How About an Alias Thread....

[Nate Kiowa Jones #6765]

Nate Kiowa Jones was an old Texas Ranger there at turn of the century. This was a time when the west was taming down and the rangers were having to be more formal as in wearing ties and white shirts and such. Doing much more paper work than before and he hated it. Story goes he was filling out the transfer papers, for the first time, for a dead prisoner that he had just delivered to the state prison in Huntsville and when he got to the question Disposition of the inmate, Jones thought it meant what kinda attitude did the prisoner have and so he wrote, "He was ornery, and that’s why I shot him".
I said,” Sounds like my kinda guy.” when I had heard this story, but I finally got to the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame in Waco and talked to the researcher there and she confirmed it. She found the paper work and made copies of it for me.

[Jim No Horse]

Watab kid...that is a beautiful scene in your backyard...Jim

[Del Rio Pete]

Del Rio Pete...

Spent a very short time in Del Rio, when I was young.

Just made up Pete.

Maybe because Del Rio is next to the Rio Grande & Mexico...Pedro goes along with the area, I suppose.

 

I met SASS #1, The Judge, and his beautiful wife, last Friday at the Texas State Championship at Old Fort Parker.

I didn't know who she was when she sat down next to me on the bench in the shade.

She was talking to another lady about having gun licenses in 38 States and how she and The Judge travel all around the US.

After talking to her awhile, I put 2 and 2 together & asked if they were the SASS big shots.

I asked her to point out The Judge when he came around.

A little while later she came & got me to meet The Judge.

Took their pictures and got his SASS business card.

When he heard my Alias, he told me about when he was in Del Rio with the Army in 1954.

I asked if he was a real judge and he said he got his Alias from Judge Roy Bean of Langtry, Tx, which is up the road from Del Rio.

Judge Roy Bean called himself "The Law West of the Pecos" and was known in legend as the hanging judge.

Judge Bean held his court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas.

Our Sass #1 Judge is a tough old bird, too. And, apparently quite a ladies man like Judge Roy Bean.

Nice couple. Did you know she smokes big ole cigars?

She said The Judge got her started smoking them years ago.

They must have been really goods ones because the smoke didn't make me cough.

When I get around cigarette smoke, I start coughing.

Anyway, it is a small world and nice to be around friendly people that make you feel welcomed.

[Krazy Kajun]

I like the play on words names. Celia Fate and Bev Ridge were my alternate choices.

Knowing you, Sue Render, I think Adult Bev Ridge is appropriate.

 

Kajun

[Hurricane Deck 100366]

Mine came from here:

Good book by the way. Certainly worth a read.

[Bad Hand]

I had an injury that left me paralyzed from the neck down. As I improved one of my friends said "you got delt a bad hand", since my recovery left me with a bad hand, I thought it would be a good alias.

[Rabbi Sixgun]

I'm not a Rabbi, but I love giving people advice - whether they want it or not. I just wanted something to express that I am a pro second ammendment Jew and I love sixguns. I just thought the persona of a gun toting Rabbi was a cool idea.

[Chicago Ken]

<---- From Chicago and well...first name is Ken

[CodyMaverick]

I got mine from this calling card. It belonged to a Great Aunt.

 

 

Cool, I assumed you just didn't want to be forgotten. Remember the Allie Mo!

[The Blarney Kid]

My ancestry is Irish. My clan built Blarney castle.

[Short Term Emory]

I don't rightly recall where my alias came from........

[CodyMaverick]

I took my alias from the main character in the movie 'Surf's Up'. Since I relate to the character and his story, it kinda suits me. So far; I haven't encountered anyone who's seen the film or made the connection.

[Willy B.SASS#26902]

My friends say their going to take away the Y and eliminate any doubt.

[Rafe Conager SASS #56958]

Got mine from 2 of my favorite movies. Rafe from crossfire trail an conager obvious but I did spell it wrong.

Rafe

[Johnny Dollar]

Mine came from an unlikely place.... it was spawned from my addiction of listening to old time radio shows of the 40's and 50's. I love all the crime drama shows and listen to them on my commute to and from work. My favorite one is a character named "Johnny Dollar" who wasn't a cowboy or even a western character at all.... he was an insurance investigator. Go figure.

I couldn't come up with a witty or funny alias as others have and was driving home from work one day thinking about an alias while listening to Johnny Dollar when the proverbial light went off..... while not western, I did think it had sort of a gambler or gunslinger sound to it.

The next day I called SASS and Johnny Dollar was born.

[Bulldog Brown]

When I was little I would spend the summer with my Grandma & Grandpa, every Sat night whey would watch pro-wrestling. The one I liked the best was BULLDOG BOB BROWN so there you go Bulldog Brown

[Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217]

 

Cool, I assumed you just didn't want to be forgotten. Remember the Allie Mo!

Yep! That too. I have actually said that.

[Ben Bitten]

My cowboy name (Ben Bitten) came about because I was bitten by a crocodile (a 4ft Nile Croc). I was working as a wildlife educator at the time (2011) and had worked with that particular croc dozens of times when it happened. The incident left me with 37 stitches on my left hand. Thankfully there was no lasting damage - I was lucky. At the time I was looking to join SASS but I had been stuck on my alias. About 2 weeks after the bite I got an email from a buddy of mine asking me how I was doing since I'd been bitten. ...Been bitten. ...Ben Bitten. I bounced the idea off of my wife and she agreed that it was perfect.

