TUSCO TIMES OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE TUSCO LONG RIDERS The Shooting Makes It Fun, the People Make It Special April 2015 Writer/Editor: Buckaroo Bubba April 4 th The April shoot at Tusco was a special one. It was our Shotgun Slade Memorial Shoot. 49 shooters turned out to remember our longtime friend. Special Thank you to MetalXWorks and LouAnn s Sewing Shoppe for the donations to the prize table. It s greatly appreciated. Welcome to Tusco, Russ T. Sites, Bigg Lead Foot, Buck Johnson, Windfall Heart, and Desert Belle! Hope you all enjoyed yourselves and will be back. Story Continued on Page 6 Top 20 1 Billy Badazz 2 Stone Creek Drifter 3 Gray Hare 4 I.M. Crossdraw 5 Life-R Silver 6 Swiss Senior 7 Buckaroo Bubba 8 Black Run Butcher 9 Cheatin Charlie 10 Shotgun Chavezz 11 Sixgun Seamus 12 John Barleycorn 13 Mad Dog Max 14 N.A. Custer 15 Swiftwater Jack 16 Bdoc Gunfighter 17 Maverick 18 Rowdy Red Tailor 19 Artic Fox 20 Last Gun Clean Shooters Artic Fox Shotgun Chavezz BDOC Stone Creek Drifter Bigg Lead Foot Black Run Butcher Camp Creek Skinner Jesse Duke Last Gun Life-R Mad Dox Max Short Gun Shorty In this Issue Shotgun Slade Memorial Shoot Jedi Gunfighter Buckaroo Bubba Next Shoot: May 2 nd, 2015 Rain, Shine, or SNOW! 1 P a g e
Swiftwater Jack TJ Reese Rowdy Red Tailor Jesse Duke Meet a Cowboy/Cowgirl Alias/SASS # - Colorado Coffinmaker SASS #14513 How did you pick your Alias A Stint making Caskets Name Michael Rudolph Location Indiana, Pennsylvania Category Frontier Cartridge Gunfighter Caliber - 44 - Cap Gun Snubbies Occupation Military - Retired, Master Woodworker/Cabinet Maker - Retired & Gunsmith - Retired Hobbies Cowboy Action and the Couch Goal in SASS Have lots of fun with my friends Where do you shoot Tusco, Indiana PA, Hollidaysburg PA, Logans Ferry PA & and any place else that will put up with me How long have you been a Cowboy Action Shooter Since the Beginning Favorite Thing about Cowboy Action Shooting Bang, Boom, Klang Anything else you d like to add My gun belts shrunk over the Winter. My affliction for and addiction to Snubbie Cap Guns is all Prairie Dawg s fault. I blame my clothes on Sixgun Seamus. 2 P a g e
Tusco News & Notes Cowboy Swap Meet at Monthly Shoots As a reminder, feel free to bring your old Cowboy Gear, Guns and Equipment to sell at our monthly shoots. It s a good opportunity to sell some of your unwanted stuff to your fellow shooters. Your items are your responsibility. Pre-Paid Shoots Looking for that perfect Gift for your Cowboy Friends and Family? How about a Pre-paid Shoot to a Tusco Monthly Match. They cost $10.00 each at a shoot or they can be mailed for $10.50. Contact Buckaroo Bubba at pittfandwr@aol.com or 330-348-5637 if you would like to purchase them. Wild West Category at Tusco We offer a Wild West Category at Tusco. This is basically an Open Class. Any Guns, Any Style, Any Age. Any SASS Legal Guns and Ammo can be used, including.22 Caliber. This is being offered as an alternative to not shooting at all if you don t have all the proper equipment to fit into a SASS legal category. Tusco Members in the April Cowboy Chronicle Our friend Lady Lopez appears on Page 14 and Stone Creek Drifter and Gray Squirrel appear on Page 21. Tusco Rifle Club NRA Banquet Please visit our website or Facebook page to see the Flyers for the Friends of NRA banquet hosted by the Tusco Rifle Club. Try and support this great cause. Running Iron Rudy SASS Member Special Thank you to John Barleycorn for picking up Running Iron Rudy s Junior SASS Membership! Welcome to the Single Action Shooting Society Running Iron Rudy, #102277. Six Stages We now shoot six stages at Tusco. A few people have told us that they drive a good distance to shoot at Tusco and would like to shoot as much as possible. Obviously we only have room for five shooting bays. So what we do is shoot the first stage you start on twice. Consider it a warm up stage. Only five stages will be scored. You can take your best time on your first stage. If you don t want to shoot it twice you do not have to. This would provide more shooting for our shooters. New Shooters Shoot for Free at Tusco The Tusco Long Riders will be offering FREE SHOOTS to ALL FIRST TIME SHOOTERS AT TUSCO. This is ONLY for a shooter s first ever shoot at Tusco. (*this is only for monthly matches, excluding High Noon 3-day Shoot in October, and the Charity Shoot in November.) New Features We now have a Tusco Long Riders YouTube Channel and Google+ Page. Go to our website and follow the links. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel and Follow our Google+ Page. Website New Features If you haven t looked at our website lately check it out. New pages have been added, including the Wallpaper and Other Clubs pages. On the Wallpaper page you can set our official logo as your computer wallpaper. The Other Clubs Page has a link to our supporting clubs. Our News & Events Page stay updated as well. If you have any ideas for our webpage please let me know. 3 P a g e
