SW REGIONAL PICTURES, SCORES, & VIDEO

Pancho Peacemaker · November 15, 2009, 08:00:07 AM

"Gone To Texas" is done and gone. Lots of food was eaten and much powder was spent.

We hope all had a good time.

Here's a few pictures to share:

http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/gsonnenmd/NCOWS/09%20SW%20Regional/?albumview=slideshow

I'll post a link to scores and some video in a few days. Gotta sort brass and the Cowboys play at 3:15.

Off to church,

Pancho

James Hunt · November 15, 2009, 12:04:40 PM

Pancho: very nice photo album, thanks for posting. Nice chuckwagon.

Pancho Peacemaker · November 15, 2009, 04:14:49 PM

2009 SW Regional Category Winners are:

Boy's Junior Two Gun: Dakota "Alamo Cody" Beechler
Men's Blackpowder Duelist: Mark "Johnson Barr" Smith
Men's Blackpowder Shootist: Ken "Diablo Slim" Pruitt
Men's Elder: Mike "Chudaben Cowboy" Bove
Men's Pistoleer: Dave "Jed Cooper" Hollandsworth
Men's Senior: Jim "Texas Jack" Stephens
Men's Smokeless Duelist: Ted "Cole Bluesteele" Beechler
Men's Smokeless Shootist: Greg "Pancho Peacemaker" Sonnen
Men's Working Cowboy: Kenneth "Peevine" Miller
Women's Senior: Jeanie "Kow Katcher" Hester
Women's Smokeless Shootist: Arnitha "Bent Barrel Betty" Master
Women's Working Cowgirl: Bonnie "Lady Hoss Jack" Jackson

More details to come...

Texas Lawdog · November 15, 2009, 06:08:11 PM

Congrats to all the class winners at the SW NCOWS Shoot this weekend. I had a great time and ate some good food too. Hiram's Rangers were well represented at the Shoot. The members of the Texas Tenhorns worked hard to make this a successful Shoot. I'm looking forward to attended next year.

Tjackstephens · November 15, 2009, 09:20:44 PM

Thanks to all for the good shoot and hard work that went into it. Sure had a good time and made new friends. You all sure made me fell welcome. Tj

Yes, the snake I shot into and our posse gave to me is now here in KY. A keep sake from a great group.

Was good to put faces to names. Tj

Patrick Henry Brown · November 15, 2009, 09:24:35 PM

First class shoot. Had a great time and shot very badly! LOL! Guess it was to be expected since I was shooting two new pistols in Pistoleer that I had never fired before, in a leather rig I'd never worn before and shooting a Spencer Carbine to boot. But I had a ball! Well done, Ten Horns! Cudos!

Preacher Clint

River City John · November 15, 2009, 10:07:08 PM

Some great pictures, Pancho. Looks like all had fun.
RCJ

lethal larry · November 16, 2009, 08:49:42 AM

Thanks for posting the good photos. Pancho. You got some very good shots!

jefff · November 16, 2009, 10:47:31 AM

great pics.but they don't hold a candle to being there.best time i've had with my boots on.i am sorry for not hitting all the targets y'all put up.but i think i strained my guns shooting so far at the side matches.a good time was had by all.i am very very very sorry to let a yankee walk off with 1st place in pistoleer ,i hope you can forgive me.jokes aside well done jed cooper!my thanks to the texas ten horns for the large time we had.warning this group sets the bar high for puttin on fun shoot.jeff farmer

Texas Lawdog · November 16, 2009, 12:04:28 PM

Jed Cooper lived in Houston for about 7 years when he was a kid and he lived in Tennessee for a while too. I don't consider him a Yankee. He has a southern twang in his voice.

Tascosa Joe · November 16, 2009, 12:20:20 PM

Pancho,
Great pictures. A special thanks to all the "Back East Boys" who were on Traveler and my posse, you made it easy to be the RO and Posse Marshall. We appreciate you folks for making the effort to get out here and shoot with us. I would be proud to shoot with you anytime. I hope to see you all at the convention.

