The SASS Tennessee State Championship 2009

24 Wartrace Regulators made the trip to Memphis to

shoot in:

A Gunfight in Dixie VIII September 18-20 2009

Hosted by The Memphis Gunslingers

You couldn't have asked for better weather, if you

were a Duck. I thought Duck River stayed home,

but by the time we finished up Sunday it seemed like

we were wading through a river. Our Posse finished

up on stage 10 and it was beginning to get a little

deep.

The Memphis Gunslingers did an excellent job of

putting on a Great Match in less than ideal conditions.

This continues to be one of my favorite

Annual Matches. I'd like to thank Mountaineer Lefty,

Walking Short, Cherokee Sergeant, Dew R Dye, Bella

Spencer and all The Memphis Gunslingers who worked

so hard to put on this match.

Buck Dodgers won The Speedy Gonzolas Side Match

Award for the 3rd straight year.

The Main Match Stages were fast but you had to think

on some of them.

On Saturday night we had a good steak, or chicken,

catered by Outback Steakhouse. Every night after the

guns were put away there were coolers,

full of soft drinks and beer, opened.

Dooley Sworn and his band provided the

entertainment on Saturday night.

'09 Tennessee State Championship Awards

Sunday we had the final 4 stages and LOTS of RAIN! Then we had the awards presentation and no rain.

1. Prestidigitator was the Top Shooter Overall followed by;

2. Dew R Dye

3. Blackfish Kid

4. Buck Dodgers

5. Mose Spencer

The Wartrace Regulators represented our club well;

Buck Dodgers, 2nd Wrangler, 4th Overall

Will Reilly, 4th Wrangler, 6th Overall

Papa Dave, 2nd and Tennessee State Champion Elder Statesman, 13th Overall

C W Knight, 3rd Senior, 21st Overall

Charlie Bowdre, 2nd and Tennessee State Champion Silver Senior, 24th Overall

Randy Saint Eagle, 1st and Tennessee State Champion B-Western, 26th Overall

Jailbreak Jake, 2nd Duelist, 27th Overall

Scattergun Kid, 2nd and Tennessee State Champion Frontier Cartridge, 38th Overall

Imis Twohofon, 4th Senior,41st Overall

Capt Jo Walker, 7th 49r, 50th Overall

Tombstone John, 6th Senior, 52nd Overall

Sergeant Shooter, 9th Wrangler, 56th Overall

Marshall Red Stockburn, 1st and Tennessee State Champion Classic Cowboy, 61st Overall

Fort Knox, 6th Elder Statesman, 69th Overall

Sheriff Frank Canton, 8th Senior, 71st Overall

Deadwood Miner, 7th Elder Statesman, 91st Overall

Hot Lead Dancin', 5th Senior Duelist, 95th Overall

Mortimer Smith, 8th Duelist, 105th Overall

Cheyenne Thornton, 15th 49r, 115th Overall

Feisty Mama, 1st and Tennessee State Champion Grand Dame, 134th Overall

Cody Kid, 9th Elder Statesman, 136th Overall

Buxom Boo, 2nd Grand Dame, 139th Overall

Blackwater Desperado, 4th Frontiersman, 140th Overall

Crooked Penny, 10th Elder Statesman, 145th Overall

I once again would like to thank The Memphis Gunslingers for putting on a Great Match. I'd also like to thank all the Wartrace Regulators that made the trip to Memphis and represented our club well.

For complete results click on Overall Scores or Scores by Category

A Letter From Capt. Jo Walker

This letter is written by Capt. Jo Walker aka “The new guy at Wartrace”.

After returning from overseas duty, 1973-75, I shot from 1976-88 representing the All National Guard pistol team. Shooting matches are nothing new to me so I can speak from experience when I say, “No team or match has ever offered the fellowship and friendly atmosphere of SASS and the Wartrace Regulators”.

Memphis was the first SASS State match I have ever attended and I came in 7^th. in the 49ers. category and missed a trophy by 2 standings. But it really did not matter because I was given a trophy by the Wartrace Regulators that means more to me than any piece of wood and gold plated plastic Memphis had to offer.

