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ept 1-3, 2006 Mission, BC.– Mayhem ensued as everycompetitor got shot … a shot

glass that is. Hosting the fourthannual SASS Canadian Regional forthe first time in Mission, BC, theRed Mountain Renegades wanted toensure all shooters had a great timeand left with fond memories and amemento. So in the true Cowboyway, everyone was presented with acustom etched two-oz whiskey shotglass commemorating the event andtreated to a first class three-dayevent in a truly picturesque settingwith ample camping and RV space.

After last minute setup and fin-ishing touches were completed bythe hard working volunteers onFriday morning, it was time to getthe ball rolling. This year’s eventstarted with seven side matches onFriday afternoon, and it was a busyafternoon! With a huge interest inthe side matches, we had to be faston our feet to ensure everyone got achance to show their skills and chal-lenge their friends. Things flowedwell and all enjoyed the afternoon inthe sun. Later, after some vittles, all

relaxed and socialized around thecampfire in the evening while con-templating their strategies forSaturday’s stages.

Saturday morning the Wild Rose

bell rang, calling all shooters to con-vene at the safety meeting. Underclear, sunny skies, competitors brokeinto five posses and headed to theirfirst stage. As usual, all enjoyed the

day’s stages and shooting challengesthey posed, but most were distractedby the drifting aroma of the roastpigs slowly turning on the spit overhot coals. As in all Red MountainRenegades shoots, the vittles tookfirst prize, and all competitorsenjoyed the fabulous buffets laid outfor their consumption at the lunchesand dinners. While we all waited forthe pig to roast to perfection, four-man teams were randomly drawnfor a team side match consisting of100 targets and 13 no shoots. Allhad fun participating, but the high-light was when a team of all black-powder shooters took the line andproceeded to unleash their furry onthe small targets. I take my hat offto those boys because darned if Icould see the targets let alone hitone in that haze of smoke and flame!

Saturday evening after devour-ing the desert table, shooters wereentertained by Rusty Wood’s andGifford Gringo’s antics as they joy-fully gave away over $8500 in prizesfrom the bountiful prize table,including no less than six firearms.A Puma 1892 rifle donated byLegacy International went to a veryexcited Cathouse Willie for beingfirst drawn out of the hat. PaddyO’Weary from The Bullet Barn wona striking stainless Ruger 10/22donated by Wild West Shooting

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Dallas Dancer, SASS #42365, Lady 49’er Champion shows off her winning form at the 4th SASS Canadian Regional hosted by the

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RED MOUNTAIN RENEGADES2006 SASS Canadian Regional Championship

RECKONING AT RED MOUNTAIN PASSBy Rusty Wood, SASS #50427

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CONTENTSCCOONNTTEENNTTSSON THE COVER 2006 SASS Canadian Regional Championship . . .

FROM THE EDITOR Civility And The Internet . . .

NEWS SASS Announces Membership Dues Increase . . . SASS® Mounted Shooting Club Affiliation

CAT’S CORNER A Victorian Metamorphosis . . .

CHIZ BIZ What’s Goin’ On . . .

LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . . .

POLITICAL The Phenomenon Of Critical Gun Mass Revisited . . .

ARTICLES The Reindeer Express . . . North To Alaska! With “Kincaid’s Irregulars!” . . .

GUNS & GEAR The Agony Of Da Feet: Cowboy Boots And Cowboy Action ShootingTM

26TH ANNUAL END of TRAIL (Classic Gunfights) . . .

MOUNTED California Recognizes Top Mounted Shooter . . . Smoke In The Valley . . .

PROFILES Dallas Stoudenmire: Death Of A Marshal . . .

HISTORY This Month In History . . . Little Known Famous People . . .

REVIEWS-PRODUCTS A. Uberti USA Cattleman .45 Colt “Frisco Model” . . .

REVIEWS-BOOKS The Search For Corporal Dow . . . “Gunfight At The O.K. Corral

TRAIL MARKER

ON THE RANGE What’s Goin’ On In Your Town? . . .

CLUB REPORTS Cedar Valley Vigilantes Takes Costuming To A Higher Level . . .

MERCANTILE Nice SASS Collectibles . . .

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Otto N. Sure, SASS #21267,Territorial Governor for

Silver City Shooters Society,demonstrates his Bull Riding

Technique at the El Dorado Cowboys

first ever Mounted Division

for Action Shooters!

Photo by Kid Sopris, SASS #3290

This isn’t the first time I’ve writ-ten about civility and the

Internet … and sadly, it may not bethe last. The cowboy code (at leastfor the “white hats”) is to be civil,courteous, considerate, and helpful… at all times. We’ve learned how todo this face to face. I can count folksI don’t care to be around on onehand. Most SASS cowboys come up,shake your hand, look you in the eye,

and say what’s on their mind.There’s no requirement to agree onanything … differences in opinionare natural, and we’ve all long sincelearned how to have a discussionexpressing differing points of views.Even when the feelings are deeplyfelt and passionately argued, we allknow how to have the discussionwithout ever getting personal, deni-grating one’s personality, or other-wise being seriously offensive. Ingrade school most of us learned ifyou insulted a person to their face,you were likely going to eat a knuck-le sandwich! We just don’t slanderfolks to their face.

Unfortunately, we’ve not learnedthe same “rules of the road” when itcomes to the Internet … and especial-ly the SASS Wire. When sittingbehind the keyboard, even in broaddaylight, we seem to have a false feel-ing of isolation and anonymity. Thereis apparently the feeling we can sayanything we please about anyone inthe world. But, it’s not true.

Whenever one posts on the wire

or sends a buddy an e-mail, it’s clearwhere it originated. Also, one neverknows what others may do with thatmessage … if someone forwards it toeveryone they know, the originalstatement is then read far and wide… and everyone knows who said it.Even if the original message wasintended to be private, but gets widedistribution and turns out to be slan-derous and/or libelous, guess whomthe guilty party is!

If something said about anotherperson is true, it may not be pretty,but it’s not libelous or slanderous. Ifyou have first hand informationregarding the credibility of the infor-mation, fine … but if you are relyingon your best buddy’s sources, itwould be best to leave the informa-tion alone and refrain from postingsomething that could easily get youin hot water.

There have been a couple ofinstances this past year where postshave been made that truly weredefamation of character … and sincethey were not true, left the origina-

tor in a very vulnerable position. Itwas only through the civility of therecipients the originators were notsued for slander. Unless thingschange, someday someone will reachthe end of their patience and suesomeone for everything they own …it won’t be a pretty sight … andbefore it’s all over, you can bet every-one will know what happened!

Similarly, there are many self-professed “experts” on the wire whoreally don’t have a clue what they’retalking about. Once again, you’renot doing anyone any favors whenyou pass along bad advice and incor-rect information. If you are notabsolutely sure about what you areaddressing, it’s best to leave it aloneand refrain from posting anything.

If you’ve never been to a match,don’t tell SASS how to conduct busi-ness. If you’re not an excellent com-petitor, don’t offer shooting advice.If you’re not a gunsmith, don’t coun-cil folks how to wreck their firearms.Just because you have a keyboard

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CIVILITY AND THE INTERNETBy Tex, SASS #4


MONTCLAIR, CA — Ten-X Am-munition, in collaboration with

Jamison International of Sturgis,South Dakota, and Buffalo Bullet Co.of Santa Fe Springs, California hasbrought two famous military car-tridges back to life with caliber spe-cific headstamped brass.

“The demand for the .577-450Martini-Henry and .577 Snider riflesintensified when Christian Cranmerof International Military Antiquesdiscovered the preserved treasure ofthese magnificent rifles that laidburied for more than 100 years,” saidRichard Pumerantz, owner of Ten-XAmmunition. “After a collectablerifle has been examined by a compe-tent gunsmith and determined to besafe to be fired, there is a need for lowpressure, high quality, reloadablecartridges. These rifles are quite funto shoot when the ammunition isaccurate. These are very capable ofbeing used for hunting.”

An American from New York,Jacob Snider, developed the breechloading system for the 1853 Enfieldrifle (.577 cal) that had been the mostprolific imported percussion rifle inuse by the North and South duringthe U.S. Civil War. The new rifle,named P-1864 Snider, was adoptedby the British Board of Ordnance andissued in 1865. These rifles remainedin use by British troops until theywere replaced by the P-1871 Martini-Henry chambered in .577-450.

The Martini-Henry rifle wasmade famous by the movies Zulu andZulu Dawn. The recent discovery ofthe stash in Nepal brought out thecollectors, re-enactors, and shootingenthusiasts alike to own a piece ofhistory from battles like Rorke’sDrift. The .577 Snider, with itsexposed hammer, is a fun CowboyAction side match rifle, and the .577-450 Martini-Henry can be an effec-

MARTINI-HENRY & SNIDERALIVE AND WELL AT TEN-X AMMUNITION

Discovery of Stash of Original Rifles Brings Cartridges Back To Life


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SASS ANNOUNCES MEMBERSHIPDUES INCREASE

New Rates Go Into Effect January 1, 2007

After more than 10 years since itslast increase, the Single Action

Shooting Society will raise its mem-bership dues effective January 1,2007. Due to the rising costs associ-ated with all aspects of operation,SASS has been forced to increase itsrates to better maintain the servicesit provides to its growing member-ship. Programs that include the pub-lication of The Cowboy Chronicle, SASS’monthly Journal, as well as itsnational shooting program, club affil-iation, club sponsorship, and RangeOfficer training programs haveincreased in cost substantially overthe past several years causing SASSto reexamine its fee structure.

“We have held our ground with-

out a rate increase for more than 10years,” says General U.S. Grant,SASS #2 and SASS President. “Withthe steady increases over the lastseveral years for printing, shipping,and employee operation, we have noother choice than to adjust our feestructure so we can continue to pro-vide membership services and devel-op our growing organization.”

Basic membership dues willincrease to $55 for individuals with arenewal rate of $45. Life member-ships will also increase, however thisincrease will not take effect untilMarch 11, 2007, the last day ofWinter Range.

Following is the new SASSMembership dues structure:

SASS MEMBERSHIP DUES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007U.S. International International

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Life Membership $750 $750 $750 (Includes gold plated collector’s badge) + $100 yearly

Individual MembershipFirst Year Basic Dues $55 $65 $110Spouse or Significant Other $40 $55Dependents (17 and under) $25 $35

RenewalsIndividual Basic $45 $55 $100Spouse or Significant Other $35 $45Dependents (17 and under) $20 $25

SASS has developed a brand newaffiliation package specifically for

SASS Mounted Shooting Clubs. Thenew package contains a wide variety ofvaluable information including forms,scoring software, Course of Fire Booksand sample club promotion documents.The package is included with all newand 2007 renewal club affiliations.Due to the costs involved in providingthe Affiliation Binder, SASS mustcharge an annual affiliation fee of$49.95. SASS Mounted Shooting ClubAffiliation runs from January throughDecember, and clubs must renew theiraffiliation annually. SASS will sendrenewal notices to all affiliated clubsduring the month of December.A SASS AFFILIATED MOUNTED SHOOTING CLUBIS REQUIRED TO:

Maintain no less than 50% of itsmembership in SASS. (This applies toonly the “cowboy part” if it is part of alarger, multi-discipline shooting club.The 50% rule is waived the first year.)

• Conduct its matches in compli-ance with the SASS MountedShooters Handbook

• Have a regularly scheduled SASSMounted Shooting program

• Respect all SASS aliases andshooter numbers at its matches

• Regularly provide SASS withcopies of club newsletters andbulletins

• Provide a fully completed SASSAffiliate Club Registration formand renew annually

• Provide a schedule of match datesto be published in The Cowboy

Chronicle and on the SASS web site• Provide proof of $1,000,000 public

liability insurance for the comingyear naming SASS as additional-ly insuredALL SASS AFFILIATED

MOUNTED SHOOTING CLUBSWILL RECEIVE the new SASSMounted Shooting Club AffiliationBinder and Document CD, includeseverything your club needs to devel-

op and promote your MountedShooting Club. Materials includethe following, plus annual Binderand Software updates:• Club Affiliation• Membership Application• Club Affiliation Guidelines• Club Affiliation Application• Scheduling Rules• SASS Mounted Shooting

Advisory Board• Territorial Governor Guidelines• Regulator Guidelines• SASS Club Sponsorship

Guidelines• Sponsorship Request Form• Prize Distribution

Recommendations• Cowboy Chronicle Ad Rates• State Championship Guidelines• State Championship Application• Building and Promoting Your

Club• Building a Mounted Shooting

Club• How To Promote Your Club• New Shooters Clinic• Submitting Articles to The Cowboy

Chronicle

• Sample Flyers• Sample Posters• Sample Ads• Sample Press Release• Sample Listing Release• Match Production &

Management• SASS Mounted Shooters

Handbook• SASS Mounted Shooting Courses

of Fire• Range Officer Basic Safety

Course–MRO I• Range Master’s Course &

Guide–MRO II• Range Masters Handbook• Range Master’s Course of Fire

Book• Match Director’s Guide• Match Budget Worksheet• Championship Buckle Order

Form• Trophy Order Form• Sample Entry Form• Sample General Liability

Release Form• Scoring & Points• How to Score a match• The Right Scoring Software• Sample Score Sheets• SASS Mounted Points System• Mounted Shooting Equipment &

Supplies• Match Check List• Travel Check List

• Equipment & Supplies• Mounted Shooting Source Guide• SASS Mounted Mercantile

CatalogIn addition to the Club Affiliation

Binder, your SASS Mounted AffiliatedClub will receive:• SASS Mounted Shooting Club

Affiliation Certificate• Five SASS Mounted Shooting

Decals• Thee SASS Mounted Shooting

Handbooks• Two SASS Mounted Shooting

Courses of Fire Books• 10 SASS Mounted Shooter

Membership Applications• 10 Cowboy Chronicles

• Cowboy Chronicle Ad Packet withInsertion Orders

• Discounted 12-time rate for anyads placed in The Cowboy Chronicle

• Promotion of your club activitiesand reporting on club events inThe Cowboy Chronicle.

• Listing of your club’s events in The Cowboy Chronicle and on theSASS website

• SASS Mounted Shooting Territo-rial Governor representation

• License to use SASS MountedShooting logos in your club’sadvertising and promotion

• Special e-bulletins regardingSASS Mounted Shooting eventsand news

• The opportunity to foster theorganized growth of SASS Moun-ted Shooting in a manner consis-tent with the Spirit of the GameIn addition, SASS has created a

new logo that will go on several newpromotional items, including bumperand trailer size decals, barrel covers,and a new arena banner.

For an on-line application go to:http://www.sassnet.com/Renewal_

Application_2007.pdf


SASS® MOUNTED SHOOTING CLUB AFFILIATIONNew Affiliation Package and Fee Structure

In a recent Cowboy Chronicle

article regarding the Billy the KidTrail a couple of misstatementswere inappropriately introducedby the editorial staff. The build-ing identified as the MaxwellHouse in Ft. Sumner was in factthe Wortley Hotel in Lincoln. Se-condly, Billy shot Bob Olingerfrom the balcony of the old CourtHouse. Our apologies to any con-fused historians!

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The North-South Skirmish Asso-ciation held its 114th National

Competition October 6-8, 2006 atFort Shenandoah near Winchester,Virginia. Member units competed inlive-fire matches with original orauthentic reproduction Civil Warperiod muskets, carbines, breechloading rifles, revolvers, mortars andcannons. It is the largest Civil Warevent of its kind in the country.

The 9th Virginia Cavalry wonthe musket match, besting the win-ner for the past eight consecutivenationals, the 110th OVI, by 3.4 sec-onds. A total of 240 eight-memberteams participated in this N-SSAsignature competition. In a drizzlethat soaked most of the weekend,the 8th Virginia Infantry bested 173other companies and won the car-bine match. The 66th NorthCarolina won the revolver competi-tion and Forrest’s Escort Companywon the smoothbore musket match.The magazine-fed rifle competitionwas won by the 2nd Maryland (CSA)Artillery and the single shot breech

loading rifle title went to the 2ndKentucky Cavalry. In the artillerycompetitions, 35 guns participatedin the cannon matches. The winnersincluded the 1st Maine HeavyArtillery in the rifled class; Harda-

way’s Alabama Battery in thesmoothbore class; and the 27thVirginia Infantry in the howitzerclass. Completing the artillery com-petition was Manly’s Battery, best-ing 49 other competitors to win the

mortar match.The N-SSA also held its election

of national officers to serve a two-year term. Charles Smithgall ofLancaster, PA was reelected asNational Commander and LinwoodMcMahon of Chesapeake, VA wasreelected as Deputy Commander.Norman Plank of Carlisle, PA wasreelected Adjutant, James Baird ofCentreville, VA was reelectedPaymaster and Tom Robey ofWoodstock, VA 114th Poat was elect-ed Inspector General.

The N-SSA has 4,000 individualsthat make up its more than 200member units. Each represents aCivil War unit or regiment andproudly wears the uniform they woreover 145 years ago.

The 115th National Competitionis scheduled for May 18-20, 2007 atFort Shenandoah. For more infor-mation about the N-SSA, contactPublic Information Officer, BruceMiller, at (248) 258-9007 or [email protected] or visit our website at www.n-ssa.org.

The 11th Pennsylvania Infantry concentrates on their hanging clay pigeonsduring the North-South Skirmish Association’s 114th National Competition

held October 6-8, 2006. A total of 240 teams competed in the N-SSA signaturematch. The N-SSA 115th National is scheduled for May 18-20, 2007.

CIVIL WAR HERITAGE PRESERVATION

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An old-time photograph on thewall of Carrie Nation bears the

inscription, “If you axe me there is nobetter place to bring thy family.”Probably truer words have neverbeen spoken, because this businessin Kingman, Arizona, is home to theFort Beale Temperance Saloon, anon-alcoholic, non-smoking Terri-torial-style bar serving food, drink,live music and fun.

According to its owners, theWarrens and the Blains, it is set in1907, five years before Arizona state-hood. Authentic to a fine degree, theTemperance Saloon has only mini-mal electric support, “what wasneeded to maintain health standardsfor food and service. Otherwise, weopted to keep the interior genuine?OK, well maybe an amplifier or twofor the musicians, but otherwiseyou’ll step backwards in time whenyou enter,” is Frank Blain’s descrip-tion of the interior.

Very true - on the west wall of thesaloon is a bunting-adorned photo-graph of Teddy Roosevelt, crownedby an eagle declaring, “God BlessOur President.” The vintage looking

TEMPERANCE SALOON OPENS INKINGMAN ARIZONA

bar is a re-creation of a time long-gone in Kingman, as it is in mostWild West towns. There’s also theFort Beale Stockade inside withmemories left by (fictitious) priorinmates, bat wing doors leading to

the Mercantile nextdoor, an old buck-board converted to adining table for largerparties, and a varietyof Western memora-bilia. Outside is theModel T hack used totransport local re-enactment gunfight-ers during parades orjust to motor aroundOld Town Kingman.

As to live music,the Saloon has be-come a haven formany local musiciansplaying various musi-cal genres, including

Western, Folk, and Bluegrass.Musicians are invited to bring aninstrument and join in or start outthe music for the day. The Blain halfof the partnership form one-third of


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Remove the wig from the stand, holding it as it is to be worn. Grasp the front of the wig with one hand and the back with the other hand. Holding the front of the wig to the hairline at your forehead, pull the back of the wig over your head until the wig is completely seated.

Items needed: wig, wig cap, bobby pins, and comb.

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Pull the loose end ofthe wig cap to the backof your head, securingall your hair inside.

One of the big differences between today’s ladies and those of the Victorian era was their hair. Yes,styles, conventions, and mores were different, but to complete the Victorian look, you need hair … andlots of it! There are numerous sources for wigs … several at the Convention … let these experts help

determine the right style and color for you. But, once you’re home … how do you actually put it on and makeit look right? Fannie Kikinshoot shows you how … (first published in “The Opulent Victorian”) Cat

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Chiz, SASS #392SASS Marketing Director

t’s Christmas time again andtime to celebrate another won-derful year of Cowboy Action

Shooting™! What better way to do thisthan getting together with about athousand of your closest friends in LasVegas for the biggest holiday bash ofthe year? The SASS Convention is setand ready to go with over one thousandparticipants, vendors, sponsors, teach-ers, entertainers, and dignitaries. Withour new Indoor Cowboy Action Shoo-ting™ Championship, there is truly

something for everyone! With the greatsuccess of last year’s event, the pres-sure is on to make this 5th Anniversaryeven better. My hat’s off to all thosewho have contributed to making thisan incredible event. Thank you!

Thinking ahead, 2007 is justaround the corner and so is WinterRange, The SASS National Cham-pionships, March 7-11. Knowing itcould not possibly rain for a third yearin a row, it’s time to make plans to cometo the desert for this 16th anniversaryevent. I’m excited because I’m gonnacompete in the Mounted Shooting com-petition with my new horse. I’ll bepracticing over the winter to get ready,and will be working with the BuffaloRange Riders’ Nuevo Mike andCinnamon Lucy to produce theMounted portion of Winter Range inthe SASS Arena. Last year’s Mountedevent was a huge success, and we areplanning to expand with more shoot-ers, a rifle shoot, and some dern nicewinner buckles.

Also mark your calendar for thenew and improved Buffalo Stampedeat Founders Ranch, April 26-29.Formerly known as the FoundersInvitational, Buffalo Stampede is amajor fund raiser for Founders Ranchwith an incredible silent auction

backed by many SASS sponsors andwill again feature a Mexican Fiestatheme with a Mariachi band and con-tests for the best themed costume and,of course, the biggest hat contest.Someone needs to unseat two-time bighat winner, More or Les, SASS #5529,but you’d better have a really big hat!Buffalo Stampede is also the NewMexico State Championship and willpresent the best Cowboy ActionShooting™ New Mexico has to offer.Come try out the new shotgun targets.We have replaced all the old splash-back monsters with a hearty, better-designed model.

END of TRAIL is also looming onthe horizon with its 26th anniversary,June 14-24. Classic Gunfights is thetheme for END of TRAIL, and allstages and costume contests willrevolve around this theme. New forveteran attendees is a flat fee for SideMatches … all you can shoot for $20!The awards process has also beenmodified so the Sunday ceremonywon’t seem like a cross-Atlantic voy-age. Side match awards will be givenon Wednesday prior to the opening cer-emonies and costume contest awardswill be given immediately followingthe judging. The Mounted ShootingAwards ceremony will be held sepa-

rately and will incorporate its year-endpoints awards presentations. Moun-ted Shooters will be excited to know weare moving the arena to the north endof town. Although the facilities belowthe dam are pristine and very func-tional, we have received many com-ments from shooters and spectatorsalike who want to see the MountedShooting arena as part of the totalEND of TRAIL layout. Your wish isour command!

We are fine tuning END of TRAILto better suit the needs of all attendees.One of the most important items is astrict adherence to 750 Action Shooterson the main weekend. We realize theimportance of finishing early so shoot-ers can make it on time to the myriadof meetings, contests, and gatheringsthat start in the late afternoons. Oncethe first 750 slots are filled, registra-tion for the overflow weekend, June 16-18, will open until 750 shooters havesigned up. Mounted Shooting registra-tion will cut off after 100.

Make your plans now to get outnext year and attend events away fromhome. You’ll make a lot of new friends,and you’ll be glad you did. Ads for allthree of these events are in this issue ofThe Cowboy Chronicle. Happy HolidaysEverybody!

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MY RESPONSE TO“GET IT DONE”

I would like to respond to the “Get itDone Cowboy fun” article by CoopTrawlaine, SASS #63617. In the articleCoop asks the question “what has hap-pened to the Cowboy Fun, what is hap-pening to SASS?” Then Coop goes on totalk about doing Cowboy things like las-soing a wooden horse or fence rail, toss-ing a tomahawk, throwing a knife or say-ing some lines “on the clock.” I have beenwriting Cowboy Action Shooting scenar-ios for six years now and I would like tothink I can comment on the subject.

First, when it comes to the “on theclock fun” once the timer goes off, this isa shooting sport and that’s the way Iwrite my scenarios. Most shooters havetheir hands full trying to remember whatgun to shoot where and what targets toshoot when. Adding lines to say or choresfor the shooter to do can really confusesome shooters and make a match dragon. In my scenarios, once the timer goesoff, it’s all about the “Shooting.”

Secondly as to the “Speed Shooter’s”and “leveling the playing field,” you can’tempty your gun just as fast by openingthem up and dumping the rounds on theground; besides where’s the “Fun” inthat? The “Speed Shooters” got to theirlevel with “years of practice,” not because

the scenarios are written to favor theirstyle or speed. I know fast shooters whodon’t like “Speed Stages” as they tripover their own speed and have too manymisses. Believe or not, even fast shootersdon’t like to have misses. The “levelingthe playing field” is a dead horse. Beat itif you want, but it ain’t gonna get up andrun. The playing field is level; everyshooter has to shoot the stage the sameas everyone else.

The last point is the one that mademe “dig into my shirt pocket for that stubof a pencil, take out my clasp knife andsharpen it good.” If you don’t like theway the scenarios are being writtenwhere you shoot, there is a real simplesolution. Ask if you could try writing astage; don’t tell someone else what to do.Show up on the workday and volunteerto help write a stage or two. My guess isthey would be glad to have the help. Butif you do, be prepared to get an ear fullafter the match, as some shooters maynot like your idea of “Cowboy Fun.” Youhave to have a thick hide to write scenar-ios that most people will like month aftermonth.

So to borrow your line, don’t tell us to“get it done”; we are. You should comeout and help “GET IT DONE.”

Owen Judice, SASS #24581Match Director, Texas Troublemakers

Chandler, TX

CLEAN SHOOTERSDESERVE

RECOGNITION TOO!By Oklahoma Fork, SASS #24869

I’m starting to notice a trend thatCowboy Action Shooting™ shooters whoshoot a match “clean” are not treatedwith the same esteem as if that sameshooter placed in the top “whatever” oftheir shooting category. I know thewhole premise of this game is speed or“action.” And that’s okay for those thathave the physical and mental capabilityto participate at that level. I get a realkick out of watching some of the reallygood “gamers” shoot a stage in one-thirdthe time of this old pard. It’s their thingand God bless’em.

But not all of us can compete in thespeed arena. Some of us get our kicks bytrying to shoot a stage or match as cleanas possible. And some of us up the antea bit by choosing to shoot the Holy Blackor further up the ante another notch byshooting Duelist or Gunfighter. Toss in aparticularly difficult stage scenario andthe odds against shooting a match cleango up considerably. And as far as I con-cerned that’s okay, too. BUT- if theshooter does persevere, he or she shouldbe rewarded with the individual recogni-tion along with the other shooting cate-

gory winners – not simply a line as anafterthought of “28 shooters shot thematch clean!”

I know the top shooters do shoot alot of their stages and matches clean(those 5 second misses do add up) but Iwould challenge those speed demons totry to consistently shoot clean matches.In conversation with one of my cowboyconfederates that attends numerousmatches throughout the Northeast, itwas revealed that one Regional matchdid not even recognize any of the cleanshooters during the awards ceremony orin print. Nuthin! Now, that ain’t right!!!In summation, it won’t take that muchtime or effort to throw a little “happy” atthose who excel in a different way play-ing this game.

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DOUBLE R BAR REGULATORSLast Stand at

Chimney Rock 2006“You’re the Best!”

Thank you for the best shoot I havebeen at. From the moment we arrived,the hospitality was immeasurable.

I want this thank you letter to blessthe socks off each and every one of youfolks!

Your club is what SASS is all aboutand every member is so valuable. Thehard work you have all done DOES NOTgo unnoticed. A great role model, peopleworking as a team, and the love of givingis more important than the love ofmoney. I thought about naming eachindividual who went above and beyond,but, I am sorry, I can’t remember every-one’s name. I want this letter to be fairwith a message of love and kindness forall the love and care I received at LastStand at Chimney Rock. Even the ven-dors went out of their way. I would sayon a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being thebest, you get a 10. Oh, and I don’t wantto forget the Lion’s Club and the LostMine chuck wagon.

Thank you each and every one at theDouble R Bar for all that you did, even

those that worked but could not be there.You have something special. What’sthere not to like? You’re the best!

Signed,Future Shooter

(It is to be noted that this person,who shall remain anonymous by request,immediately after the Regional joinedSASS and began learning to be a CowboyAction Shooter. Intimidated by thethought of shooting before, this newshooter now feels inspired. High praiseindeed!)

TWEAKS TO THEPROPOSED MILITARY

CATEGORYI read with interest Major Matt

Lewis’ Guns & Gear article “Time toThink About Growing SASS by Adding aMilitary Category?” I would like to add acouple of suggestions that would, in myopinion, more closely define and differen-tiate this proposed category:

1. As Major Lewis noted, the pistol isa secondary, weak hand, firearm. Withthis in mind, I suggest that rather thanshooting the main match Duelist style,Military Category shooters either shootthe main match Duelist style with theirweak hand, or Double Duelist.

2. Since smokeless powder was un-known to military units of the period, Isuggest the Military Category be a BlackPowder (or SASS approved substitute)category. This restriction would be of lit-tle concern to the N-SSA (North-SouthSkirmish Association) members or theother period re-enactors Major Lewis andI would like to attract to SASS.

As a retired Colonel of MountedArtillery in the Mexican Army, I believe aMilitary Category would enhance SASSas an organization, providing yet anotherway players could play our Cowboy gamewhile attracting more period re-enactorsto SASS.

Padraig “Tiger” McSeanSASS Life #30498

Crystal Lake, IL

BILL TILGHMAN – MY RELATIVE

Jut saw Fasthorse Harrill’s item onBill Tilghman in the October issue. Therewasn’t enough space to include my kins-man’s career as a buffalo shooter (onlytinhorns had to hunt them critters) andracehorse breeder. He was assassinatedby a drunken fed—a prohibition agent noless—who was scandalously acquitted.

Rumor has it that due to the politi-cally inspired coverup, Chris Madsenburned down the city of Cromwell,Oklahoma. I like to think it’s truebecause that’s what my late-great pard,Arizona Chris, would’ve done.

Arizona Billy Tilghman, SASS Life #5351

doesn’t mean you have to leave a legacyof gibberish messages for all eternity.

Think about what you are sendingbefore you hit the send key. If there isany feeling of uneasiness, wait 24 hoursbefore sending the message. If the per-son were standing in front of you, howwould you phrase the question or howwould you broach a sensitive subject?

I propose a New Year’s resolution …to be more considerate, thoughtful, andcivil on the wire and in e-mail. Our mom-

mas taught us at an early age, if you can’tsay something nice about someone, don’tsay anything at all … good advice. If onemust talk badly about someone, absolute-ly guarantee you’ve got all the facts andare on good footing … the consequences ofotherwise are too terrible to contemplate.

And, if you find you have steppedover the line, a swift, unsolicited apologyis very appropriate. A heartfelt, public“I’m sorry” goes a long way towardresolving hurt feelings and transgres-sions of judgment.

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Awell deserved break from theinconsequential world of politics is

always warranted during theChristmas holidays— especially afterwe’ve been forced to suffer through themedia-generated period of never end-ing post election analysis.

“Inconsequential” I say becausewhat I’m about to address totallyeclipses the importance of politics inevery cowboy shooter’s life. Thisresearch is particularly useful to ourever increasing number of new SASSmembers and therefore deserves to berevisited now and again.

For those new to SASS, what fol-lows is an important executive sum-mary of a study generated after yearsof diligent, if not life-threatening,experimentation and analysis of thephenomenon known as gun buyingaction vs. spousal reaction—not al-ways of the equal and opposite kind

we learned about in physics class. Those fresh to Cowboy Action

Shooting™ will need this informationas they travel the Cowboy ShootingTrail, accumulating guns at tumul-tuous pace—just ask anyone who’sbeen at this great sport for more thana day!

