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32DISPATCHES FROMCAMP BAYLOR

by Capt George Baylor

53SPOTTER TRAINING

by Palaver Pete

64THE STRAIGHT SHOT

by Jesse Wolf Hardin

8GLOVES-A VERY

IMPORTANTACCESSORYby Texas Flower

16RANGE WAR 2014

by R J Law

Ridgeville South CarolinaThe November sunshown bright and warm on gunslingers andtheir sidekicks at the SASS 2014 Southeast Re-

gional Championship otherwise known as ldquoTheShootout at Givhans FerryrdquoThis the fourth annual gathering at expansive Pal-

metto Gun Club not far from historic Charleston SCwas themed ldquoVeterans of the Wild Westrdquo in honor ofthose who served us then and now and it attractedwell over 200 shooters from 15 states Each stage re-called a famous or infamous veteran from the OldWest the shooter would signal ready by reciting a lineattributed to that veteranOur hosts The Geechee Gunfighters offered up ten

tree-lined grass-bermed pistol bays most of themfronted by propsmdasha Hollywood cowtown-style bank

Bigger is always better as evidenced by the 2014 Southeast Regional match at Ghivans Ferrymdashand by High Pockets Bill (SASS 93659) shown here with

two other standard size competitors

saloon jail and even a ferry boatmdashto lend atmos-phere and nostalgia to the stages of the four-dayevent Meanwhile if you needed cowboy gear orgood vittles they could be found here A steadystream of ladies and gents filled the tents and ta-bles of delighted merchants ranging from JacksonrsquosWestern Store and Clarkrsquos Bullets to gun engraverYves Halliburton aka Have-a-Bourbon (SASS50227) And next to them vendors of hot food and

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GHIVANS FERRY

FROM THE EDITOR Reading the digital Chronicle (Addendum)

NEWS Special Matches Highlight Finale Of The Civil War Sesquicentennial

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CONTENTS

They may havebeen too young

to shoot Range War 2014the Michigan StateChampionship but four-year-oldSpeed Stevens(SASS 89038mdashstanding) and

three-year-old JRDynamite (sitting)had a great timeplaying cowboyand shot some

great stages in thecampgrounds withtheir Nerf guns

CLICK on any sections eCONTENTS

Page 3Cowboy ChronicleApril 2015






Graphic Novels (comicbooks) are routinely in-cluded on bestseller listsand are often chosen for movie adaptationsIrsquove also heard the sentiment that readers would

rather see the space occupied by some other type offeature To them Irsquoll point out that we are now a vir-tual publication with no restrictions on page countso yoursquore actually getting the comic book pages inaddition tomdashnot instead ofmdashsomething else If forexample the 10 pages of comic book story in thisissue were not included you would not get 10 pagesof something else Yoursquod just get 10 fewer pagesHaving said all that this will be the final edition

of the Chronicle to include comic book pagesmdashfornow This is based on the theory that if a few peoplehave expressed displeasure there may in fact bemany more who are just suffering quietly If youwould like to see them return (or not) please let meknow at skinny111icloudcom

Safety and SASSFinally Irsquod like to call your attention to the letter

featured in this issue dealing with range safety notonly for match participants but also for spectators(ldquoWill Common Sense Ever Prevailrdquo) SundownJones SASS 5403 makes a very good case for thenecessity to include instructions for appropriate be-havior to spectators as part of a clubrsquos safety brief-ing Give his letter a readAlso in this issue wersquore starting a new series of

short articles on match and range operations andprocedures by Palaver Pete SASS 4375 This willall be information with which everyone is no doubtalready familiar but positive reinforcement is al-ways a good thing Thanks Pete for putting this inconcise form for usmdashSkinny

Several people have brought to my attention thatfor them when accessing a link in the PDF ver-

sion the link replaces the Chronicle window ratherthan popping up in a separate window I have triedto replicate this experience on my own computerbut I always get a separate window as Irsquom sup-posed to After some investigation I believe I havelocalized the problem to Windows users who openthe PDF in their browser through an Active X addon Irsquom not sure there is a work around for this soif yoursquore having this problem and it bothers you myonly suggestion at this time is to open the PDF ina stand-alone Adobe Acrobat Reader applicationnot through your browserI believe this will be the last of my ldquodigital Chroniclerdquo

tutorials for now unless readers make me aware ofany other issues If there are any please feel free todirect questions or comments my way atskinny111icloudcom

Comic book pagesmdashyea or nayThis edition of the Chronicle contains a comic

book story featuring ldquoArizona Rainesrdquo from thepages of Crack Western 84 published in May 1953This is another comic book title that began life asa super hero anthology in the 1940s (as CrackComics) but switched over to a Western theme inthe 1950s with the growing popularity of the genreSince I introduced comic book pages a few issues

back the vast majority of feedback Irsquove receivedfrom those Irsquove spoken to at various events (includ-ing the SASS Convention and Winter Range) hasbeen positive However a handful of readersmdashandIrsquom talking less than a half dozenmdashhave expresseddispleasure at seeing this feature in the ChronicleSome believe the inclusion of comic book materialgives our publication a juvenile andor non-re-spectable look But Irsquoll point out to them that comicbooks have not been viewed by our society as infe-rior publications since the 1950s and 60s Today

SkinnySASS 7361

SKINNYrsquoS SOAPBOXi

i

Reading the digitalChronicleAddendum



The North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA)will hold its 131st National Competition on

May 14-17 2015 at Fort Shenandoah near Win-chester Virginia Member units compete in live-firematches with original or authentic reproductionCivil War period muskets carbines rifles re-volvers mortars and cannons It is the largest CivilWar event of its kind in the countryFounded in 1950 the N-SSA has more than

3200 individuals that make up its 200-member

Special Matches Highlight finale of the

Civil War Sesquicentennial

Whitersquos Company 35th Virginia Cavalry competes during thesmoothbore musket match held at the N-SSA 130th National Com-petition last fall The man in the foreground fires an original USModel 1835 Hewes amp Philips percussion conversion one of the fewsmoothbores to include a rear sight Photo by Todd Harrington

teams Each team represents a Civil War regimentor unit and wears the uniform they wore over 150years agoAs we observe the end of the Civil War Sesqui-

centennial this N-SSA National will feature twospecial matches The first is a unique intercolle-giate artillery match between several schools in-cluding Virginia Tech and Slippery RockUniversity Cannon crews from each school willcompete with guns from and under the supervisionof N-SSA artillery units who will conduct a ldquoSchoolof the Piecerdquo prior to the match The second specialmatch will be the inaugural ldquoTraditional MusketMatchrdquo The purpose of the match is to encouragecompetition with unaltered firearms of the CivilWar and using the paper cartridge ammunition ofthe period Uniforms must be authentic in textilesand patterns including period footwearN-SSA members come from all over the country to

Fort Shenandoah each spring for this national com-petition that traditionally opens the yearrsquos activitiesCompetitions called ldquoskirmishesrdquo will be heldthroughout the summer on a regional basis At askirmish participating teams shoot at breakable tar-gets in several timed events The teams with the low-est cumulative times win medals or other awardsWomen participate along with the men in all

events There are also competitions for authenticityof Civil War period military and civilian dress pe-riod music and lectures on topics of historical in-terest Spectators are welcome and admission isfree There is a large sutler area and food service isavailable For more information visit the N-SSAweb site at wwwn-ssaorg

line or enter a field of fire while a range is ldquohotrdquo Anytimesuch a violation occurs it must be addressed instantlybecause of the potential of serious bodily injury or deathThere is no qualifying reason good enough to relieve thisresponsibility from the Range Officer in chargeA severe and stern warning should be issued to the

encroaching individual for violation of the most basicsimple and plain safety rule If such individual had beenassigned a position near the firing line they should berelieved for such responsibility All competitors presentand any person legally beyond the spectatorrsquos lineshould be reminded of this basic safety rule Any reoc-currences of such action by any shooter or person shouldresult in immediate expulsion from the matchrange The potential accident that could result from such an

occurrence would have disastrous consequences on all par-ties concerned A recommendation would be to address thisissue in the opening shooterrsquos meeting as a reminder ofsafety and a warning to violators that would the negate thenecessity of a later ldquosevere and stern warningrdquo on a stageA responder stated a MDQ was issued to a shooter

for sweeping a photographer that had crept downrangetaking photos of the action First and foremost anyshooter who is required to commence a course of fire insuch circumstances should flatly refuse to even touch afirearm The ROTO should be tar and feathered and theMatch Director if they had prior knowledge and givenpermission to the photographer should resign As forthe rest of the posse a big reminder that each and everyone of them is a SAFETY OFFICER and each have a re-sponsibility to stop an unsafe and potentially dangeroussituation For the most part we of the Single ActionShooting Society are adults and we should not have tobe reminded at every match or stage to yell ldquoCEASEFIRErdquo when anyone is downrangeResponder Ace of Hearts SASS 77697 topped off the

thread with his contribution that can be seen athttpswwwyoutubehv=F5AW-LHL3J4 It shows a pho-tographer kneeling between two targets while a line of shoot-ers opens fire from an apparent distance of 10 to 12 feetIn retrospect this is simply my opinion and like

other things everyone has at least one and sometimestwo However regardless of what call a person wouldmake in this circumstance it does not relieve our re-sponsibility to exercise basic safety rules a responsibil-ity that can not be delegated to another person

mdashSundown JonesSASS5403L



recent post on the SASS Wire by Wyatt SASS48246 labeled ldquoPop Quizrdquo drew much interestas to what call would or should be made for a sit-

uation that is possibly or probably or likely to be encoun-tered while a shooter is engaging a stage course of fireTo set the stage in essence a person (shooter or ob-

server) has encroached upon the shooters 170-degreefield of engagement which resulted in being ldquosweptrdquo bythe shooter with a loaded firearm Of course many opin-ions were offered that ranged from a simple one linerule being quoted ldquosweeping anyone with a loadedfirearmrdquo to lengthy discussions siding with or againstthe shooter andor the person who encroachedSo who is the guilty individual and what penalty

should result Is the shooter while vigorously involvedand mentally engaged in the course of fire responsiblefor someone over whom he or she has no control whosteps into the field of fire for whatever reason causingthe shooter to make a serious rule violation Is theROTO responsible for not controlling the stage andsafely assisting the shooter through the course of fireOr does the fault lie with the encroaching individualOne could wonder and question why another shooter

would voluntarily step into the field of fire interferewith a shooter in their course of fire be swept by aloaded firearm (probably cocked) and cause the MDQ ofthe shooter (which was the call by many responders tothe Wire thread) Or for what reason if it was a non-shooter or observer was that person allowed on or soclose to the firing line as to interfere with the shooterA few responders thought this type of action by an-

other shooter would be a good way to get a competitordisqualified and eliminate a possible threat to their ora buddyrsquos chance of winning the matchThe final verdict published by PaleWolf Brunelle

SASS 2495 and supported by the RO Committee wasthe shooter should not have received a MDQ in such cir-cumstance for ldquosweeping anyone with a loaded firearmrdquoAfter numerous opinions were posted the question

was asked by Wyatt what penalty if any should be ad-dressed to the encroaching individual because such ac-tion is not covered in the SASS rule book Now beforeanyone gets upset this article is not advocating an-other rule to be added to the book In my humbleopinion such a rule already exists In all of my shooting experience for more than 55

years I have always been taught and teach as a CertifiedNRA Firearms Instructor that you NEVER cross a firing

Will Common Sense Ever PrevailA

which remained in useuntil the invention ofthe sewing machineEarlier gloves weremade in three- and five-finger designs Thethree-finger glove de-signs were referred toas country manrsquos gloves Gloves date back to

ancient societies Theyhave been found intombs of royalty andbishops For many cen-turies fashion glovesformed part of the cos-tume worn by royalty

bishops and higher-ranking men and women Bythe fourteenth century they were worn by membersof all classes The glove represented an outwardand visible sign of a personrsquos wealth power posi-tion social and economic status The fashion glovesworn by the upper class were crafted of finer

leathers such as doeskin and kid The common folkgenerally wore gloves of less expensive skins anddesigns while knights and military wore more prac-tical leather or metal gauntlets Being associatedwith cleanliness and protection gloves quickly tookon more symbolic meaning when worn by royalty



Gloves are one ofthe most versa-tile and impor-

tant articles ofclothing Not only didthey serve a specificpurpose keepinghands warm and pro-tected they were animportant fashion ac-cessory and have beenassociated with nu-merous customs andsymbolisms Most of us have heard of ldquothrowingdown the gauntletrdquo which was to issue a challenge The word glove comes from the Middle English

word glof which is related to the Old Norse wordglofi We do not know who invented the glove butnecessity probably was the mother of inventionGloves were made by hand until 1807 when JamesWinter of England invented the ldquoGloving Donkeyrdquo