No less than 8 Regulators spoke to me with encouragement. I was told by multiple members that in the short 6 months I have been a Wartrace Regulator that they have seen me improve my newly learned skills with good results. Each member offered their smile and words of wisdom. Each one gave me something worth more than a materialistic symbol, they gave me the best trophy anyone could offer. A true sincere trophy given from the heart. A trophy that I am an accepted member of the Wartrace Regulators and we work as a team to assist one another.

I only hope that I can have the honor of passing this trophy down to other new members in the future with the same sincerity and wisdom that it was given to me.

Things I learned at the Memphis State Match.

#1, Sleep well before the match, if you have a favorite pillow or blanket bring it to the hotel with you. If you can not sleep…you will miss.

#2, Do not shoot your first stage of the day at 100%, about 80% will do. Otherwise…you will miss.

#3, Do not take extra arthritis, heart pills or night pain medication before a match or…you will miss.

#4, Do not wear new uncomfortable boots to the match. About the 5^th. stage you are thinking about your feet and not the targets and…you will miss.

#5, If the stage is muddy, slow down or you may fall down and…you will miss.

#6, If you practice for 6 long weeks at your home range and the State match targets are not in the exact same spot they were at home…you will miss.

#7, If you are used to shooting 6 stages at Wartrace and Memphis has 10 stages remember to bring extra ammo…or you will have nothing to miss with.

#8, If you spend 6 long weeks practicing your style of shooting and 10 minutes before you shoot someone suggests you change your style, Don’t do it!…or you will miss…several times.

#9, If you practice 6 long weeks before a match there is a good chance some of the screws on your Marlin rifle may be loose. Holding the lever screw in with your left pinkie finger during a stage will….make you miss.

#10, If you are so nervous about the match that your digestive track shuts down from Thursday evening until Sunday evening, there is a good chance it may become operative again about 1 mile before you return home. Be sure you have the house keys properly staged, loaded and cocked in your hand before you reach your front door…or you will miss.

Wartrace Sept. '09 1st Sat. Shoot.

53 shooters came out to Wartrace to play on Sat. Sept 5, the weather was a mixture of sun, rain and cloud cover with a nice breeze. If you didn't like the weather stick around a few minutes and it would change.

Whiskey had some fast and challenging stages, you had to think on a few of them, and one stage featured our brand new Texas Star. I think most folks enjoyed shooting the Star, although some of us have a lot to learn about shooting it.

Delap Dave, Coonbone, JB Littlebit, Sheriff Frank Canton, Sunflower Kid, Cherohala Chase, CW Knight, and the father and son team of Clancy O Conall and Lil' Marshall W.D. all shot the match clean. Clancy was shooting Frontier Cartridge, which makes it even more impressive to me.

Overall Winner was Whiskey Hayes shooting Classic Cowboy, followed by Duck River, Will Reilly, Lil' Marshall W.D. and Clancy O Conall to round out the Top 5. They will makeup our Shootist Category next month and that is a hard Category to get into.

As always I'd like to say a special thank you to Shotgun Schoolmarm and Annie Marlin for doing the registration and scores.

My daughters Allison and Natalie, along with my granddaughter Jade and my wife Lannie, came out and took pictures at the match. I'd like to thank them for coming out and providing this months pictures.

Several of us will be at The Tennessee State Championship instead of the Mid-Month Match.

The Mid-Month will be Sept 19., The October Match is being moved to the 2nd Sat., Oct. 10, due to The Alabama State Championship on the 1st weekend. Also don't forget

The Tn./Ky. Black Powder State Championship the last full weekend in Oct.

SCORES

World Record Stage

Whiskey Hayes set up The World Record Stage at the Corral so we could see how we did against the current World Records. All current records can be seen on Doc Shapiro's Website.

A few of us tried the stage after our August Monthly Match. We had pretty good luck with it.

As of 8-6-09,

Buck Dodgers has the Modern Category Record with a time of 19.35.

Papa Dave has the Elder Statesman Category Record with a time of 20.65.

Randy Saint Eagle has the "B"-Western Category Record with a time of 21.13.

It's a fun stage to try and I think Whiskey is going to leave it up the rest of the year so everyone who wants to can try it. I think it may be one of the stages in September? Doc Shapiro's site explains what you have to do to be considered for a Record.