What is the reaction of yourspouse, hereinafter referred to as theparty of the second part, when you,hereinafter referred to as the party ofthe first part, walk in the door withthat impossible to hide gun box—thatlong slim box of the rifle class or thesquatty box of the revolver class thatyou just can’t pass off as a pair of newshoes. Over the years the party of thesecond part has seen untold numbersof examples and can now spot that alltoo familiar container even as theparty of the first part pulls into thedriveway—they’ve developed a 6th and

7th sense about all this, dontcha know.In the early days of our marriage,

the purchase of guns was a significantevent. There was no question about it.Miss Mary knew when I came homewith one. And since I didn’t have allthat many (yet), she could tell that gunI was handling was new and not Armyissue even if she didn’t see me walkingin the house with it. The reactionalways followed in that quiet way, “Isthat your new gun?” Miss Mary is likethat—her reaction is one of the properArmy wife; subtle yet albeit stronglydirected by an unmistakable attemptat guilt elicitation in the colonel.

I had to endure this over the yearsuntil it seemed to reach a point ofnoticeable diminishment. I wonderedabout this and commenced the studyin question.

My research led me to discover theLaw of Critical Gun Mass.

The law is of a simple nature, butvery important to the conduct of life. Idiscovered there comes a point whenthe party of the first part has so manyguns that the party of the second partcan no longer distinguish old from newand the party of the second partbecomes totally oblivious to the partyof the first part’s new toy!!!!

Eureka!! I had discovered theLaw of Critical Gun Mass (CGM) for

THE PHENOMENON OF CRITICAL GUN MASS REVISITED

By Colonel Dan, SASS Life #24025

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tive hunting rifle for most NorthAmerican game.

Without Brass & Bullets, It’s A Wall Hanger

While the design of the actionsin these guns was quite stout, anyfirearm over100 years old shouldbe used with great care. Designinglower pressure loads does notmean you must sacrifice perform-ance. Powder, bullets, brass, andloading techniques have improvedin the past 100 years and can beused to produce a safe and effec-tive cartridge. Ten-X Ammunitionteamed up with Jamison Interna-tional because of their many yearsexperience in manufacturing largecaliber brass, including the Sniderand Martini-Henry, and BuffaloBullet Co. because of their manyyears experience in designing bigbore, blackpowder muzzle-loadingbullets.

The end result is a Martini-Henry cartridge that can hold a 4”group at 50yds with open sightsand 6” at 100yds, and velocities ofless than 1,350fps. The cartridgemakes use of the latest blackpow-der substitutes and is exceptional-ly clean shooting. Testing pro-duced less than a patch worth ofpowder residue in the bore aftermore than 20 shots.

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A box of 20 loaded rounds of .577-450 Martini-Henry retails for $99.99and $89.99 for the .577 Snider.Blanks utilizing the Martini-Henrybrass can be used in both rifles andretails for $59.99. The brass for bothrifles is also being sold unloaded for$3.00 per shell in boxes of 20 pieces.

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all those of us infected with terminalGun Disease.

In Miss Mary’s case, the all-impor-tant point of CGM was reached atabout gun number 24. I am now waybeyond that point and my life is somuch simpler these days. I have somany guns that she can’t tell if theone I am fondling is something old,something new, something borrowedor something re-blued! Slick eh?

Life is now great, but I can’t tellyou if CGM is different for Army wivesas it is for ladies from other walks oflife—a point for further study andanalysis.

The Law of CGM differs in eachhousehold depending on the numberof guns present when the joining ofthe party of the first part with theparty of the second part took place.Further reaction is then determinedby the party of the second parts pow-ers of observation and the level of nat-ural anxiety over guns and/or moneyand the level of gun disease present atbirth in the party of the second part.

If the party of the second part isalso infected with gun disease or atleast has a high tolerance for it, thereis a direct and positive correlation inthe reaction level unless the factor ofjealously is calculated.

If the party of the second partwants just as many guns as the party

of the first part, then anytime theparty of the first part acquires a newtoy, the party of the second part reactsvehemently in the fear of being leftbehind regarding total toy count andthe natural instinct to catch up takesover, fueled by the libido of the partyof the second part.

I’m now going to ask the honor-able Professor Cubby Bear and hisnot-so-secret Laboratory staff to see ifwe can’t come up with a formula thatthe Stealth Bullet Shooting SocietyHQ could publish to help others deter-mine the level of CGM for their partyof the second part. I’ll then ask theRegimental Litigation Trickster, theestimable Johnny the Kid, to draw upa contract useful for establishing bind-ing consensual gun acquisition proce-dures between the two parties inquestion if required by either partybeing retroactively effective to theirofficially registered joining date.Although reporting on CGM may beunrelated to our study of StealthBullets and political philosophy, let itbe known the SBSS is eternally dedi-cated to serving those honorablehumans known as cowboy shooters inany way we can.

Just another helpful service fromSBSS HQ … Merry Christmas myfriends!

Contact Colonel Dan: [email protected]

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My good friend, who runs a classa Cowboy Action Shooting™

match one Sunday of each month,called me the other day to find outhow my boy was doing and to ask mea question. I usually come out theday before the match to help paint,set up targets, and give the occasion-al advice about the way a certainstage might be set or the direction a

target should be pointing, and Ialways carry plenty of tools in mytruck so if anything needs to be fixedor adjusted, we don’t have to go allthe way back to the club house for awrench or pair of pliers. But thismonth I wouldn’t be able to make itsince one of my children had been inan accident on the playground. I feltbad not being able to help out withthe monthly match.

I had sent out an email to myfriends explaining to them on LaborDay weekend, my youngest son ofeighteen months had fractured histibia while going down a slidingboard with his older brother. I wasvery upset about the whole thing. Itis not a pleasant thing when one ofyour children gets hurt, so a lot ofthe people I had sent emails to werecalling to give their condolences.

“He broke his leg,” I said to himas we talked on the phone.

“Ah, that’s too bad. He’s soyoung; he must be having a hardtime getting around.” You could tellby my friend’s voice he was genuine-ly concerned.

“Yes, he’s only eighteen monthsold. I feel so sorry for him. He looksso pathetic when he tries to stand upand then he tries to walk and getaround like he used too.”

“So, I guess the other reason Icalled you for is out of the question.”He replied.

“And what would that be?” Iasked.

“Well, I was wondering if youcould help set up on Saturday for ourmonthly Sunday shoot?”

“I … ah … Is there no one elsethat could help?” I felt bad he mighthave to do it himself.

“Sure!” He said loudly with alaugh.

“Oh good … and that would be

who?” I said as I felt relieved.“That … that would be Nobody,”

he answered back.“OK, OK, don’t rub it in, so you

can’t find somebody to help you … Iwould, but the boy …”

He cleared his throat and said,“Somebody is coming out later, andwill be there to shoot on Sunday.”

“I thought you said nobody wascoming out,” I was starting to getconfused.

“That’s right.”“What’s right?” I was wondering

now if I had slipped through a holein the fabric of the time space contin-uum and landed somewhere else.

“Nobody’s coming out Saturday.”“But if nobody’s coming out

Saturday, then why don’t you waitfor somebody to get there so youdon’t have to do it yourself. I meanif you really want somebody, I could

Swift Montana Smith, SASS #52720


BEING SOMEBODYBy Swift Montana Smith SASS #52720

probably call … um … what’s hisname …” I decided to try to be ashelpful as I could.

“What’s-His-Name won’t be outSaturday, just Nobody and then later… Somebody … but Somebody can’tmake it Sunday,” he said.

Now I was thoroughly confusedand didn’t know what to say next.There was a long uncomfortablepause and dead air on the line. I wasjust about to say something else,when my friend started talkingagain.

“But,” he continued, “What’s-His-Name, said he would run a posse onSunday, and he wondered if Nobodywould help.”

“Well, I’m sure somebody willhelp,”

“No … I told you, Somebodywon’t be there Sunday.” He soundedexasperated.

“Well then, how do you plan tohave a shoot if nobody shows up?” Isat there with my cell phone in myhand staring at the wall. I reachedout to feel the wall, and then pinchedmy arm to make sure I was awakeand wasn’t having a bad dream.

“Oh, Nobody always helps out;it’s What’s-His-Name I’m worriedabout,” his voice was steady, and itsounded as though he knew what hewas talking about. I decided to try adifferent approach and change thesubject.

“I guess Cowboy Action Shoo-ting™ in this area isn’t a bigwomen’s sport.” I had always seen alot of men shoot, and there were afew women, but most of the shooterswere men.

“Wait a minute,” he said angrily,“A Big Woman always comes outevery Sunday … picks up brass …keeps score … helps out a lot.”

“Which woman?” I asked.“Not Witch Woman,” he said, “I

said, A Big Woman, who’s married toWhat’s-His-Name … hey usuallyposse up with Nobody.”

That was it; I had just about hadit. I stood up and started yelling intothe phone. “Now … you tell me … if

nobody helps you set up, somebodymight come out later, but not what’shis name because what’s his namewill be shooting Sunday and runninga posse with nobody and will have abig woman in his group … is thatabout right?”

“Yea, that about sums it up …but you forgot Witch Woman.”

I was still yelling into the phone.“That’s exactly what I want to know… which woman?!” I said as I wipedmy face with my hand. I was feelingvery much like Lou Costello.

“Yep, that’s right.” He said calmly.I took a couple of deep breaths

and told myself to calm down.“What’s right?” I asked. I started tofeel dizzy, so I sat down again. “Idon’t get it, which woman is a bigwoman?”

“No, now you’re starting to getme confused,” he said, “WitchWoman isn’t A Big Woman. WitchWoman usually comes with Nobody,but secretly, I think she prefersSomebody.”

“Well, of course, she preferssomebody to nobody, who wouldn’t?”

“Rock Island Belle,” he said.“Are you talking about Bell

Telephone now?” I tried to remem-ber the beginning of our conversa-tion and was having trouble remem-bering what day it was. I lookedover at the mirror in the living roomto see if I was still me.

No … Belle Telephone hardlyever comes out anymore. I’m talkingabout the time that Somebody gaveRock Island Belle a ring.”

“Could you hear it, I mean, did itsound beautiful?” I was thinkinghow much I loved the sound ofchurch bells ringing on a calm,sunny, summer afternoon.

“Are you kidding? It was justawful. Nobody was so jealous andupset, Somebody tried to calm thingsdown, and I thought the poop wasgoing to hit the fan until A BigWoman showed up and took care ofeverything.”

“Which woman?” I asked again.“No … Witch Woman wasn’t even

there that day.”

I looked at the battery meter onmy cell phone. It was starting to getlow, and it was the first time I everwished the battery would go deadand the phone would not work any-more, but the signal was strong andour conversation continued.

“Well at least nobody got hurt.” Isaid trying to fit back into the con-versation.

“No … Nobody didn’t get hurt,not physically anyway, but I’m sureSomebody’s feelings got hurt.”

“Oh yeah,” I said, “In a situationlike that you can count on somebodyhurting … definitely!”

“Yeah well, that was the bigproblem.”

“What was the big problem?” Iwas thinking that I was lost again.

“When he showed up, Nobodypunched him in the nose.”

“Nobody punched who in thenose?”

“Definitely!”“OK I’m sure you know what

you’re talking about, and I see byyour affirmation you agree with me,but I still don’t get it. Are you sayingthat definitely nobody got punchedin the nose?” I started to pant.

“No … I’m telling you Nobodyfought Definitely because Somebodytried to give Rock Island Belle a ring,and if it weren’t for A Big Woman,the whole thing would have really

been a mess.That was it. I was totally dazed

and confused. I heard the low bat-tery tone on my cell phone. “Alright,alright, I can’t take it anymore. Ican’t come out this Saturday to helpwith the targets, and I’m sorry ifnobody shows up, but I hope you gethelp from somebody, and if I thinkabout it, I’ll call what’s his name wholives with a big woman that helps toring bells, although I don’t knowwhich woman you’re talking about,and, oh yeah, I’m going nuts … defi-nitely!”

“Well, I declare,” my friend said,“if you’re going to be that way aboutit, forget the whole thing!”

“Forget the whole thing? You betI’ll forget the whole thing! I don’teven know what in the heck I wastalking about in the first place.” Iwas upset and gasping for air.

“See how you are?” he said.“Yes, I know how I am. I have to

go now and bang my head againstthe wall so I can talk to you later.”

“Jeez, sorry,” my friend said, “…will you be out Sunday?”

“Not if nobody is going to bethere, I won’t.”

“Well what’s so bad about Nobodynow?” he said, and I thought here wego again, but fortunately for me, thebattery on my phone went dead.

I didn’t call him back.



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Have you ever stopped to thinkabout the elves that make the

toys Santa delivers eachChristmas? They’re not so differentfrom you and me. They are differ-ent sizes, shapes, and colors. Theyhave different likes and dislikes,and they have different skills. Thisis a story about just one of Santa’selves. Slim is a cowboy who lives atthe North Pole. He makes all thecowboy toys for good little cowboysand cowgirls. Slim loves makingtoys. He also loves being a cowboy.Slim used to dream of riding theopen range like the real cowboys.But at the North Pole there is noopen range, just ice.

It’s too cold for horses at theNorth Pole, so Slim had to find ananimal that already lived there toride. And that was a problem.Seals couldn’t gallop. The onlytime they were fast was when theywent in the water. Being a wetcowboy wasn’t Slim’s idea of a good

time.Polar bears were really smooth

running across the ice, and theyhave plenty of fur to hold on to, buthave you ever tried to saddle apolar bear?

You may ask why he didn’t tryriding one of the reindeer. Well hehad. It was a great ride, but likethe polar bears, reindeer wouldn’ttolerate a saddle. The only harnessthey would wear was the one to pullSanta’s sleigh.

So Slim chiseled a horse fromice, threw his saddle across it, anddreamed.

One day while he was sittingastride his trusty mount, a youngreindeer came up and asked,“What’s that thing you’re sittingon?”

“It’s a saddle,” Slim replied.“It’s what cowboys put on horseswhen they ride.”

“There aren’t any horses here.”The young reindeer laughed.

“I know that,” Slim replied,hanging his head.

The young reindeer lookeddown and pawed the ice. Liftinghis head he asked, “Do you think itwould fit me?”

Slim’s face lit up. Then hisexpression changed to a question.“I thought the only harness a rein-deer will wear is to pull Santa’ssleigh.”

The reindeer hung his head.“With a name like Irving, there’snot much chance of that happening.Can you hear Santa say, “OnDasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, andIrving?”

Like all good cowboys and cow-girls, Slim knew there was a timefor work and a time for play.During the day he worked on toys,but each afternoon he rode Irvingacross the ice.

Slim and Irving had a greattime together. The polar bear cubsenjoyed running and dodging Slim’s

lariat. And some of the youngerseals thought it was fun to play fol-low the leader, while Slim pretend-ed he was driving the herd.

Soon came that magical time ofthe year, the time when reindeerfly. On Christmas Eve all the elveshad been working extra hard get-ting everything ready for the bignight. Slim was working on a spe-cial present for one little cowpoke.It was a beautiful figure of a pintopony. Slim gave the horse a fewfinal touches of paint and set it onhis workbench to dry. Then hewent to help the other elves loadSanta’s sleigh. He took up ropes,cowboy hats, boots and other cow-boy toys he’d made.

As the elves were putting thelast toys into the sleigh, Slimremembered the horse on his work-bench. He ran back down the stairsand retrieved the horse. As he hus-tled back up the stairs, he heard


THE REINDEER EXPRESSBy Deputy D, SASS #5469



Santa call to the reindeer, “OnDasher, on Dancer, on Prancer andVixen, on Comet, on Cupid, onDonner and Blitizen.”

The sound of harness bells drift-ing off into the distance told Slim hisworst fear had come true. One of histoys had missed the sleigh. This childhad been an exceptionally good cow-poke and Slim felt terrible that therewould not be a paint pony under thetree on Christmas morning.

All the other elves had goneinside, but Slim still stared at thesky, as if wishing it could bringSanta back for the toy.

“What’s wrong?” Irving asked.“I missed getting this toy horse

on the sleigh.” “Isn’t there some way to send it

by magic?” Irving asked.“No,” Slim answered. “When

Santa finds a toy missing, he has tocome all the way back up here topick them up.”

“Well, we should be seeing himsoon,” Irving said. He tipped hisantlers toward a female elf runningand leaping out of the workshopwith several toys in her arms. Slimknew she was the elf who madeshoes, clothes and toys for dancers.

Slim saw the sadness on herface. “I felt bad when I had missedone little cowpoke’s gift, but to missthat many? I wish there was some-thing we could do to help,”

“Maybe there is,” Irving said.

“What if you and I flew them toSanta?”

“You mean you can fly?” Slimasked.

“Sure, all reindeer here at theNorth Pole can fly on ChristmasEve,” he answered.

Slim and Irving found Mrs.Claus and explained the problem.She brought out an old magicalmap that showed were Santa wason his route that night. If Slim andIrving were quick, they could meetSanta at the first stop for thedancer’s toys.

The toys were loaded into sad-dlebags and placed behind Irving’ssaddle. Then Slim and Irving gal-loped across the ice and leaped intothe air.

A reindeer running across thesky is faster than any horse. SoonSlim and Irving saw the housetopwhere Mrs. Claus said they wouldfind Santa. Landing was a bit trickybecause it was Irving’s first time.

After a couple of minutes Slimsaid, “You don’t think we missedSanta, do you?”

Before Irving could answer theyheard the jingle of sleigh bells, andthen Santa landed.

“Glad to see you made it Slim.Well done, Irving,” Santa said, ashe stepped down from his sleigh.

“You were expecting us?” Slimasked.

“Of course,” Santa replied.



More than a year having passedsince our last gathering, it was

time to seek out new destinations(and a “new” steamboat) to continueour never-ending quest for Americanhistory and paddle-wheel steam-boatin’ experiences (as well as shop-ping opportunities). And there itwas - GOLD had been discovered inALASKA! (Okay, so we’re a littleslow on the uptake)

Our new “base of operations” wasto be the American West SteamboatCompany’s “Empress of the North,”an opulent 360 foot long sternwheel-er with a capacity of 223 passengers.Our voyage was to begin and end inJuneau, AK with stops at Skagway,Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, andKetchikan. Along the way “up closeand personal” (and I DO mean UPCLOSE) visits were scheduled forthe Le Conte, Dawes, and North andSouth Sawyer Glaciers.

The “pre-trip” portion of thisGreat Northern Excursion beganwhen half of our group stopped andvisited the beautiful settlement ofVictoria, BC. What better way tostart our search of discovery thanhere where the Hudson’s BayCompany traded goods in exchangefor furs with the North Americancolonies? We made our way fromSeattle via the Victoria Clipper acrossthe open ocean, with everyone curi-ous about our Victorian style of cloth-ing. We spent the next several hourseating, drinking, and, of course,entertaining the “civilians.” Once onland again … Vancouver that is …Butchart Gardens is always a must-see. Once an old, worked-out lime-stone quarry, these 55-acres are cov-ered with exotic shrubs, trees, andflowers. Having been refreshed fromtea and sandwiches, we pushed on toCraigdarroh Castle, built in 1890 by acoal baron … four floors of exquisitestained glass, intricate woodwork,and lavish Victorian-era furnishings.A city tour completed our first day,and we faced the unenviable task ofunpacking what little luggage webrought to the island, leaving mostbehind in Seattle.

Bright and early we stampededto the BC Museum, perhaps one ofthe most interesting museums inNorth America. Afterwards we weretaken by ferry to the Point Ellice

House for croquet and afternoon teaand crumpets. While there, we cameacross the evil … shall I say it …albino (you know, the villain fromDan Brown’s novel) posing as a wait-er and apparently giving Ellsworthgrief about the time tea was to beserved (you had to be there!).

After two days of perfect, sun-shiny weather in Victoria, we headedback to Seattle.

On the morning of Friday,September 1, the Seattle/TacomaAerodrome began seeing the arrivalby twos and fours of the Irregulars,awaiting transport to the GoldFields, and specifically Juneau,Alaska! Juneau, being one of the fewstate capitols totally inaccessible byroad, must be reached by “othermeans.” By late that evening, ourranks were now expanded to a full36 period-correctly-dressed mem-bers. Those that arrived earlyenough were treated to a SalmonBake for dinner. Situated along theSalmon River, under clear canopiesto protect us from the deluge of rain,we ate fresh salmon and watched



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them spawn (the fish … the fish)along the riverbanks. The riverwas running at full capacity due toall the rain, and fed by what wasonce a few trickling falls that hadnow evolved into one massivewaterfall. Late that night wereturned to the historic WestmarkBaranof Hotel.

On our return to the hotel, ourbus driver warned us the weather inthe area had been the same dark,dank, dreary rain with wind gustsup to 45 mph for the last twomonths that we were experiencingsince our arrival that afternoon.Thus, once our luggage was securein our rooms, we sauntered over tothe Red Dog Saloon to drown oursorrows. Or what was left to drown.

Alas, the next day Juneau was abrisk sixty-five degrees and sunny… unheard of the natives told us.This has been a familiar theme withthe weather on our cruises … terri-ble weather before and after, perfectduring our visit. In fear of annoyingthe weather Gods, we whispered of“Kincaid’s Luck,” knowing to do soout loud would create a downpour ofbiblical proportions.

That Saturday afternoon, ourembarkation on the Empress of theNorth created the usual confusionamongst the “other” passengers,

with shouts heard of “Oh look!Here come the entertainers for thecruise!” (How little did they know…). Underway through theGastineau Channel a few shorthours after boarding, we wereheaded for Glacier Bay NationalPark! The “Jewel of the InsidePassage” was well named as wediscovered the next morning. On asmall ship such as the “Empress”you can get right in amongst the“growlers” (ice six feet or less inheight above the sea level), “bergybits” (between 6 and 15 feet tall),and icebergs (above 15’ higher thansea level). While in close, you canhear the crackling/sizzling soundsas air bubbles are released thatwere trapped in the ice when theglaciers were formed eons ago.

Skagway! Monday morningfound us docked in eitherSkagway, Skaguay, or Skagwa,depending on whom you talkedwith. The name means “Home ofthe North Wind.” Because of this,the local Tlingit Indians chose it asa place to NEVER build a village.OUR intrepid travelers’ first movewas to get out of town! Quicklyboarding coaches of the White Passand Yukon Railroad, once referredto as the “railroad to Hell,” operat-ing since 1898, we were (sedately)whisked up the Coast Range

Mountains to Fraser, Canada, justacross the border, where webreathed deeply of the cold, crisphigh mountain air and rapidlyboarded the bus back down themountain. No one in our partyopted to purchase the required2000 pounds of supplies and carryit up the Chilkoot Trail to the goldfields as they did over 100 yearsago, so there is no point in mug-ging any of us for our fortune ...but we WERE all initiated into theworld-famous Arctic Brotherhood!Sworn by blood, we can neverdivulge the secret handshake …but for a few bucks ...

Our 4th day aboard brought usto Sitka, home of “Russian-America.” Sitka was where, onOctober 18, 1867, as a “favor” to theRussians for their aid to the Northduring our Civil War, Lincoln’sSecretary of State William Sewardtook the 586,412 acres of “ice-cubes” off the Russians’ hands for$7.2 million. This worked out (I’mtold —— poor math skills on mypart) to about two cents an acre (ortwo dollars, depending on whereyou put the decimal point). Ofcourse, it is argued, in court, to thisday, that the Russians had norights to land belonging to the


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DIG THROUGH ARCHIVES REOPENS THEISSUE OF GERONIMO’S SKULL

A 1918 Letter Points to Theft, But Grave wasUnmarked;

Skeleton in Bush Closet?By Robert Tomsho

An article taken from the front page of the May 8, 2006 issue of the Wall Street Journal

Submitted by Ellsworth T. Kincaid, SASS Life/Regulator #6037

Historians agree Geronimo died ofpneumonia in 1909 and was buried

in a prisoner-of-war cemetery at FortSill, Oklahoma. But, whether theApache warrior’s remains still restthere is a matter of growing dispute.

The grave of the famed warrior haslong been rumored to have beenrobbed during World War I by a smallgroup of young military officers thatincluded Prescott Bush, the president’slate grandfather, and other membersof Yale University’s secretive Skull andBones society.

Now a 1918 letter, newly unearthedfrom Yale archives, offers some intrigu-

ing new clues. In it, one Skull andBones member reports that Geronimo’sskull and other remains had beenexhumed and taken to the society’sheadquarters, know as The Tomb, inNew Haven, Conn. The letter is madepublic for the first time in the new issueof the Yale Alumni Magazine.

The tale of the possible theft firstsurfaced in the mid-1980s, when someApache leaders received a cache of pur-ported Skull and Bones documentsfrom an anonymous source. Thealleged desecration sparks outrageamong many Native Americans.

“Who in the hell would do such a

thing?” asks Raleigh Thompson, a for-mer council member for the San CarlosApache Tribe who has taken part inefforts to bring Geronimo’s remains toits Arizona reservation. “I guess it’s theway my elders used to explain to mewhat white people are,” he adds. Whenthe great Sioux warrior Crazy Horse,was killed in 1877, his people buriedhim in a place that remains hidden,expressly to prevent grave robbing.

In the 1918 letter, one seniorBonesman, as society members areknown, tells another about the robbery.“The skull of the worthy Geronimo the

Geronimo led a band of renegadeswho kept up a sporadic fight

against both Mexican and Americanforces in the Southwest after the Apache chiefs gave up.(Continued on next page)

Terrible, exhumed from its tomb at FortSill by your club, … is now safe inside”the Tomb, wrote Winter Mead, whowould graduate from Yale the next yearand go on to become an insurance sales-man. He died in the early 1950s.

The document was discovered in theYale archives by Marc Wortman, a for-mer writer and editor for the alumnimagazine who was researching a bookabout World War I fliers from Yale. “Theletter is the first genuine evidence Skulland Bones members believed they hadGeronimo’s skull,” says Kathrin DayLassila, the magazine’s editor. “And, itis the first evidence from the very timethe grave robbery apparently occurred.”

Even so, there is no indication theletter writer or the recipient, F. TrubeeDavison – who went on to become direc-tor of personnel at the CIA and who diedin 1974 – took part in any grave robbery.Many historians maintain if there is askull at The Tomb, it is unlikely to beGeronimo’s since there is no evidencehis grave was ever disturbed.

David H. Miller, a history professorat Cameron University, in Lawton,Okla., says Fort Sill records indicateuntil 1920 – two years after the pur-ported robbery – Geronimo’s grave wasunmarked and covered by thick brush.“I don’t think Prescott Bush dug up thebones,” he says, “because I don’t thinkhe could have found the grave.”

Towana Spivey, director of the FortSill museum, has researched the storyfor 20 years and thinks it’s a hoax. Onepiece of evidence he has gathered is an1878 photograph showing several mem-bers of Skull and Bones standingaround a skull on a pedestal. Mr.Spivey, an archaeologist, says the samephoto appeared in a publication afterGeronimo’s death with a caption indi-cating the skull belonged to the Apachewarrior.

Such debunking is unlikely todefuse the long-running dispute. It fea-tures a society long associated with thenation’s elite – including both PresidentBush and his adversary in the 2004presidential election, John Kerry – anda frontier icon revered among NativeAmericans for being the last man tomuster effective resistance to whiteexpansion.

Through the years, Skull and Bonesleaders have never responded in anydetail to the Geronimo story. In a 1988interview with the Arizona Republic, thelate Endicott P. Davison, a lawyer andsociety member – and son of F. TrubeeDavison – did deny its members hadtaken part in a purported plot to stealthe skull of Pancho Villa, the Mexicanrevolutionary. Recent officers and direc-tors either refused to comment regard-ing this story or did not return calls.

The Bush family stayed silent whenthe Geronimo question arose duringpresidential campaigns. Dana Perino, aWhite House spokeswoman, declinedcomment for this story. The president’suncle, Jonathan Bush, who the Apachessay has negotiated with them on thematter in the past, turned down aninterview request.

Symbols of death have been a partof the lore of Skull and Bones since the

secret society was founded in 1832 byWilliam H. Russell, scion of a wealthyConnecticut family. Through the years,the society has been accused of obtain-ing the skulls of notables ranging fromMartin Van Buren to Che Guevara. Inher 2002 book, “Secrets of the Tomb,”Alexandra Robbins wrote—at societyheadquarters, “Dozens of skeletons andskulls, both human and animal – elk,buffalo – grip the walls.”

The Apaches, who are divided intoseven bands, have their own viewsabout death. They “are extremelysuperstitious about handling remainsor anything associated with burial,”says Mr. Spivey, the Fort Sill museumdirector. He adds tribal sensitivities arethe reason electronic probes and othersensing devices have never been used todetermine whether all of Geronimo’sremains are still in his grave.

Born in 1829, Geronimo led a bandof renegades who kept up a sporadicfight against both Mexican andAmerican forces in the Southwest afterthe Apache chiefs gave up. Pursued bymore than 5,000 troops, he and hissmall band finally surrendered in 1886.Geronimo was considered so elusive,brutal, and prone to escape the govern-ment sent him and his band across thecountry – first to Florida, then toOklahoma – but by the time of hisdeath, the once-fearsome warrior hadconverted to Christianity, appeared atvarious Wild West shows, and marchedin Teddy Roosevelt’s 1905 inauguralparade. More than 700 mournersattended his funeral at Fort Sill.

Two years after Geronimo’s death,vandals struck the grave of QuanahParker, a prominent Comanche chiefalso buried at Fort Sill. That led someApaches to start a rumor they them-selves had moved Geronimo’s remains.

Mr. Spivey says Fort Sill recordsshow Prescott Bush was stationed atthe base in 1918. Mr. Bush died in1972. Fourteen years later, leaders ofthe San Carlos Apache Tribe, inArizona, received an anonymous pack-age containing a photo of a skull in adisplay case, said to have been taken atSkull and Bones headquarters. It alsocontained what was said to be a societylog detailing the night Mr. Bush andhis cohorts allegedly dug up theremains. The society has not publiclyconfirmed or disputed the accuracy ofthe documents.

Mr. Thompson says he and otherSan Carlos Apache leaders flew to NewYork several times in 1986 to talk withJonathan Bush and other Skull andBones members about getting theremains back. Mr. Thompson says attheir last meeting, Skull and Bones rep-resentatives brought a skull and offeredto let the Apaches have it if they wouldsign a paper promising not to discussthe matter publicly.

Tribal leaders refused because,among other things, the skull appearedtoo small to be a grown man’s. Even so,Mr. Thompson says, he was shakenemotionally for months afterward. “Itwas not an old man’s skull but it wasthere in front of me, and it was some-body’s, and they dug it up somewhere,”he recalls. “I didn’t touch it.”


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“Mrs. Claus has a magic all herown.” His belly shook as helaughed. “You know this problem offorgetting toys has troubled me fora long time, but I think you justgave me the answer.”

“We have?” said Irving andSlim together.

“In the old days in Americathere was the Pony Express fordelivering mail. From now on youtwo will be the Reindeer Express,”Santa told them.

“Yahoo!” Slim shouted wavinghis hat in the air.

Irving looked at the other rein-

deer. They shook their harnessbells in approval.

“You’ve done a good job, boys.Now I need to finish my rounds.We’ll see you back at the pole,”Santa said.

Slim climbed back into the sad-dle. As Irving reared up on his hindlegs, Slim called out, “Hi-ho Irving,and away.”

Things don’t change a lot at theNorth Pole. Each year toys are madefor the good boys and girls of theworld. But now Santa doesn’t have tomake extra trips back to the NorthPole for forgotten toys, thanks to Slimand Irving, the Reindeer Express.


the local group, Easy Country, sosomeone’s always available to pickup a guitar and play back up.

I asked partner Greta Warrenabout the reference to CarrieNation. She told me that Carrienation was a leader in Temperance,coming to national attention inabout 1900 when she used a hatchetto destroy her first saloon while anentourage of women sang hymns.She repeated the act throughKansas while others spread theTemperance movement. “That’s why

on the photograph she says, ‘If youaxe me.’ Get it? Axe? We could havesaid something about a hatchet jobbut elected to pun the axe. Wethought it was a heavier referenceand sharper in wit.” Greta explains.

Anyway. People in frontier cloth-ing carrying side arms are a typicalsight. Bottles of root beer crack open.Burgers come off the grill while theplayer piano clinks away. It’s as closeto 1907 as I can imagine, a simplertime. A time in which the partnerswho operate the Temperance Saloonwould have preferred to live.

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dances by the children of theLeikarring Dancers. After the showthe KIDS were treated to some of thegreat hotdogs the “Empress” pro-vides the passengers up in the ship’sCalliope Grill. Paddlin’ on to Wran-gell that afternoon, those rockhounds among us were thrilled bythe Alamandite crystals, foundnowhere else in the world.

