The Happy Trails Children’s Foundation is proud to honor Tex Ritter and Eddie Dean this year with Silver Screen Legend XV. This is the 15th year the foundation, through the generosity of the renowned Colt’s Manufacturing Co. LLC of Hartford, CT, has used very special guns and holsters to raise money for abused children.

The exquisite engraving on the pistols, the custom tuning of the six-guns and the magnificent silver spots, conchas and buckle sets on the belt and holsters were provided by Conrad Anderson, Rocktree Ranch. The genuine pre-ban elephant ivory grips on the guns were hand crafted by Bob Leskovec, Precision Pro Grips, from Ivory donated by David Warther, of the Warther Museum in Dover, OH. Jim Lockwood of Legends in Leather crafted the hand-carved and Sterling silver mounted double holster rig in the Tex Ritter and Eddie Dean style. Ron Love made and donated the prop cartridges. All of these wonderful people and companies are enduring examples of that very special American spirit known as “the cowboy way.”

Renowned western entertainers Roy Rogers and Dale Evans spent a lifetime devoted to children and their support of children-at-risk is well documented. The Happy Trails Children’s Foundation is proud to carry on the work with abused children who were so important to Roy and Dale. However, we need your help!

As a result of our association with Roy and Dale, and the positive and wholesome family values and American Tradition they represented, the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation is the only known children’s charity in the country today that actively supports shooting sports, Second Amendment Rights and responsible gun ownership, and is in turn supported by generous contributions from shooters, collectors, organized shooting sports and the firearms industry! We are proud of this unique partnership!

Order your tickets today for this beautiful and unique museum quality one-of-a-kind cowboy collectible. Tickets are $10 each or 11 tickets for $100. The drawing will be held Saturday evening, December 15, 2012. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT TO WIN! The winner will be notified by phone. You may check our web site for the winner’s name, after the drawing.

The total proceeds of this drawing benefit the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation for abused children. The Happy Trails Children’s Foundation is a charitable non-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All donations are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. You may order tickets by phone (760) 240-3330 or online. American Express, Discover, MasterCard and VISA accepted. Or you may send your check to:

Happy Trails Children’s Foundation
Silver Screen Legend XV
10755 Apple Valley Road
Apple Valley, CA 92308
(760) 240-3330
www.happytrails.org

Participating in the contest is easy! Visit Ruger.com/Million to submit an essay (400 words or less) that shares your story of why you purchased a new Ruger firearm during the 1 Million Gun Challenge, and upload a photo of you with your new Ruger firearm. Entries are due before noon on March 6, 2012. Ruger will then choose eight finalists and post their essays and photos on the Ruger.com/Million website. America can start voting for their favorite finalist at noon on March 16th. The Grand Prize winner and a guest will travel to the 2012 NRA Annual Meeting on April 13-15 with an opportunity to join Ruger in presenting the final 1 Million Gun Challenge check to the NRA.

Don’t get chosen as a finalist? You can still win! 25 Second Prize winners will win a 1 Million Gun Challenge commemorative knife and coin kit.

To register and read the Official Rules, visit Ruger.com/Million. Like Ruger on Facebook.com/Ruger to learn more about the finalists and follow the competition.

This limited time offer of Buntlines will include Turnbull’s famous color case hardening on the frame, loading gate and hammer with the balance of the firearm charcoal blued.

To personalize this offer, customers can choose their barrel length (up to 16”) and three initials to be engraved on the back strap. The unique ladder sight on this revolver is only available from Turnbull Manufacturing Company. Priced at $1,650.00.

Turnbull Manufacturing Company is dedicated to the faithful and accurate restoration of vintage firearms. Over the past decade, they have expanded their business to include their own line of Colt-style single action revolvers and Winchester-style rifles as well as offering upgrades to modern and original guns. Fore more information, visit www.turnbullmfg.com.

Instead of waiting until after Thanksgiving, MidwayUSA will be offering special, one-day only deals for Customers to celebrate the traditional Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping days beginning Monday, November 21st through Monday, November 28th. Each day, Customers can take advantage of great deals on items like the always-popular Simmons Whitetail Classic Scope with Truplex Reticle, regular price $249.99, on sale for $94.99. The MidwayUSA Pro Series Tactical Rifle Cases will also be available half off at $34.99, and the Stealth Cam Rogue IR Digital 8.0 Megapixel Game Camera will be on sale for $69.99, regular price $139.99.

“This year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales offer nearly 100 different sale products for shooters, reloaders, gunsmiths and huntersj,” said Terry Roberts, Promotions Manager at MidwayUSA. “Thanks to the close relationships we have with our vendors, we’re able to offer our Customers some of the best products at our lowest prices ever.”

