Sunday, April 22, 2012

Wartrace Regulators April 21 Cowboy/Wild Bunch Match

26 Cowboys, Cowgirls and Wild Bunch shooters converged on Wartrace this morning for the mid-month shoot. It was a little cool but it was dry.

 I had to work this morning but got to the range about 11 and I'd like to thank everyone on both posses for letting me jump back and forth to catch up. As usual Whiskey wrote some fast and fun stage,with enough movement to keep things interesting. Papa Dave handles the Wild Bunch stages.

 It was great to see 4 Cowgirls shooting today, I hope that number will continue to increase.

 Buck Dodgers was the "Cowboy Top Gun" followed by Sergeant Shooter, Randy Saint Eagle,Dusty Wilcox and Sheriff Frank Canton rounded out the Top 5 Cowboys.

 Duck River was the "Wild Bunch Top Gun" followed by C W Knight, Emmett Moon, Frank Buckshot and Papa Dave rounded out the Top 5 Wild Bunch.

 Congratulations to the 6 shooters who shot "Clean Matches", Buxom Boo, Cheyenne Thornton, Cody Kid, Deadwood Miner, Sergeant Shooter and Sheriff Frank Canton, not an easy feat.

 I personally would like to thank everyone involved in these matches, I haven't been able to help much due to work, but I certainly appreciate everyones effort.

 Complete Scores

 I wasn't able to get any pictures. But Buck Dodgers posted a few videos on his Facebook Page.

The next match at Wartrace will be the May 5th Cowboy Match, Safety Meeting at 9:30. For more info check out our Website

 Don't forget to travel to some other matches and see how things are done elsewhere.

Coming up May 3-6 Georgia State Championship.

May 25-27 James Gang Rides Again

July 12-14 Black Gold Shootout Sept. A Gunfight in Dixie, I couldn't pull up their website to get a link.

Sept. 4-9 U S Open

Oct. 5-7 Ambush At Cavern Cove

Oct. 11-13 Tennessee State Championship

There are many more just check out SASS Clubs

Get out to a match, have fun and may all your "Bangs end with a Clang".

 Happy Trails.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Rockcastle Rangers 4/14/12 Match

Papa Dave, Sheriff Frank Canton and I decided to head north to visit the Rockcastle Rangers. Dora Dufran and Brad Manco met us up there. Upon arrival you could tell Shaddai and the Rangers had been busy preparing for The James Gang Rides Again their second Annual Match. It looks like it is shaping up to be a Great Match.

After signing up and visiting with friends Papa Dave conducted a brief Safety Meeting, Shaddai led us in the Pledge to The Flag and Perfecto Vaquera offered a prayer. We had one posse with 15 registered shooters. This is the equivalent of their mid-month match and the crowd is a little smaller.

Shaddai had some interesting stages and always does some things that make you think a little. I enjoy shooting some scenarios I don't see very often. The stages were fast as evidenced by a 14.86 run on 24 targets on stage 2 by Campo Kid. Quite a few of us seemed to experience some gun trouble. We also had a couple of stage DQ's, but in spite of all that a few shooters put together some great times.

We shot 3 stages then were provided with a free lunch before we finished the final 3 stages.
By the time we had our gear packed they were ready for an Awards Ceremony.

Black Tom was the Top Gun, followed by Campo Kid, Shaddai Vaquero, Papa Dave and Let's Go rounded out the Top 5. Fire N Fallback and Cleve provided us with plenty of smoke.
Cowboy Brian, a brand new shooter decided not to shoot, instead he observed and helped out all day, I expect he'll be shooting their next match.

We were able to take 19 videos I posted on my Youtube Channel



Complete Scores when available.

We had a great time with the Rangers and hope to shoot with them again soon.

On the way home in an effort to uphold Cowboy Tradition we stopped in Bowling Green for ice cream at Brusters.

The next match at Wartrace will be the April 21 Cowboy/Wild Bunch. For more information always check out our website.

Wartrace Regulators

Happy Trails and may all your "Bangs End With A Clang".

Monday, April 2, 2012

2012 South Carolina State Championship

Buck Dodgers, Tombstone John, Sheriff Frank Canton and I (Randy Saint Eagle) hitched up the covered wagon and planned to head out before daylight Thursday morning to Greenville South Carolina. I say planned because we ended up leaving about an hour later than expected (ask Frank). John brought two boxes of country ham and biscuits so we ate well on our journey.