(Continued on next page)1875ndashRetractable glove button hook closed

1875ndashRetractable glove button hook open

GlovesA Very Important Accessory

By Texas Flower SASS Life 43753

1833ndashKid leather wedding gloves

Early seventeenth century glove

Note I enjoy all the fabulous costumes we encounterin SASS but the many accessories have always been ofinterest to me also One of the simplest accessories andoften taken for granted are gloves After doing some re-search I wanted to share some of my findings aboutthe history of gloves including the Victorian Era

mdashTexas Flower

Texas Flower SASS Life 43753



and church officials Priests wore elaborate glovesfor ceremonies Judges often wore gloves as a sym-bol that their hands were unsullied by the crimi-nals over whom they had jurisdiction Gloves linedwith money were famous as formal bribes Men re-moved their right glove when coming into the pres-ence of a social superior as a mark of respectKeeping your gloves on indicated that you retainedpower by declining physical contactThe demand for leather gloves in the 1100s re-

sulted in the establish-ment of companies ofGlovers The occupationof Glover was big busi-ness throughout EuropeGlovers used a number ofskins fabrics scents anddecorations in the craft-ing of gloves which var-

ied in length style shape andcolor From 1500 on fabricgloves crafted from silk satinvelvet cotton and linen werestylish Gloves knitted fromthread and cotton appearedaround the 1600s the sametime as knitted stockingsWomenrsquos gloves became a

fashion accessory during the

Gloves bull (A Very Important Accessory ) (Continued from previous page)

(Continued on page 10)

1900sndashGlove holder clip usually attached to a purse

1880sndashEmbroidered kidskin gloves



thirteenth century Noveltiesin gloves included tassels rib-bons and monograms Somewere beautifully fringedrichly embroidered andadorned with precious stonesor beadwork Queen ElizabethI wore jeweled and embroi-dered gloves It was said thatshe had more than 2000 pairs of gloves Thanks toher obsession gloves became the height of fashionand London became the center of the glove tradeThe French also loved gloves Napoleon I was re-ported to have owned at least 240 pair After thenineteenth century French Revolution EmpressJosephine introduced a new look the short sleevedempire waist gown paired with long over the elbowldquoopera glovesrdquoBetween 1500 and 1700 ldquochicken skinrdquo gloves

were in high demand byrefined women They werecalled chicken skin glovesprobably because it wasless disagreeable than the truth that they were ac-tually made from the skins of unborn calves Theywere so fine that they came folded in the shell of awalnut Ladies not only wore them during the daybut also at night to keep their hands soft and whiteThey were often filled with marigold creamPerfumery was held in high regard by all eastern

nations Gloves along with hair stockings andshoes all had to be scentedScented gloves were also re-ferred to as ldquosweet glovesrdquoMany different scents wereused A flower or spice scentwould be mixed with animal fator some kind of oil and rubbedinto the gloveGlove styles have included

the short mid-length and long-buttoned gloves Short gloveswere generally worn in the day-time or when wearing longsleeves When short sleeves be-came stylish in the 1700s women would wear longgloves By the 1870s twelve- and fifteen-buttonwhite kid silk or velvet gloves were worn withevening or dinner dress From 1890-1902 very longsuede gloves with as many as twenty buttons werein style The mousquetaire opening for womenrsquoslong gloves became popular during the Victorianera Mousquetaire gloves had buttons at the wristso the wearer could open the buttons and slip herhand out without taking the glove off The fingersection would be folded in and kept away tidilyThis worked very well for dinner After the mealladies would put their handsback into the glovesMitts or fingerless gloves

have a long history datingback to the Romans andGreeks They kept the handscovered both from weatherand from societyrsquos censureSince ladies often woregloves in the home the prac-

Glove stretcher

Gloves bull (A Very Important Accessory ) (Continued from page 9)

Glove clip holding gloves

Indian Wars gauntlets

Mousqetaire gloves(Continued on next page)

tical side of fingerless gloveswas they allowed a person tocarry out tasks requiring fin-ger dexterity such as stitch-ing and embroideryDuring the Victorian Era

gloves were always wornoutside of the home It wasconsidered poor breeding tobe seen without gloves Theetiquette was so strict thatladies could not leave thehouse until they had theirgloves on and buttoned Alady of refinement regardedher hand as a part of her

body which was not to be displayed lightly to mem-bers of the opposite sex It was considered bad formfor a gentleman to touch a lady without his glovesonmdashfar too intimate The only time a lady did notwear her gloves was while eating She would re-move her gloves place them under her napkin in

her lap and put them backon as soon as possibleAt large house parties

ladies came down to break-fast in gloves At luncheonstea parties and anywherethere was much shaking ofhands the ladies of the

house usually wore gloves White gloves were wornfor weddings and black gloves for funerals It wassaid that relatives of the deceased would often sup-ply black gloves for the poorer members of the con-gregation for fear of the shame of un-gloved

mourners Both ladies andgentlemen wore gloveswhile dancing Not onlydid it eliminate the prob-lem of dancing with some-one with sweaty handsbut they also kept theladyrsquos gown protected fromsweat and body oil Whitegloves for menrsquos eveningdress were obligatory





Lady wearing fingerless gloves

Chicken skin glove with walnut holder

Metal gauntlets



The tradition of wearing fashionable gloves car-ried well into the twentieth century By the 1970sgloves began to fall out of favor as a part of formaldress Gloves had made a complete circle Theywere now once again used mainly to keep the handswarm or protected But I think we will all agreehellipgloves will always be a necessityWe have heard that a lady used her fan to com-

municate but it has been said that gloves were alsoused as a means of communication

These are a few of the glove communication codes

bull Twirling onersquos gloves around her fingersndashWe arebeing watched

bull Holding the tips of the gloves downwardndashI wishto be acquainted

bull Gently smoothing the glovesndashI wish I were withyou I would like to talk with you

bull Holding onersquos gloves loosely in her right handndashBe contented

bull Holding onersquos gloves loosely in her left handndashIam satisfied

bull Striking onersquos gloves over her handsndashI am dis-pleased

bull Tossing onersquos gloves up gentlyndashI am engaged

bull Tapping onersquos chin with her glovesndashI love an-other

(Continued on next page)


Wooden glove darner


bull Dropping one of her glovesndashYes

bull Clenching them (rolled up) in theright handndashNo

bull Dropping both glovesndashI love you

bull Turning the wrong side of onersquosgloves outwardndashI hate you

bull Using them as a fanndashIntroduce meto your company

bull Biting the tipsndashI wish to be rid ofyou very soon

bull Folding up carefullyndashGet rid of yourcompany

bull Striking them over the shoulderndashFollow me

bull Right hand with the naked thumbexposedndashKiss me

bull Left hand with the naked thumbexposedndashDo you love me

Militaryleathergauntlet



Queen Elizabeth the First gloves



cold drinks served folks early until lateThursday was arrival and side-match day the lat-

ter well attended with additions of Wild BunchBlack Powder and new ldquoBlastrdquo matches Friday and

Saturday brought the varied and imaginative mainstages which Match Director Doc Kemm (SASS52557) and his henchmen (henchwomen soundsdisrespectful but them too) designed to pleasedamned near everybody There were stand and de-livers move between targets aim at some dump onothers and run-fast strings rifle rhapsodies andshotgun boogies People were tuckered but cheerfulNobody complained

The Saturday night Banquet and Ballrsquos custom-ary raucousness was somewhat contained by vocalistDandy Don singing cowboy classics Some joinedinmdashthe womenfolk sweetly the dudes off-key asusual Side-match awards and raffle prizes triggeredapplause jeering back-slapping and renewed pan-demoniumSunday morning started early with Lash Toru

(SASS 85004) conducting Cowboy Church followedin honor of Memorial Day with a moving bagpiper and

GHIVANS FERRY


(Continued from page 1)



a 21-gun salute to our servicemen and women past andpresent More than a few wet eyes were noted in theaudience Next came the Main Match awards presen-tation under the big tent Awards went deep so manya cowboy and cowgirl was called up to the cheers oftheir fellows (Visit the Ghivans Ferry official website

at httpgivhansferryhomesteadcomscores1htmlfor complete results and for information on the 2015match) Near high noon the lingering and expectantcrowd was rewarded by the next best thing to theLincoln County Range Warhellip the Big Shootoff TheBest of the Best went head-to-head and all the knock-down targets went arsquo clanginrsquo Join us next autumnwonrsquot lsquoya

Ghivans Ferry (Continued from previous page)



Another successful Range War is in the can RangeWar also known as the SASS Michigan State

Championship of Cowboy Action Shootingtrade is heldover Labor Day weekend each year near beautiful PortHuron Michigan We would like to thank our MainMatch Sponsor Jimmy Spurs (SASS 65014) and Cow-boy Gunworks wwwcowboygunworkscom for theirsponsorship of our State Championship We would alsolike to thank our Main Awards Sponsor Edrsquos CustomLeathercrafts (Steady Eddie SASS 29255) HotelSponsor Baymont Inn amp Suites and our Raffle Spon-sor Doc Noper Gun Leather (Doc Noper SASS65017) Thanks also to all the vendors who helpedmake Range War another success These included longtime vendors and supporters of Range War Gunpow-der Creek Trading Post Edrsquos Custom LeathercraftsMajor Photography Michigan Rattler Leather TheCowboy Outpost and new vendors Hit More Steel andEars to Go We do not ask anything of our vendorsother than to treat our shooters like familyWe had a total of 231 registered shooters coming

from the states of California Illinois Indiana IowaKentucky Maryland Michigan Minnesota MissouriNevada North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Texas

and Wisconsin It was nice to see most of our oldfriends come back and to welcome a bunch of newshooters We also had the regular contingent of ourCanadian brothers and sisters come over the BlueWater Bridge near beautiful Port Huron Congratu-lations to Overall Menrsquos Winner Red River Ray(SASS 33254) who attended Range War for the firsttime Red River Ray came up from North Carolinawith his shootinrsquo pards Mustang Dave (SASS95854) and Three Cut (SASS 58264) Thanks toMatch Director Deuce Stevens (SASS 55996) fortalking Red River Ray into coming north to Michiganto shoot with the Yankees Congratulations also toDeuce the Michigan State Menrsquos Champion and hislovely wife KJ Stevens (SASS 62782) the OverallLadiesrsquo Champion and the Michigan State LadiesrsquoChampion This was Deucersquos fifth Michigan StateChampionship and KJrsquos ninth We were also pleasedto have 34 Clean Shooters This was the third year that we had on-line regis-

tration available with the option to pay via PayPalor credit card This was again very well received

RANGE WAR


2014By RJ Law SASS Life 15466

Our 2014 Overall Champions are Red River Ray from

North Carolina and KJ StevensWe were happy to have Red RiverRay join us this year for his firstRange War Congratulation

Our 2014 Michigan State Champions are husband and wifeDeuce Stevens and KJ Stevenspictured with their new daughterElsie Mae This is their fifth timeas Michigan State Champions together Congratulations

RANGE WAR



Most of our shooters are now computer literate andappreciate the convenience of signing up on-lineThanks again to the ladies and my daughter Cosmo-politan Christine (SASS 89401) for coming up withthe idea for on-line registration and implementing itand for doing a great job with handling registrationvirtually by herselfThis year we again used the ACES Scoring Sys-

tem to score our match We still had a few kinks inworking through this but we were all very pleasedwith the way ACESworked It definitelysaved a lot of time Allof our scoring over thelast many Range Warswas handled manuallyby Camptown (SASS22279) He is a perfec-tionist and takes it per-

sonally if there are any mistakes I was happy to seethat Camptown was able to shoot the match for thesecond time in many years The Wolverine Rangersbit the bullet and bought ten iPads so everyone coulduse the same deviceFor Range War 2014 we paid homage to one of our

favorite Cowboy actors Ben Johnson Our stage sce-

Range War 2014 (Continued from previous page)




narios and shooting lines were taken from 10 of hismovies including Fort Apache She Wore A YellowRibbon Wagon Master Shane Will Penny The WildBunch The Last Picture Show Bite The Bullet TheSacketts andMy Heroes Have Always Been CowboysBen Johnson was the real deal He was a World Team

Roping Champion and was inducted in the Pro RodeoHall of Fame in 1973 It was an honor to feature MrJohnson and his movies Although he was seldom theleading man he added authenticity to every moviehe was in All he did was play Ben JohnsonFor Range War 2015 over Labor Day weekend

(September 4 5 and 6) our theme will be Women ofthe West We love our women and it is about time wemade them the center of attention at Range WarOur mission each year is to make sure Range War

is a competitive and fun match for anyone who wantsto participate We know we are in the entertainmentbusiness We want our shooters to have a fun week-end and we strive to provide good food good enter-tainment and friendly competition in a stress freeenvironment On Friday we had our Wild Bunch mini-match

along with our normal side matches including longrange We had 43 shooters participate in the WildBunch mini-match We also continued with our Cowboymini-match this year with 75 shooters participatingWe found that many of our shooters like the opportu-nity to engage in some practice stages with all theirguns We will definitely continue the Cowboy mini-match and the Wild Bunch mini-match in 2015 Thanksto Hoot Hamilton (Sass 86407) for running the WildBunch mini-match and to Straight Arrow Hombre(Sass 64386) for running the Cowboy mini-matchFriday evening the board of directors of the Blue

Water Sportsmanrsquos Association our Range War hostwas kind enough to bring in Steve Ludemanrsquos DJ ampKaraoke Service featuring the lovely Laurie LrsquoAmour(SASS 94581) for a Karaoke Show on Friday nightSaturday morning our Opening Ceremonies com-


Range War 2014 (Continued from page 17)



menced at 830 am with the safety meeting givenby Match Director Deuce Stevens and with the open-ing prayer by First Lieutenant Bad River Marty(SASS 23076) We then shot five stages on Saturdayin pleasant late summer weather The weather in