For more information about MidwayUSA, please visit www.midwayusa.com or call 1-800-243-3220.

He had assumed many of the major SASS business responsibilities for the past few years.  Coyote Calhoun was the SASS National Programs Director and Marketing Director.  He was a co-founder of the Shootout at Mule Camp, the first SASS Regional Championship, and, as a member of the Magnificent Seven, received the SASS Spirit Award in 1999.

Coyote began working for SASS in 1999, bringing consistency and enthusiasm to the SASS National Shooting Program.  He was part of the development of the SASS Range Operations Safety Courses and served on the SASS Range Operations Committee.  He was an outspoken advocate of the “B” Western shooting category.

In 2004, Coyote received the prestigious “Top Hand” award and was inducted into the Cowboy Action Shooting™ Hall of Fame in 2009.

Coyote’s enthusiasm, energy, and creativity have been vital to SASS and will surely be missed.  The Wild Bunch and SASS staff offer sincere condolences to the family.

Funeral arrangements are pending at this time, but will be announced as soon as available.

“MidwayUSA has been on YouTube for several years now, and I’m excited about our launch into Facebook and Twitter,” says Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA. “When we started the business, we’d communicate with our Customers through face-to-face conversations or over the phone, but with these new social media channels, we’ll be able to communicate, nearly instantly, more and better information and share some of the great things going on at MidwayUSA for our Customers.”

On the new Facebook page, followers will have access to:

• Exclusive promotions and special offers
• A “behind-the-scenes” look at what we’re filming for TV
• A look inside MidwayUSA – the business and the employees
• News about MidwayUSA’s Conservation and Shooting Industry support
• Opportunities to communicate with MidwayUSA and our community of Customers
• MidwayUSA will share this content through postings, videos and pictures.

In addition, Customers will be able to share their shooting, reloading, gunsmithing or hunting photos and stories with the company and other enthusiasts. MidwayUSA will also communicate exclusive promotions, special offers and product information to Twitter followers.

“At MidwayUSA, our number one goal is Customer Satisfaction, and our Facebook and Twitter launches will enable us to do a better job communicating with and engaging our Customers,” says Aaron Oelger, Vice President of Marketing. “Customers keep asking for more content – pictures, video and promotions – and these channels will help us provide this.”

For more information about MidwayUSA, please visit www.midwayusa.com or call 1-800-243-3220.

To find MidwayUSA on Facebook, please visit www.facebook.com/pages/MidwayUSA/182201421837454.
To follow MidwayUSA on Twitter, please visit www.twitter.com/midwayusa.
To find MidwayUSA on YouTube, please visit www.youtube.com/midwayusa.

This announcement runs in tandem with Action Target being named the official target manufacturer for the world’s largest Cowboy Action Shooting competition, End of Trail. SASS and Action Target have been working together for many years. Action Targets have been used with increasing frequency at regional, state and club Cowboy Action Shooting matches. They have also been the preferred choice for various other CAS events.

This prompted Action Target to work with SASS World Champion Evil Roy (aka: Gene Pearcey) to develop the industry’s most portable, economical, durable and independently reviewed steel target, the Evil Roy Practice Target. The Evil Roy target has been through some of the most grueling and comprehensive torture tests, but it performs each and every time. It is because of this reliability the SASS has chosen Action Targets for its Founders Ranch events.

“When World Championships are on the line only the best will do and Action Target is the best.” commented Coyote Calhoun (aka: Lamar Shelnutt) Marketing Director of SASS and Co-Match Director of END of TRAIL.

SASS’ newest shooting sport Wild Bunch Action Shooting®, with costuming and firearms based on the period just after the turn of the 20th century, depicted by the 1969 Sam Peckinpah’s movie “The Wild Bunch” will use the more extensive line of reactive Action Targets. The sport employs the use of a 1911 pistol rather than single action revolvers, SASS legal pump shotguns and lever action rifles. All pistols and rifles used in Wild Bunch Action Shooting require 40-to-45 caliber ammunition.

For more information on SASS®, the End of Trail®, Cowboy Action Shooting® or Wild Bunch Action Shooting®, please contact Lamar “Coyote Calhoun” Shelnutt or Misty “Misty Moonshine” Miller at (505) 843-1320. For more information on Action Target’s line of Cowboy Action Shooting Targets, their variety of Portable Steel Targets, or their full line of products and services visit their website, www.actiontarget.com. To purchase Action Target products for drop shipment direct to your U.S. range or facility, shop online at www.shopactiontarget.com or visit the SASS Mercantile at www.sassnet.com/mercantile.

