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Jun 24 2006

Match Scores, June 24, 2006 (Part 2)

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OCOEE RANGERS

SCORES & RANKING – June 24, 2006 – Sorted By Class

Alias CL S-1 MS1 R-1 S-2 MS2 R-2 S-3 MS3 R-3 S-4 MS4 R-4 S-5 MS5 R-5 OS OR OT Tmis CS Stgs
Marshal Too Tall 49er 17.1 1 5 22.46 0 2 58.19 2 7 30.66 1 10 31.25 1 13 37 3 159.66 5 1 5
Double Eagle 49er 16.88 0 4 31.52 1 15 67.58 4 12 31.78 1 11 29.67 0 7 49 8 177.43 6 2 5
Festus D. Deputy 49er 17.33 0 7 24.58 0 4 67.65 1 13 27.08 0 6 39.11 0 33 63 11 175.75 1 4 5
Calibre .45 49er 43.55 0 35 50.65 2 53 86.03 2 32 49.94 0 50 38.49 0 31 201 45 268.66 4 3 5
Tellico 49er 47.99 1 43 41.89 0 34 99.5 3 40 44.48 0 40 43.44 0 45 202 46 277.3 4 3 5
Long Gulch 49er 37.11 0 26 45.07 1 46 99.11 2 39 53.24 2 53 46.47 0 49 213 49 281 5 2 5
TN Smoke 49er 74.02 1 59 64.71 0 58 137.47 3 59 69.07 1 58 85.29 3 64 298 59 430.56 8 1 5
Peck 49er 89.62 3 63 67.84 1 60 137.97 2 60 86.56 0 64 65.89 1 60 307 62 447.88 7 1 5
L.D. Pondscum BPC 32.95 1 19 25.78 0 5 69.14 2 15 33.83 0 16 38.69 1 32 87 17 200.39 4 2 5
Hombre Sin Nombre BPC 40.95 0 32 45.71 1 47 112.28 3 49 43.08 0 34 39.58 0 34 196 42 281.6 4 3 5
Catoosa Kid BPC 48.59 3 44 35.81 0 23 121.5 3 56 40.18 0 28 46.09 1 46 197 43 292.17 7 2 4
T-Bone Angus BW 23.97 0 10 28.93 0 12 74.88 2 19 32.02 0 12 38.48 1 30 83 15 198.28 3 3 5
Lightning McCoy CL 26.61 0 12 35.94 0 24 64.22 0 11 33.45 0 15 31.25 0 13 75 14 191.47 0 5 5
Bittercreek Jack CL 44.07 1 36 46.06 2 48 112.25 4 48 43.73 1 36 47.19 1 50 218 50 293.3 9 0 5
Horseshoe John D 39.12 1 29 34.43 0 21 71.55 3 17 35.53 0 20 31.72 0 18 105 19 212.35 4 3 5
Tucson Tuco D 56.61 3 48 29.95 0 13 106.03 2 45 36.19 0 21 31.12 0 12 139 24 259.9 5 3 5
Judge’m All Duncan D 42.15 3 34 44.89 0 45 80.35 3 24 40.66 0 30 32.27 0 21 154 27 240.32 6 3 5
TN Ted D 40.84 0 31 40.29 0 28 77.3 1 22 42.17 1 33 57.95 1 55 169 32 258.55 3 2 5
Tinker Chapley D 46.4 1 41 44.34 1 42 82.28 2 26 50.24 1 51 51.84 1 51 211 48 275.1 6 0 5
Owlhoot Hardin D 66.07 0 54 48.57 1 51 84.85 2 29 59.24 0 55 40.58 0 37 226 52 299.31 3 3 5
Tar Heel D 57.17 1 49 48.1 1 50 112.59 3 50 47.19 0 47 42.79 0 44 240 54 307.84 5 2 5
Boondock Saint D 82.71 4 61 59.9 1 56 95.11 2 37 60.78 1 56 60.6 0 58 268 55 359.1 8 1 5
Makers Mark D 63.2 3 53 55.92 2 55 133.66 3 58 56.56 2 54 54.18 2 54 274 56 363.52 12 0 5
Fearless Dave D 73.64 4 58 47.47 1 49 114.64 3 52 71.63 5 59 71.4 3 62 280 57 378.78 16 0 5
Carolina Gem F 16.04 0 2 28.23 0 11 78.6 2 23 27.21 0 7 30.77 0 11 54 9 180.85 2 4 5
Emerald Isle F 45.35 1 38 33.74 0 19 114.98 7 53 39.18 0 27 46.38 2 48 185 36 279.63 10 2 5
Last Kiss F 46.54 1 42 37.81 1 26 89.47 5 35 45.51 0 43 42.5 0 43 189 38 261.83 7 2 5
Donsie Darlin’ F 104.71 6 64 91.24 6 65 144.08 7 61 77.6 3 61 58.96 0 56 307 63 476.59 22 1 5
Doc Duncan GF 15.01 0 1 32.18 2 17 46.79 1 2 22.53 0 3 29.94 0 9 32 2 146.45 3 3 5
Pleasant GF 17.15 0 6 26.59 0 8 49.55 0 3 24.47 0 4 31.97 0 19 40 5 149.73 0 5 5
