The November eCowboy Chronicle

The November eCowboy Chronicle is now on-line in the Members Only section of the SASS Web Site. I have also add a few new props this week along with the END of TRAIL Stages for 2008 and 2009. I will be adding a new shooting tip video on Monday along with some new mounted videos next week as well. Enjoy

The Circle of Safety

Below are parts 1 and part 2 of a video made to demonstrate the the Circle of Safety concept. This is an agenda item at the Territorial Governor's Summit this year. Thanks to Black Jack Zack, EZ Shot and others that help put this together. This demonstrates the concept so Territorial Governors and clubs can make up their mind on how to vote for the agenda item. Also, the time is now to register for the SASS Convention. Sign up here.

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PART 2

SASS Members Only Web Page Opens Today.

The long awaited SASS Members Only Web Page Opens today.

The site is full of shooting tip videos, mounted videos along with back issues of the SASS Chronicle, how-to's on making props, member news and our new on-line Cowboy Chronicle.

I think members will find this to be a spot they will visit often. We will be up loading new shooing tips at least once a week and up loading more back issues of the Cowboy Chronicle along with more props, stages and other file to help with monthly matches.

The new on-line version of the Cowboy Chronicle will have hyper-links to advertisers that will you directly to there web site. The on-line Cowboy Chronicle will be a very visual experence that members are sure to like.

Stop by and check it out at http://members.sassnet.com

SASS Cowboy Action Shooting Tip - Drawing from a Straight Hang holster

It is Friday and Long Hunter discusses drawing from a Straight Hang Holster. This concludes the week-long Shooting Tips on my blog. But, Monday the all new SASS "Members Only " web site opens and there will be at least one new shooting tip each week. Along with the all new on-line edition of the "Cowboy Chronicle." So log in Monday and check out all the new items in the "Members Only" web site.

SASS Cowboy Action Shooting Tips - Timers

Here is your daily tip leading up to the opening of the new SASS MEMBERS ONLY Site. Long Hunter discusses how important it is to practice with a timer. Check back tomorrow for another new tip and remember the new Members Only Web Site opens on Monday, October 19th.

California Governor Signs Severe Ammunition Restrictions

NEW LAW REQUIRES RETAILERS TO KEEP LOG OF AMMO BUYERS . . . California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, flip-flopping on legislation he vetoed five years ago, has signed into law legislation (AB 962) that will require retailers to keep a log of ammunition buyers. "Earlier on Sunday, the governor vetoed a piece of firearms legislation, SB 41, far less burdensome to retailers than AB 962, stating it was too cumbersome and of no real value to law enforcement," said NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane. "Ironically, this is the same reason the governor used to veto ammunition registration in 2004, before he flip-flopped late Sunday night." NSSF and the California Association of Firearms Retailers were highly critical of the governor's decision to sign the bill.

SASS Tip Of The Week - Long Hunter Discusses Revolver Grip

It is Wednesday and Long Hunter discusses how important your grip is to shooting your revolver. Check back tomorrow for another new tip and remember the new Members Only Web Site opens on Monday, October 19th.

SASS Tip Of The Week - Long Hunter Discusses Body Position

Here is Shooting Tip #2. Long Hunter discusses how important your body position is to shooting well. Remember we will have a new tip every day this week leading up to the opening of the new Members Only Web Site on Monday, October 19th.

Members Only Shooting Tips - Sight Alignment

As promised here is the first shooting tip. It is from Long Hunter and discusses proper sight alignment. Remember we will have a new tip every day this week leading up to the opening of the new Members Only Web Site on Monday, October 19th.

Cops and Cowboys

The First Annual Bufalo Range Riders Cops and Cowboys Match was held at Founders Ranch on October 3rd. The event was organized as a fund raiser for the "Carrie Tingley Children's Hospital". Seventy Seven shooters were present and over eight different law enforcement agency's were represented. After the smoke had cleared our very on BRR Member Long Hunter was the match winner followed by Jared Millinazzo, a law enforcement officer, and Half a Hand Henri, who was the top lady and third overall. I have posted the scores on this blog. Thanks to all that participated in this match for a worthy cause. Scores

Shooting Stars of the Small Screen

Available now through the SASS Mercantile is the new book Shooting Stars of the Small Screen, by Douglas Brode.

Shooting Stars of the Small Screen is a comprehensive paperback encyclopedia of more than 450 actors who received star billing or played a recurring character role in a TV Western series or a made-for-TV Western movie or miniseries from the late 1940s up to 2008. Douglas Brode covers the highlights of each actor's career, including Western movie work, if significant, to give a full sense of the actor's screen persona(s). Within the entries are discussions of scores of popular Western TV shows that explore how these programs both reflected and impacted the social world in which they aired. Brode opens the encyclopedia with a fascinating history of the TV Western that traces its roots in B Western movies, while also showing how TV Westerns developed their own unique storytelling conventions.

Cost is 39.95 Click here to order from the SASS Mercantile.

Fun Fridays - Video

It is Friday again so that means Fun Fridays. Here is a video that has been around a while but I love watching it. It is the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain doing The Good the Bad the Ugly. It is amazing to hear the sounds they make.