Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L

Looks to be quite a bevle on the bottom of the rim.

The main difference between EOT in NM and EOT in AZ and Winter Range before that is the time of year they are/were shot. In NM it was summer and kids were out of school so they could pick brass during the match. In AZ school is in session so they had the brass pickers come after the matches are over for the day to pick brass. Then they package it and sell it to make money for the scout group doing it. Landrun manages to let shooters pick brass. I don’t care for lost brass matches as I shoot 38-40 as a Classic Cowboy. Have shot FCD at lost brass matches so I can shoot .38 in my rifle but stick with 38-40 in my revolvers.

Crap Game he was in Kelly’s Hero’s

That is one of the reference books I looked in when posting to his question in the costume forum https://forums.sassnet.com/index.php?/topic/384158-cavalry-uniform-identification-help/#comment-4783217

So what were the scores for the top Man and top Lady?

First THANKS for doing this!! Second you left off Lady Senior from your final listings.

I spent a whole day there in 2023 after shooting with the folks in Billings the day before. The Rangers said the welcome center was supposed to get completely replaced with a new building in time for the big anniversary. No idea how that has progressed, but everything else was well kept in my opinion.

Well even though I’ve already shot in Montana I decided to shoot the state match since the weekend before I will be in Oregon shooting there. Forgot to send in my entry after PA state and before I left for my ND, SD and NE trip. So I mailed it this morning from Topeka KS before heading out to SD where I’m at now and will be shooting here tomorrow. Scout

Red Dirt Rampage - wow that has been awhile

I have found that the Saloon is always slower than the Wire on all my devices.

Watab Kid I will also be at Peace in the Valley all the way from Texas. Just sent you a PM. Scout

Went to my bank this morning 30 minutes after they opened to withdraw $2,500 from my chekcing account. No line walked up to the teller and she asked what she could do for me this morning. Told her I wanted to withdraw money from my cecking accout and handed her a note with the amount I wanted in $100 bills. Before I could swipe my bank card and enter my ID she was already taking $100 bills out of her cash drawer and put them in the counter behind her. Then she looked at my information on her computer screen and asked to see my ID, gaave her my DL. She entered some info into her computer from my DL, counted out the money to me and asked if I needed it put in an envelope. I said yes and she did so and handed the envelope to me and said have a nice day. I was in and out in less than 5 minutes.

Some ranges are dedicated Cowboy ranges and can have permanent props or storefronts but even then if the range is not restricted access they still store the steel targets between matches. Others that are secure can leave the targets out all the time. Ranges that are shared between multiple disaplines must set up and take down for all their matches.

It was good to see and visit with you a little also. If you want to add photos of stages 7 and 9 to this thread, go ahead but don't go out of your way to do that. I don't do QR codes, is there another way to get to the photos?

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Des emailed it out.

Probably just a bank policy

Waimea Prevously the Tri-State match was held in MA hosted by the Harvard Ghost Riders - last years new MA guns laws got everyones attention in a bad way