I hope everyone tries it out and remember to thank Whiskey for setting it up for us.

Memphis Gunslingers August Saturday Shoot 8/7/09

ROAD TRIP!!

Buck Dodgers, Papa Dave, Tombstone John and I went to Memphis to shoot their monthly match and boy was it hot!!! This was probably one of the hottest Saturdays this year.

The Gunslingers put on a great match as always. 35 shooters came out and braved the heat. The stages were fast and fun, but at least one made you think some and on that stage I was the first shooter on our posse. It was a Degressive Sweep on just 2 targets. That was the first time I had seen that but I expect I'll see it again.

Congratulations to the Top Five Shooters, Prestidigitator, Papa Dave, Locco Perro, Buck Dodgers and Blackfish Kid.

I thought it was interesting that the top shooter is about 18 and the number 2 shooter is 74, covers a pretty broad span.

Mountaineer Lefty told us they have 146 shooters signed up for the State Championship right now, so if you want to shoot and haven't signed up you better hurry.

Tennessee State Championship Info

The Gunslingers are building covered loading and unloading areas and running electricity for fans, the fans really helped Saturday. Due to the small posse I wasn't able to take very many pictures, but I have a few.

If you're ever in the Memphis area go and check out The Memphis Gunslingers.

Wartrace 1 '09 Main Match

53 Cowboys and Cowgirls braved the heat to come to Wartrace for our August Main Match. It was hot but we had an occasional overcast sky that helped some.

In spite of the heat Tombstone Peacekeeper and CW Knight managed to shoot clean matches, Congratulations Cowboys.

I'd like to blame it on the heat, but I think it was CRS instead, I got one of the 15 Procedurals That were given during the day. Thats two for me in two months, I'm going to have to do better.

Whiskey Hayes did a good job again of setting up fast and fun stages.

Buck Dodgers, SA Pondwater, Tombstone Peacekeeper, Will Reilly and Duck River were the top 5 Cowboys and will make up the Shootist Category next month.

Birdgun Quail was wanting the True Grit award because he had a splinter in his finger and a mosquito bite, he thought that took a lot more grit than Two Moon Shining shooting in a back brace. We may have to give him an award just to stop the whining.

Once again thanks to Shotgun Schoolmarm and Annie Marlin for doing the registration and scores.

Come on out and join us for the Mid-Month Match Aug. 15 and our next Main-Month Match Sept. 5

SCORES

Wartrace July '09 Mid-Month Match

29 Cowgirls and Cowboys came out to Wartrace for our mid-month match. We had the best weather I've seen for a match this year. I managed to make it through this one without a "p", but I came really close at the cemetery.

The scores just got online today and Will Reilly and Papa Dave were 1 and 2, no surprise, those two are always at or very near the top.

I shot on the posse with Clancy O Conall, he is really doing well shooting Gunfighter, 4th Overall.

I'm not sure if he is a Jedi Gunfighter or not but I'm sure he soon will be.

Whiskey all ready has the stages set for our next match Sat August 1 and I'm sure they will be fast and fun as always.

Scattergun Kid and Buck Dodgers have the scores posted. Scores

Come on out in August and shoot with us and don't forget the Tennessee State Championship at Memphis this year in September , the Alabama State Championship in October and the Tennessee Black Powder State Championship at Possum Trott in late October.

Cowboy Action Shooting Keeps You Young

Blue Boy's 90th Birthday



49 Cowboys and Cowgirls had the pleasure of helping Blue Boy celebrate his 90th birthday during our July 4th Match.
Buxom Boo, Cody Kid, Lady Banker and Fort Knox hosted a nice celebration during our lunch break.
Cody Kid told us Blue Boy SASS 46773 started Cowboy Action Shooting in 2002.
Buxom Boo presented Blue Boy with a certificate from SASS recognizing him as the oldest active SASS competitor.
Will Reilly presented a plaque for his achievement from The Wartrace Regulators.
Charlie Bowdre presented him with the flag that has been flown over the range at every match since he became a Wartrace Regulator.
Lady Banker gave him a birthday cake and she and Boo passed out cupcakes for us all to enjoy.

