gunfight at Battle Rock Sep 05 - 07, 08 Stumble Leena 970-565-9228 Cortez CO Battle of Rogue River May 09 - 11, 08 Molly B’ Dam 541-479-2928 Grants Pass OR Shootout ‘07 Sep 06 - 07, 08 Cantankerous Jeb 763-682-3710 Howard Lake MN Blackhawk War May 10 - 10, 08 Stoneface Daguerrean 801-489-7863 Springville UT John Wayne Shoot-out Sep 11 - 14, 08 Gunsmoke Slim 805-238-9567 San Luis Obispo CA The Siege at San Juan May 15 - 18, 08 San Juan 970-249-4227 Montrose CO Roop County Days Sep 12 - 14, 08 Toni 2 Bits 775-783-8387 Sparks NV Spring Avalanche Stampede May 15 - 17, 08 Buckskin John 907-789-7498 Juneau AK Standoff at Smokey Point Sep 12 - 14, 08 Mudflat Mike 425-335-5176 Arlington WA Castle Gate Robbery May 16 - 17, 08 Cowboy M. Maude 435-637-8209 Price UT Shootout at Hoss Creek Ranch Sep 12 - 14, 08 Kenny Vaquero 419-874-6929 Gibsonbong OH Shooutout at Leadville May 16 - 18, 08 Oracle Jones 410-239-6795 Jefferson PA SASS FOUR CORNERS TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT SASS Illinois State Championship The Smoke Iron 2008 Sep 12 - 13, 08 Penny Wrangler 435-680-0909 Cedar City UT Macoupin County Spring Round-up May 16 - 18, 08 Railroad Bill 314-994-0367 Pheasant Valley IL Dakota Territory Gold Rush Sep 13 - 14, 08 Hawkbill Smith 605-342-8946 Pringle SD SASS Arizonia State Blackpowder Shootout The Final Showdown Sep 13 - 14, 08 Rowdy K 419-529-0887 Mt. Vernon OH Thunder on the Oxbow May 16 - 18, 08 Silverado Cid 928-595-1230 Payson AZ SASS Minnesota State Championship Thunder in the Brush May 17 - 18, 08 Cousin Wilfred 804-2932-9952 Mechanicsville VA Gunsmoke ‘08 Sep 18 - 21, 08 Kaycee McCaylum 507-455-1101 Morristown MN Shooting Shindig May 17 - 18, 08 Neches Jack 505-628-0028 Carlsbad NM SASS Oklahoma State Championship High Sierra Shootout May 22 - 25, 08 Black Jack Traven 530-677-0368 Railroad Flats CA Ruckus in the Nation Sep 18 - 21, 08 Montana Dan 918-313-0249 Coweta OK SASS SOUTHEAST REGIONAL Dry Gulch at Arroyo Cantua Sep 18 - 21, 08 Diamond Dick 916-483-9198 Sloughouse CA Shootout at Mule Camp May 22 - 25, 08 San Quinton 706-540-0400 Covington GA Bridgeport Vigilantes Eastern High SASS SOUTHEAST TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOUTOUT Sierra Shootout Sep 18 - 21, 08 Bodie Kid 760-932-1139 Bridgeport CA Shootout at Mule Camp May 22 - 25, 08 San Quinton 706-540-0400 Covington GA SASS New York State Championship SASS Mississippi State Black Powder Shootout Heluva Rukus Sep 19 - 21, 08 Homer Suggs 518-274-8505 Ballston Spa NY Smokin’ Guns at Rabbit Ridge May 23 - 26, 08 Easy Lee 662-838-7451 Byhalia MS Shootout at Old Magdalena Sep 19- 21, 08 P.S. Cutter 575-854-2657 Magdalena NM True Grit May 23 - 23, 08 Big Lou 541-484-5900 Roseburg OR A Gunfight in Dixie Sep 19 - 21, 08 Cherokee Sargent 901-867-5100 Arlington TN SASS Pennsylvania State Championship Gateway To The West Sep 19 - 21, 08 Bounty Seeker 636-464-6569 St. Louis MO North Mountain Shoot Out IX May 23 - 25, 08 Black Hills Barb 570-538-9163 Muncy Valley PA Shootout at the Happy Jack Mine Sep 19 - 20, 08 Happy Jack 435-979-4665 Lake Powell UT Prince of the Pistoleers May 23 - 25, 08 Shawnee Shamus 913-236-8812 Lenexa KS Six Gun Justice Sep 19 - 20, 08 Teton County Jr. 208-709-1708 Rexburg ID Great Lakes Match #11 May 24 - 25, 08 Wall-Man 248-628-7424 Attica MI TMS Bar-B-Q Shoot Sep 20 - 20, 08 Pinto Being 970-464-7118 Whitewater CO St. Jude Children’s Hospital Wolverton Mtn. Peace