WOW, thanks for the family story

OK The Pennsylvania State Championship put on by El Posse Grande at their cowboy range locaed at the North Mountain Sportsman Club in Muncy Vally PA was Friday, Saturday and Sunday May 23, 24 & 25. Titled North Mountain Shoot Out XXVI (this is their 26th year to host the match) Cowboy Clubhouse Pavillian directly behind the clubhouse Vendors Row Boot Hill memorial Got to have one, right? Path to stages along both sides Stage bays - 1 at the top by the pavillion and 10 at the bottom of the hill. Taken warmup and wild bunch day. Appears my photos of stages 7 and 9 got over written by other photos. :-( Friday night was a pot luck dinner served up in the main clubhouse on top the hill where the shotgun ranges are and where the campers and RVs were parked. They had a shuttle trailer pulled by a tractor to get folks up and down the BIG hill and winding road that connects this area to the cowboy range below. Inside clubhouse Opening ceremony Saturday morning at the cowboy clubhouse and pavillian - color guard National Anthem by Tom Payne on his harmonica Blackhills Barb making announcments Barbeque Brisket and Chicken with all the fixins served Saturday evening at the Pavillion from catering truck. Sorry no photo. I shot on Posse 5 so we shot stages 5-10 on day one and 1-4 on day two. Six stages Saturday and four stages Sunday. We only had to climb back up the hill the first day after shooting our 6 stages. No real climb day two as they are all near the top. Each posse had a member from the local youth shooting club (that uses the shotgun ranges for practice) to pick up brass both days. We took donations at the end to give to the young lady who was with our posse, she got a nice payday! Posse photo taken by her on day two before starting that morning. I shot two warmup stages twice on Friday and then also shot the speed shotgun stage with my 1887 and actually won the lever action category. (Might have been the only one shooting a lever shotgun) Medallion on black and white ribbon shown in first photo with the book and name badge. Finshed 2nd Classic Cowboy out of 8 shooting the match and finished 49th out of 120 who finished the match. Very hard to photograph an award with a mirror finish. Top Classic Cowboys - 1st in center, 3rd and PA State Champ on left. We actually got to shoot on the same posse - Great Guys!!! Here are the Classics who shot the match except for one Classic Cowboy who got away before the photo. That concludes my writeup on the PA State match. Monday (Memorial Day) I headed home and stopped the first night in Grove City OH and the second night in Jackson TN then back home on Wednesday May 28th. This was my 32nd different State to shoot Cowboy Action and completes my Spring planned trips (Green). I I leave Friday this week June 6th to start my Summer planned trips (Orange) and I am headed to shoot in North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. Here is my updated list of Cowboy Clubs I have shot at in their respective states: States & Clubs I have Shot Cowboy Action - Cowtown Scout 06/02/2025 Club Name – underlined and Italic indicates no longer a club at that location Alabama The North Alabama Regulators (Woodville) Shootout at Cavern Cove/AL State, 2025 Arkansas Mountain Valley Vigilantes (Hot Springs) Annual/Shooting in the Shade, 2007, 2008 & 2009 Judge Parkers Marshals (Fort Smith) Hell on the Border/Arkansas State, 2021 Arizona Tombstone Ghost Riders (Tombstone) Dammit Gang Dooley Gang Showdown, 2008 Los Vaqueros (Tombstone) Monthly on way to Winter Range, Multiple Years Arizona Territory Company of Rough Riders (Ben Avery/Peoria) National Championship/Winter Range, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Arizona Territory Company of Rough Riders (Ben Avery/Peoria) World Championship/End of Trail, 2022 California Cajon Cowboys (San Bernardino) Monthly 2014 The Cowboys (Norco) Monthly 2014 Colorado Windy Gap Regulators (Cortez) Annual/Revenge, 2017, 2018 Florida Okeechobee Marshals (Sebastian) Monthly, 2014 Weewahootee Vigilance Committee (Orlando) Monthly, 2014 Georgia South River Shootists (Covington) Stampede at South River/GA State, 2025 Illinois Illowa Irregulars (Milan) Monthly on way to EOT in Indiana, 2021 Indiana Paradise Pass Regulators (Etna Green) World Championship/End of Trail, 2021 Iowa Fort Des Moines Rangers (Indianola) Iowa