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July 2014 Ppage 1 a O T G N O E V D S E a 2 N Y ~ 8 T ,2 Io 9 N the Cowboy Chronicle ) the Monthly Journal of the Single Action Sh Ooting Society ® Vol S S A ig CCCoooowwwCbbbbooooyywyy C bCCohhhhyrrrr ooCoonnnhiiicirccclloleleeenicle n November 2001 Coowbbooyy CC(ShhrroonnSiiccllee P-age 1 For Updates, Information and GREAT Offers on the fly-Text SASS to 772N9NSSoeo3epvv7eteteeemm!mbbbeeeeerrrr r 2 2 200000111 0 e S PPPaaaugggeeee 1 11 Cowboy Chronicle e C p July 2014 Ppage 1 a o T g n o e v d s e a 2 n y ~ 8 t , 2 io 9 n The Cowboy Chronicle ) The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Sh ooting Society ® Vol. 27 No. 7 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. July 2014 GREAT NOR’EA2S0T1E3 R SASS NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL This year’s Nor’Easter was a blast! The weather cooperated, the stages were great, and the newly commissioned “Great Bay” was in action. Visitors are reminded if you come in contact with the traditional “Bucket,” . July 25 – 28, 2013 it’s a BUCKET… not a SHOTGLASS … you don’t have to drink the whole thing! By Iron Pony SASS #36769 elham, NH – New Hampshire about three o’clock in the afternoon of overnight; stopped before shooting commenced or started after guns were packed Sunday, July 28, . the parking lot of the Pelham Fish and Game Club is away for the day. With another couple of years like this, the “curse of Dead near empty and only a small handful of campers remain. The Great Head” may be lifted, but with that said maybe it will snow next year. Nor’easter of 2013 is in the books with a big bunch of buckaroos, buckarettes, Speaking of emergency landscaping, Friday morning, the new and much im - Pcowgirls, and cowboys on their way home from a long weekend of shooting. proved range set up was greatly appreciated by shooters. Gone are the long com - Well shooting, socializing, catching up with old friends, making new ones while mon firing line, slick grass, and soft ground of previous years on the PF&G target swapping stories, lies, tips, and tricks, and of course having fun. Lots of fun. range. Introduced this year was the five stage “big, huge bay.” Each day saw In past years the general consensus has been the name of the Nor’easter multiple posse groups gathered in the new bay moving quickly and easily from needs to be changed from, duh Nor’easter (which for those of you not familiar stage to stage while still being able to mingle with shooters from adjoining stages is a “wicked pissah” storm with high winds and torrential rain in summer to before hustling back to their appointed place to shoot. Continued improvements “clear and still,” i.e., clear up to my derriere and still snowing in winter) to some - are planned, and with the addition of dividing walls and even more bays in it, thing like the “Sunny and 75 degrees with light breezes New England Regional.” this range is only going to get better. This year, however, we dodged a bullet, hit the lotto, or whatever you want to Matches like the Nor’easter are supposed to be places where competitors call it, as the weather FINALLY cooperated. Sure it rained, sure there was some can shine. Straightforward stage design and instructions that allow the shooter emergency landscaping being done Friday morning, but most of the rain fell to utilize both shooting and mental skills are the order of the day. You got both for the price of one at this year’s Nor’easter thanks to the stage writing skills of the Great Nor’easter Committee. Themed around our favorite bad guys this year SASS C owboy Chronicle everyone could take out their fanciest black hat, pretend to be an outlaw, and let (CLICK_Continued on page 10) In This Issue C h C ASoN IxoN RAGEDY AT r o M -D T 16 42 o w TAMPEDE RANkLIN S F n b by Evening Star by Big Dave i o c Hall of Fame y 34 DISPATCHES FRoM 52 kINGSToN ’S MYTH l Bios CAMP BAYLoR oF 7,000 S ouLS e (CLICK_Continued on page 14) by Captain George Baylor by Craig Springer 2014 Cowboy Chronicle Page 2 July 2014 The Cowboy Chronicle CONTENTSCONTENTS 6 FROM THE EDITOR New Cowboy Chronicle Editor . Editorial Staff 8 NEWS Tex North-South Skirmish Association Holds National Competition . Editor-in-Chief 8, 9 LETTERS Cat Ballou Comments From SASS Members . 