Keepers Sep 20 - 21, 08 Hellfire 360-513-9081 Ariel WA Charity Shoot May 24 - 25, 08 Shamrock Sis 309-798-2635 Monmouth IL SASS NORTHWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP End of Road May 24 - 25, 08 Missy Mable 208-731-6387 Jerome ID Rattlesnake Gulch Roundup Sep 25 - 28, 08 Ricochet Robbie 509-628-0889 Benton City WA Open Range May 24 - 26, 08 Diamond Pak 520-743-0179 Tombstone AZ Adobe Walls Sep 26 - 28, 08 Querida 831-636-3348 Gonzales CA Western States Cowboy Action SASS West Virginia State Championship Shooting Championship May 29 - 01, 08 Quick Cal 775-575-6700 Fernley NV Appalachian Showdown XVII Sep 26 - 28, 08 Cody Conagher 304-258-1419 Largent WV SASS Arkansas State Championship Fall Roundup Sep 26 - 28, 08 Shamrock Sis 309-798-2635 Milan IL Pursuit By Rooster Cogburn’s Posse May 30 - 01, 08 Sister Sundance 479-968-7129 Belleville AR SASS Indiana State Championship Sep 26 - 28, 08 Thorny Rose 574-893-7214 Warsaw IN SASS MA, CT, and RI State Championship Do-over Shoot Sep 27 - 28, 08 Basket Lady 717-949-3970 Manheim PA Shootout at Sawyer Flats May 30 - 01, 08 Barrister Bill 978-667-2219 Harvard MA Verde Valley Ranch Wars Sep 27 - 28, 08 Johnny Meadows 928-567-9227 Camp Verde AZ Utah Summer Games Jun 05 - 07, 08 Penny Wrangler 435-680-0909 Cedar City UT Eagleville Cowboys Annual Shoot Sep 27 - 28, 08 One Son of A Gun 231-544-2461 Central Lake MI SASS Idaho State Black Powder Shootout Wild West Extravaganza Shootout Sep 27 - 27, 08 Penny Pepperbox 775-727-4600 Pahrump NV Beaver Dick BlackPowder Blowout Jun 06 - 07, 08 Idaho Packer 208-589-5941 Rexburg ID SASS Nevada State Championship SASS Nebraska State Championship Eldorado Oct 02 - 05, 08 Charming 702-565-3736 Boulder City NV Revenge of Standing Bear Jun 06 - 08, 08 Governor Asa Payne 308-390-1309 Grand Island NE SASS NORTHEAST REGIONAL SASS Southwest Territorial Black Powder Shootout Mason Dixon Stampede Oct 02 - 05, 08 Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Thurmont MD Battle of Plum Creek Jun 07 - 08, 08 Delta Raider 512-376-2602 Lockhart TX SASS NORTHEAST REGIONAL MOUNTED SHOOTING SASS Wyoming State Championship Cody’s Mason Dixon Stampede Oct 02 - 05, 08 Timber Smoke 410-997-9370 Thurmont MD Wild West Shootout Jun 12 - 14, 08 Joe Cross 307-587-2946 Cody WY SASS Alabama State Championship Revenge of Montezuma Jun 13 - 15, 08 Stumble Lenna 970-565-9228 Cortez CO Ambush At Cavern Cove Oct 03 - 05, 08 Drake Robey 256-233-6350 Cavern Cove AL Smokey City Shootout Jun 13 - 05, 08 Mariah Kid 412-793-1496 Pittsburgh PA Defend Old Fort Parker Two Day Shoot Jun 14 - 15, 08 Basket Lady 717-9493970 Schaefferstown PA Charity Match Oct 03 - 05, 08 Slowaz Molasses 254-412-0904 Groesbeck TX SASS High Plains Mounted Regional Jun 14 - 15, 08 Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Cortz NM Shootout on the Cimarron Oct 04 - 05, 08 Querida Kate 405-372-0208 Stillwater OK Thunder In The Valley Jun 20 - 22, 08 Johnny Shiloh 440-984-4551 Amherst OH Huntsman World Senior Games Oct 07 - 11, 08 William Waddy 435-652-7887 St. George UT Ambush at Hat Creek Jun 20 - 22, 08 David Boddy 530-275-3158 Burney CA SASS Tennessee State Championship SASS North Dakota and South Dekota State Championship Regulator’s Reckoning Oct 09 - 11, 08 Sassy Lora 615-896-8450 Wartrace TN Peace in the Valley Jun 20 - 22, 08 Wild River Rose 701-588-4331 Kindred ND SASS WESTERN REGIONAL SASS HIGH PLAINS TERRITORIAL BLACK POWDER