Widowmaker GF 39.92 2 30 26.55 0 7 84.37 6 28 30.24 1 9 31.35 0 15 89 18 212.43 9 2 5
Keystone GF 29.9 0 15 40.75 2 29 86.75 3 33 32.86 0 13 33.91 0 23 113 21 224.17 5 3 5
Fast Harley GF 29.18 0 13 43.04 1 38 91.55 3 36 41.75 1 32 38.47 0 29 148 25 243.99 5 2 5
Pyro GF 56.5 4 47 44.39 3 43 56.05 1 5 48.71 3 49 60.49 5 57 201 44 266.14 16 0 5
Deadeye Drew Jr 72.74 2 57 72.12 0 61 144.29 7 62 67.04 2 57 52.49 0 52 289 58 408.68 11 2 5
TN Snuffy M 33.4 1 20 24.07 0 3 52.59 1 4 33.96 0 17 26.85 0 2 46 6 170.87 2 3 5
Limpalong Charlie M 35.77 0 24 34.98 0 22 75.22 2 20 45.57 2 44 37.94 1 27 137 23 229.48 5 2 5
Sundance McNeyman M 45.5 0 39 42.45 1 37 100 3 41 44.17 1 38 42.17 0 41 196 41 274.29 5 2 5
Curly Bill O 33.71 1 21 44.24 2 40 85.71 6 31 32.98 0 14 28.43 0 5 111 20 225.07 9 2 5
Loose Cinch O 57.32 4 50 39.63 1 27 73.57 0 18 38.28 2 23 42.36 1 42 160 30 251.16 8 1 5
TN Tombstone O 52.63 4 46 44.22 2 39 68.68 2 14 48.68 1 48 41.18 0 39 186 37 255.39 9 1 5
Kenesaw O 41.57 1 33 65.76 5 59 107.61 4 46 44.47 2 39 31.43 0 16 193 40 290.84 12 1 5
Cactus Red O 62.47 4 52 41.04 1 32 112.13 5 47 44.83 2 42 53.65 2 53 226 53 314.12 14 0 2
Mr. Pistol Sr 30.49 0 16 26.01 0 6 63.63 1 10 38.71 0 26 29.8 0 8 66 12 188.64 1 4 5
Wildcat Wilkey Sr 38.47 1 27 40.86 1 30 84.91 1 30 38.63 0 25 41.28 1 40 152 26 244.15 4 1 5
Outrider Sr 38.96 0 28 41.02 0 31 95.8 6 38 44.82 2 41 31.66 0 17 155 28 252.26 8 3 5
Rev Adam Jones Sr 31.48 1 18 44.46 0 44 113.96 5 51 34.8 0 19 36.05 0 25 157 29 260.75 6 3 5
Tin Pot Sr 34.53 1 23 50.47 1 52 80.93 2 25 44.14 0 37 36.8 0 26 163 31 246.87 4 2 5
Purly Sr 33.8 1 22 44.32 2 41 115.5 1 54 40.53 0 29 35.42 0 24 170 33 269.57 4 2 5
Badeye Tom Sr 45.99 1 40 42.17 0 36 101.93 2 42 45.86 0 45 46.18 0 47 210 47 282.13 3 3 5
TN Hawk Sr 71.38 0 56 41.39 1 33 102.34 5 43 52.28 1 52 40.24 0 35 219 51 307.63 7 2 5
Ben Shot Sr 67.5 1 55 81.97 1 64 159.14 4 64 73.86 0 60 68.91 1 61 304 60 451.38 7 1 5
Huckleberry Don Sr 87.97 3 62 73.35 0 62 163.91 6 65 82.58 4 63 65.02 0 59 311 64 472.83 13 2 5
Cochise Sr 79.04 1 60 74.37 4 63 153.83 2 63 90.19 2 65 89.77 6 65 316 65 487.2 15 0 5
Diamondback Dennis T 25.03 1 11 19.12 0 1 58.66 3 8 20.98 0 2 20.58 0 1 23 1 144.37 4 3 5
Dustin Clays T 16.42 0 3 31.35 0 14 57.82 0 6 28.53 0 8 28.76 0 6 37 4 162.88 0 5 5
Unpleasant T 29.27 1 14 27.14 1 9 41.52 0 1 18.96 0 1 33.3 2 22 47 7 150.19 4 2 5
Fiddleback T 23.56 0 9 27.36 0 10 87.52 5 34 26.2 0 5 27.83 0 4 62 10 192.47 5 4 5
Slater T 30.68 1 17 31.93 2 16 63 2 9 34.68 2 18 30.1 0 10 70 13 190.39 7 1 5
Barn Scoop T 22.66 0 8 42.04 3 35 69.32 4 16 38.48 1 24 27.07 0 3 86 16 199.57 8 2 5
Moonshine Roberts T 44.97 3 37 34.03 0 20 76.04 1 21 41.46 1 31 32.06 0 20 129 22 228.56 5 2 5
Grey Rider T 60.47 4 51 32.74 0 18 116.91 6 55 37.59 0 22 38.35 0 28 174 34 286.06 10 3 5
Yankee Dutchman T 49.34 1 45 36.39 0 25 102.81 3 44 43.46 0 35 40.5 0 36 185 35 272.5 4 3 5
Deadman T 36.47 0 25 53.46 1 54 82.84 0 27 45.92 0 46 40.72 0 38 190 39 259.41 1 4 5
Top Dollar Bill T 120.38 6 65 60.35 0 57 123.45 5 57 80.2 3 62 74.61 3 63 304 61 458.99 17 1 5

