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On 6/22/2021 at 4:23 PM, Jersey Kid, SASS #287 said:

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2001 - Outlaw Pete, The Jersey Kid, Bobby Carradine, Trinidad Slim, Bob Gangi (COWS) Pierre Bessez (President of Stetson) Cole Younger

 

 

Trinidad slim is that tall feller in the back?  Boy he sure looks familiar. 

 

 

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The Susquehanna Roundup 2001, Top Shooters. Ded-I-Dalton was Top Lady,

and Top Lady Traditional, while Single Action Jackson was Top Traditional,

Top Overall, and Top Gun.

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The late, great, much missed, Griff's Girl, SASS#14 at 1990's EOT... I forget which stage.  (I think that was the last year for the CA Range Masters doing the officiating.  A LOT of folks got burned ordering videos that were never produced!  

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That Rossi 20 ga was a bear to open with its shortened stock.  

And at OWSA's National Shootout abt. 1991/1992

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Railhead July, 1997, Williams, Az.

 

Check out the target distances.

 

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Some of the Tucson Shooters.

 

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We did okay.  Dusty Drover, Arizona Desperado (my previous alias), Solicitor General, and The Butcher.

 

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Great friends and some of my favorite people, Quicksand, Pike Coyle, and Blaze Kincaid.

 

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Great memories from days gone by! Lots of pards are no longer with us! I really miss those days. 1989-present. Still shooting and I will be there for the first EOT in Carefree Arizona!

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On 9/8/2021 at 12:32 PM, Howlin Mad Murdock SASS #4037 said:

Railhead July, 1997, Williams, Az.

 

Check out the target distances.

 

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Some of the Tucson Shooters.

 

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We did okay.  Dusty Drover, Arizona Desperado (my previous alias), Solicitor General, and The Butcher.

 

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Great friends and some of my favorite people, Quicksand, Pike Coyle, and Blaze Kincaid.

 

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My first Railhead.  Shot it with an unmodified 1894 Marlin and two old model vaquero's one 7 1/2, one 4 5/8.

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OWSA Raton, NM circa '92 or '93:

 

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Apparently, Griff's Girl (RIP) wanted me somewhere else...

 

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Hondo, SASS#21,  & "?" preparing for the long range event, which IIRC, was an 8' tall bear silhouette @ 800 yards.

 

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Deacon Dean SASS 161, Dusty Boddems SASS 1907, & Arkansas Slim(RIP) at one of the Whittington Center's many ranges.

 

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Warlock SASS 1598, and Nick (?)

 

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Standing:  Ol' Mossy Horn, aka Bill Hahn (RIP) -  Prone:  Lil Annie, aka Dorothy Hahn (RIP) - Seated:  Sierra, aka Charlene Itchkawitch.

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Sassy Kassy and Hangfire Hank, Top Lady and Top Men's shooters, Arizona State Championship, 1988

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This was a great collection of pictures and tribute to everyone involved in the past.

 

I have recently joined SASS after many years of thinking about joining.  Back in the early 90s I belonged to the same range as McCloud and he took me to a few matches.  It was great seeing pictures of him (I never realized at the time that he was the first Senior champion).  I distinctly remember driving down to the matches with him.  I also remember getting him into Harry Connick Jr. (when he had his big band sound) and gave him some tapes that he really liked.  He was surprised that a young kid like me was into big band music lol.

 

Looking back I wish I would have joined back then, but I guess I was just too young and dumb.

 

Thanks for everyone  posting these great pictures.  It has brought back memories for even an outsider like me.  I have to admit that this thread pushed me to joining SASS just a couple of days ago.  I am not getting any younger and I have always wanted to get involved, and seeing all of these old pictures really pushed me over the edge.

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On 9/8/2021 at 12:32 PM, Howlin Mad Murdock SASS #4037 said:

Railhead July, 1997, Williams, Az.

 

Check out the target distances.

 

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Some of the Tucson Shooters.

 

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We did okay.  Dusty Drover, Arizona Desperado (my previous alias), Solicitor General, and The Butcher.

 

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Great friends and some of my favorite people, Quicksand, Pike Coyle, and Blaze Kincaid.

 

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Not sure who the shooter is but the TO is my old friend Dog Face (R.I.P.) Mark Rogers

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29 minutes ago, Jasper Agate said:

Not sure who the shooter is but the TO is my old friend Dog Face (R.I.P.) Mark Rogers

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That's Pike Coyle, and his wife Quicksand at the loading table.  Owners of Thunderstick Trading Company down here in Tuscon.

 

Those were great matches up there in Williams.

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3 hours ago, Howlin Mad Murdock SASS #4037 said:

 

That's Pike Coyle, and his wife Quicksand at the loading table.  Owners of Thunderstick Trading Company down here in Tuscon.

 

Those were great matches up there in Williams.

My wife was a traveling nurse a life time ago and we spent the first few months of '04 in Tucson. I met those fine people and spent a good amount of time in their shop. GOOD TIMES!!!!!

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Judge Roy Bean, Kid Sopris, R.J. Potent, Durango Kid, 1995 Winter Range, Arizona.

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EOT 2002. Anybody remember the name of the tame buffalo/bison this guy used to ride?

 

ETA: I did some heavy duty remembering and I'm pretty sure it was "Harvey Wallbanger"

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Back in the day, Kid Cavalier, Ivory Jack McCloud (RIP), Captain Lewis, Ricochet Roy & Captain Jake Cutter.

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