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MercantileEXCITINGSee section our ew Y NovemberNovemberNovember 2001 2001 2001 CowboyCowboyCowboy ChronicleChronicleChronicle(starting on pagePagePagePage 90) 111 Happy N ear! The Cowboy Chronicle~ The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Shooting Society ® Vol. 22 No. 1 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. January 2009 THE MASON DIXON STAMPEDE . The SASS NE Regional . By Chuckaroo, SASS #13080 Pictures courtesy of Quigley Photography and Buckeye Bubba hurmont, MD – In a sin- HIGHLIGHTS start on page 71 gle word to describe the 2008 Mason Dixon Stam- very emotional ceremony. T pede … WOW! The SASS Our choice for the Starpacker NE Regional was absolutely flaw- Cowboy Spirit Award went to No- less. The Waddie help, Berm Mar- One, SASS #52804. Those that know shals, shooters, and many volunteers him understand he shoots barefoot, pulled together for four great days of in cowboy overalls, and a top hat. Cowboy Action. Well, a junior shooter, Biddle The The theme for 2008 was west- Kid, SASS #54292, had to shoot all erns staring Tom Selleck. As a mod- 10 stages in one day. This made him ern day cowboy hero, Tom emulates caretaker of his scorecard. When we everything we ever saw in our cow- entered the scores, it was discovered boy heroes of the 50’s and 60’s. From his card was missing. After much Matthew Quigley to Monte Walsh, panic and what was believed to be a we have watched him save the West thorough search of the grounds, it and do what’s right. Each stage had was surmised the card was acciden- a starting line from the related tally thrown in a trash can. No-One movie, and some were spoken as if took it upon himself to climb into a the cameras were rolling. roll-off dumpster to look for the card. We were also fortunate to have All we need is the boom! Normally, this would be a simple job one of the actual Sharps rifles used not worthy of Mike Rowe’s Dirty by Tom in the movie Quigley Down Conners, Clint Eastwood, and A month before the match, the Jobs show. However, the night Under. Philipp Schreier, Punsutaw- Charlton Heston. Talk about taking host club, The Thurmont Rangers, before, we had a party for Judge Roy ney Phil, SASS #5208, Senior Curator me back to my childhood! tragically lost one of their junior Bean’s 72nd birthday. The menu for the National Firearms Museum The match included a full day of shooters. A special raffle was held to was Maryland blue crabs, shrimp, located at the NRA headquarters in side matches on Thursday. The 10 raise money for the SASS Scholar- and coleslaw for 150 people. That Fairfax, Virginia, was on hand. He main match stages were on Friday ship Fund in the name of the makes quite a mess! When I climbed brought a display of movie guns used and Saturday (using AM and PM Sharpsburg Kid, SASS #58544. up the dumpster, and looked down, by John Wayne, Tom Selleck, Chuck posse assignments). Friday was a There were three winning prize lev- all I could see was the top hat and birthday party for the Judge, SASS els, but the real winner is the SASS barefooted No-One, up to his knees, #1, and Saturday was the evening Scholarship fund. The total raised doing a very kind thing. Crab and SASS Cowboy Chronicle banquet and dance. Sunday included that weekend was over $5,000. And, shrimp debris was all over him. It the team events, the top 16 shoot-off it was due a great deal to the generos- was a picture that will not leave my (top 16 men and top 16 ladies) fol- ity of Cody Conagher, SASS #6986. memory for quite some time. The In This Issue lowed by the awards ceremony. In the Cody donated his action work, two card was later found on the bottom 57 OUTLAW TRAIL end, everyone’s cowboy fantasy was custom pistols, a rifle, and a buffalo of his shooter’s bag. MOUNTED REGIONAL fulfilled. With “PERFECT” weather, hide scabbard. The Sharpsburg Kid’s In the end, Biloxi Bob, SASS by Sierrita Slim the entire event was blessed. mother drew the winners during a (Continued on page 71) 62 CIVIL WAR FIREARMS- PART 2 by Tuolumne Lawman 66 PA STATE C h C BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT r o by Mattie Hays o w n b 76 OUTLAW TRAIL i o by Captain George Baylor 23255 La Palma Avenue c y Yorba Linda, California 92887 l OMANCHERIA AYS 78 C D e www.sassnet.com by Yuma Jack Page 2 Cowboy Chronicle January 2009 January 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 3 Page 4 Cowboy Chronicle January 2009 January 2009 Cowboy Chronicle Page 5 The Cowboy CCONTENTSONTENTS Chronicle 1 ON THE COVER The Mason Dixon Stampede . 6 FROM THE EDITOR Business At The Summit . Editorial Staff 8-10 NEWS SASS Supports “Punkin’ Chunkin” In New Mexico . Tex Editor-in-Chief 12-20 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . Cat Ballou Editor 16 CAT’S CORNER Peaches In Paris! . Coyote Calhoun Managing Editor & Marketing Director 18 COYOTE DROPPINGS SASS END of TRAIL Shooting Stimulus Package . Adobe Illustrator 22 POLITICAL What Now? . Layout & Design Mac Daddy 24-37 ARTICLES Incident At Little Misery . Sidekicks & Heavies . Kid’s Korral . Graphic Design Donna Oakley 38-51 GUNS & GEAR Making Blackpowder . What’s The Call? . Range Tech . Advertising Administrator Contributing Writers 52 PROFILES Justin S. Accurate . Gnatty Branch . General Store John . Bear Buttes McNab, Capt. George Baylor, Col. Dan, Cree Vicar Dave, Doc Nelson, Holy Terror, Inspector, Jersey Kid, 53-56 END OF TRAIL Sign Up Today!!! . Jeweler Jim, Joe Fasthorse Harrill, Justice Lily Kate, Lori Dani Dixie, Lucky Bill Thorington, Mattie Hays, 57 MOUNTED 2008 SASS “Outlaw Trail” . 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Page 6 Cowboy Chronicle January 2009 . BUSINESS , AT THE SUMMIT By Tex, SASS #4 … these rule-making sessions are RO Committee Discussions to be considered “open” when leav- long and tedious, and the TG’s earn • The rules regarding misses are ing the shooter’s control. If the every cent their clubs pay them! clear, but good stage design rifle lever is not “fully open,” one Tex, SASS #4 The RO Committee spent a day requires targets be arranged so a assumes the risk of the Timer ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ and a half dealing with inconsisten- shooter can have a “clean miss” Operator calling you back to open cies and typos in the Handbook and rather than picking up a proce- it some more. his was another significant RO-I/II documents. Inconsisten- dure. If targets are not adequately • Movement with firearms – the def- year for SASS rule-making cies, clarifications, and typos will separated, hitting an inappropriate initions have been clarified and T at the Summit. All SASS simply be “fixed” and available with adjacent revolver target, for made consistent, specifically for members owe the Territorial the next publication of the docu- instance, is only a miss rather than long guns. Governors and the RO Committee ments. They will most likely be a procedure for shooting the right • Dropped guns – subjectivity ( i.e., their heart-felt “thanks” for spend- available first on the SASS web kind of target out of sequence.