Port Huron in early Sep-tember has been great forRange War just aboutevery year On Saturday after-

noon Mike Fink (SASS29047) and Moe Guns(SASS 26854) again ranour popular Cowboy trap event It is an annual tra-dition at Range War where our cowboys and cowgirlsget to shoot their cowboy shot guns on the traprange On Saturday evening Ernie Sites providedthe evening entertainment after dinner in the ClubHouse Ernie put on a great show Ernie is a real cow-boy and is a great singer Please check out his web-site at wwwerniesitescom Sunday morning started with Cowboy Church at

730 at the food tent on the range led by Rev CSMissalot (SASS 53069) After some spiritual nour-ishment at Cowboy Church we started shooting onSunday at 900 am and finished the remaining five





stages We will again be moving back the startingtime for shooting on Sunday for 2015 to 900 am togive our shooters sufficient time to attend CowboyChurch and still get their gear ready to start shoot-ing on timeWe were able to return to our favorite banquet lo-

cation this year at Alexanderrsquos in Marysville Alexan-

derrsquos is just a few minutes from the range and theyhave been our regular banquet and awards presen-tation location on Sunday night just about everyyear We are known for having one of the nicest ban-quets in SASS and Alexanderrsquos is a big part of thatWe already have our reservation in for 2015 ArtieFly (SASS 25397) and Sexie Sadie (SASS 25398)of Major Photography are usually kept pretty busyat the banquet taking pictures of our cowboys intheir finest frock coats and their ladies in their finestgowns and dresses We always try to get our shootersout at a decent time after the awards presentationWe were done this year by about 830 pm Sunday isa long day and we try to be efficient in getting ourbusiness done We also continued a tradition we started two

years ago based on a suggestion from one of theshooters by reading the Top 10 Lady Shooters at thebanquet The Top 10 Lady Shooters for 2014 wereKJ Stevens (SASS 67782 ndash Michigan) Ruby Red



We will be trying something new for Range War in2015 and as far as I know it has never been done at amajor SASS event Saturday evening we will be hav-ing a Cowboy Campfire in the Campground and allshooters are invited to participate We are asking allshooters who can play a guitar fiddle harmonica orany other musical instrument to bring it along Ourvision is to try to capture the feel of a bunch of Cow-boys and Cowgirls sittingaround the campfire on acattle drive singing play-ing instruments recitingCowboy poetry telling sto-ries (and maybe jokes aslong as they are G-Rated)and generally just havinga good time Many of usplayed instruments grow-ing up and I know for afact that we have someshooters who are prettygood at it We will havemicrophones for voicesbut we would prefer tokeep the instrumentsacoustic I realize thatthere were not too manywomen on cattle drivesand there were no micro-phones but I hope no oneholds that against usThanks to all of the

cowboys and cowgirlswho worked to make



Jo (SASS 71481 ndash Michigan) Canadian Two Feath-ers (SASS 70784 ndash Ontario Canada) Honey BQuick (SASS 47009 - Ohio) Katie Callahan(SASS23077 ndash Michigan) Serenity (SASS 64982 ndash On-tario Canada) Perfecta Vaquera (SASS 69780 ndashKentucky) Cactus Kay (SASS 15157 ndash Michigan)Lainey Mae (SASS 62147 ndash Michigan) and GrannieAnnie (SASS 37063 ndash Iowa) Congratulations tothese ladies and thanks to all the SASS ladies forbeing our partners in this sport It is definitely morefun to have the ladies compete with usRaffle awardsdoor prizes included a pair of

Ruger Vaqueros with an action job done by JimmySpurs a handcrafted holster rig donated by DocNoper and a handmade leather pistol case donatedby Steady Eddie





2014 Range War a success Our sport does not workwithout many volunteers It is not practical to listeveryone by name but I would like to especiallythank Camptown for his work in handling all of thescoring for the past eight years I donrsquot know whatwe would do without him I would also like to saythanks to Artie Fly and Sexie Sadie of Major Photog-raphy for their excellent photos which appear in thisarticle Last and definitely not least I would like tothank my wife for all of her work behind the scenesand for her support in putting up with the work thatI do for the Wolverine Rangers and Range WarWe look forward to having all of our shooters back

and to meeting new friends in 2015 If you are look-ing for a competitive and fun shoot in pleasant latesummer weather in Michiganrsquos Blue Water country

Range War over Labor Day weekend is the place tobe And by the way donrsquot forget to bring your musicalinstruments and please sign up early We will have acap of 250 shooters Please visit our website atwwwwolverinerangersorg for more information

WINNERSOverall Red River Ray

SASS 33254 NCDeuce Stevens SASS 55996 MIKJ Stevens SASS 62782 MI

Buckaroo Rapid Fire SASS 82608 IN

B-Western Faygo Kid SASS 26408 MI

Cattle DarbyBaron SASS 41290 OH

Dakota Doc SASS 9695 MI

C Cowboy Ethan Callahan SASS 41005 MI

C Cowgirl Serenity SASS 64982 ONThe Lady SASS 15467 MI

Cowboy Deuce Stevens SASS 55996 MI

Cowgirl KJ Stevens SASS 62782 MI

Duelist Shaddai Vaquero SASS 69779 KYIra Bigelow SASS 62675 MI

Elder Hoot HamiltonStatesman SASS 86407 MI49rsquoer Red River Ray

SASS 33254 NCCard Shark Charlie SASS 56002 MI

F Cartridge Mean Gun Mark SASS 78668 OHCrazy Mingo SASS 64041 MI

FC Duelist Rye Miles SASS 13621 OHRoyal Flush Chuck SASS 89617 MI

FC Stone Creek DrifterGunfighter SASS 58853 OH

Flat Water Johnny SASS 41998 MI

FrontiersmanSplit Rail SASS 24707 OHSlippery Pete SASS 40726 MI

Grand Dame Cactus Kay SASS 15157 MI

Grand MichiganderPatron SASS 48325 MIGunfighter Boaz

SASS 88829 OHCayuse Jack SASS 19407 MI

L B-Western Perfecto Vaquera SASS 69780 KYLady Bandit SASS 89877 MI

L Duelist Laurie LrsquoAmour SASS 94581 MI

L 49rsquoer Canadian Two Feathers SASS 70784 ONLainey Mae SASS 62147 MI

L F Miss ElaineousCartridge SASS 45042 MIL Gunfighter Bdoc

SASS 76983 PAL Senior Honey B Quick

SASS 47009 OHL Sr Granny AnnieGunfighter SASS 37063 IA

L S Senior Ruby Red Jo SASS 71481 MI

L Wrangler Longshot Lillian SASS 94602 MI

Outlaw Hundred X Kid SASS 34788 IN

Pale Rider Woody Shootem SASS 24816 OH

Senior Doc Noper SASS 65017 MI

S Duelist Doc Roy L Pain SASS 28321 MI

S F CatlowCartridge SASS 4697 OH

Three Dueces McKee SASS 24539 MI

S Gunfighter Lassiter SASS 2080 OHBad River Marty SASS 23076 MI

Silver Lefty WheelerSenior SASS 78042 TX

Lightning Wayne SASS 45658 MI

S S Duelist Smokinrsquo Iron SASS 22149 OHSauk Trail Mike SASS 73580 MI

Wrangler Three Cut SASS 58264 NCStraight Arrow Hombre SASS 64386 MI

Young Gun Crazy Nate SASS 78754 MI

Young KayaGun Girl SASS 98924 IN

Ginger SASS SASS 101093 MI

CLEAN MATCH SHOOTERSAndy SASS 20360Horshurodinon Anita Nugun SASS 16235Bad Brass SASS 84355Baldy Bill SASS 23303Big Bad Jim SASS 83859Boss Outlaw SASS 71947Cactus Kay SASS 15157Camptown SASS 22279Canadian Major SASS 38916Card Shark Charlie SASS 56002Catlow SASS 4697Clay Creek SASS 65874Clint Chisum SASS 42877DK Tracker SASS 80366Deucersquos Uncle SASS 61848JohnnyDoc Noper SASS 65017Drover Dan SASS 47291Faygo Kid SASS 26408Flush Draw SASS 86966Gray Squirrel SASS 46705Henry Moon Shine SASS 95950Hey Sugar SASS 93109Hoot Hamilton SASS 86407Horse Keeper SASS 59867JJ Longley SASS 38655JR Hammer SASS 45907Kid Orion SASS 30621KJ Stevens SASS 67782Lady Bandit SASS 89877Lainey Mae SASS 62147Lefty Dutchman SASS 41480Montana Longhair SASS 27261Rodent SASS 41270Rogues Pierre SASS 18436





lows ldquoI give my pledge as an American to save andfaithfully defend from waste the natural resourcesof my country its soil and minerals its forests wa-ters and wildliferdquo Food for thought Our first dayin we met Northern Hayseed (SASS 52502 Hay-seed has been a member of the Caledonia Forestand Stream Club for 69 years We found him to bea walking history book for the clubThe Verdant Mountain Vigilantes hosted the

fifth annual Vermont State Cowboy Action Shoot-ingtrade Championship August 8 through 10 2014with 84 registered shooters Eleven states wererepresented with shooters from Vermont ArizonaNew York New Jersey Massachusetts Rhode Is-land Maine New Hampshire Connecticut Alaskaand Florida Founding sponsors were Molten Leadthe Dalton Gang the Dude Bandit Harvard GhostRiders LaValley Building Supply Robins Mountain

Going into Vermont our 45th state we foundmore choices for camping than you can imag-

ine Vermont has it all kayaking historic sites flyfishing rock climbing gold panning theater farm-ers markets artisan cheeses wineries coveredbridges and real maple syrup Vermont has 52state parks with tent sites cabins lean-tos andonly one US Army Corps of Engineers site at Win-hall Brook Our choice was clear Winhall Brookhas water and electric with a dump station wherewe can camp with our Golden Age Pass for a grandtotal of $11 per night Rio and I chose to drive theConnecticut River National Byway Scenic Route100 the Crossroads of Vermont Molly Stark Bywayand part of the Stone Valley Byway each driveshowcasing the best and most beautiful of VermontVerdant Mountain Vigilantes Cowboy Action

club is located on the grounds of the Caledonia For-est and Stream Club at Marshfield Vermont TheCaledonia Forest and Stream Club Pledge is as fol-

Rio Drifter SASS 49244 andTennesse Tall SASS 49245

Vermont

SHOOTINrsquoOURWAYACROSS AMERICA

By Tennessee Tall SASS 49245 and Rio Drifter SASS 49244





Spirit Warrior (SASS 57526) Emma Goodcook(SASS 49743) Belle Evans (SASS 76517) andThree Barrel Chris (SASS 70513) Three BarrelChris wrote six fun and fast stages Island Pond Paul(SASS 65015) and Three Barrel Chris are the new


Outdoor Sports Circle K Regulators and BelmontForge There were many unique things about thisshoot one of which was a bottle of true Vermontmaple syrup donated by Chuck Bolton one of akind awards made by Klassic Laser Works (theTazzmanian Kid SASS 45750 and Single RoseSASS 52133) and portapotties sponsored byChuck Would for the fifth year naming just a few A special award for five years of above and beyond

service was presented to Doc McCoy (SASS 8381)who acted as Match Director Doc was aided andabetted by the Green Mountain Mayhem Committeewith Buckskin Ranger (SASS 21941) Olrsquo BeaverTooth (SASS 57336) Chelsea Kid (SASS 47400)

Shootinrsquo Our Way Across America bull Vermont(Continued from previous page)



SASS Vermont State Champions withJimmy Spurs (SASS 65014) and Crys-tal Creek Chris (SASS 64500) the TopGuns overall All the scores are avail-able for your perusal on their websitewwwgreenmountainmayhemcomWe were privileged to meet a

bunch of new cowboys and especiallyso in getting to shoot with RenegadeRoper (SASS 86367) Six GunSchwaby (SASS 87405) Milo Sierra(SASS 22947) Bear Lee Tallable

(SASS 23670) Tazzmanian KidPenny Candy (SASS 89708) Crack-shot Bev (SASS 59869) Birdie Cage(SASS 32773) Three Barrel Chrisand Belle Evans a nice mix of oldfriends and new ones Gotta commenton the artwork on the stages OlrsquoBeaver Tooth creates a new charactereach year to add to the stage decora-tions Not just simple decorations butelaborate beautifully done caricatures


Shootinrsquo Our Way Across America bull Vermont(Continued from page 25)



of old west characters It was evident that lots of hard work careful

planning and thought went into the Vermont State

Match stages were good targets good camping ex-cellent food good and shooters the best Thanks forhaving us


home with a dazzling 12514 seconds total time forfive wind-blown stages An incredible average of 25seconds per stage or another way of saying it 24rounds out of four different firearms while moving 10to 15 yards in less than half a minute No wonder heis called ldquoHossrdquo Reese Hoss was not alone in his per-formance as both yours truly and Deadwood Pete(SASS 57450) did the same in 27 and 29 seconds re-spectively Well now perhaps having Mariah arounddoes help blow the bullets in the right directionOne advantage to having Mariah around is how

she can rapidly disperse the smoke created by blackpowder shooters such as The Stonewood Kid (SASS62875) and Tetherow Tex LaRue (SASS 90999)Mariah did with her huffing and puffing make it eas-ier to see and to breathe One disadvantage toMariahrsquos presence is she caused our esteemed Terri-torial Governor Sunrise Bill (SASS 64301) to slip abit thus landing him so far down the standings thatthey had to pump oxygen to him Bill will avenge him-self next month no doubt Stages were designed andset-up by GDub (SASS 98435) Deadwood Pete and



