S A S For Updates, Information and GREAT Offers on the fly-Text SASS tNNo oovv7eemm7bb2eer9r 2230000711 ! CCCooowwwbbboooyyy CCChhhrrrooonnniSiiiicccllllleee ig PPaaggee 11 NNSSoeeopvpvetteeemmmmbbbbeeeerrr r 2 2 220000001111 00 CCoowwbbooyy CChhrrSoonniiccllene PPPaaagggeee 1 11 (o - n E u p p N a T g D o e s o d 3 f a ~ 6 T y , R 3 7 A The Cowboy Chronicle ) I L The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Sh ooting Society ® Vol. 27 No. 2 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. February 2014 i 2013 HSeAl SSuva New YorRk Sutacte kChuams pionship By Annabelle Bransford, SASS Regulator #11916 allston Spa, NY – SASS Wild Bunch member Tex, Heluva Rukus 2013 – SASS #4, and his lovely wife, Cat what a shoot! Over and Ballou, SASS #55, fly in from New B over again, you heard Mexico to take part in this year’s cowpokes say, “If I could only go to match just added icing to the cake. one Cowboy Action Shooting™ The stage layouts that greeted event a year, this would be the one.” the shooters this year were truly The Circle K Regulators couldn’t awesome. It never ceases to amaze help but feel proud hearing com - returning competitors that the Cir - ments like this as they played host cle K Regulators can continue to to the SASS New York State Cham - raise the bar year after year, and the pionship in Ballston Spa, New York, newbies are simply blown away by for the 13th year in a row. With a the whole thing. When folks arrive total of 247 shooters from 19 differ - at the Circle K for Heluva Rukus, ent states (including Alaska!) com - they can count on feeling like they peting in 27 different categories, have just walked onto a movie set. Heluva Rukus (HR) 2013 proved The range boasts ten good-sized once again to be one of SASS’ pre - individual berms – each one depict - miere events of the year. Having ing a totally different Western scene down to the smallest detail. This year’s stages consisted of Ft. Misery SASS C owboy Chronicle on Stage 1 (with a wooden fort and Competitors from all over the country again convened in New York guard towers, flag pole with period for the SASS Cowboy Action Shooting™ State Championship. flag, limber, cannon, and oh-so-real - Wonderful props, wonderful organization, and wonderful stages istic Gatling gun), the Treasure provided an exciting and enjoyable experience for everyone. In This Issue Trove mine on Stage 2 (with a mine This is what keeps folks coming back! entrance, sluice, assorted mining 13 Biggest LittLe shoot equipment, and two new ore carts), tub, washboard, and articles of 1880 tender added to the scene), the awe- by Jasper Agate the all-new “homestead” scene on clothing on the line), the new “aban - inspiring 3-story, 34 ' long paddle - Stage 3 (with a small-scale “house,” doned ranch” scene on Stage 5 (with wheeler returning on Stage 7 (with 16 tri -s tate 2-story barn, various outbuildings, privy, outbuilding, working wind - a moving target and a new “hang - buckboard, well, and a rotating mill, and knockdown rifle targets), ing tree” on the far bank of the hampionship C mover target), the log cabin on the train on Stage 6 (with a new “river”), the incredibly extensive 2- by Appaloosa Amy Stage 4 (with a period-correct wash - water tower, cattle car, and wood (Continued on page 46 ) m o c . t e n s s a s . w w 18 high noon at tusCo w 5 1 0 7 8 m n , d o o w e g d by Buckaroo Bubba e y a w y o b w o C 5 1 2 22 DeLaware state C h C Championship r o by Deacon Will o w n b i o 29 utah wiLD BunCh c y Championship l by Major Pain e Page 2 Cowboy Chronicle February 2014 Visit us at sassnet .com February 2014 Cowboy Chronicle Page 3 Visit us at sassnet .com Page 4 Cowboy Chronicle February 2014 Visit us at sassnet .com February 2014 Cowboy Chronicle Page 5 The Cowboy CONTENTS Chronicle 6 FROM THE EDITOR Planning For 2014. Editorial Staff Tex 8, 9 NEWS Thanks To The Waddies At END of TRAIL 2013 . Editor-in-Chief 10 CAT’S CORNER Cat Ballou Cathy A. Smith (Artist, Costume Designer and Historian) . Editor 12 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . Miss Tabitha Asst. Editor 13-22 ON THE RANGE The Biggest Little Shoot In Nevada . Adobe Illustrator 24-28 CLUB REPORTS Layout & Design The New Bristol Plains Pistoleros . Mac Daddy Graphic Design 29-32 WILD BUNCH CORNER Raid On Conestee (South Carolina Wild Bunch) . Buttercup Advertising Manager 34-44 GUNS & GEAR Dispatches From Camp Baylor . One Pot Chuck . (505) 843-1320 • Cell: (505) 459-0390 SAS S- END OF TRAIL 2014 [email protected] 36, 37 (( SIGN-UP TODA Y!! ! )) Contributing Writers Annabelle Bransford, Appaloosa Amy, 50, 51 HISTORY Buckaroo Bubba, Capt. George Baylor, General George Crook . Little Known Famous People . Col. Dan, Col. Richard Dodge, Chuck Waggoner, Cree Vicar Dave, 52 PROFILES Deacon Will, English Lyn, Fancy Free, 2013 Scholarship Recipients . Happy Jack, Inspector, Jasper Agate, Jess Plain Onery, Joe Fasthorse, ARTICLES Johnny McRae, Justice Lily Kate, 53-59 Two Roads West . Dance Or Shoot? . 