The 2016 Leadmine Valley Shoot-Out! It Was Really Nifty
The 2016 Ocoee Rangers’ Leadmine Valley Shoot-Out! was really nifty. Right Too Tall? It was the 3rd such Annual Shoot, and it seemed to please all 104 participants. That’s the most shooters we’ve had at the Leadmine Valley Shoot-Out! In 2014, the 1st year, 102 shooters participated. In 2015, 92 shooters participated. Here’s 1 posse of lively participants, Horseshoe John’s posse, from the 2016 Shoot-Out.
Posse # 2 L-R: Front Row – Babe Ruthless, Marshal Too Tall, Smokin’ Dave, T-Bone Angus, Sundance McNeyman …
Row 2 (short row) – Lucky Lightburne, Double Barrel, Trail Bones … Row 3 – Tin Pot (yellow bandana), Long Wolf, Shenandoah Will, Cookie Lynn, Horseshoe John, Rev. Adam Jones, Colonel Mortimer, Steely I. Justice …
Back Row – Ranger Ben, Blue Ridge Mike, a bush, and Keystone. The bush had no misses.
Who were the folks who produced the Leadmine Valley Shoot-Out? Well, Purly was the Match Director. And Horseshoe John was the Range Master and leader of the Set-up Gang. And T-Bone Angus wrote the stages. And Sudden Sam was the Master Score Keeper who handled all the electronic scoring and results. And Ocoee Red and Shez A Pistol and Pleasant and Mrs Pleasant and Two Step Net helped in setting up the dining arrangements and other stuff. And the Posse Leaders (Double Eagle, Horseshoe John, Fast Harley, Pleasant and Yankee Dutchman) and the Shooters who came and participated. There’d have been no shoot without the Shooters. Thanks to everyone who participated in the event in any way.
A Covey of Winners …. L-R: Anita Margarita – Best Dressed Lady … Cumberland Drifter –
Top Gun … Purly, Match Director … Dodge City Dixie – Top Lady Shooter …
Koda Joe – Best Dressed Gent
The above photo shows Match Director Purly, surrounded by a flock of Winners. The Top Gun was Cumberland Drifter. Dodge City Dixie was the Top Lady Shooter. Dodge City Dixie’s achievement is an event in itself. In the 3 years in which this shoot has been conducted, 3 male shooters have been Top Gun: in 2014 Unpleasant, in 2015 Hurricane Charly. and in 2016 Cumberland Drifter. Dodge City Dixie was the Top Lady Shooter in all 3 events. How ’bout that? Even Too Tall is impressed, and not much impresses Too Tall. Right Too Tall?
The Top 10 Shooters were (1) Cumberland Drifter (2) Barkeep Casey (3) Double Nickle (4) Hurricane Charly (5) Dodge City Dixie (6) Slater (7) Reno Mustang (8) Pleasant (9) Branchwater Jack (10) Blackjack Lee. Marshal Too Tall won the Buffalo Shoot Long Range Rifle – Rifle Cal. event. Jackson Longstreet won the Long Range Rifle – Pistol Cal. shoot, and Pleasant won the .22 Cal. competition.
You can’t have a shoot without pictures of folks shooting. So, take a gander at these.
Alchemist Belle Waits To Shoot as TN Tombstone Holds the Timer
Above, Alchemist Belle is waiting for Tombstone to trigger the timer buzzer, before she springs into action and blasts the targets with her shotgun. While below, Shenandoah Will thinks Marshal Too Tall is waiting for Halloween before triggering the timer buzzer.
Shenandoah Will With His Trusty Rifle and Marshal Too Tall With His Magic Timer
The September shoot saw another 1st. It was the 1st time anyone ever shot Steam Punk Cowboy at an Ocoee Rangers shoot. Shucks, lots of folks had never heard of Steam Punk. When he registered for the shoot, weeks ago, Rolan Kraps asked Purly if Steam Punk Cowboys could be recognized at the Leadmine Valley Shoot-Out. Purly, applying our philosophy, said, “OK.”
