Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Not a thing..Except reconnecting with old SASS Pards from the earlier days of SASS and catching up after a much too long hiatus...A few of us have had med issues that 'forced' them to retire' from competitive shooting , Like Me, and missing the old days of SASS and bringing old friends up to speed on what 's been going on and what in my case, one of the things I've done to make up for not being able to cowboy any longer... I agree with you, out of place perhaps on the SASS Wire, but like i said it's mainly about reconnecting with what was a huge part of my life for 12 years and a lot of very old pards that i miss from my SASS days. SASS was a major part of my life for a long time My apologies if I was out of line 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 8 hours ago, Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life said: Not a thing..Except reconnecting with old SASS Pards from the earlier days of SASS and catching up after a much too long hiatus...A few of us have had med issues that 'forced' them to retire' from competitive shooting , Like Me, and missing the old days of SASS and bringing old friends up to speed on what 's been going on and what in my case, one of the things I've done to make up for not being able to cowboy any longer... I agree with you, out of place perhaps on the SASS Wire, but like i said it's mainly about reconnecting with what was a huge part of my life for 12 years and a lot of very old pards that i miss from my SASS days. SASS was a major part of my life for a long time My apologies if I was out of line No offense here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jailhouse Jim, SASS #13104 Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Shorty, you are an icon from the earlier days of SASS and still a wealth of information on Colts. This is a perfect place for you and others from the Early Days of SASS to reminisce and catch up on current activities. Keep doing what you are doing. Jailhouse Jim 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 (edited) Thanks Jim Very kind of you indeed after 16 orthopedic and neurosurgeries , mostly back , neck , and 2 artificial shoulders, in 2014 when my wife passed away, I gave up my Class III FFL and retired not only from business but from SASS competition ... Reluctantly, but no choice. To say I miss it would be an understatement! Surprisingly I still get a lot of calls from SASS Pards regarding Colts which I am only to happy to discuss . As you know , Colt has radically changed now that CZ purchased them I can tell you with authority that ANY generation of Colt SAA and 1911’s are an ever appreciating investment Colts are already making nice profits and will continue to do so They will never be made again as an American treasure by Colt sure, CZ will be making Colts; but to purists like me that have spent the better part of my life as a Colt Dealer Custom Shop Dealer and Colt collector, RIP Colt ! Hang on to those genuine Colts! They are truly American Icons! Edited March 23, 2021 by Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Hipshot, Roy Rogers, and Judge Roy Bean 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 B B McShagnasty, Beauford McHogg, Butch Cavecchi, Railhead AZ 1988 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Harper Creigh "Judge Roy Bean" #1, Dave Britton "R.J. Poteet" #3, Craig Hanson "Big Jake" #1001, Harold Iskawich "Greybeard", at Railhead 1989 and the 1st time the Train had gone to and from the Grand Canyon since 1968. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Quotes from Craig Hanson, "Big Jake, SASS #1001... "Only One Handgun back then. In 1985-86-87 we could use Winchester 30-30 and 45-70 as a main match rifle. we used wrist watches and stopwatches for a timer. Things changed with SASS in late 1987 and End of Trail 1988 and up." "Targets back then were poured cast steel and had many pockmarks from hits and craters from hard hits from the 30-30's, .38-55' and .45-70's. had several bounce backs that hit people and cut the skin. I had a .45-70 hit and bounce back, skid off the ground, hit a shed behind me, and bounce to hit me in the Cowboy Boots above the ankle. Black n Blue for two weeks. SASS started using AR (Abrasion Resistant) Steel and no more pockmarks and craters. Just a bullet Splash in the dirt. But also went with Pistol only calibers in the Rifles." "Some of our guys were a little upset when they banned the rifle calibers. One had his 30-30 all set up and dialed in and the other had been working, for months, on getting his 45-70 '86 to be competitive." 