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Shooting Gallery: Wild Bunch and the 1911

Marshal Halloway — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 01:12:22 +0000

What could be more fun than shooting John Browning’s classic 1911 .45ACP pistol. The old war horse bucks and roars in your hand and you’re right there in the middle of Sam Peckinpah’s Wild Bunch, one of the greatest westerns ever made. We are at the World Championship of Wild Bunch Shooting outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Episode #133 – Season 11.
Airtimes on Outdoor Channel: 01-11-11 at 3:00AM | 01-12-11 at 3:30PM | 01-12-11 at 7:00PM | 01-12-11 at 9:00PM | 01-13-11 at 3:00AM

Show Sponsors:

Crimson Trace * Midway USA * Ruger Firearms * Stag Arms * Streamlight * Revolution Stocks

Episode Reference Links:

SASS Wild Bunch

Upcoming Events

SASS Clubs around the country

SASS Wild Bunch Rule Book

CAS City Wild Bunch Forum

Long Hunter Shooting Supply

Evil Roy Shooting School

Goatneck Clem Gunsmithing

Clark Custom Guns (Jim Clark)

Wild Bunch for Dummies

Tom Selleck Interview

CAScity.com Staff — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:33:16 +0000

On the eve of his induction into the Hall of Great Western Performers, actor/producer Tom Selleck sat down for an interview with Don Reeves. Selleck recounts an incredible career in western filmmaking and what he is up to now. The interview was shot on April 16, 2010 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

Reference Links:

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

Louis L’Amour’s The Sacketts

Artistry in Leather (Jerry Croft)

Winchester Model 1876

R&D Conversion Cylinders

The Empty Land

On Cowboys: Long Range Rifles

Marshal Halloway — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:40:52 +0000

In the Old West, the difference between going hungry and a hot meal, was a person’s shooting ability and to be able to make that long rifle shot. In this episode of Cowboys, our focus is on the big bore long range rifles.

Airtimes: On Outdoor Channel, Wednesday 10-13-10 at 7:00PM and 11:30PM, Thursday 10-14-10 at 1:30AM, all times Eastern.

Originally aired: Wednesday 07-14-10 at 7:00PM and 11:30PM, Thursday 07-15-10 at 1:30AM, all times Eastern.

Discuss Buffalo Rifles of the Old West on the CAScity forums.
This is a place to meet, ask question or share knowledge and experiences about long range shooting matches and about the rifles used in the “old days” to harvest buffalo hides.

On Cowboys: Pocket Pistols

Marshal Halloway — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:15:06 +0000

Today, the best selling handguns in the US are pocket pistols, carried in the pocket for self defense. Things haven’t changed – in the wildest days of the American West, the most popular handgun was also the pocket pistol. The guns may have been small, but the roar was loud.

Airtimes: On Outdoor Channel, Wednesday 10-06-10 at 7:00PM and 11:30PM, Thursday 10-07-10 at 1:30AM, all times Eastern.

Airtimes: On Outdoor Channel, Wednesday 07-07-10 at 7:00PM and 11:30PM, Thursday 07-08-10 at 1:30AM, all times Eastern.

New Season of Cowboys starts on June 30th.

Michael Bane — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:52:12 +0000

In fact, Chugwater is famous for its chili, although “famous” might mean something entirely different in rural Wyoming, where the only thing I’ve seen in the last hour of driving are antelopes. No matter, we’re just passing through on the way to Deadwood, SD, and Wild Bill Hickock’s grave. Last week the crew and I were in Cave Creek, AZ, with noted gunfight historian, famous artist and editor of True West Magazine Bob Boze Bell filming wild stories of western gunfights and trying to avoid the desert’s not unsubstantial collection of rattlesnakes and plants with thorns shaped like a mountain lion’s claws.

But that’s COWBOYS, whose new season premieres July 1. COWBOYS celebrates all things Old West, and I’m always surprised how much of the Old West is still around. I live in rural Colorado, in an old mining town where several years back the cook at the local greasy spoon…er, gourmet mountain restaurant…dropped half a stick of dynamite into the stove as his resignation letter. Nobody minded that much, since we all figured it would ultimately help the food. Yes, there is a wild untamed streak that still runs through the West, but it is tempered by what, for lack of better words, is sometimes called the Cowboy Way, which as with most things can be summed up in the lyrics of a country, this one from bullrider Junior Ray:

“Time for you to shoulder down
Nod your head at the gate
Step up
And walk your talk.”

