MercantileEXCITINGSee section our NovemberNovember 2001 2001 CowboyCowboy ChronicleChronicle(starting on pagePagePage 90) 11 The Cowboy Chronicle~. The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society ® Vol. 19 No. 11 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. November 2006 GUNS OF AUGUST 2006 By Col. Fletch O’Dubois III, SASS #14224 Photos by Black Jack McGinnis, SASS #2041
iddletown, Ohio – How See HIGHLIGHTS starting on 72 can you improve on perfec- M tion? Like most shooters, excellent meals provided at the I had been anticipating this year’s Manchester Inn, and the Guns of event for a long time. To say last August stage designs. They plan to summer’s Guns of August was a spread the word to have even more roaring success would be an under- of the Canadians come next year. statement … so, how were they Local news media and shows going to do it again? Well, to start about SASS on ESPN have managed with, the Big Irons Board of to draw a lot of attention to our Directors met regularly during the sport. We had lots of folks check out off months planning each detail of the shooting and visit the vendors. the match. From berm marshals to During lunch I ran into a gentleman tractor drivers, from hospitality and his wife who had driven that night to door prizes, every detail was morning all the way from Northern considered. They even invited Evil Michigan to see what all the clang Roy (2000 SASS Overall National and clamor was about. I had a Champion, 2001 Overall World chance to introduce them to club offi- Champion, and winner of over 30 cials, and Coyote Calhoun from State and Regional Championships) SASS was able to provide additional to travel all the way to Middletown, Much of Guns of August was shot with overcast skies and under a thick guidance about name selection, an Ohio to put on a shooting clinic as a canopy of trees. Shooting into the arroyo with occasional rays of sunlight application for membership, and a warm-up to the main event. “You casting strange shadow patterns was exciting enough, but the blackpowder copy of The Cowboy Chronicle. You have to practice and practice correct- competitors put on an awesome display! Fire and brimstone belched would have thought we had given ly,” he advised and the students in from the muzzles of rifles, revolvers, and shotguns … them a poke of gold! attendance walked away with sometimes all the way to the targets! Day one broke with a wisp of enhanced abilities in their overall shooting venue from trap and skeet To show you how this has grown clouds and the promise of cooler shooting skills and enjoyment. to a pistol and 200-meter range for in not only national flavor, (there weather, a welcome respite from last The Guns of August SASS those who love to shoot those big cal- were shooters from 18 different year’s brutal heat ... This was the Midwest Regional Championship iber long-range smokepoles. Chuck states), but has grown in interna- day to participate in all the side continues to be one of the most pres- and his staff had everything under tional flavor as well, I was fortunate matches. Events ranged from the tigious and largest events in SASS. control. Motor homes, trailers, and to have breakfast at the Manchester pocket pistol and speed shotgun, as Nestled in the foothills between campers were housed close to the Inn with part of the Canadian con- well as speed pistol and speed shot- Dayton and Cincinnati, the Middle- modern clubhouse with full bath- tingent (over 28 of our brothers and gun on the tree covered hill, to the town Sportsman’s Club offers a full rooms and showers. The vendors sisters from the North endured the long-range rifle and long-range sin- were set up close to the shooting intricacies of bringing all their guns gle shot on the flats near the vendor owboy hronicle venue, and the coffee shop was open and gear across the international area. Wolf Paw managed to “pick SASS C C early every morning for a quick jolt border to be in attendance) and off” 10 quick shots to walk away of Joe and a scrumptious donut or asked what brought them back in with the long range Quigley Pail more filling plate of breakfast fare. ever-larger numbers every year. event in 86.96 seconds flat. Hoss In This Issue They also provided the dinner before And to a person, they all agreed it Lytle managed to get off all 10 shots the Friday evening skeet and trap was the hospitality of the in the speed rifle in 4.14 seconds 64 UBERTI USA’S MILLENNIUM by Tuolumne Lawman event … always a favorite of the Middletown Sportsman’s Club and and, not to be upstaged, Deuce scatter gunners. Big Irons staff, the comfort and (Continued on page 71) 66 IAC’S WINCHESTER 1887 SHOTGUN by Capt. George Baylor