State/Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2021 Kansas Free State Rangers (Parker) Annual/Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2020 Butterfield Gulch Gang (Chapman) Annual/Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2019, 2022 (Kansas State), 2024 Kentucky Ponderosa Pines Posse (Manchester) Annual/Black Gold, 2016 Louisiana Cypress Creek Cowboys (Calhoun) Louisiana State, 2005, 2006 Maine The Maine Marshals (Berwick) Great Maine Gun Fight/Maine State, 2024 Maryland Thurmont Rangers (Manchester) Monthly, 2023 Michigan The Wolverine Rangers (Kimball) Range War/Michigan State, 2024 Minnesota Cedar Valley Vigilantes (Morristown) Gunsmoke/Minnesota State, 2010 Mississippi Mississippi River Rangers (Byhalia) Smokin’ Guns at Rabbit Ridge/Mississippi State, 2024 Missouri Butterfield Trail Cowboys (Walnut Shade) The Branson Classic/Missouri State, 2024 Montana Montana Territory Peacemakers (Billings) Monthly, 2023 New Mexico Lincoln County Regulators (Ruidoso) on way to EOT NM, Once Lost River Cowboys (Roswell) on way to EOT NM, Once Seven River Regulators (Carlsbad) on way to EOT NM, Once SASS Founders Ranch (Edgewood) World Championship/End of Trail, 2005, 06, 07, 08, 09, 2018 SASS Founders Ranch (Edgewood) 4 Corners Regional, 2007 New York Circle K Regulators (Ballston Spa) Heluva Rukus/New York State, 2024 Nevada Eldorado Cowboys (Bolder City) Eldorado/Nevada State, 2009 North Carolina Gunpowder Creek Regulators (Lenoir) Monthly, 2010 Old North State Posse (Salisbury) Monthly, 2009 Oklahoma Indian Territory (Sand Springs) Oklahoma State, 2007 Shortgrass Rangers (Grandfield) New Year’s Day Shoot, Twice Oklahoma Territory Marshals (Arcadia) Land Run, several times pre-2015 Oklahoma Territory Marshals (Arcadia) Southwest Regional/Red Dirt Rampage, 2015, 2016, 2017 Oklahoma Territory Marshals (Arcadia) National Championship/Land Run, 2022, 2024 Red River Valley Cowpokes (Albany) New Year’s Day Shoot, Once Pennsylvania El Posse Grande (Muncy Valley) North Mountain Shoot Out XXVI/PA State, 2025 South Carolina Belton Bushwhakers (Belton) The Bushwhack/SC State, 2025 Tennessee Memphis Gunslingers (Lakeland) Monthly, 2016 Virginia Bend of Trail (Hardy) Monthly, 2025 West Virginia Cowboy Action Shooting Sports (Great Cacapon) Appalachian Showdown XXXII/ West Virginia State, 2023 Wisconsin Rock River Regulators (Beloit) Reckoning on The Rock/Wisconsin State, 2024 Texas Alamo Area Moderators (San Antonio) Monthly, Once Badlands Bar 3 (English) Monthly, Southwest Regional, Annual/Comin At Cha, 2003 - 2014 Butterfield Trail Regulators (Abilene) Monthly, Annual 2003 - 2007 Buck Creek Bandoleros (Nemo) Monthly, 2007 Canadian River Regulators (Clarendon) Monthly, on way to EOT NM, Twice Comanche Valley Vigilantes (Nemo/Glen Rose) Monthly, Southwest Regional, 2003 - 2006 Comanche Valley Vigilantes (Cleburne) Monthly, Southwest Regional, Texas State, 2007 - 2023 Cottonwood Creek Cowboys (Snyder) Monthly on way to EOT NM, Once El Vaqueros (Breckenridge) Monthly 2003 - 2005 Gruesome Gulch Gang (Plainview) Monthly on way to EOT NM, Once High Plains Highwaymen (Pampa) Annual/Battle of Adobe Walls - Classic Cowboy Showdown, 2023 Lone Star Frontier Shooting Club (Cleburne) Monthly, Annual/Round Up, BP & Texas State, 2003 - 2025 Oakwood Outlaws (Oakwood) Monthly, Annual/Jail Break, Texas State, TSRA State, 2003 - 2014 Old Fort Parker Patriots (Groesbeck) Monthly, Annual/Defend the Fort, TSRA & BP State, 2007 - 2025 Plumb Creek Carriage & Shooting Society (Lockhart) Annual, 2010 Plumb Creek Shooting Society (Lockhart) Texas State, 2013, 2015 San Antonio Rough Riders (San Antonio) TSRA State, 2005 Tejas Caballeros (Austin) Monthly, Once Tejas Caballeros (Blanco) Annual/Whoopin, 2021 Tejas Pistoleros (Eagle Lake) Monthly, Once Texican Rangers (Fredericksburg) Annual/Comancheria Days, Texas State, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018 Texas Historical Shootist Society (Columbus) TSRA State, Once Texas Peacemaker (Tyler) Monthly, Once Texas Riviera Pistoleros (George West) Annual/Gunfight at Gamble Gulch, 2024 Texas Troublemakers (Brownsboro) Monthly, Twice Texas Ten Horns (Greenville) Monthly, Three Times Texas Ten Horns (Leonard) Monthly, Annual/The Great Spaghetti Western, 2016 – 2024 Thunder River Renegades (Plantersville) Monthly, Once Tin Star Texans (Fredericksburg) Annual/Resurrection, 2007