[Johnny Dollar]

My cowboy name (Ben Bitten) came about because I was bitten by a crocodile (a 4ft Nile Croc). I was working as a wildlife educator at the time (2011) and had worked with that particular croc dozens of times when it happened. The incident left me with 37 stitches on my left hand. Thankfully there was no lasting damage - I was lucky. At the time I was looking to join SASS but I had been stuck on my alias. About 2 weeks after the bite I got an email from a buddy of mine asking me how I was doing since I'd been bitten. ...Been bitten. ...Ben Bitten. I bounced the idea off of my wife and she agreed that it was perfect.

Ok, I don't know about anyone else, but at the very least Ben should get Best Story! Anyone that gets bitten by a croc gets my vote for sure!!

Ben, glad there wasn't any permanent damage and you got to keep all your fingers and hand.

[Jim No Horse]

Ben Bitten ....gets my vote for most painful backstory...Yeehaw Ben... Jim

[Stogie]

I gave up smoking cigars (mostly) but still chew on them. At my first match I was so nervous I forgot to take it out of my mouth when I got to the line. Been shooting with a cigar crammed in my face ever since.

[Marauder SASS #13056]

My original pick was Kid Collins. Named after the small town in Western Nebraska which was once where I lived - in the country with no town left there.

 

But when I joined, I was no longer a kid, so . . .

 

Then since i moved around a lot (13 times in 10 years) and taught Sunday School a lot, I picked the Morrill Marauder. Because the small town was named Morrill and it was sort of a pun with the Sunday School stuff.

 

Then I shortened it just to Marauder.

[Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217]

I gave up smoking cigars (mostly) but still chew on them. At my first match I was so nervous I forgot to take it out of my mouth when I got to the line. Been shooting with a cigar crammed in my face ever since.

You might have been a "natural" for the Chabot Park, CA club's Real Man Cigar category. In it, you must keep the cigar lit throughout the stage and shoot .40 caliber or greater guns. Alas, the Park put a stop to their annuals and, I think, they have shut down the range.

[Marauder SASS #13056]

You might have been a "natural" for the Chabot Park, CA club's Real Man Cigar category. In it, you must keep the cigar lit throughout the stage and shoot .40 caliber or greater guns. Alas, the Park put a stop to their annuals and, I think, they have shut down the range.

 

What happened! Too much smoke? :D

[Hoss]

When I was a kid my dad always called me Hoss, plus I'm a "full figured" cowboy, so when I was selecting an alias I knew it would be Hoss. Just plain Hoss was taken then, so I selected Hoss Roonwright as a play on my last name (Rooney) and Cartwright. Just today, as a result of reading this thread, saw that "Hoss" was no longer being used, so I called SASS and claimed it.

[Hoss]

Jim No Horse....got several folks asked about my alias. Don't know how to post those blue links everyone does so if you want the story go to You Tube: search for Jim No Horse go to part 2 (its a 2 part video) go to 50 minutes on the run time and walah...you to can hear the story of my alias. I cannot type that much plus the cowboys in those vids are funnier and better looking than me...lol...Thanks Jim

One doesn't have to watch those videos to find a better looking cowboy than Jim No Horse.

[Grizzly Dave]

Jim No Horse....got several folks asked about my alias. Don't know how to post those blue links everyone does so if you want the story go to You Tube: search for Jim No Horse go to part 2 (its a 2 part video) go to 50 minutes on the run time and walah...you to can hear the story of my alias. I cannot type that much plus the cowboys in those vids are funnier and better looking than me...lol...Thanks Jim

 

This here LINK should take folks to it, great story.

 

My kids often tell me 'dad, you've told this story a thousand times' to which I always reply 'yeah, but I only got four stories, so I gotta tell them over and over'

[J-BAR #18287]

I don't rightly recall where my alias came from........

 

"brilliant" is insufficient...

 

[Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217]

I don't rightly recall where my alias came from........

 

 

 

"brilliant" is insufficient...

 

Indeed!

[Casey Green]

Ok, I'll bite. My maternal grandfather's name is Keith Cameron Green, so I took his initials. I often carry his pocket watch when I shoot.

[Pegleg Preacher]

No I'm not a preacher but I do have a peg leg. Plus the alliteration works.

 

PP

[Ben Bitten]

Ok, I don't know about anyone else, but at the very least Ben should get Best Story! Anyone that gets bitten by a croc gets my vote for sure!!

Ben, glad there wasn't any permanent damage and you got to keep all your fingers and hand.

 

The buddy that prompted my alias - contacted me a few days after it happened and his first question was: It wasn't your strong hand, was it?!? LOL I did loose feeling form the tip of my ring finger to the knuckle, but it eventually came back. The only lasting issue that came of it.

 

Because I was straddling the croc with my knees on either side of it's kneck/rear of the jaw when it happened (that's how you have to hold them steady when working with them) it limited his ability to move its head and body. I also pushed down hard on it's head with my right hand as soon as it latched on to me so it couldn't thrash back and forth - the first thing they do when they grab something. If I hadn't done that, or if my knees had been further back I would have lost a finger or two. If that had happened my alias would have been Frodo... or Fingers McGee

 

Ben Bitten ....gets my vote for most painful backstory...Yeehaw Ben... Jim

 

LOL! It was definitely and experience.

[Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217]

Wow! That is the best story I've read. You are a hero, Ben!

[Jim No Horse]

One doesn't have to watch those videos to find a better looking cowboy than Jim No Horse.

 

Gee Whiz Mr Cleaver.....and I thought we were friends......Jim No Hoss...lol..

[Bittertrigger]

My full alias is Bart Bittertrigger Finger

My Daughter came up with that not knowing where she got it and she is not telling

At the club one match someone yelled out that I needed a shorter handle so I yelled back

Just call me Mr Finger not thinking it all the way through so you can imagine the reception I get when I'm called to the firing line