SHOOTOUT Rocky Mountain Last Stand at Chimney Rock Oct 09 - 12, 08 Five Jacks 760-949-3198 Lucerne Valley CA Regional Raid Jun 26 - 29, 08 Sweet Water Bill 303-366-8827 Byers CO SASS Ohio State Championship SASS Maryland State Championship Shootout at Hard Times Oct 10 - 12, 08 Buckshot Jones 937-418-7816 Piqua OH Thunder Vally Days Jun 26 - 28, 08 Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Damascus MD SASS Louisiana State Championship Oct 10 - 12, 08 Matt Masterson 318-396-5870 Downsville LA Yellowstone Valley Buffalo Stampede Jun 27 - 28, 08 Backstrap Bill 406-245-2854 Billings MT Shootout at Moniteau Creek Mica Peak Marshals Jun 28 - 29, 08 Missoura Mary 509-926-3665 Mica WA & Missouri Boat Ride Oct 11 - 12, 08 Doolin Riggs 573-687-3103 Fayette MO SASS Wisconsin State Blackpowder Shootout Shootout at Kamrath Corral Oct 11 - 12, 08 Skip Fricke 402-273-1391 Columbus NE Smoke in the Hills Jun 29 - 29, 08 Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WI Border Wars ‘08 Oct 17 - 19, 08 Buffalo Phil 913-898-4911 Parker KS SASS HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL Purgatory in The Pines Oct 17 - 19, 08 Peacemaker Reb 908-359-8794 Hillsbotough NJ Hell on Wheels Jul 03 - 06, 08 Deputy Cuny 307-634-2449 Cheyenne WY The Dalton Gangs October Shootout Oct 18 - 19, 08 Littleton Sidecar 603-444-6876 Dalton NH SASS Alaska Territorial Championship Ambush at Rocky River Oct 18 - 19, 08 Terrebonne Bud 248-709-5254 Utica MI Shootout Under The Midnight Sun Jul 04 - 06, 08 Tripod 907-373-0140 Anchorage AK Hanging Tree Shootout Oct 19 - 19, 08 X S Chance 573-765-5483 St. Robert MO SASS Montana State Championship SASS Arizona State Championship Shootout On the Sun River Jul 11 - 13, 08 Judy Farris 406-727-7625 Simms MT Bordertown Oct 23 - 26, 08 Billy B. Jiggered 520-591-3180 Tucson AZ (Continued on page 105) February 2008 Cowboy Chronicle Page 105 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS ANNUAL MATCHES Match Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Match Name Sched. Contact Phone City State SASS Missouri State Championship The 2007 Show-Me Shootout Oct 23 - 26, 08 Smokie 417-759-9114 Branson MO DOWN UNDER ANNUAL MATCHES High Sierra “End of Track” Oct 23 - 26, 08 Peaceful 209-293-4456 Railroad Flat CA SASA - Southeast Heartland Gunfight Behind the Jersey Lilly Oct 24 - 26, 08 Walks Fletcher 310-539-8202 Norco CA Territorial Jul 05 - 06, 08 Dagger Jack 61-7-5537-5857 Gold Coast AU Guns of Autum Oct 24 - 25, 08 Southern Breeze 770-889-2434 Gainesville GA SASS AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SASS Virginia State Championship Chisholm Trail 2007 Sep 30 - 05, 08 Virgil Earp 61-7-4695-2050 Millmerran AU Star City Shootout Oct 24 - 26, 08 Beer Slinger 540-776-0057 Roanoke VA Gunfight at the Ok Corral Oct 25 - 26, 08 Duke York 61-3-9551-2902 Drouin AU SASS Kentucky & Tennessee State Black Powder Shootout Smokeout In the Hills Oct 24 - 26, 08 Hezekiah Hawke 859-250-7766 Winfield TN Pan Pacific Master Games Nov 01 - 02, 08 Dagger Jack 61 7 55375857 Ashmore QLD AU SASS SOUTHWEST REGIONAL Australian International Comin’At’Cha Oct 30 - 02, 08 T-Bone Dooley 903-628-5512 English TX Black Powder Championship Nov 03 - 05, 08 Mister Skye 02-9975-7983 Teralba AU SASS North Carolina State Championship Showdown in the Camp Jun 06 - 08, 08 Fra Diabolo [email protected] Haringsee SE The Uprising at Swering Creek Oct 30 - 02, 08 J. M. Brown 919-266-3751 