Spent all day Tuesday May 20th touring the New Market Museum and Battlefield which is part of the VMI (Virginia Military Institute) and the adjacent private museum just outside the main gate. Sign at main entry road Visitor Center and Museum Statue of General "Stonewall" Jackson who was an instructor at VMI before joining the Confederate Army. Inside the Museum Top level - displays about the Civil War in general Lower Level is about the New Market Battle and a Collection of Civil War Firearms. His rifled musket with the bent barrel His Uniform The Bullet Hole in his collar The bullet that almost took his life, mounted as a keep sake. From the movie made about the battle. I purchased this movie on DVD in the gift shop of the vistor center, they had it playing on a video screen and it looked intersting. The Kaminsky Gallery of Civil War Firearms Rifled Musket recovered from battlefield Opposite the Stained Glass Window Up the ramp past the artwork is the theater where they show a short film telling about the battle. This is a PBS film and not the full movie by the same name. After going through the museum and visitor center I ate lunch at a picnic table in the shade of some trees. Then did the walking tour of the battlefield which includes the Bushhong Farm. Note that Interstate 81 runs through the battlefield. There is a tunnel under I-81 that gets to the battlefield on the west side up to highway 11. Photos of that later in this writeup. Bushong Farm in the distance Inside House To the left is the farm to the right is where the plowed field was that the VMI Cadets charged through loosing shoes to the mud. This where the plowed field was looking toward the Federal line. Where the artillery line was that the VMI Cadets charged towards and actually captured one of the pieces. Looking back at the field and the farm. Marker at the end of the road to this end of the battlefield. Access tunnel under I-81 adjacent to the farm. Views from the west side of the battlefield between I-81 and Highway 11 Signs on Highway 11. Fence along Highway 11 - Looking South Looking North Looking East towards I-81 - gravel walking path to statue This is a private museum just outside the gateway to the VMI Museum and Visitor Center. Think it may have been the vistor center before the other one was constructed. Inside the Museum There is sensory overload when going through this museum and I did not have the time to stop and read all the information but it was full of great artifacts and LOTS period photos many that the people had been identidfied by name and rank. It was set up with small displays along a winding pathway through the museum and here are some photos to show that. Outside the Museum This link has information about the battle and the role of the VMI Cadets in the battle. "Put the Boys In" The VMI Cadets at New Market — Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District Excepts from that writeup about the cadets: [Throughout the morning, the two battle lines exchanged musket and cannon fire across the Bushongs’ sodden wheat fields. Twice Sigel ordered charges that fell apart from lack of coordination, causing the general to lapse ineffectually into his native German. Despite the lack of progress, the Union fire savaged the Confederate regiments sufficiently to open a gap in the center of their line north of the Bushongs’ orchard. With no other reserves available, Breckinridge reluctantly ordered the VMI cadets into line, saying, “Put the boys in, and may God forgive me for the order.” The four companies of cadets divided around the Bushong house and regrouped along a fence at the edge of the field some 200 yards from the Union line. When a cavalry assault ordered by Sigel was repulsed, Breckinridge sensed the moment had come for the climactic charge, and ordered his entire line forward. As the cadets moved through the muddy, ruined wheat, many had the shoes sucked from their feet, giving the ground the legendary name the “Field of Lost Shoes.” The Confederate charge drove Sigel’s army back across Smith Creek and captured several cannon that could not be removed in time. One of the guns was taken by the cadets, giving them the ultimate infantryman’s prize in their baptism of fire.] There were 257 Cadets that fought in the battle. Their average age was 18, the youngest was 15 and the oldest was 22. Five were killed during the battle, about 50 were wounded and five of those died shortly afterwards from their wounds. Six of those who died are buried at VMI and there are markers for all 10 who died at VMI. This link tells of those graves and markers. VMI Cadet Cenotaphs - Va Museum of the Civil War - Virginia Military Institute This concludes the writeup of my visit to New Market Battlefield. The next day Wednesday May 21st I traveled to Williamsport PA. Thursday May 22nd I relaxed and did Nothing but take lots of naps. I am stopping for the night and will pick up with the the writeup on the PA State tomorrow.

