Dogmeat Dad, SASS #48563L

When I went back to look at your maps, I looked at the US Map first, then the European Map. In my brain, I kept the same color code between the two, i.e. Green = Places Shot In. Looking at all the "Green" in Europe, I was truly impressed and totally surprised that they shot Cowboy in Russia. Then it occurred to me that you didn't specify "Cowboy Shooting" and the first thought that my caffeine deprived brain could muster was "Wow, I wonder if he means WWI or WWII? Just kidding you pard. It's 5:45am here on the east coast of the US at the moment and my caffeine deprived brain is still waiting for the coffee to brew! Hope your recovery rate improves!

Fantastic! That is one impressive map! I am just starting my recovery from my Turkey Coma, so I will have to see if I can work on my map this weekend. Of course, once you complete your goal in 2026, you will have to start all over again! We will look forward to seeing you in SC this spring, and we will be in Florida the week before so maybe there also.

Thanks! I will take a look at it this weekend, assuming I wake up from my Turkey Coma!

@Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Thanks for including that information on the Mapping Software. The one I use is a little different, but they all work. When I have some free time, I would like to figure out how to get a map that allows me to select the colors for each state. That way, I could have the ones I've shot in using one color, and the ones planned for the upcoming year in another color, giving me a goal to work towards. Who knows, 52 weeks, 50 states (48 contiguous states), all on one year... It's doable! Not Likely, but doable...

Probably not this year, but I will churn on it. Holli's work schedule is set 6-12 months in advance, and with many of these matches running Friday Saturday, that means we need to schedule it way in advance. We can squeak by on a few of the Sat/Sun matches by skipping side-match day, driving in Friday night, and driving back Sunday after the match, but it is a scramble. But, I will begin planning for 2026 and see if we can squeeze in one of these other matches into the schedule. We will start the scheduling process for the first half of 2026 in just a few months. Dang will I be glad when she retires! (I think, maybe...but I suspect that "Honey Do" list is going to get painful and become unavoidable, and quickly! )

Holli & I are going to be at the first 2 events, but have conflicts for 3 of the remaining 5 events. Florida - Last Stand April 3-6th South Carolina - The Bushwhack April 10-12th. Kentucky - Shootout in the Hills April 24-26th Alabama - Shootout at Cavern Cove May 1-3rd. (Same weekend as Delaware State) Georgia - Stampede at South River May 15th - 17th. Mississippi - Smoking Guns at Rabbit Ridge May 23rd-May 26th. (Same weekend as Pennsylvania State) Tennessee - The Reckoning June 5-7th. (Same weekend as Maryland State being run by some fool named Dogmeat Dad! ) Hopefully, you guys can keep this running a couple more years until Holli retires, then we can shoot them all and add 4 new states to our travel map to boot!

Actually, that is the state of Chaos. They circled it with the Beltway (495) to try to contain it, but it keeps leaking into Maryland and Virginia. I keep wondering that it we could just get everyone in all the surrounding states to drive around the belt way in a counter-clockwise direction that maybe we could actually flush the swamp! Around here, we have a saying....

One other place to check is to see if there is a burr or damage to the "gear" (I'm sure there is a proper gunsmithing term) on the back of the cylinder, where the hand pushes to advance the cylinder. Maybe the hand is binding up at that location.

I realize that the red dot out in the Atlantic Ocean is an artifact of the map generator software but, when I first saw it, all I could think of was..."They shoot Cowboy in Bermuda? Sign Me Up!"

My personal favorite is the State Of Confusion! I just can't find it on a Map...

At first I was stunned at over a Half A Million Miles! Then I realized you live in Texas where it's at least 100 miles to the corner store! Back in the early 80's, I was down near Dallas-Fort Worth doing an installation for Halliburton. Closest hotel to the install site was over an hour a way. Dang Texas is a BIG STATE! It's about 21.65 times the size of Maryland, and as far as land area, it's 26.79 times as big.

Looks like we overlap in a couple of states. I will be sure to look you up next time we do!

Necro-Thread Rises From The Dead, well, sort of... Back on March 22, 2023, I started a thread asking folks How Many States Have You Shot COWBOY In? and it ran through October of 2023 with @Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 Lposting a picture of him at the WV State Match being the last to post. Funny thing is that the old fat guy with no hat on sitting with his back to the camera on Cowtown Scout's right (left of the picture) was ME! Life went sideways shortly after that match and I hadn't updated the thread in a while, so not unexpectedly, it got archived in the great SASS Bit Bucket In The Sky. Consequently, I decided to restart the thread so folks can update their travels if they so choose. Since my last update, Holli and I have managed to add two States to our list, North Carolina which was supposed to have happened in 2023 but got pushed to this year, and Kentucky when we attended Black Gold this past summer. For 2025, in addition to some new locations in some of our "Normal" states, we have included South Carolina in our list of states to visit. There is still a hole in our schedule for July and August, but that may remain open as, once and a while, Holli expects me to do stuff on that Honey Do List she keeps in her head. She even gave me a sign (Prominently displayed hanging in my office) so I don't forget... With all of that in mind, here is our updated State list as of the end of the 2024 Shooting Season. With South Carolina early next year, either Ohio or Georgia would seem to be the next likely candidates to fill in some glaring gaps in our travels. So, with this thread back from the dead, How Many States Have You Shot Cowboy In?

Thanks, I knew I could count on you (or OTJ) to jump In! I don't participate in the book of faces, so I couldn't provide that info.

There are several clubs, including one in Leesburg. Lake County Pistoleros - Leesburg-Tavares, FL Fort White Cavalry - Fort White, FL Roughshod Raiders - Gainesville, FL (As mentioned above) Check out this page on the SASS wire for more Florida Clubs - SASS Wire You might also checkout the SASS Florida webpage for a somewhat more updated list. https://actionshootingnetwork.com/sassfl/ I'm sure some of the "Native Floridians" will be along shortly with more details!