Tn Tombstone

To all who served a very large and heart felt thank you. All gave some, some gave all. Thank you Freedom is not free. Thank you. A thousand other cliches, Thank you. I hope everyone gets to thank a veteran today.

Thanks to everyone who put on a wonderful match at BorderTown this year. Fun Stages, no disappointment on big and close targets. It was wonderful to see everyone again after 5 years. Hope it is not that long again. It takes a huge effort and wonderful team to pull off this caliber of match each year. Thanks to everyone involved. And thanks for the best posse possible. 15 rocked.

Congratulations Possum Skinner, Well deserved.

Good choice, congratulations Scarlett.

Way to go Slow Jen, I know you worked hard to get there. You make us all proud.

The sound of a miss? It is the same as the sound of one hand clapping.

Chicken George, I think I have shot at that same club before. I was on my way to BorderTown so got to go to a few different shoots. It was a different way of doing things. Each spotter had a spray can of paint, called the missed then went down range to paint targets and look for edge hits. I did see a lot of edge hits that got credited as hits, did not see a single miss added. If I remember correctly the targets were pretty small as well. Lots of fun once you got used to painting between shooters.

Another sad announcement, we have lost another great cowboy and friend. Sheriff Lord has passed, Sheriff Lord shot with many clubs in the South East, had been in Washington State for the last few years. He was a proud veteran and loved the Cowboy game. We will miss him and our hearts and prayers go out to Sassy Motchie and family.

We have lost another great on on our end, Ocoee Rangers lost Tennessee Hoss. A great cowboy, always smiling, helped where needed. Heart and Prayers for his family and friends

Lighting McCoy, This is also one of our partners from the Oak Ridge Outlaws and Smoky Mountain Shootist Society and the Ocoee Rangers. He was the voice of SMSO for many years on awards night. Hard worker, incredibly pleasant to be around. The expression "He would give you the shirt off of his back on a cold day" fits him to a T. A true Classic Cowboy. RIP my friend.

Thank you, I will take this opportunity to post the first one. We lost Preacher Red in early December of 2020 (the year from hell) He was a wonderful father, grandfather, and friend. He was very instrumental in making the Smoky Mountain Shoot Out a success. If you ever attended one of our shoots he was the one that kept the fire buckets going and you would see him riding around on a green Gator making sure everyone was having a great time. He was always a pleasure to be around, had a kind word for everyone and knew how to tell a story. He shot a Spenser so always had to load 3 rounds on the clock and was known to talk to the TO during his shooting string. His favorite line was "Do I have a P yet" He will be missed by all.

I have two, both run well, the 45 feeds better due to the weight of the bullet. I have been know to stove pipe the 38. Lots of fun to shoot.

Johnny Harlan, it was great shooting with you and Jim Powder. Mighty fine shooting partners. Come back anytime, workers like you two would be welcome anywhere.

The last time if flew which was a few years ago the required method of carrying ammo was either in the clips with clips out of the gun or in the original package. Clips and guns had to be in a locked hard side case. Could be in the same case. This was a non CAS gun of course. Also, the airports did not have a standard way of handling guns. When I was flying my CAS guns around the country, Our airport did not even look at the guns, I opened the case and they laid a form I had signed saying the guns were unloaded and locked the case back up. At the Dallas airport they took the whole case back away from my sight and checked the guns and then sent the key back out to me. Sometimes my guns were on the convayer, sometimes they were behind the counter and one time they wheeled my guns out last and checked my ID before they would release them to me. (I liked that one best) I no longer fly if I can help it and love to drive now.

Come on over the East Tennessee, mountains (small by your definition) green, green and more green, plenty of SASS clubs to play in and it hardly ever snows and when it does it goes away in a few days.

Very nice Billy, hope you get to love it, I never developed a good relationship with mine. I once got a Colt for my first wife, thought it was a good trade.