Salisbury NC 9th Duel Down Under Feb 14 - 17, 08 Sudden Lee 64-3-755-5232 Hokitika NZ Seige at Clark Station Nov 01 - 02, 08 Polecat Ron 785-827-8149 Chapman KS Buckskin Bullets & Beans Mar 08 - 09, 08 Billy Deadwood 64-6-3564720 Palmerston N. NZ Vengeance Trail Nov 02 - 02, 08 Shady Brady 352-686-1055 Brooksville FL Trail's End - The World Frontier Nevada Senior Olympics Nov 02 - 02, 08 Penny Pepperbox 775-772-4600 Pahrump NV SASS South Carolina State Championship & Western Championships Mar 15 - 17, 08 Doc Hayes 64-6-379-6692 Wairarapa NZ Shootout at Givhans Ferry Nov 06 - 09, 08 Edisto Ike 843-869-2429 Ridgeville SC Kaskaskia Cowboys Fight EUROPE ANNUAL MATCHES Agianst Cancer Nov 08 - 09, 08 Beaucoup Joe 618-426-3072 Sparta IL Montrose Marshals Turkey Shoot Nov 09 - 09, 08 Big Hat 970-249-7701 Montrose CO Hangin at Crossfire Camp May 09 - 11, 08 Kaboom Andy 39 335 7378551 Udine IT The Great Northfield Raid Nov 14 - 16, 08 Desperado 818-341-7255 Sylmar CA The Pioneer Shootout May 24 - 25, 08 Charles Quantrill 47-932-59-669 Loten NO Shootout at Purgatory Flats Nov 26 - 28, 08 Early Dawn 775-209-4708 Amargosa NV Six Feet Under Jun 06 - 08, 08 Nashville Frank [email protected] Loten NO Thunder Valley Dec 01 - 02, 08 Rowdy Yates 714-532-2922 Lucerne Valley CA 25th Annual Arizona Territorial Championship Shootout in the Saguaros Dec 05 - 07, 08 Barbwire 480-488-3064 Phoenix AZ SASS ANNUAL MOUNTED Cowboy Christmas Shoot Dec 06 - 06, 08 Dunn Gamblin 803-422-5587 Columbia SC SASS Western National Cowboy Christmas Ball Dec 13 - 13, 08 An E. Di 509-787-1782 Quincy WA SASS Hawaii State Championship Mounted Championship Mar 21-23, ‘08 Cowboy Doug [email protected] Tombstone AZ Great Pineapple Shoot Dec 28 - 31, 08 Bad Burt 808-875-9085 Lahaima HI Street Fight in Tombstone Nov 3-4, ‘07 Cowboy Doug 520-457-3559 Tombstone AZ St. Judes Children’s Hosipal Shoot Feb 10-11, ‘07 Old Buckaroo 408-710-1616 Salinas CA Gunfight Beyond Jersey Lily Oct 25-28, ‘07 Captain Jake 714-536-2636 Norco CA CANADIAN ANNUAL MATCHES Shootout at Ingall’s Park Sep 1-2, ‘07 Wildcat Kate 951-928-4601 Norco CA Nimrod/ Buffalo Shoot Apr 12 - 13, 08 Teacher C 250-592-4311 Victoria BC CANADA SASS Colorado State Championship 15th Headquarters Aug 23 - 24, 08 Teacher C 250-592-4311 Victoria BC CANADA Gunfight at Battle Rock Sep 5-7, ‘08 Stumble Leena 970-565-9228 Cortez CO SASS Canadian Regional SASS Colorado State Mounted Championship Bustup at Boomtown 2008 Aug 28 - 31, 08 High Amigo 250-897-3643 Courtenay BC CANADA Gunfight at Battle Rock Mounted Sep 5-7, ‘08 Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Cortez CO Malahat Ridge Feb 03 - 03, 08 Prairie Buck 250-479-4276 Victoria BC CANADA SASS Eastern National Bunkhouse Nov 02 - 02, 08 Prairie Buck 250-479-4276 Victoria BC CANADA Mounted Championship Feb 22-24, ‘08 Two Gun Gina 352-669-2555 Williston FL The Badlands of H. A. H. A. Sep 20 - 20, 08 Rob Challe 905-627-4123 Ancaster ON CANADA SASS NORTHEAST REGIONAL MOUNTED SHOOTING Mason Dixon Stampede Oct 2-5, ‘08 Timber Smoke 410-997-9370 Thurmont MD SASS New Mexico Mounted Shooting State Championship Buffalo Stampede Apr 24-27, ‘08 SASS Office 877-411-SASS Founder’s Ranch NM To make any changes or affiliate your store, please contact SASS High Plains Mounted Regional Jun 14-15, ‘08 Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Cortz NM The Rustlers Rendezvous Oct 28-28, ‘07 Buckskin Doc 505-440-0257 Founders Ranch NM Prairie Mary (505) 286-4566. SASS Oklahoma Mounted State Championship Sep 15-15, ‘07 Ima Sandy Storm 918-783-5060 Claremore OK