1st Encounter Blackpowder Knot Werkin, Major Pain, Monticello Marshal, Palaver Pete, Pujo the Kid, Ranger Law, Slippery Stew, 60, 61 GENERAL STORE /CLASSIFIED Smokin Dave, Snazzy McGee, Tennessee Tall & Rio Drifter, The Jersey Kid, White Smoke Steve, 62-69 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS (MONTHLY) (ANNUA L) Whooper Crane & The Missus The Cowboy Chronicle is published by 70 SASS MERCANTILE (Nice Collectables) . The Wild Bunch, Board of Directors of The Single Action Shooting Society. For advertising information and rates, ad - 71 POLITICAL Team SASS Year End Review . ministrative, and edi to rial offices contact: Chronicle Administrator 215 Cowboy Way Edgewood, NM 87015 Visit our Website at SASSNET.COM (505) 843-1320 FAX (505) 843-1333 email: [email protected] http://www.sassnet.com 62-69 The Cowboy Chronicle (ISSN 15399877) is pub - lished monthly by the Single Action Shooting Society, 215 Cowboy Way, Edgewood, NM 87015. Periodicals Postage is Paid at Edge - ® SASS Trademarks wood, NM and additional mailing offices sass ®, single action shooting society ®, (USPS #032). POSTMASTER: Send ad - enD of traiL ®, eot ®, dress changes to The Cowboy Chronicle , 215 The Cowboy Chro nicle tm , Cowboy Way, Edgewood, NM 87015. Cowboy action shooting tm , DISCLAIMER - The Single Action Shooting Cas tm , wild Bunch tm , Society does not guarantee, warranty or en - wild Bunch action shooting tm , dorse any product or service advertised in this newspaper. The publisher also does not the world Championship of guarantee the safety or effectiveness of any Cowboy action shooting tm , product or service illustrated. The distri - Bow-legged Cowboy Design, and the bution of some products/services may be il - legal in some areas, and we do not assume rocking horse Design responsibility thereof. State and local laws are all trademarks of must be investigated by the purchaser prior the single action shooting society, inc. to purchase or use or products/services. Any use or reproduction of these marks WARNING: Neither the author nor The without the express written permission Cowboy Chronicle can accept any responsi - of SASS is strictly prohibited. bility for accidents or diffe ring results Heluva Rukus Match Director Homer Suggs presents a obtained using reloading data. Variation $1500 check for the SASS Scholarship Fund to in handloading tech niques, compo nents, Cat Ballou at the New York State Championship. and fire arms will make results vary. Have a competent gunsmith check your firearms before firing. Visit us at sassnet .com Page 6 Cowboy Chronicle February 2014 . Planning For 2014 , By Tex, SASS #4 find the components! And, it’s a friends” … if you don’t insist on club’s activities and history. Pho - time to plan your shooting activi - shooting with half a dozen folks tographs also add immensely to ties for the coming year. from your home club. the readability and enjoyment of Traveling By the way … Wild Bunch The Cowboy Chronicle . Some clubs In case you haven’t noticed … travel is self-financed. While the and events are blessed with tal - travel anymore is expensive. Wild Bunch endeavors to attend as ented photographers who take Transportation, accommodations, many matches as possible, there is wonderful photographs … these Tex, SASS #4 and food easily exceed $100/day just not enough time or money to at - folks are treasures and should be when going to matches away from tend them all … or even all the valued and treated with care and home. There are many quality SASS-sanctioned matches. If, as a affection! However, regular SASS intertime is a slow time SASS shooting events around the Match Director, you would like to members contribute by far the for Cowboy Action country that are well worth the ex - have a member of the Wild Bunch most photographs, and many Shooting™ … at least pense. And, I encourage everyone attend your match, start with an in - could be much better quality with W in most parts of the to attend as many of these matches vitation and then find a way to only a little additional effort. country. There are, of course, a as possible. Not only are most en - make it easy for them—comp the Cowboys wear big hats to few hearty souls who brave the tertaining and fun, they can be ed - match expenses, provide local trans - keep the sun off their face … and cold north wind and blinding snow ucational as well.