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Overall Score = The total of Rank of all stages    Overall Rank = The ranking of shooters by overall score  Overall Time = The sum of scores of stages       Misses = Total shots missed on all stages     Total Stages = Number of stages with no recorded missed shots  Red type indicates a clean match (In the event of ties in Overall Score, the tied shooter with the lowest Overall Time is ranked higher)

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Jun 15 2006

The Ocoee Ranger, June 2006

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Volume 4, Issue No. 6                                      June,  2006

STAGE 3 CHALLENGED JUNE SHOOTERS

The Ocoee Ranger, June 2006

Lightning McCoy squints down the barrel of his ’73 Winchester, while the Rev. Adam Jones is on deck at the loading table.

The June Shoot was a humdinger.  There was a bad guy hiding behind a barrel, and folks who got him with rifle and pistol received bonus points.  And we shot Double Hop Skip Nevada sweeps with rifle and pistols.  And then there was stage 3. 

Somebody said, when they 1st saw Stage 3, “Let’s hang T-Bone!” But ol’ Horseshoe John sorta smiled, cause he wrote Stage 3, not T-Bone. On Stage 3, cowfolk shot rifle targets, and 3 were way out there.  And then they shot pistol targets on a stationary Texas star.  And the shotgun targets?  Well, they were, fun and challenging. 

Falling cowboy targets tossed clay pigeons into the air.  And galloping rabbits thundered across the range, to the sounds of shotgun booms and many shooters saying, “Oh shucks,” or something about like that. And then clay birds flushed from behind and headed for the woods, flying straight away.  Of course Dustin Clays thought it was great dustin’ them clays. Carolina Gem, Marshal Too Tall, and several of their compadres were just ready to get on to next stage, which they considered more civilized.

65 cowgirl and cowboy shooters participated in the match. When it was over, Diamondback Dennis rode away as the Top Gun.  The sparkle of his eye, Carolina Gem, was the Top Cowgirl Shooter.  The Top 10 Shooters were: (1) Diamondback Dennis (2) Doc Duncan (3) Marshal Too Tall (4) Dustin Clays (5) Pleasant (6) Tennessee Snuffy (7) Unpleasant (8) Double Eagle (9) Carolina Gem and (10) Fiddleback.  3 cowboys shot matches with no misses:  Lightning McCoy, Dustin Clays and Pleasant.

The Ocoee Ranger, June 2006

Deadeye Drew

The Ocoee Ranger, June 2006

Tucson Tuco – Stage 3 Rabbit Launcher.

SHOOTING RESULTS

Top Gun – Diamondback Dennis Top Cowgirl – Carolina Gem

Buffalo Shoot:

Ø      Long Range Lever Action – Marshal Too Tall Ø      Long Range Single Shot – Marshal Too Tall Ø      .22 Cal. – Outrider Ø      100 Yard Pistol – Sundance McNeyman

Traditional

1. Diamondback Dennis             

2. Dustin Clays

3. Unpleasant

Cowgirl

1. Carolina Gem

2. Emerald Isle

3. Last Kiss

49er

1. Marshal Too Tall

2. Double Eagle

3. Festus D. Deputy

Duelist

1. Horseshoe John

2. Tucson Tuco

3. Judge’m All Duncan

Senior

1. Mr. Pistol

2. Wildcat Wilkey

3. Outrider

Gunfighter

1. Doc Duncan

2. Pleasant

3. Widowmaker

Outlaw

1. Curly Bill

2. Loose Cinch

3. TN Tombstone

Black Powder

1. L.D. Pondscum

2. Hombre Sin Nombre

Modern

1. TN Snuffy

2. Limpalong Charlie

Classic

1. Lightning McCoy

UNPLEASANT PLACES 4TH IN FIELD OF 182 SHOOTERS
AT MISSISSIPPI STATE CAS CHAMPIONSHIP

The Ocoee Ranger, June 2006

Unpleasant

In May, the York family shooters journeyed west to shoot in the Smokin’ Guns At Rabbit Ridge, the Mississippi State CAS Championship.  In a field of 182 shooters, Unpleasant placed 4th overall and 1st in the Traditional category.  Ol’ dad, Pleasant, placed 28th overall and 2nd in the Gunfighter class. Pyro placed 43rd overall and 4th among Gunfighters. Cool Waters also shot in the match,  He placed 17th overall and 3rd in the 49er category.

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The Reel West, The Real West And The West Of Our Imagination

THE REEL WEST  –  JANE RUSSELL

The Ocoee Ranger, June 2006

Jane Russell as Rio

Jane Russell was born in Minnesota in 1921, but in the early 1930’s, she and her family went west to California, home of movie stars and Western movies. In 1940, Jane was “discovered” by aviator and movie producer Howard Hughes. Those were the days before Howard went nuts. He gave Jane a 7-year contract to work for his studios, and he set out to make her a star in his 1st film Western called The Outlaw.  The movie was supposed to have starred Jack Buetell as Billy the Kid, with Jane in a supporting role as Rio.  Actually, the film starred Jane’s cleavage, which from a sexist’s viewpoint was the movie’s only attribute.  Shucks, Howard, the designer of fast airplanes, had a special bra designed for Jane to make sure the camera shots portrayed her cleavage at her best. But when the movie was finished, the censors wouldn’t let Howard release the film. It was too provocative then. The film wasn’t released until years after it’s 1941 production. Jane was in several other movies before her stunning performance in The Outlaw was seen by the movie going public.

During her career, Jane made a number of movies, and some of them, in addition to The Outlaw, were westerns.  In Montana Belle, she starred as Belle Starr.  And she was in 2 sorta comic westerns, Paleface and Son of Paleface with Bob Hope, 1 of which also had Roy Rogers and Trigger in it. But her best Western movie was The Tall Men, with Clark Gable. In the 1970’s, Jane was a frequent commercial gal for Playtex in their bra commercials on TV.  She advertised the “full figured bra”, which in her case was appropriate.  That was back in the days when gals modeling bras on TV wore them over a tight sweater, not out in the open like they do now.

These days, Jane’s retired. But she still appears in movies on DVD and on TV.  If you haven’t seen The Tall Men, take a look the next time it’s on TV.  This ol’ wordscratcher’s  anxiously waiting for it to come out on DVD.  It’s a good western.

THE WEST OF OUR IMAGINATION – MARSHAL TOO TALL

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Marshal Too Tall

Marshal Too Tall started cowboy shooting back in the days when our core shooters shot at Guns & Stuff. “Awful Close got me started. I’d heard about it, but I couldn’t see me dressing cowboy. But I went, and I got hooked.” Back then, he wasn’t Marshal Too Tall.  “I started as Too Tall, because I thought it was humorous.  But when I went to join SASS, they already had a Too Tall.  So, I became Gravemaker.  But people kept calling me Too Tall, because they thought it was funny. 1 day I looked at my badge that I’d bought at a gun show. It said Marshal, with 1 L. So, I changed my alias to Marshal Too Tall. People are always putting 2 L’s on Marshal.”

