Pancho: very nice photo album, thanks for posting. Nice chuckwagon.

Congrats to all the class winners at the SW NCOWS Shoot this weekend. I had a great time and ate some good food too. Hiram's Rangers were well represented at the Shoot. The members of the Texas Tenhorns worked hard to make this a successful Shoot. I'm looking forward to attended next year.

First class shoot. Had a great time and shot very badly! LOL! Guess it was to be expected since I was shooting two new pistols in Pistoleer that I had never fired before, in a leather rig I'd never worn before and shooting a Spencer Carbine to boot. But I had a ball! Well done, Ten Horns! Cudos!

Preacher Clint

Thanks for posting the good photos. Pancho. You got some very good shots!

Jed Cooper lived in Houston for about 7 years when he was a kid and he lived in Tennessee for a while too. I don't consider him a Yankee. He has a southern twang in his voice.

Tascosa Joe, I enjoyed meeting you and the Mrs. at the Shoot. I had a great time as well. I'll be glad when my back ailments are over with and I can shoot again. I think the guys from Indiana will be back next year.

Fourteen hours and 800+ miles each way.  Jeff and I would do it again for that amount of fun.  What a very well done event!
The rest of the "States" surely missed a terrific time.  Thanks again for the hospitality and great time.  Tascosa, you and Traveller were a pleasure to shoot with.  Come visit us at Johnson County Rangers.  Larry, Pancho, Cole:  don't want to leave you all out either.  It was a pleasure.

See you at the Convention or National Shoot, and NEXT TIME at Gone To Texas 2010.

I'm glad I got to meet Cole, Pancho, Lethal Larry, Frisco Bank, and last but not least, The Cockroach Kid. It makes me proud to be a member of the Tenhorns. You folks made a new member feel welcome, even though I did not participate.

T-Joe, was good to put a name and face together. Had a great time on your posse. Was good to shoot on posse 1 even if we did have to put up with Jeff Farmer.    Was good to meet a future Hiram's Ranger. W. H. Violett we will induct you at the NCOWS National 2010. You all really made an ole Kentucky Hill's boy welcome. See you at the National. Tj

kflach, was good to meet you and your family. Did all I could do to stress the need for a rilfe. Hope Santa makes a stop at your home. See you down the trail. Tj   Jim "Texas Jack" Stephens

An interesting paradox:

Peevine won the derringer side match with my derringer.

I won the long range lever rifle match with Peevine's rifle.

Also, my son Trevor wants to thank everybody for their "friendliness" as he likes to say.  It brings my heart great joy to see him enjoy these events.  He is only 6, and is wanting to join me at every shoot I go to.  This event really 'lit the spark' in him.  We picked him up a pair of spurs from Old Scyene because he thought "it'd make him shoot better".  He hit 8 out of 10 rifle targets, but wants to hit all 10.  I'm sure the spurs will help that happen.

(For those of you not at the match, Trevor attends matches, but does not compete.  He picks brass and takes pictures.  If he behaves he gets to shoot his Winchester .22 at the end of the competition.)



BTW:  After devouring 2 plates of Ervin's Chuckwagon cowboy breakfast, we decided on a cowboy alias for Trevor:  "Biscuit"

As has been posted already, it was good to put faces to names at this match. I hope to be able to make it to the nationals next June. I am glad that folks had a good time and want to invite yall back any time. Hopefully everyone had a safe trip back home. If any of you have suggestions to improve our shoot for next time please feel free to contact either Cole or myself with your comments. We want everyone to have a good time and "get their money's worth" at our shoots.
LL

Thank you Tascosa Joe, I look forward to coming to the range for more fun and fellowship at the range.