Cowboy Chronicle June 2016 Page 1 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle Page 2 June 2016 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle June 2016 Page 3 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle Page 4 June 2016 The Cowboy Chronicle CONTENTS 5 SASS END OF TRAIL 2016 (Sign-Up TODA Y) Editorial Staff Skinny 6 FROM THE EDITOR Editor-in-Chief Skinny’s Soapbox 8 COVER FEATURE Misty Moonshine Range War 2015 Managing Editor 14-20 ANNUAL REPORTS Tex and Cat Ballou A Dark Day On The Santa Fe ... The Last Hurrah Editors Emeritus 22-31 CLUB REPORTS Adobe Illustrator Shooting Your Way Thru Montana ... Central Oregon Layout & Design 32 WILD BUNCH April Wild Bunch (A Prelude to Canada’s Summer Season) Mac Daddy 34-38 GUNS & GEAR Graphic Design Dispatches From Camp Baylor Square Deal Jim 40-45 HISTORY Advertising Manager The Legacy of John Brown ... Little Known Famous People (703) 764-5949 • Cell: (703) 728-0404 46-49 PRODUCTS-REVIEWS [email protected] Hat Creek Leather ... The Cimarron Eliminator Staff Writers 50 PROFILES Big Dave, Capgun Kid Scholarship Recipients 2015 Capt. George Baylor 52-61 ARTICLES Col. Richard Dodge New Cowboy Shooter Clinics ... Catching The Next Stage Jesse Wolf Hardin, Joe Fasthorse 62-69 COMIC BOOK CORNER Larsen E. 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And speaking of interesting places to visit… his issue, several of our Club Reports center on recently had the opportunity to attend a one-day the notion of taking a shooting vacation through event at The Buggy Barn, located in Blanco, Texas Tthe Northwest this summer. In her article, Fire Opal, Iand let me tell you, if you’re interested in any way in as a matter of fact, focuses exclusively on how you personal transportation from the late nineteenth and can spend an entire month shooting matches and early twentieth century, this is a museum you have to taking in the sights of Montana. Having shot in a visit when you’re in the area. On display and in various few of Montana’s matches, I can personally tell you stages of restoration are many dozens of vintage car - that would be a fun vacation. But not to be outdone, riages, wagons, and buggies from the personal collec - Palaver Pete and Miss Mary Spencer are also on tion of the owner, Dennis Moore. The particular day I hand to regale you with the options you have avail - visited they were featuring chuck wagon food as well able for an Oregon or a British Columbia getaway. as live entertainment, which is usually not the case, but Sadly, I’ve never shot a match in either of those lo - for the admission price of $8.00, the museum itself is cales, but the scenery is beautiful so either would a must see, and if you call in advance they can usually have to be an exceptional experience. accommodate requests for buggy rides. Their next big VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM The Buggy Barn Cowboy Chronicle June 2016 Page 7 Skinny’s Soapbox (cont.) . event is scheduled for November 4-5 2016. Visit their website at www.buggybarnmu seum.com “Col t” for more details. Single Action Army Inexpensive practice at home… CO 2 revolver e probably would all like to be able to practice exceptional! The “Colt” is more than we do, but there are problems associ - just as smooth as many Wated with frequent practice. For one thing, it can be ex - “tuned” SAA revolvers and the pensive and time consuming to make up all the ammo. “Winchester” is similarly smooth as many And a range on which to practice is not so convenient “tuned” lever guns. And accuracy is very for many of us. I’ll confess I never considered practic - good. One word of warning though—unlike ing with air guns until recently, when I had the oppor - standard firearms, because they’re powered tunity to evaluate two exceptional products—a “John by CO 2, if you shoot them too fast they become too Wayne” Colt Single Action Army CO 2 revolver manu - cold! But aside from that, this is the perfect way to prac - tice as much as you want inexpensively and in your own backyard or base - ment (in most places). PyramydAir, factured by Umarex and a Winchester 1894 among others, sells CO 2 rifle by Walther. Now I know what you’re both. Check their thinking. If you remember air guns ( a lá the Red Ryder website at www. BB gun) from your youth, you know they had ex - “Wincheste r” pyramy dair.com for 1894 CO 2 rifle tremely stiff actions—not at all suitable for practice— information. but the actions on the air guns in question are —Skinny Cowboy Chronicle Page 8 June 2016 ANGE WAR ! We Love q R q Our Women! By R. J. Law, SASS #15466 Life tribut2e to a 0famous1 wom5an of the Photos by Longshot Lillian, SASS #94602 Wildcat Rose, SASS #89822 West. The women featured were Annie Oakley, Charley Parkhurst, ange War is the SASS ® Mic - Our theme for 2015 was The Calamity Jane, Josephine Sarah hi gan State Championship of Women of the West, but we de - Marcus, Etta Place, Pearl de Vere, RCowboy Action Shooting™ and it cided to make the match a tribute Ellen Liddy Watson (also known as is run by The Wolverine Rangers, not only to the women of the West Cattle Cate), Pearl Hart, and Rose an organization composed of repre - but also to our women. It is a great Dunn. Our Shooters Handbook sentatives from the 14 Cowboy Ac - pleasure for all of us when our contained a photo of each of the tion Shooting™ Clubs in the state wives, daughters, granddaughters, featured Women of the West along of Michigan. Each club has the girlfriends, etc., are able to shoot with a short biography. Please con - right to appoint two members to the with us. Let’s face it boys, many of tact Cosmopolitan Christine at Board of Directors. All of our clubs the women are in this sport because [email protected] if you work together for the common goal the ones they love are in it. We try would like to receive a copy of our of trying to make Range War one of not to forget that in Michigan. 2015 Shooter’s Handbook. the best state matches in SASS. Each of our ten stages was a Thanks to our Main Match ~ ALL THE WONDERFUL LADIES WHO PARTICIPATED IN RANGE WAR 2015 ~ some of them competed, soVmeI oSfI tT heUmS heAlpT edS oAutS, aSnNd EsoT m.eC oOfM them attended as spectators. They were all an important part in making this Range War one of the best yet! Photo by Major Photography—a 4" x 10" or 8" x 20" printed copy can be ordered off their web site, http://majorphoto.com Cowboy Chronicle June 2016 Page 9 Lady Shooters were K.J. Stevens, Honey B. Quick (SASS #47009), Bdoc (SASS #76983), Southpaw Slingin’ Sally (SASS #39737), Buslin’ Belle (SASS #91885), Hey Sugar (SASS #93109), Katie Calla - han (SASS #23077), Cactus Kay (SASS #15157), Kaya (SASS #98924), and Perfecta Vaquera (SASS #69780).