Canby and Barium’s 2025 EOT Blog

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

This was the easiest trip to Ben Avery in years.  Both I-40 and I-17 had been repaved.  There was no dust, snow or even a head wind.  Our camp site at Ben Avery was vacant when we arrived and I set up the trailer in time to shoot 5-Stand after dark.  The presentations were fairly easy except trap #1 that threw a fast teal due west.  It quickly disappeared from the flood lights and had to be engaged quickly.

 

   

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

This morning on our way to Costco we stopped at Bruno’s reloading supply store.  Two mummified critters greeted us at the door..  There was almost no Alliant powder in stock.  I bought the last two bags of reclaimed shot to use in raffles.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Cactus League Spring Training is underway and we watched an afternoon game at the nearby Peoria Sports Complex.  The Padres and the Mariners are both resident there and they played today.  The Padres played well but the Mariners showed problems in both hitting and pitching.

 

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Dinner after that game at the Biergarten German restaurant on Bell Road.  I had the Cordon Bleu.

 

 

[Choctaw Jack]

Thanks, Canby!

Can't be there, so I'm looking forward to your blog. 

Choctaw

[Yul Lose]

Looking good, I’ll be there on Sunday.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

There was a big crowd at Fire and Ice this morning.  Parking is much improved but the need to sign new liability release forms for the new Cowtown management slowed entry to the range.

 

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Deadwood Kitty shot on posse 6.

 

 

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Rambling Rose was shooting in good form.

 

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Bender put in some good stage times in FCGF.

 

 

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

 

 

Doc, Bender and I were the three black powder shooters on posse 6.

 

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Doc won Ladies Frontier Cartridge.

Jace the Ace (below) was the fastest shooter on posse 6 and won buckaroo.

 

 

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

I wore denim and ROed much of the match.

 

 

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

We picked up our shooters packages after Fire and Ice.  Ruger donated nice ammo boxes as door prizes.

 

 

[Tex Jones, SASS 2263]

Thanks for the pics.  Looks like fun.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Brass dries quickly in the Sonoran Desert.  These are Doc’s .32 H&R mags.

 

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

14 hours ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said:

Brass dries quickly in the Sonoran Desert.  These are Doc’s .32 H&R mags.

 

With no frame of reference, those coulda been .45's  

Pretty clean - what did you rinse them in?

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

They started out brightly polished and were loaded with APP.  In the dry desert air tarnish builds up slowly.  Some of the cases went two days without cleaning.  They were rinsed twice in hot water then bathed in a weak vinegar solution for three hours then drained and set out to dry.

[Roy Goode - SASS 114620]

Great stuff!

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Today was a shopping day.  We make a trip to Mesa where Wild West Mercantile is located.  They give a discount to EOT shooters.  Many of the trousers I wear shooting came from their bargain bin.  If you are skinny as a bean pole or morbidity obese the bargain bin has a good selection.  For all sizes in between one should not be picky in color or pattern.

 

While in Mesa we shopped Superstition Market, a large produce and fruit outlet with very low prices on locally grown items.  Below Doc selects lemons sold for 25-cents each.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

We stocked on locally grown icitrus.

Update: I ate an orange and a grapefruit when I returned to our campground.  They both were tree-ripened and very tasty.

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Bell peppers for our eggs while camping.

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

I use molasses when baking dark breads and restocked for the year.

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Cactus jellies make good gifts.

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Doc went to med school in Moscow and likes many Russian foods so we visited the Yasha from Russia store.  Doc bought some “Jewish sausage”, rye bread and buckwheat.

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Father Frost and his granddaughter dolls.  Father Frost delivers gifts to children across Russia on New Years.

 

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

9 minutes ago, Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 said:

Bell peppers for our eggs while camping...

I don't eat bell peppers but bought them for my mom and yessir, those are cheap! 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

We stocked our travel trailer freezer with frozen pierogis.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

I always feel the need to photo the dried fish.

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

No blowing dust tonight- time to grill for dinner.

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

I shot the sporting clays side match yesterday.  Hot Tamale, Hawkshaw Fred and Lightfoot were on my squad.  We shot fifty clays in report pairs on the Quail Course - a beginners course located just behind the Clay Target Center office.  No motorized cart was needed and the course was shootable with short- barreled, cylinder bore shotguns.  I shot black powder and had some trouble seeing the second clay.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

This morning we shot the long range, rifle caliber lever action rifle side match.  Our Marlin 336 in 30-30 plunked rounds on large, white steel plates.  While one had ten minutes to shoot five rounds, I tried to shoot faster to be competitive.  I shot in 43 seconds.  The leader when I left shot in 23 seconds.  Doc looks forward to shooting the rifle elsewhere this year.

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

This afternoon I bought a new gun belt from Mernickle.  They finally had one in the length, color and style I wanted.  It is time to retire my old tool belt.

 

I shot the Plainsman this afternoon.  There were two posses and Tex was on mine.  Calamity Crow, another local club member shot her first Plainsman with a borrowed Handi-rifle.  She is now shopping for one.

 

 

 

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

Wind blew hard all night and this morning the riverboat prop was on the ground.  Two other props are being supported with forklifts.

 

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Posse 17 has shooters from Germany, Australia and New Zealand.  I will video them over the next three days and post.

 

 

[Barry Sloe]

We shot with the Kiwi group last weekend in Tombstone.  A great bunch and FAST.

Enjoy yourselves, 

Barry Sloe and Trizzlee