Thursday, 7 September broughtus to Ketchikan at noon, after cruis-ing the Misty Fjords and marvelingat the 3,000 foot granite walls cov-ered with evergreens that providedthe drop for an uncountable numberof waterfalls, smaller ones cascadingdown and joining others to mergeinto huge falls. The tours ofKetchikan, a MAJOR fishing porttoday, that was once home to gold,silver, copper, and lumber produc-tion, included a city tour, and a not-to-be-missed “Great AlaskanLumberjack Show.” This show pitsthe lumberjack skills of two teams,one American and one Canadian,against each other. In the true tradi-tion of such shows, cheering, booing,and hissing was not only allowed, butgreatly encouraged. On the day ofour visit, the American team wonhandily, possibly due to the vocalencouragement of one of the

“Carolina Belles,”Fannie Kikinshoot,and her husbandBull’s Head Bill,ably assisted byEllsworth T.Kincaid, LadyStetson, Gaye Aban-don, Tex, GatorSaiter, Tender Lee,Yancy Derringer,Yosemite Ann, andother rowdies. Adifferent aspect ofKetchikan’s famecame from yet ano-ther industry, that

Tlingit Indians and thus couldn’t sellwhat they didn’t own … humm ... Ahighlight of the stop was a visit to theAlaska Raptor Center, where injuredeagles, hawks, and owls are treatedand rehabilitated for return to thewild. Watching a bald eagle soareffortlessly across the huge aviary isan amazing sight. Watching a baldeagle “zero-in” on Tex’s coonskin capfor the kill is another amazing sight!

Arriving in Petersburg the nextmorning, we were treated to ademonstration of Norwegian folk

of relieving the miners of their ten-sion, fatigue, and pokes of gold, sil-ver, etc. The “soiled doves” were, ofcourse, present in large numbers andthe “Red Light” District flourished …all the way from the late 19th centu-ry until 1954! Black Mary, Dolly,Frenchy, and others were “available”in nearly 20 houses lining the board-walk of Creek Street. The restored“Dolly’s House” is now “Dolly’sHistorical Museum.” As we strolledpast, a red-headed lady fitting Dolly’sdescription beckoned fetchingly, butbeing of highest moral standards,none of the men of Kincaid’sIrregulars succumbed to her charms,at least not at that time (There WASa street BEHIND the bordellos thatled into town and was named“Married Man’s Street” for some rea-son or other). Some of our stalwartstoured the town (and the harbor) onthe back of a duck … (OK, so I didn’tspell it right). The tour was takenaboard a modern version of the oldWW-II DUKW amphibious truck.These are now covered with aPlexiglas canopy to keep the passen-gers dry (ish). As we motored slowlyabout the harbor (four knots maxspeed), we got to see the other side ofKetchikan and the various fishingboats and cruise ships that keep thetown alive. Crawling out of thewater our duck (Sorry, DUKW)returned us to the “Empress” in timefor dinner and our naps. Dolly’sMuseum emptied and the passengerhead count correct at last, the“Empress of the North” steamed outof Ketchikan that evening for theTracy Arm and Le Conte Glacier.

In the dark hours of the night(between 10:00 and 11:00 PM) theSASS Pajama Party was held in theCalliope Grill where the Irregularswere actually joined in their “jam-mies” by a pair of female members ofthe “Empress’s” crew, who joined inthe “Spirit of the Game” by wearing

theirs, too. Plans to take over theship as an Official SASS NavalVessel were soon abandoned as noone had the current nautical chartsfor New Mexico.

Friday dawned cool and crisponce again as we were heading forthe most spectacular day of glacier-watching yet. (No, Virginia, it’s NOTlike watching paint dry!) As the“Empress of the North” sidled upalongside the South Sawyer Glacier(and I mean CLOSE alongside) thecolors of the ice became breathtaking.The blues ran from light and brightto deepest turquoise. The greenswere amazing. As we watched, theglacier “calved,” TWICE! The secondcalving saw a HUGE amount of theface breaking off and dropping intothe sea, just several hundred yardsfrom the ship. As the glacier’s iceextends 500 to 700 feet below the sur-face of LeConte Bay, this could leadto submarine calving, producingwhat are locally called shooters, ice-bergs that rise rapidly to the surfaceas far out as 1000 feet from the glac-ier’s face. Surface height above sealevel of these “shooters” can reach200 feet and average between thatand 150 feet. Working our way slow-ly and carefully out of the bay, theCaptain turned the bow once moretoward Juneau. As on every otherevening, Kincaid’s Irregulars amazedthe other passengers with our sarto-rial finery during the Captain’sFarewell Dinner.

As our motley crew debarked andscattered to either the Baranof Hotelfor one more night or the JuneauAerodrome for home, hugs and hand-shakes abounded.

Plans for the next adventure arealready being laid. There is talk ofsubjecting the passengers of the finesteamboat, “American Queen,” to thepresence of Kincaid’s Irregulars.(We haven’t been thrown off THATboat yet) Gettysburg? Antietam?Harper’s Ferry? Pittsburgh? Cin-cinnati? Next August? Takers?JOIN KINCAID’S IRREGULARS!!!No Dues! No secret handshake tolearn! Just a desire to “expand yourhorizons” (I always liked that term)and have more fun than should beallowed with a great bunch of folks.

Contact Ellsworth at 714-281-4712 or email him at [email protected] and let him know youwant to join his irregular, worn-torn,motley crew.



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ROMANCING THE GUN … CONNECTING WITH SASSBy Sassy Motchie, SASS Life #26778

On July 25, 2006 100 mystery andromance writers gathered in

Atlanta, GA for their “Firearms &Fiction” Seminar, co-sponsored bythe Second Amendment Foundation,National Shooting Sports Foun-dation, and the Kiss of DeathChapter of the Romance Writers ofAmerica. The theme of the seminarwas “Romancing the Gun.”

During the morning, they re-ceived classroom instruction of abrief history of firearms and ammodevelopment, firearms for defenseand sport, safety, and concealed carry– all from a woman’s perspective.

The afternoon was spent at theBullseye Marksman Range inCumming, GA, just north of Atlanta.There they received some hands-onshooting instruction, firing .22, .38,9mm, and 45 ACP pistols plus rim-fire and centerfire rifles.

What does all this have to dowith SASS? I’m getting there.

San Quinton, Regulator/Life

#4818, Territorial Governor of ourhome club, The Mule Camp Cowboys,asked if I’d speak to the group.Peggy Tartaro, Executive Editor ofWomen and Guns Magazine had con-tacted him. Peggy then e-mailed me.She wanted a short presentation, incostume, about the Single ActionShooting Society. She said, “Oh,could you do it four times and answerlots of questions?” Of course I said,“I’d love to.”

So, over a four-hour period, fourgroups of about 25 ladies each lis-tened as I gave an overview of SASS.I explained the SASS requirementsof period guns, period dress, and theAlias. Then they asked questions.Some were more interested in theclothes and period costuming; otherswere more interested in the guns.

My husband, Sheriff Lord, Life#22746, was with me and explainedabout guns and ammo since he’s for-gotten more than I’ll ever know abouteither one. They were intrigued he

could actually “make” our ammuni-tion by putting together the compo-nent parts on a reloading machine.

They liked my cross-draw holsterand enjoyed the explanation on “doingthe dance,” and other safety issues. Iexplained our loading and unloadingprocedures and how the possesworked together during a match.

They were surprised at the wideage range of members, as weexplained some of the categories. Wealso spoke of the importance of theBuckaroos, Buckarettes, and Juniorsto our sport. One writer said shehome-schooled her children andthought they would be interested inseeing a match.

I gave everyone the SASS web-site and then showed them The

Cowboy Chronicle and our Mule CampMatch Book. Some were very inter-ested in the stage scenarios and invisiting a match. (Again, most werenot shooters – yet!)

We also discussed the importance

of preserving our right to ownfirearms, preserving our outdoorranges, and traveling with firearms.

Before they boarded buses to goback to their hotel, Peggy Tartarogave me a goodie bag filled with theirbooks. These are writers for well-known paperback publishers such asDell, Ballantine, Harlequin, Avon,and a hardback from Five StarPublishing. They are teachers, ac-countants, an auctioneer, a Cali-fornia legislative consultant, and aCentral Florida roofer – fluent in fivelanguages, just to name a few.

There was a lot of information tocram into a short period of time, butwe were thrilled to be able to talkwith them about shooting the match-es, meeting people from around thecountry, and the fun we have atSASS events.

Who knows? Maybe there will be aSingle Action Shooting Match orCharacter in one of their next myster-ies, or even some new SASS shooters!�

Usually in 1954, Saturday Mor-ning meant a stint in front of the

TV waiting for the pattern to disap-pear and pushing down someOvaltine or Bosco and Frosted Flakeswhilst the network paraded The RoyRogers show, Mighty Mouse, AnnieOakley, Farmer Gray Cartoons, SkyKing, Range Rider, and a string ofother cowboy movies in front of you.If you were lucky, you didn’t have togo to your grandparents until theseshows were over.

Grandpa DeCenzio preferred tobe called Gramps. We never figuredout why. From my point of view,Gramps had two distinct assets goingfor him. First, he’d sneak inHershey’s Kisses over the objectionsof his wife, whom we called Nana.Nana, with a heart of gold, could stillintimidate us because her hands were

so muscular from rolling the pastadough that we imagined she couldsmash walnuts with them. The sec-ond thing Gramps had going for him,in my mind’s eye, was his willingnessto watch old westerns on TV inbetween the Brooklyn Dodger games.

It was through Gramps I first sawGabby Hayes. I can still rememberthe image, although not the movie, inwhich he let out a string of western-isms that only he could do … “GulDurned Hornswaggling polecat …”

It took me years of research andliving history to figure out what afilthy mouth that was in terms ofwestern cussing, ala nineteenth cen-tury. Nobody really knew, becausethe nature of those words changedover the years from offensive to thedelicate Victorian female ear to justplain old Gabby Hayes Gibberish.

Because of Gabby, we’ve learnedwords are what you make of them.For example, the “S” word during theMiddle Ages right up through WWIwas not so much a curse word as anunpleasant reality of life to folks whohad only use of the outhouse andsmelled what the horses or cows leftbehind as an ever-present routine …the eighteenth and nineteenth centu-ry versions of pollution. It evolvedinto a curse word when it becameunrelated to visible daily life with theadvent of the indoor toilet.

In “Tombstone,” when Bill Paxtonas one of the Earp brothers turns toKurt Russell, THE Earp Brother, hesays a line that will barely be remem-bered unless you look for it …“They’re bugs, Wyatt.” … THAT is anineteenth century epithet.

In many ways one can state my

generation, the one that went fromthe Mickey Mouse Club to the ricepaddies, is responsible for the move-ment away from where the LoneRanger taught us how to be clean inour thoughts and actions to where theHBO show “Deadwood” shows us justhow filthy we are willing to get.

Indeed, there has been a lot ofchatter on the Wire and discussionwhilst waiting for the safety briefingover whether or not that show is agood or bad idea. No single facet of itis covered as often as the language.The Producers and Staff of the showmaintain the language is in pursuitof authenticity. Tough guys backthen had foul mouths to act as adefensive mechanism. They alsomaintain something about truth set-ting us free, whereas the critics are

THE CAPGUN KID RIDESIf You Gotta Cuss, Then Do It Right!

By The Capgun Kid, SASS #31398



outraged the sacred ground of thewestern would be so soiled by theirirresponsible approach and flagrantpotty mouths.

I will admit, as a veteran ofMarine Corps mouth, I still found ithard to sit through the DVD’sbecause of the language. In fact, forabout a year, I refused to either watchor purchase the series. I was proba-bly right.

Having clenched my teeth andwatched the episodes and commen-taries, I am none the worse for wear.I am glad, however, I did not spend alot of money so viewing. In fact, Isweat and bled far worse when I waswriting my Colonial novel, “A Seasonof Purpose,” because Colonial Englishwas far more taxing on the ol’ brain-power than anything in Deadwood.Writing westerns is a lot more funbecause the sources are so much moreplentiful. So, I don’t pretend to beprofessorial in writing here aboutcussing and the nineteenth centurylanguage, but would like to pass onseveral of my research garneredobservations so the chatter on theWire doesn’t get stale.

If your interests in Cowboy ActionShooting™ go a little beyond seeinghow fast you can ding gongs, andthere is an allure to the AmericanWest, then something like Deadwoodcannot help but have an initialattraction. Since the focus is on lan-guage, let’s you and me share somethoughts on the spoken word. Hereare a couple of ideas.

First, what was the queen mother of all curse words? The truth is, it was not the leg-

endary “F” word. There seems to bean historical consensus the word wasan acronym caused by Henry TheEighth. Because of his many wives,he was accused of … now get this …“fornication under the crown of theking.” Moreover, inasmuch as docu-mentation of swearing is hard to findin the Victorian journals such asthose of Charles Siringo or TeddyBlue Abbot, the one thing that isalmost impossible to find is the men-

tion of the “F” word as a curse evenwhen quoting the likes of pirates, sol-diers, Calamity Jane, or the Daltons.It’d be a good guess the “F” word didnot become widespread until the erabetween the two world wars … whenwe had the Roaring Twenties of com-plete abandon or the Great Depres-sion of hopelessness or cynicism. Wealso had a lot of contact withGermany, where the word …“Frikkin” … meant … “to stick.”

If not the “F” word, then what?From the Medieval Era onward, theworst cursing you could do was to askthe Lord to condemn something withwhich you were displeased. In fact, ifyou let fly with a … “G-D-” … upuntil the 1860’s, you could actually beprosecuted.

So, how come the use of it inDeadwood when the producers saythey steadfastly strive for authentici-ty? Well, their answer on the SpecialFeatures disc is, if they cursed inauthentic language, we’d be bored.That’s probably true. Imagine anhour a week filled with Gabby Hayeslike invectives. The truth lies in thegradual evolution of diction andmeaning that changed as the countrywent from farming to industrial toelectronic technologies and life styles.Words that described ordinary life,such as the “S” word, took on a nastyconnotation to become curses whenwe gave them new meaning beyondwhat they once meant.

Also, our diction and meaningbehind words changed as lifestyleschanged. English has evolved andwas once spoken quite differently.For example, in the eighteenth centu-ry, when Hamilton and Jeffersondebated everything, one might haveasked, “Is your address at bargain ofthe mark or do you journey on thebogue?” Translated to twentieth cen-tury, that means, “Do you know whatyou are talking about or are you justblowing smoke?” That’s a long wayfrom the way we speak today, and, ifyou tried to make a movie with everyword authentically captured andused, we’d have a hard time under-standing it at all.

Secondly, what was Victorian English really like?

Although the Deadwood folkswould have us believe a VictorianSentence was packed with as manylong words and commas as was possi-ble, that was not entirely true.Remember that, in the nineteenthcentury, there was such rampantabuse of children’s rights that not allgot an education. When you had one,you flaunted it. These were not a peo-ple exposed to a lot of media, and theyspiced their lives with diction ratherthan movies or radio talk shows.

Moreover, since life was a lot sim-pler, and since folks did not own near-ly as much as we do today, one’s setsof clothes were a visible badge of sta-tus and rank, both “small cloathes”and “great cloathes.” Wealthier peo-ple had Great Cloathes, comprised ofelaborate dresses and men’s coats.Poorer people had what everybodywore - chemises, bodices, shirts, andvests. The reason for the philosophyof … “when-you-got-it-flaunt-it” wasprobably because the line betweeneconomic security and total povertywas quite thin. Having a paunch wasa sign of prosperity, and it may haveactually been sexy. Good Lord, wouldI have been a dangerous man in 1880!However, no matter how wealthy,people did not have the social pro-grams we have today to protect fromrisk and loss, such as SBLI or SocialSecurity. You could lose almost every-thing if some ruffian bopped you overthe head and took off with your purse.

Moreover, the basic Victorian phi-losophy was the superiority of west-ern culture inasmuch as it had itsroots in Greek and Christian soci-eties. Translated into something cow-boy, that meant use of language andclothing was taken as a sign of livingup to the dignity required of thegreater people of the times. To do lesswas a sign of being a ruffian, urchin,gutter tripe, or other low life. That’swhy you always buttoned your shirt

to the neck and tried to keep yourclothes neat, if not clean.

So, they’re not all off the markwith their approach in Deadwood.Witness how every character thinksso lowly of EB Farnum because helooks so shabby, but is always tryingto show off his vocabulary to thepoint where he does not speak plain-ly. How much of a Tom Fool is ConStapleton because he runs around ina suit of clothes reminiscent of theDickens era two decades earlier, andhow visible as a henchman is Danwho always wears the same clothesof a common man.

The problem that most of us havewith Deadwood, in a nutshell, is thestriking amount of cursing that isperformed in the dialogues. Some-times it ruins the flow of the story.Even in the Marines we tended tocome down on anyone using the filthas every other word. It’s just toomuch, and the producers have gonebeyond making their point and arebeating their dead horse. The fact is,HBO goes in for shock value, and thecursing in Deadwood is their mediafor that. Sort of like the pole dancersin “The Soprano’s,” where none of thescenes involving them were necessaryor consistent with the plot. They arejust there for shock value.

The question I end up with is …with so much detail attended to andsuch great sets, storyline, and histor-ical context, why did they goof up andload the show with such dense offen-sive language? The answer is prettysimple, and I judge Hoppy, Roy, Gene,and Gramps would all offer us thesame reprimand … they sold itbecause they bet we were willing tobuy it. And we were. What is partic-ularly discouraging is it would havebeen a really great show with a littleless shock value.

I’ll take Gabby Hayes any day.Anybody want a copy of DeadwoodSeason One and Two cheap?

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WINTER ON THE RANCHBy The Rockwood Ranger, SASS #28480

Work on the ranch slowed downduring the winter months,

especially on ranches in the colderclimates. However, there was stillmuch to do.

The cowboys took turns as “out-riders,” riding over the ranch andopen range to check on the cattleherd. They made certain the cattledid not stray too far from the ranch.The outriders also kept an “eye out”for rustlers. And when there wereheavy storms, they would drive thecattle to ravines or valleys for pro-tection. Then there were the dailyactivities of cleaning the equipment,feeding and watering the horses,cutting fire wood, and many otherdaily chores.

When we think of cowboy days,we may idealize their lives, butthough there was much good aboutit, the days of a cowboy were filledwith hard work. And, for most of ustoday, life is not easy. We must

work hard to earn a living and pro-vide for our families. Some of uswill not be able to leave many mate-rial things for others, but we canleave them a legacy of how we triedto make our lives count for good.Others will remember our courageand our hard work. Such willinspire them and help them see theeternal worth in our values. And,they can tell their children aboutour thoughts, feelings, and contri-bution to our world.

During the winter on the ranchcowboys enjoyed playing boardgames. During the long winterevenings, families often did thingsaround the fire. The women quiltedor repaired clothing, and the menwould repair harnesses and saddles,or clean their guns. And they wouldoften play checkers or chess by thelight of the kerosene lamp.

There was a popular game called“Mustang and Cowboys.” Two peo-

ple played; one was the cowboy try-ing to trap the other player, themustang. The mustang could winby jumping all but one of the cow-boys. A piece of wood with 33 holesarranged in three rows of seven eachevenly crossing another three rowsof seven, was the game board.There were 14 wooden pegs, all thesame color except one, which wascalled the mustang. The mustangwas in the very center hole with thethirteen cowboys on one end. Theplayers took turns like checkerswith the cowboys going first. Thegame is played much like checkers.

Children today play expensivevideo games, many of them filled

with violence. Or they watch televi-sion filled with sex or violence. Toofew families spend time playingsimple games together. When wasthe last time you spent an eveningwith your family, children, or grand-children, playing games togetherinstead of playing with a video gameor watching television?

Sometimes we long for the “goodold days,” but we can have somegood days today if we are willing tomake an effort. Families can stilldo slower and simpler thingstogether. Why not make a gameboard and play “Cowboys andMustang?” Your children andgrandchildren would love it. �

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Have you ever been at a match,doing well, and then all of a sud-

den you feel like you have been runover by a train? I sure have. One ofthe more challenging aspects ofCowboy Action Shooting is keeping upone’s stamina. Matches are often heldin some of the more grueling condi-tions around the country. However,there is hope. I have learned a fewtricks for keeping up your energy whileout on the range.

The first thing everyone needs toknow is that you shouldn’t push your-

self too hard. Everyone has a differentpoint at which their body simply says“stop.” Only you can know that pointand only you can stop it from happen-ing. Don’t be afraid to take a rest or letsomeone else do the work. It is nevera good idea to push too far.

There are three ways to keep your-self energized during a match. Youneed to get plenty of rest, eat well, anddrink plenty of fluids. If you do thesethree things, you will have more ener-gy and feel better during the event.

First, you want to get plenty ofsleep. This sounds relatively easy, butthere are several things that can affecthow much sleep you get. For instance,most people travel a long distance toget to matches. It is always hard tospend a long day traveling and thencome to an unfamiliar hotel room.

There are two things you can do toease the tension of the travel. Try tostay away from high caffeine drinkswhile you are traveling. If you pumpyourself full of caffeine all day, it willbe hard to fall asleep when you needto. I know this is hard if you drive 10-12 hours, but caffeine will only make itdifficult to fall asleep. Another thingyou can do to help yourself relax is toget to the match a day early. You willbe able to get used to your hotel, youwill have a day to rest up, and you willhave a day to get over jet lag. Manypeople can’t take that much time offwork, but it is a shame to do poorly ata match because you arrived at mid-night the night before and you didn’tget any sleep.

During the days you are at thematch, you want to make sure you get

plenty of sleep each evening. Try to getas much natural rest as you can andstay away from the cokes and coffee.Caffeine will make you jittery andadversely affect your shooting.

The second step to staying wellenergized is eating well. There are twothings that you want to think aboutwhen you eat during a match.

First, make sure you eat food thatagrees with you. My grandmotherloves bratwurst with sauerkraut. Butsauerkraut gives her horrible heart-burn. If she gets heartburn while sheis shooting, it makes it hard for her toconcentrate, and she usually shootsbadly. If you know something upsetsyour stomach, it is not a good idea toeat it; no matter how much you like it.

The second thing you want to con-

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sider is when to eat. Many shooterswill grab a hamburger between stages.I understand them wanting to eat,especially if it is the lunch shift. Butusually by the next stage they are sofull they can’t move around. To solvethis problem, I have a couple of rulesfor myself.

I try to never eat a big meal while Iam shooting. If you eat a big meal, itweighs you down and takes blood fromyour brain to your stomach. Instead, Isave my big meals for a couple of hoursbefore I shoot or after I shoot. That wayfood is not in the way of my shooting.

This can leave you hungry duringthe match. So, my second rule is to

keep snacking throughout the match.I like to eat a granola bar every stageor two. This keeps me from passingout from hunger, but keeps me frombeing too full to move. I know somepeople who eat jerky, trail mix, or evena dry ham sandwich. Being too hungrycan be as bad as being too full.

The last way to keep really wellenergized is to drink plenty of fluids.This practice by far is the most impor-tant, but often the most neglected. Sohere are two rules for staying hydratedduring a match.

First, stay away from all liquidsother than water. Before and duringshooting I don’t drink anything butwater because many available drinks

contain lots of caffeine and sugar.Caffeine acts as a diuretic. Things likecoffee and soda do not substitute forwater. Before or during shooting Inever drink those things. I will usual-ly have a soda with dinner, but I don’twant to be hyped up on caffeine orsugar when I go shoot.

Second, the recommended amountof water you are supposed to drink in aday is half your body weight in fluidounces. A sip or two during the dayisn’t going to cut it. For my own per-sonal water intake, I try to drink a bot-tle of water every two stages or so. Iusually throw three or four bottles inmy cart at the beginning of the day.

As far as sports drinks go, I don’tusually drink them during the match

because most of them have lots ofsugar that tends to give me a sugarhigh. However, if you are shootingsomewhere very hot, drinking lots ofwater, and sweating a lot, then youmight need to have a sports drink atthe end of the day to replenish yourlost body minerals.

Shooting is some of the most fun Ihave ever had, but it can also be a lotof work. Keeping yourself energized isimportant to having fun as well as toshooting well.

If you have questions about thisarticle, or if you have an idea or prod-uct you think should be brought tothe attention of women shooters, oranyone else, please email me [email protected].


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Several years ago at the first TGSummit I was asked to come up

with a comprehensive set of rulesconcerning external modifications.One of the fellows I asked to help mewas Sourdough Joe. We tradedmany e-mails and eventually devisedthe first generation external modifi-cation guidelines. Joe was the realbrains of the outfit because he was soknowledgeable about the old timefirearms. Well, this edition of theexternal modification rules was finefor a while, but the game began toreally change and things Joe and Inever thought of started appearing.

A new set of external modificationrules was needed. Rules that said,“This is what is allowed.” And, “if it

does not say it’s allowed, its not!”A number of super folks were

asked to be on the new committee.These folks were from all over theworld. They came with differentpoints of view and skill levels. Theyshot different categories. But, we allhad one thing in common. We allowned computers … and we wantedto make things better. The 30-daydeadline we proposed to have thistask finished was very optimistic!But, we got it done (pretty much) ontime. This group put aside their per-sonal ideas and worked on what wasthought to be best for SASS. I thinkwe did a great job.

The current external modifica-tion rules are in the ShootersHandbook. I am not going to printthem all here, but I will clarify a fewmisconceptions.

“The use of exotic metals, such astitanium, or polymer based materi-als for cylinders, receivers, externalframes, or barrels is prohibited.”Aluminum is not an exotic metal!Many parts of Rugers are aluminum,but don’t make your barrel out of it!

“Hammers may be replaced, ifdesired, but must maintain the basicexternal contour, size, and featuresof the original hammer. The exter-nal part of a hammer may not be re-contoured, widened, narrowed, mod-ified to change the angle, polishedsmooth, or bent either up or down.Internal parts of the hammer may bechanged (e.g., to allow for a half-cocknotch on a pistol).” There are manydifferent hammer profiles within amanufacturer’s production run. Ifthe hammer is from a Traditionaltype pistol and from the same framesize and the same manufacturer, itshould be fine to swap. The RugerSheriff ’s models are a case in point.Those hammers are different than astandard Vaquero, in many cases.

“May attach a piece of leather orsimilar natural material to the butt-plate or butt stock. Leather on thefore-end or grip surface is NOTallowed except as repair.” Pleasedon’t cover the entire fore end withleather and try and tell me it’s arepair. Just a little bit to strengthena crack is fine.

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You can also wrap your leverwith natural materials. Duct tape inNOT a natural material, even if it’sbrown duct tape.

And, if you are installing aleather butt-wrap, don’t make it so itbuilds up the stock so it sticks uplike a cheek rest.

“Modern style ‘click’ adjustablebarrel or receiver sights are notallowed on rifles.” This is for mainmatch guns only. Handi-rifle sightsare legal if they are the click type.

But, the Williams barrel mount-

ed peep sights on the H&R BuffaloClassics are not legal. It has to bea TANG or wrist mounted peep tobe legal.

Derringers with trigger guardsare OK.

“Traditional category revolversmay only use traditional style barrelmounted fixed metallic foresights of asimple blade, bead, or post configura-tion. Beaded post front sights are notallowed. A simple open-notched rearsight cut into the frame, hammer, or

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latch mechanism is the only rearsight allowed. Ramp style frontsights are not allowed.” This means ifyou have an adjustable sight revolveryou may not just install a fixed bladerear sight and shoot the Traditionalcategory. You must convert the rear

sight to fixed, permanently, and thenreplace the ramped front sight with acorrect style front sight. Probablycheaper to get a new revolver.

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Idon’t know about you, but mosqui-toes, black flies, and such really

bug me. I always say Michigan inthe summer is what Heaven will belike. But, the first few warm weeksin the spring produce one bumpercrop of bloodsucking pests. TheVicar’s Wife, our three children, and

I moved out into the country in 1977 and experi-enced our share of bites each spring until I took myDad’s advice and started putting up bird houses. Itsays in Genesis 1:28 “the Lord gave man dominionover the birds of the air, the animals that roam theearth, and fish of the sea.” And in Genesis 2:15“The LORD God took the man and put him in the

Garden of Eden to work itand take care of it.” If a dogis man’s best friend, thenbirds are our best buddies,

especially the Swallows.Swallows eat their weight inmosquitoes every day.

MAN’S BEST BUDDYBy Cree Vicar Dave, SASS Life #49907

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We started a new Cowboy ActionShooting™ club a few years ago, andthe bugs were bad. So I started mak-ing Bluebird houses and puttingthem on posts around the club. I callthis “doing the Lord’s Work.” Eachyear I put up a few more, and it hasmade a big difference. Bluebirdhouses are designed for Bluebirds,but around here Tree Swallows willinhabit close to 80% of them. Don’tput the birdhouses too close; theyshould be about three to four rodsapart. Put them on some type of postaround five feet high and in theopen. Some people place birdhouseson the trunk of a live tree. This isnot a good idea for two reasons. One,the tree grows larger each year andwill push the house off. And two,most birds do not like their houses inthe shade, as the sun helps incubatethe eggs.

The job isn’t finished when thehouses are secured to the posts.Each winter they should be openedand cleaned out while taking care tobe up wind and not ingesting thedust from the old nest, as there havebeen rare cases of people contractingailments from this dust. Theentrance hole for the birdhouseshould be 1-1/2” diameter. This sizeis just right for Bluebirds, TreeSwallows, and other songbirds oftheir size, while keeping out undesir-ables. It’s a good idea to place a

predator guard on it also. No perchis recommended as this only aids therogue birds.

I make birdhouses out of 1"x6"rough sawn cedar planed down to3/4", but pine will work. It takesabout an eight-foot board to makeone house. I use deck screws for fas-teners and drill the 1-1/2" holethrough the predator guard and

front at the same time to assure cor-rect alignment. You can get plansfor birdhouses and wood duck hous-es from most State Department ofNatural Resources offices. If you cannot locate plans, I would be happy toassist you in “doing the Lord’s work.”For a birdhouse plan, send a selfaddressed stamped envelope to CreeVicar Dave, aka Dave LeBeau, 5811


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Let’s look at boots from the per-spective of what cowboys used

them for—and still do, and what weuse them for. Cowboys rode horses.Walking was an anathema to oldtime cowboys. “There was only onething a cowboy feared as much as adecent woman, and that was beingset afoot,” wrote Teddy Blue Abbott.

We don’t ride horses. We do ten-yard dashes with guns. We standaround a lot.

The average cowboy was young—and skinny.

The average Cowboy ActionShooter is in his 50s, and, well, notskinny.

Yet we generally wear probablythe worst thing for our feet for run-ning and standing around a lot, espe-cially feet that have seen betterdays. We wear high-top stovepipeboots with square toes and tall“Cuban” heels that shove the feettoward the front of the boot, puttingunnatural pressure on variouspoints, promoting PAIN.

But it isn’t absolutely necessary,and it is possible to be historicallyaccurate and still wear boots thatwon’t cripple you.

Boots didn’t always have highheels and pointed toes of today’s cow-boy boots. During the Civil Warboots generally had 1” heels. Theleft-and right last began in the1850s. Prior to then, boots did notdifferentiate left from right. Break-in was expected. Soak your boots inthe horse trough and wear them wetall day. Ouch.

The 1859 pattern military bootwas the first boot issued with leftand right patterns. Fortunately forus a pristine pair that spent about acentury on a mannequin in a muse-um. They were placed on theDrummer Boy of Shiloh in 1865, andremoved and sold when the museumclosed in 1968. The 1859 “Ankle”boot was the only boot issued by theU.S. government during the Civil

War. It has a 1” walking heel and12” upper, a little taller than modernroper boots. Regulations called forthe trousers to be worn OUTSIDEthe boots. Yes, I know, all of theTroiani paintings and all of themovies show Civil War officers andcavalrymen wearing 16-18” tallboots, or even knee-high boots, andthe trousers tucked inside. This isalso historically correct, but theyweren’t issued. They were pur-chased. Officers often purchasedtheir own equipment.

