Slater Was Top Gun, Rhinestone Rachel Shot A No-Misses Match, And Dead Weight Shot His 1st Cowboy Action Shoot!

Match day at the Ocoee Rangers range was elegant.  Where were you? The weather was perfect: not hot and not cold. It was sunny, and the fall tint to the light accented the woods and greenery on the ranges. We expected such a day would see 80 shooters out playing the game, but only 61 participated. So what, it was a great day.  Lucky Lightburne’s son, Dead Weight shot his 1st Cowboy Action Shoot. Slater was the Top Gun. Anita Margarita was the Top Lady Shooter. Rhinestone Rachel shot a No-Misses Match, and Double Eagle’s pony tail was still swishing as he navigated the stages.

 We hear lots of stuff about going green, saving water, looking out for brother & sister bugs and stuff.  Well, 1 bug must have heard about all that. On stage 2, Lucky Lightburne laid his rifle down on the loading table as he waited his turn to shoot. While it was there, a shiny, green katydid flew onto the table, landed on the trigger & lever of Lucky’s ’73 Winchester, and perched there. Bugs have rights too. Then it was time for Lucky to shoot. Did the katydid stay on the rifle? The katydid didn’t. Lucky flicked it away, grabbed his rifle and scampered to the line to shoot. His conscience must not have bothered him for bopping the bug. He shot a clean stage and a clean match.

 Wichita Colt demonstrated a talent at the shoot that might be used again in the future.  Take a look at the picture of Cotton Ginnie shooting her trusty rifle. (No, Too Tall.  I didn’t say rusty rifle.) What do you see? Well, Ginnie’s shooting. Double Eagle is proudly sporting his pony tail and pointing a trigger finger at something.  And there’s gun-smoke in the air. That smoke really accentuates the photo doesn’t it.  Well, just as the cameraman snapped the photo, Wichita Colt, who was leaning against a post, blew a cloud of cigar smoke. It made a nifty picture. Wichita may have to walk around with the cameraman sometimes. Huh?

The Top 10 Shooters were (1) Slater (2) Unpleasant (3) Hurricane Charly (4) Marshal Too Tall (5) Tabasco JOT (6) Purly (7) Reno Mustang (8) Tenn Critr (9) Kid Ziggy and (10) Ocoee Red. In the Buffalo Shoot, Jackson Longstreet won the Long Range Pistol event. Marshal Too Tall won all the rest.

14 shooters shot No-Misses Matches: Rhinestone Rachel, Roma Jane, TN Hawk, Tenn Critr, Jackson Longstreet, Sundance McNeyman, T-Bone Angus, Sudden Sam, Hurricane Charly, Unpleasant, Dirtwater Fox, Lucky Lightburne, Deadman and the ever competitive Tabasco JOT.

SHOOT RESULTS:

TOP GUN:  Slater

TOP LADY SHOOTER:  Anita Margarita

Buckaroo: (1) Vicious Nick

Young Gun: (1) Rhinestone Rachel

Cowgirl: the Duchess

Cowboy: (1) Unpleasant (2) Hurricane Charly (3) Dead Weight

Lady Wrangler: (1) Anita Margarita (2) Cotton Ginnie

Wrangler: (1) Jackson Longstreet (2) Limp Along Charlie (3) One Eye Tim

Lady 49er:(1) Lulu McGoo (2) Shez A Pistol

49er: (1) Happy Pappy (2) Iron Horse Dan (3)  Lucky Lightburne

Classic: (1) Wichita Colt (2) Smokin’ Dave

Lady B-Western: (1) Dodge City Dixie

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

Lady Senior: (1) Roma Jane

Senior: (1) Marshal Too Tall (2) Reno Mustang (3) Ocoee Red

Lady Silver Senior: (1) Two Step Net

Silver Senior: (1) Purly (2) Tucson Tuco (3) Bad Eye Tom

Elder Statesman: (1) Tabasco JOT (2) Tin Pot (3) Tennessee Hawk

Lady Duelist: (1) Feather Dancer

Frontier Cartridge Duelist: (1) Jackalope (2) Long Gulch

Senior Duelist: (1) Ranger Roger

Silver Senior Duelist: (1) Shenandoah Will

Senior Double Duelist: (1) Sudden Sam (2) Double Eagle

Silver Senior Double Duelist: (1) Pop Dawson (2) Horseshoe John

Outlaw: (1) Loose Cinch

Gunfighter: (1) Slater (2) Kid Ziggy (3) Last Kiss

Senior Gunfighter:(1) Tenn Critr (2) Keystone (3)Yankee Dutchman

BUFFALO SHOOT:

Long Range Pistol – Jackson Longstreet

Single Shot  Rifle – Marshal Too Tall

Lever Action  Rifle  – Marshal Too Tall

.22 Cal. … Marshal Too Tall

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