Prairie Dawg's Little-Known Western Facts The Boss of the Plain the Original Cowboy Hat The Boss of the Plains was a lightweight all-weather hat designed in 1865 by John B. Stetson for the demands of the American west. It was intended to be durable, waterproof and elegant. This design and the term "Stetson" eventually became all-butinterchangeable with what later became known as the cowboy hat. The Boss of the Plains was designed with a high crown to provide insulation on the top of the head, and a wide stiff brim to provide shelter from both sun and precipitation for the face, neck and shoulders. The original furfelt hat was waterproof and shed rain. Overall, the hat was durable and lightweight. On the underside, the hat included a sweatband, a lining to protect the hat, and, as a memorial to earlier designs, a bow on its sweatband, which had the practical purpose of helping distinguish the front from the back. The original designs were natural in color with four-inch crowns and brims; a plain strap was used for the band. For years, Stetson worried about the waterproofing, and finally decided to make his hat of beaver felt. It took about 42 beaver belly pelts to produce a high quality hat. Because of the tight weave of most Stetson hats, it was waterproof enough to be used as a bucket. One story tells of a cowboy crossing a long dry stretch of prairie. His canteen sprung a leak. He saved the drinking water by carrying it in his Stetson. The Dodge City Peace Commission, Stetson featured advertising of a cowboy watering his horse with some wearing a Boss of the Plains water carried in the crown. The wearer could also use the brim to direct water to a person's mouth. A high quality hat in good condition was also viewed in some places as a status symbol. The straight-sided, round cornered, flat brimmed original Boss of the Plains design dominated for about twenty years. Most 19th-century photographs show that the hat doesn't have an intentional crease at all. Most hats were kept open crown. However, through use, abuse, and customization by individual wearers, hats were modified from their original appearance. In particular, the crown would become dented, at first inadvertently, then by deliberate choice of individual owners. The brim was often rolled or curved and ornamentation was sometimes added. Often, these creases and brim shapes began to reflect where a particular hat owner lived or worked, and in some cases, even cowboys on individual ranches could be identified by the crease in their hat. 4 P a g e
Thus, the manufactured styles also began to change. The first popular modification was a long crease sloping from the high back down towards the front, called the "Carlsbad crease" after a style used by wearers in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Another design, derived from the pointed top of the Mexican sombrero worked its way north and became known as the "Montana peak," which had four dents, originally derived from being handled on top with four fingers. Entertainers who promoted cowboy and western culture in the late 19th century and early 20th century popularized Stetson designs. An Apache man wearing a Boss of the Plains Stetson For example, Buffalo Bill had custom hats with very wide brims made for his Wild West Shows, with later designs created for Hollywood including the Tom Mix style "ten-gallon" hats used in Western films. Over time, the working cowboy hat of the ranch cowboy, as modified by popular entertainers and rodeo competitors, became an essential part of the cowboy image. At times, various politicians, celebrities and certain law enforcement units adopted descendants of the Boss of the Plains hat to strengthen their association with the culture and values of the Old West. The Boss of the Plains-inspired design that became the modern cowboy hat has remained basically unchanged in construction and design since the first one created in 1865, demonstrating the degree to which form succeeded in following function. New Jedi Gunfighter Buckaroo Bubba At the April shoot John Barleycorn and BDOC presented Buckaroo Bubba as the newest Jedi Gunfighter, #203. This is the definition of what a Jedi Gunfighter is (from the Jedi Website): Jedi Gunfighters, n. 1. The greatest collection of fast-shooting, slick-talking, ornery, smelly and ugly polecats (except for the ladies) that ever pulled a sixgun, aimed a rifle or pointed a shotgun while specializing in shooting 'gunfighter-style' with two pistols out and blazing away. 2. Known to travel all over the USA and the world competing in Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) Cowboy Action Shooting matches. 