Don Coyote, SASS #63736

Billy, I had rotater cuff surgery, along with repair of a detached bicept tendon, in October 2014. The first key is to use a good quality ice machine with a brace to alleviate using prescription pain killers. Rehab PT is a given but the 2nd key, as you already know, is the 3 times/day home PT you have to stick for an additional 3 or so months. Johnny Meadows was an excellent source of information, we lived 15 minutes apart at the time! I was ready to shoot my 1st monthly in March. SG at the ready was a little tough but he just told me to rest the barrel on the table. I'd venture to say that you should be back back in action in 6 month, 100% in 9 or 10. Good healing and know that leaving the pain behind is well worth the procedure and recovery

Quicksand , Sandy, has been a good friend and a mentor to us since 2006. That was our 1st Bordertown and about a year after we started is SASS. Sandy was our Posse Marshal that year, and shot with us at many, many big matches since then, including our last BT in '21. We will miss her big smile and all those big hugs through the years. Condolences to Mike and the big family she leaves behind. If there are shooting matches up yonder she surely will be there helping. RIP, old and dear friend.

Most 200s & 280s were made with split extractors. My 10 yr old 200E still has them. Most skb smiths, i.e, Johnny Meadows, now weld them up as part of the action job. DC

Proud to say we got a pristine 280 12g last spring thru gun broker for $765 & shipping. JM did his complete action work so we're in it for under $1,100. Retiring my old 200E with the stupendous wood work by Taz & the 280 will be my match SG.

For those of you that shoot/have shot in the southwest for quite some time, you may have competed in the annual Yuma Territorial Prison Breakout. In 2004, a founding member of the Yuma CAS club was unfortunately killed, along with his best friend, in the hills north of Phoenix, by a crazy young man who snuck into their camp to steal their belongings. The two people killed were KC & Gimpy. KC, aka, Omer Casey, was Squeaky's uncle. When we attended Omer's funeral, we saw many people dressed in 1890's cowboy clothes?? At the memorial, Omer's gun cart & firearms were on the altar with the preacher. That's the day we found out about SASS! In Jan, 2005, we bought our 1st Rugers from Early Times in Yuma, followed by a set of 3 screw Blackhawks from him in Feb. We jumped in with both feet and in 2006 Squeaky won 5th place, Lady's Modern at the Yuma Breakout, dedicated to her Uncle "KC". We've never looked back since then but WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER Uncle Omer Casey, a true cowboy shooter, and BTW, one helluva 1911 gunsmith, nationally renowned in his day. (And one damn good custom farmer!!) DC & Squeaky Hare