Those boots had 1” walkingheels, too. The military continuedwearing boots suitable for walkingall through the 19th century. Theyevolved, but they had 1” walkingheels. US military boots were soldas surplus, just as they are now.“Montgomery Wards listed surplusUnited States government sewnboots in its 1874-75 catalog. Thesemilitary boots were made of wholestock, white-oak tanned leather andwere priced at $2.75 a pair. The cat-alog further described these boots ashaving “broad sole, low heels; a com-fortable and economical stogy boot.”’I See By Your Outfit. Photographsexist of civilians wearing such boots.One of the definitions of stogy is “Astout, coarse boot or shoe; a brogan.”

“These boots worked well in thewide-sided wooden stirrup of the1860s and early 1870s which did notallow the low-heeled boot to slipthrough. As stirrups became nar-rower in the mid-1870s, a higherheel was necessary to keep the cow-boy’s foot from pushing completelythrough when the rider mounted.This need was met by the develop-ment of the cowboy boot.” I See byYour Outfit…

Several companies take credit,and different historical presenta-tions trace the origin to differentplaces.

One of the possible origins wasCoffeyville, Kansas. One of thelocals killed defending against theDalton gang was bootmaker GeorgeCubine. The Cuban heel was hisinvention, the word Cubine degrad-ing to Cuban, having nothing to dowith cigars or islands. This was asloped 2” tall heel with a spur shelf.Boots with Cuban heels make foot-prints smaller than the wearer’sfoot. Allegedly cowboys were vain

about having small feet, this addingto the desirability of the Cuban heel.

Other features of the Coffeyvilleboot are one piece molded leatherfront, welt style side seams, sewnleather soles, and nailed heels, semisquared toes, and attached mule-ears. Blockade Runner sells a goodcopy of the Coffeyville boot.

A pair of boots has survived from1875 made by Charles Hyer ofOlathe, Kansas. The legend is aColorado cowboy wearing Civil Warboots wanted boots with pointed toesto slide more easily into stirrups,high, slanted heel that would hold astirrup, and high tops with scallopedfront and back to allow him to get inand out more easily.

Those are the elements of thecowboy boot today.

The modern stitching on the topsof cowboy boots goes back to cathe-dral stitching used to stiffen boottops before the days of miracle adhe-sives. The stitching got fancier andfancier until boots became the cari-cature that a lot of modern cowboyboots are.

According to I See by Your Outfit,“By mid-1870s, the stovepipe bootbegan to appear. Some of thestovepipe boots had a piece of redleather sewn over or above the boottop. Another variety of stovepipeboots had rows of stitching runningfrom top to bottom on the uppers,which stiffened and strengthened thetops.

“Teddy Blue Abbott recalled hisfirst cowboy boots, purchased in

Nebraska in 1879: ‘They had coloredtops, red and blue, with a half-moonand star on them.’”

Photos exist of cowboys wearingboots with trousers out and tuckedin. A Texas Rangers photo showsboth in the same unit. Conclusion:Both are correct.

Spur buckles: Want to get theSASS Wire going? Ask which is cor-rect, buckles on the outside or inside?Again, photos show both in aboutequal numbers. Conclusion: Both arecorrect. (Some SASS Wire wags willget livid over this. “Outies” havecalled “Innies” names and insultedtheir parentage over this argument.Gangs have, no doubt, formed look-ing for people wearing their buckleson the wrong side. Solution? Wearone in and one out.)

Boots developed various devicesfor putting them on easier. Accordingto I See By Your Outfit, “Boot topdesigns other than the stovepipebegan to be popular in the late 1870s.Predominate among these was thescallop or “V” cut top which stillappears on modern western boots.Additionally two-piece vamps beganto replace the one-piece vamp by theearly 1880s. Another interesting fea-ture was the pair of loops used forpulling on the boot. The earliestboots had web loops sewn into theinside of the boot top either at theback or directly behind the side weltof the uppers. Later both web andleather loops were used.

“The famous mule ear was anoth-er type of boot strap utilized duringthe latter half of the nineteenth cen-tury, but it is rarely seen among pho-tographs of Wyoming cowboys.”

So, you want to be historicallyaccurate, but your feet won’t lastthrough a three-day match wearingCuban heels while walking on grav-el? Been there, done that. I startedwith stovepipe boots with Cubanheels. The high heel made the bootwildly uncomfortable after a fewhours, and I usually limped at theend of the day.

Then I found a pair of Civil Warera military boots with 1” heels.They weren’t the ankle boots thatwere issued, but were copied fromphotographs of the era. Much better.

So, if Cuban heels aren’t for you,search for military boots of the era

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By Captain George Baylor, SASS Life #24287

Capt. George Baylor, SASS #24287



One of these cowboys is wearing what we would call

“Packer” boots today.

that suit you. Mounted troop bootswere updated in 1872 and ’76, butthe variations were slight. “CavalryBoots” sold by modern sutlers withCuban heels are not accurate. Theankle boot was updated in 1871. So

on hot, Texas days, when puttingyour trousers inside 17” boots isabout as inviting as taking the hairoff your legs using a blowtorch, 1859or 1871 ankle boots are still histori-

cally accurate, and they’re almost ascomfortable as modern ropers. Theheels are leather, but there are noregulations against having yourlocal shoe store replace some of theleather with rubber (no treads ifyou’re shooting Classic).

Cowboys also wore fairly aggres-

sive spurs. I see other shooters emu-lating them, but I tend toward cau-tion. As it is, the toes of my shootingboots are shredded from my Civil

War spurs. If the stage involvedclimbing the stairs at the fort andthen climbing back down under theclock, maybe it’s time to remove thespurs. The costume police shouldunderstand. Since this isn’t anoption for Classic Cowboys, youshould choose your spurs carefully ifyou shoot Classic.

Some cowboy action shootersmust wear “packer” or lace-up boots.

They are generally reviled on theSASS Wire. But I have photos of atleast one cowboy wearing deadringers for modern packer boots. Aphoto of Theodore Roosevelt wearingknee-high lace up boots exists, too.

Some common sense (What aconcept!) has to be used. If the onlything you can be comfortable in ismodern roper boots, wear them.

They’re not forbidden in any catego-ry except B-Western. Even inClassic Cowboy, ropers withoutcleats or lugs in the soles are accept-able, even with rubber soles andheels. Remember those 1859 boots.They’re not all that different.

And you don’t have to wear boots.If you’re dressed in a sack suit witha derby hat, then the properfootwear is shoes. 19th centuryfootwear is available from severalsutlers, but you don’t have to go

there. The Stacy-Adams “Madison”boot was in their catalog in the1870s and still is. It’s a shoe youcould wear with a pinstripe suit or a19th century bartender’s or store-keeper’s outfit.

It’s your feet.

Resources and ReferencesCowboys and the Trappings of the

Old West by William Manns andElizabeth Clair Flood

Packing Iron: Gun Leather of theFrontier West by Richard C.Rattenbury

I See By Your Outfit, HistoricCowboy Gear of the NorthernPlains, by Tom Lindmier andSteve Mount

Texas Ranger Museum and Hall of Fame, Waco, Texas

Cowboy Hall of Fame Museum,Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The Old West, The Cowboys, TheRanchers, The Soldiers— Time-Life Books

Hamilton Dry GoodsTexas Jack’s OutfittersMissouri Boot and Shoe Co.Blockade RunnerC & S SutlersFugawee CorporationTonto Rim Trading CompanyRiver Junction Trade Co.Bob Boze Bell, True West MagazineOthers I’ve forgotten to credit.

My apologies



The mule ear boot is popularamong Cowboy Action Shooting™

cowboys but is not comfortable for walking.

Coffeyville Boots, originated by John Cubine of Coffeyville, Kansas,

great for riding horses, not for walking and running.

A pair of boots from 1875 made by Charles Hyer of

Olathe, Kansas show the features of the modern cowboy boot.

Stovepipe boots with decorationssuch as Texas Stars were popularamong cowboys in the Old West.

Military boots had 1" walking heelsthroughout the 19th century. These Civil War cavalry boots are made for walking and are

far more comfortable than Cuban heeled cowboy boots.

Capt. Baylor’s Civil War cavalry boots are much more

comfortable than Cuban heeled cowboy boots and just as authentic.

Note U.S. Army issue spurs, also authentic, are safer than

big “Mexican” spurs for running on stages.

U.S. Army1859 pattern

boots had 14” uppers,

1” heels,square toes,

and arealmost as

comfortableas ropers.

1859 pattern boots were worn underthe trousers except in mud or barn-yard conditions. The raised frontacted as a shelf for the trousers tokeep them up and out of the muck.

Stacy Adams Madison boots (and shoes) date to the 1870s

and would go with almost any “formal” or businessman’s costume.

These museum lace-up boots with spurs show that Cowboys

did wear lace-up boots.

These Civil War infantry boots are comfortable and authentic.

They were worn for years after the Civil War.

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Our SASS Mounted World Cham-pion Expressman, SASS #41513,

aka Jerry Bestpitch, was awarded aCalifornia State Resolution.

He has been recognized for hisefforts and achievements that havecontributed to furthering the public’sawareness and appreciation of ourAmerican roots in the great Old Westand has been congratulated by theState on being awarded the SASS2007 MOUNTED WORLD CHAMPI-ONSHIP.

RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CONGRATULATINGJERRY BESTPITCH ON RECEIVINGTHE SINGLE ACTION SHOOTING

SOCIETY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPOF COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING™

& WILD WEST JUBILEEWHEREAS, the Single Action

Shooting Society (SASS) is an inter-national organization created to pre-serve and promote the sport ofCowboy Action Shooting. Today, withover 60,000 members, SASS is repre-sented in all fifty states and 18 for-eign countries. The organizationendorses regional matches conductedby its more than 500 SASS affiliatedclubs and promulgates rules and pro-cedures to ensure safety and consis-tency in Cowboy Action Shootingmatches. Most importantly, however,SASS members share a common inter-est for preserving the history of theOld West; and

WHEREAS, Cowboy Action Shoo-ting is the fastest growing outdoorshooting sport in the country. Attrac-

ting competitors from around theworld, Cowboy Action Shooting is notonly a sport that tests the shootersaccuracy, but also a forum that bringsback the days of the Old West in a ver-itable celebration of the cowboylifestyle; and

WHEREAS, SASS stages END ofTRAIL, The World Championship ofCowboy Action Shooting & Wild WestJubilee takes place at SASS’ FoundersRanch in New Mexico and is a five dayevent; and

WHEREAS, JERRY BESTPITCHhas worked diligently to make hisdream come true by WINNING THEWORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in June2006. Cowboy mounted shooting incor-porates his expert shot with firearmsand talents as a gymkhana champi-onship horseback rider. This sportrequires complete teamwork withJerry and his horse, and the dexterityto shoot at targets off his horse runningat top speed; and

WHEREAS, JERRY BESTPITCHhas a history of winning awards begin-ning in 2002 earning the 2002California Grand American OverallChampion. Then the 2002, 2003, 2004California State and Pacific RegionOverall High Point Champion, SASS2004 Western States Overall Cham-pion, CMSA & SASS 2005 CaliforniaState Overall Champion, SASS 2005Reserve National Champion; and

WHEREAS, JERRY BESTPITCH’sbrought his love for horses to the pub-lic when he established his 1978 head-quarters at JB Ranch which offersHorseback and Western Adventures.His love and commitment to horses ishis participating in and putting onwagon trains, western adventures, and

competing with horses. From 1985 to1991 he was awarded the horse conces-sion at Gibson Ranch County Park forSacramento County Parks andRecreation where he formerly operatedand provided Western Adventures forcity kids by offering horseback riding,hayrides, and ranch tours: and

WHEREAS, JERRY BESTPITCHwas face to face with Queen Elizabethand his wagons and an old west displayin 1981; and

WHEREAS, JERRY BESTPITCHcompeted in Cattle Team Penning,Barrel Racing, and became an OverallAAA Champion in Gymkhana. In 1991he took his operation back to the homeranch with the Western Adventuresalso having time offer motion picturesservices as a wrangler and stuntmanworking on various Westerns; and

NOW, THERFORE, BE ITRESOLVED, that the Board of Super-visors of the County of Sacramento,State of California, does hereby

CALIFORNIA RECOGNIZESTOP MOUNTED SHOOTER

By Wildcat Kate, SASS Life/Regulator #7873

SASS Mounted World ChampionExpressman, SASS #41513

acknowledge JERRY BESTPITCH’scommitment to and love for ranchingand horseback, western adventures,and competitions. His efforts andachievements have contributed to fur-thering the public’s awareness andappreciation of our American roots inthe great Old West and congratulatehim on being awarded the SASSWORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.�


Founders Ranch, NM – TheBuffalo Range Riders Mounted

Club played Host to Smoke in theValley Southwest Territories Regio-nal Mounted Shoot at FoundersRanch, NM on September 1st and2nd. The story behind the eventactually started the last day of ENDof TRAIL when the Monsoon Seasongot into full swing in New Mexico. Ithas rained almost continuously

through July and August withrecord-breaking rainfall totalsacross the state. Founders Ranchhas gotten so much rain there is alake now where the north part oftown was located. The water hasbeen draining through the spillwayto the mounted area below andthrough the arena. The weeds andflowers are so high the hitchingposts put up at END of TRAIL are

barely visible. It finally stoppedraining a week before Smoke in theValley, but this was not enough timeto repair the arena and clear theMounted Camp of mud and silt andfill in the numerous arroyos that zig-zagged through the camping area.We needed a new location to hold theMounted Shoot and have a safecamping area for the 30 MountedShooters who were signed up.

Nuevo Mike, Cinnamon Lucy, JackDiamond, and Chiz all agreed itwould be a great thing to bringMounted Shooting to town. The rainhad created an opportunity to see ifMounted Shooting in town would bea welcomed addition to the ambianceof Founders Town.

The creation of a new mountedcamp and arena began the weekendbefore the Regional. On Saturday,

Sierrita Slim, Morning Dove,Dog Biter, Chicken Rider,Nuevo Mike, and CinnamonLucy moved the rental stalls tothe area that had been theEND of TRAIL Day Shooterparking. All day Sunday,Nuevo Mike and CinnamonLucy, using two tractors, dugand disked the new arenabehind the Mission. On Mon-day and Tuesday, Nuevo Mikedragged the arena, put up t-posts, and flagged the arenaperimeter. The new MountedShooting location was finallycompleted and was in Townwhere everyone could experi-ence the fun and excitement ofCowboy Mounted Shooting!

Mounted Shooters beganarriving on Thursday and

SMOKE IN THE VALLEYSouthwest Territories Regional Mounted Shoot

Mounted Shooting Action in Founders TownBy Cinnamon Lucy, SASS Life #14014


there were many favorable com-ments about the new camp and arenalocation. Friday was the Fun Shoot,and all but seven riders were inattendance for this warm up match.Everyone liked the footing of thearena and thought the tree near thetop of the rundown added ambianceto the course of fire. Many ridersused the tree as their warm up circlebefore going after the balloons. Thewinners of the Fun Shoot wereBuckskin Doc and Lenda Huginkisson Stage 1, and Yankee Duke andLenda Huginkiss on Stage 2. Fridayevening we had a Mounted PotluckDinner consisting of many culinarydelights that tantalized everyone’staste buds. Then many Cowboys andCowgirls went to the Poker game intown. Our own BRR member, SassySusie Q, came in 2nd place in theTournament with beginners luck.Congratulations!

Then it rained almost all nightand some Saturday morning. Weweren’t sure we would have aMounted Shoot due to the arenabeing wet. However, the arena wasdry underneath, but we didn’t wantto turn it over if it was going to rain

again. Finally, by 12:30 PM thingswere drying out, even though it wasstill cloudy and threatening to rain.Everyone agreed to saddle up andtake their chances and go for fourstages to make a Match in case itrained on Sunday, and we couldn’tcomplete all six stages.

The match began with NuevoMike and Buckskin Doc cautioningeveryone to be mindful of the footingand watching their speed. We didn’twant anyone taking chances withtheir horse getting injured or a riderto go down. For the first two stagesthe riders took it easy, and stageswere modified to accommodate theslight uphill incline of the rundown.The arena began drying out complete-ly, and the riders began to step it up anotch. Also, it was cold, and the hors-es began feeling their oats and werewilling to give their riders the speedthey asked of them. It was a veryexciting competition with many sur-prises. Thanks to the riders beingprompt at the gate and the swiftnessof the balloon setters, we got fourstages, in and we had our match.

Saturday night we enjoyed theBuccaneer Ball and many MountedShooters dressed up in their finestPirate costumes. Lafitte was Masterof Ceremonies and The Sons of theRio Grande provided musical enter-tainment for dining and dancing.The costume contest was held andNuevo Mike won the Best Male


MAKE THEDIFFERENCE!

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WinnersRegional Overall Ladies Canyon Cowgirl,

SASS #31074Men Pecos Pistolero, SASS #62361

DivisionsDiv 1 Buckskin James,

SASS #62815L Div 1 Helza Popin,

SASS #63973Div 2 Buckskin Doc,

SASS #44596L Div 2 Canyon CowgirlDiv 3 Pecos PistoleroL Div 3 Helda Huginkiss,

SASS #23799Juniors Royal Bandit,

SASS #56620Senior Limited Paul Bob,

SASS #63722Ladies Loon Lady,

SASS #12100Open Gila Hayseed,

SASS #65538Pioneer Cart Nuevo Mike,

SASS #14013Buckaroos Justin the Jaguar,

SASS #72172Performance HorseBanditoBest Dressed Cowgirl Helda HuginkissCowboy Cimmarron Dan,

SASS #12099Clean Match Pecos Pistolero

Canyon CowgirlGila HayseedTravis the Terror, SASS #72171Justin the Jaguar

Congratulations to all the winners andthank you to all those who participated.

Your dedication to Mounted Shootingand love of The Spirit of the Game is

what made this event successful!

Pirate Costume and Lazy K won theBest Female Pirate Costume.

Sunday morning the MountedShooters awoke to fog and drizzle. Ithad rained and the general consen-sus was to call it a match with thefour stages we had. We held themounted awards ceremony in townlater that morning. Chiz startedwith commenting on how everyonereally enjoyed having MountedShooting in town. He said many ofthe Action Shooters were able tofinally get to watch us, even whilethey were competing. Chiz sharedhis idea about having the newMounted Arena at the north end oftown after the dam is removed. Wethen gave out the awards.�

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In 1881, El Paso was in the throesof a turbulent development

brought about by a number of fac-tors. During this year, the railroadwas to reach the town and forevermark it as an important commerciallocation. The veneer of civilizationhad barely reached El Paso in 1881.So far west, she was the last place inthe Lone Star State to enjoy therefinements of civilization. Therecovering Texas Government, emer-ging from the confines of the detest-ed Reconstruction following the CivilWar, had been able to address the

problem of protecting settlers andimmigrants on their movementwestward. The Indian problems,unchecked during the Civil War, hadbeen at last brought under control bythe United States Army and theRangers. In 1881, El Paso was onthe outer fringes of law and order,the last resort for those who har-bored a distaste for the restraints oflegal authority.

A horde of humanity had beenpouring into El Paso for over a year.In anticipation of great businessopportunities, countless speculatorsand would-be entrepreneurs flockedto the town. Hustlers, gamblers,drunks, prostitutes, and every imag-inable variety of lawbreaker rounded

out the new populace of El Paso.Mayor Solomon Schutz, along withthe members of his city council, wres-tled with the problems of this explod-ing community. Not the least of theirheadaches was finding a permanentsolution to law and order in El Paso.A number of local appointments tothe office of city marshal were dismalaffairs. Obviously, the city fathershad to look elsewhere for a lawman.

In April 1881, a young AlabamaCivil War veteran of German ances-try, Dallas Stoudenmire, had beenselected by the El Paso city govern-

ment to fill the position of Marshal.He was a gunfighter of considerablereputation. A young personableman in his mid-thirties, he was astriking figure. His jutting jaw andsix foot two frame, in conjunctionwith his black frock coat and promi-nent frontier weapons, were animposing advertisement of his pro-fession. Stoudenmire had servedbriefly as a Texas Ranger in CaptainWaller’s company B. He had servedwith the Fifth-seventh cavalry andThirty-third Alabama regiment,General Cleburne’s division; surren-dered with General Joseph Johnstonin the Civil War and had beenparoled in April, 1865, following theend of hostilities.

Dallas drifted west after the war,and finally settled in ColumbusCounty, Texas, not far from Houston.During the years following the war,he acquired a reputation as a fighterand was known to have been involvedin numerous incidents, some on thethin edge of the law. His reputationas a gunfighter, and his accuracywith the six-gun, was a natural out-growth of his turbulent lifestyle.There is reason to believe Stouden-mire had a short tenure in Mexico ina Confederate colony during the daysof Maximillan. His early history issparse, lacking details of his activityfor long periods of time.

Dallas Stoudenmire had beenMarshal of El Paso for less than aweek when he was involved in one ofthe most famous gunfights on his-toric record. Three local characterswere embroiled in an argument overa coroner’s inquest in the center ofthe town’s main thoroughfare, ElPaso Street. Words shortly led togunfire as the only solution to the

argument. When the shooting start-ed, Dallas was enjoying a late break-fast in a nearby Globe restaurant. Atthe first shot, he leaped to the door ofthe restaurant, drawing his pistols,and he ran. A local citizen GusKrempkau, an ex-ranger of CaptainBaylor’s company, was selected asinterpreter for the inquest wasalready shot and down. Seeing theremaining two combatants with six-shooters out, Stoudenmire openedfire. His first casualty was a Mexi-can bystander who had the ill for-tune to race across Dallas’ line of fire.He fell dead. Undeterred, Stouden-mire coolly shot John Hale andGeorge Campbell, a former city mar-shal, the remaining contestants. Thefight was abruptly over. In almost asmany seconds, three men had diedunder Stoudenmire’s guns andKrempkau had been killed by JohnHale. The violent entry of DallasStoudenmire on the El Paso law andorder front had a most soberingeffect on the unruly element. Anunaccustomed calm prevailed in thelusty border town.

Another week passed before

DALLAS STOUDENMIRE: DEATH OF A MARSHAL

By Three Fingers Tequila, SASS #61260

Stoudenmire (1845 – 1882) as City Marshal of El Paso in 1881

(Courtesy of El Paso Historical Society)

One of Stoudenmire’s guns(Courtesy of Jonathan Rogers, Jr. Collection)

Dallas Stoudenmire, City Marshal of El Paso, Texas

(El Paso Lawman Fred R. Egloff)


Marshal Stoudenmire was to be test-ed again. This time his trial was tocome at the hands of a former assis-tant marshal. He was Bill Johnson,the town drunk, and a pathetic foolof the tough saloon element of ElPaso. They had persuaded the dull-witted Johnson into attempting anambush on Dallas Stoudenmire.About 10:00 p.m., on Sunday, April17, 1881, the marshal was just start-ing out on his accustomed rounds ofthe town. With Stoudenmire was hisbrother-in-law and stout supporter,Samuel “Doc” Cummings. BillJohnson had climbed atop a pile ofbricks at the intersection of El Pasoand San Antonio Streets. Here hesat with a double-barreled shotgunin his lap, awaiting the momentDallas would get in range. Johnsonwas more than a little drunk. Also,the fierce reputation of MarshalStoudenmire was unnerving. Thesetwo considerations led Johnson tofire prematurely and the shotgunblast went over Dallas’ head.Instantly Stoudenmire and Cum-mings shipped out their weaponsand poured eight rounds into thesodden Johnson, killing him instant-ly. As Johnson fell, gunfire roaredfrom the darkened entrance of asaloon across the street, Stouden-mire was slightly wounded in thefoot, but charged the saloon withouthesitation. His fearless and unex-pected reaction erased any thought

of further conflict, and his unseenattackers melted into the dark night.Dallas Stoudenmire had proven hewas equal to the task of bringingorder to El Paso.

The spring melted into a typicalhot El Paso summer. The affairs ofthe new marshal were progressingsmoothly. He held the lawless ele-ment under an iron grip and peaceruled supreme in the bustling town.Dallas even had a little time to thinkabout his personal affairs.

Dallas took a bride in February1882. He returned to ColumbusCounty and took the vows withIsabella Sherrington. Life shouldhave been complete for MarshalStoudenmire, but nagging concernsclouded his promising future. Dallashad always been a hard drinker.More than that, he was a known vis-itor to the brothels that abounded inEl Paso. Alcohol, particularly, had adeteriorating effect on his personali-ty. He was argumentative and surlymost of the time. Now, the specter ofa possible assassin, striking from adarkened doorway or a lonely alley,obsessed his waking thoughts.

This speculation accelerated hisconsumption of alcohol, and with it,his personality soured rapidly. Itwasn’t long before he was so difficultto associate with that it was obviousto the mayor and council thatStoudenmire must go. Finally, inMay of 1882, a special meeting ofthe city council was convened to dis- miss Marshal Stoudenmire. Of

course, Dallas was summoned toattend. History relates that themembers of the council sat on theopen windowsills to seek relief fromthe oppressive heat. Needless tosay, the windows offered immediateexits in case Stoudenmire wouldbecome unruly at the unwelcometidings. Dallas did not disappointanyone. He showed up at the meet-ing very drunk. He cursed theentire council, which included JudgeJoseph Magoffin, and threatened to“straddle them all.” Stoudenmire’sdemeanor was so fearful, the councilmeeting ended without transactingany business.

When soberness returned, DallasStoudenmire knew he had over-stepped even his considerable limits.He shortly penned a letter of resigna-tion to the mayor and council andextended apologies “if he had offend-ed anyone.” With great relief, thecouncil unanimously accepted theresignation and appointed Dallas’deputy marshal, James B. Gillett tofill the vacancy. Gillett, a famousTexas Ranger, wrote in his book, “SixYears With the Texas Rangers,” of hisadmiration for Stoudenmire. JamesGillett maintained that Dallas’ anxi-ety over a possible ambush was aprincipal cause of his drinking.

Stoudenmire stayed in lawenforcement. He received a commis-sion as a Deputy United StatesMarshal of the western district of

Texas, with headquarters in El Paso.For a few months, he seemed to bemaking amends in his lifestyle.History was to dictate otherwise. OnSeptember 17, 1882, Stoudenmirereturned to El Paso from a shortbusiness trip in Deming, N.M. Hewas intoxicated when he alightedfrom the train. Without delay, herevisited the saloons along El PasoStreet, allegedly searching for a fugi-tive for whom he held a warrant. Hecontinued to down drink after drinkas he wandered through town. Hisold enemies were watching himclosely. Some of the most bitter werethe Manning brothers. This trio hadan old score with Dallas, and nowthey were told he was looking forthem, with six-gun ready. TheMannings were fighters and far fromcowardly. All of El Paso knew that aconfrontation was imminent. Theywere right.

Dallas awoke sober on the morn-ing of September 18, 1882. Hedirectly corrected that unintentionalcondition. By mid morning he wasdrunk. Dallas headed for the Man-nings’ Saloon and his date with des-tiny. On entering the Manning, hewas accosted Felix “Doc” Manningand engaged him in a heated conver-sation. Accusations degenerated in-to action and both drew theirweapons. At that moment, WaltJones, a former deputy marshal forStoudenmire, perhaps in an attempt





DALLAS STOUDENMIRE: DEATH OF A MARSHALL . . .

to forestall a gunfight, had pushedbetween Doc Manning and Stouden-mire. Stoudenmire was preventedfrom drawing his pistol momentarily.The delay gave Doc Manning theedge and his first shot struck Dallasin the right breast, and had the ballnot struck a large pocket book andsome letters in his coat pocket, DocManning would have killed Stouden-mire. The second shot from DocManning’s pistol slightly woundedStoudenmire in the left arm andbreast near the shoulder.

By this time, Stoudenmire hadbrought his pistol to bear on DocManning, shooting him through theright arm just above the elbow. Theimpact of this shot knocked the pis-tol out of Doc Manning’s hand. Thepanicky Manning jumped atop thedesperate Stoudenmire in an effortto pin his arms and prevent anothershot. Stoudenmire, in trying tobreak loose, waltzed round andround the saloon and out on to thesidewalk. Jim Manning, Doc’s broth-er, now joined the fray. Heapproached the struggling pair andgot off one shot with a .45 pistol. Hemissed and tore a barber pole tosplinters. Stepping closer, JimManning pumped a second shot atpoint-blank range into DallasStoudenmire’s left temple. The ex-

marshal died instantly.Jim Manning was indicted, tried

and acquitted for the killing ofDallas Stoudenmire. Thus passedthis celebrated gunman forever.

Isabella Sherrington Stouden-mire, Dallas’s wife, wished to havethe remains returned to ColumbusCounty for burial. The body ofDallas Stoudenmire was washed,embalmed and prepared for burial.The remains of the famous marshallay in state in the El Paso until 6:00p.m. on September 18th, in orderthat all his friends might pay theirfinal respects. The body was thenplaced on a train and conveyed toColumbus County for burial in theAlleyton Cemetery.

El Paso was quiet now. The manwho single-handedly had broughtlaw and order to this volatile townwas history. That history recordshim as only a gunfighter, and adrunken one to boot. No movies orexciting novels have been written ofhis life and times. Only Leon ClaireMetz, the renowned western author,has seen fit to write about this old-time Texan.

True, Dallas Stoudenmire lackedmany of the attributes we all desirein a law enforcement officer. Manyof his personal habits were reprehen-sible, and reflected poorly. To hiscredit, he was scrupulously honest,

sincere and industrious, loyal to hisfriends, and totally fearless. No crit-icism exists in the official record ofany of his actions, even though theywere publicly known. This writercertainly would not presume to makea judgment, not knowing the circum-stances that controlled actions atthat time. He did not make the sameimpact on history that Sam Houston,Davy Crockett, Kit Carson and manyothers may have, but he was part ofTexas history just the same. (Three Finger Tequila oversees thearea of training at Federal ReserveBank of El Paso He has been in lawenforcement since 1974. An El Pasonative, he joined the El Paso branchin 2002, after a brief (27-year) stopwith the El Paso Police Department.He first became interested in the his-tory of local law enforcement as apolice officer with the El Paso PoliceDepartment. He continues to re-search the early law enforcementyears in El Paso, and has collectedthe badges from that time period. Heis a member of the El Paso HistoricalSociety, Single Action ShootingSociety (SASS), International LawEnforcement Educators and TrainersAssociation, International Associa-

tion of Law Enforcement FirearmsInstructors and the N.R.A.)Sources:Egloff, Fred R. El Paso Lawman

G.W. Campbell. Creative Publi-shing Company, College

Station, Texas, 1982Gillett, James B. Six Years with the

Texas Rangers. New Haven,Connecticut: 1925

Mangan, Frank, El Paso in Pictures.The Press/El Paso, 1971

Metz, Leon, Dallas Stoudenmire: El Paso Marshal. UniversityOklahoma Press, 1979

Metz, Leon, Turning Points in El Paso Texas. Magan Books,1886

McHugh, Justin, Chavez, Chenoa,Montoya, Isela Marshal DallasStoudenmire

Terrorized Town. Borderlands, El Paso Community College,

Pavia, Elisa, Guerrero, Omar,Williams, Julie, Ovar, Jeramiah,James Gillett Showed

Courage in El Paso. Borderlands, El Paso Community College,2004-2005

Skelton, Skeeter, The Gunmen of El Paso. Shooting TimesMagazine, 1969


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28 Dec 1900 Using an iron rod, Carry Nation charges into a hotel bar in Wichita,Kansas and begins breaking mirrors and furniture and throws rocks ata painting entitle: ‘Cleopatra at the Bath.’ This painting had alreadybeen accepted by the National Academy of Design.

13 Dec 1901 Drunken Wild Bunch member Harvey Logan wounds two policemen asthey attempt to quiet a fandango in Knoxville, Tennessee. He isarrested and will be charged for the crime.

4 Dec 1902 Gold is discovered on Columbia Mountain, Nevada, about 30 milessouth of an earlier discovery at Tonopah. This will lead to the famousGoldfield, Nevada Mining District.

Also in 1902 Remington’s bronze, Coming Through the Rye, is completed.1905 Rain-in-the-Face, the Hunkpapa Sioux warrior involved in the Battle

of the Rosebud and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, dies at StandingRock Agency, South Dakota.