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6 FROM THE EDITOR SASS Invades Las Vegas . . . Editorial Staff 8-20 NEWS SASS Members Might Consider Joining WOLA . . . Curly’s Cowboy Christmas . . . Tex Editor-in-Chief Tips On Entering The Costume Contest . . . Cat Ballou 16 CAT’S CORNER Editor What’s Goin’ On . . . Chiz 18 CHIZ BIZ Managing Editor Advertising Director 22-25 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . . . Adobe Illustrator Layout & Design 26 POLITICAL Election Reform I’d Like To See . . . Mac Daddy Graphic Design 28-36 ARTICLES Workers & Shirkers . . . The 24th Annual Golden Boot Awards . . . Donna Oakley Advertising Administrator 44-52 GUNS & GEAR The “WHY” Factor . . . Why Don’t These Darn Things Fit? . . . Contributing Writers Bob Boze Bell, Bob Crismon, Capt. George Baylor, Cinnamon Lucy, 53-56 SASS CONVENTION & WILD WEST CHRISTMAS Col. Dan, Cree Vicar Dave, Ellsworth T. Kincaid, Holy Terror, Ioway, Joe Fasthorse Harrill, 57-59 MOUNTED 2006 SASS N.W. Mtd. Regional . . . 1st Mtd. Championship U.K. . . . Juaquin Malone, Madd Mike, Mr. Quigley, Nubbins Colt, This Month In History . . . Little Known Famous People . . . Purdy Gear, Quick Cal, 63 HISTORY Sierrita Slim, Swift Montana Smith, Tuolumne Lawman 64-68 REVIEWS-PRODUCTS Jack Stewart - Back In The Saddle Again . . . The Cowboy Chronicle is published by The Wild Bunch, Board of Directors of The Single Action Shooting 70 REVIEWS-BOOKS “Rex Trailer’s Boomtown” Documentary Film . . . Complications Society. For advertising information and rates, administrative and editorial Shootout At Old Simons’ Ranch . . . offices contact: 74 PROFILES Chronicle Administrator 23255 La Palma Avenue What’s Goin’ On In Your Town? . . . Yorba Linda, California 92887 76-82 ON THE RANGE 714-694-1800 FAX: 714-694-1813 84, 88 CLUB REPORTS Stage Trail Shootout 2006 . . . A Cowboy Thanksgiving . . . email: [email protected] http://www.sassnet.com The Cowboy Chronicle (ISSN 15399877) 86 TRAIL MARKERS is published Monthly by the Single Action Shooting Society, 23255 La Palma Nice SASS Collectibles . . . Avenue, Yorba Linda, California 92887. 90-96 MERCANTILE Periodicals Postage is Paid at ANAHEIM, CA and additional mailing offices (USPS 97- CLASSIFIED #020-591). POSTMASTER: Send ad- dress changes to The Cowboy Chronicle, 23255 La Palma Avenue, Yorba Linda, 101- SHOOTING SCHEDULES (MONTHLY)-(ANNUAL) California 92887. DISCLAIMER - The Single Action Shooting Society does not guarantee, 107 SASS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION warranty or endorse any product or service advertised in this newspaper. Who would have thought? Smoke in the Valley The publisher also does not guarantee started out as the World Championship of SASS® Trademarks the safety or effectiveness of any prod- Blackpowder Shooting, evolved the next year SASS®, Single Action Shooting Society®, uct or service illustrated. The distribution of some products/services may be ille- into a blackpowder match that allowed ® ® END of TRAIL , EOT , gal in some areas, and we do not smokeless competitors, and finally became the The Cowboy ChronicleTM, assume responsibility thereof. State and Southwest Territories Regional. That was all COWBOY ACTION SHOOTINGTM, local laws must be investigated by the tough enough to keep up with, but the theme this purchaser prior to purchase or use or CASTM, year for the stages and Saturday night was truly products/services. bizarre, to say the least. Buccaneers! Pirates! The World Championship of Cowboy Action ShootingTM, WARNING: Neither the author nor The Wenches! Kegs of Rum! What has any of that got Cowboy Chronicle can accept any to do with Cowboy