Bend Oregon Latitude 44ordm 03rsquo Northmdash121ordm 18rsquoWest The Wind over the Shooting Range in Cen-

tral Oregon can sometimes be of epic proportions Nothatrsquos saying it too mildlymdashletrsquos change thatmdashthewind can sometimes be of epic Tornado ranking Thelatter was the case on Sunday November 9 when afew brave members of the Pine Mountain Posse (PMP)took the field to gut-it-out in the wind for five stageswhile laughing in Mariahrsquos facemdashldquotake that Mariahrdquothey said ldquoyou simply do not understand the heartand soul of a Cowboy Action Shooter Yoursquore huffingand puffing is totally futilehellip periodrdquo (PS in case youdidnrsquot know it Mariah is the name of the Wind God-dessmdashyou know like Frankie Lane used to sing ithellipOkay pards our younger cowboys may need help onthat one)While our iPad score keeper Diamond Willow

(SASS 37688) was swathed in coats and blanketsHoss Reese (SASS 88815) took the first place trophy

GETTING BLOWN AWAY

Range Officer Sunrise Bill closely watches a warmly-dressed GDub stage her rifle on Stage 5

You can tell itrsquos windy when three out of four cowboys walk with their heads bowed to the wind As for the other one well best left unsaid

Palaver Pete SASS LifeRegulator

4375By Palaver Pete SASS LifeRegulator 4375

GETTING BLOWN AWAY

ldquoIn an effort to distribute the workload evenly withinthe Posse and as a means of preventing lsquoburnoutrsquo thePine Mountain Posse is asking more women to get in-volved in stage design and set-uprdquo

Or Shooting in a Gale




Many of our Posse members were in Arizonapreparing for Winter Range the SASS National

Championship Match held annually in late Februaryand early March at the Ben Avery Range outside ofCave Creek But posse members who remained be-hind in wintry Oregon were either at our February 8match or home sick in bed with the fluWe were fortunate this month to have visitors from

the Siuslaw River Rangers located in Florence Ore-gon Brother Bob SASS 79444 and his son DeshootsKid SASS 50225 added their smiling faces to ourposse which helped brighten the day Brother Bob fin-ished third just 325 seconds behind Whisperinrsquo WadeSASS 36209 while Deshoots topped the Cowboy cat-egory just ahead of GDub SASS 98435 who won theLady Senior category Itrsquos always a pleasure to welcomeour shooting friends from other Oregon clubs Exchang-ing visits like this helps us gain different ideas for stagedesign and shooting scenarios Sharing stage ideaswith our friends is a big positive for our sportmdashkeepingthings dynamic is the key to defeating monotony Top Shooter for the day was Hoss Reese SASS

88815 who not only took first place overall but alsohad the fastest time for three of the five stages Hisbest performance was Stage 3 where he polished-off

3 rifle 3 Revolver and 3 shotgun targets in 1828 sec-onds (while moving as well) Arctic Annie SASS37265 came in fourth overall while winning theLady 49rsquoer Category and The Legend SASS 36069was right behind Annie winning the Senior Gun-fighter category The best ldquoyours trulyrdquo could do wasplace fourth on Stage 2 with a not so blistering timeof 3456mdashoh well at least it was clean Diamond Wil-low SASS 37688 with help from Arctic Annie andGDub set the lunch table with lasagna topped off withan Italian green salad and the usual dietary dessertssuch as frosted cookies potato chips and things likethat Diamond Willow also kept score while sittingalongside the possersquos mobile stage heatermdashwhat a galThanks ladies Coming soon the Pine Mountain Posse Second An-

nual Wild Bunch Match May 8 9 and 10 at the COSSARange Registration forms and match flyer are nowavailable on our website under EVENTS Also availableare recent shooting scores as well as photos and a cal-endar of upcoming events For recent Cowboy ActionShootingtrade information please visit our website atwwwpinemountainpossecom Yoursquore a daisy if ya do

Pine Mountain PosseBy Palaver Pete SASS LifeRegulator 4375


4375

FEBRUARY MATCHmdashFor Those Without the Flu



with all the snow wind and bone-chilling tempera-tures these cowpokes hadnrsquot seen the range in a longlong whileExcitement filled the air as Pecos Bill Corrigan

SASS 79317 and Poke SASS 4968 set stages withable-bodied assists from Major JB Jones SASS9133 Sunrise Bill SASS 64301 and Big CasinoSASS 4306 Soon the smell of fresh perked coffeefilled the air and beckoned the other cowpokes andcowpokesses to head on up to the shack to grab a cuporsquo Joe sign in and stand around jawinrsquo and playingcatch up on all the range gossip until head honcho BigCasino yelled out ldquoIt Is Timerdquo All the cowpokes had a great old time and lots of

laughter could be heard from the stages as cowpokesmoaned ldquoI canrsquot believe I did thatrdquo ldquoDid I really missthat targetrdquo or ldquoWhat do you mean I didnrsquot shoot thatrightrdquo Tequila Rosie kept score for the cowpokes andlet them peek at other shootersrsquo scores to see who

Bend OR Sunday January 18 2015 dawned witha beautiful rosy hue saturating earth and sky

after a blustery night of wind and rain and it watchedas eight intrepid cowboys and cowgirls strapped ontheir gun belts checked their guns made sure theyhad enough ammo to chase away those wintertimeblues and headed on out to the Horse Ridge PistolerosRange This was after all the first shoot of 2015 What


Tequila Rosie SASS 94434

January ThawHORSE RIDGE PISTOLEROS

atBy Tequila Rosie SASS 94434

GDub SASS 98435



could beat whose scoreThe weather was perfect sunny and kinda warm

with a breeze that sprung up now and then Of coursejust as we were finishing up the wind really kickedup and it got a little chilly but nobody seemed to mindGuns were packed away and everyone headed to theshack for more jawinrsquo coffee and awards Alas nobodyshot clean (musta been all that lazing around done infront of the roaring fires during the snowstorms andicy weather) Anyhoo The shooters all did pretty darngood considerinrsquo and all cowboys took home blue rib-bons in their categories Now how about them applesAnyway we all had fun and are lookinrsquo forward to

our next shoot Poke has already warned us that wersquod better make sure we have lots and lots of shotgunshells ready lsquocuz we all know Poke loves those shotgunshoot lsquoem upsFor more information on our shoots go to our web-

site wwwhrp-sasscom

Sierra Sage Sue (SASS 57487) In an effort to dis-tribute the workload evenly within the Posse and asa means of preventing ldquoburnoutrdquo PMP is askingmore women to get involved in stage design and set-up This match proved it can easily be done andwomen have every bit as much imagination as anymanmdashgreat job ladies Silver Sage Outlaw (SSO) SASS 70532 and Cas-

cades Annie (CA) SASS 70533 finally got througha match without a broken gunmdashending a curse thathas haunted them for the past several months SSOplaced fifth overall while CA placed right behind theShevlin Kid (SASS 72550) who took eighth placeSierra Sage Sue placed a bit lower than is usual forher due to her decision to switch category and shoot-ing style On the other hand our Senior GunfighterThe Legend (SASS 36069) proved once again thatage is nothing but a numerical figuremdashhis accurateand fast shooting placed him well up in the rankingsto no onersquos surprise When the shooting was done andtargets put away the Posse retreated to the clubhouse where a huge pot of hot Chicken Soup was rap-idly devouredmdashthank you Diamond Willow and allour ladies for being the good pards you are Thatrsquos it for now folksmdashto view final scores by

time and category plus other Northwest news pleasevisit our website at wwwpinemountainpossecomyoursquore a Daisy if ya do

Sunrise Bill and Big Casino

January Thaw at Horse Ridge Pistoleros (Continued from previous page)

Getting Blown Away Or Shooting in a Gale(Continued from page 28)



Ultrasonic Gun Cleaning Unicorns and the Holy Grail

Cleaning guns is not difficult Irsquove been doing it(shudder) for about 50 years Starting out

making an M-1 Garand pass inspection from amartinet senior cadet trying to be the next GeorgeS Patton was a good start Keeping guns runningthe jungle was great training I had a 1911A1 withno finish that I could clean and oil and then put itin a holster count to 10 and pull it out to find ruston every corner I had an XM177E2 ldquoColt Com-mandordquo that the safety rusted in the ldquosaferdquo positionin 24 hours Cleaning guns so they donrsquot fail inSASS competition by comparison is a low stressenjoyable exercise

Percussion on the Other HandBut cleaning a percussion pistol is still a pain

Percussion firearms have one source of crud con-tamination and corrosion that cartridge firearmsdonrsquotmdashcap residue Primers leave residue but itrsquosinside the cartridge case Cap residue covers nip-ples cylinder cutouts the recoil shield the hammerslot and the hammer It is impervious to any easymethods of removal I have so far discovered Nowthat Irsquove said that I know Irsquoll get two kinds of re-sponses from long time percussion shooters A ldquoIdonrsquot have any trouble cleaning themhelliprdquo followedby some method that takes 15 minutes per nippleor B ldquoIrsquove never removed mine and they work finerdquoThatrsquos black powder Everyone has his own way

of doing things and his is ldquoTHE ONE TRUE WAYrdquoPerhaps someday the Answer B guy will need to

remove his gunrsquos nipples Karma tends to be (oopsgotta insert PG substitute) ah difficult I couldwrite an entire article about whatrsquos required But I

DISPATCHES FROMCAMPBAYLOR

Captain George Baylor SASS Life Rugulator 24287 By Captain George Baylor SASS 24287 Life Regulator


BEFORECylinder from the front

Chambers dirty

BEFOREROA Barrel

BEFOREROA Cylinder crusted with cap residue

BEFORE Stainless Ruger Old Army after a long match with capresidue on recoil shield

and hammer

DURING 2 ROAs and cylinders in Lyman 6000 Turbo Sonic cleaner with Lyman Turbo Sonic steel parts cleaner and water



wonrsquot If you remove yours occasionally clean themand put Never-Seize on the threads and reinstallthem you wonrsquot have to knowAlong the way Irsquove tried 326 different methods of

cleaning nipples ldquothe easy wayrdquo but whorsquos counting

(Continued from previous page)Dispatches From Camp Baylor The Holy Grail

by Definition is Hard to Find

The REAL easy way isthe holy grail of percussionshooters Hard ways are noproblem I know severalhard ways Scrub them witha wire brush You can re-move them and put them ina jig (a nut of the correctthread mounted in a vise)or you can do them on thegun Scrub the front Turnthe nipples 180deg scrub theback and then tighten

UnicornIrsquove talked with several

vendors who said they hadthe Unicorn the productthat would magically cleanthe nipples Irsquove told all ofthese vendors ldquoIf your prod-uct works yoursquoll see an arti-cle on it in The CowboyChroniclerdquo You havenrsquot seenthat article have youThatrsquos because NOTHINGWORKED Some were greatproducts for cleaning AR15s

AFTER Grip frame andspring assembly exceptionally clean

AFTER Recoil shield and hammer

after 25-minute soak about 95 percent cleaned

AFTER Hammer still needs a little

brushing but is much cleaner

AFTER Hammer slot clean

AFTER Barrel very clean One passwith Bore Snake with oil onaft end completed the job




or 1911s but they donrsquot usepercussion capsFast forward to late 2014

Another percussion shootertold me that his ultrasoniccleaner was getting the nip-ples clean in five minutes inthe magic bath Irsquod been con-sidering an ultrasonic cleanerfor a while to help clean gunsThat meant one big enough toclean a pair of 5-12 barreledRuger Old Armies at once SoI decided to get one I woundup with the Lyman 6000Turbo Sonic CleanerUsing Lymanrsquos Turbo

Sonic cleaner with distilledwater for steel parts Ibegan testing on two RugerOld Armies that had run along match with black pow-der The default setting was

five minutes with thetemperature set to104degF I cleaned thefirst gun in five-

minute intervals to 20 minutes Much of the gunwas clean except for the hammer and part of the re-coil shieldThe nipples were cleaner but not past the point

of needing a wire brush especially on the inside sur-face of the cap I tried turning the nipples 180deg onone gun and leaving the others in place and cleaningfor 30 minutes The inner surface still needed wirebrushing but not as much and the cylinder was ex-ceptionally clean 30 minutes is the maximum on theon-board timer so I didnrsquot try longer timesI also detail stripped one gun after a 30-minute ses-

sion to see if the hammer slot and pawl slot wereclean There was a little crud that came off easily Thisis normally an area that gets cruddy if you donrsquot detailstrip the gun occasionally My verdict was this processwould still be necessary but not as often That is agood thing Complete disassembly of a three-screwRuger requires coordination and manual dexterity

(Continued from page 33)Dispatches From Camp Baylor


Stainless Ruger New Vaquero very clean after 15-minute sonic soak

BUT there were internal rust problems the next day Sonic cleaning removes all oil and flash rust can result

OIL ENTIRE FIREARM IMMEDIATELY on removing from bath

AFTER Cylinder and nipples

much cleaner But when nipples rotated 180deg crud was still found on inside requiring

light brushing to remove

AFTERQ-tip picks up nothing when run through hammer slot

AFTER Chambers all clean inside



Stainless SteelNote that my Old Armies are both stainless

steel Also note that ultrasonic cleaning will removeALL of the oil from the metal including oil embed-ded in the pores Any surface that CAN rustWILLmdashalmost instantly I am not kidding I am notoverstating the problem One technical manual onultrasonic cleaning recommends two units onewith cleaning solution and the other with oil Ofcourse that technical manual was written by acompany that sells ultrasonic cleaners