10 Dec 1909 Red Cloud dies at the age of 87 at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.26 Dec 1909 Frederic Remington, 48, creator of over 2700 works of art on Western

subjects, dies in Ridgefield, Connecticut from appendicitis.10 Dec 1910 Cynthia Ann Parker, mother of Quanah Parker, last of the great

Comanche chiefs, is reburied with her daughter, Prairie Flower, atCache, Oklahoma.

24 Dec 1914 Explorer and naturalist John Muir, 76, dies in Los Angeles, California.In 1915 Antagonist Celestino Otero accosts Elfego Baca and a friend outside El

Paso’s Paso del Norte Hotel. Attempting to drive away, Baca andfriend get inside their car. Otero and several friends surround the car.Baca jumps out and Otero shoots at and misses Baca. Baca pumps 2slugs into Otero’s chest, killing him instantly. Baca is acquitted of anymurder.

12 Dec 1929 Texas cattle baron Charles Goodnight dies of a heart attack at hishome in the Palo Duro Canyon area.

1931 Red Tomahawk, Teton Sioux and First Sergeant of the Indian Police atStanding Rock Agency, South Dakota, instrumental in the arrest ofSitting Bull and his warriors after performing the outlawed GhostDance, fired the shot that killed Sitting Bull, dies at the Standing RockAgency, age 82.

20 Dec 1932 One time Arizona Ranger Frank Wheeler dies of heart failure inPorterville, California.

30 Jan 1933 With the stirring notes of the William Tell Overture and a hardy “Hi-yo Silver!” The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroit’s WXYZ radio, a cre-ation of station owner George Trendle and advertising copy writerFran Striker.

19 Dec 1944 Josie is buried beside her love, Wyatt Earp, at her family’s plot outsideSan Francisco.

19 Dec 1959 Former Private Walter Williams, the last surviving Confederate sol-dier, dies at age 117.

26 Dec 1961 Al Jennings, lawyer, train robber (one only), author, and film producerdies.

16 Dec 1987 The Trail of Tears National Historical Trail is established.10 Dec 1991 The name of the Custer Monument is changed to the Little Bighorn

Battleground Monument.21 Dec 2012 According to some Maya sources, the present creation will end on this

day. (Dec 23 or 24 according to some other sources.)

LITTLE KNOWNFAMOUS PEOPLE

WAY OUT WEST –By Joe Fasthorse Harrill, SASS #48769

Joe Fasthorse Harrill,SASS #48769

By Ellsworth T. Kincaid, Life/Regulator #6037

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THIS MONTH IN HISTORY

BEN THOMPSON was born inEngland and grew up in Austin

Texas. He was a pistoleer, anIndian fighter, a gambler, and alawman. Wyatt Earp, Wes Hardin,and Wild Bill Hickok wereamong his acquain-tances. Bat Master-son wrote “it isdoubtful if in histime there wasanother man livingwho equaled himwith a pistol in a life-and-death struggle.”Ben rode with theRangers against theApaches and foughtthe Yankees in theCivil War. He keptthe peace in Austin as CityMarshall from 1880 until 1882.

Ben was fearless under fire. Hisaim was true and his nerve wassteady. He fought many deadlyduels with pistols and knives andwon them all fair and square. In aninterview with a New York Sunreporter Ben said, “I always make ita rule to let the other fellow fire

first. If a man wants to fight, Iargue the question with him and tryto show him how foolish it would be.If he can’t be dissuaded, why thenthe fun begins, but I always let him

have first crack. Then when Ifire, you see, I havethe verdict of self-defense on my side. Iknow that he is pret-ty certain in hishurry, to miss. Inever do.”

Ben Thompsonmet his maker onMarch 11, 1884 whenhe and fellow Texasshootist King Fisherattended the Vaude-ville Theater in San

Antonio. The owner of the theaterwas Joe Foster, a former partner ofJack Harris, a man Ben had killedin a gunfight two years before.Within minutes of their arrival,both Thompson and Fisher wereambushed and riddled with bullets.An autopsy revealed that both menwere shot in the back. No one wasever charged for their murders.

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To most of the world, the Colt 1873Single Action Army revolver IS

the gun that tamed the Old West.For over a century, the saying “Godcreated man, Samuel Colt madethem equal,” has been ingrained inus from our earliest youth. Evenamong today’s Cowboy ActionShooters, some insist “Real Menshoot Colts,” and most of the othersshoot 1873 Colt Single Action Armyclones. When the original family runfirm of Aldo Uberti was bought out by

The Beretta Corporation, Berettawisely kept the 1873 CattlemanSingle Action Army clones as a main-stay of their cowboy line. In additionto the original caliber of .45 Colt cal-ibers, A Uberti USA also offers their1873 Cattleman in the popular .38Special/.357 Magnum.

Recently A. Uberti USA has beenimporting and marketing theirfirearms directly to US dealers.When Ted Hatfield of A. Uberti,U.S.A. contacted me and asked me toevaluate some of their guns, I specif-ically requested a .45 Colt 1873“Frisco” model Cattleman.

A. Uberti USA’s “Frisco Model” .45 Colt

“Real” Colts being well out of theaverage person’s budget ($1,800 andup for new Colts, and two to threetimes that for vintage ones) gave riseto a booming industry producingreplica firearms at very modest

prices. The Italian firm of AldoUberti was the primary pioneer inthis area. Now owned by Beretta,they are still leading the industry inColt clones for Cowboy ActionShooting™. Though they are far lessthan the cost of a Colt, they are verycomparable in quality!

When the A. Uberti “Frisco”arrived, I was not disappointed. It isgorgeous! It is a 7-1/2” barreledmodel, with a nickel finish, and fauxivory grips. The fit and finish is uni-formly excellent. It has the “smoke-less” style frame with transversemounted, spring loaded, cylinder pinretaining screw of the post-1898models. It also has the “smokeless”crescent style ejector rod. The metalto metal fit is great. The grip tometal fit of the one-piece faux-ivorygrips is virtually perfect. All matingsurfaces are smooth, with no gaps or“wiggle.” The nickel finish has aslight patina that differs it fromchrome-plated guns. All screws onthe Frisco are a bright fire-blue thatcontrasts against the nickel of thegun. The timing is right on themoney. The trigger breaks at 2-1/2lbs, crisp with no creep. The actionis light and smooth.

How does the Frisco do as far asshooting? The bore on my samplehad a groove diameter of .452”, andall .452” and .454” bullets shouldwork. For this article, I used:

• Black Hills .45 Colt 250-grain, • Black Hills .45 Schofield-230

grain,

• Black Hills .45 Schofield-180grain,

• My hand-loaded .45 Colt 250-grain over 35 grains (volume)Pyrodex P.The shooting was done at 10-12

yards, traditional two hand hold.The 250 grain .45 Colt loads fromBlack Hills printed 1-1/2” abovepoint of aim, one inch right, with agroup that was about 1-5/8.” The .45Colt Pyrodex load group shot a littlehigher, with a 2-1/2” group. TheBlack hills 230 grain Schofield was3” above point of aim, and 2-1/2” insize. The Black hills 180 grainSchofield was 1” below point of aim,2” to the right, and 2-1/2” in size.Clearly, my sample “Frisco” pre-ferred the 250-grain Black Hills fac-tory load. This surprised me, as Igenerally have better groups withthe 230-grain Schofield loads.

It is pretty obvious to most peo-ple the Cattleman “Frisco” is a muchbetter buy for the buck than the“Real” Colts. While I do prefer to“buy American,” when possible, thatis not always possible in this globaleconomy. The Cattleman is made byUberti’s Italian craftsmen, inBrescia, a region famous for makingguns since prior to the RevolutionaryWar. The A. Uberti USA Cattleman.45 Colt “Frisco” is a good addition toa Cowboy Action Shooting™ battery.

You can check out their web siteat: www.uberti.com.

Tell them ol’Tuolumne Lawman sent ya!

A. UBERTI USA CATTLEMAN.45 COLT “FRISCO MODEL”

By Tuolumne Lawman, SASS #6127

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THE SEARCH FOR CORPORAL DOW

By Eugene C. and Linda M. SolyntjesReviewed by Arizona Billy Tilghman, SASS Life #5351

Cowboy Action Shootists and OldWest collectors alike will find

something to enjoy in this big, hand-some reference book. As the titleimplies, it’s the authors’ quest toidentify the original user of a NewModel 59 Sharps that came intotheir possession some years ago.Apart from the rifle’s serial number,the only starting point was a fadedmedallion embedded in the stock,bearing the inscription “Wm. H.Dow, Co K, USVV.”

Who was William H. Dow, andwhat was USVV?

As they say in Hollywood,“Lapse-dissolve, fade in today.”Seven months later the Solyntjeshad accumulated more than 100pages of documentation on CorporalDow, who had himself quite a war inThe Late Rebellion, Suh, as it’scalled Down South.

Dow enlisted in the 2nd Wiscon-sin in 1861, and was captured andparoled the next year. Eventually hefetched up in the U.S. Veteran

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Luke and his sister, Jenny, aren’toverly excited when they first learn

of their mother’s plan to take them toTombstone, Arizona, as part of theirvacation while their father is stationedin Iraq. Their lack of enthusiasmchanges in a hurry, however, whenthey are suddenly swept back to the1880’s and come face-to-face withWyatt Earp and his brothers, DocHolliday, and the rival Clantons.

All this takes place within thepages of Gunfight at the O.K. Corral -Luke and Jenny Visit Tombstone a newhistorical fiction novel by GayleMartin, famous throughout Arizona forbringing alive the state’s colorful past

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Volunteers, and took his issue Sharpswith him when he mustered out. Therest, as they say, is history.

The tale of the rifle’s trail fromthe mid-19th century to the early21st offers a case study in historicaldetective work. Gene Solyntjes pur-chased the unrestored Sharps for$1,000, learned he had overpaid con-siderably, and—again, lapsing anddissolving—eventually learned thatthe paper trail led to a pot of green-backs, if not actual gold. Dependingupon sources, once the Sharps was

lovingly restored, its provenance(proof of ownership) boosted thevalue to something beyond $15,000Yankee greenbacks. Not that Geneand Linda Solyntjes would considerselling the historic rifle. But that’sthe difference between a good-condi-tion antique firearm and a good-con-dition antique firearm with a docu-mented history.

The authors provide fascinatinginsights into other highly collectiblefirearms, including those used byidentifiable cowboys, soldiers, andeven Indians. The chapter on gunsof the Little Big Horn will beextremely interesting to students ofthe battle. (And just wait ‘til you

read what happened to many of thebattlefield pickups that werereturned to the Army.)

Throughout the text, good-quali-ty B&W photos illustrate varioushistoric shootin’ irons, and there’s aten-page bonus with beautiful colorphotos of collectible guns as variedas a Hawken rifle, Simon Bolivar’sdueling pistols, and a magnificentlyengraved Model ‘93 Marlin.

The heart of the book is con-tained in the last 140 pages, any oneof which can save researchers hoursor days of effort. A well-organizedlist of federal, state, and privaterecords sources includes a wealth ofweb sites for genealogy and firearms

collectors. There’s even a DVD withfiles for special-interest sites andstate records.

For anybody interested in historicfirearms, this splendid compendiumaffords a one-stop watering hole.

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as a performer and storyteller.In Martin’s book, when the bat-

teries in Luke’s video game mysteri-ously lose power, it quickly becomesobvious things aren’t as they seem tobe. Luke and Jenny are met bySwamper, a kindly gentleman whowas the handyman for the nowdefunct Grand Hotel. Swamper thenguides the youngsters through theevents of that fateful time, explainingto them what is happening and why.

Young readers are right therewith Luke and Jenny as they learnfirsthand the true story of the Earpbrothers and what led to the historicshootout. Adults, too, will learn factsabout this famous confrontation theymay never have learned.

“Because history is too oftentaught as simply names and dates,”says Martin, “youngsters find the

information boring and difficult toabsorb.” But history doesn’t have tobe that way, she says. “History isreally the story of people and whatthey’ve done. Through Luke and Jen-ny, young readers will get to know thepeople of the past and what they did.”

The book, which contains adetailed map of Tombstone andblack-and-white photographs ofmany of the people mentioned in thestory, is the first of a series of histor-ical fiction novels planned by Martin.

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Dougly Doright, aka DougBrown, passed away at his home inEagle, Colorado on July 7, 2006 atthe age of 55. Dougly outgunned theHodgkin’s Gang when he was bush-whacked by the Squamous CellCarcinomas Gang and lost that fight.Raised in Montana, Doug joined theMarines after two years at theUniversity of Montana and served inVietnam as a forward observer andscout. Eventually Dougly ended upin Eagle County, Colorado, andworked at the Vail Valley Jet Centersince 1999.

Dougly hunted and shot all hislife, and in 2002 I got him interestedin Cowboy Action Shooting™. Weshot together with the Rifle CreekRangers in Rifle, Colorado and theCastle Peak Wild Shots in Gypsum.Dougly started in the FrontierCartridge category, and no one everaccused him of being a gamer, as hisblackpowder 12-gauge loads would

shake the ground.Dougly took first placein his category at the

Last Ride of KidCurry match inRifle, Coloradoin September2005 while he

was on che-mo and ra-

diation for his cancer. Dougly had a military funeral in

Eagle on July 9, and afterwards hisfriends went to the Brush CreekSaloon to celebrate his life. A few ofDougly’s famous 100+ grain (with-out the shot) loads were shot off tosend him on his way. We’ll miss youDougly; so until we meet again,keep making smoke and making’um clang!

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Hollywood, CA–On June 25,2006 western TV actor HughO’Brian, age 81, married his com-panion of 30 years, VirginiaBarber Stampf, 54. The ceremo-ny named “A Wedding to Die For,”was held at the Church of theCrucifixion in Forest LawnMemorial Park with TV’s Reve-rend Schuller officiating.

Among the three hundred orso guests were Debbie Reynolds,Ruta Lee, Lonnie Anderson, andHarry Lewis of “Key Largo” fame.More than 30 Marines, includingmyself, were also in attendanceas Hugh O’Brian had been aMarine Corps Drill Instructorwhile in the service.

Before leaving for their hon-eymoon in Europe, they drove

away in a purple hearse, continu-ing the “Wedding to Die For”theme, since all their family isburied at Forest Lawn.

DOUGLY DORIGHT, SASS #40386March 26, 1951 – July 7, 2006

By Saltcreek Shootist, SASS #26257

HUGH O’BRIAN OF TV’S “WYATT EARP” FAME MARRIES

By Arizona Jack Kidd, SASS Life #34598

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Turquoise Kid, SASS #13975July 7, 1944 – August 4, 2006

By John Larn, SASS #9072

Midland, TX – On August 4th ourpartner, Turquoise Kid, aka GaryGriffin, started up the trail to thatbig round-up in the sky.

A member of Comanche TrailShootists for many years,Turquoise Kid will be missed by allhis shooting pals. His wife, Judy,often accompanied him to therange since her retirement. She,too, will be missed.

“Everybody wants to be a cow-boy, but no one wants to know thepain. Everyone wants to be a cow-

boy, but no one wants to ride therange.” These are verses from asong I feel applies to TurquoiseKid. Even though he played withsome physical infirmities, he lovedthe game of Cowboy ActionShooting™. He also loved his hors-es. He passed away aftera fall from one of his hors-es. He was a part-ner to ride therange with, a realCowboy heart.

So Long!

San Jose, CA – Buck N. Wylde,SASS #35221, aka Nolie Johnson,Jr., passed away September 13th atStanford University MedicalCenter after years of struggling

with a rare lung disease.He underwent an eager-ly anticipated lung

transplant, butshortly there-after other com-plications arosethat caused yet

another sur-gery in the

same evening. His system wasoverwhelmed, and God was merci-ful in taking him home ... endingover twenty years of suffering fromthis debilitating disease.

He leaves behind his wife,Lynndell Johnson, two sons, Joshuaand Caleb out of Texas, and hismother, Mrs. Sallie Johnson ofDillon, South Carolina.

In his teens, Buck N. Wylde wasa competitive bull rider, and his sonis following in his footsteps.

Buck N. Wylde was a “true cow-boy” in every sense of the word.

BUCK N. WYLDE, SASS #35221March 25, 1964 – September 13, 2006

By Lobo Ranger, SASS #18657

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Abilene, Texas – As the songgoes, we were on the “lonely

toney prairie,” the weather was noth-in’ to brag about, but the companywas. The occasion was the 3rdAnnual Cowboy Christmas Shootpresented by The “Butterfield TrailRegulators” in Abilene, Texas. ‘Twasthe weekend before Christmas and ablue norther’ was blowing in. Wewere all loaded and ready to have arip roarin’ Christmas Shoot, and bygolly we did. Most of the time aftershootin’ was spent in the tent withthe propane heaters blazing, tellingstories, and shivering’ from the cold.But, you know it was the most won-derful time of the year for a shoot.We have had two years under ourbelt, and we still worry about putting

on a good first class shoot. SpurRoberts even said, “I’m not advertis-ing for ya’ll anymore, cause this is somuch fun here I don’t want it to getany bigger!” Well, we want it to grow,and we are so thankful for shooterslike Spur to tell the rest of the SASSfamily about our lil’ shoot down herein the heart of Texas. The two daysof shooting were unbelievable.Friday we awoke to a cold morning,and it went downhill from there. Bythe lunch break it was almost asteady stream of rain, just enough tobe miserable. But most everybodybraved it out and finished. Thosethat didn’t came back Saturday andfinished up what they missed.

We had a great deal of help inputting on this Christmas Shoot:

Bully, Culpepper, Prairie Star,MacMurtrie, Cob-eye Zack, PeyoteJoe, Comanche Joe, La Platta Bill,Rusty Cuffs, Ruff Creek Red, andlast but certainly not least, TexasSlim. Slim put a great deal of workinto the shooter gift boxes and help-ing with the sponsors. We werepleased to have as the MatchSponsor, Bulletworks, from Brecken-ridge, Texas. Owners Jimmy andArtie Mitchell have been so support-ive of our cowboy shoots. Thanksagain for all of their guidance andsupport. Our other great sponsorswere The Cowboy Way, West TexasGas, Texas Slim & MacMurtrie, RuffCreek Leather, North AmericanOutfitters, The Branding Iron,Luskey’s Ryons, Academy SportingGoods, and Sunset Bullets. Thankyou to each and every one of ourstage sponsors.

Johnny and Leona Adkins werethe best with their chuckwagon setup for the grub. Coffee was alwaysavailable, and the mesquite was ablessing, not only for the cooking,but it served well as a heater forwarming hands and backsides.Anyway the food was true to lifecampfire cooking at its best. Now ifthe cowboys back in the 1880’s hadhad a cookie like Leona, their traildrives would’ve taken a lot longer tomake. Did I mention the peach cob-bler Leona makes? Man oh man, allI needed was a scoop of ice cream

and a nap! If you have a little time before

next Christmas come see us at theButterfield Trail Regulators CowboyChristmas Shoot. Our awards cere-mony was held at the OriginalCowboy Christmas Ball in Anson,Texas in a quaint little old dance hallheld at the same building that hashosted this celebration for well over50 years. The Ball is a re-enactmentof the original from the late 1880’s.It was the subject of the poem writ-ten by Larry Chittenden who inher-ited a ranch in the 1880’s. He trav-eled from New York to inspect theranch, attended the “Ball” and fell inlove with it. Michael Martin Murphyturned the poem into a recording.

The Cowboy Christmas Ball wasgrand as always. Bernie and SueannHoltman have done a wonderful joband have tried so hard to keep therules and values of the “Ball” thesame as it was in the 1800’s. No hatson the floor, no spurs, check yourhog-legs at the door, and womenmust wear dresses on the dance floor.

The “Ball” is scheduled theThursday, Friday, and Saturdayprior to Christmas. Every Friday ofthe “Ball” Michael Martin Murphyand his band performs his ChristmasTour Concert. Since Michael is aSASS member, we’re going to try andget him to shoot one of these years.Thank you again to the Cowboy


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WinnersCategories49er’s Goatneck Clem,

SASS #16787B-Western Jack Houston,

SASS #35508C Cowboy Texas Slim,

SASS #43510Duelist Oklahoma Dee,

SASS #44562F Cartridge Spur Roberts,

SASS #14625Gunfighter Pecos Pat,

SASS #46689Junior Justin Parker,

SASS #55217L 49’er Yankee Texan,

SASS #56796L B-Western Biggest Heart,

SASS #46035L Duelist Buffy Logal,

SASS #46039L Gunfighter Sweet Beulah Land,

SASS #55216Jr. Girls Pearl Allison,

SASS #65016L Senior Cactus Kay,

SASS #15157L Traditional Leggs Brazos,

SASS #24876Modern Saddle Rash,

SASS #41524Senior Texas Banker,

SASS #20963S Duelist Dakota Doc,

SASS #9695Traditional Capt. Sam Evans,

SASS #16788Buckaroo Colt Faro Too

Side MatchesSpeed Shotgun Colt Faro,

SASS #54579Pistol Capt. Sam EvansRifle Colt FaroL Shotgun Buffy LogalL Pistol Buffy LogalL Rifle Leggs BrazosLong Range SS Rifle Comanche Joe,

SASS #21712Lever Rifle La Plata Bill,

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14,15, and 16th. Side matches will beon Friday the 14th. If you have anyspare time this holiday season, comeon down to Texas for the Best LilShoot in Texas.


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Center and then graciously donatedit to a lucky junior, Lucas Lee. Nowthat is real cowboy spirit. ThanksPaddy! B Slim, Hawker McLean,and Gifford Gringo each walkedaway smiling with a shotgun donat-

ed by Marstar Canada. The sus-pense built as the hat emptied andonly a few names remained. LuckyEl Rod was the last name drawn outand for his patience he was awardeda gorgeous Marlin 1894CB donatedby Marlin Firearms. Due to spacewe cannot mention all the generoussponsors, but thanks go to VictoriaDiamond and Haweater Hal fordonating a weekend suite for fourwith dinners at Silver Star Skiresorts. For a full list of sponsorsplease see our web site at www.mis

sionrodandgun.comAwoken early Sunday morning

by the thunderous snoring echoingfrom Lone Butte’s tent, it was decid-ed by committee a new camping loca-tion be established for him next year.Not so bright eyed and bushy tailed,we started day two. Five more chal-lenging stages were shot Sunday, andthen we all gathered for some welldeserved socializing and testing ofthe shooter glasses. Many wereunsure, so tested the capacity of theglasses numerous times, and forthose that were not inclined to par-take of the whiskey, white wine wasserved at the awards banquet alongwith roast baron of beef and fresh

wine poached salmon. As you know, even the best of

shooters can have one of those dayswhere nothing works, or the brainseems to pause for that brief momentand you make a fool of yourself. Torecognize these moments of embar-rassment, we presented the first everSTEPPED ON IT AWARDS. Nowthese awards are not for the faint ofheart or the namby pambies. Theydepict an act oft referred to byCariboo Lefty, when he says “I musthave left my fly open ‘cause I juststepped on it.” This year’s awardswent to the well deserving PedernalesJake and of course the man himself,Cariboo Lefty. It raised a few eye-

brows in the crowd, but the roar oflaughter drowned out the cries of therecipients. It was truly an excitingand memorable shoot where fun andcamaraderie were the key elements,as in any shoot hosted by the RedMountain Renegades.

In closing, “thank you” to all thevolunteers who helped make thisshoot a success. Thank you to all theRO’s for volunteering your time andexpertise and the sponsors for theirgenerous donations. We are alwayshappy to promote their fine mercan-tile. I invite everyone to attend nextyear’s SASS Canadian Regional, ourannual Shootout at the Ridge, or anyof our monthly matches hosted by theRed Mountain Renegades. We’ll besure to show you a great time.

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WINNERSOVERALLMEN’S Cariboo Lefty,

SASS #5391LADY’S Misty Sky,

SASS #72520

49er Cariboo LeftyC Cowboy Rooster,

SASS #48163Duelist Bat 44,

SASS #54242 E Statesmen Hawker McLean,

SASS #40473 F Cartridge Sunwapta Haze,

SASS #63407Gunfighter Too Dusty,

SASS #5447L 49er Dallas Dancer,

SASS #42365L Duelist Goldie Stone,

SASS #18860L Modern Misty SkyL Senior Toni Two Bits,

SASS #20849L Traditional Mustang Heart,

SASS #24909Junior Cool Hand,

SASS #72358Modern Jared Colin James,

SASS #72521Senior Minto Kid,

SASS #56175S Duelist El Rod,

SASS #8849Traditional Antelope Kid,

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SIDE MATCH WINNERSFastest Pistolero Cariboo LeftyRifleman Too Dusty Cowboy Scattergun Alley

Bat 44Long Range Pistol Rusty Wood,

SASS #50427L A Pistol C Cariboo LeftyBig Bore L A Crazy Doc John,

SASS #25677

The Spirit of the Game award was presented to Gifford Gringo,SASS #41076. This man has done

so much for the Red MountainRenegades and the SASS game.

Gifford Gringo, Pedernales Jake,and a host of others labored long

and hard to install two showers forthe shooters only two weeks prior tothe match. Most people took advan-tage of the new showers, and the airwas much sweeter, thank you, folks,

and thank you, Gifford Gringo!

We were honored by a sincere welcoming speech from the mayor of Mission,Mr. James Atebe (r), and then the mayor and his family joined us for dinner.

After dinner the awards were presented to the shooting category winners.Then the coveted overall titles with SASS buckles were presented by

Mayor Atebe to Cariboo Lefty, SASS #5391, and Misty Sky, SASS #72520, as Match Director, Rusty Wood, looks on.

Pedernales Jake received one of the STEPPRD ON IT Awards.The Waddie Spirit Award was presented to a well deserving

Can Hop, SASS #49605. He is a manyou can always count on to lend

a hand whatever the task … thanks Hoppy!

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Port Huron, MI – Hurray if youmade it. Sorry if you didn’t. It

was another fun-filled, rip-roarin’time east of them thar Rockies! Askany of the 270 shooters who camelookin’ for some shootin’ fun. I don’tthink our stages chased anyoneaway. At least, I never saw a dusttrail headin’ out of town durin’ thewhole event!

Doesn’t seem possible this wasour 8th Annual Range War and SASSState Championship Shoot. Weagain welcomed shooters from neigh-boring states, along with our dearCanadian hombres. The four-dayevent, held at Blue WaterSportsman’s Association near PortHuron, was hosted over Labor Dayweekend, September 1-4, 2006. Ourhats are off to No Cattle, SASS#22849, and wife, Mail Order Annie,SASS #45417, who put in manyhours, weeks, and months organizingthis event and to all the volunteerswho made it happen. We also thankour terrific sponsors and vendors. Wehad great cowboy shopping and grub.

Friday was filled with speedside-events and ended with somegreat Cowboy Trap competition. TheWolverine Rangers proudly support-ed The Kimberly Anne GillaryCharity at this year’s Range Warand raised $3265 towards the goal ofputting a life-saving, automatedexternal defibrillator in everyMichigan high school. LaporteLil, SASS #33413, was this year’sCharity Spirit Award winner and

has selected two area high schools toreceive defibrillators.

Saturday morning found us onthe range at the mandatory safetymeeting. Wolverine Ranger Captain,No Cattle, filled everyone in on theday’s event and Bad River Marty,SASS #23076, offered a prayer forsafe shooting and safety for our troopsin harm’s way. Ready for action, weheaded out to give it our best shot onthe day’s five mainstages. The stag-gered time schedulewas in effect and kepteveryone movingthroughout the event.

This year’s sta-ges echoed themes of

trouble brewin’ at the Emporium,some stinkin’ bad guys at the livery,and an invasion of nasty critters inthe local cemetery. There was also acovered wagon stage that provedchallenging, and we even had ourown Epitaph newspaper office.Shooters were asked to vote for theirfavorite stage. Dakota Doc, SASS#9695, and Cactus Kay, SASS#15157, took the honors with theirgood-looking and fun-to-shoot “WhoGets The Mine?” stage. Ore carswere parked on a track that led youin and out of “mine shafts” and final-ly to a mine shack. And, of course,you were shooting all the way there.

Regarding our targets, themajority of them were good-sizedand uniformly shaped and painted sowe didn’t see many shooters adjust-ing their spectacles or making spec-tacles of themselves. Shotgun tar-gets were all knockdowns. The sce-narios were easily understood andtried to avoid procedural traps. Ourgoal is fun, not penalties. This year

our shooters found themselvesmoving a lot on some of thestages, which offered good varietyand fun. We had eight shootersclean the match.

Saturday night was a busytime. Spring Valley Cathy, SASS#48923, and her crew of volun-teers, served up some mighty deli-cious chili, with all the fixin’s.During dinner, Tintype Charlieprovided a photo presentation of

SASS Michigan State Champions –Colt McAllister and K.J. Stevens.

Congratulations!



WOLVERINE RANGERS RANGE WAR #8& SASS 2006 Michigan State Championship

By Katie Callahan, SASS #23077Photos by Tintype Charlie, SASS #64685

the day’s shoot on his computer. Wewere fortunate to have him takingphotos all weekend of our shooters inaction, guns blazin’, and smoke arollin’. Go to www.wolverinerangers.org and click on “Range WarPhotographs” to view some great pho-tos. You might even see yerself there!

Side-match awards were alsohanded out after the meal, alongwith shooter prizes. No Buk Chuck,SASS #24540, and Elsie Rose, SASS#45538, have been at the core of theGillary Foundation raffle at RangeWar for many years and assisted inpassing out the raffle prizes. Withour innards warmed by that secondbowl of chili, we were ready for somereal cowboy music. For the past cou-ple years R.J. Law, SASS #15466,and The Lady, SASS #15467, havebrought us Wyoming cowboy/enter-tainer and SASS #15351, KevinMcNiven. And this year, his per-formance had us right “back-in-thesaddle again.”

We had us some rain Saturdaynight, but Sunday morning found agood-sized number of folks gatheredfor Cowboy Chapel. Cree VicarDave, SASS #49907, preached to uson toleratin’ our neighbors, a sermonall folks should have heard. Our gui-tar player, Rev. C. S. Missalot, SASS#53069, led us in an “amazing” cho-rus of happy cowboy voices, some intune and some just a bit off-key. But,

knowin’ the Lord wasn’t judgin’ usmade us sing all the louder. And hal-lelujah! He held off the rain all day!

Sunday’s five stages were as muchfun to shoot as the first five, but I, forone, gave a sigh of relief when thatlast bullet pinged on target Sundayafternoon. That meant our banquetwas only hours away at CrystalGardens, and prime rib, door prizes,scores, and awards were waiting.

Our Captain, No Cattle, assistedby granddaughter, Little MissWrangler, SASS #58254, had thehonor of handing out our shootingcategory winners’ awards, along withdoor prizes. We had gowns fromRecollections, a couple 650 Dillionpresses, rifles, shotguns, and othergreat prizes. We were also honoredto have Kirkpatrick Leather repre-sentative, Just Wild Bill, SASS#17899, present a new shooting rig toone very happy, “middle-of-the-pack”shooter, Russ T. Ryder, SASS #66696.Top honors of the evening went to our2006 State Champions, K.J. Stevens,SASS #62782, and Colt McAllister,SASS #13823. Colt was also our TopOverall Champion. Hats-off to all theside-match and category winners andclean match shooters!

On Monday, cowboys and cow-girls made their way to the TeamEvent and dueled it out in the Man-On-Man contest. And then, as quick-ly as it came, the weekend ended.Stages came down; campers returned

home; and we were left with ourmemories of Range War/ SASS StateChampionship #8. Yet, we werealready talking about next year’s #9shoot. What a contagious, addictivesport we’ve thrown ourselves into.

Hope to see you here, next year,Labor Day weekend, at Michigan’sWolverine Ranger Range War. And,please don’t make us send the troopsout lookin’ for ya … they’d rather beshootin’. Happy Trails!