What’s our philosophy? Well, we’re usually pretty willing to recognize other classes. We once, years ago, told a shooter who wanted to shoot Outlaw, “You can shoot blond haired, blue eyed, left handed duelist, if you want to. But we won’t give an award unless at least 2 people shoot in the category.” So, Rolan Kraps and his shootin’ pal, Iron Chief, both shot Steam Punk Cowboy. Take a look at them below. This is the 2nd time that Rolan Kraps brought a new category to the Cleveland Range. Back in 2000, he was the 1st person to shoot Gunfighter on the Cleveland Range. How ’bout that?
L-R: Rolan Kraps & Iron Chief – Steam Punk Cowboys
Lots of folks won Ocoee Rangers shoot buckles for placing 1st in their shooting categories, including Iron Chief. Others won certificates. But most importantly, we had a safe, fun shoot. There were lots of smiles. In the final analysis, that’s the reason folks play the Cowboy and Cowgirl Shooting Game. Right, Too Tall?
SHOOT WINNERS
Top Gun … Cumberland Drifter
Top Lady Shooter … Dodge City Dixie
Lady Buckaroo: (1) TN Missy (2) Long Shot Layla
Buckaroo: (1) Donald Duke (2) Cooper
Lady Wrangler: (1) Alchemist Belle
Cowgirl: (1) Babe Ruthless
Cowboy: (1) Hurricane Charly (2) Vin Tanner (3) Ranger Ben
Wrangler: (1) Barkeep Casey (2) Polecat Carl (3) Pistoleer
Lady 49er: (1) LuLu McGoo (2) Wichita Filly (3) Miss Kitty Kat
49er: (1) Double Nickle (2) Blue Ridge Mike (3) Double Barrel
Lady Senior: (1) Dodge City Dixie (2) Cotton Ginnie
Senior: (1) Cumberland Drifter (2) Montana Colt (3) Bama Kid
Lady Silver Senior: (1) Two Step Net (2) Roma Jane
Silver Senior: (1) Ocoee Red (2) Colonel Mortimer
Elder Statesman: (1) Purly (2) El Camino (3) Tombstone John
Cattle Baron: (1) Tabasco J.O.T. (2) Rev. Adam Jones
Grand Patron: (1) Papa Dave (2) Linc
Duelist: (1) Long Wolf (2) Steely I. Justice (3) Jeremiah River Jordan
Sr. Duelist: (1) Randy St. Eagle (2) Scrub Oak Willie
Silver Sr. Duelist: (1) Sudden Sam (2) Pop Dawson
Elder Statesman Duelist: (1) Tin Pot (2) D. Q. Jones (3) Horseshoe John
Double Duelist: (1) Outcast (2) Double Eagle
Lady B-Western: (1) Miss Bo
B-Western: (1) Black Jack Lee (2) Copper Head Joe (3) T-Bone Angus
Classic Cowgirl: (1) Doc Kay B. May
Classic Cowboy: (1) Ben T. Irons (2) Wichita Colt (3) Whiskey Hayes
Lady Gunfighter: (1) Anita Margarita (2) Last Kiss (3) Mrs. Pleasant
Gunfighter: (1) Slater (2) Pleasant (3) Koda Joe
Sr. Gunfighter: (1) Reno Mustang (2) Widowmaker (3) Yankee Dutchman
Silver Sr. Gunfighter: (1) Tenn Critr (2) Long Shot Luther (3) Keystone
Outlaw: (1) Marshal Too Tall (2) Fast Harley (3) TN Tombstone
Frontier: (1) Gray Wolf Tate (2) Smokin’ Dave
Frontier Cartridge: (1) Lick Skillet Charlie (2) Casket Maker Dave
Frontier Cartridge Duelist: (1) Cullen Bohannon (2) Long Gulch (3) Dirty Red
Front. Cartridge Gunfighter: (1) Jackalope
Steam Punk Cowboy: (1) Iron Chief (2) Rolan Kraps
Maverick: (1) Limp Along Charlie (2) Deadman (3) Sundance McNeyman
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