“Back then, we shot the Buffalo Shoot on a range that was only about 30 yards long.  Tellico shot his .45-70 Sharps, and it was so close that he always tore the target up. So, we started making him shoot last.”

When he started shooting, Marshal Too Tall shot .45’s. “But I have small hands, and they were too big for me.  So, I got some new guns to shoot .38’s, but they were still not comfortable in my hands. I finally tried reproduction Lightnings in .38 Colt, and they feltgood in my hands.  So, I bought 4 of ‘em, so I’d have a spare. I shoot .38 Specials in my ’73 Winchester.”

Who’s his favorite movie cowboy?  “Tom Selleck.  I’ve just always liked Quiggley Down Under and his other stuff.”

 
THE REAL WEST – MATTIE “SILKS” THOMSON READY
(1846 – 1929)

The Ocoee Ranger, June 2006

Mattie “Silks”, Queen of Denver’s Red Light District

Mattie “Silks”, her birth name unknown, was born in 1846 in either Indiana or Kansas on a farm.  But she wasn’t content milking cows, feeding chickens and such. So she left home and became an entrepreneur, a very successful businesswoman running brothels in lots of places.  Places like Georgetown and Leadville and Denver, Co. and Alaska, and other places.  She supposedly never was a prostitute herself, but that ain’t likely.  How would a naive little farm gal learn the business, unless she started on the bottom level, pardon the pun.  But she became “Queen of the Red Light District” in Denver. Interviewed by a reporter years later, Mattie candidly told why she got into the business.  “I went into the sporting life for business reasons and no other.  It was a way for a woman in those days to make money, and I made it. I considered myself then, and I do now, as a businesswoman.  I operated the best house in town, and I had as my clients the most important men in the west.”

Mattie was colorful in her dress and in her life.  Supposedly, she fought a duel in 1877 with another sporting lady, Katie Fulton, over the affections of her lover, Cortez “Cort” Thomson.

The legend is that both Mattie and Katie were topless when they fought their duel, with pistols.  Both missed their targets, but Mattie’s bullet nicked Cort, who was evidently dumb enough to be down range. Mattie married Cort in 1884, after his wife died. Cort’s only contribution to unwedded or wedded bliss was to spend Mattie’s money.  He died years later, and Mattie gave him an expensive funeral and burial. Shucks, he spent her money right up to the end, which included paying the feller to throw the last shovel full of dirt on his grave.  When she was 77 years old, Mattie married her bouncer, “Handsome” Jack Ready, who was several years younger than she was.

Times change, people age, and financial success creeps away.  Prostitution was outlawed, and Mattie’s business ended. A woman who at one time was one of Denver’s richest citizens, Mattie died leaving an estate of only about $4,000. “Handsome” Jack  buried her next to good ol’ worthless Cort. 

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DON’T FORGET TO SUPPORT THE VENDORS WHO SPONSORED OUR 2005 ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOOT AND FAMILY EVENT

Hey cowboys and cowgirls!  Please remember the following Ocoee Ranger friends when you buy or order cowboy related or other items for yourself of others.  These folks very generously helped us conduct our 2005 Christmas Shoot and Family Event.  They donated the gifts that were awarded as prizes.  So, please remember them and help our friends.  If you order from them, please send a personal “Thank You” note or comment, thanking them for their help in making our 2005 Christmas Shoot and Family Event a success.

Brownells, Inc.

200 South Front Street, Montezuma, Iowa 50171-1000

800-741-0015

www.brownells.com

Gun parts, cleaning stuff, cowboy gun leather, etc.

Red River Station

Route 1 box 26M,

Devol, Oklahoma 73531

red_river_station@excite.com

580-512-0584

Wild Rags Cotton or Silk

Henry Repeating Arms Co.

110 8th Street

Brooklyn, New York 11215

www.henry-guns.com

American made firearms

Sharpco Distributors

434 Riverbriar Lane

Kodak, TN 37764

(865)933-9387

Knives, cowboy buckles, cowboy movies, etc.

Ten-X Ammunition

5650 Arrow Hwy.

Montclair, CA 91763

Richard Pumerantz

(Owner SASS Life 20466)

www.TenXAmmo.com      

or Orders@TenXAmmo.com

Early West P.O. Box 9292 College Station, TX 77842 800-245-5841 979-764-7758 FAX

earlywest@verizon.net

Books – Western History & other West Related

Steven H. Maddock

Apishapa Studio

9 Holiday Drive

Tijeras, NM  87059

(505)286-9763

email: sawe21@hotmail.com

apishapa.com

Western Art Sculptures

West Creation

7916 FM 1241

Hamilton, TX 76531-3129

www.westcreations.com

email: westcreation@htcomp.net

Cowboy kitchen silverware, dinnerware, glass ware  and other western related products

Reflection of the Past

Judy & Melissa Jurgensen

2278 Harrods Pointe Trace

Lexington, KY  40514

www.ReflectionsOfThePast.org

Judy@ReflectionsOfThePast.org

Victorian ladies jewelry, hats & costumes

Buckaroo Bobbins

P.O. Box 1168

Chino Valley, AZ  86323-1168

www.buckaroobobbins.com

Authentic Vintage Western Clothing Patterns

FMG Publications

12345 World Trade Drive

San Diego, CA  92128

Publishers of these magazines:

    American Handgunner

    Guns

True West

P.O. Box 8008

Cave Creek, Arizona 85327

(408)575-1881

www.TRUEWESTMAGAZINE.COM

True West magazine

Benton Shooters

Highway 411

Benton, TN  37307

(423) 338-2008

www.Bentonshooters.com

Guns, hunting, fishing – all sporting equipment

Hamilton Dry Goods

4075 Roberts Matthews Hwy.

Sparta, TN 38583

(931) 739-6061

www.hamiltondrygoods.com

email: hamiltondrygoods@miltipro.com

Cowboy & Civil War Period Clothing and Merchandise

Saddlebag Bullets  (Cool Waters)