Action? Not much, the Bow-legged Cowboy Design, and the responsibility for accidents or diffe- uninitiated would say! But Coyote Calhoun did Rocking Horse Design ring results obtained using reloading a masterful job weaving the two together, and are all trademarks of data. Variation in handloading tech- Saturday night was nothing short of a hoot. The Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. niques, components, and firearms will make results vary. Have a compe- Everyone appeared to have a marvelous time. It Any use or reproduction of these marks just goes to show, cowboy outfits aren’t the only tent gunsmith check your firearms without the express written permission before firing. costumes Cowboy Action Shooters like to wear! of SASS is strictly prohibited. Page 6 Cowboy Chronicle November 2006
SASS INVADES LAS VEGAS By Tex, SASS #4
tainly the ladies. The Hall of Fame Territorial Governors Possible New Categories induction ceremony just keeps on The agenda for the Territorial One subject that continues to getting better each year … and this Governor Summit this December in surface at the Summit is whether year nine very deserving individu- Las Vegas is set and has been dis- or not to recognize new shooting als will be recognized. Come to the tributed to the Territorial Gover- categories. The chorus, lead by ceremony and meet the people who nors. If your Territorial Governor many Match Directors who have to have shaped SASS and made has not contacted you, one way or buy awards for their matches, gen- Cowboy Action Shooting™ the sport another, you should immediately erally starts with a resounding “no we know and love today. While it’ll get with him/her, understand the more new categories!” However, be difficult to top the Masquerade agenda issues, and make sure your there have been several sugges- Ball we had last year, this year’s Governor understands your point tions for new categories during this Scarlet Ball will prove to be a color- of view. past year, and they all have merit. ful and entertaining evening. And, Most Governors feel obligated These may be good subjects for dis- Tex, SASS #4 while it won’t be the first indoor to initially vote the way their con- cussion on Sunday during the “open ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ SASS shooting event, the SASS stituents direct, which is appropri- forum” portion of the Summit. indoor championship is the first ate. However, after lengthy debate We now have B-Western and he 2006 SASS Convention is time we’ve hosted an indoor match at the Summit, all Governors are Classic Cowboy, two categories Tright around the corner! If you in a venue where there is no shoot- expected “to do the right thing,” all defined primarily by their costum- haven’t made arrangements yet to ing range! Participation is limited, things considered. Any Governor ing requirements. The B-Western attend, you should! There will be a so get signed up as soon as you can! who does not feel qualified to vote folks have essentially eliminated floor full of vendors, many with The original reason for our appropriately after listening to the all other Old West costumes except brand new products. It’s also a meeting in Las Vegas was to allow discussions doesn’t belong at the actual “cowboy” outfits. It has long chance to actually handle the cur- the Territorial Governors to discuss Summit. Please understand, this been recognized there are a large rent crop of new firearms and talk potential Cowboy Action Shoo- does not mean “caving in to pres- number of SASS members who to the folks who sell them. The ting™ rule changes. And, this is sure,” it means after due considera- favor military oriented costumes seminars are sure to have subjects still the central activity for many in tion deciding what is best for the and uniforms. They shoot in them, of interest to everyone … and cer- attendance at the Convention. game, and voting accordingly. (Continued on page 50)
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SASS MEMBERS MIGHT CONSIDER JOINING WOLA By Doc Shores, SASS Life #18672