Blue Boy shoots at most of our monthly matches and The State Championship. He occasionally travels , with his son Imis Twohofon SASS 46646 to other matches.
Blue Boy shot clay target sports with The Nashville Gun Club for about 30 years before discovering Cowboy Action Shooting. He said CAS was much more fun, anyone who shoots CAS knows it's more fun than any other shooting sport.
Blue Boy's father gave him his first gun when he was 10, so he's been shooting for about 80 years and hopes to be shooting for many more.

Blue Boy is a Great person and an inspiration to us all and I hope we can all get together again and celebrate his 100th birthday at the range as well.

July 4 '09 Match

49 shooters came and braved a hot 4th of July to compete in our main month shoot and help celebrate Blue Boy's 90th birthday.
Whiskey again had some good stages and I proved you can get a "P" even on a good stage.
The top 5 shooters were, Buck Dodgers, Will Reilly, Papa Dave, Iron Maiden and Duck River.

Scores

Thanks to everyone who helps out putting on these matches and a special thank you to Sassy Lora, Annie Marlin and Shotgun Schoolmarm for doing the registration and scoring.

For more info go to our website.

Wartrace June 6 Match

What a beautiful day for a Cowboy Action Shoot, the sun was shinning, the sky was blue, there was a breeze to help keep the temp down. It just doesn't get much better than this. 72 Cowboys and Cowgirls came to Wartrace to help defend the town from all sorts of miscreants, and they managed to get all the outlaws taken care of.
A special thanks to Last Kiss and Fast Harley for getting a Posse together from the East. We had lots of pards come in to help us out.
We shot 5 stages that were fast, fun and Gunfighter friendly. We had 5 Gunfighters and 1 Lady Gunfighter, which is something we don't see very often. Also Tennessee Tombstone shot Outlaw Category which is something else we don't see much of.

Buck Dodgers, Tabasco Jot, Judgem' All Duncan, Cash Jackson, Perfecto Vaquera and Delap Dave all shot a CLEAN MATCH, Congratulations


Category Winners:

Shootist Will Reilly
Cowboy Buck Dodgers
Elder Statesman Tabasco Jot
Wrangler Shaddai Vaquero
Gunfighter Pleasant
Senior C W Knight
Duelist Emmet Moon
"B" Western Randy Saint Eagle
49'r Tombstone Peacekeeper
Ladies Gunfighter Last Kiss
Classic Cowboy Marshall Red Stockburn
Silver Senior Cash Jackson
Buckaroo Vaquero Jake
Traditional Jaged Rock
Frontier Cartridge Long Gulch
Senior Duelist Birdgun Quail
Ladies Modern Yazoo City Gal
Double Duelist Outcast
Outlaw Tennessee Tombstone
Ladies "B" Western Perfecto Vaquera
Ladies 49'r Mrs. Pleasant
Ladies Senior Sassy Motchie
Frontiersman Blackwater Desperado
Grand Dame Feisty Mama

I'd also like to say a special thanks to Annie Marlin for her work on registration and scores.

All Scores

The Mid-Month Match will be June 20th. If have any questions, please contact Latigo Jim 615-604-8601 or gunmstr45@aol.com.



Come on out to the July 4th match and help Blue Boy celebrate his 90th birthday, we all hope God will bless us as he has Blue Boy.

Mule Camp '09 Awards cont'd

Congratulations to Maggie Darlin' and Red River Ray your Southeastern Regional Winners.
I'd also like to say congratulations to Prestidigitator on a close second .47 seconds behind, now that's cutting it close.
Also to Killem-all Kate who was less than 5 seconds behind Maggie.
Congratulations also to all the Category winners and everyone who came out and had a good time.

Ozark Azz and Maggie Darlin' had left before the awards were finished so I don't have a picture of Maggie.


If anyone is looking for a place to shoot in September, come on over to The Tennessee State Championship, held in Memphis this year.

I'll see ya there.

Randy

Mule Camp '09 Saturday

I got a few shooting pictures and some of the demonstrations before it got time for the banquet and awards. I'll have the rest of the award pictures on another post.