3. There are also unique categories of these polecats like Master Jedi's, Sith Lords, Dark Lords, Pale Rider Jedi's, Outlaw Jedi's and Soot Dove's. 4. The renowned 'Jedi Council' is tasked with establishing and upholding the standards of the group. 5. Often found around the campfire with the nicest people in the world - other cowboy action shooters. Today, the 'Jedi Council' looks at the shooter's dedication in SASS, how active they are in club activities, how helpful during shoots, how well they understand Gunfighter guidelines/rules, etc. and of course, reasonable proficiency with their pistols as a Gunfighter. BUT, a Jedi Gunfighter does not have to be a pure Gunfighter at every match! A few Jedi's are predominately Traditional style shooters that shoot Gunfighter at special events, etc AND are VERY DEDICATED club officers, match directors, etc. Required Criteria - 1) Must have SASS Range Officer status (ROI or ROII) 2) Must have shot Gunfighter at least ONE year, preferably the most recent year. General Criteria - at least one of the following, PLUS being an all-around good member of SASS/CAS: 1) have won a match shooting Gunfighter (min 5 stages) 2) have shot a clean match shooting Gunfighter (min 5 stages) 3) be an Ambassador, either by deed and/or attitude. Generally understands the rules in what is acceptable as a Gunfighter. 4) ANY intangible that makes a shooter 'A Cut Above' as a Gunfighter. 5 P a g e
Continued from Page 1 The stages for the April shoot were based on some of Slade s Favorites, from Open Range to Roy Rogers. Slade s wife Sis was in attendance along with many other family members. We started things off by Buckaroo Bubba sharing a story. When Slade was in the hospital in Florida a fellow SASS Member, Waimea, wanted to visit Slade and present him with an honorary Outlaw Pin from the Florida State Shoot. Unfortunately he never got the chance to visit Slade. Waimea wanted to give me the pin he was to present to Slade. I made it known to Waimea that Slade has three grandchildren that shot with him and suggested that if possible could he give the Outlaw pins to them. He loved the idea and sent up the pins, which were presented to RF Coleman, Dandy Andy and Desert Belle. It was a very emotional day at the range as we tried to have fun while remembering our friend. RF Coleman, Dandy Andy and Desert Belle brought a print for everyone to leave messages on to present to their Grandmother. Also presented at the April shoot was an award of recognition of Stone Creek Drifter s National Championship. Drifter has worked hard over the years to obtain his National Championship and this was finally his year. The Award read: National Champion, Frontier Cartridge Duelist, Stone Creek Drifter, the Tusco Long Riders are proud of you, Congratulations. Shotgun Slade s Grandchildren - Desert Belle, RF Coleman, Dandy Andy Six Gun Seamus and Cayenne Kay at the NRA Convention Tusco members Six Gun Seamus and Cayenne Kay got to work the SASS booth at the NRA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Roxy West, Amber Oakley, Cayenne Kay, Six Gun Seamus, Misty Moonshine 6 P a g e
Contact Information Tusco Long Riders 2132 Midvale Mine Rd SE Dennison, OH 44621-9019 http://www.tuscolongriders.com Tusco Long Riders on Facebook www.facebook.com/tuscolongriders President Buckaroo Bubba Dan Ranker 330-348-5637 pittfandwr@aol.com Vice President Prairie Dawg Lou Polsinelli 216-932-7630 lpolsi@yahoo.com Treasurer Split Rail Tim Watson 330-364-6185 vandtwranch@roadrunner.com Secretary T.J. Reese Steve Utter 330-401-9822 coachutter@yahoo.com Match Director Muleskinner Mike Legg 740-922-1290 pamlegg@wildblue.net Territorial Governor D.J. McDraw Dan Westfall 740-767-2326 danankat@yahoo.com Supporting Clubs Blackhand Raiders Nashpost, Ohio www.blackhandraiders.com/home.html Brown Township Regulators Malvern, Ohio www.browntwpsportsmanclub.com Firelands Peacemakers Rochester, Ohio www.firelandspeacemakers.com Greene County Cowboys Xenia, Ohio www.gcfng.com/gccowboys/index.html Logan s Ferry Regulators Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania www.logansferrysportsmens.com Miami Valley Cowboys Piqua, Ohio www.miamivalleycowboys.org/ Ohio Valley Vigilantes Mount Vernon, Ohio www.ohiovv.com/ River Junction Shootist Society Donegal, Pennsylvania www.riverjunctionshootistsociety.com/ Sandusky County Regulators Gibsonburg, Ohio http://scsclub.org/events/cowboy-action/ Scioto Territory Desperados Chillicothe, Ohio www.sciotodesperados.com Shenango River Rats Masury, Ohio www.brookfieldconservation.com/cowboy.html Wild West Point West Point, Ohio www.affox.com/casscores/westpoint.html 7 P a g e
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