ASS has a membership that articles about all the Old West char- speakers are brought in to compli- knowledge of the Old West history, Senjoys preserving the ideals and acters. The group includes western ment the tours. join WOLA at www.westernoitaw culture of the Old West. They make writers of every stripe, Bob Boze If you want to enhance your .com. You won’t be sorry. every effort to dress the period, use Bell, Marshal Trimble, Professor similar firearms, and enjoy shoot- Paul Hutton, and many other Old ing western action scenarios or West history experts. Also included ~ CORRECTION ~ stages. Choosing an alias can some- is Robert McCubbin, foremost collec- When I read the August install- helped Jackson receive a commission times be a challenge because new tor of Old West photos. ment of “This Month in History,” I as an officer in WWI, and he was one members are only familiar with Unfortunately, only a few SASS came across a bit of an error. While of the founders of the American well-known western characters who members such as Jim Durham, Kid it’s true a Packard also crossed the Legion. Jackson also ran for Gover- were period lawmen and outlaws. Rio, SASS #2741, and myself partic- country that year, the first automo- nor of Vermont, twice. What is missing is access to the ipate in the annual conferences. bile to cross the country was the Alexander Winton started the complete history of the Old West WOLA also publishes four quality Winton. On May 23, 1903 Horatio Winton Motor Carriage Company on and its many notable characters. journals each year. Nelson Jackson left San Francisco in March 15, 1897, and on March 24, Therefore, I encourage SASS WOLA holds their annual con- a car manufactured by the Winton 1898, became known for the first members, old and new, to join ferences at locations where Old Motor Carriage Company and arrived commercial sale of an automobile in Western Outlaw and Lawman Asso- West history was made such as in New York City on July 26, 1903. the United States. ciation (WOLA) to further inform Tombstone, AZ; Price, UT; Ingalls, Packard’s attempt to steal the honor Rusty Springfield, SASS #15038 themselves of Old West history. The OK; and Cheyenne, WY. Tours are came about by having the driver dip Collector of Curios & Relics organization is made up of mostly conducted to various historical the front tires in the Atlantic Ocean * * * after starting from the Pacific Ocean. View my Image Event albums at: non-fiction writers who thoroughly locations and roundtable panels As an aside, Teddy Roosevelt www.imageevent.com/1875td investigate and write books and debate historical theories. Guest
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THE ILLINOIS SASS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP HAS A NEW TIME, A NEW PLACE, AND NEW MANAGEMENT
he Illinois SASS State Cham- Spring Roundup website http:// Tpionship Match has moved for www.ilspringroundup.com . 2007. The Macoupin County Re- We have lots of available space, gulators are sponsoring the match and we encourage vendor participa- at their facilities–the Pheasant tion. All vendors interested in the Valley Sportsmen’s Club in Bunker event should contact Match Director Hill, Illinois and are proud to Railroad Bill at [email protected] announce Taylor’s & Co., Inc will or by phone at 314-994-0367. sponsor the main match. The new We believe this will be a show- dates are May 18-20, 2007. Appli- case event and are looking forward cations are available on the Illinois to seeing you all in the spring.
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ocated along the heart of the On-line sales through Loriginal Chisholm Trail, comes a CasCity.com new kind of ammunition company, Chisholm Cartridge Factory has targeting the Cowboy Action Shoo- partnered with CasCity.com and ting™ market. Chisholm Cartridge Marshal Halloway for their online Company brings cowboy ammo up to retail operation. “We are excited to a higher level with better consisten- have our store front on the longest cy and accuracy and with the same living web site promoting the sport of quality as required by IPSC and Cowboy Action Shooting. To be qual- IDPA shooters. ified with an exclusive product line in “We all know precision and con- CasCity was a step up the ladder for sistency counts, even for the