Mule Camp Karaoke '09

Friday night after the side match awards, T-Bone Dooley, Ringo Fire and Nuttin' Graceful cranked up the Karaoke. There wasn't a huge crowd , but all who stayed had fun. If you ever have the opportunity to check out The Dooley Gang and their Karaoke, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Shootout At Mule Camp '09

Tombstone Peacekeeper, Two Moons Shinning and I made the trip to Mule Camp, the Southeastern Regional for SASS. After we got there we ran into Rockwood Ranger and Muleshoe Mike, I think we were the only Regulators to make it this year. Several others went to the Mississippi State Championship instead.
Mississippi State Scores

We arrived early Thursday afternoon, but decided not to shoot side matches due to rain, it wasn't that bad, but we decided to save our ammo.

We shot on the Friday morning posses, and although the weather was threatening, we were once again blessed and only had a light drizzle while we were putting guns back in the truck. We shot in the afternoon on Saturday and had a light rain during one stage, but it wasn't bad. Once again God blessed us with decent weather to shoot in.

There were several vendors to check out as well as a Cowboy Fast Draw setup. You could use your own guns and gear or they would loan you theirs. This was done with wax bullets, and every registered shooter was given 10 free shots if they wanted to try it. They explained the game well and gave lots of pointers on how to stand, draw and fire. You shot at a target 15' away that had a light in the center. After the ready signal in 2 to 5 seconds the light light up, that was your signal to draw and fire, a hit on the target stopped the time and made the light flash. I was able to get a .620 on my 10th shoot, Tater got a .506, but I was proud to be as close as I was.

Doc Johnson's Traveling Medicine Show was there, he was fun to watch.

Jim Bowman was singing cowboy songs that would take you back to your youth.

Lassiter was demonstrating the art of Fast Draw and giving some history on the sport.

Joe "Hoppy" Sullivan was portraying Hopalong Cassidy.

T-Bone Dooley, Nuttin' Graceful and Ringo Fire were there with Karaoke on Friday night, and they were a ton of fun as usual.
Dirt Merchant presented a birthday cake to Ringo and we all helped him celebrate his birthday.

Barbwire Bluegrass was the band for the banquet.

Outback Steakhouse catered a good meal but it took a while to get over 300 cowboys and cowgirls through the line.

After the meal there were silent auctions, a live auction, raffles and awards, that wound up about 11 p.m.

I know there were other things going on but this is all we took in.

The stages were well written, the targets were big and close ( I still missed 3 of them) and there were no "P" Traps.

I got to be on the Posse with my new friends, Levi Creed, Buck Elliot and Ma Creed, they're a great family and plan to come to Wartrace in July. Levi, by the way is our 1st place Buckaroo for the Regional.

I would also like to thank San Quentin, Dirt Merchant and everyone involved in putting on Mule Camp, for a fun match.

I would also like to thank Two Moons Shinning and Buck Elliot for taking most of the shooting pictures for me.

MULE CAMP SCORES OVERALL

BY CATEGORY


All Other Results

May Mid-Month Shoot '09

Well the weather has not been very pleasant in May and we only had 15 shooter come out to take their chances. But guess what again we were blessed and had a good shoot. The rain held off, and the cloud cover kept it from being too hot. I was on the trail and almost home before the rains came. It just goes to show you never trust a forecast, just come on and shoot.

It looks like for our June 6th shoot we'll have some Smokey Mountain Shooting Society pards and maybe some Ocoee Rangers coming to join us, so make plans to be there and see a posse of Gunfighters.


GUNS FOR SALE

Sgt. Shooter is wanting to sell a few guns here is a list.

Here are the guns I have For Sale

1. Marlin Rifle, Model 917M2, Cal 17MACH2 w/scope, $400.00

2. Taurus Pistol 24/7, 40 Cal, 15 & 11 Shot Mag, $425.00

3. Uberti Cattleman Revolver, 6 shot, Old Silver Finish, Cal 45LC, 5 1/2 in barrel $550.00 each I have two of them and they have both been slicked up.