12 CAT’S CORNER Editor The Cattle Queen of New Mexico . Miss Tabitha 16-26 ON THE RANGE Asst. Editor 2013 Mason-Dixon Stampede . It’s A Jail Break In Texas! Adobe Illustrator 25 SAS S- OUTLAW TRAIL 2014 Layout & Design (( HuRRY SIGN-uP ToDA Y!! ! )) Mac Daddy 28, 29 SAS S- CONVENTION 2014 Graphic Design (( SIGN-uP ToDA Y!! ! )) Prairie Mary 30 CLUB REPORTS Advertising Manager Steal My Gold Will Ya! . (505) 843-1320 • Cell: (505) 249-3573 32, 33 WILD BUNCH CORNER [email protected] Pine Mountain Posse . Willy Shoot, SASS #84092 . Contributing Writers 34-38 GUNS & GEAR Big Dave, Capt. George Baylor, Dispatches From Camp Baylor . The other Elephant In The Room (pt. I) Capt. Ignit'us P. LeFeu, 42-44 HISTORY Cherokee Big Dawg, Col. Dan, Little known Famous People . Col. Ranald Mackenzie . Col. Richard Dodge, 47 TRAIL MARKER Craig Springer, Always To Be Remembered . Evening Star, Iron Pony, 48-56 ARTICLES Joe Fasthorse, Knot Werkin, Journey To My First Big Match . Cowboy TV . Lawdog Bob, Palaver Pete, Stirrup Trouble, Texas Flower, 58, 59 GENERAL STORE /CLASSIFIED Wolverine Wrangler The Cowboy Chronicle 60-67 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS (MONTHLY) (ANNUA L) is published by The Wild Bunch, Board of Directors of The Single Action Shooting Society. 68 SASS MERCANTILE For advertising information and rates, ad - ministrative, and edi to rial offices contact: Chronicle Administrator 69 POLITICAL 215 Cowboy Way Second Amendment Absolutist –That’s Me! . Edgewood, NM 87015 (505) 843-1320 FAX (505) 843-1333 Visit our Website at email: [email protected] http://www.sassnet.com The Cowboy Chronicle SASSNET.CoM (ISSN 15399877) is pub - lished monthly by the Single Action Shooting Society, 215 Cowboy Way, Edgewood, NM 87015. Periodicals Postage is Paid at Edge - wood, NM and additional mailing offices ® (USPS #032). 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The Cowboy Chronicle The is always on the lookout for great photos—small frys, WARNING: Neither the author nor The Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. Cowboy Chronicle terrific costumes, unusual pictures … and blackpowder shots. While not Any use or reproduction of these marks can accept any responsi - bility for accidents or diffe ring results ob - a rare event, it is none-the-less not often when the photographer catches without the express written permission a muzzle blast at “just the right time.” The Mississippi Kid, SASS #96425, tained using reloading data. Variation in of SASS is strictly prohibited. handloading tech niques, compo nents, caught Will Killgan’s, SASS #66377, muzzle blast just as it broke and fire arms will make results vary. Have the sound barrier at the Georgia State Match. Awesome sight! a competent gunsmith check your firearms before firing. 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The periodical has grown with the or - ing into the digital age as we are, many ganization and has evolved, as has Cowboy Action Shoot - technologies, processes, and procedures used in the ing™. Nothing is the same today—SASS, Cowboy Action past need to be abandoned and new techniques Shooting™, or The Cowboy Chronicle —and all are expected and processes embraced. Additionally, it would be to continue evolving in the years to come. It’s not only simply unimaginable for someone with no back - inevitable, but it’s desirable to have this continuing ground in SASS and Cowboy Action Shooting™ to change … the hardest part for all of us—SASS Headquar - guide the publication from here on out. SASS and ters, the Range Operations Committee, and the Territo - Cowboy Action have a 30-year history … and that rial Governors—is to understand which changes are history makes us who we are today.
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