Top Overall Winners Randi Rogers and Spencer Hoglund

FOUNDERS RANCH, EDGEWOOD, NM. The 30th annual END of TRAIL World Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting and Wild West Jubilee was held June 19-26, 2011. END of TRAIL remains the Granddaddy of all Cowboy Action Shooting™ events. This year END of TRAIL offered 32 Cowboy Action Shooting™ categories in which World Championships were contested.

Taking Top Overall honors to claim his third Overall Cowboy Action Shooting™ World Title was Spencer Hoglund aka Lead Dispencer, SASS #27115, from Chatsworth, California. Lead Dispencer hadn’t made it to END of TRAIL in several years, and he certainly made the best of his visit this year finishing 57 rank points ahead of his nearest competitor. Randi Rogers aka Holy Terror, SASS #15362, from Smyrna, Georgia finished as Top Lady and seventh place overall, winning the Cowgirl Category for her astonishing ninth World Championship in ten years! Holy Terror shoots on the Glock Team but has her shooting roots firmly planted in Cowboy Action Shooting™.

Other Category winners were:

Buckarette – Sweet Sister Kit, SASS #79916, from Arkansas,
Buckaroo – Olin Winchester, SASS #83099, from Georgia (Olin also placed in the top 50 Overall!),
Junior Girl – Slick’s Sharp Shooter, SASS #77967, from Georgia,
Junior – Jersey Town Kid, SASS #88434, from Pennsylvania,
Cowboy – Lead Dispencer, SASS# 27115, from California
Cowgirl – Holy Terror, SASS# 15362, From Georgia
Lady Wrangler – SASS #59089, from Tennessee,
Wrangler – James Samuel Pike, SASS #53331, from Connecticut,
Lady 49′er – Stormy Shooter, SASS #57333, from Arizona,
49′er – Long Hunter, SASS #20389, from Texas,
Lady Senior – Lefty Joe, SASS #18830, from Colorado,
Senior – Hells Comin, SASS #56436, from Arizona,
Lady Silver Senior – Two Sons, SASS #12636, from Indiana,
Silver Senior – Tex Fiddler, SASS #10127, from California,
Grand Dame – Ramblin’ Rose, SASS #2811, from Colorado,
Elder Statesman – Rosita Gambler, SASS #41377, from Colorado,
Lady Gunfighter – Rocky Meadows, SASS #18501, from Texas,
Gunfighter – Max Montana, SASS #23907, from Indiana,
Senior Gunfighter – Cripple Creek Kid, SASS #10614, from Ohio,
Lady Duelist – Dixie Bell, SASS #5366, from Utah,
Duelist – Risin’ Outlaw, SASS #64767, from South Carolina,
Senior Duelist – J.M. Brown, SASS #27309, from North Carolina,
Frontiersman – Split Rail, SASS #24707, from Ohio,
Lady Frontier Cartridge – Honey B. Quick, SASS #47009, from Ohio,
Frontier Cartridge – Silver City Rebel, SASS #38607, from Georgia,
Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter – Jess Ducky, SASS #4275, from Washington,
Lady Frontier Cartridge Duelist – Mist Chance, SASS #1539, from Arizona,
Frontier Cartridge Duelist – Billy Boots, SASS #20282, from Texas,
Classic Cowgirl – Half-a-Hand Henri, SASS #9727, from New Mexico,
Classic Cowboy – Dragon Hill Dave, SASS #59561, from Texas,
Lady B-Western – Louisiana Lady, SASS #34986, from Louisiana,
B-Western – Slick McClade, SASS #69490, from Louisiana,

Cowboy Action Shooting™ still remains the fastest growing of all shooting sports. With well over 90,000 members in the Single Action Shooting Society the sport has something to offer men, women, and juniors shooters of all ages. There are now over 600 clubs world wide in which to participate. Go to www.sassnet.com to find one near you.

From left: Chance Koch, Heather Kresser, Terri Galpin and Jim Finch

FOUNDERS RANCH, EDGEWOOD, NM. The 3rd annual World Championship of Wild Bunch Action Shooting® shook things up during the 30th annual End of Trail. The Single Action Shooting Society send its congratulations to the World Champions outlined below.

Chance Koch, aka Last Chance Morales, SASS# 67180 of Redmond, Oregon proved his grit at the age of 17 during End of Trail, earning his World Champion finish shooting in the Wild Bunch Modern category. Chance began shooting Cowboy Action Shooting at the age of 12 and has been shooting Wild Bunch since its inception. Armed with a 1911 STI by PARA Ordinance, an 1873 Winchester Rifle by Navy Arms, and an 1897 Winchester Pump Shotgun, Chance over took the legendary Evil Roy to claim his first World Championship title and become the Top Overall finisher.