4. Smith & Wesson Auto Pistol, 17 Shot, Cal 9mm, with TLR-2 Light &
Laser, $800.00

5. Colt MK IV/Series 80 Mustang, Cal 380, with factory Night Sights, $900.00

6. Springfield Champion Auto Pistol, Stainless, Cal 45, 4in barrel, Factory Night Sights, 7 shot, $1,000.00

7. Bushmaster Rifle, M-4, Cal 223, with Laser Light Optical Sights, Spot
Light, Picitally rails, with custom pistol grip and front handle, $1,875.00


My cell phone number is (615) 785-1805.

Sergeant Shooter
aka Randy Gorman

Scores (when they are posted)

1st May Match '09

Only 11 regulators decided to brave the weather and help stamp out evil in Wartrace. I saw more water in the fields on the way to the range than I've ever seen in this area. I normally cut across from 64 to 269 on Potts road, but it was flooded. The rain stopped shortly after 9. We started about 10, had a light drizzle during part of the first stage. After a few minutes that stopped and we didn't see any more rain until we had finished and loaded our equipment back in our vehicles.

I demonstrated what not to do on the first stage, a stage DQ (traveling rule). Then went on to have 2 misses at the second stage, but managed to shoot the last 3 clean.

The weather turned out to be nice, and never got too hot. I think everyone had a lot of fun (usually at someone else's expense).
The stages were fun, stage 5 made you think a little. Thanks Whiskey for good stages.

A special thanks goes to Annie Marlin and Shotgun Schoolmarm for doing the registration and scores.

Our mid-month match will be May 16th.

Scores

Georgia State Championship '09

Six Wartrace Regulators went a little farther south to The Georgia State Championship April 16-19. Imis Twohofon, Papa Dave, Buck Dodgers, Sheriff Frank Canton, Marshall Red Stockburn and Randy Saint Eagle. Dirt Merchant sent me an e-mail several months ago inviting us to come and I'm glad he did. This was my first trip to the Georgia State and I must say it was one of the most FUN matches I've been to.

We shot on the same posse with one of Papa Dave's friends, Polecat, and met and had dinner with 2 others, Regulator Rude and Badlands Barry. We also shot on the same posse with an amazing Buckaroo named Levi Creed, remember that name you'll be reading it in the Cowboy Chronicle. He and his family plan to visit our range this summer.

The Dooley Gang did Cowboy Karaoke on Friday and Saturday nights, as well as helping with the awards. T-Bone and The Gang are great fun.

God blessed us with great weather for this match, and if anyone didn't enjoy this match , it's their own fault, as there was something for everyone.

I have 7 different posts on the blog because of the number of pictures we took. I like to say a special thanks to all the Wartrace Gang for helping me take pictures. As you finish one slideshow just scroll down and another will be running.

The scores are posted on Doc Holliday's Immortals website .


Professional photographer Richard McIntosh was doing Posse and Action pictures.

I apologize in advance for any names I might have gotten wrong on pictures and for the names I just couldn't remember, I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Randy Saint Eagle

Georgia State '09 More Pictures

These are more pictures from our first 5 stages. We had a few train wrecks, Marshall Red Stockburn's rifle jammed on the first stage and cost him 10 misses. I outran myself and had a rifle miss. Buck Dodgers got a phone call and missed the stage instructions on stage 4 and shot on a No-shoot target for a "P". We had a few problems, but we had lots of fun.

Couples Shoot and Friday Night Karaoke Georgia State '09

Friday after the first 5 stages were finished they had a couples shoot. Due to a shortage of Ladies they had a pairs shoot after the couples shoot. One on the team shot a rifle the other shot both pistols and both shot their shotguns, it was a lot of fun. the Top Couple was Annabel Lee and Fast Eddie, I don't remember who the fastest pair was.

After lots of shooting we were treated to a BBQ dinner on the range.

Later T-Bone Dooley , Nuttin Graceful and Ringo Fire cranked up the Karaoke as a warm up for Saturday night. Marshall Red Stockburn turned into a real performer. If you ever get a chance to go to a match where T-Bone and The Dooley Gang are providing the entertainment, don't miss it. They are great and really know how to throw a party.

Before the night was over Buck Dodgers, Marshall Red Stockburn and I were inducted into the Dooley Gang.