T-Joe

Texas Lawdog · November 16, 2009, 12:40:10 PM

Tascosa Joe, I enjoyed meeting you and the Mrs. at the Shoot. I had a great time as well. I'll be glad when my back ailments are over with and I can shoot again. I think the guys from Indiana will be back next year.

Cole Bluesteele · November 16, 2009, 02:07:17 PM

Thanks for the kind words of appreciation. The fact that the shooters had a great time made all the effort and hard work worthwhile. Now, we'll start work on raising the bar again at the 2010 "Gone To Texas."

Looking forward to seeing y'all at the convention and the 2010 National Match.
Cole Bluesteele

French Jack · November 16, 2009, 02:32:19 PM

Fourteen hours and 800+ miles each way. Jeff and I would do it again for that amount of fun. What a very well done event!
The rest of the "States" surely missed a terrific time. Thanks again for the hospitality and great time. Tascosa, you and Traveller were a pleasure to shoot with. Come visit us at Johnson County Rangers. Larry, Pancho, Cole: don't want to leave you all out either. It was a pleasure.

See you at the Convention or National Shoot, and NEXT TIME at Gone To Texas 2010.

kflach · November 16, 2009, 02:56:29 PM

To all the online pards I got to meet, I was quite delighted to finally get to meet you in person! To all my fellow Ten Horns members and club officers, I was *very* proud of what ya'll did - you obviously put in a lot of hard work pulling everything together. Next year I'll do more than just visit for one day. My wife and daughter had a great time and were quite impressed (and the missus decided a new rifle would be the perfect Christmas present to get for me)! Thanks for all the hard work!!!

Texas Lawdog · November 16, 2009, 03:16:41 PM

I'm glad I got to meet Cole, Pancho, Lethal Larry, Frisco Bank, and last but not least, The Cockroach Kid. It makes me proud to be a member of the Tenhorns. You folks made a new member feel welcome, even though I did not participate.

Cole Bluesteele · November 16, 2009, 03:27:48 PM

Lawdog,

You may not have shot the match, but you certainly DID participate!

Thanks,
Cole

Tjackstephens · November 16, 2009, 03:43:16 PM

T-Joe, was good to put a name and face together. Had a great time on your posse. Was good to shoot on posse 1 even if we did have to put up with Jeff Farmer.

Was good to meet a future Hiram's Ranger. W. H. Violett we will induct you at the NCOWS National 2010. You all really made an ole Kentucky Hill's boy welcome. See you at the National. Tj

kflach, was good to meet you and your family. Did all I could do to stress the need for a rilfe. Hope Santa makes a stop at your home. See you down the trail. Tj Jim "Texas Jack" Stephens

Ottawa Creek Bill · November 16, 2009, 05:21:52 PM

It was nice to put names to faces this past weekend......one of the best times I've had since being in this game....one last bit, Man...., those pards from north of the Red River sure can shoot! Cant wait to come back next year!
Bill

Pancho Peacemaker · November 16, 2009, 05:35:53 PM

An interesting paradox:

Peevine won the derringer side match with my derringer.

I won the long range lever rifle match with Peevine's rifle.

Also, my son Trevor wants to thank everybody for their "friendliness" as he likes to say. It brings my heart great joy to see him enjoy these events. He is only 6, and is wanting to join me at every shoot I go to. This event really 'lit the spark' in him. We picked him up a pair of spurs from Old Scyene because he thought "it'd make him shoot better". He hit 8 out of 10 rifle targets, but wants to hit all 10. I'm sure the spurs will help that happen.

(For those of you not at the match, Trevor attends matches, but does not compete. He picks brass and takes pictures. If he behaves he gets to shoot his Winchester .22 at the end of the competition.)

BTW: After devouring 2 plates of Ervin's Chuckwagon cowboy breakfast, we decided on a cowboy alias for Trevor: "Biscuit"