WinnersOverall Colt McAllister,

SASS #13823Michigan State ChampionsMale Colt McAllisterFemale K.J. Stevens,

SASS #62782CategoryBuckarette Sage Chick,

SASS #4845Buckaroo Duelin’ Dylan,

SASS #68052B-Western No Buk Chuck,

SASS #24540L B-Western Miss Misery,

SASS #38072C Cowboy Pine Creek Jack,

SASS #40546Duelist Doc Roy L. Pain,

SASS #28321L Duelist Ryder LaRouge,

SASS #70514E Statesman Teton Tomahawk,

SASS #4044349er Rawhide Wilson,

SASS #40834L 49er Honey B. Quick,

SASS #47009F Cartridge Slippery Pete,

SASS #40726L F Cartridge Miss Elaineous

SASS #45042F C Duelist Two Rig A Tony,

SASS #54423F C Gunfighter Blackjack Beeson

SASS #11523Frontiersman Mike Fink,

SASS #29047Gunfighter Lassiter,

SASS #2080L Gunfighter Laporte Lil,

SASS #33413Young Gun Terrible Tyler,

SASS #28937L Young Gun Crazy Kate,

SASS #52434Modern Fireball,

SASS #7709L Modern C.J., SASS #11524Senior J.R. Hammer,

SASS #45907S Senior Tres Hombres

SASS #2163S Duelist Pinky LaRue,

SASS #71550S Gunfighter Table Top Tom,

SASS #28261L Senior Cactus Kay,

SASS #15157Traditional Colt McAllisterL Traditional K.J. StevensSide MatchesDerringer Three Gun Cole,

SASS #50738L Derringer Honey B QuickPocket Pistol Gaslight,

SASS #30516L P Pistol Roxie LaRue,

SASS #42772.22 Pistol Deuce Stevens,

SASS #55996L .22 Pistol K.J. Stevens.22 Rifle Mustache Kid,

SASS #39293L .22 Rifle Katie Callahan,

SASS #23077Pistol Lassiter

L Pistol Honey B QuickRifle Colt McAllisterL Rifle K.J. StevensShotgun Lever LassiterPump Three Gun Cole,

SASS #50738L Pump Honey B. QuickDouble Barrel Deuce StevensL D Barrel- Miss Misery,

SASS #38072Hammered El Gato Gordo,

SASS #15162Long RangePistol J. R. Logan,

SASS #24849L Pistol Katie CallahanRifleSingle Shot Doc Molar,

SASS #18470L Single Shot Snowdancer,

SASS #54186P Caliber LassiterL P Caliber Miss ElaineousR Cal, Lever Smokin’ Iron,

SASS #22149L R Cal, Lever Lilabell,

SASS #8015Special EventsCowboy TrapT.S. Event #1 Scholfield Ranger,

SASS #24545T.S. Event #2 Tucson Stu,

SASS #28074Single Game Mad Murray,

SASS #47591S. Game #2 Tucson StuTeam Event Cree Vicar Dave,

SASS #49907, Riverview Rattler, SASS #67025

Fun Game Tucson StuOpt. Game Vicious,

SASS #8014

Team ShootCatlow, SASS #4697, Cree Vicar Dave, Gray Hare, SASS #20821, Gentleman Shooter, SASS #68082,

Michigan Kid, SASS #47308

Man-On-Man Lightning Wayne, SASS #45658

WinnersL Modern Tin Can Annie Modern Too Slow Again L Senior Miss Liz,

SASS #16935Senior Wild Bill Collector,

SASS #10187L Traditional Prairie Dawn,

SASS #2963Gunfighter Railroad Bill,

SASS #2517449’er Shootin Newton,

SASS #8737L 49’er Squash Blossom Duelist Cole Starherst F Cartridge Jim Cummins,

SASS #5324Frontiersman Fingers McGee,

SASS #28654Traditional Bloody Bill,

SASS #69370Junior Fiddler Dylan,

SASS #59255


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Ballston Spa, NY – After fiveyears hosting the SASS New

York State Championship, HeluvaRukus, over Father’s Day weekendin June, the Circle K Regulators ofBallston Spa, NY, changed the shootdate to mid-September (9/15-17) thisyear. The big question was whether

they’d fill up as quickly as in thepast. Well, no worry! Once again,they managed to overfill the shoot inone week’s time, ending up with over200 shooters representing 18 differ-ent states and Canada.

Thursday was set-up day, anddespite some rain, by late afternooneverything had fallen into place.Stages/side events were set up, lotsof nifty extra decorations were ondisplay, the clubhouse was ready forthe onslaught of shooters the nextday, and many vendors and campers

were already on site. Friday was registration, door

prize pickup, and side event day.Although there were showers in theearly morning, by the time the sideevents began, the ‘liquid sunshine’had disappeared, and it had turnedinto a nice fall day. Shooters werekept busy throwing lead most of theday, enjoying the opportunity to usenot only their regular SASS mainmatch guns, but also their long

range rifles, pocket pistols, der-ringers, .22 rifles and pistols, and,for the first time at Heluva Rukus,their 1911 pistols in a Wild Bunchmini-stage. When not throwing leadat the targets, the cowpokes could beseen meandering down sutlers’ rowthrowing money at a number of dif-ferent vendors. By 4 PM Friday, allbut a handful of shooters had picked


HELUVA RUKUS 2006The SASS New York State Championship

By Annabelle Bransford, SASS Regulator #11916

Rowdy Bill (on crutches) received a Plaque of Appreciation

for his outstanding stage design.

Overall Winner, Jake Mountain (l)and SASS New York State

Champions, Cartwheel andAnnabelle Brandsford.

Congratulations!

Yukon Mike received the Spirit of the Game Award.


up their jam-packed shooter’s pack-ets and drawn for their door prizes.

This year there was a change inthe Heluva Rukus schedule. Theinformal BBQ and the formal ban-quet switched nights. Following theFriday side events, approximately100 shooters and their guestschanged into their “fancy duds” andheaded to the nearby Knights ofColumbus for an evening of food, fun,and friendship. Happy hour at thebar gave the cowpokes time tounwind a bit before adjourning to themain dining hall where a deliciousbuffet was served. Following dinner,side event awards were presented,and a DJ provided folks with new andold country/Western tunes for theirlistening and/or dancing pleasure.

By 8:30 Saturday morning, theshooters had gathered under the bigtent for opening announcements andthe safety briefing before dispersingto their assigned stages. The weath-er could not have been more perfectfor Cowboy Action Shooting™. Asalways, six of the main stages wereshot on Saturday with a mid-daylunch/shopping break. Having hadextra time to prepare for this year’sevent, the CKR members had goneoverboard building new props andupdating/repairing older ones, so thestages really looked great. The sce-narios offered plenty of movement

and interesting, but not brain-teas-ing, target acquisitions. Competitorsgot to fend off renegade Indiansinvading their homes, unsuccessfulprospectors after their gold, andangry ranchers disputing waterrights. They got to save the payrollfrom train robbers, save their friendfrom a ‘necktie party,’ and save thetown from a vengeful gang. They gotto kick down a door, shoot a knock-down plate rack, and holler lineslike, “There’s trouble comin’” and“You’ll ALL face justice now!” It wasthe Old West in Upstate New York,and it was just plain fun!

But Saturday’s activities didn’tstop when the guns were put awayfor the day. Immediately followingthe day’s shooting, a TerritorialGovernors’ meeting was held with 11attendees representing severalstates taking time to discuss variousSASS and Regional-related matters.By 6 PM, over 200 hungry cowpokeshad gathered at the big tent to par-take of a good old-fashioned BBQ.After dinner, the CKR Trail Boss,Smokehouse Dan, SASS #12524,thanked the various match sponsorsand gave out token “thank-you” giftsto the ROs, as well as to a number ofparticularly hard-working CKRmembers. Costume contest winnerswere presented with their awards,and a special free raffle was held forover a dozen valuable prizes.

Sunday was yet another perfectday for shooting. Ya gotta love thosecomfortable fall temps and sunnyskies! Four more action-packed

main stages were shot in the morn-ing, followed by a team event in theearly afternoon. Then, finally, it wastime for the anxiously awaitedawards ceremony. There were more“thank yous”, followed by the presen-tation of an $860 check to the localvolunteer fire department, whichprovided emergency medical equip-ment and staff on site throughout theevent. Match sponsor, Just Wild Bill,SASS #17899, of KirkpatrickLeather, awarded a $430 Tequila gunrig to the lucky 107th place shooter.The fire department benefit rafflewas held, and four more very specialprizes were given away. Next, teamevent winners, five-year sponsors,stage winners, clean shooters (22!),and category winners received theirawards. Prop builder extraordinaire,Yukon Mike, SASS #23165, was pre-sented with this year’s Spirit of theGame Award, and Rowdy Bill, SASS#9628, (on crutches!) was presentedwith a special Plaque of Appreciationfor his outstanding stage design.Myrtle Wells, SASS #23117, wasgiven a wonderful collage of photos ofher late husband, MuleskinnerMicah, SASS #14683. And finally thewinners of the hotly contested 2006SASS NYS Men’s and Ladies’Championships were announced,and Cartwheel, SASS #57342, andAnnabelle Bransford, SASS #11916,were presented with their bucklesand trophies. Jake Mountain, SASS#35806, took this year’s coveted TopGun Award. And thus ended the bestdarn Heluva Rukus to date!


WINNERS

TOP GUN Jake Mountain, SASS #35806

SASS New York State ChampionsMen Cartwheel,

SASS #57342Ladies Annabelle Bransford,

SASS #11916

CategoryB-Western Ike ‘Shotgun’ McCoy,

SASS #4982C Cowboy Just Plain Larry,

SASS #13965Duelist Grazer, SASS #38845E Statesman Geriatric Kid,

SASS #28872F C Duelist Dead Head,

SASS #2976849er Brett Cantrell,

SASS #33868F Cartridge Capt. Morgan Rum,

SASS #6859Frontiersman Yankee, SASS #266

Gunfighter Snake River Cowboy, SASS #34984

Modern CartwheelSenior Geronimo Jim,

SASS #21775S Duelist Bear Lee Tallable,

SASS #23670Traditional Jake MountainL B-Western Birdie Cage,

SASS #32773L Duelist Nantucket Dawn,

SASS #15681L 49er Annabelle BransfordL F Cartridge Miss Delaney Belle,

SASS #6860L Traditional Stormy Shooter,

SASS #57333L Modern Dallas Rose,

SASS #52943L Senior May Rein,

SASS #45274L S Duelist Eula Nissen,

SASS #42335G Dame Bonnie Dee,

SASS #28412

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Holderness, New Hampshire –The soft main street sand in

Pemi Gulch shifted and crunchedbeneath the feet of cowboys and cow-girls as they walked; fine dust roseinto the air to tighten their throats onthat hot, dry Saturday morning. Waita minute, dry? It was dry in NewHampshire in early July? You meanit didn’t rain, not even once over theentire three days of shooting and fun?Yes, that’s correct, now read on.

After the wettest spring onrecord with match cancellations dueto flooding and New England shoot-ers near drowning at other events,the Pemi Valley Peacemakers hostedthe 6th Annual Fracas at PemiGulch on July 7-9, 2006 in beautifulweather. For the last two years thisevent has actually been the com-bined New Hampshire and VermontState Championships. Simplyknown as “the Fracas,” it drawsshooters from New England and

beyond, year after year, bringingthem back to Holderness, NewHampshire. This year was no excep-tion with 140+ shooters participat-ing from near and far. From thelooks of the grounds it seems a goodportion arrived in the modern equiv-alent of the Conestoga wagon astents, popup campers, and RVs of alltypes were abundant.

Pemi is always a great place toshoot; every stage involves either apermanent structure or large façade;for example, a train coach, livery sta-ble, cantina, outhouse, and some ofthe best “atmosphere” props around,including cattle, sheep, coyotes, andbuzzards as well as ruffians andtown folks. Targets were the appro-priate size and distance, not to closeor far, with spacing that made speed

possible but avoided the “stand anddeliver” syndrome for the largestpart. Lateral movement was re-quired on most stages and rangedfrom short distances, such as thetrain coach, to Crow Town, which hadthe shooter moving from one end ofthe large façade and back, engagingshotgun targets on the way down and

revolver targets on the return trip.While the different shaped steel

plates of the infamous train caughtthe shooter’s attention, the assis-tance of area clubs ensured everyshotgun target was a knock down.There were no “golden BB’s” at theFracas this year; shoot ‘till it falls oryou run out of shells and take themiss. Scenarios were straightfor-ward with no complaints of proce-dural traps while sweeps ran thegamut from Nevada to the LawrenceWelk, “a one and a two and a three…” Shooters of all categories werewell challenged with target layoutwhile scenarios managed to makefun of many local folks by namingthem as the bad guys or object ofyour objection.

Side matches on Friday broughtout the usual suspects … speedevents for rifle, pistol, shotgun, andothers. The first try on all was free,


NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPBy Iron Pony, SASS #36769

New Hampshire State Champions –Jimmy Spurs and

Pistol Packin’ Punky.

Vermont State Champions – Half-A-Hand Henri and

Dirty Dan.


with a nominal fee collected fromthose who wanted to give it anotherrun. Of special interest on Fridaywere the Plainsman and Wild Bunchmatches overseen by the Chelsea Kidand Emma Goodcook for the formerand the Lazarus Man for the latter.A real treat for some of us NewEngland shooters was the longrangebuffalo shoot at 550 yards, almosttwice the distance we normally shoot.LaBouche and Windjammer rodeheard on the long guns, spotting andcalling shots to help buff gunners getdialed in. All these events were wellattended and gave participants achance to “let it all hang out” or shootsomething other then regular mainmatch guns.



New Hampshire StateChampions:

Mens Jimmy Spurs, SASS #65014

Ladies Pistol Packin’ Punky, SASS #3867

Vermont State Champions:Mens Dirty Dan,

SASS #9726Ladies Half-A-Hand Henri,

SASS #9727

Category Winners:Traditional Jimmy Spurs49er Brett Cantrell,

SASS #33868B-Western Calvary Kid,

SASS #27839C Cowboy Just Plain Larry,

SASS #13965Duelist Kidd Thunder,

SASS #25814Frontiersman Yankee, SASS #266Fr Cartridge Windjammer,

SASS #35984FC Duelist Gun E. Bear,

SASS #5557FC Gunfighter Dead Head,

SASS #29768Gunfighter Half-A-Hand HenriModern Chuckaroo,

SASS #13080Senior Rowdy Bill,

SASS #9628Sr Duelist Bearlee Tallable,

SASS #23670E Statesman Dirty DanL Traditional Ida Mae Holliday,

SASS #48419L 49er English Bev,

SASS #33869L B-Western Birdie Cage,

SASS #32773L Duelist Nantucket Dawn,

SASS #15681L FrCartridge Miss Delaney Belle,

SASS #6860L FC Duelist Purple Sage Lady,

SASS #43039L Modern Binky The Kid,

SASS #6391L Senior May Rein,

SASS #45274Grand Dame Bonnie Dee,

SASS #28413Jr Boy Alzada Kid,

SASS #51700Jr Girl Killer Bunny,

SASS #65912

Saturday started off with theexpected welcome, safety briefing,and announcements. These were fol-lowed by a Fracas tradition, theawarding of the Icon of Idiocy, thedreaded “Crow.” For shooters notcognizant of this truly dubiousaward, it is a large, hideously acces-sorized trophy passed on from year toyear to a shooter who most embodiesthe full tilt gonzo spirit. Previousrecipients include Wild Phil Coyote,Half-A-Hand Henri, Buck Staghorn,Rusty Marlin, Driftwood Johnson,Wild Bill Blackerby, and now, unfor-tunately, yours truly.

Shooting commenced at 9:00 AMand so did the competition betweentop shooters, though they were farand away outnumbered by folks goingall out for fun. Names we have cometo expect in the top ranks remainedso; Jake Mountain, Half-A-HandHenri, Smoky Sue, Splinter Jack, andBrett Cantrell among others werejoined by two relatively new names,Jimmy Spurs and Dapper Dan.

Saturday comprised six mainmatch stages and was capped off bythe Governor’s Ball with a dinner ofsteak, chicken, and our New Englandfavorite, lobster, or more correctly pro-nounced “lobstah.” Music, dancing,and special costume contests ensuedthereafter. Of special note, it isrumored match director, Capt SideBurns, and the Calvary Kid tied in theeyes of judge The Lazarus Man for the“prettiest man I ever saw” category.

Sunday concluded shooting withthe final four main match stages atwhich point, after packing up gunsand carts, a crowd gathered in theshade outside the clubhouse and re-hydrated themselves while dis-cussing the weekend events andwaiting for the scores. Great carewas given to data entry, checking,and rechecking scores to precludeany possible errors.

When all was said and done,many category champions werecrowned, but the four most anticipat-ed were the New Hampshire andVermont, Mens and LadiesChampions. Doc McCoy presentedthe Vermont top honors to Half-A-Hand Henri and Dirty Dan. Capt.Side Burns and Hermit Joe did thehonors for the Granite state champs,Pistol Packin Punky and JimmySpurs. Congratulations to these newand repeat champions as well as allthe many category winners, forscores and a complete list check thePemi Peacemakers website athttp://www.pemipeacemakers.com

The hard work of all the bermmarshals and posse leaders made thematch run smoothly and must be rec-ognized by everyone who attended.Hats off to Capt. Side Burns, HermitJoe, Tag-Along-Tess and her girls,and Horse Doc for another great timeat Pemi Gulch. Make sure you signup early for next year or you’ll missanother outstanding gathering!

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Philippsbug, Germany – Morethan 350 Action Shooters from

12 nations in Europe got together inPhilippsbug, Germany, from August16th through August 20th to shoot,have fun, and determine who has the“fastest gun around” on theEuropean Continent!

As far as we here in Germanyknow, this event with its turnout ofmore than 1000 persons on theranges daily was the biggest CowboyAction Shooting™ match outside ofthe US – next to the World Cham-

pionship “END of TRAIL 2006” inthe USA!! Cowboy Action Shoo-ting™ has steadily been growinghere in the “Old World,” and it wasreally exiting to greet and welcomecowboys resplendent in their outfitsand gear from Norway, Sweden,Denmark, Germany, Belgium,Luxemburg, Netherlands, Switzer-land, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, TheCzech Republic, Poland, Hungary,and Croatia to all come and “play thegame” of Cowboy Action Shooting™with us!

Opening ceremonies were heldWednesday, August 16th with agrand parade of flags from all partic-ipating nations being carried intothe big reception tent by the com-

petitors, each born by the respectivenation – all being preceded by theflag of Unified Europe with its 12stars representing the first nationsgathered there in gold upon the bluebackground.

After this ceremony, MatchDirector, Preussen Kid, SASS Life#38962, along with the President ofthe parent Organization, BundDeutscher Sportschuetzen1975 e.V.(BDS), Mr. Friedrich Gepperth, spoketo the assembled shooters and visi-tors in the warmest fashion and madeone and all feel welcome to this spe-cial event. Both gentlemen expressedtheir joy and satisfaction so manypeople had traveled so far to bethere—the cowboys from Norway cov-

ered 2900 kilometres in their caravanto be present, the competitors fromSweden and Italy both drove approx.2500 kilometres to join the fun!

Thursday, Friday, and Saturdaysaw action on all 12 stages with twoposses of 12-14 members each work-ing and shooting side by side on allstages during all three days to fire atotal of just over 300 rounds ofammunition each down range at anassorted array of steel targets. Somestages were certainly more intricateto follow and shoot than others, butthe organizers of the match had cre-ated a series of interesting and chal-lenging scenarios to tickle theappetite of the cowboys and cowgirls.

3RD EUROPEAN COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING™CHAMPIONSHIP

“DAYS OF TRUTH 2006”An Outstanding Success in Philippsburg, Germany !

By Arizona Tom, SASS #30872

Arizona Tom, SASS #30872



stage over wet sand – and mud insome areas … pushing gun carts dec-orated with tarpaulins to shield theircontents from the rain.

On Thursday evening representa-tives from all participating nationsgathered together at the clubhouse ofa group of “Texas Rangers” thatindulge in their hobby not far fromthe shooting ranges. This gatheringof SASS members was arranged byRange Master Arizona Tom, who isalso TG for Cowboy Action Shoo-ting™ Germany, the objective beingto get to know each other better andto talk about promoting our game ofCowboy Action Shooting™ and mak-ing it known and available to yetmore people in Europe. A lively dis-cussion developed at once, and anumber of topics were discussed,some of them rather fervently! In theend all present agreed on the subjectsat hand, namely that SASS RulesONLY should apply for ALL matchesthroughout all the countries present,recognizing, however, that there arelocal laws and firearms bans thatmust be observed in some of theEuropean Nations participating – forinstance when traveling to orthrough Austria where all pump-action shotguns, such as theWinchester ’97 that so many of ourcowboys use, are unlawful and there-fore illegal to own or carry!

All present agreed two represen-tatives from each nation that con-

ducts Cowboy Action Shooting™ willbe named to the council for furtherreference. All questions concerningEuropean gun laws should be posedand answered by one central personso these matters of intense interest tofolks traveling across the many bor-ders that still remain in Europe whilehaving guns and ammo in their pos-session can get all the informationthey need from one reliable source.This person being Attorney at LawMs. Susanna Putsche, aka “BrokenArrow”, who was introduced to thosepresent and announced she would infact begin answering such questionsat once, as necessary. These ques-tions and queries may also be submit-ted to her e-mail address, [email protected] for processing.

The question then arose as towhere the next European CowboyAction Shooting™ Championship,“Days of Truth 2007,” is to be held.After a moment of complete silencethe cowboys from Italy raised theirhand and announced they would beproud to host the “Days of Truth2007” in the area of Brescia, Italy, inthe second half of September 2007.This great Cowboy Action Shoo-ting™ event will be sponsored by thefamous Italian Gun Makers F.ILLIPietta (Alessandro Pietta) and ARMISport (Susanna and Rino Chiappa)!

With these things all agreedupon, the cowboys and –girls from the

Some of the stages this year hadnot been equipped solely by theorganizing organization, but hadbeen sponsored by either dealers orby other clubs. The SASS affiliatedclub, “Cowboy Action Shooting™Germany,” for instance, donated anentire stage, including steel targetsand a suitable backdrop scene for theenjoyment of one and all. The only

“dampening” circumstances weredue to the at time rather inclementweather – to say the least! Some ofthe participants living in period cor-rect army tents were surprised and“delighted” by waking up to puddlesof water next to their bedsides ontwo of the three days of competition– but humor it they did, and daytimesaw them with happy and smilingfaces while trudging from stage to



WinnersOverall Winner, European Champion

and German Champion Westphalian Phil,SASS #67201

Traditional1. Westphalian Phil (Germany) 2. Ray Heartless, SASS #62762

(Sweden) 3. Karel Jirosek (Czech Republic)

Gunfighter1. Thunder Man, SASS #29821

(Czech Republic)2. Wheel Gunner, SASS #49252

(Germany)3. Jan Sipal (Czech Republic)

Duelist1. Bengt Frederiksson (Sweden)2. Noname Czech, SASS #68710

(Czech Republic)3. Milan Finstrle (Czech Republic)

Frontier Cartridge Duelist1. Shotgun George, SASS #55784

(Germany)2. Tom Prox, SASS #62017 (Germany)3. Jack Dyer, SASS #66538

(Germany)Frontiersman

1. Ulrich Hildebrand (Germany)2. Ladislav Kaledea

(Czech Republic)3. Jens Kralapp (Germany)

Classic Cowboy1. Martin Goerss (Germany)2. Orlando A. Brick Bond,

SASS #52593(Germany)

3. Detlev Mueller (Germany)Classic Cowboy (smokeless)

1. Lyoner Dundee, SASS #53807(Germany)

2. Kaboom Andy, SASS #63050 (Italy)3. Charles Quantrill, SASS #49472

(Norway)Ladies Traditional

1. Lady Smile, SASS #53806(Germany)

2. Thundermaid, SASS #29820 (Czech Republic)

3. Tanja Tatsoglou (Germany)

Long Range Winner in both Categoriesfor blackpowder and smokeless propel-lants was Ralf Westermann (Germany)


Black Thunder lived up to itsname, starting out sunny and

hot, and ending up with thunder andlightning. We had only eighteenshooters because most South Floridaclubs don’t shoot through the hotsummer months. It was decided onebig posse would be the best way to go.

The shooters picked up theirpackets, started on stage one, finish-ing on stage six, stepping over cowpatties and horse droppings of theworking ranch.

The story theme was the DesotoCounty Cattle Wars, a particularlydangerous time between 1880 and1886, when rustling and killingswere rampant.

Some of the scenarios mentionedtowns like Punta Rassa, Pine Level,and Tator Hill Bluff. Other towns inthe scenarios were, Micco Bluff, Ft.Ogdon, Ft. Bassinger, and BluffHammock. During their heyday,these Florida cattle towns were aswild as any talked about when yousay “cowboy.”

The shooting went well untilstage five; that’s when the thunder

and lightning started. We tookrefuge under the canopies and waiteduntil the lightning stopped. The rainlet up a little, so we finished stagefive and started on stage six. A hardrain set in for the rest of the day, sowe erected a portable canopy over thestage and finished shooting.

After shooting, lunch was provid-ed as part of the entry. Hamburgers,

BLACK THUNDERThe SASS Florida Blackpowder Shootout

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Winners

F Cartridge El Sid, SASS #16817

F C Duelist Texas Jack McCoy, SASS #23899

F C Gunfighter Papa DaveFrontiersman Buffalo Brady,

SASS #24830L F Cartridge Savannah Belle,

SASS #31452L F C Duelist Canyon Lake,

SASS #21669

potato salad, and baked beans reallytaste good when cooked outside underthe cook shed.

When finished eating, trophieswere given out in each category, anddoor prizes, donated by our only spon-sor, Hodgdon IMR Powder Co., werehanded out. Everyone seemed to havea good time. I guess we’ll do it againnext year, but in cooler weather!�


many nations attending proceeded toenjoy themselves with food and drinkuntil late into the (rainy!) night.

The next as well as the followingday again saw action on all stages,including the side matches, whichoffered long-range action over thedistances of 100 and 250 meters bothwith blackpowder and smokelessammunition.

Ah – yes: Blackpowder!! Thenumerous cowboys and cowgirlsusing this most traditional of propel-lants in their guns stood and smokedup the ranges and shooting bayswith their guns belching smoke andflame to their own delight – and ofcourse providing spectacular pic-tures for the numerous photogra-phers that are always on hand forsuch events – and quickly hook upwith the posses with the most“smoke wagons” to get those wonder-ful shots with the nostalgic flair!

Here in Europe there seems to beno question about “how much smokemust be visible” when shooters regis-ter in these categories – these folk’sfill their cases up to the brim with the“holy black” and fire away – and thisgoes for cartridge guns as well as forthe cap-and-ball pistoleros! One cow-boy, for instance, uses a combinationconsisting of one Colt .44 Walker and

one Colt .44 Dragoon, and he loadsthem with 50 grains of powder in eachchamber – his shotgun shells containa whopping 85 grains of blackpowderper shell! Talk about smoke rollingdown range … especially on a dampand rainy day!!!

On Friday and Saturday night aband got people kicking up theirheels on the dance floor, and folkswere also well entertained by a grandfashion show initiated by Mrs.Dummer, wife of Match DirectorHerbert Dummer, who gatheredtogether all the ladies that have putin so much time in the last year tosew the fine clothing and dresses thatare to be seen everywhere now at theranges during Cowboy ActionShooting™ events all over this conti-nent. Ladies and gents alike parad-ed through the grand tent to showthemselves off to the audience gath-ered to see and applaud their efforts– and boy do some of those ladies lookgrand!! Lovely lady Thundermaidfrom The Czech Republic took thegrand prize in this costume eventwith a dream of a gown in light bluewith all the matching accessoriesanyone could imagine!

A grand lottery with plenty of out-standing prizes drew the attention ofthe huge audience as well – with ahappy winner from the Czech Repu-


3RD EUROPEAN COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING™ CHAMPIONSHIP . . .

blic taking the first prize—aWinchester 1876 rifle donated byChaparral Arms—home to his coun-try with him! Other winners proudlywalked away with an Uberti .45“Cattleman” also donated byChaparral Arms, a “Remington .44”revolver donated by HEGE Arms, asingle shot .45 “Kentucky” pistolgiven away by ARMI Sport, andnumerous other valuable articles.

On Sunday the winners of theEuropean Cowboy Action Shooting™Championship “Days of Truth 2006”were announced.

Before and during this matchthere had been a certain amount ofdiscussion about target size andplacement due to the fact this was thefirst time SASS Rules were marriedto the existing (very restrictive) rulesthat apply in Germany – and every-where in Europe. The organizerstherefore had “split” the categoriesinto two groups for those shooterswishing to adhere to “SASS Rules”and also to accommodate those thatwanted to stick with the “BDS”Rulebook. This was accomplished byrunning two completely separateevaluation scorings for all the shoot-ers – and thus did achieve the resultthat ALL were scored according totheir chosen category and accordingto the rulebook they had asked for!

The greatest feat being accom-plished by the RO’s who had to takeextreme care to get everybody right

according to the score sheet he/shecarried with them! As stated above,however, the assembly of representa-tives from all participating nationsresolved all future matches will beconducted by SASS Rules only inorder to provide a sturdy and reliablebasis for this wonderful sport ofCowboy Action Shooting™ that is stillrapidly growing all across Europe!Precautions must, however, be takenwhen planning an event and wheninviting and registering the shootersfrom these many nations on this con-tinent as some firearms we use areconsidered illegal in some countrieshere (pump-action shotguns inAustria for instance!), and certainprecautions must be taken (such asregistering for travel with guns andammunition) when passing throughother nations in order to get to thelocation of the planned match. Therestill are a number of borders in “OldEurope” where you have to stop andpresent ID as well as state your rea-son for travel in or through the coun-try in question!! Some of these coun-tries luckily are so small (Luxemburgfor instance!) you can simply drivearound them …

On Sunday, August 20th 2006many happy (and damp) cowboyspacked up their gear, changed to“civilian clothing” and reluctantlywent back to the “rat race” … hopingsoon again they would hear the call topack up their guns and travel!�

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The Cedar Valley Vigilantes ofMorristown, MN are often in

the forefront when it comes to newand innovative targets and rangeconstruction. With range operationgetting close to perfection, they’veturned their attention to anotherpart of cowboy action - costuming.

“Costuming is a big part of theoverall cowboy experience, yet itrarely gets the attention itdeserves,” says Lt. Gatewood, SASS#4356, Cedar Valley VigilantesDirector. “Our new goal is to makecostuming as much fun as shooting.”

With that goal in mind, CedarValley Vigilantes did a total re-make of their costume contest for“Gunsmoke-06, the MinnesotaState SASS Championship. To theviewer, the new format resembles abeauty pageant more than a con-test. Behind the scenes, however,the focus is on fair judging. Duringthe day, each contestant is inter-

viewed privately by the panel ofjudges. During the interview,emphasis is placed on period cor-rectness and knowledge of the char-acter that contestant is portraying.

An ability to recite facts about thischaracter will score points. Eventrivial things such as correctshoelaces and items in your pocketscan be a factor in judges’ scoring.

The second part of the competi-tion includes displaying the cos-tume at the evening banquet. Forthis, Cedar Valley Vigilantes con-verted their stage to include a pro-fessionally lighted elevated runwaythat juts out into the audience.With pianist playing western musicin the background, a narratordescribes the costume as the con-testant walks to the end of the run-way. After pausing and turning bythe judges’ table, the contestantreturns to the stage.

Although a few contestants werenervous about strutting down an ele-vated runway under the glare offloodlights, in front of several hun-

dred people, most took it in strideand some looked like professionalmodels. “Audience reaction wasgreat,” said Lt. Gatewood. “It turneda so-so competition into a high classevent. I hope other clubs will seehow well this works and place moreemphasis on costume events.”

CEDAR VALLEY VIGILANTES TAKESCOSTUMING TO A HIGHER LEVEL

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About 18 months ago, concernsarose in the club about range safetyand a potential problem with rico-chets. In addition to legitimatesafety concerns, politicians wouldlove closing down another shootingrange in the name of public protec-tion (What glorious sound bitescould be had!), so all shooting atsteel was indefinitely suspended.Falling Plate racks were easily mod-ified to negate any risks, but due tothe spread and varying geometry ofour scenarios, Cowboy ActionShooters were in a real bind. Shoo-ter participation dropped severelywhen all matches had to be shot onpaper targets, and the matches tookmuch longer to run, due to scoring,taping holes, etc.

While searching for alterna-tives, I met Rodney Allshouse, ofFrangible Bullets (FrangibleBullets.com). After explaining ourproblem to Rodney, he (and, eventu-ally, Dan Smith, owner of Inter-national Cartridge Company (Inter-national Cartridge.com) devotedhours of assistance and tons ofinformation, as well as aiding uswith samples for testing.