Bullets, reloading & gun cleaning supplies

Outrider  

Leathergoods

Wild West Wicks

11011 Desert Springs

Houston, TX 77095

281-851-0234 phone

info@wildwestwicks.com email

www.wildwestwicks.com

Candles with western scents

River Bend Rough Riders Cowboy Action Shooting Club

Canton, GA area

Contact:  Sheriff Donald  (770) 607-0794

sheriffdonald@hotmail.com

Terry’s Toys

Cowboy guns

 

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May 27 2006

Match Scores, May 27, 2006

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OCOEE RANGERS

SCORES & RANKING – May 27, 2006

Alias CL S-1 MS1 R-1 S-2 MS2 R-2 S-3 MS3 R-3 S-4 MS4 R-4 S-5 MS5 R-5 OS OR OT Tmis CS Stgs
Diamondback Dennis T 29.82 1 2 25.62 0 1 18.91 0 1 29.19 1 3 25.48 0 1 8 1 129.02 2 3 5
Festus D. Deputy 49er 29.08 0 1 29.96 0 2 27.19 0 4 27.35 0 2 30.59 0 3 12 2 144.17 0 5 5
Dustin Clays T 33.25 0 4 33.56 0 6 25.58 0 3 32.72 0 7 34.76 0 8 28 3 159.87 0 5 5
Fiddleback T 31.68 0 3 30.85 0 3 32.28 1 10 43.49 1 21 30.16 0 2 39 4 168.46 2 3 5
Marshal Too Tall 49er 45.58 3 17 33.45 0 5 24.72 0 2 32.93 0 9 33 1 6 39 5 169.68 4 3 5
Polecat Carl M 39.8 0 12 36.31 0 9 27.19 0 4 32.71 1 6 36.77 0 9 40 6 172.78 1 4 5
L.D. Pondscum BPC 40.36 1 13 36.16 0 8 31.41 0 8 32.63 0 5 42.69 0 17 51 7 183.25 1 4 5
Slater T 49.53 3 21 40.47 2 14 35.01 2 14 25.29 0 1 32.57 1 5 55 8 182.87 8 1 5
Double Eagle 49er 34.93 0 6 33.68 1 7 28.22 0 6 32.75 0 8 52.48 3 36 63 9 182.06 4 3 5
Wildcat Wilkey Sr 39.02 0 10 46.51 1 26 33.26 0 11 36.7 0 10 39.04 0 11 68 10 194.53 1 4 5
Horseshoe John D 46.97 1 18 46.31 0 25 35.3 0 15 40.85 0 17 40.08 0 12 87 11 209.51 1 4 5
Linc Sr 37.67 0 7 39.18 0 11 41.73 2 27 43.96 2 22 45.62 1 25 92 12 208.16 5 2 5
TN Tombstone O 49.97 2 22 42.98 0 21 31.7 1 9 44.71 1 23 42.7 2 18 93 13 212.06 6 1 5
Dajango Slim T 50.38 3 25 32.63 0 4 35.52 2 17 47.15 3 26 45.07 3 22 94 14 210.75 11 1 5
Widowmaker GF 38.66 0 9 49.07 3 30 49.87 2 43 41.69 2 19 32.03 0 4 105 15 211.32 7 2 5
Pack Mule T 37.82 0 8 42.33 1 17 41.11 2 25 60.58 3 45 38.49 0 10 105 16 220.33 6 2 5
Long Gulch 49er 34.71 0 5 51.31 2 36 35.94 1 19 38.43 0 12 51.12 0 34 106 17 211.51 3 3 5
Tucson Tuco D 52.44 2 31 40.6 1 15 42.65 2 29 38.63 1 13 43.26 1 20 108 18 217.58 7 0 5
Ranger Roger D 41.77 0 14 46.86 0 27 42.75 1 30 39.5 0 15 46.8 1 27 113 19 217.68 2 3 5
Badlands Beck O 47.34 1 19 42.51 1 19 34.93 1 13 41.37 1 18 58.9 4 48 117 20 225.05 8 0 5
Awful Close 49er 39.22 0 11 39.38 0 12 39.79 1 22 999.99 0 66 41.78 0 13 124 21 1160.16 1 4 5
Loose Cinch O 45.48 1 16 36.76 0 10 43.7 2 32 41.72 0 20 58.2 2 47 125 22 225.86 5 2 5
Cactus Red O 49.05 1 20 40.28 0 13 47.97 2 39 68.08 4 51 33.41 0 7 130 23 238.79 7 2 5
Lightning McCoy CL 44.95 0 15 42.63 0 20 35.86 0 18 63.85 0 47 48.85 0 31 131 24 236.14 0 5 5
Keystone GF 53.26 1 35 66.43 5 50 33.88 0 12 38.09 0 11 45.27 1 24 132 25 236.93 7 2 5
Ocoee Red 49er 100.33 10 61 49.14 2 31 30.9 1 7 30.03 0 4 48.31 4 30 133 26 258.71 17 1 5
Owlhoot Hardin D 50.64 0 26 42.42 0 18 38.96 0 21 45.6 0 24 56.89 0 45 134 27 234.51 0 5 5
Moab Mangus 49er 52.32 0 30 60.38 1 45 36.57 0 20 38.8 0 14 47.43 1 28 137 28 235.5 2 3 5
Outrider Sr 50.08 0 24 49.68 1 34 42.84 1 31 54.17 3 36 44.2 1 21 146 29 240.97 6 1 5
Rev Adam Jones Sr 51.2 1 28 41.69 0 16 35.33 0 16 999.99 0 66 45.1 1 23 149 30 1173.31 2 3 4
TN Mongo 49er 55.08 2 39 48.47 1 28 43.79 2 33 49.27 2 31 43.13 0 19 150 31 239.74 7 1 5
Grey Rider T 65.11 2 47 51.04 1 35 40.66 1 23 49.47 1 32 42.19 0 14 151 32 248.47 5 1 5