larger us,” says Kevin Estes. And, he also sized Cowboy Action targets. The appreciates the fact the Halloways bigger the target, the faster we tend are well known for their one on one to shoot. Accurate and quality personal customer service. ammunition is as important for Cowboy Ammo with a touch Cowboy Action Shooters as it is for of the 19th century other competitive shooting sports,” Currently the Chisholm Car- says Kevin Estes, who has estab- tridge Company’s cowboy ammo is lished the ammo company with his smokeless and comes in .45 Colt, .45 partner, Walter Craig, both from Schofield, .44 Russian, .38 Special, Andover, Kansas. Kevin and Walter and .38 Long Colt. The company is have over 50 years combined experi- considering a line of blackpowder ence in shooting and loading compe- them two years of planning and with factory ammunition having the ammo, and a final decision will be tition ammunition. It has taken experimenting to provide the market accuracy of a hand load. (Continued on page 21) November 2006 Cowboy Chronicle Page 15
CURLY’S COWBOY CHRISTMAS DINNER AND CONCERT! Benefiting the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation Cooper Home
pple Valley, CA—Popular award winning cow- hand carved and silver mounted belt and holster rig with a genuine and Aboy singer Curly Jim Musgrave of Lake unique fully engraved Colt Single Action Revolver. Arrowhead, CA, along with talented friends, The Ambassador Hotel is located at the I-15 Palmdale Road exit in Belinda Gail, R. W. Hampton and Kip Calahan will Victorville, CA. Doors will open at 4 p.m. for a Social Hour with a No Host perform in concert Sunday evening, December 17, bar and entertainment, followed by dinner at 5 p.m. and an extraordinary 2006, at the Ambassador Hotel in Victorville, CA. show. Tickets are $50.00 each or $95.00 per couple. There is a special 10% Share the Holiday Spirit and enjoy an enchanted discount for Happy Trails Children’s Foundation Trailblazer Club members evening of great entertainment and delicious food with and SASS members. Seating is limited and tickets will sell out fast again good friends at Curly’s Cowboy Christmas! this year. All guests are invited to bring a new unwrapped toy worth $5.00 or Take pleasure in a scrumptious buffet meal followed more and help the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation support Toys for Tots. by a great lineup of the finest cowboy singers and song- To reserve your tickets for this special Holiday concert and dinner, writers in the land today! Talented and beautiful Belinda please call the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation, (760) 240-3330 or visit Gail has won Female Vocalist of the Year Awards from the our website: www.happytrails.org. We welcome American Express, Western Music Association several years in a row, and Discover, MasterCard and VISA. Dress is western/casual. Order your Curly Jim Musgrave is winner of Male Vocalist of the Year tickets today for this unforgettable evening of Holiday entertainment and by the WMA. Together, Curly and Belinda Gail are a dynamite dining pleasure! duo! R. W. Hampton was recently named Western Music Male Proceeds from Curly’s Cowboy Christmas benefit the abused children Vocalist of the Year 2006 by the Academy of Western Artists served by the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation Cooper Home. The and award winning Kip Calahan is a rising star in the Western Music Foundation is a tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization under section revival. In addition to the great entertainment, a drawing will be held to 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. A portion of each ticket purchased is select the winner of the gorgeous Silver Screen Legend IX, Hollywood style tax deductible. Page 16 Cowboy Chronicle November 2006
TIPS ON ENTERING THE COSTUME CONTEST or How to Impress the Costume Judges! By Miss Tabitha, SASS #26972, and Mad Mountain Mike, SASS #4385, of River Crossing, Inc.
intended priority is having a good mittee, where each contestant is correct footwear might help edge you time. You know, sometimes it’s not judged in four areas: Originality, up in the scores.