Jim Finch, aka Long Hunter, SASS# 20389 of Amarillo, TX earned his World Champion finish shooting in the Wild Bunch Traditional category at End of Trail. SASS Wild Bunch and Cowboy Action Shooter Long Hunter headed into the final stage of shooting with an astounding 22.23 seconds lead from his closest competitor, despite the strong competition from the lineup of international shooters. Long Hunter took stage 12 in 39.05 seconds, resulting in a phenomenal rank points win. Long Hunter put in an impressive performance at End of Trail, later in the week also claiming a World Champion 49er title in the World Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting. The SASS Wild Bunch PARA 1911 was the handgun of choice for Long Hunter as he put in an impressive performance at End of Trail, along with a 1873 Winchester Rifle, and a 1897 Winchester Pump Shotgun.

Terri Galpin, aka Texas Tiger, SASS# 74829 of Tijeras, NM earned her World Champion finish shooting in the Wild Bunch Ladies Traditional category at End of Trail. SASS Wild Bunch and Cowboy Action Shooter Texas Tiger maintained an impressive lead throughout the match, finishing an astounding 362 rank points ahead of her competition. Going on to also place 3rd in the Ladies Wrangler Category in the World Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting, Texas Tiger is true competitor and performer in shooting sports.

Heather Kresser, aka Half-A-Hand Henri, SASS# 9727 of Magdalena, NM took home the World Champion Wild Bunch Ladies Modern title this year at End of Trail. A proven winner and competitor in Wild Bunch and Cowboy Action Shooting, Half-A-Hand Henri beat out the competition by a staggering 172 rank points in the World Championship of Wild Bunch Action Shooting. She also later in the week went on to claim an additional trophy as the World Champion Classic Cowgirl in the World Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting.

The 3rd annual World Championship of Wild Bunch Action Shooting® was held in conjunction with the 30th World Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting and SASS Mounted Shooting at Founders Ranch in Edgewood, NM.

Wild Bunch Action Shooting®, quickly gaining in popularity, continues to pick up speed and is regarded as the “Hottest Game” around. A combination of SASS Cowboy Action Shooting and Action Shooting with 1911 Pistols, the sport uses 1911 Pistols, Lever Action Rifles, and 1897 Pump Shotguns. Range set-up is comparable to a normal Cowboy Action Shooting Match. SASS Wild Bunch Action Shooting® is now sanctioning matches around the country.

For more information about the Single Action Shooting Society, visit www.sassnet.com

“For years, customers have told us, ‘I sure wish you had ammo,’ well, we listened. We are offering the highest quality product at competitive prices, all backed by the high level of service Brownells customers have come to expect,” said company President Pete Brownell.

Competitive retail pricing plus the qualifying Brownells dealer discount, quick shipping, and Brownells exclusive 100% guarantee and free expert tech help all still apply. Customers can load up all the goodies they need for their latest gun project, add ammo, and get it all conveniently shipped to their front door. Brownells exclusive 100% guarantee applies to all purchases so customers can rest easy knowing that they can return anything they’re not happy with – no questions, no hassles.

Brownells exclusive Ammo Advisor™ is another industry first. The new tool makes shopping for ammunition online quick and easy. New shooters can use the Ammo Advisor™ to help them figure out which ammo is right for each application. Experienced shooters can use it to help them see options they might not have considered. Use any or all of the fields and the Ammo Advisor™ filters the selection based on the shopper’s criteria. The selection fields are populated with all the top brands in the calibers shooters use most. Of course, customers can always just head straight for their favorite brands without going through the Ammo Advisor™.

“65% of Brownells customers shoot more than 25 times per year, citing activities ranging from plinking to big game and varmint hunting. We are taking the ammo shopping experience to the next level by offering customers a tool that is user-friendly. It makes shopping for ammo quick, fun, easy and convenient,” continued Brownell.

Everything you need to build, customize and now shoot firearms is available at brownells.com.

At Brownells everything is guaranteed, period! …Forever, 100%, with no restocking fees. Founded in 1939, the company supplies more than 35,000 firearms parts, accessories, gunsmithing tools and ammunition to armorers, gunsmiths, and shooters worldwide. Brownells provides free tech help and there’s no minimum to order or small order fees. To place an order, or for more information, call 800-741-0015 or visit www.brownells.com and mention code PHR.