Summer Magic … On The Range

Summer officially begins in June, and it did at the Ocoee Rangers shoot.  78 shooters fired more than 8,000 rounds at steel villains. That’s 100 rounds of pistol / rifle ammo and 4 shotgun rounds per shooter, although on average there were undoubtedly more than 4 shotgun rounds fired per shooter.

 

 Buckaroo shooter Jon Autry thought the celebration was just great: he shot a no-misses match. Dodge City Dixie and Unpleasant agreed.  Dixie was the Top Lady Shooter, and Unpleasant was the TOP GUN. Feather Dancer and her other half, Dusty Dollar, both shot their 2nd consecutive no-misses matches.

 

 The Top 10 Shooters were (1) Unpleasant (2) Clancy O’Conall (3) Papa Dave (4) Hurricane Charly (5) Kid Hawkins (6) Ocoee Red (7) Purly (8) Tabasco JOT (9) Marshal Too Tall and (10) Happy Pappy.

 

 As at the May Shoot, 20 shooters shot No Miss Matches: Jon Autry, Unpleasant, Clancy O’Conall, Papa Dave, Purly, Frank Canton, Jackson Longstreet, Sheriff Lord, Reno Mustang, Yankee Dutchman, Rev Adam Jones, Mongo, Limp Along Charlie, Bad Eye Tom, TN Hawk, Hide Cutter, Squire Shooter, Hombre Sin Nombre, Feather Dancer and Dusty Dollar.

 

 

We had several shooters with us for the 1st Time.  To each of you, we hope you enjoyed yourselves, and we welcome you back … anytime.

 

 Marshal Too Tall sauntered (that’s a Horseshoe John word) over and corrected how we’ve reported Buffalo Shoot Results for years. It went sorta like this. “Hey. How come you put the Buffalo Shoot Rifle Results as Single Shot Rifle and Lever Action Rifle.  It’s 100 yard pistol caliber rifle and 100 yard rifle cartridge rifle.” … Shucks, after all these years of putting those old results and showing pictures of all those Sharps rifle shooters, who’d of thunk it?  Anyway, the Buffalo shoot winners are shown below, in categories as Too Tall reported.

 

 You’ve seen lots of Western movies, right?  And in all of those shoot’em ups, the heroes and the villains rode the range on horseback, didn’t they?  Take a look at these range riders, and what do you notice? Well, right off, you’ll notice that Cactus Red has a specially designed gun-cart, made so it’ll fit on his steel horse. The next thing you’ll notice is that Tombstone has a do-rag on his head, while Cactus Red has a helmet. Does that mean that Tombstone’s hard-headed? If you look closely, you’ll notice that Cactus Red and Tombstone have very long knives in their boots.  Let’s see. 2 riders, long knives, riding home after a challenging day …. Are they cowboys or the 2 of the 3 Musketeers?  Just imagine the comment from some little Yankee kid when he or she sees Cactus Red with his sword in his boot and what appears to be a casket tied behind him: “Hey Dad, there goes a Southern funeral procession. The guy in the box sure must have been skinny.”

 

 

SHOOT RESULTS:

 

TOP GUN:  UNPLEASANT    ……… TOP LADY SHOOTER:  DODGE CITY DIXIE

 

Buckaroo: (1) Jon Autry

 

Cowgirl: (1) Wichita Filly (2) the Duchess

 

Cowboy: (1) Unpleasant (2) Hurricane Charly (3) Bad Arm Slim

 

Lady B-Western: (1) Dodge City Dixie (2) Mrs. Pleasant

 

B-Western:(1) T-Bone Angus (2) Polecat Carl (3) Sundance

 

Classic Cowboy: (1) Wichita Colt

 

Lady Wrangler: (1) Slow Loading Katie (2) Miss Kitty Kat (3) Diamond Girl

 

Wrangler: (1) Kid Hawkins (2) Jackson Longstreet (3) Limp Along Charlie               

 

Lady 49er:(1) Lulu McGoo

 

49er: (1) Happy Pappy (2)  Reno Mustang (3) Lucky Lightburne

 

Lady Duelist: (1) Feather Dancer

 

Duelist: (1) Ranger Roger

 

Silver Senior Duelist: (1) Pop Dawson (2) Deadman

 

Elder Statesman Duelist: (1) Horseshoe John

 

Double Duelist: (1) TN Mongo

 

Senior Double Duelist: (1) Double Eagle (2) Sudden Sam (3) Steely I. Justice

 

Gunfighter: (1) Clancy O’Conall (2) Widowmaker (3) Fast Harley

 

Senior Gunfighter: (1) Yankee Dutchman (2) Lightning McCoy (3) Keystone

 

Outlaw: (1) Tombstone (2) Cacuts Red (3) Tio Don

 

Lady Senior: (1) Cotton Ginnie

 

Senior: (1) Ocoee Red (2) Marshal Too Tall (3) Dirtwater Fox

 

Lady Silver Senior: (1) Sassy Motchie (2) Two Step Net

 

Silver Senior: (1) Purly (2) Frank Canton (3) Sheriff Lord

 

Elder Statesman: (1) Tabasco JOT (2) Tin Pot (3) Wildcat Wilkey

 

Cattle Baron: (1) Papa Dave

 

BUFFALO SHOOT:

 

Pistol Cal.  Rifle – Long Range –  Yankee Dutchman

 

Rifle Cal.  Rifle  – Long Range – Yankee Dutchman

 

 Long Range Pistol – Marshal Too Tall

 

.22 Cal. … Marshal Too Tall

 

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