Rawhide Rex O 61.09 2 42 45.2 1 24 41.1 2 24 51.08 2 33 49.76 2 32 155 33 248.23 9 0 5
Sundance McNeyman M 50.05 0 23 59.3 2 44 44.54 0 35 39.65 0 16 54.02 0 40 158 34 247.56 2 4 5
TN Ted D 54.52 1 37 56.53 2 42 42.48 0 28 57.34 0 41 42.28 0 15 163 35 253.15 3 3 5
Catoosa Kid BPC 51.35 1 29 57.57 2 43 46.29 1 37 56.25 0 39 42.32 0 16 164 36 253.78 4 2 5
Yankee Dutchman T 54.54 1 38 43.81 0 22 49.04 2 41 52.56 2 35 52.63 2 37 173 37 252.58 7 1 5
Calibre .45 Sr 52.68 0 32 49.45 0 32 57.33 0 50 47.48 0 27 50.82 0 33 174 38 257.76 0 5 5
Sheriff Donald Sr 62.16 2 44 45.01 0 23 41.37 2 26 60.59 0 46 53.71 3 39 178 39 262.84 7 2 5
Tin Pot Sr 53.01 1 33 53.7 1 40 46.9 2 38 56.47 2 40 51.82 2 35 186 40 261.9 8 0 5
Bittercreek Jack D 57.34 1 40 60.41 2 46 54.51 2 49 48.56 0 28 46.1 1 26 189 41 266.92 6 1 5
Hombre Sin Nombre BPC 57.61 0 41 52.43 0 37 44.98 0 36 46.94 0 25 59.92 0 51 190 42 261.88 0 5 5
Roma Jane F 54.32 1 36 53.36 0 39 44.47 1 34 51.84 0 34 59.14 2 50 193 43 263.13 4 2 5
Colonel Mortimer Sr 50.82 0 27 63.63 4 48 49.33 2 42 55.02 3 37 54.87 2 41 195 44 273.67 11 1 5
Last Kiss F 71.36 3 50 48.93 0 29 53.48 3 46 48.83 0 30 56.8 2 44 199 45 279.4 8 2 5
Deadman Sr 66.29 0 48 53.83 0 41 52.88 0 45 48.72 0 29 53.1 0 38 201 46 274.82 0 5 5
Ruckus Roy T 61.35 1 43 66.49 0 51 48.11 0 40 59.64 1 44 48.25 0 29 207 47 283.84 2 3 5
Curly Bill O 64.4 2 46 53.09 3 38 51.74 4 44 55.96 3 38 56.34 4 43 209 48 281.53 16 0 5
Tar Heel D 63.9 0 45 60.7 0 47 60.83 1 53 64.66 0 48 55.55 0 42 235 49 305.64 1 4 5
R.I.P. Overland O 85.67 3 57 49.59 0 33 62.64 3 55 66.18 2 49 64.63 4 54 248 50 328.71 12 1 5
Outlaw Tracker T 72.93 2 52 70.99 1 52 54.41 0 48 58.88 1 43 66.61 1 55 250 51 323.82 5 1 5
Mad Mike T 89.96 3 59 73.63 2 56 54.05 1 47 57.53 1 42 68.98 1 56 260 52 344.15 8 0 5
Dead Beat Sr 82.73 0 56 65.92 1 49 58.68 2 52 72.98 4 53 62.17 2 53 263 53 342.48 9 1 5
Boondock Saint T 81.53 2 55 74.13 1 57 62.24 2 54 70.15 1 52 58.97 0 49 267 54 347.02 6 1 5
Fast Harley O 53.22 1 34 80.98 4 60 63.61 5 57 85.27 5 59 71.74 3 58 268 55 354.82 18 0 5
Big Sr 72.37 0 51 73.07 0 55 71.66 2 59 66.46 0 50 69.22 0 57 272 56 352.78 2 4 5
Dagnabit Deb F 67.51 0 49 76.94 2 59 63.15 2 56 92.03 4 62 57.81 0 46 272 57 357.44 8 2 5
Irish Jake Jr 88.43 3 58 71.51 2 53 58.62 1 51 84.81 4 58 75.43 3 59 279 58 378.8 13 0 5
Butch T 109.09 3 65 88.05 1 62 72.51 0 60 74.69 0 54 61.05 0 52 293 59 405.39 4 3 5
Ben Shot Sr 75.69 0 53 76.55 1 58 75.69 2 61 102.05 4 64 81.13 1 60 296 60 411.11 8 1 5
Dead Eye Daisy F 93.24 1 60 82.76 2 61 98.99 4 66 84.64 2 57 81.51 0 62 306 61 441.14 9 1 5
Coffee Joe T 79.87 1 54 71.69 0 54 999.99 68 999.99 66 999.99 68 310 62 3151.53 1 4 2
Colonel Allison Sr 112.13 2 66 97.11 0 64 79.18 0 62 80.97 0 55 110.16 3 64 311 63 479.55 5 3 5
Deadfoot BPC 105.48 0 63 128.57 5 68 67.96 0 58 82.04 1 56 121.87 4 66 311 64 505.92 10 2 5
Tenn Smoke 49er 103.25 1 62 109.13 4 66 96.83 3 64 88.47 2 61 93.07 2 63 316 65 490.75 12 0 5
Donsie Darlin’ F 107.09 0 64 95 3 63 92.73 6 63 96.46 4 63 112.15 6 65 318 66 503.43 19 1 5
Top Dollar Bill T 121.85 4 67 118.73 6 67 98.81 7 65 88.39 2 60 81.26 2 61 320 67 509.04 21 0 5
Buckwitt T 150.57 11 68 104.7 5 65 109.04 5 67 103.49 3 65 132.13 9 67 332 68 599.93 33 0 5
Lotta Faith Jr 220.27 12 70 138.53 7 69 999.99 68 999.99 66 999.99 68 341 69 3358.77 19 3 2
Last Hope Jr 199.4 4 69 214.35 5 70 999.99 68 999.99 66 999.99 68 341 70 3413.72 9 3 2