Flash RustFlash Rust is a SASS alias that is currently avail-

able It is also what can happen to a gun with carbonsteel parts even in the desert This hasnrsquot been aproblem with my Old Armies For one thing I havemanaged to spray on a light coat of oil on all surfacesand through the mainspring slot the hammer slotthe pawl slot and the bolt slot I do this as soon as Iget the gun dried off after its ultrasonic bath Ilearned what could happen when I missed a spot onone of my Ruger Vaqueros The next morning thepawl was rusted to the side of the hammer Disas-

(Continued from previous page)Dispatches From Camp Baylor sembly and polishing was required Ultrasound

cleaning of the Vaqueros routinely is overkill andwhen I do it in the future on an occasional basis Irsquolldetail strip it and get oil into every screw-hole etcFor my carbon steel Wild Bunch 1911 ultrasonic

cleaning worked very well I did manage to oil allsurfaces inside and out

Brass CleaningThe Lyman unit cleaned dirty black powder

brass in 15 minutes as well as a vibratory tumblercould in 12 hours BUT it didnrsquot polish the brass Irsquollcontinue to use the rotary tumbler and stainlesssteel media to clean and polish brass But if I didnrsquothave one the ultrasonic cleaner would serve as amultipurpose item It should be noted that brasscleaned by ultrasound is FUNCTIONALLY as goodas brass cleaned and polished by stainless mediaro-tary tumbler It just isnrsquot as shiny and pretty

After CleaningThe unit comes with a useful draining system

Therersquos about a gallon of water and cleaning additiveto dispose of before you put the unit away It has athree-foot section of tubing to attach to a drain andtherersquos a convenient switch to turn to drain it Irsquovedrained it into a gallon jug or a five-gallon bucketItrsquos convenient and fairly quick I also poured a gal-lon of heated water into the unit with the valve openconveniently draining it into the bucketIt should be noted that the unit would not heat

water quickly I finally saw the light bulb over my(Continued on page 36)

BEFORE Carrier from rsquo73 rifle abnormally grungy



head and brought in a jug of water from the hotwater tap It started at 100deg The heat settings onthe machine range from 104deg to 140degF If heat is im-portant to you put in hot water and run a 20-

minute cycle before putting in the gun(s) Re-usedsolution of course would be room temperatureThe timer ranges from five to 30 minutes Start



AFTER Carrier

reinstalled in rifle


testing at the low end and add five minutes at atime until happy with the results You can damagea gun with excess ultrasound I have noted thatscrews have loosened during ultrasound Or per-haps the shop is haunted

VerdictThe Lyman unit is well constructed and de-

signed and works well It is not the Unicorn or theHoly Grail Scrubbing the nipples and other sur-faces is still needed but not as much On the otherhand most of the time the bore was clean anddidnrsquot need scrubbing maybe one pass with a BoreSnake Parts that are never clean were clean partslike the frame screw heads which are recessed andhavenrsquot had clean slots since 2003 Flash rust is aproblem that can be prevented by thoroughly lubri-cating parts but you have to know it existsIf you donrsquot shoot percussion pistols this will

probably solve most of your difficult cleaning prob-lems at least for guns that will fit Since most ofyou shoot that evil smokeless stuff you will proba-bly really like ultrasonic cleaningmdashIF YOU OILTHOROUGHLY IMMEDIATELY Itrsquos part of mycleaning arsenal now If you sell a product that really will clean cap

residue encrusted nipples without use of a brushcontact me and to quote ldquoYoung Gunsrdquo Irsquoll makeyou famous

(Continued from previous page)Dispatches From Camp Baylor

AFTER Carrier after 25 minutes sonic cleaning using Lyman Turbo Sonic

Brass Cleaner




am a member of the Butterfield Gulch Gang out of Chapman KSand recently have started loading the Magtech brass shotshells in12 gauge 2frac12 chamber These shells can be found online at Cabelarsquos

Midway USA The Sportsmanrsquos Guide and other such sites Below is alist of things you need to get started I shoot these from a Stoeger CoachGun and have had great successhellip and have not yet had to resize them(Some guns may be different) Herersquos what you needbullMagtech 12 gauge brass shotshellsbull Large pistolpPrimers (I use CCI 300)bull FFG black powder or substitute (I use American Pioneer Powder)bull 11 gauge 125 Maxi nitro card (Ballistic Products Inc)bull 11 gauge frac12 fiber cushion wads (Ballistic Products Inc)bull 10 gauge overshot cards (Ballistic Products Inc)bull 1-ounce shot cups (I cut these from WAA12SL shotgun wads)bullDuco cementbull Lead shot (I use 7frac12 or 8 shot)bullfrac34-inch wooden dowel rodbull 12 gauge shell holder (RCBS sells one)

LOADING BRASS SHOTGUN SHELLS


By Major Art Tillery SASS 87441

I



To start off I prime the brass using a RCBS 12 gaugeshell holder (you can purchase one from Midway USAat httpwwwmidwayusacomproduct214811rcbs-cowboy-shellholder-12-gauge-brass-case) I use it andmy Rock Chucker press priming arm to install a largepistol primer into each shellNow that the primer has been installed it is time to

add a powder charge I use APP (American Pioneer Pow-der) a black powder substitute If you look on their web-site (httpamericanpioneerpowdercomloadinghtml) itsays to use 51 grains FFG powder charge by weightwith one ounce of shot Now the 51 grains by weight isdifferent than how most black powder is measuredwhich is by volume but that is how they have it listedso that is how I did it for my brass shot shells I feel thatmakes for a nice low-recoil load A set of Lee dippers or such helps a lot with loading

the correct powder load I have an adjustable dipperand 51 grains happens to be about what the lowestsetting is so I just dip up the powder level it off andpour it in (I have also used a ldquosquare loadrdquo which is

Loading Brass Shotgun Shells (Continued from previous page)




basically one ounce of BP substitute and one ounce ofshot of your choice That works well on heavier knockdowns targets)Then I place an 11 gauge 125 Maxi nitro card on

top of the powder charge and press it down using thefrac34 wooden dowel You can kind of get a feel for howmuch compression to givehellip I just kind of ldquoleanrdquo intoit Once you have placed the nitro card in it is timeto add two 11 gauge frac12 inch fiber cushion wads ontop of the nitro card forming a one-inch column Thecards I use are not pre-lubed Some people prefer thelubed ones but I have not noticed a difference in thenon-lubed ones Once again press these two wadsdown using the wooden dowel rod Some people usejust a regular ldquoredrdquo shotgun wad in this step insteadof the two fiber wads I learned using the fiber wadsso that is what I stick with but the ldquoredrdquo wad is an-other option to try if you likeThe next step is to add the shot Like I mentioned

I use one ounce of 7frac12 or 8 lead shot Most clubs I

shoot at do not want you using anything larger Thereare a couple of different ways I have tried on thisstep The first way is to just dump the shot right ontop of the fiber wads which seems to make the pat-tern scatter a bit out of the barrel The second way isto use a shot cup from a normal shotgun wad whichI just cut off using a knife The shot cups I use comefrom the ldquopinkrdquo WAA12SL wads This option seems tokeep the pattern a little tighter for knock down tar-gets You can mess around and see what works bestfor you Now that the shot is in the shell it is time toadd the overshot card For this card I use a 10 gaugeovershot card It is placed on top of the lead shot andonce again pressed down with dowel rodhellip rememberjust kind of ldquoleanrdquo into it Once that is done take theDuco cement and place a bead of glue around the edgeof the overshot card Some people use hot glue ldquoliquidglassrdquo silicone or Elmers among others I have hadreally good luck with the Duco cement and it can bepicked up at most storesAs you might have noticed none of the wads or cards

I am using are true 12 gauge size This is because of thethin-walled Magtech brass the inside diameter of which


Loading Brass Shotgun Shells (Continued from page 39)

is larger then a true 12 gauge so you use slightly largersize wads and cards to get a better and tighter fit Alsothe wads I use are BPI brand (httpwwwballisticproductscomdefaultasp) There is another brand called Cir-cle Fly Wads (httpwwwcircleflycomindexhtml)which is also very popular The final process I do is to slightly roll the edge of

the brass for easier feeding into a double barrel Somepeople do not do this step and just leave the brass asis (Adding a roll crimp will work the brass and even-tually cause splits) I dothis using an RCBS shot-gun reloading die I havethat fits into my RockChucker Press The origi-nal use of the die was toremove the ldquonail headrdquofrom plastic shotgunshells after crimping ButI have found it to workvery well for this purposeNow you have a brass shotshell Just repeat for how-ever many you wish I loadfour boxes at a timeIf yoursquore going to use

Brass shot shells in sayan 1897 Winchester pumpyou probably need to havesome type of roll crimp tohelp chamber the shellwhen the action is workedThere are a few differentoptions for dies that workfor the 12 gauge brassOne is made by RCBS(httpwwwmidwayusacomProduct296286rcbs-cowboy-brass-shotshell-die-12-gauge) It comes with a 12

gauge shell holder a decapunit for large rifle primersand a roll crimp to finishthe case mouth It does anok job not the best but for

the money it works If loading brass shot shells is some-thing you enjoy doing and plan to continue doing for along time I would invest in a set of CH4D dies They arepricey but worth the money if you are going to reload alot of brass shot shells (httpwwwbuffaloarmscomBuffalo_Arms_Company_it-157411aspxCAT=4030) Iplan on purchasing a set very soon I hope this helps any of you shooters out there who

have thought about loading up the brass shot shellsmade by Magtech They take a little more time toload but I find it fun to do so and a little more authen-tic for use in Cowboy Action Shootingtrade You have toadmithellip THEY SURE LOOK COOL






One of the things that need to be done on a regularbasis to the Uberti 66 and 73 lever guns is clean

and lubricate the magazine spring the follower andthe INSIDE of the magazine tube The magazinetubes are notorious for collecting dirt and grime andfor rusting When a lever gun starts having feedingproblems one of the first things that needs to belooked at is the inside of the magazine tube Lots offeeding problems can be traced to a simple lack ofmaintenance of the magazine assemblyA frequent problem with doing this maintenance

is on many guns the magazine end plugs areTIGHT and getting them out the first time can bea chore The end plug has a long narrow slot and

when you couple a tight fitting plug with an im-properly fitted screwdriver the slot is often dam-aged or marred when the plug is removed CowboyAction Shooters are resourceful and following theold adage that necessity is the mother of inventionScrub Oak Willie SASS 53737 has come up witha dandy new replacement magazine plug Whatmakes this plug unique is rather than having anarrow screwdriver slot in its end it has an Allenhead socketThe plug comes as a kit in a small bag along

with a properly fitted Allen wrench Photos 1 and2 (The wrench is a standard 316 in case you loseit) Photo 3 shows the business end of a well-worn15-year-old Uberti 73 that is still serving as a mainmatch rifle Over the years the plugrsquos bluing has

MagazinePlugUBERTI


Larsen E Pettifogger SASS Life 32933

By Larsen E Pettifogger SASS 32933 Life

4

2

3

1



worn and the slot shows ev-idence of minor damageUsing the largest hollowground screwdriver tipavailable that fits the slotwidth remove the originalmagazine tube plug Photos4 and 5 While you have theplug out make sure to cleanand lubricate the springfollower and the inside ofthe magazine tube Photo 6shows the new Allen headmagazine plug next to thenasty old one we just re-moved Take the 316 Allenwrench and screw the newplug into the magazinetube Photo 7 After strug-gling mightily to removethe magazine plug a lot of

Uberti Magazine Plug (Continued from previous page)

8

6

people have the tendency to over tighten the plugwhen they reinstall it Remember it is not a headbolt on a Diesel engine Follow the admonition onthe card in the kit ldquoDO NOT OVERTIGHTENhellipJust Snugrdquo Photo 8 shows the new plug snuggedinto place Looks much better than the old worn oneand is now much easier to remove and re-installwhen you need to remove the plug in the futureThe plug is $1500 plus $300 shipping and is avail-

able from Scrub Oak Willie Email scruboakwilliegmailcom Telephone number 423-881-5685

5

7



The advent of Cowboy Action Shooting(CAStrade) and the establishment of the SingleAction Shooting Society (SASScopy) reawakened

industries and crafts associated with the shootingsports and western living Most of those industriesand crafts such as bullet making leather workwestern clothing and of course firearms manufac-turing are still going very strong However thesame cannot be said for Cowboy Action Shootingtrademagazines Publications about Action and MountedCAS just didnrsquot take off Not surprisingmdashone ofthe pitfalls of investments and capitalizing on anemerging sport (or venue) is the fact that youmight not make it Such was the fate of two maga-zines I personally thought were super in contentas well as color and graphics Those Magazineswere Trailrsquos End and ShootBoth magazines in my opinion were outstand-

ing but Cowboy Action Shooters simply were notinterested in them at the time Subscriptions were

dismal to say the least and unfortunately both bitthe dustmdashWHY Again in my opinion shooterswere more interested in finding firearms thatsuited them best training with those firearms andattending matches where shooting competitioncould be hadmdashreading magazines was the lastthing on their minds A pity indeedmdashthe editors ofthose magazines did everything possible to bringthe latest action and mounted shooting news to ourattention but again our minds were elsewhere Iwas one of the exceptionsmdashI was one of the fewwho subscribed to both and in some cases wroteeither articles or words of praise for both butagain words alone did not cut itSo I not only subscribed but I horded them I

just could not throw them away or give them awayI liked the photos and colors too much and bothmagazines contained so many articles pertinent totodayrsquos shooting that I just couldnrsquot give them up