always the flashiest, or most authen- Authenticity, Detail, and Presen- Detail:
Cat Ballou, SASS #55 tic, or most expensive or impressive tation. Each category earns you This category showcases all
costume that takes first place in the points toward the total score, so pay- those little things that set you apart q q contest. Following are a few tips: ing attention to all four can really from everyone else, like having the CATEGORIES: make or break your chances. appropriate accessories and know- To increase your odds of winning Originality: ing their usage. Explain the reasons The 5th Annual SASS Convention is just and also make for a better competi- You can have the most beautiful for your details; for example, the around the corner, and I know many of tion, consider entering a category ball gown or classy men’s outfit in way you style your hair, how you you are assembling your fabulous that isn’t as popular (almost every- the world, but if you’re up against 15 handle your false teeth, what you outfits for the Best Dressed Costume Contest. This article was published in one wants to enter in Evening other beautiful, classy outfits, what carry in your pocket or reticule – an earlier Cat’s Corner, but bears Dress). But, choose carefully! Some makes yours special? This is where basically the “above and beyond.” repeating as it has good information on flashy outfits would sweep the B- being original can make or break Presentation: entering costume contests … Cat Western category, but would not your odds. This category often This is your opportunity to tell score as well against authentically works closely with presentation. why you are wearing what you are q q recreated garments. Authenticity: wearing based on who your charac- THE JUDGING: This category is judged on the ter is; to show you “know your stuff.” irst of all – this is supposed to Many costume judges have historical look, silhouette, construc- We recommend you explain who be fun! Just like when adopted the system established by tion, style, and materials used in the your SASS persona is, and why you F attending a SASS shoot, the Cat Ballou and the Costume Com- outfit. For example: wearing the (Continued on next page) (Continued from previous page) they know how to research not only are dressed this way. Being “in char- their costume, but have developed a acter” is not required, but it doesn’t great presentation that really show- hurt. Tell a little story! It’s very pos- cases their character and more sible a person with a less impressive importantly, why they are wearing outfit but a great presentation can their specific outfit. out-score something flashier but IN CONCLUSION: weakly presented. If you’re new at all this, enter WHAT THE COSTUME anyway! Again, first and foremost, CONTEST IS NOT: this is about having fun, not just This is not a history contest. about winning a competition, so However, knowing details about start with what you have. The your character, the authenticity of biggest tips: tell a good story, do your fabric you selected, or any historical research, and select your category information will definitely help in wisely. Good luck, and remember – your presentation. the judges are happy you’re here! This is not a sewing contest. Postscript: Miss Tabitha and While the judges admire the skill Mad Mountain Mike are always many of you devote to the fine happy to visit with SASS members details of your costume, there’s noth- about building their character and ing wrong with having someone else costumes. Feel free to visit them in do the sewing for you. their River Crossing booth at events This is not a popularity contest! across the country, or contact them at Usually repeat winners have www.rivercrossinginc.com or 970- learned from trial and error. By now 221-2992.
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Brownells and Cimarron Firearms. air regularly on Saturdays Friday night starting at 7:00 p.m. Both Pete Brownell and Cimar- 10:00 p.m. Eastern, and at the Top of The Riv Ballroom. ron’s Mike Harvey understand the 7:00 p.m. Pacific He will discuss his efforts to importance television brings to our time, as well as protect our gun rights and sport. Both companies are dedicated early morn- take questions from the to providing products to the Cowboy ings on audience. Action Shooting™ community, as The SASS well as support in the form of spon- Convention is shaping sorships and marketing. up to be another huge Shooting USA Executive success for the membership. Producer and the show’s host, We have already exceeded the Jim Scoutten, has covered SASS attendance of last year with both events for more than ten years Conventioneers and exhibitors. and is the most experienced shoot- Moving the Convention one week ing sports reporter in the business. Tuesdays later placed us on the bigger week- He’s a Life member of SASS and and Thursdays. end of the two-week National Finals understands the appeal of Visit www.shootin- Rodeo. With SASS becoming more Chiz, SASS #392 Cowboy Action Shooting™ and gusa.com for detailed familiar nationwide, we can expect a SASS Marketing Director the impact SASS has had on schedules and other great lot of visitors who are curious about family shooting sports. information. If you like the what this group of ome pretty exciting news in Shooting USA now resides on the SASS shows, please send an e- the world of television for Outdoor Channel, the most shooting mail or letter to Jim and the S SASS and Cowboy Action friendly television network in exis- folks at the Outdoor Channel. Shooting™. We have just finalized tence today. END of Comments and positive an agreement with Jim Scoutten and TRAIL responses from the members go his Shooting USA television series a long way in keeping our sport on that will dedicate television. Cowboys is up to. There’s still five of the shows was In other news, John Sigler, First time to sign up for the Convention exclusively to SASS the first show of the Vice President of the NRA will be and the indoor shoot. What are you Cowboy Action new season. Shooting USA will also our special guest for our “Evening waiting fer? Happy Thanksgiving. Shooting™. Joining cover the SASS Indoor World With” series at the SASS in as sponsors of the new programs Championship at the SASS Convention. John will engage the I’ll see ya at the Convention are long time SASS supporters, Convention in Las Vegas. The shows large group of Conventioneers on in Las Vegas, December 7-10.
