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Whatever between Portlandia and the SASS Edgewood Federa - the correct description, we ask that you judge for yourself Stion. This spot is the playground for several wonderful as the Saga of the Shootout at Saddle Butte begins . Cowboys and Cowgirls with huge imaginations, and al - BACKGROUND: The Oregon Old West Shooting though they are much loved by their fellow shooters, their Society (OOWSS) is Oregon’s original and oldest Cow - combined productions are often considered somewhere (Continued on page 14 ) SASS C owboy Chronicle June Cover Correction - OOPS! Chronicle In This Issue he June cover C photo lists Stone Creek h C TDrifter, SASS #58853 as the r o SMOKE IN THE AR S TATE WB 22 42 o shooter; however, this is incor - w ADLANDS by Back Forty B n b by Palaver Pete i rect. The shooter in the photo is o c Ruger Ray, SASS #59234. y SHOTGUN BOOGIE This is Ruger Ray shooting OHIO STATE MATCH 48 l the Pale Rider category at 32 by Larsen E. Pettifogger e Our apologies to both shooters! by Fletch O Dubois Guns of August 2013. Cowboy Chronicle Page 2 September 2014 The Cowboy Chronicle CONTENTS 6 FROM THE EDITOR Why Get A SASS Upgrade? . Editorial Staff 8 NEWS Skinny Taylor’s 1873 Ladies & Youth Carbine Version II . Editor-in-Chief 9-13 LETTERS Misty Moonshine Comments From SASS Members . 18 CAT’S CORNER Managing Editor Thanks For The Memories! . Tex and Cat Ballou 20, 21 SAS S- CONVENTION 2015 Editors Emeritus (( SIGN-UP TODA Y!! ! )) Adobe Illustrator 22-37 ON THE RANGE Layout & Design Shootout On The Santa Fe 2013 . Shootout At Hard Times 2014 . Mac Daddy 38-41 CLUB REPORTS Graphic Design Another Successful Senior Games At The Badlands Bar 3 . Prairie Mary 42 WILD BUNCH CORNER Advertising Manager Arkansas State Wild Bunch Match 2014 . (505) 843-1320 • Cell: (505) 249-3573 44-57 GUNS & GEAR [email protected] Dispatches From Camp Baylor . The Latest From Shootgun Boogie . 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Variation in that have become of SASS is strictly prohibited. handloading tech niques, compo nents, public domain. and fire arms will make results vary. Have a competent gunsmith check your firearms before firing. VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle September 2014 Page 3 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle Page 4 September 2014 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle September 2014 Page 5 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle Page 6 September 2014 WHY GET BAy JudgSe RAoy BeSan, SASS #U 1 PGRADE ? sk The Judge!! That’s what many members say when NRA, Ducks Unlimited, and they have an important question; consequently, I’ll do SASS can’t survive on mem - Amy best to answer the various questions I hear on the trail. I bership money alone. have been asked by a few members, “Why should I pay to What do you get for up - upgrade to Patron Member?” “What do I get out of it?” “Why grading to a Patron Member in Judge Roy Bean, SASS #1 should I give SASS more money?” “Where does the money SASS? There’s a nice plaque go?” I thought I would answer with an example on why I up - to hang on the wall, a new plastic card, and a very impressive grade every few years with the NRA. As a longtime NRA life badge to wear. Those are nice, but the “value of the dollar” member, I already get to vote for directors, so that doesn’t you get is far more than that. You know you are keeping the add anything. When I upgrade, I receive a little lapel pin of sport you and your family love growing, and SASS will be a different color, and that’s the only physical thing that sets around for your grandkids and their grandkids. As an organ - me apart from others. ization, SASS brings in more new shooters and “on the fence So why do I upgrade my NRA membership? I truly believe shooters” than any other sport in the world. SASS is not just in what the NRA is doing, and the Wild Bunch hopes you feel about shooting. SASS is all about “Western History and the same way about SASS. I like the feeling I get when I American Heritage” and the role firearms played in the de - know someone is fighting for my freedoms and beliefs. I want velopment of the United States many years ago. the NRA to be around for a long time, protecting the next 10 Currently, a lawsuit is in litigation against SASS and generations of like-minded Americans. Organizations like the (Continued on next page) VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle September 2014 Page 7 Why Get A SASS Upgrade? . (Continued from previous page) Founders Ranch by nearby neighbors. Why? Because, they say we shoot at night (which we all know is not true) and our bullets go over the berm (uh, no… or it’s a match “DQ”) and endanger people in close proximity of the Ranch (don’t think so!!). Fur - thermore, neighbors say the “noise level” from guns firing on the Ranch and Clays range is disturbing and annoying. SASS has conducted sound tests that prove this is not true, but anyone involved in a lawsuit knows it takes considerable money to fight and win!! The Wild Bunch is already putting aside a sub - stantial amount of money each month in order to pay attorney and court costs. However, to ensure SASS stays in business, we need your help. That’s where the Patron Badge comes in. In addition to the sound tests, an NRA specialist has con - ducted a “Range Evaluation Report” in order to disprove the Ranch is being contaminated with lead. The report states the lead accumulation is minimal and SASS is within the “ap - proved” limit. You probably want to know what SASS does with your money. That’s pretty easy to answer—SASS uses your money to fight attacks on the Second Amendment and to de - fend your Constitutional rights, as well as maintaining the Ranch, bays, and targets. And yes, part of the money goes to fight lawsuits that would shut down the Ranch, as well as the Sporting Clays range.