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Jerry Jordon "Beauford McHogg", Don Wright "B.B. McShagnasty" #452, Tony Cipponari "Butch Cavecchi" #20, Reggie Byrum "Apache Kid", and Craig Hanson "Big Jake" #1001. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Actually, the rifle calibers as a main match rifle ended in 1985. My 1st monthly match was in late summer 1985; I brought my 94 Winchester in .30-30 to use, and had to borrow a rifle... This was at Coto De Caza with the Wild Bunch! Sometimes known as the Coto Cowboys! I was told that EOT '85 was the last use of a rifle caliber as a main match gun. I know they weren't allowed in '86 or any later except as long range entries. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) EOT 1986 Long Range Side Match. Maybe the ONLY time a non-cartridge rifle was used. I didn't finish last, but quite far behind 1st!!! Edited April 10, 2021 by Griff My son reminded me in '87 I used my Sharps! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 (edited) Bill Lindholm sent me these: Wimpy Hank Yoho - EoT 2002 Tule Spud, Wimpy Hank Yoho, Lost River Slim & my brother Whiney Henry Yoho "Tule & Slim left us a few years ago. Miss them. Pards ta' ride the river with. They were like brothers to me too." Wimpy Hank Yoho and Whiney Henry Yoho "Here's one of my brother Whiney Henry Yoho & myself. I'm guessin' about a dozen years back or so. Match was called True Grit, Roseburg, Oregon. Whiney's smilin' big cuz' it was a two day match with 10 stages with 4 pistols, 2 rifles & a shotgun. Ammo count per stage approximately 50 rounds per stage. We'd do that one & feel like all the other matches after that one seem like not much shootin'. LOL" Edited April 21, 2021 by McCandless 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 Bill Lindholm also sent me these: "My brother Whiney Henry Yoho here. He's not been to a shoot in a few years, just like myself health issues. This one was taken in Portland, Oregon at one of the SASS Northwest Regional matches they put on many years ago." Myself, Wimpy Hank Yoho & brother Whiney Henry Yoho standing in front of our booth. This is at the Portland match too. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Adams 3674 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 On 3/27/2021 at 4:50 AM, McCandless said: Quotes from Craig Hanson, "Big Jake, SASS #1001... "Only One Handgun back then. In 1985-86-87 we could use Winchester 30-30 and 45-70 as a main match rifle. we used wrist watches and stopwatches for a timer. Things changed with SASS in late 1987 and End of Trail 1988 and up." "Targets back then were poured cast steel and had many pockmarks from hits and craters from hard hits from the 30-30's, .38-55' and .45-70's. had several bounce backs that hit people and cut the skin. I had a .45-70 hit and bounce back, skid off the ground, hit a shed behind me, and bounce to hit me in the Cowboy Boots above the ankle. Black n Blue for two weeks. SASS started using AR (Abrasion Resistant) Steel and no more pockmarks and craters. Just a bullet Splash in the dirt. But also went with Pistol only calibers in the Rifles." "Some of our guys were a little upset when they banned the rifle calibers. One had his 30-30 all set up and dialed in and the other had been working, for months, on getting his 45-70 '86 to be competitive." I shot my first CAS match with a 1886 in 45-70......It was all I had at the time and the guys said, "Go for it!" Man, I was sure beat by the end of the match....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I still have 2 pair of Lindholm Brothers spurs. Horace 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 28 minutes ago, Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 said: I still have 2 pair of Lindholm Brothers spurs. Horace I wear a pair as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Rojas Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Wimpy Hank! How the He77 are you doin' Pard? I've settled down in the Gulches south of Foots Creek just a stones throw from Merlin! All the best to you and Whiney. Yer in my thoughts everytime I step to the Line or put pen to paper, Dammit! Yer Pard, Jacked Up Dammit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 Sam Walker, SASS #9408 - (R.I.P.) One of the founding members of the Merlin's Marauders cowboys action shooting posse of Grant's Pass, Oregon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 Sawbones Shore, The Judge, Ripshin (R.I.P.) and Horsetrader (Mule Camp, SouthEast Regional, '99) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 Batoche, The Grey Fox (center), and Rattlesnake Jack Robson at Palmer's Gulch (Kamloops, British Columbia) in 1996 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 Shaky Jake, John Clum, Hipshot, and Bull Shooter c.1990 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 Paydirt, Greybeard and Shawneetown, 1986 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 Kid Cavalier, Ivory Jack McCloud (RIP), Captain Lewis, Ricochet Roy, & Captain Jake Cutter. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) Los Altos Red, Dead Eye Dick, Shotgun Red, Dr. Willard B. Slipsnake, and Hang Fire Hank, c. 1986 Edited June 20, 2021 by McCandless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) On 12/13/2020 at 12:30 AM, Sixgun Shorty, SASS #35717 Life said: Wow! great stuff and great memories! SASS was a everything to Me for many years, ,till age and body wore out! Great post! THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES! I haven't even looked at the Wire in years, so this was big fun...My old Pard Yakima Kid contacted me and am really enjoying the wire! To all My Old Pards That still remember Me, Hope you are all well and doing great! I miss every one of you! Best years of my Life! Keep on 'Keepin' On! Yer Pard, Sixgun Shorty #35717 Sixgun Shorty Edited June 14, 2021 by McCandless 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 On 6/14/2021 at 2:59 PM, McCandless said: Los Altos Red, Shotgun Red, Dead Eye Dick, Dr. Willard B. Slipsnake, and Hang Fire Hank, c. 1986 I recall it being Los Altos Red, Dead Eye Dick, Shotgun Red... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCandless Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Griff said: I recall it being Los Altos Red, Dead Eye Dick, Shotgun Red... Doh! Yes, my fumbling fingers!! (and brain) I'll correct that! Edited June 20, 2021 by McCandless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ N. Hound #26716 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I joined in 1997. A lot of those folks were still around. Thanks for the memories Doc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Kid, SASS #287 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) 1988 in Coto - I'm in blue, ready for our chain gang posse shoot. Edited June 23, 2021 by Jersey Kid, SASS #287 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Kid, SASS #287 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 1999 Joe Bowman, Cole Younger, Jersey Kid, Outlaw Pete, Jubal Sackett 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene, SASS # 27489 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jersey Kid, SASS #287 said: 1988 in Norco - I'm in blue, ready for our chain gang posse shoot. First I've heard of a chain gang shoot! Sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Kid, SASS #287 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 2001 - Outlaw Pete, The Jersey Kid, Bobby Carradine, Trinidad Slim, Bob Gangi (COWS) Pierre Bessez (President of Stetson) Cole Younger 2001 Col John B Armstrong, The Chiseler, The jersey Kid, Tex 2002 Jersey Kid Brother & Jane Seymour. Jane, her husband James Keach (both long time friends of mine) brought their twins Johnny (named for Johnny Cash) & Chris (named after Chris Reeves) from Malibu to see me compete 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Kid, SASS #287 Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 2001 - Outlaw Pete, The Jersey Kid, Bobby Carradine, Trinidad Slim, Bob Gangi (COWS) Pierre Bessez (President of Stetson) Cole Younger 2001 Col John B Armstrong, The Chiseler, The jersey Kid, Tex 2002 Jersey Kid Brother & Jane Seymour. Jane, her husband James Keach (both long time friends of mine) brought their twins Johnny (named for Johnny Cash) & Chris (named after Chris Reeves) from Malibu to see me compete 2001 with Tyrone Power Jr at EoT 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Jersey Kid, SASS #287 said: 1999 Joe Bowman, Cole Younger, Jersey Kid, Outlaw Pete, Jubal Sackett There is a Jubal Sackett from Utah. He's taller and doesn't look like that. Are you sure? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Kid, SASS #287 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 (edited) I guess his official SASS name is Jubal Sackett USM (John Schultz) Edited June 23, 2021 by Jersey Kid, SASS #287 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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