Overall Score = The total of Rank of all stages    Overall Rank = The ranking of shooters by overall score  Overall Time = The sum of scores of stages       Misses = Total shots missed on all stages     Total Stages = Number of stages with no recorded missed shots  Red type indicates a clean match (In the event of ties in Overall Score, the tied shooter with the lowest Overall Time is ranked higher)

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May 15 2006

The Ocoee Ranger, May 2006

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Volume 4, Issue No. 5                          May,  2006

70 SHOOTERS PARTICIPATE IN MEMORIAL DAY SHOOT

We had a record crowd, 70 cowgirls and cowboys, for a Memorial Day Shoot.  That ain’t bad, what with competition from the Mule Camp SASS Regional Shoot in GA, the Shoot Out at Rabbit Ridge / Mississippi State Championship Shoot , a long weekend for family travel, and oodles of high school graduation ceremonies.  From past history, we expected about 50 shooters, but we were pleasantly surprised.  Now that don’t mean that Pleasant had anything to do with it.  He and his boys, Unpleasant  and Pyro, were at Rabbit Ridge.  And Barn Scoop and his Mrs., Emerald Isle, were at Mule Camp.  Cherokee Maddog and Tabasco JOT were also there.  3 Junior Shooters participated in our match (Irish Jake, Lotta Faith and Last Hope), and Cactus Red’s little cowgirl plans to shoot in June. She was with ol’ dad, decked out in her nifty purple cowgirl hat.

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Little Miss Cactus Red & Cactus Red

OUT ON THE SHOOTIN’ RANGE

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Marshal Too Tall times Tennessee Mongo.

It was a good shoot.  Diamondback Dennis, who’s been absent for some time, returned with a bang and placed 1st in the Traditional category and was the Top Gun of the day.  Festus D. Deputy was the No. 2 Shooter, shooting a no-misses match in the process. In all, 7 shooters had no misses: Festus, Dustin Clays, Lightning McCoy, Owlhoot Hardin, Calibre .45, Hombre Sin Nombre and Deadman.  The Top 10 shooters were: (1) Diamondback Dennis (2) Festus D. Deputy (3) Dustin Clays (4) Fiddleback (5) Marshal Too Tall (6) Polecat Carl (7) L. D. Pondscum (8) Slater (9) Double Eagle and (10) Wildcat Wilkey.  Roma Jane was the Top Cowgirl Shooter of the day.

In the Buffalo Shoot Marshal Too Tall had tough rifle shootin’ competion.  He won the 100 yd. Lever Action, 100 yd. Single Shot and 25 yd. .22 Cal. classes.  But he had a shoot-off with Last Kiss to decide the Lever Action class and with Sundance McNeyman to determine the Single Shot class.  Sundance won the 100 yd pistol class.

BEFORE THE SHOOT – FRIENDLY COMPETITORS The Gunfighter, the Outlaw & the Senior (Shooting Classes)

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L-R: Widowmaker, Curly Bill and Linc.  Deadeye Daisy in background between Widowmaker & Curly Bill.

SHOOT RESULTS:             Top Gun – Diamondback Dennis    

Buffalo Shoot:   

§         Long Range Lever Action,  Long Range  Single Shot & 25 yard .22 Cal –  Marshal Too Tall  –          §         Long Range Pistol – Sundance McNeyman  

Traditional

1. Diamondback Dennis             

2. Dustin Clays

3. Fiddleback

Cowgirl

1. Roma Jane

2. Last Kiss

3. Dagnabit Deb

Senior

1. Wildcat Wilkey

2. Linc

3. Outrider

Black Powder

1. L.D. Pondscum

2. Catoosa Kid

3. Hombre Sin Nombre

49er

1. Festus D. Deputy

2. Marshal Too Tall

3. Double Eagle

Duelist

1. Horseshoe John

2. Tucson Tuco

3. Ranger Roger

Outlaw

1. TN. Tombstone

2. Badlands Beck

3. Loose Cinch

Junior

1. Irish Jake

2. Lotta Faith

Gunfighter

1. Widowmaker

Modern

1. Polecat Carl

NEXT SHOOT – JUNE 24   … BRING 2 BOXES OF SHOTGUN SHELLS

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THE REEL WEST, THE REAL WEST AND THE WEST OF OUR IMAGINATION

THE REAL WEST – FRANK LESLIE     1842 – ?

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“Buckskin” Frank Leslie

“Buckskin” Frank Leslie was a character in Tombstone, AZ in the days preceding and following the shoot-out near the OK Corral.  Where he came from is sorta fuzzy.  Ol’ Frank told more than 1 version about that, and he told several versions about what he had done before his arrival in Tombstone. 1 version was that he had been an army scout, but that can’t be confirmed either.  Any way, that’s how he came to be called “Buckskin” Frank Leslie, because he supposedly wore a fringed buckskin shirt as a scout.

Arriving in Tombstone in 1880, he opened the Cosmopolitan Hotel.  But he wasn’t a quite innkeeper.  Not long after he arrived, he took up with a woman, who just happened to be married. Her husband apparently didn’t like the idea of sharing her with Frank, so in some sort of incident, Frank shot and killed the husband.  The shooting was ruled self defense, but Frank married her 2 months later. His feelings of amour were fleeting, however, and sometime later, they were divorced.  Remember Billy Claiborne, the cowboy who with Ike Clanton ran away from the shootout with the Earps and Doc Holiday?  Well, Billy wasn’t so lucky with Frank.  Following a confrontation, Frank dispatched Billy to the promised land, or somewhere not of this earth.