COWBOYS, hosted by top cowboy action shooter Ron “Tupelo Flash” Stein, taps into that great American mythology, We do a lot on cowboy action shooting because it’s creeping up on trap as the number one shooting sport in America. This year the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS), the sanctioning body for cowboy competition, will hand out its 90,000th membership badge! Every week more than 300 clubs not just in America, but around the world, offer shooters and visitors a chance to step back into the wild, wild, West. Cowboy style shooting requires that the players not only use only the guns of the Old West, but that they dress appropriately (not a big deal in rural Colorado, where even my beagle has a cowboy hat) and choose an Old West alias…if you must know, mine is “Wolf Bane.”

How addictive is cowboy action shooting? Well, since we started with COWBOYS our producer, John “Picayune” Carter and director of photography Gene “Grizz” Moffitt are now out there every weekend, participating well as filming. This season, in addition to the wonderful stories of Bob Boze Bell, we’re delving deeper into the guns of the Old West with the help of the Cody Firearms Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in lovely Cody, WY — a town that Buffalo Bill himself conceived and designed in the early days of the 20th Century. COWBOYS was given unprecedented access to one of the greatest firearms museums in the wold…it was all we could do to drag ourselves away from the five museums that make up the Historical Center. and even then it was only to have lunch at the restaurant in the Irma Hotel that Buffalo Bill built and named for his daughter. We’ve got special episodes on both Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill, plus we’ll take you to a reenactment of George Armstong Custer’s worst day!

So this season, saddle up and come with us to, I believe as the phrase goes, “those thrilling days of yesteryear.” Because, in our hearts, the West lives.

Cowboys airs every Wednesday on Outdoor Channel.

First episode of season 8 air on 06-30 at 7:00PM | 06-30 at 11:30PM | 07-01 at 1:30AM:

The USFA Double Eagle

Marshal Halloway — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:33:34 +0000

Michael Bane takes the new USFA Double Eagle in .44 Special to the shooting range. It is also a good carry gun for those who prefer to carry a single action revolver. This model is a modified Colt 1873 SAA clone with a Birdshead grip and sporting a low profile Bisley hammer. The model is available in 3 ½”, 4″ or 4 ¾” barrel lengths. In addition to the .44 Special, it can also be delivered in 45 Colt and 44 WCF (44-40).

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Reference Links:

US Firearms

Mernickle Concealed Carry Holster for SA Revolvers

SASS Convention – video coverage

Marshal Halloway — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:56:38 +0000

Field Producer Marshal Halloway with Action Target's Chad Burdette during a break in filming this episode of Cowboys Online.

Cowboys Online powered by Outdoor Channel covered the 2009 SASS Convention in Las Vegas, December 3-6, 2009. Close to 600 SASS members, an unknown number of non-members and close to 50 vendors had their annual rendezvous. Seminar, indoor cowboy action shooting with wax bullets and “stuff” to buy kept everyone busy.

Tupelo Flash is hosting this 46 minute webisode produced by Marshal & Marshal’ette Halloway on behalf of Cowboys Online.

Watch this webisode here…

Ruger Highlights at the SASS Convention

Marshal Halloway — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:00:54 +0000

The SASS Vaquero, the Bisley Vaquero and the Montado was the highlighted guns at the Ruger booth during the SASS Convention in Vegas. Here’s a quick rundown.

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For more information, visit www.ruger.com

Dutch – SASS Hall of Fame Inductee

Marshal Halloway — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:04:57 +0000

Dutch..in my book..is the perfect role model for what SASS is all about. His many years of dedication to the sport, Wild West Entertainment and all his continuing hard work for the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation was honered last weekend. He is now a SASS Hall of Fame Inductee. I have known Dutch for many years and every time I meet him, either at a SASS event, SHOT Show or the NRA Show, he lights up the room with his smile and friendliness. There isn’t a person who knows Dutch that doesn’t like him. In this video, he talks about the award and his work with Tupelo Flash.





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To learn more about the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation, visit www.happytrails.org

Dixie Bell – SASS Hall of Fame Inductee

Marshal Halloway — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:07:02 +0000

Diane Miller aka Dixie Bell, SASS Life #5366, went to a gun show in 1995 and discovered cowboy action shooting and SASS. In the beginning, she focused on the costuming part of the sport, but it didn’t take long before she got involved in the shooting part. Today, she is a well known competitive shooter with many titles in local, state and national matches. She has taken an active part in getting SASS to recognize women shooters and was instrumental in getting the Ladies Duelist category established. In 2009, Dixie was selected for induction into the SASS Hall of Fame.



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