Cowboy Action ShootingTM


4375

(Where Did They Go)MAGAZINESi

i

By Palaver Pete SASS LifeRegulator 4375

Both Shoot and Trailrsquos End Magazines contained articles and photos pertinent to our sport and game even today

I miss them both




John Harrison Youngerwas born in Missouri in1851 the youngest brother of Cole Jim and BobYounger In 1862 his father was shot and killed by adetachment of Union militiamen As a result of thiskilling Cole and Jim joined Quantrillrsquos Raiders butJohn and Bob were too young to join In 1866 Boband John took their mother to Independence to buysupplies where an ex-soldiernamed Gillcreas madesome deprecatorycomments aboutCole riding withQuantrill John shothim right betweenthe eyes TheYoungers left forTexas When theirmother became very illJohn Jim and Bobtook her back to Mis-souri where they wererepeatedly hassled byYankee sympathizers Bob wasbeaten and John was hanged by a mob but survivedAfter the mother died the boys moved often betweenMissouri and Texas In 1871 John shot and killedtwo Texas Deputy Sheriffs In 1873 John Jim andBob joined the James-Younger Gang In 1874 Johnand Jim were riding to see friends Deputy SheriffEdward Daniels and two Pinkerton Detectives ap-proached them The Youngers pulled their pistolsand fired One Pinkerton was hit but shot John be-fore he died Jim killed Deputy Daniels The otherPinkerton fled and John chased him and shot himdead As John rode back he swayed in the saddleand fell off his horse dead before he hit the groundJim buried John by the roadside Jim later removedJohnrsquos body and re-buried him at Yeater-ClevelandCemetery in St Clair County Missouri

Joe Fasthorse SASS 48769

LITTLE KNOWNFAMOUS PEOPLEndash Way Out West ndashBy Joe Fasthorse SASS 48769

Articles about John Wayne and the John Waynesix-guns produced by United States Firearmsdrove me up the proverbial wall Thatrsquos when I re-alized you need a lot of bucks to play our game butthen again itrsquos cheaper than golfBoth Magazines called upon the writing expert-

ise of some of the most knowledgeable peoplewithin our game and sportmdashnames such as HunterScott Anderson (Bounty Hunter) Evil Roy JohnTaffin Kid Durham and Aimless Annie were oftenlisted in the index and more often than not photo-graphs were produced by Mr Quigley and otherprominent individuals Only the best of whorsquos whoin the cowboy world appeared in these wonderfulmagazines Even today I often refer back to somearticle about an annual shooting event or aboutsome individual whom I knew or who had recentlywon an event Unfortunately many of those individ-uals are no longer with us and in some casesmatches that were very popular at one time are alsono longer with us such as Mule Camp which washeld annually in Georgia Itrsquos sad in a way but Iguess thatrsquos the way things go in our sport andgamemdashthe only thing certain is change Bah hum-bug the loss of magazines makes me want to cry

Cowboy Action ShootingTM Magazines (Where Did They Go) (Continued from previous page)



Sellersville PA My name is Erin Snyder In2004 I was introduced to SASS and Cowboy Ac-tion Shootingtrade by my grandfather Ron Za-

keosian (Boomer Zak SASS 8198) and shortly aftermy first shoot my father Jim Snyder joined us andbegan shooting under the alias J S Sooner SASS73526 I was ten years old and was quickly capti-vated by the Old West realm that encompassed thesport Up until then I had been playing softball andsoccer and had also been a girl scout for four years Inever really knew what Cowboy Action Shootingtradewas until my grandfather took me to watch my firstshoot I had no idea what I was going to see and I hadno idea I was going to be so intrigued by the sport Hetook my father and me to see a shoot at a local gunclub I did not think I was going to see anyone my agethere because all I saw were people my Dadrsquos age and

my Grandfatherrsquos ageThen my Grandfather in-troduced me to a girlaround my age who was competing I decided thatCowboy Action Shootingtrade was something I would liketo try so that October we went to my first shoot in Top-ton Pennsylvania with The Boothill GangAt my first shoot I met so many new people who

were interested in what I was doing who wanted tohelp me succeed at the sport and who wanted to seeme coming back week after week This made me wantto continue shooting I wanted to keep improving andthere were so many people participating in the sportwho wanted to see my improvements each week Eventoday ten years later at my last shoot at Topton thissummer I saw many of the same cowboys who wereat my first shoot and they all still want to know whatI have been up to and how the shoot went for me I be-came friends with a lot of people whom I would havenever become friends with had I not started shootingand many I still have today SASS and Cowboy Action Shootingtrade have been a

big part of my life Shooting has been an activity thathas brought me closer to my grandfather and my fa-ther because I am able to share the sport with themThroughout the years as I have been shooting withmy dad we have had mini competitions between thetwo of us They started out with me trying to beat himafter 20 seconds were taken off each of my stages thenwhen I started shooting faster this went down to 10seconds and then five seconds Now we just competeagainst each other without taking time off my scoresand I even beat him sometimes It has created afriendly competition between the two of us trying tobeat the other SASS has helped me gain confidence when talking

to people older than I am since most of the people Irun into with SASS are I never used to enjoy engag-ing in conversations with people I did not know or peo-ple with whom I was not comfortable SASS hasprovided me with a welcoming environment to growas a person throughout the last ten years and changeinto a more successful young adult

2014 Scholarship Recipient

Adapted amp Edited by Justice Lily Kate SASS 1000Justice Lily Kate

SASS 1000

Miss Grizzelda SASS 71308




By Miss Grizzelda SASS 71308Edited amp Adapted by Justice Lily Kate SASS 1000

un Control is a very controversial subjectnowadays in politics and society Many guncontrol activists believe that the solution is

simple ban all guns and there wonrsquot be any crimescommitted with guns Would this work Why orwhy notOn December 3 2013 students got the news that

the entire campus at the University of New Havenwas in a shelter-in-place situation When we turnedon the news in my room we saw something thatshocked us all We were told there was a man witha gun walking around campus Other than that wewere not told if any shots were fired if this man hadintentions of harming anyone or any other infor-mation He was detained 20 minutes into the lock-down and was found to have two loaded handgunsin his possession and an assault rifle in his car thatis illegal in the state of Connecticut Once he was found the officers and FBI had to

continue their building-by-building search to makesure there was not a second possible gunman Eventhough this happened on my campus I still do notthink a ban on all guns would have prevented itThe gunman had a firearm that was illegal in Con-necticut so a ban would not have prevented himfrom obtaining this weapon if he really wanted itIt was said that when he confessed all the gunswere indeed his he was very paranoid about thepossibility of a shooting happening here because ofall the shootings that had been happening recentlywith Sandy Hook and the Aurora CO shooting Hisfriends had said that he was unsure where and

how he was allowed to carry guns because he didhave his permits in order to be allowed to carryThis incident could have been prevented if he hadbeen educated on the current protocols so a ban onall guns would not be necessary and also would notbe practical Many recent incidents we have heard about on

the news and seen on the Internet have involvedfirearms in some way For example the Coloradomovie theater shooting the Sandy Hook schoolshooting and more recently the shooting of aWidener University student With the news of theserecent shootings and many other recent shootingtragedies gun control activists are seeing this as anopportunity to bring forward the idea of more banson firearms with some even saying to ban all gunsand these situations will be prevented In some se-lect situations this may be somewhat helpful butin many situations this will not prevent gun vio-lence from occurring and is completely impracticalMany times when there is a school shooting the

firearm is legally owned by a parent student oranother relative or friend of the shooter Theshooter oftentimes either steals the firearm from aperson who legally obtained the gun or in cases ofa student bringing a gun to school the parent hasnot properly stored the firearm in a place the stu-dent would not be able to get to For example inthe Sandy Hook shooting the firearms were alllegally purchased and registered by the shooterrsquosmother but the son involved in this shooting Adam

Ban All Guns

G

Young adults in SASS are the people who are goingto keep the sport alive and active Young people areimportant to Cowboy Action Shootingtrade because with-out us the sport will die out I have been used as anexample many times by other shooters to get theirchildren and grandchildren out shooting since theyare more likely to want to participate when they seesomeone else their age or someone who was their ageshootingmdashmuch the same way I became interested inCowboy Action Shootingtrade

Attending the matches has become more difficultsince I am in school most of the year but I still try mybest to attend a couple in the summer so I can con-tinue participating and keep improving year by year This coming school year I will be a junior at the

University of New Haven in West Haven CT I will becontinuing my education working towards a degree inForensic Science with a concentration in ChemistryGoing into the second half of my undergrad I am gladI have chosen to pursue this degree and I hope to workin a forensic lab when I finish my schooling


2014 Scholarship recipient bull Miss Grizzelda SASS 71308 (Continued from previous page)



aised in the country where hunting and shoot-ing were part of daily life Cowboy ActionShootingtrade (CAS) came natural to this couple

Riding horses and the handling of six guns and leveraction rifles were as routine to them as eating bis-cuits and gravy for breakfast Callene and RichardWeatherson AKA Stargazer Sal (SASS 57411) andSide Kick Rick (SASS57410) partnered up backwhen long hair the Mamasand the Papas and Volkswa-gen Vanagons were the rageThey were high schoolsweethearts back in 1966and tied the knot a few yearslater They recently cele-brated 41 years of blissfulmarriage but if you listen tothem talk their life togetherbecame even brighter 10years ago when they joinedSASScopy and started playingCowboy for fun Now in ad-

dition to making lifebrighter for each other Stargazer and Rick (as I willcall them for this article) make life brighter for themembers of their home club the Pine MountainPosse located in Central OregonStargazer and Rick have had quite a life together

Rick spent some of his early youth logging ranchingand driving heavy equipment and trucks He cur-rently works for Les Schwab Tires but by the timeyou read this article he will be retired Howeverknowing Rick as we posse members do retirementwill simply mean working in another direction Like

Rick Stargazer has been aJill of all trades working asa Certified Nurses AidEMT and Administratorfor programs designed toprevent child abuse To-gether they also served asFoster Parents raisingsome of the kids Stargazerhelped protect in the pro-gram she administeredThe Weathersons moved toCentral Oregon to be closerto family where they nowshare their enjoyment ofCowboy Action Shootingtrade

with Stargazerrsquos sister Sierra Sage Sue(SASS57487) and brother-in-law Deadwood Pete(SASS57450) both of whom are also members of thePine Mountain Possemdashdemonstrating again howfamily unity helps weld a Posse together Working hard to help the Posse is second nature to

this couple Stargazer held the position of TelegraphOperator for several years before working her way upto Posse Marshal She also established and managedthe Possersquos first website and when not too busy shehelps prepare lunches for the monthly shoots WhileStargazer whirls around the Posse plugging up holes


Stargazer Sal makes most of their Cowboy outfits including the Leather work She is incredibly talented and made not onlytheir Holsters but the Chaps as well They also shoot very well

By Palaver Pete SASS LifeRegulator 4375 Palaver Pete SASS LifeRegulator

4375

Shooting For The Stars WithA Side Kick Named Rick

RStargazer and Rick are integral parts of the

reenactment programs theirposse performs for local communities Here we see

the worried and dependable wife trying hold back her manfrom doing something foolish

on the streets of Sisters Oregon

The Shooting Range is not the only place

Rick and Stargazer excel They are party animals

as well



husband Rick conducts Cowboy Church for the annualmatches as well as other events around the statewhen invited to do so He is also noted for his smoothsinging voice as well as the joy he brings to manyhearts while practicing his very talented comic rou-tinemdashhis humor often has people laughing before heeven utters a word Together Rick and Stargazer or-ganized and managed the fourth weekend matches aswell as fill-ins for the second weekend of the monthlyPosse matches As our readership knows in any or-ganization not only CAS itrsquos 10 to 12 people that doall the workmdashthis couple makes up for half that total Stepping up to help the club whenever needed is a

given for this couple They are both integral parts ofthe annual Western Reenactments the Posse per-forms for both the city of Sisters and the county of De-schutes here in Central Oregon Using hisaforementioned sense of humor Rick often plays the

wayward and careless husband while Stargazerplays the long suffering dependable woman waitingfor the safe return of her reckless husbandmdashtogetherthey make quite a team These reenactments havebeen performed for the past few years now and havedeveloped into regularly expected events that providetourist revenue for our local communities as well asintroducing visitors and local citizens to the sport andgame of CASWell as Rick faces retirement and Stargazer won-

ders what to do with him we all hope they will con-tinue their contribution to our sport and game andall their trails will be as happy as the trail they haveshared with their Posse To hear more of Rick andStargazer adventures as well as recent shootingscores and Northwest activities be sure to visit ourwebsite at wwwpinemountainpossecom Yoursquore aDaisy if ya do