2 years after his divorce, Frank took up with a local career woman, who specialized in sporting pleasures.  But the relationship didn’t last. After popping a few corks too many, Frank shot her dead.  For that action, he earned a prize:  25 years at hard labor.  But 7 years into his sentence, he was pardoned, largely due to actions of another woman. Released from prison, Frank married the woman, lived quietly for a while, drifted up to the Klondike gold rush, and eventually moved to San Francisco. His fortunes went sour, however, and he disappeared.

THE WEST OF OUR IMAGINATION – FAST HARLEY

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Fast Harley Fast Harley has been shootin’ cowboy a little more than 2 years, but he’s been a shooter for 40+ years.  “I heard about End of Trail 25 years ago and wanted to get into cowboy shootin’ back then, but I didn’t have the money, at the time.  About 6 years ago, I joined SASS, but I still didn’t have the money or the time.  I’d started remodeling a 106 year old house, and that took a lot of time and money. “  Harley said that he started getting his SASS guns “about 25 years ago.”

In 2004, Fast Harley attended his first SASS shoot, the Shoot Out at Pigeon Forge.  “I’d been shootin’ for a long time, and I didn’t think there’d be anything to it.  I finished about 2nd or 3rd from the bottom.  He sure doesn’t shoot there now.  He’s become a very good cowboy shooter. “I sometimes shoot .38’s, but mostly I shoot .45’s.  Real cowboys shoot .45’s.  I’m a history buff and think that the Old West and Civil War periods are the most interesting times in our history and should be preserved.  The Old West is the only truly unique part of our history, so I try to dress the part to help keep it alive.”

How did he come by his alias? “I’ve been a motorcycle rider for years and built my own bike. (A Harley Davidson) So, it seemed kinda natural.  Steel horses and real horses go together.  I’ve ridden both, but I don’t have horses anymore.”

Harley imparted a last comment, with a smile: “It’s a huge asset to have a spouse (Last Kiss) in the game.  You don’t have to explain gun purchases.”

THE REEL WEST – WILLIAM BOYD  1895 – 1972

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Bill “Hopalong Cassidy” Boyd

William Boyd was born in Ohio and grew up in Oklahoma.  In 1918, he showed up in Hollywood where he became a silent film leading man.  But times changed and by the 1930’s, sound had arrived, and Bill’s hair had prematurely turned gray, which made him look like an old feller in an industry that marketed youth. Somehow, he teamed up with producer Harry Sherman and convinced Sherman to let him play Hopalong Cassidy in a series of low budget westerns, based upon a rougher character created by Clarence Mulford in his Cassidy novels.  The rest, as they say, is history. Bill Boyd became Hopalong Cassidy, his version of Hoppy, not Mulford’s.  Mulford’s character was red headed, crusty, shot to kill without hesitation and spoke fractured grammar. Bill’s Hoppy dressed in black, rode a white horse, packed 2 white handled six-shooters, was a dignified knight of the prairie, spoke properly, and was a perfect role model for all the big and little kids who went to see his movies.  And they went to see his movies religiously, so much so  that he became 1 of the top 5 cowboy stars for years.

During his career, Bill made 66 Hopalong Cassidy movies, some for other folks and some produced by his own company. Late in his movie career, he sold about everything he had and bought the rights to all his movies and to the Hopalong Cassidy name.  Then he made a few Hoppy movies himself, but he recognized the big screen market for his movies was gone, following WWII and the change in movie audience tastes. So, he entered the age of television. He edited all but about 12 of his movies from their original length to 54 minutes; to fit 1 hour slots complete with commercials, and sold them to be shown on TV, mostly NBC.  Then he edited the other 12 movies to a number of 30-minute slot versions, also for TV.  Then, he made 42 new 30 minute slot Cassidy productions.  And his TV appearance made Hopalong Cassidy a worldwide attraction, and made Bill a very wealthy man.  Then he developed a Hopalong Cassidy radio program and marketed a lot of Hopalong Cassidy products, like Deadman’s first wrist watch: a genuine Hopalong Cassidy watch. 

Bill Boyd and “Hopalong Cassidy” became synonymous.  And they left a legacy of cowboy movies and a lot of little cowboys and cowgirls who grew up with values that were either learned from or supported by the white haired hero in black. One such little girl grew up to become Summer Dove.  Hoppy was and still is her favorite cowboy.

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MAY WRANGLERS

Wranglers are special cowfolk.  They do a little more then their compadres (a lot more than some shooters) in helping their posses conduct monthly shoots. Sometimes, it’s hard to select Wranglers, because everyone works well.  Wranglers are awarded Wrangler status as an honor recommended by their posse leaders and confirmed by match officials. A Wrangler can be a shooter or a non-shooter, as long as she/he is dressed Western and earns the distinction of the award.  The award is not just given away frivolously.  Here are the folks recognized as Wranglers at the May Shoot:

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  Tennessee Tombstone          Badlands Beck                 Lightning McCoy

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                 Long Gulch               Tennessee Ted                   Keystone

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                                  Fiddleback                        Moab Mangus  (no photo)    

PROUD GRAND PAW AND HIS COWGIRLS

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L-R: Last Hope, Coffee Joe & Lotta Faith …

 Bermans all

OLD FARTS SHOOT 49ER

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The bad makes it official.  Old Farts Shoot 49er.

Did you know that Old Farts shoot 49er?  Evidently, it’s true.  At least it is if you ask Ocoee Red, Marshal Too Tall, Festus D. Deputy, Double Eagle and some of their shooting pals in the Smokey Mountain Shootists and the Hooten Cowboys. Somehow, these colorful cowboys have formed a fraternity of ……. Well, you fill in the blank.  Ocoee Red is No. 1 and Marshal Too Tall is No. 1/2.  And. So on.

How do you become an Old Fart?  Well for starters, you have to be at least 49 years old.  And you have to have shot 49er at least once.  And you have to shoot 49er at least ever once in a while.  If you’re interested in becoming an official Old Fart, see Ocoee Red, Marshal Too Tall or Festus D. Deputy.

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