Now to Lookout Mountain Point Park Tennesse up a LONG WINDING ROAD to the top. This battle took place on November 24th 1863. The Visitor Center. There were some short videos about the battle and a few displays but one whole wall had this massive painting on it. Park Entry Sequence and Timeline for multiple battles The Park New York Peace Monument - #3 Overlook - #2 with Chatanooga below Artillery - #4 Artillery - #5 Sign to OCHS Museum and observation point - Museum had a lot of old period photos after the Union occupation Some views from OCHS observation point - way down the path with many stairs Many hiking trails in the park Umbrella Rock next to OCHS Museum and observation point There was supposed to be a Park Ranger led tour and program at 4:00 but at 4:20 I gave up waiting for it and left the park for my motel. Lookout Mountain from my motel parking lot on the other side from the road up the mountain to Point Park. That concludes my day on Sunday May 18th. On to New Market Virginia on Monday the 19th, whole day of travel.

The Chickamauga Battlefield was a 2-1/2 hour drive from the motel I stayed at for the Georgia match. This is the main offices for the Chickamauga and Chatanooga National Military Park in Georgia. The Chickamaga Battlefield Visitor Center is attached to the rear of the main office building. The Military Park actually has multiple locations as shown on these two signs. These photos are from the Chickamauga Battlefield location. I also visited the Lookout Mountain location later this same day will be separate writeup and photos. Started with the Ranger Program of a driving tour to six locations where he gave us some detailed descriptions and history of portions of the battle which occured September 18, 19 & 20 in 1863. Then I came back to the visitor center to see their movie about the battle and view their displays about the battle and events leading up to it. Also got to see the Outstanding Military Arms Collection donated for display by Claud Fuller which was unveiled on July 4th 1954. When he and his wife chose to donate it in 1949 their stipulation was that it remain on permanent display for the general public. She passed before the display was completed and he passed in 1957. I then went on the self guided driving tour of the battlefield. Some photos from that driving tour. Wilder's Tower That concludes the Chickamauga Battlefield. Now on to Lookout Mountain Point Park in Tennesse. Just a 30 minute drive north. Separate writeup and photos next.

OK time to update this travel thread. Have some patience as this will take a while and I may not get through it before taking a break. Got back home from my Georgia and Pennsylvania trip Wednesday May 28th and drove 3,637.6 miles through Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Arkansas plus toured The Chickamauga & Chatanooga Nation Military Park in GA, Lookout Mountain Mountain Point Park in TN and New Market Battlefield in VA. Two days to GA, three days at the match, four days to PA with stops at afore mentioned battlefields, one day of rest in PA, 3 days at PA match and 3 days to get back home. The Georgia State championship "Stampede At South River" was put on by The South River Shootists and held at the South River Gun Club in Conyers GA. This was my 31st different State to shoot Cowboy Action. Club Layout. When you first enter the club you see the shotgun fields with lots of green grass. Trap fields at top. Skeet fields below. Main clubhouse where lunch meals were served. Lots of room for campers and RVs. Road to shoooting bays below. Big Tent for awards set up on bullseye pistol range. Most of main roads to bays are paved asphalt. Pavillion Vendors Area Facilities with Water Warmup Bays Main Match Bays I shot the Black Powder 5 stage State Match, there were two posses and this was the one I shot with. Finished 2nd Duelist out of 5 and 13th overall out of 24 who shot the match. We all got this pin for shooting the match. Safety Meeting before the match on Friday. Stew did the announcing with Fast Eddie standing behind him. I shot with Posse 1 so we got to shoot stages 1-5 day one and 6-10 day two. This is Posse 1 the morning of day two. After lunch on Day two they had a shootoff open to all shooters who wanted to shoot, particpants drew for shooting order and who to shoot against. This is the setup with photo taken the warmup day on Thursday. The center targets were moved closer right before the start of the shootoff. Here are some photos from the shootoff Saturday. Everything was knock down targets and all firearms were staged. Order - Pistol, Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun. Awards were at the big tent area set up on the bullseye pistol range. Entertainment prior to awards was a great bullwhip demonstration. The line for getting drinks from the bar before the awards. Stew was the MC for the awards but to start if off all the Posse Marshals came forward to anounce the recipents of the Spirit of the Game for their possee. I finished 3rd Classic Cowboy out of 6 and 91st overall out of 156 who finished the match. This is a photo of the Classics who shot the match. Well that completes the Georgia State Match writeup. Now on to Chickamauga Battlefield the next day.

Mine's got US G.G. Greene with 1951 below that - it was my Dad's On one set of my keys