The solution was simple in theo-

ry, and the frangibility factor wasabsolute. I personally fired at asteel plate less than a foot from myColt’s muzzle, and the very few par-ticles that came back at me could belikened to someone gently tossingbeach sand in the air.

The .38 Special shooters had noproblems, as ICC’s factory-loadedfrangibles work perfectly. Unfortu-nately, no one as yet commerciallyloads .45 Colt, and logistical problemslay in handloading the frangibleheads. Though they are about 1/3lighter than similarly sized leadslugs, the same powder charges applyare used. For example, the .45/165grain powder charge would be thesame as that used for .45/200 grainlead bullets. Apply more that just ahint of a taper crimp, and at everyshot, two projectiles issued forth. Ittook a while to find just the rightcompromise of crimp to eliminatebreaking bullets while also avoidingsetback of the bullets in tubular riflemagazines. Additional assistancewas rendered by J.P. Reno of HenryArms (HenryRepeating.com), whoaided in testing the loads in Henry’s38 and 45 cal. “Big Boys.”

We hustled along with loadingand testing, achieving results satis-factory enough to have the loadsused in our last match on October1st. On that date, welcomed returnto steel allowed a great day of shoot-ing, safety, as always was main-tained, and we have bought somemore time for our oasis in the mid-dle of an anti-gun desert.

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The shot heard round the world?Not really. But I would like to

think that folks around the worldwill hear about this event.

Sunday, October 22nd thisyear, the Okeechobee Marshalswere the host of a record attemptto fire the worlds smallest, fusefired cannon.

Cheyenne Davis, SASS#36767, AKA Joseph Brooks builtand fired the cannon. The smallcannon measured 1-1/2 inch long,5/8 inch high, 5/8 inch wide, andhad a 7/8 inch barrel length. Theevent was witnessed by membersof the Okeechobee Marshals attheir range in Indiantown, FLbefore shooting one of their month-ly matches. Documentation will besent to the Guinness Book of WorldRecords for the record entry.

The first attempt was not very

spectacular, as the projectilestruck the balloon target, but didnot pop it. It did, however, deflatethe balloon slowly.

Cheyenne wowed the membersby firing several other hand builtcannons measuring between 1-1/2to 3-1/2 inches long, each popping aballoon target. Later in the day,the smallest cannon was reloadedand fired. It popped the balloontarget with a resounding—“poof.”

KA---BOOM!By Doc J. H. Hucklebury, SASS #14373

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Vigilance Committee 1st Sun Evil Bob 903-838-3897 Fouke AROutlaw Camp 2nd & 5th Sat Ozark Red 501-362-2963 Heber Springs ARJudge Parker’s Marshals 2nd Sat Reno Sparks 918-647-9704 Fort Smith ARArkansas Lead Slingers 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Dirty Dan Paladin 473-633-2107 Bentonville ARSouth Fork River Regulators 3rd & 5th Sat Standing Eagle 870-895-2677 Salem ARTrue Grit Single Action

Shooters Club 4th Sun Sister Sundance 479-968-7129 Belleville ARCochise Gunfighters 1st Sat I.B. Good 520-366-5401 Sierra Vista AZRio Salado Cowboy Action

Shooting Society 1st Sat AZ Lightning Jack 480-820-7372 Mesa AZCowtown Cowboy Shooters Assoc. 1st Sun & 3rd Sat Barbwire 480-488-3064 Cowtown AZArizona Cowboy ShootersAssociation, Inc 2nd Sat Sunshine Kay 602-973-3434 Phoenix AZ

Pima Pistoleros CowboyAction Shooter 2nd Sat Wander N. Star 520-744-3869 Tucson AZ

Colorado River Regulators 2nd Sun Crowheart 928-855-2893 Lake Havasu AZEl Diablo de Tucson 2nd Sun Big BooBoo 520-370-0806 Tucson AZDusty Bunch Old Western Shooters 3rd Sat Squibber 520-568-2852 Casa Grande AZLos Vaqueros 3rd Sat Ole Deadeye 520-749-1186 Tucson AZWhite Mountain Old West Shootists 3rd Sat German Joe 928-537-7088 Snowflake AZAltar Valley Pistoleros 3rd Sun Hidalgo 520-665-2222 Tucson AZMohave Marshalls 3rd Sun Mizkiz 928-753-4266 Kingman AZTonto Rim Marauders 3rd Sun Rye Creek Roberts 928-472-9136 Payson AZArizona Yavapai Rangers 4th Sat Whisperin Meadows 928-567-9227 Camp Verde AZTombstone Buscaderos 4th Sat Diamond Pak 520-743-0179 Tombstone AZColorado River Shootists 4th Sun ClueLass 928-726-7727 Yuma AZYRL-High Country Cowboys 4th Sun J. P. Trouble 928-445-2468 Prescott AZSunnyvale Regulators 1st & 3rd Mon Billy Two Bears 408-739-4436 Sunnyvale CASilver Queen Mine Regulators 1st & 3rd Sun Walks Fletcher 310-539-8202 Azusa CAEscondido Bandidos 1st Sat Devil Jack 760-741-3229 Escondido CALassen Regulators 1st Sat Marshal Hankins 530-257-8958 Susanville CAThe Outlaws 1st Sat Jackalope Jasper 530-344-8121 Sloughouse CAWest End Outlaws 1st Sat Rob Banks 714-206-6893 Myers Canyon CATwo Rivers Posse 1st Sat & 4th Sun Cherokee Knight 209-477-8883 Manteca CAHole In The Wall Gang 1st Sun K. C., U. S. Marshal 310-640-3653 Piru CAMother Lode Shootist Society 1st Sun Dusty Webster 209-728-2309 Jamestown CARiver City Regulators 1st Sun Max Sand 916-359-4041 Davis CA5 Dogs Creek 1st Wknd Almost Dangerous 760-376-4493 Bakersfield CACajon Cowboys 2nd & 4th Sat Bojack 760-956-5044 Devore CAChorro Valley Regulators 2nd & 5th Sun Solvang Shootist 805-688-3969 San Luis Obispo CACalifornia Rangers 2nd Sat Melvin P. Thorpe 916-984-9770 Sloughhouse CADulzura Desperados 2nd Sat Hashknife Willie 619-271-1481 San Diego CAHawkinsville Claim Jumpers 2nd Sat Deacon Doug 530-926-4538 Yreka CAPalm Springs Gun Club 2nd Sat Deacon Dick 760-340-0828 Palm Springs CAShasta Regulators 2nd Sat Cayenne Pepper 530-275-3158 Burney CABurro Canyon Gun Slingers 2nd Sun Smedley Butler 714-639-8723 Chino CADouble R Bar Regulators 2nd Sun Kentucky Gal 760-956-6921 Lucerne Valley CAOver The Hill Gang 2nd Sun Kooskia Kid 818-566-7900 Indian Canyon /

Lopez Canyon CARichmond Roughriders 2nd Sun Buffy 650-994-9412 Richmond CANCSA Saddle Tramps 3rd Sat Graybeard 760-727-9160 Pala CARobbers Roost Vigilantes 3rd Sat Coso Kid 760-375-9519 Ridgecrest CAShasta Regulators 3rd Sat Modoc 530-365-1839 Redding CAHigh Desert Cowboys 3rd Sun Doc Silverhawks 661-948-2543 Acton CAKings River Regulators 3rd Sun Slick Rock Rooster 559-299-8669 Clovis CAMurieta Posse 3rd Sun Black Jack Traven 530-677-0368 Rancho Murieta CAPanorama Sportsman Club 3rd Sun Desperado 818-341-7255 Sylmar CASouth Coast Rangers 3rd Sun Swifty Schofield 805-968-7138 Santa Barbara CAUkiah Gun Club 3rd Sun Will Bonner 707462-1466 Ukiah CACoyote Valley Sharp Shooters 4th Sat Hawk Hardcase 408-255-6111 San Jose CADeadwood Drifters 4th Sat K.C. US Marshal 310-640-3653 Piru CAMad River Rangers 4th Sat Kid Kneestone 707-445-1981 Eureka/Arcata CAPozo River Vigilance Committee 4th Sat Dirty Sally 805-438-4817 Santa Margarita CAFaultLine Shootist Society 4th Sun J.R. Harvey 408-245-5499 Gonzales CAOjai Valley Desperados 4th Sun Paul Fielding 805-644-5637 Ojai CAThe Cowboys 4th Sun Captain Jake 714-536-2635 Norco CAThe Range 4th Sun Grass V. Federally 530-273-4440 Grass Valley CAColorado Cowboys 1st Sat Mule Creek 719-748-3398 Lake George COWindy Gap Regulators 1st Sat Piedra Kidd 970-565-9228 Cortez COColorado Shaketails 1st Sun Yaro 303-646-3777 Ramah COSan Juan Rangers 1st Sun Sapinero 970-323-6566 Montrose COFour Corners Rifle and Pistol Club 2nd Sun Capt. W. K. Kelso 970-565-8960 Cortez COMontrose Marshals 2nd Sun Big Hat 970-249-7701 Montrose CORifle Creek Rangers 2nd Sun Miles Coffee 970-625-0657 Rifle COPawnee Station 3rd Sat Red River Wrangler 970-225-0545 Wellington CORockvale Bunch 3rd Sat Nevada Steel 719-784-6683 Rockvale COCastle Peak Wild Shots 3rd Sun Old Squinteye 970-524-9348 Gypsum COFour Corners Gunslingers 3rd Sun Cerveza Slim 970-247-0745 Durango COThunder Mountain Shootists 3rd Wknd Pinto Being 970-464-7118 Grand Junction CONorthwest Colorado Rangers 4th Sat Sagebrush Burns 970-824-8407 Craig COShootists Society of Pawnee

Sportsmens Center 4th Sat Cherokee Kat 970-484-3445 Briggsdale COBlack Canyon Ghost Riders 4th Sun Double Bit 970-874-8745 Hotchkiss COSand Creek Raiders 4th Sun Sweet Water Bill 303-366-8827 Byers COLedyard Sidewinders 1st Sat (Beg Jan) Yosemite Gene 860-536-0887 Ledyard CTCongress of Rough Riders 1st Sun Snake Eyes F. Tanner 203-612-8855 Naugatuck CTEcho Ridge Regulators 1st Sun Shiloh Beck 203-467-9577 Colechester CT

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CT Valley Bushwackers 2nd Sun Johnny Pecos 413-572-2820 East Granby CTHomesteaders Shooting Club 3rd Sun Kidd Reno 860-536-3342 Ledyard CTPadens Posse 3rd Sun Deacon Will 302-422-6534 Seaford DEBig River Rangers 1st Sat Nimrod Long 850-592-5665 Grand Ridge FLGold Coast Gunslingers 1st Sat L. Topay 305-233-5756 Miramar FLHowey In the Hills Cowboys 1st Sat Lady Robin 352-429-2587 Howey in Hills FLHatbill Gang 1st Sun Colonel Dan 407-359-7752 Titusville FLHernando County Regulators 1st Sun Yancy Jack Derringer 352-344-0912 Brooksville FLEverglades Rifle & Pistol Club 2nd Sat Nick Simicich 561-368-1055 W. Palm Beach FLFort White Cowboy Cavalry 2nd Sat Delta Glen 352-317-2357 Fort White FLResurrection Rangers 2nd Sat Tennessee Tonto 813-920-4280 Brooksville FLOkeechobee Marshals 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Lead Pusher 561-793-5024 Okeechobee FLPanhandle Cowboys 2nd Sun Panhandle B. Kid 850-432-1968 Pensacola FLTater Hill Gunfighters 2nd Sun Judge JD Justice 941-743-4043 Arcadia FLWeewahootee Vigilance Committee 2nd Sun Weewahootee 407-857-1107 Orlando FLLake County Pistoleros 3rd Sat Brocky Jack Norton 352-409-3693 Tavares FLMartin County Marshals 3rd Sat Jasper Jim 561-747-4487 Stuart FLSouthwest Florida Gunslingers 3rd Sat Swamp Fox 239-566-2047 Punta Gorda FLMiakka Misfits 3rd Sun Lulu Ann 941-322-0846 Myakka City FLIndian River Regulators 4th Sat Turkey Creek Red 321-728-7928 Palm Bay FLPanhandle Cattle Co. 4th Sat Tac Hammer 850-785-6535 Port St. Joe FLCowford Regulators 4th Sun Dakota Lil 904-724-7012 Jacksonville FLDoodle Hill Regulators 4th Sun Dave Smith 813-645-3828 Ruskin FLFive County Regulators 4th Sun Dead Shot Scott 239-261-2892 Punta Gorda FLAntelope Junction Rangers Fridays Mayeye Rider 727-736-3977 Pineallas Park FLWithlacoochee Renegades, The Last Sat Hungry Bear 850-929-2406 Pinetta FLAmerican Old West Cowboys 1st Sat Josey Buckhorn 423-236-5281 Flintstone GARiver Bend Rough Riders 1st Sat Georgia Cracker 404-219-0073 Dawson County GAValdosta Vigilance Committee 1st Sat Big Boyd 229-244-3161 Valdosta GADoc Holliday’s Immortals 2nd Sat Easy Rider 770-954-9696 Griffin GAPale Riders 2nd Sat Will Killigan 706-568-0869 Midland GAMule Camp Cowboys 3rd Sat San Quinton 706-335-7302 Covington GALonesome Valley Regulators 3rd Sun Wishbone Hooper 478-922-9384 Warner Robins GACherokee Cowboys 4th Sat Southern Breeze 770-597-7994 Gainesville GAMaui Marshals 1st Sat Bad Burt 808-875-9085 Maui HITurkeyfoot Cowboys 1st Sat Kingdom Kid 319-351-7572 Waterloo IAIowa South West Shootist 1st Sun Colonel J. Fighters 402-291-2053 Glenwood IAZen Shootists 4th Sat Gunner Reins 515-967-7334 Ankeny IASoutheast Idaho Practical Shooters 1st Sat Idaho Packer 208-589-5941 Idaho Falls IDSquaw Butte Regulators 1st Sun & 2nd Sat Acequia Kidd 208-365-4551 Emmett IDEl Buscaderos 2-4 Sun Often Cranky 208-448-0999 Spirit Lake IDNorthwest Shadow Riders 2nd Sat Silverado Belle 208-743-5765 Lewiston IDSouthern Idaho Rangers 2nd Sat Snake River Dutch 208-237-2419 Pocatello IDOregon Trail Rough Riders 2nd Sun & 3rd Sat Pinkeye Pinkerton 208-922-3671 Boise IDHell’s Canyon Ghost Riders 3rd Sat J.P. Sloe 208-798-0826 Lewiston IDThe Twin Butte Bunch 3rd Sat (Apr-Nov) Idaho Shady Layne 208-524-1597 Rexburg IDPanhandle Regulators 3rd Sun Long Rifle 208-245-4142 Plummer IDSnake River Western

Shooting Society 4th Sat Missy Mable 208-736-8143 Jerome IDShady Creek Shootists 1st & 4th Sun Dapper Dan Porter 309-734-2324 Monmouth ILRangeless Riders 1st Sat The Inspector 618-345-5048 Highland ILThe Lakewood Marshal’s 1st Sat Pine Ridge Jack 618-673-2568 Cisne ILBoneyard Creek Regulators 1st Sun Wild Pike 217-356-5136 Newman ILKishwaukee Valley Regulators 1st Sun Apr-Nov MT Mnt Man Mike 815-899-0046 Sycamore ILEffingham County

Sportsman’s Club 2nd Sat Fossil Creek Bob 618-238-4222 Effingham ILIllinois River City Regulators 2nd Sun Chillicothe Outlaw 309-579-2443 East Peoria ILSalt River Renegades 2nd Sun Scribbler 217-228-9047 Quincy ILVermilion River Long Riders 2nd Sun Bailey Creek 815-442-3259 Streator ILNason Mining Company Regulators 3rd & 5th Sat Lowdown Highwall 618-279-3500 West Frankfort ILMacoupin County Regulators 3rd Sat One Good Eye 618-585-4868 Bunker Hill ILMcLean County Peacemakers 3rd Sat Marshall RD 309-379-4331 Bloomington ILTri County Cowboys 3rd Sat Sierra Hombre 815-967-6333 Hazelhurst ILIllowa Irregulars 3rd Sun Sassparilla Ken 309-792-0111 Milan ILOak Park Sportsmen’s Club 3rd Sun Torandado 815-302-8305 Plainfield ILMarion County Renegades 4th Sat Shell Stuffer 618-822-6952 Sandoval ILLong Nine 4th Sun Black Jack McGinnis 217-787-2834 Loami ILDewmaine Drifters As Sched Wounded Knees 618-997-4261 Carterville ILPrairie State Cowboy Action Shooters As Sched Taquila Tab 217-496-3949 Sparta IL

Cutter’s Raiders 1st Sat Midnite Desperado 574-893-7214 Warsaw INPleasant Valley Renegades 1st Sat Lizzy of the Valley 812-945-0221 Canaan INBig Rock SASS 2nd & 4th Sat South Paw Too 812-866-2406 Lexington INDaleville Desperados 2nd & 4th Sat Frenchy Yukon 765-472-7123 Daleville INSchuster’s Rangers 2nd Sun Coal Car Kid 219-759-3498 Chesterton INIndian Trail Ambush 3rd Sat Dorvin Emery 765-853-1266 Modoc INThunder Valley 3rd Sat Redneck Rebel 812-755-4237 Campbellsburg INHigh Ground Regulators 3rd Sat Apr. - Nov. Blackjack Max 765-832-3324 West Terre Haute IN10 O’clock Line Shootist Club 3rd Sun Bunsen Rose 765-832-6620 Cayuga INDeer Creek Regulators 4th Sun C. Bubba McCoy 765-948-4487 Jonesboro INWildwood Wranglers 4th Sun VOODOOMAN 219-872-2721 Michigan City IN

(No Shoot in Dec & Jan)Red Brush Raiders As Sched Chinaman 812-426-0793 Newburgh INButterfield Gulch Gang 1st Sun Polecat 785-827-8149 Chapman KSPowder Creek Cowboys 2nd Sat Shawnee Shamus 913-236-8812 Lenexa KSMill Brook Wranglers 2nd Sun Glacier Griz 785-421-3329 Hill City KSFree State Rangers 3rd & 5th Sun Buffalo Phil 913-904-8733 Parker KSSand Hill Regulators 3rd Sat Latigo Max 620-663-8666 Hutchinson KSCapital City Cowboys 4th Sun Major Lee Wild 785-539-9508 Topeka KSKentucky Regulators 1st Sat Kentucky Dover 270-658-3247 Boaz KYHooten Old Town Regulators 1st Sat (Mar - Dec) No Purse Nez 606-633-7688 Mckee KYKnob Creek Gunfighters Guild 1st Sun & 2nd Sat Mountain Drover 502-817-8124 Shepardsville KYCrab Orchard Cowboy Shootist 2nd Sat Rowdy Fulcher 270-389-9402 Clay KYGreen River Gunslingers 2nd Sat Yak 270-529-3775 Bowling Green KYKentucky Longrifles Cowboys 2nd Sat Bullfork Shotgun Red 606-784-0067 Morehead KYOhio River Rangers 2nd Sat Jim Spears 270-443-5216 Paducah KYHighland Regulators, Inc 3rd & 4th Wknd Hezekiah Hawke 859-250-7766 Winfield KYFox Bend Peacemakers 4th Sun Tioga Kid 859-277-9693 Wilmore KYDevil Swamp Gang 1st Sat Captain Parker 985-537-7725 Thibodaux LA


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Up The Creek Gang 2nd & 4th Sat Slugs 337-439-4579 Lake Charles LABayou Bounty Hunters 2nd Sat Soiled Dove 985-796-9698 Amite LACajun Cowboy Shooters Society 2nd Sun Durango Dan 225-752-2288 Baton Rouge LACypress Creek Cowboys 2nd Wknd Mav Dutchman 318-396-6320 Downsville LAGrand Ecore Vigilantes 3rd Sat Ouachita Kid 318-932-6637 Natchitoches LADeadwood Marshals 3rd Wknd Cajun Dove 225-751-8552 Sorrento LADanvers Desperados As Sched Pittsburg Mac 781-599-1930 Middleton MAHarvard Ghost Riders As Sched Yosemite Kid 781-891-4089 Harvard MAMansfield Marauders As Sched Mohawk Mac 508-369-5093 Mansfield MANashoba Valley Regulators As Sched Texas Jack Black 508-882-3058 Harvard MAShawsheen River Rangers As Sched Yukon Willie 978-663-3342 Bedford MAGunnysackers Sat As Sched Nantucket Dawn 781-749-6951 Scituate MAThurmont Rangers 1st Sun Rifleman C.W. 717-637-2663 Thurmont MDSt. Charles Sportsman’s Club 2nd Sat Rufus Lupus 301-499-7879 Waldorf MDDamascus Wildlife Rangers 4th Sat Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Damascus MDMonocacy Irregulars As Sched Church Key 304-229-8266 Frederick MDPotomac Rangers at SCSC As Sched Tennessee Slim 301-743-7664 Waldorf MDBeaver Creek Desperados As Sched Jimmy Reb 207-698-4436 Sanford/

Springvale MEBig Pine Bounty Hunters As Sched Ripley Scrounger 207-876-4928 Guilford MEBlue Hill Regulators As Sched Dangerous D. Dalton 207-667-3586 Blue Hill MECapitol City Vigilance Committee As Sched Bum Steer 207-622-9400 Augusta MEHurricane Valley Rangers As Sched Leo 207-829-3092 Falmouth MERockford Regulators 1st Sat No Cattle 616-363-2827 Rockford MIRiver Bend Rangers 2nd Sat Jonathan Slim Chance 574-277-9712 Buchanan MISucker Creek Saddle & Gun Club 2nd Sat Rodeo Road 989-205-0096 Breckenridge MIChippewa Regulators 3rd Sat Yooper Fred 906-635-9700 Sault Ste. Marie MITimber Town Marshals 3rd Sat Grizzly Bear Pete 989-631-6658 Midland MIHidden Valley Cowboys 3rd Sun Charlie Ringo 269-327-4969 Sturgis MIRocky River Regulators 3rd Sun Chili Pepper Pete 586-301-2778 Utica MIDouble Barrel Gang 4th Sat Slippery Pete 269-838-6944 Hastings MIEagleville Cowboys 4th Sat Thummper John 231-377-7232 Central Lake MIJohnson Creek Regulators 4th Sat Cheyenne Raider 734-355-6333 Plymouth MISaginaw Six-Shooters As Sched Katie Callahan 989-585-3292 Saginaw MIWolverine Rangers As Sched Dodge City Dick 248-674-1254 Port Huron MIWest Walker Rangers As Sched Sat Two Rig A Tony 616-891-6917 Grand Rapids MILapeer County Sportsmans

Club Wranglers As Sched Sun Ricochet Bill 810-441-2438 Attica MICedar Valley Vigilantes 1st & 3rd Sat Mogollon Drifter 507-838-7334 Morristown MNCrow River Rangers 1st Sun Cantankerous Jeb 763-682-3710 Howard Lake MNLookout Mountain

Gunsmoke Society 3rd Sat Wagonmaster 218-744-4694 Virginia MNEast Grand Forks Rod & Gun Club 3rd Sun BB Gunner 218-779-8555 East Grand Forks MNIke’s Clantons 4th Sun Dawgnapper 507-276-2255 New Ulm MNThe Ozark Posse 1st Sat Tightwade Swede 417-847-0018 Cassville MORocky Branch Rangers 1st Sun Iza Littleoff 816-524-1462 Higginsville MOMoniteau Creek River Raiders 2nd Sun Doolin Riggs 573-687-3103 Fayette MOCentral Ozarks Western Shooters 3rd Sun X S Chance 573-765-5483 St. Robert MOGateway Shootist Society 3rd Sun Bounty Seeker 636-464-6569 St. Louis MOSouthern Missouri Rangers 4th Wknd Smokie 417-759-9114 Willard MONatchez Six Gunners 1st Sat Winchester 601-445-5223 Natchez MSMississippi Peacemakers 3rd Sat Squinter 601-825-8640 Mendenhall MSMississippi River Rangers 4th & 5th Sat Casino Clair 662-838-7451 Byhalia MSMississippi Regulators 4th Sat Lone Yankee 601-249-3315 McComb MSSun River Rangers Shooting Society 1st Sun & 4th Sat Wapiti Willie 406-454-2809 Simms MTHonorable Road Agents

Shooting Society 2nd Sat Diamond Red 406-685-3618 Ennis MTRocky Mountain Rangers 2nd Wknd Jocko 406-847-0745 Noxon MTBigfork Buscaderos 3rd Sat Bodie Camp 406-883-6797 Bigfork MTLast Chance Handgunners 3rd Sat Bocephus Bandito 406-439-4476 Boulder MTRosebud Drygulchers 3rd Sun Sgt. Blue 406-356-7885 Forsyth MTMontana Territory Peacemakers 4th Sat Montana Rawhide 406-245-2854 Billings MTYellowstone Regulators 4th Sat Chisler Wood 406-646-9577 W. Yellowstone MTGreasy Grass Scouts Call to Shoot Prairie Annie 406-638-2438 Garryowen MTFlatwoods Cowboys 1st Sat W.”MO” Tompskins 910-325-1049 Hubert NCOld Hickory Regulators 1st Sat Father Time 252-291-3184 Wilson NCOld North State Posse 1st Sat Layden 704-279-7161 Salisbury NCWalnut Grove Rangers 1st Sat Ross Rutherford 828-287-4519 Rutherfordton NCCarolina Rough Riders 1st Sun Pecos Pete 704-996-0756 Charlotte NCBuccaneer Range Regulators 2nd Sat Dick Holliday 910-520-4822 Wilmington NCCarolina Cattlemen’s Shooting

and Social Society 2nd Sat Rev. Will U. Sinmore 919-693-1644 Raleigh/Creedmore NC

High Country Cowboys 2nd Sat Wild Otter 828-423-7796 Asheville NCCarolina Single Action

Shooting Society 2nd Sun Carolina Kid 336-498-6449 Eden NCCross Creek Cowboys 3rd Sat Grizzly Greg 910-424-3376 Fayetteville NCGunpowder Creek Regulators 3rd Sat Horsetrader 828-754-1884 Lenoir NCPiedmont Handgunners Assn. 3rd Sun Clint Crow 704-983-2909 Lexington NCBostic Vigilantes 4th Sat Bostic Kid 704-434-2174 Bostic NCIredell Regulators 4th Sat Big Jake Hosey 704-604-1717 Statesville NCDakota Rough Riders As Sched Rough Rider 701-222-6612 Bismarck NDSheyenne Valley Peacekeepers As Sched Doc Neilson 701-588-4331 Kindred NDAlliance Cowboy Club 1st Sun Panhandle Slim Miles 308-762-7086 Alliance NEOregon Trail Regulators, NE 2nd Sat Pvt. J. Southwick 307-837-2919 Scottsbluff NEEastern Nebraska Gun Club 2nd Sun Flint Valdez 712-323-8996 Louisville NEFlat Water Shootists 3rd Sun Scorpion Blain 308-226-2567 Grand Island NEMerrimack Valley Marauders As Sched Sheriff R. P. Bucket 603-881-3656 Pelham NHPemi Valley Peacemakers As Sched Capt. Side Burns 603-539-4584 Holderness NHThe Dalton Gang Shooting Club,

of NH LLC As Sched Littleton S. Dalton 603-444-6876 Dalton NHWhite Mountain Regulators As Sched Dead Head 603-772-2358 Candia NHMonadnock Mountain Regulators Last Sun La Bouche 603-352-3290 Keene NHThumbusters 2nd Sun Ol’ Sea Dog 732-892-7272 Monmouth NJJackson Hole Gang 4th Sun Emberado 609-466-2277 Jackson NJMagdalena Trail Drivers 1st & 3rd Sat Slippery Steve 505-835-8664 Magdalena NMRio Rancho Regulators 1st & 4th Sat Sam Brannan 505-400-2468 Rio Rancho NMOtero Practical ShootingAssociation 1st Sat Alamo Rose 505-437-6405 La Luz NM

Buffalo Range Riders 1st Sun Coyote Calhoun 404-580-5985 Founders Ranch NMBighorn Vigilantes 2nd Sat Travis Boggus 505-832-1302 Edgewood NMGila Rangers 2nd Sat Chico Cheech 505-388-2531 Silver City NMLost River Cowboys 2nd Sun Concho Viejo 505-622-9970 Roswell NMLost Almost Posse 3rd Sat Buncle Steve 505-662-6034 Los Alamos NMSeven Rivers Regulators 3rd Sat Neches Jack 505-628-0028 Carlsbad NM


Rio Grande Renegades 3rd Sat & 4th Sun Rancid Roy 505-898-4894 Albuquerque NMRio Vaqueros 3rd Sun J. W. Brockey 505-744-4488 T or C NMMonument Springs Bushwackers 4th Sat Mesquite Bandit 505-392-5017 Hobbs NMPicacho Posse 4th Sat La Lu 505-526-9668 Las Cruces NMTres Rios Bandidos 4th Sun Long Step 505-325-4493 Farmington NMHigh Plains Drifters 1st Sun Fernley 775-575-3131 Fernley NVEldorado Cowboys 1st Wknd Charming 702-565-3736 Boulder City NVNevada Rangers Cowboy Action Shooting Society 2nd Sun Cactus McHarg 702-644-5903 Jean NV

Pahrump Cowboy Shooters Association 2nd Sun Brandy Alexander 775-727-4537 Amargosa NV

Roop County CowboyShooters Assn. 2nd Sun Russ T. Chambers 775-747-1426 Sparks NV

Desert Desperados 3rd Sun Buffalo Sam 702-459-6454 Las Vegas NVSilver State Shootists Club 3rd Sun Tahoe Bill 775-586-9178 Carson City NVSilver City Shooters Society 4th Sun Oklahoma 702-657-8822 Indian Springs NVBar D Hombre’s 5th Sun Madd Mike 775-727-7476 Pahrump NVLone Wolf Shooters, LLC As Sched. Penny Pepperbox 775-727-4600 Pahrump NVTioga County Cowboys 1st Sat Empty Cases 607-699-3307 Owego NYPathfinder Pistoleros 1st Sun Sonny 315-695-7032 Fulton NYBar-20 2nd Sat Renegade Ralph 315-363-5342 W. Eaton NYPanorama Trail Regulators 2nd Sat Twelve Bore 585-638-8413 Penfield NYBoot Hill Regulators 2nd Sun Colonel Bill 845-354-4980 Chester NYBorder Rangers 2nd Sun Colesville Bob 607-693-2286 Greene NYThe Hole In The Wall Gang 2nd Sun Patchogue Mike 631-289-8749 Calverton NYDiamond Four 3rd Sat Kayutah Kid 607-796-0573 Odessa NYCircle K Regulators 3rd Sun Smokehouse Dan 518-885-3758 Ballston Spa NYD Bar D Wranglers 4th Sat Captain Maf 845-226-8611 Wappingers Fall NYThe Long Riders 4th Sun Mebbe L. Schute 585-377-0186 Shortsville NYThe Shadow Riders As Sched Snake River Cowboy 631-477-1090 Westhampton NYEast End Regulators Last Sun Diamond Rio 631-585-1936 West Hampton NYBig Irons 1st Sat Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OHMiddletown Sportsmens Club, Inc. 1st Sat Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OHTusco Long Riders 1st Sat Split Rail 330-364-6185 Midvale OHFirelands Peacemakers 1st Wed, 3rd Sat