Lanza stole the weapons Banning guns would haveprevented the shooter from obtaining the firearms butwould be completely impractical since there are hun-dreds of millions of privately owned guns in the USthat would make it impossible to get every singleweapon back from every single owner of a firearmAlthough in some cases the guns are legally pur-

chased and registered and have all papers requiredthere are still many cases in which this is not trueThere is a very large underground market for obtain-ing firearms and most criminals illegally get theirweapons by means of theft or this black market Crim-inals are not going to follow the law when they decideto commit a crime so why would they decide to notcommit one more and illegally obtain the firearm thatthey intend to use By going through this ldquoblack mar-ketrdquo criminals avoid background checks and othermeans of regulation like the need for permits and agerequirements and purchase firearms with easeAnother reason that a ban on all guns would not be

practical is the fact that many people including my-self would see this as a limitation on the SecondAmendment and a limitation on our means of protect-ing ourselves The Second Amendment provides uswith the right to bear arms Many people would seethis as an attack on our rights and just the start to thecomplete infringement of this particular rightA ban on all guns also will not rid the world of any

violence or even gun violence for that matter Thegroup a ban like this would affect would be the law

abiding citizens since criminals will continue to findways around the law through loopholes and illegalmarkets and sales Guns are not even the go toweapon for many criminals especially in murdersThere are still knives which many criminals use andblunt objects which could make practically anythinga weapon Placing a ban on guns would be like placinga ban on baseball bats both used in sport and murderBy ridding law abiding citizens of firearms we wouldbe limiting their means of self-defense and thereforewould create more violence since these people wouldbe unable to protect themselves This would give crim-inals many more opportunities and subsequently cre-ate more gun violence instead of limiting it orremoving it completely Placing a ban on all guns would be impractical and

would not improve any current situations by prevent-ing future incidents from occurring Criminals willstill be criminals and use other weapons as well as il-legally obtained firearms As long as there are peoplethere will still be violence because people are the realweapons a firearm is just one of many tools used toadminister the violenceSafe gun handling and education about safe gun

handling is the best way to prevent accidents fromhappening SASS is very adamant about safe gun han-dling because it is what keeps the sport fun I feel thatlearning how to shoot at a young age helped me seethat with proper handling and teaching there is notan issue with the firearms themselves I think peoplewho do not have experience should not be able to cre-ate the laws that prevent safe handlers from continu-ing to do what we love to do

Ban All Guns (Continued from page 47)

Shooting For The Stars With A Side Kick Named Rick (Continued from previous page)

During his collegeyears he played piano inthe Calico Saloon at Knotts Berry Farm He continuedworking at Knotts after graduation playing string basswith the Wagonmasters the country group who entertainedin the Wagon Camp from 1955 to 1968 His love of KnottsBerry Farm led him to publish the book Knotts BerryFarmrsquos Ghost Town (A pictorial retrospective 1940-1968)

In 1967 he began his 48-year gig ldquobehind the scenesrdquoat the fabled Magic Castle in Hollywood He played thereuntil December 2014 Davidrsquos gigs were not one-nightersAlmost all lasted decades



Professor David E Bournersquos Magnificent Ensemble as-sembled in March to play a musical tribute to a very

prolific talented gentle musical soul Magic piano manDavid E Bourne passed away on January 30 2015 at hishome surrounded by his loving family

David was a piano player bandleader guitarist singerauthor historian actor teacher and horseman who adoredhis trusty steed Boston He participated in Mounted Shoot-ing and Wild West Shows for many years turning into atrue California cowboy

David was born September 20 1939 He started pianoat age 6 His father also taught him trombone baritoneand string bass Music filled his high school years

Lobo Ranger SASS 18657AKA Dave Bourne

~ September 20 1939 ndash January 30 2015 ~

Edited by Tex SASS 4


F F

Tom Ingoglia aka C S FlyProprietor of Wild West

Mercantile in Phoenix Ari-zona passed away February20 2015 Tom was married toClaudia Sacchetto aka Clau-dia Feather SASS 2816 andtheir 50-year marriage wasblessed with two children andthree grandchildren

Tomrsquos love and passion forhis wife and children were al-ways first and foremost in hislife In addition to hard workTom also knew how to playHe loved cars the most butalso enjoyed motorcyclesATVs and guns His interestin guns came from his love ofthe Wild West He grew upwatching cowboys on TV andplaying Cowboys and Indians

What was once a boyhooddream of the Wild West forTom eventually turned into areality after falling in lovewith Arizona during a familyvacation in 1977 He said itwas ldquolove at first sightrdquo andimmediately knew he be-longed there He and Claudiapurchased a house while onvacation went back to NewJersey sold their house andlike their pioneer forefathersbefore them packed up theirbelongings and headed outwest to their new home insearch of a better way of life

In 1994 Tom amp Claudiafounded Wild West Mercan-tile a successful retail OldWest clothing business Be-cause of their love for the OldWest he and Claudia wereheavily involved in the Cow-boy Action Shootingtrade com-munity Tom founded RioSalado Cowboy Action Shoot-

ingtrade Society and is a lifetimemember of the larger SingleAction Shooting Society aworldwide organization andldquofamilyrdquo of Cowboy ActionShooters Tom was especiallyproud of being a TerritorialGovernor for SASS and alsoserved as President and as amember of the Board of Direc-tors for Winter Range beforebecoming a Trustee

Tom also received manyawards for his achievementsand dedication to the sport ofCowboy Action Shootingtrademdashthe Winter Range FoundersAward the SASS Best ShootAward for Winter Range theSASS Spirit Award for WinterRange the Winter RangeRough Riders Award and theSASS Regulator award WildWest Mercantile was awardedthe first coveted SASS Vendorof the Year Award and the BestVintage Western ClothingOutfitter Award by True WestMagazine In 2007 Tom andWild West Mercantile wereboth inducted into the SASSHall of Fame

Tom will be missed as hewas a man who meant somuch to so many


ee

Pueblo CO Turtle akaClifford Arnold Gibbs

Jr was the embodiment ofeverything that is great aboutCowboy Action ShootingtradeHe had a zest for life a greatsense of humor and a quicksmile for everyone

At age 90 Turtle wasstill competing at matchesin Rockvale and PuebloWest in Colorado Alwayspleasant he never got ruf-fledmdasheven when needinghis oxygen tank to com-plete the match His wife of65 years Hannah Gibbs al-ways joined Turtle at thematches and helped by col-lecting dues and keepingscores When the terrain gotrough it was Hannah (atage 88) who pulled the cartto the various stages

Born in the Bronx NewYork he enlisted after grad-uation in the US Army 10thMountain Division in Col-orado He later joined the11th Airborne as a para-trooper and served in thePhilippines until 1945After marrying Hannah in1949 they came back toColorado where Turtle

worked as a pho-tographer for the

Pueblo ArmyDepot After

pursuing careers in photog-raphy as a ski instructorand a golf course pro shopmanager his enthusiasm forlife turned to riding horsesteam roping hunting rais-ingtraining hunting dogsfishing golfing and espe-cially Cowboy ActionShootingtrade

I met Turtle when I firstwent to shoot with thePueblo West Vigilantes Wequickly became friendsBefore every match I wouldask him what his strategywould be that day Hewould always answerldquoSupreme accuracy how-ever if I miss a shot thenIrsquoll go for blazing speedrdquo

Turtle was never at aloss for telling a good storyAs his family says ldquoNowhe has a whole new audi-encerdquo He will be missed

Turtle SASS 22271~ Aug 21 1924 ndash Feb 7 2015 ~

CS Fly SASS 5078~ 1944 ndash 2015 ~

By ldquoAngry Tomrdquo SASS 94943


By Anissa Ingoglia-CraigEdited By Justice Lily Kate SASS 1000



David had many musical irons in the fire It was not un-usual for him to play with three or four bands in a year plusthe main gig at the Castle For many years he led the Res-urrection Brass Band a twenty-piece New Orleans march-ing band When that disbanded he formed the Dawn of theCentury Ragtime Orchestra The late 1960s and 70s foundhim entertaining in downtown LA at Caseyrsquos Bar Thatlasted 17 years The 6th and Grand Band evolved fromCaseyrsquos The core players remained with him for the restof his life For about ten years he was a regular on the Mu-sicos Rancheros Visitadores ride He derived much pleas-ure playing music at the camps in Santa Barbarasurrounded by the best horses in the country

From 1989 until 2005 David led his own westernsinging group The Lobo Rangers featuring his wife PattyThis led to cowboy poetry gatherings throughout the west-ern states where he performed his show ldquoSaloon Piano ofthe 19th Centuryrdquo Now fully transformed into a genuineCalifornia cowboy David was the piano player in the GemSaloon on the HBO hit series ldquoDeadwoodrdquo His saloonpiano recordings were used extensively throughout allthree seasons of the show Other acting credits include His-tory channelrsquos ldquoWild West Techrdquo ldquoThe Hunt for JohnWilkes Boothrdquo and ldquoThe Revenge of Wyatt Earprdquo He wasalso a regular at the SASS Conventions and END ofTRAIL providing an ldquoold timerdquo environment for the gam-blers in the Gem Saloon He was also a principle inDutchrsquos Wild West Shows at END of TRAIL in Norco CAwhere his band provided live old time music as back-ground for the shows

The center of his life was family He was so proud ofthem and loved them unconditionally He had no regretsHe lived a very full fun fun loving musical life on histerms Patty said David played music every day at theirhome in Agoura where half of the living room was a stagewith piano drums guitar and microphones at the readyfor friends to stop by and play Patty said ldquoThe piano keysare silent now but the music will never leave merdquo

Lobo Ranger SASS 18657 (Continued from page 50)



This is the first in a series of articles presentedby Palaver Pete that provides suggestions for

Action training as well as safety hints developedover the years Subsequent articles will coverSuggested Posse Marshal Check List ActionShooting Helpful Hints Range Safety Rules andFirearms Training and Keys to Faster ShootingAlso presented will be an article on how to advisevisitors and onlookers about Cowboy ActionShootingtrademdashdesigned primarily as a handout forspectators attending an annual or larger shoot Keep in mind these articles reflect the opinions

of many shooters and are not the sole thoughts ofone personmdashthere is nothing original in these opin-ionsmdashthey represent in many cases the thought ofothers expressed over the SASS Wire or through theCowboy Chronicle If you see something that may notbe correct please send a letter to the CowboyChronicle editor so others can benefit from your ob-servation or experience The bottom line is the samefor all of us safety and fun in the game we all loveto play Keep this in mind yoursquore a daisy if ya domdashPP

The Range Officer (RO) is also the Timer Op-

erator (TO) when operating the Timer The role of the ROTO is to safely assist the

shooter through the course of fire The ROTOdoes not count misses Counting misses is therole of the SpottersThe ROTO establishes eye contact with each

Spotter to insure they are ready to observe thetargets before giving the Shooter a standby thena beepThe ROTO insures each Spotter has an iden-

tifying symbol visible (red stick for example)The Posse Marshal goes over Spotter rules at

the first stage of the day The Posse Marshal ei-ther designates himself to be ROTO or desig-nates a qualified shooter(s) to serve as wellQualified is determined by each club most re-quire at least an RO2 level of training A sound suggestion for Spotterrsquos ldquoIf you know the bullet struck the target

itrsquos a hitrdquoldquoIf you think the bullet struck the target

itrsquos a hitrdquoldquoIf you think the bullet missed the target

itrsquos a hitrdquoldquoIf you know the bullet missed the target

itrsquos a missrdquoSpotterrsquos should look as well as listenHits on target stands are missesFor Black Powder shooters DO NOT stand be-

hind or close to the shooter in order to spot Move outto the edge of the firing line for better observationAfter the course of fire have the Spotters hold

up fingers for the number of misses for whatthey saw Spotters should be encouraged to usetheir own visual resultsmdashdo not look to otherSpotters for their counts The ROTO will makethe judgment in the event of differing countsSpotters should not be talking to other Spot-

ters andor shooters Full attention must be de-voted to the shooter and the targets Spotters hold up fingers to indicate misses An-

other technique is to hold up the thumb for a pro-cedural Verbal count is also acceptable ldquoone andone equals one miss one proceduralrdquo is a goodexample If you call a procedural be sure to de-scribe itThe ROTOs make the hard calls Spotters

may want to provide assistance to the shooterbut that is not their job

SPOTTER TRAININGBy Palaver Pete SASS LifeRegulator 4375


4375

i

i

Accumulated over the years from various SASS sources


VISIT US AT SASSNETCOM (Continued on next page)





















Therersquos a good reason whythere are derringer and

pocket pistol side matches atmany whether for dailyldquodressed-downrdquo carry or as aldquobackuprdquo piece in case onersquosmain arm failed pocket gunswere common in the Old WestRifles have always been morepowerful more accurate andmore effective at long ranges aswell as short And no firearm ismore deadly than a scattergunThe overriding advantage of ahand-held firearm whetherlarge or small is its relativelight weight and convenientsizemdashmaking it more likely to be actually carriedwhen the rare occasion arises to put it to usehellip andmuch easier to hideConcealability has been a factor in gun choice for

as long as European Monarchies and US city coun-cils have sought to restrict them Gun control lawsthat were long a reality in the American East soonspread to the quickly settling WestNo less a notorious shootist than Wild Bill

Hickok was a strict enforcer of an antigun ordi-nance in his days as Sheriff clubbing anyone sense-less who didnrsquot immediately turn his in uponarrival in town The number one option for menwas a leather-lined pocket with a medium- to full-