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SASS-GERMANY HAS ITS OWN HEADQUARTERS
ASS-Germany now runs its own office, sta- Stioned in the western-town, “Carrizo- Springs,” in Duesseldorf/Germany/NRW. Guests are welcome to stay overnight or a whole week- end in the guesthouse with full western lifestyle. Either in the saloon or the Mexican Cantina you can have a whole lotta fun accompanied by the house band with the true western sounds. The SASS-Germany bureau is organized and managed by Hurricane Irmi, SASS Life #48230, and Rhine River Joe, SASS Life #48229. They are doing their very best to bring the German Western-hobbyists closer to SASS-type Cowboy Action Shooting™. More pictures and info can be found at www.western-hobby.com, www.sass-germany.de, and www.western-schiessen.de. Santa Klaus, SASS Life #28780 TG Germany November 2006 Cowboy Chronicle Page 21
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RIDE TO gallant force created scenes worthy of great Chuck Wagon, and Lady Stetson KEEP IT UP, the History Channel. Two days of quali- for her photographic and administrative GLORY ty saddle time honed our SASS men into support. COLONEL! a fighting force ready to earn the respect Riding with Kincaid’s Irregulars was WAS THE Colonel Dan, of the regular re-enactors who came to an honor. I can’t begin to tell you how much I the battle. Ivan Innaccurate, BEST appreciate your articles in The Cowboy During the Last Stand Battle, SASS #28522 Chronicle. As soon as it arrives, yours is EVER! Kincaid’s Irregulars put on a magnifi- Chief Trumpeter, 7th Cavalry the first place I turn. I certainly hope Ellsworth T. cent performance, forming a skirmish what you are writing is getting read by Kincaid helped line, and protecting General Custer from more than those of us who read The SASS members a hundred Indians out for blood. Ivan Innaccurate, GOOD RESOURCE Cowboy Chronicle. accomplish the On Sunday, June 25 Kincaid’s SASS #28522 I can’t agree with you more, and I impossible dur- Irregulars rode with General Custer to ARTICLE hope and pray this country will awaken ing the 2006 Ride-to-Glory at the Little the National Monument for special Dear Colonel Dan, before it is too late. I believe that is Bighorn. Twenty cowboys became an au- memorial services. Ellsworth’s diploma- I am a Buckaroo shooter in the 6th occurring up here in the “Last Frontier” thentic cavalry company under the direc- cy arranged for us to ride our horses into grade. I read your article in the July where in the recent primary, Frank tion of Sabre Jim (Lt. Bill Wirz of E the park and carry our pistols. Thanks 2006 Cowboy Chronicle entitled “Have You Murkowski was soundly defeated after Company, 7th Cavalry.) to this great concession by the Park Ever Wondered Why ...,” and I was won- one term. We trained on the wind swept high Superintendent, we could render honors dering, is there any way I can have you Keep up the good work my friend, as plains of Wyoming with Kevin McNevin while passing the Last Stand Hill send the PDF file (or a link) to me? I it is our patriotic duty to get wishy washy for two days to learn mounted drill and Monument and Native American memo- have a homework assignment in Western politicians and those who are there only tactics. rial. Upon our return, we galloped Global with the subject of Core to benefit themselves and not the country Ellsworth’s diplomacy and hard across the open ground below Last Stand Democratic Values (you know; Life, out and put in somebody who will stand work took us on a two-day crosscountry Hill like ghosts from the past. Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness). I his or her ground and do what is right ride from Custer’s Last Camp to the Only SASS members could have think your article would be a good one to and just. Hooah!!!! Crows Nest and on to the Little Bighorn achieved so much in so short a time. My use for discussion. Barry M. Deeper, Undertaker River where the Custer Battalion congratulations and thanks to all my fel- Apache Wolf SASS #65152 attempted to cross and fell back. We low riders for their individual efforts. Alaska