& 5th Sun Johnny Shiloh 440-984-4551 Rochester OHOhio Valley Vigilantes 2nd Sat Rowdy K 419-529-0887 Mt. Vernon OHSandusky County Regulators 2nd Sat Kenny Vaquero 419-874-6929 Gibsonburg OHMiami Valley Cowboys 2nd Sun Buckshot Jones 937-615-2062 Piqua OHShenango River Rats 2nd Sun & 4th Sat Shenango Joe 330-782-0958 Yankee Lake OHScioto Territory Desperado’s 3rd & 5th Sun Lucky Levi Loving 740-745-1220 West Jefferson OHAuGlaize Rough Riders 3rd Sun Doc Carson 419-782-7837 Defiance OHBriar Rabbit Rangers 4th Sat Grizzly Killer 330-204-4606 Zanesville OHCentral Ohio Cowboys 4th Sun Buffalo Balu 740-569-3206 Circleville OHZane Trace Regulators As Sched Charlie Three Toes 740-962-3812 Cambridge OHJackson Six Shooters Last Sat Flat Iron Fred 330-538-2690 North Jackson OHShortgrass Rangers 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Captain Allyn Capron 580-357-5870 Grandfield OKCherokee Strip Shootists 1st Sun Querida Kate 405-372-0208 Stillwater OKOklahoma Territorial Marshals 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Stonewall 405-739-0545 Arcadia OKIndian Territory Single Action

Shooting Society 2nd Sun, 3rd Sat, 4th Wed, & 5th Sun Montana Dan 918-313-0249 Coweta OK

Flying W Outlaws 3rd & 5th Sat Papa Don 580-225-5515 Elk City OKTater Hill Regulators 3rd Sun Taos Willie 918-355-2849 Tulsa OKOrygun Cowboys & Cowgirls 1st Mon, 2nd Sun

& 3rd Sat Transit Man 503-864-3311 Sherwood ORDry Gulch Desperados 1st Sat G. D. R. Goldvein 509-394-2418 Milton Freewater ORMerlin Marauders 1st Sat Rogue Rascal 541-472-8585 Grants Pass ORHorse Ridge Pistoleros 1st Sun Cowboss 541-548-7325 Bend ORSiuslaw River Rangers 1st Sun Johnny Jingos 541-997-6313 Florence ORTable Rock Rangers 1st Sun & 2nd Sat Checotah 541-772-9941 White City ORFort Dalles Defenders 2nd Sat & 4th Sun Mallard 541-993-3663 The Dalles ORKlamath Cowboys 2nd Sun Wimpy Hank Yoho 541-545-3120 Keno ORJefferson State Regulators 3rd Sat Jed I. Knight 541-944-2281 Ashland OROregon Trail Regulators 3rd Sat Road Agent 541-963-2237 La Grande OROregon Old West Shooting Society 3rd Sun & 4th Sat Mid Valley Drifter 541-259-2774 Shedd ORUmpqua Regulators 4th Sun Big Lou 541-484-5900 Roseburg ORMolalla River Rangers As Sched Gold Dust Bill 503-705-1211 Canby ORColumbia County Cowboys TBA Kitty Colt 503-642-4120 St. Helens ORDry Gulch Rangers 1st Sat Pepc Holic 724-263-1461 Midway PAPerry County Regulators 1st Sat Snappy Lady 717-789-3893 Ickesburg PABoothill Gang of Topton 1st Sun Lester Moore 610-821-8215 Topton PAChimney Rocks Regulators 1st Sun Cove Lane 814-793-2844 Hollidaysburg PAWhispering Pines

Cowboy Committee 1st Sun Mac Traven 570-723-8885 Wellsboro PAHeidelberg Lost Dutchmen 2nd Sat Cobb 717-949-6854 Schaefferstown PALogans Ferry Regulators 2nd Sat Mariah Kid 412-793-1496 Pittsburgh PADakota Badlanders 2nd Sun Dakota J. Gunfighter 610-837-8020 Orefield PAMainville Marauders 2nd Sun Gettysburg 570-387-1795 Mainville PAWestshore Posse 2nd Sun Doc Hornaday 717-432-1352 New CumberlandPAJefferson Rifle Club, Inc. 3rd Sat Oracle Jones 410-239-6795 Jefferson PARiver Junction Shootist Society 3rd Sat Mattie Hays 724-593-6602 Donegal PABlue Mountain Rangers 3rd Sun The Mad Tanner 610-562-8161 Hamburg PASilver Lake Bounty Hunters 3rd Sun Marshal TJ Buckshot 570-663-3045 Montrose PAPurgatory 3rd Wknd Dry Gulch Geezer 814-827-2120 Titusville PAEl Posse Grande 4th Sun Black Hills Barb 570-538-9163 Muncy Valley PAElstonville Hombres 4th Sun Basket Lady 717-949-3970 Manheim PAStewart’s Regulators 4th Sun Ellie Sodbuster 724-479-8838 Shelocta PAConestoga Wagoneers As Sched No Change 215-431-2302 Southampton PALincoln County Lawmen 4th Sun Longshot Logan 401-334-9466 Manville RIPalmetto Posse 1st Sat Dun Gamblin 803-951-1986 Columbia SCPiedmont Regulators 2nd Sat Chase Randall 864-843-6154 Anderson SCHurricane Riders 3rd Sat Concho V. Charlie 843-997-4063 Aynor SCSavannah River Rangers 3rd Sun Creede Kid 706-860-0549 Jackson SCGeechee Gunfighters 4th Sat Osage Pete 843-899-4370 Ridgeville SCDeadwood Seven Down Regulators 1st Sun Deadwood George 605-642-2301 Spearfish SDCottonwood Cowboy Association 2nd Sun Dakota Nail Bender 605-532-5212 Clark SDBlack Hills Shootist Association 3rd Sun Hawkbill Smith 605-342-8946 Pringle SDBald Mountain Renegades 4th Sun Grease Cup 605-598-6744 Faulkton SDWartrace Regulators 1st Sat Will Reily 615-325-9585 Wartrace TNGreene County Regulators 1st Sat (Beg Dec) Mort Dooley 423-335-0847 Greeneville TNMemphis Gunslingers 2nd Sat Sagebrush Jim 901-380-5591 Arlington TNSmokey Mountain Shootist Society 2nd Sat Hombre Sin Nombre 865-966-1168 Knoxville TNBitter Creek Rangers 3rd Sat Sunset Evans 931-484-2036 Crossville TNNorth West Tennessee Longriders 3rd Sat Can’t Shoot Dillon 731-885-8102 Union City TN

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Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Club Name Sched. Contact Phone City State Tennessee Mountain Marauders 3rd Sat Cherokee Maddog 423-309-8552 Ringgold, GA TNTennessee Trail Bums 3rd Sun Wiley Fish 931-728-5327 Manchester TNOcoee Rangers 4th Sat Ocoee Red 423-476-5303 Cleveland TNEl Vaqueros 1st & Last Sun Tom Doniphan 254-559-9896 Breckenridge TXPlum Creek Carriage &

Shooting Society 1st Sat Delta Raider 512-376-2602 Lockhart TXSouth Texas Pistolaros 1st Sat Long John Beard 830-663-4783 San Antonio TXTexas Rivera Pistoleros 1st Sat Michael McKinney 361-991-7215 Corpus Christi TXTexas Troublemakers 1st Sat Lefty Tex Larue 903-849-2655 Brownsboro TXComanche Trail Shootists 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Hoodoo Brown 432-682-1422 Midland TXOrange County Regulators 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Nate Kiowa Jones 409-984-5473 Orange TXBuckcreek Bandaleros 1st Sat & 3rd Wknd Hoofprint Prine 254-897-7328 Nemo TXOld Fort Parker Patriots 1st Wknd Slowaz Molasses 254-412-0904 Groesbeck TXTexas Peacemakers 1st Wknd Pecos Red 903-984-1951 Tyler TXBounty Hunters 2nd Sat Cable Lockhart 806-299-1192 Levelland TXCanadian River Regulators 2nd Sat Capshaw 806-335-1660 Clarendon TXTexican Rangers 2nd Sat Dusty Chambers 830-896-7856 Fredericksburg TXTravis County Regulators 2nd Sat Shotgun Sally 512-694-6803 Smithville TXTexas Tenhorns Shooting Club 2nd Sun & Last Sat Hoss Jack 903-546-6291 Greenville TXLone Star Frontier Shooting Club 2nd Wknd Lamesa Kid 204-802-2595 Ormsby Ranch TXOakwood Outlaws 2nd Wknd Texas Alline 903-545-2252 Oakwood TXBig Thicket Outlaws 3rd Sat Shynee Graves 409-860-5526 Beaumont TXGruesome Gulch Gang 3rd Sat Eli Blue 806-293-2909 Plainview

(Hale Cnty) TXSan Antonio Rough Riders 3rd Sat Dusty Lone Star 210-680-8840 San Antonio TXTejas Caballeros 3rd Sat Texas Heat 512-219-8280 Austin TXRed River Regulators 3rd Sun El Rio Rojo Ray 903-838-0964 Texarkana TXTexas Historical Shootist Society 3rd Sun Longhaired Jim 979-373-9938 Columbus TXComanche Valley Vigilantes 3rd Wknd Nueces Outlaw 817-508-0774 Cleburne TXAlamo Area Moderators 4th Sat Tombstone Mary 210-493-9320 San Antonio TXButterfield Trail Regulators 4th Sat Cob-Eye Zack 325-698-0685 Abilene TXPurgatory Ridge Rough Riders 4th Sat Eldorado Cole 806-745-3930 Lubbock TXBadlands Bar 3 4th Wknd T-Bone Dooley 903-628-5512 English TXTejas Pistoleros, Inc. 4th Wknd Texas Paladin 713-690-5313 Eagle Lake TXTexas Regulators 4th Wknd Shotglass 281-259-0284 Tomball/Cypress TXJersey Lilly Shooting and

Social Club As Sched Ed Mcgivern 830-775-1983 Del Rio TXCopenhagen Valley Regulators 1st Sat Lefty Slack 435-730-0880 Mantua UTCrow Seeps Cattle Company L.L.C. 1st Sat Buffalo Juan 435-528-7432 Mayfield UTDixie Desperados 2nd & 4th Sat Nitty Gritty Sandy 435-656-5211 St. George UTHobble Creek Wranglers 2nd Sat Hobble C. Marshal 801-489-7681 Springville UTNorth Rim Regulators 2nd Sat Autum Rose 435-644-5053 Kanab UTRio Verde Rangers 2nd Sat Doc Nelson 435-564-8210 Green River UTCoal Creek Cowboys 3rd & 5th Sat Lineas A. Puffbuster 435-680-9275 Cedar City UTUtah War 3rd & 5th Sat Jubal O. Sackett 801-944-3444 Salt Lake UTDeseret Historical Shootist Society 3rd Sat Wind River Ranger 801-825-2521 Kaysville UTDiamond Mountain Rustlers 3rd Sat Dia. Mtn. C. Jumper 435-789-7563 Vernal UTMesa Marauders Gun Club 3rd Sat Copper Queen 435-979-4665 Lake Powell UTRoller Mill Hill Gunslingers 3rd Sat Widtsoe Kid 435-676-8382 Panquitch UTWasatch Summit Regulators 3rd Sun Boots Rob 435-649-3625 Park City UTCastle Gate Posse 4th Sat Cowboy M. Maude 435-637-8209 Price UTWahsatch Desperados 4th Sat Sanpitch Kid 801-231-2643 Kaysville UTCavalier Cowboys 1st Sun Kuba Kid 804-270-9054 Richmond VAVirginia City Marshals 1st Tues Virginia Vixen 703-455-4795 Fairfax VAStovall Creek Regulators 1st Wknd Bear Creek Jesse 434-332-5310 Madison Heights VABlue Ridge Regulators 2nd Sun Bad Company 540-886-3374 Lexington VAK.C.’s Corral 3rd Sat Sam Hades 804-264-3608 Mechanicsville VAMattaponi Sundowners 3rd Sun Flatboat Bob 804-785-2575 West Point VAPepper Mill Creek Gang 4th Sun Slip Hammer Spiv 540-775-4561 King George VARoanoke Rifle and

Revolver Club, Inc. 4th Sun Trapper Dan 540-890-5162 Roanoke VAVerdant Mountain Vigilantes 2nd Sun Sgt Jake McCandless 802-862-1708 Marshfield VTMica Peak Marshals 1st & 3rd Sat Old Timer Gus 509-325-9253 Spokane Valley WANorth East Washington Regulators 1st Wknd Crossfire Scout 509-684-8953 Colville WARenton United Cowboy Action Shooters 1st Wknd Jess Ducky 425-271-9286 Renton WA

Smokey Point Desperados 2nd Sun Mudflat Mike 425-335-5176 Arlington WAApple Valley Marshals 3rd Sat Silent Sam 509-884-3875 East Wenatchee WAWolverton Mtn. Peace Keepers 3rd Sat Hellfire 360-260-5299 Ariel WAGhost Riders-Snoqualmie

Valley Rifle Club 3rd Sun Sidewinder Sam 425-836-8053 Snoqualmie WABlack River Regulators 4th Sat Montana Slim 360-754-4328 Littlerock WACuster Renegades 4th Sun Slingshot Sam 360-410-6869 Custer WAPoulsbo Pistoleros 4th Sun Alzada Slim 360-308-8384 Poulsbo WAOld West Cowboys & Guns

Shooting Society As Sched Bear Britches 800-735-1348 Cle Elum WARattlesnake Gulch Rangers Last Sat Crisco 509-628-0889 Benton City WABeazley Gulch Rangers Last Sun An E. Di 509-787-1782 Quincy WARock River Regulators 1st Sat Stoney Mike 608-868-5167 Beloit WIWestern Wisconsin Wild Bunch 2nd Sat Sierra Jack Cassidy 608-792-1494 Holmen WIBristol Plains Pistoleros 2nd Sun Tex Hewitt 847-956-0947 Bristol WILiberty Prairie Regulators 3rd Sat Dirty Deeds 920-748-4833 Ripon WIBlue Hills Bandits 3rd Sun Lone Lady 715-458-4841 Rice Lake WIGood Guys Posse 3rd Wknd Dangerous Denny 847-436-4570 Sharon WIOconomowoc Cattlemen’sAssociation 4th Sat Marvin the Moyle 414-254-5592 Concord WI

Wisconsin Old West Shootist, Inc. 4th Sat Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WIThe Bad Guys Posse As Sched Speedy Dan 262-728-6577 Elkhorn WIDawn Ghost Riders 1st Sat Coffee Bean 304-327-9884 Hinton WVThe Railtown Rowdys 2nd Sun Miss Print 304-589-6162 Bluefield WVKanawha Valley Regulators 3rd Wknd Pike Marshall 304-925-9342 Eleanor WVCowboy Action Shooting

Sports, Inc. 4th Sun Last Word 304-289-6098 Largent WVCheyenne Regulators, Inc. 1st Sat Overland Kid 307-635-9940 Cheyenne WYColter’s Hell Justice

Committee WSAS 1st Sat Lucky B. Thorington 307-754-5831 Cody WYBessemer Vigilance

Committee WSAS 1st Sun Smokewagon Bill 307-472-1926 Casper WYHigh Lonesome Drifters 2nd Sat Kari Lynn 307-587-2946 Cody WYSybille Creek Shooters 2nd Sat Wyoming Roy 307-322-3515 Wheatland WYSouthfork Vigilance

Committee WSAS 2nd Sun Wennoff Halfcock 307-332-5035 Lander WYDonkey Creek Shootists 3rd Sat Poker Jim 307-660-0221 Gillette WYPowder River Justice

Committee WSAS 3rd Sun Red Angus 307-684-9473 Buffalo WY

CANADIAN MONTHLY MATCHES

EUROPE MONTHLY MATCHES

SASS MOUNTED MONTHLY MATCHES

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Coyote Valley Regulators 1st Sun Seymore Dust 408-591-4523 Gilroy CAGhost Town Riders

Mounted Shooters 1st Sun Steely Eyes Earp 951-442-8880 Norco CARoy Rogers Rangers 2nd Sat Wildcat Kate 951-928-4601 Winchester CASan Joaquin Valley Rangers 2nd Sun Jim Wild 209-941-4655 Stockton CAFresno Stage Robbers 4th Sun Dewey D. Mented 559-846-6341 Fresno CACalifornia Desperados

Mounted Shooters As Sched Gentleman Joe 661-538-9826 Acton CACalifornia Range Riders

Mounted Shooters As Sched Old Buckaroo 408-710-1616 Gilroy CAHat Creek Rangers TBD Bitter Creek Dalton 951-763-1168 Anza CASand Creek Shadow Riders 1st Sat Wildkat Mike 303-644-5802 Byers CORevengers of Montezuma As Sched Aneeda Huginkiss 970-565-8479 Cortez COColorado Cowboys Mounted As Sched Mule Creek 719-748-3398 Lake George COFlorida Outlaws Cowboy

Mounted Shooting 2nd Sat Texas Silver Star 386-734-2968 Eustis FLBroken Spoke Mounted Posse As Sched El Paisano 217-964-2433 Mendon ILMidwest Rangers, Inc. As Sched James B. Hume 309-219-2198 Rockford ILThurmont Mounted Rangers 3rd Sun Timber Smoke 410-997-9370 Thurmont MDGreasy Grass Scouts Mounted Call to Shoot Prairie Annie 406-638-2438 Garryowen MTNew Hampshire Mounted Shooters As Sched Army Saddler 603-487-3379 New Boston NHBuffalo Range Riders Mounted 1st Sat Nuevo Mike 505-832-4059 Founders Ranch NMRio Grande Mounted Rustlers 2nd Sat Buckskin Doc 505-440-0257 Belen NMPecos Valley Pistoleros 4th Sat Yankee Duke 505-308-9245 Hagerman NMGila Rangers Mounted Division 4th Sun Chico Cheech 505-388-2531 Silver City NMMagdalena Trail Drivers Mounted As Sched Rimrock Mike 888-823-5709 Magdalena NMLas Vegas Mounted

Shooting Association Varies Cactus Concha 702-648-6434 Las Vegas NVOklahoma Gunslingers As Sched Ima Sandy Storm 918-783-5060 Claremore OKLone Pine Rangers 3rd Sat Hawkeye Scout 541-447-7012 Prineville ORDeadwood Seven Down

Regulators Mounted As Sched Gentleman Cowboy 605-642-7736 Spearfish SDPlum Creek Carriage & Shooting

Society Mounted 1st Sat Delta Raider 512-376-2606 Lockhart TX

Western Shooters of South Africa 3rd Sat Richmond P. Hobson 27-21-797-5054 Cape Town ZA

SOUTH AFRICA MONTHLY MATCHES

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of Australia 3rd Wknd Tony Cohen 02-9975-7983 Beacon Hill NSW AUGold Coast Gamblers 1st & 3rd Sat Dagger Jack 61-7-5537-5857 Gold Coast QLD AUSSAA Single Action

Shooting-Australia 4th Sun Virgil Earp 61-7-4695-2050 Millmerran QLD AUAdelaide Pistol &

Shooting Club 1st Sat & 3rd Sun Lobo Malo 61-8-2890606 Korunye SAAUFort Bridger Shooting Club Inc. 4th Sun Duke York 61-3-9551-2902 Drouin VIC AUWiski Mountain Rangers, The As Sched The Caretaker Hare 414383845 Mt. Martha VIC AUMount Rowan Rangers Sat Squizzy 03-5342-8400 Mt Rowan VIC AUBullet Spittin Sons O’ Thunder 2nd Sat Billy Deadwood 64-6-3564720 Palmerston N. NZTrail Blazers Gun Club 2nd Sun Sudden Lee 64-3-755-8870 Hokitika NZWairarapa Pistol Club 2nd Sun Doc Hayes 0064 63796692 Gladstone NZQuarry Gang 3rd Sat Kento Kid 64-6-857-7297 Waipawa NZGolden Downs Rangers 3rd Sun Ian Douglas 0064-3-5418421 Wakefield NZTararua Rangers 3rd Sun J.E.B. Stuart 64-6-3796436 Carterton NZ

Alberta Frontier Shootists As Sched Mustang Heart 780-464-4600 Kelsey ALB CANADARocky Mountain House Old

West Shootists As Sched Luke A. Leathersmith 403-845-4347 Rocky Mnt House ALB CANADAMission Frontier Shootist 1st Sun Rusty Wood 604-820-0048 Mission BC CANADAValley Regulators 3rd Sat High Country Amigo 250-334-3479 Courtenay BC CANADAVictoria Frontier Shootists As Sched Prairie Buck 250-655-1100 Victoria BC CANADAWestern Canadian Frontier

Shootists Society As Sched Caribou Lefty 250-372-0416 Kamloops BC CANADANova Scotia Muzzle

Loading Association 3rd Sun Wounded Belly 902-890-2310 Camden NS CANADAWaterloo County

Revolver Association 1st Sat Ranger Pappy Cooper 519-536-9184 Kitchener ONT CANADAWentworth Shooting

Sports Club 2nd Sun Stoney Creek 1-905-664-3217 Hamilton ONT CANADAOtter Valley Rod & Gun Inc. 4th Sun Slick Sid [email protected] Strafforduille ONT CANADABarrie Gun Club As Sched Canadian Crow 705-435-2807 Barrie ONT CANADAOttawa Valley Marauders As Sched Reverend Damon Fire 613-825-8060 Ottawa ONT CANADAThe Badlands of H. A. H. A. As Sched Arty Ways 905-627-4123 Ancaster ONT CANADA

Sweetwater Gunslingers Austria As Sched Mercante 43121114251 Vienna ATOld West Shooting

Society Switzerland As Sched Hondo Janssen 01-271-9947 Zurich CHCzech Cowboy Action

Shooting Society As Sched George Roscoe 420-777-220248 Oparany (South Bohemia) CZCowboy Action Shooting-Germany Last Sat Kid O Folliard 0049170 382 9406 Werkstrasse, Edderitz DESASS Germany As Sched Santa Klaus 0049-941-24924 Philippsburg DEClub Hipico Del Maresme As Sched Martin Rosell 93-759-1887 Barcelona ESSASS-Finland As Sched Quincannon 358-41-5794962 Finland FIOld West Shooting Society Italy As Sched Mar Tex 39-0303737058 Gussago - Brescia ITHonky Tonk Rebels As sched Kaboom Andy 39 335 7378551 Vigevano ITDutch Western

Shooting Association 1st Sun Fat Bob 31-40-242-4076 Varies NLScherpschutters Veghel 2nd Sun Cloggie Joe 31-4120-652694 Veghel NLWestern Shooting Club

Stone Valley As Sched Pete Cody 31-4-6433-1075 Stein (LB) NLSchedsmoe County Rough Riders Thurs Jailbird 47-6399-4279 Korpaasen NOQuantrill Raiders As Sched Charles Quantrill 4793259669 Loten NOSASS Norway As Sched Charles Quantrill 47-932-59-669 Loten NOBritish Western Shooting Society As Sched Badas Bob 16-422-53-3333 Redcar UK

24th Annual Arizona Territorial Championship Shootout in the Saguaros Dec 1-3, ‘06 Barbwire 480-488-3064 Cowtown AZ

SASS Louisiana State Championship Dec 1-3, ‘06 Matt Masterson 318-396-5870 Downsville LA

Cowboy Christmas Shoot Dec 2, ‘06 Gerald Dunn 803-951-1986 Columbia SCTop Gun Dec 9-10, ‘06 Amaduelist 561-694-2079 Okeechobee FLCowboy Christmas Shoot Dec 15-17, ‘06 Texas Slim 325-668-4884 Abilene TXSASS Hawaii State Championship

Great Pineapple Shoot Dec 28-31, ‘06 Lobo Negro 808-242-6024 Lahaima HIHoliday Shoot Dec 29-30, ‘06 Haffasst Cowboy 435-632-9695 St. George UTNew Year Showdown Jan 1, ‘07 Yukon Willie 978-663-3342 Bedford MANew Years Day Shoot Jan 1-1, ‘07 Virgina Vixion 703-455-4795 Fairfax VASASS Florida State Championship

The Last Stand Jan 12-14, ‘07 Weewahootee 407-857-1107 Orlando FLGunfight At Brawley Wash Jan 20-21, ‘07 Lt. I.M. Lost 520-797-7568 Tucson AZThe Western Cup Jan 26-28, ‘07 Oklahoma 702-657-8822 Indian Springs NVGold Coast Gunfight Feb 17-18, ‘07 L. Topay 305-233-5756 Miramar FLSASS Arizona State Black Powder Shootout

Desert Thunder Feb 9-11, ‘07 Cantina Cruz 520-682-8763 Tucson AZTrailhead ‘07 Mar 22-25, ‘07 Longhaired Jim 979-373-9938 Columbus TXSASS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Winter Range Mar 7-11, ‘07 Justice B Dunn 928-636-4911 Phoenix AZSASS Florida State Black Powder Shootout

Black Thunder Mar 31, ‘07 Amaduelist 561-694-2079 Indiantown FLSASS Texas State Black

Powder Shootout Mar 31, ‘07 Texas Heat 512-219-8280 Driftwood TXThe Reckoning at Turtle Flats Apr 1, ‘07 Lulu Ann 941-322-0846 Myakka City FLSASS Georgia State Championship

Ride of The Immortals Apr 13-15, ‘07 Easy Rider 770-954-9696 Griffin GASASS Mississippi State Blackpowder Shootout

Showdown in Purgatory Apr 20-22, ‘07 Leatherneck 601-824-5932 Mendenhall MSShootout In The Swamp Apr 21-22, ‘07 Dixie Lady 239-566-2047 Punta Gorda FLSASS New Mexico

State Championship Apr 26-29, ‘07 Coyote Calhound 404-580-5985 Founders Ranch NMSASS SPECIAL EVENT Founders Ranch

Invitational Apr 26-29, ‘07 SASS Office 714-694-1800 Founders Ranch NMSASS Texas State Championship

Jail Break May 3-5, ‘07 Texas Alline 903-545-2252 Oakwood TXSASS California State Championship

Shootout at 5 Dog Creek May 3-6, ‘07 Almost Dangerous 760-376-4493 Bakersfield CASASS Kentucky State Championship

Hooten Holler Round-Up May 4-6, ‘07 No Purse Nez 606-633-7688 McKee KYBattle of Rogue River May 12-13, ‘07 Rogue Rascal 541-472-8585 Grants Pass ORSiege at San Juan May 17-20, ‘07 San Juan 970-249-4227 Montrose COAdobe Walls May 18-20, ‘07 J.R. Harvey 408-245-5499 Gonzales CASASS Alaska State Blackpowder Shootout

Smoke in the Greatland May 18-20, ‘07 Four Bucks 907-350-4422 Anchorage AKSASS SOUTHEAST REGIONAL

The Shootout at Mule Camp May 24, ‘07 San Quinton 706-335-7302 Covington GASASS Mississippi State Championship

Smokin’ Guns at Rabbit Ridge May 24-27, ‘07 Easy Lee 662-838-7451 Byhalia MSSASS SOUTHEAST TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOUTOUT

The Shootout at Mule Camp May 24-27, ‘07 San Quinton 706-335-7302 Covington GASASS Pennsylvania State Championship

North Mountain Shoot Out VIII May 25-27, ‘07 Black Hills Barb 570-538-9163 Muncy Valley PASASS Arkansas State Championship Pursuit By

Rooster Cogburn’s Posse Jun 1-3, ‘07 Sister Sundance 479-968-7129 Belleville ARSASS MA, CT, and RI State Championship

Shootout at Sawyer Flats Jun 1-3, ‘07 Barrister Bill 978-667-2219 Harvard MASASS Wyoming State Championship

Cody’s Wild West Shootout Jun 7-10, ‘07 Kari Lynn 307-587-2946 Cody WYAmbush at Hatcreek Jun 8-10, ‘07 Cayenne Pepper 530-275-3158 Burney CARevenge of Montezuma Jun 15-17, ‘07 Piedra Kidd 970-565-9228 Cortez COSASS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

END of TRAIL Jun 15-24, ‘07 SASS Office 714-694-1800 Founders Ranch NMSASS Maryland State Championship

Thunder Valley Days Jun 21-23, ‘07 Chuckaroo 301-831-9666 Damascus MDYellowstone Valley

Buffalo Stampede Jun 22-23, ‘07 Montana Rawhide 406-245-2854 Billings MTSASS Wisconsin State Black Powder Shootout

Smoke in the Hills Jun 24, ‘07 Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WASASS Michigan State Black Powder Shootout

Smoke on the Range Jun 30-Jul 1, ‘07 Two Rig A Tony 616-891-6917 Grand Rapids MISASS HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL

Hell on Wheels Jul 5-8, ‘07 Deputy Cuny 307-634-2449 Cheyenne WYBlue Mountain Shootout Jul 6-8, ‘07 Lester Moore 610-821-8215 Topton PASASS SOUTHWEST TERRITORIAL BLACKPOWDER SHOOTOUT

- Powder Blast Jul 19-21, ‘07 Texas Alline 903-545-2252 Oakwood TXAmbush at Indian Creek Jul 20-22, ‘07 Mattie Hays 724-593-6602 Donegal PASASS NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL

The Great Nor’easter Jul 25-29, ‘07 Capt. Morgan Rum 603-772-5041 Pelhan NHSASS Alaska State Championship The Justin Pierce

Memorial Shoot Aug 3-5, ‘07 Valencia Rose 907-488-7660 Chatanika AKSASS North Dakota State Championship

Peace in the Valley Aug 3-5, ‘07 Wild River Rose 701-588-4331 Kindred NDSASS Washington State Championship

Westmatch XVI Aug 3-5, ‘07 The Elder Katie 253-946-1438 Renton WASASS Utah State Black Powder

Shootout Aug 4, ‘07 Jubal O. Sackett 801-944-3444 Wanship UTSASS Utah State Championship

Utah War Aug 8-11, ‘07 Jubal O. Sackett 801-944-3444 Wanship UTSASS Idaho State Championship

Reckoning at Black Creek Aug 8-12, ‘07 Pink Eye Pinkerton 208-922-3671 Kuna IDSASS MIDWEST REGIONAL

Guns of August Aug 9-12, ‘07 Deadwood Stan 513-894-3500 Middletown OHSASS Oregon State Championship

Shootout at Saddle Butte Aug 17-19, ‘07 Mid Valley Drifter 541-259-2774 Albany ORSASS Wisconsin State Championship

Fire In The Hills Aug 23-25, ‘07 Tracker Jack Daniels 715-643-2011 Boyceville WISASS SOUTHWEST TERRITORIES REGIONAL

Smoke in the Valley Aug 30-Sep 2, ‘07 SASS Office 714-694-1800 Founders Ranch NMSASS Michigan State Championship

Wolverine Ranger Range War Aug 31-Sep 3, ‘07 No Cattle 616-363-2827 Kimball MISASS Nebraska State Championship 10th Annual

Shootout at Flatwater Sep 1-3, ‘07 Scorpion Blain 308-226-2567 Grand Island NE

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JOIN THE ACTION NOW!!!The Single Action Shooting SocietyTM is an interna-tional membership organization created to preserveand promote the sport of Cowboy ActionShootingTM. SASS® endorses regional matches con-ducted by affiliated clubs, stages END of TRAILTM,The World Championship of Cowboy ActionShootingTM, promulgates rules and procedures toensure safety and consistency in Cowboy ActionShootingTM and seeks to protect it’s members’ 2ndamendment rights. SASS® members share a commoninterest in preserving thehistory and traditions ofthe old west and competi-tive shooting.

OLD WESTALIAS ANDCOSTUMESOne of the unique aspects of SASS® Cowboy ActionShootingTM is the requirement placed on costuming.Participants are required to adopt a shooting aliasappropriate to a character or profession of the late19th century, a Hollywood western star or an appro-

priate character from fiction.Their costume is then devel-oped accordingly. Manyparticipants gain moreenjoyment from the cos-tuming aspect of our sportthan from the shootingcompetition, itself.Regardless of a SASS® mem-ber’s individual area of interest,SASS® events provide regularopportunities for fellowship and fun with like-mind-ed folks and families.

OLD WEST FIREARMSCowboy Action ShootingTM is a multi-faceted shoot-ing sport in which contestants compete withfirearms typical of those used in the taming of theold west: single action revolvers, pistol caliberlever action rifles old time shotguns. The shootingcompetition is staged in a unique, characterized,“old west” style.

SASS Members Receive aWagon Load of Benefits:

★ Permanent shooters’alias registration

★ Permanent member/shooter number

★ SASS® badge

★ SASS® membership card

★ SASS® Marshalllapel pin

★ Distinctive membership certificate

★ The Cowboy Chronicle, monthly journal of SASS®

★ SASS® Decal

★ SASS® shooters handbook

★ Gold collector’s badge for Life members

★ Silver Collector’s Badge available

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