Jesse Wolf Hardinw

By Jesse Wolf Hardin

(excerpted from the book Old Guns amp Whispering Ghosts)

sized arm thus the term ldquopocket pistolsrdquo But spe-cially scaled-down models made it possible to sneaksome degree of protection even in Summer dressWhile lacking the knock down capabilities of theirbigger brothers these ldquobelly gunsrdquo made the differ-ence whenever a partying miner found himself sud-denly needing to protect his hard earned gold dustor a schoolmarm needed to defend her honor in theface of an amorous and aggressive drunkTherersquos a rough sounding dictum well under-

stood by those we say have ldquobeen and donerdquo theveteran survivors of armed confrontation Irsquoveheard one version or another from Navy SEALs


STRAIGHT SHOT

Original advertisement for the Remington cane gun

Hidden ThunderPartI

Derringers Pocket -Pistols amp Cane Guns

Author Jesse WolfHardin with five concealed firearmsdemonstrating the

efficacy of the hideoutarms of the Frontier


country sheriffs and contemporary outlaws ldquoThegun that counts is the one yoursquore packinrsquordquo Many ofthe situations that call for active self defense occurwhen least expected and not always in the most ob-vious places and situations At such times both the

Henry hanging insideon the wall or theshotgun stashed underthe buckboard seat arelikely well out ofreach The gun thatcounts most then isoften the one thatrsquoscarried every daymdashonfoot and on horsebackat work and at play For scantily clad sa-

loon girls and barearmed faro dealersthis would have meantderringers and other

tiny easily secreted pistols often referred to asldquostingy gunsrdquo Many of these were anemic 22s oneof the smallest of which was the minuscule Rem-ington Vest Pocket ldquosaw-handledrdquo single shot Earlymulti-round 22 caliber derringers include the tworound American Arms Wheeler model the five-shotdouble-action Remington-Elliotrsquos ldquoring-triggerrdquo de-sign the extremely rare Reid ldquoMy Friendrdquo with itsrevolving cylinder and no barrel the Bacon ldquopep-perboxrdquo and Sharps models with four fixed barrelsand a rotating firing pin Only slightly larger werethe host of single-shot breech loading derringerschambered for the moderately more powerful 41rimfire cartridge These generally featured barrelsthat either pivoted up or down or rotated to theside for loading The acknowledged progenitor ofthis type is the Daniel Moore patented in 1861Others followed including Coltrsquos National 1 and2 models the Wesson the Charles Ballard theJohn Marlin ldquoVictorrdquo and ldquoXLsrdquo the Stevens theAllen and the so-called ldquoSouthernersrdquo made byBrown Manufacturing Co and Merrimac ArmsLoaded with a 130-grain conical bullet and stuffedwith 13 grains of black powder it could barelyachieve 400 feet per second velocity out of the typ-ical three-inch-long barrel Even Henry Deringerrsquos original percussion pocket

pistol had considerably more penetration and knock-down power than the 30 32 and 41 rimfire breechloaders that followed (now collectively thought of asldquoderringersrdquo a misspelling of Henry Jrrsquos name)These lilliputians nonetheless contributed to anownerrsquos sense of security and no doubt their bran-dishment alone was enough to calm escalating dis-putes After all no one wants to be shot even by anunderpowered round And the terror of beingwounded was justifiably all the greater in the Westof the nineteenth and early twentieth centurieswith itrsquos paucity of doctors questionable hygienicsand failure to fully appreciate the importance ofsterilization when it came to dressings hands andmedical tools Many deaths by gunshot were the re-sult of subsequent infection rather than the size orlocation of the wound A 41 RF that barely pene-trated would still carry into the body minute piecesof germ-laden material from the clothes one woreand the specter of a long painful illness and feverishdeath would have made all but the most cavalier de-

The Straight Shot bull (Hidden Thunder) (Continued from previous page)



Remington pocket handguns



bater reconsider his more provocative argumentsAccording to Capt Joseph Bourke one 1880rsquos

Arizona lawman packed as many as ten small der-ringers secreted on his person at a time Believethat or not anyone with a soft spot for early WildWest Show entertainers Western pulp fictionmovies or television serials has some idea of howthese pip-squeak backups might save the day Inhis sunset years Buffalo Bill Cody often relied onan ivory stocked nickel-plated Remington over andunder 41 derringer with amateurish engravingThe character Paladin on Have Gun Will Travelpacked the same under the skirt of his revolver hol-ster Special agent James West in The Wild WildWest had a similar Remington rigged up on somekind of mechanical device inside his shirt cuff andhe could cause it to spring into his hand on com-mand They make it easy to imagine some herowith his hands in the air and an empty holster onhis hip suddenly turning the tables with a firearm

the size of single Colt Peacemaker grip Fiction was matched by reality in at least one

dramatic event a surprise shootout at a peace con-ference between Modoc war chief Captain Jack andUS General Canby The Indian warrior shockedeveryone by suddenly pulling out a hidden revolverand shooting the General in the head When anotherIndian Schonchin pulled out his own weapon one-time Indian agent AB Meacham wounded him andbrought him to the ground with a shirt pocket 41 There have also been some fascinating arms cre-

ated solely for the purpose of disguised carry Someof the most fascinating are revolvers disguised ashandbags or ldquowalletsrdquo Imported from Europe orhand made by tinkerers in the good olrsquo USA theywere made of cloth-covered metal and could be setoff by a hidden trigger No doubt the women whobought them liked to imagine the surprise of a rob-ber who after asking a woman for her money baggets either a bullet in the belly or at least the scareof his life Other clever oddities included singleshot pistols that could double as ldquobrass knucklesrdquoonce fired plus revolvers with built in foldingknives and even pocket knives that ldquogo boomrdquoCane or walking stick guns replaced walking

cane swords the backup of choice for nineteenthcentury English gentlemen The earliest were muz-zle loaders later models usually fired a single rim-fire cartridge and eventually rounds as powerfulas the 410 shotshell found its way into these ortho-pedic aids and symbols of taste and class Particu-larly interesting are the British made air-canesmarketed at the turn of the century through vari-ous New York distributors The reservoirs were re-filled using an attachable stirrup pump took a longtime to charge and fired what was usually a 32

The Straight Shot bull (Hidden Thunder) (Continued from page 65)


The cane gun and other hideaways



Jesse Wolf Hardin is a wilderness-dwelling writer artist arms collectorco-editor of Plant Healer Magazine for students of herbal medicine (seewwwPlantHealerorg) and author of dozens of books Portions of thisessay are excerpted from the full-color book Old Guns amp WhisperingGhosts Firearms of the Old West amp Those Who Used Them 1866-1916He most recently released the conversation-stirring Lawmen of The OldWest Unmasked Bothbooks are available through wwwOldWestScribecom Hardinrsquos work has garnered the respect of characters likeJohn Taffin Boge Quinn Jim Supica Doug Turnbull Ned SchwingDennis Adler and Bob Boze Bell while verily confounding the thin-skinned and politically correct You can send indignant comments orletters of cheer directly to Wolf at ScribeOldWestScribecom

caliber ball with far more force than you mightthink Every cane type included a muzzle cap tokeep dirt and debris out of the barrel and the re-sults could be dramatic if someone ever forgot to re-move it before firingWhile most popular in the deep South a few

canes undoubtedly found their way West especiallyfollowing Remingtonrsquos introduction of an Americanmade model Available in either 22 or 32 RF theycould be purchased with either plain ivory carvedclaw-and-ball or dogrsquos-head handlesAnyone with a real likelihood of armed defense

was unlikely to choose a derringer any more than awalking stick gun For this purpose most peoplewanted multiple shots without reloading with theresult being a burgeoning new market in mediumpowered pocket-sized revolvers Colt RemingtonRupertus Hopkins amp Allen and Forehand ampWadsworth produced the highest quality examples





of this genre At one time or other Pat Garrettowned a 41 RF Forehand amp Wadsworth ldquoSwampAngelrdquo (serial number 4318) featuring a gold platedcylinder and a backstrap engraved with his nameas well as a 38 SampW centerfire caliber Merwin ampHulbert Pocket Army revolver with a unique foldinghammer presented him by the favored citizens ofUvalde New Mexico Both featured ivory stocks andrudimentary ldquoNew Yorkrdquo style scroll engraving All such arms sported similar profiles to the

early SampW tip-ups ldquosheathrdquo or ldquospurrdquo triggers (sanstrigger guard) with three- to five-inch barrels andgenerally rounded ldquobirdrsquos headrdquo grip framesAround 1874 Remington added their ldquotwo centsrdquoworth with their Smoot patent line The 30 32and 38 rimfire Remingtons featured simple ejectorrods while their 41 RF variant did notColt continued its tradition of pocket arms with

the 1870 release of their ldquoCloverleaf rdquo (deep fluted)

cylinder ldquoHouse Pistolrdquo a four shot revolver in 41RF one of which is provenanced to Inspector ofRailroads and onetime Confederate GeneralWilliam Hardeman That same year they beganflooding the market with the itsy-bitsy 22 ldquoopentoprdquo churning out some 110000 before finally giv-ing it up in 1877 Both were essentially made obso-lete in 1874 with the introduction of five Colt ldquoNewLinerdquo series in five different graduated frame sizesServed up in rimfire 22 and 30 rimfire plus 3238 and 41 centerfire The last of this configurationwas their New Police 38 centerfire Like the clev-erly named ldquoHouserdquo pistol its ldquocop and thugrdquo motifgrips appealed to the need for convenient personaland home security The New Lines often served asback up guns paired with Coltrsquos ubiquitous largebore Peacemaker They were effectively phased outby the mid 1880s under market pressure from thescads of cheap imitations such as the two-dollarldquosuicide specialrdquo removed from Hickok murderer



214-668-8927


Jack McCall in 1876 Their niche in the prestigiousColt lineup remained unfilled until the 1896 re-lease of the double action New PoliceSince the day Smith amp Wesson locked up the

patents for the bored-through cylinder (and thusfor the repeat shot breech loading handgun) theirvarious small arms have enjoyed a fervent andfaithful following Beginning in 1857 with the in-troduction of the tip-up models 1 in 22 and thepreviously discussed 1-12 and 2 in 32 rimfireSampW went on to even greater success with a muchstronger top-break design first introduced in 1870in their large frame large bore Model 3 AmericanThis was followed in 1876 and 1878 with mediumframe topbreaks in 38 and 32 centerfire The 38SampW centerfire cartridge was more briskly loadedwith a 16-grain black powder charge topped by a145-grain round nosed bullet Smith amp Wessonmanufactured and shipped in excess of 130000ldquoNew Modelrdquo or ldquoBaby Russianrdquo 38s before finallytaking it off line in 1891 This medium poweredround went on to be one of the most popular cal-ibers of its timeIn 1892 a posse headed by Marshal Paden Tol-

bert surrounded and eventually blew up with dyna-mite a recessed log ldquofortrdquo manned by the Cherokeeoutlaw Ned Christie In a photo taken shortly afterthe raid posse members are seen to have Harring-ton and Richardson SampW and Colt New Line pocketrevolvers tucked into their vests and waistbandsalong with a large frame Colt 1878 44 WCF and ahodgepodge of rifles and shotguns In the end it wasthe TNT that carried the day and these lightweightbackups were unlikely used in the fray SheriffWilliam ldquoBillyrdquo Tilghman helped bust up the Doolingang and clean up Oklahomarsquos infamous ldquoHellrsquosHalf Acrerdquo and his reputation alone was enough tosettle most disputes But it was a hidden belly gunin the hands of a boozed-up Prohibition Agent ()that ended both his life and his career

(continued next issue)





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FROM THE EDITOR Reading the digital Chronicle (Addendum)

NEWS Special Matches Highlight Finale Of The Civil War Sesquicentennial

LETTERS Comments From SASS Members

COSTUMING CORNER Gloves (A Very Important Accessory)

ON THE RANGE Range War 2014

SASS-END OF TRAIL 2015 (( SIGN-UP TODAY ))

CLUB REPORTS Shootinrsquo Our Way Across America Getting Blown Away

GUNS amp GEAR Dispatches From Camp Baylor Uberti Magazine Plug

REVIEWS BOOKS Cowboy Action ShootingTM Magazines (Where Did They Go)

HISTORY Little Known Famous People

PROFILES 2014 Scholarship Recipient Shooting For The Stars

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STRAIGHT SHOT Hidden Thunder (Pt1-Derringers Pocket-Pistols amp Cane Guns)

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CONTENTS

They may havebeen too young

to shoot Range War 2014the Michigan StateChampionship but four-year-oldSpeed Stevens(SASS 89038mdashstanding) and

three-year-old JRDynamite (sitting)had a great timeplaying cowboyand shot some

great stages in thecampgrounds withtheir Nerf guns

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GETTING BLOWN AWAY





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RANGE WAR






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Vermont
































GETTING BLOWN AWAY





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GDub SASS 98435






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BEFOREROA Barrel



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Metal gauntlets
















Wooden glove darner























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RANGE WAR






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Vermont
































GETTING BLOWN AWAY





GETTING BLOWN AWAY














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GDub SASS 98435






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BEFOREROA Barrel



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Brass Cleaner









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Metal gauntlets
















Wooden glove darner























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RANGE WAR






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Vermont
































GETTING BLOWN AWAY





GETTING BLOWN AWAY














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BEFOREROA Barrel



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Wooden glove darner























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Vermont
































GETTING BLOWN AWAY





GETTING BLOWN AWAY














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GDub SASS 98435






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BEFOREROA Barrel



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AFTER Carrier










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2

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GETTING BLOWN AWAY














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BEFOREROA Barrel



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AFTER Carrier










Brass Cleaner









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MagazinePlugUBERTI




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2

3

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