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IL Citizen Kane 217-793-2330 Harvard Ghost Riders MA Barrister Bill 978-667-2219 Coyote Valley Regulators CA Rio Bigg 541-810-3070 Antelope Junction Rangers FL Hombre Paul 727-492-6113 Macoupin County Regulators IL Railroad Bill 314-994-0367 Shawsheen River Rangers MA Barrister Bill 978-667-2219 Deadwood Drifters CA Johnny Mack Brown 818-884-1846 Big River Rangers FL Mad Dane 251-943-3341 Marion County Renegades IL Railroad Bill 314-994-0367 Damascus Wildlife Rangers MD Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Double R Bar Regulators CA Desert Dawg 760-949-3597 Cowford Regulators FL Doc Monday 904-221-5151 McLean County PeacemakersIL Boot Hill Bones 309-244-8214 Eas’dern Shore Renegades MD Jingles Jerr 410-833-3430 (Continued on page 106) Page 106 Cowboy Chronicle February 2008 B SASS TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS LIST b CLUB NAME St. Governor Phone CLUB NAME St. Governor Phone CLUB NAME St. Governor Phone CLUB NAME St. Governor Phone Monocacy Irregulars MD Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Roop County Cowboy Concho Valley Shooters TX Texas Boden 432-693-2700 Wisconsin Old West St. Charles Sportsman’s Shooters Assn. 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priate character from fiction. JOIN THE ACTION NOW!!! Their costume is then devel- SASS Members Receive a The Single Action Shooting SocietyTM is an interna- oped accordingly. Many Wagon Load of Benefits: tional membership organization created to preserve participants gain more and promote the sport of Cowboy Action enjoyment from the cos- Permanent shooters’ ShootingTM. SASS® endorses regional matches con- tuming aspect of our sport alias registration TM ducted by affiliated clubs, stages END of TRAIL , than from the shooting Permanent The World Championship of Cowboy Action competition, itself. Regard- member/shooter number TM Shooting , promulgates rules and procedures to less of a SASS® member’s SASS® badge ensure safety and consistency in Cowboy Action individual area of interest, ® TM SASS membership card Shooting and seeks to protect it’s members’ 2nd SASS® events provide regular amendment rights. SASS® members share a common opportunities for fellowship and fun with like-mind- SASS® Marshall interest in preserving the ed folks and families. lapel pin history and traditions of Distinctive the old west and competi- membership certificate tive shooting. OLD WEST FIREARMS The Cowboy Chronicle, Cowboy Action ShootingTM is a multi-faceted shoot- monthly journal of SASS® OLD WEST ing sport in which contestants compete with firearms typical of those used in the taming of the SASS® Decal ALIAS AND old west: single action revolvers, pistol caliber COSTUMES lever action rifles old time shotguns. The shooting competition is staged in a unique, characterized, ® ® One of the unique aspects of SASS Cowboy Action “old west” style. SASS shooters handbook TM Shooting is the requirement placed on costuming. Gold collector’s badge for Participants are required to adopt a shooting alias Life members appropriate to a character or profession of the late 19th century, a Hollywood western star or an appro- Silver Collector’s Badge available

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