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The 8th Annual SASS Convention

The 8th Annual SASS Convention

The Eighth Annual SASS Convention and Wild West Christmas opens its Riviera Hotel doors December 3rd through 6th. This year’s theme is Dodge City, the infamous western cowtown where the likes of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Bat Masterson roamed the streets. There will be seminars and discussions on Dodge City’s colorful past. Also, new [...]

SASS Wild Bunch Handbook

SASS Wild Bunch Handbook

The SASS Wild Bunch Handbook has been updated. The latest edition is the October 2009 Edition which is available for download now on the SASS Web Site at
http://sassnet.com/Shooters-Handbook-001A.php .
Thanks to Happy Jack, Pecos Clyde and others for the input. Several issues were cleared up. No big changes were made. The copy on line now has [...]

Winter Range 2010 – Application available

Winter Range 2010 – Application available

The dates for the 2010 National Championship in Cowboy Action Shooting are February 24-28. This match is also called Winter Range. The match is held at the Ben Avery Shooting Range north of Phoenix, Arizona.
This is one the biggest events in the sport attracting more than 600 shooters every year among them the top shooters [...]

Wild Bunch Wrap Up

Wild Bunch Wrap Up

First off, congrats to SG & COWBOYS regular Evil Roy — the irrepressible Gene Pearcey — for taking High Modern (and High Overall) at the 2nd SASS Wild Bunch championships at Founder Ranch, NM. He was joined by Fast Hammer as High Traditional and at 4th overall Holy Terror — Glock shooter Randi Rogers — [...]

Fast Hammer and Evil Roy winners of the EOT Wild Bunch Match

Fast Hammer and Evil Roy winners of the EOT Wild Bunch Match

With a 1911, a lever action rifle and a pump action shotgun, 61 shooters went through 12 stages during the first 2 days of End of Trail in Edgewood, New Mexico. This new side match in cowboy action shooting is growing fast and compared to last year’s EOT, attendance was doubled.
There are 2 categories in [...]

Me & My 1911

Me & My 1911

I didn’t finish the Para Retro-Expert in time, so I defaulted to my Heinie Springfield 1911A1, which has run just fine. Today I used handloads with 230-gr LaserCast bullets and 231, just making IPSC Major.
I finished the day 3 down…no excuses…pulled the trigger when the sights weren’t on the target. Sadly, I was moving at [...]

Ammo for End of Trail 2009

Ammo for End of Trail 2009

End of Trail, the World Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting will be held at Founder’s Ranch June 22nd through June 28th. This morning, Coyote Calhoun informs from his blog that you should pack the following in your ammo bag for for the main match.
You will need :
120 Pistol Rounds
101 Rifle Rounds
52 Shotgun Rounds
There are [...]

A SASS Ruger Vaquero

A SASS Ruger Vaquero

SASS and Ruger join forces to offer SASS members a special edition of the Ruger New Vaquero.
This model has a new, wider and lower “Montado-style” hammer, which has been allowed on adjustable sighted guns like the Ruger “Blackhawk”. This hammer is now legal on all fixed sighted revolvers.
The SASS model will be offered in Ruger’s [...]

China Camp Passes

China Camp Passes

Sad, sad news…my good friend Dennis Ming, who as “China Camp” became one of the best cowboy shooters in history and the sport’s first great champion, today suffered a fatal heart attack.
I don’t quite know what to say…he and I shot on the same squad last month in the Wild Bunch match, and in the [...]

SIGN-UP FOR OUTLAW TRAIL

SIGN-UP FOR OUTLAW TRAIL

It is time to sign up for the Outlaw Trail at Founders Ranch on August 13 -17, 2008 It is a no frills match and were shootin’ 18, countem’ 18 stages on the Action Side and 6 Stage Triple points match on the mounted side. It is the Four Corners Regional So here is your [...]

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