We rolled onto the grounds of the Greenville Gun Club, home of the Greenville Gunfighters and Manse's Revenge around 2 pm. We checked in, got our badges, unhitched the wagon, unpacked our gear and headed to the Side Matches.

We were treated to the usual speed events, I don't know about Long Range, I didn't notice any signs but since I don't shoot it, I wasn't really looking. Buck had a great run with the rifle, 10 shots alternating on 2 targets in 2.74 seconds. That run held and Buck won the Speed Rifle Plaque.

After the Side Matches we finished setting up our "range camp" and found the "bunkhouse" (Phoenix Inn). After checking we we went in search of a steak, which we found at Outback.

I had to be at the range a little early Friday morning for the Posse Marshall walk thru, so we tore ourselves away from the breakfast buffet at the Pheonix and got to the range about 8 am. This was my first time to be a Posse Marshall at a big match and I want to thank Cowboy Junky for asking me. I now have a new found appreciation for Posse Marshalls.

The opening ceremonies started at 9:30 and after the Pledge, Prayer and Safety meeting we were on our stages and ready to shoot by 10 am. The stages were well thought out with good props, and enough movement to keep it fun. There was only one "Stand and Deliver" stage and it had a pistol knock down to keep it interesting.
Stages 1 and 2 are up on the hill and a pretty good hike from stage 5 but they provided a wagon to haul you and your gear up and back.

They had 2 small posses on the same stage so one worked while the other shot. This worked well and we had a good group of cowboys and cowgirls on posses 7 and 8 including Boozy Creek, Posse Marshall for 8, Sonora Moon, Rounder, Lucky RK, Shamrock Paddy, Dustin Clays, El Carerra, Santa Fe Gal, Abeline Al, Lightning McCoy, Blackwater, Three Cut, Kid Ziggy, Amorous Ali (who had to drop out the second day due to a back injury),Frank, Buck, John and I. I hope I didn't leave out anyone.

We finished the first five stages by about 1:30 and had the rest of the afternoon to check out the vendors and catch a late lunch. For every $20 you spent with a vendor you got a voucher to swap for a raffle ticket. The raffle included two guns, a knife and a holster rig.

Pants A Fire Meyer, Amy and Rocky Walls invited us to their house for a cookout Friday night where we feasted on some fine burgers and all the fixins. We also got to shoot the breeze with them, Dancin' Duelist, Potshot Parker, Harman Hammer and a couple others who's names I can't remember (sorry). We also feasted on some fantastic homemade chocolate chip cookies (thanks Amy).

Saturday brought the last five stages and they were just as good as the first five. I struggled a little on some of these, the stages were fine but I had a few too many "Senior Moments". They had a posse shoot where every posse member armed with 10 rounds in their rifle cut a 2x4 in two, all firing at the same time. Posse 9/10 won with a time of just over 7 seconds.

After all the shooting was over we broke camp and hauled our covered wagon back to the bunkhouse. We stopped on the way for ice cream in honor of Papa Dave since he couldn't make this trip with us.

I'd like to thank Cowboy Junky and all the Greenville Gunfighters for a well done match. This was their first time to host the South Carolina State Championship and it was a good one.

Saturday night was the Awards Banquet and we were treated to some good food and fellowship. Most of the cowboys and cowgirls clean up real nice.

Marshall Harland Wolf was the Top Gun of the Match, followed by Dang It Dan, Red River Ray, Cowboy Junky and Kid Ray rounded out the Top 5.

Sixgun Sally was the Ladies Top Gun, followed by Shamrock Sadie, Ms Jewel, Slick's Sharp Shooter and Carolina Girl rounded out the Ladies Top 5.

Buck Dodgers was the Top Wartrace shooter, along with winning Speed Rifle he was
3rd Wrangler 10th Overall
Randy Saint Eagle 5th Duelist 46th Overall
Tombstone John 4th Silver Senior 54th Overall
Sheriff Frank Canton 7th Senior 88th Overall
Blackwater Desperado 4th Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter 158th Overall.

They had a total of 164 shooters.

For a look at some videos we took click on the link below to my YouTube Channel.

Wartracecowboy's Channel

Complete Scores

Professional photos by Longeye




The next match at Wartrace will be the Main April Cowboy Match Apr. 7, for more info check out our website.

Wartrace Regulators

And don't forget, travel to a match and see what you are missing.

Happy Trails.