Another beautiful day to shoot and test our new target staging system. The setup went very well on Saturday, but we now need some help on Sunday shoot mornings to help setup the new pistol targets. They are lighter, but the drawback is that they are portable. Therefore, we do not dare put them up on Saturday because they may grow feet! If people could attend a half-hour early on Sunday and bring a rachet and 3/4 inch socket, that would help. If you can donate a rachet and socket to the club, that would be great too!
Our 50-50 raffle went very well. Uncle Rog was a natural and pulled in the money. Our winner was Wild Will, but he gave it back to the club. Thanks Wild Will for subsidizing the 3-Day Catering costs! He was also our only clean shooter of the month. Way to go Wild Will!
As promised, we are publishing the 3-Day Shoot Application early this year so you can plan/budget earlier for attending the event. We are going with a new caterer, per the annual meeting vote, but it will cost us more. The Vile Bunch decided that we will use the Long Rider portion of 50-50 proceeds in the next 3 months to help offset the cost. However, we did need to raise the dinner price by $2 to help ensure that we do not lose too much money.
Don’t forget to sign-up for the 3-Day Shoot. If you are online, you will find it under “3 Day Shoot”, “2009″, “3-Day Shoot Application”. Please fill the 3-Day Application form out and send in the printed confirmation with your check to Calamity Janet before August 1st. For our snail-mail friends, see the attached application and follow the instructions on the form before August 1st.
See you out on the range!
LPL
Howdy Pards!
Our May shoot turned out to be another nice day for shooting. We had a good turnout .. . 31 shooters. We pretty much started on time. We didn’t have any major problems with any of the stages. Think everyone enjoyed themselves which is our goal.
It even worked out so that there was enough time for some of the folks to shoot 3 different scenarios on the long range. The new targets worked fine, but we will be doing some “tweaking” of them to make them more reactionary and noisy.
Set up was accomplished with the help of the following people: Lefty, Shorty Morty, South Dakota Slim, Loco Poco Lobo, Nawlins Kid, Jeremiah Grimm, Badfinger, Raunchy Rick, Sandy Steele, and Cactus Jack. Great job!
I would like to give a special thanks to Badfinger for weedwacking where all the carpets go, so we have a more stable surface.
Take down on Sunday was finished within 20 to 30 minutes because of all the good help we had. Your help really makes a difference and it is appreciated.
Plan on seeing you’all for the June shoot Sunday, June 28th. Bring lots of ammo because I know Jeremiah is going to use all the steel we have!
Vayos Con Dios compadres!!!
Raunchy Rick
Targets:
4 Pistol Cal
3 Shotgun
5 Pistol
Ammo:
8 Rifle
6 Shotgun
5 Pistol (10 for 2 guns)
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Props: Fort base, stairs, rock prop, shotgun rack, rifle rack.
Staging: Shooter standing on fort base, facing front with hand on eyebrows, looking downrange. Loaded rifle in rifle rack, unloaded shotgun in shotgun rack.
Start: At the sound of the buzzer, shooter says ”Was That One Flash Or Two?” , and engages pistol targets 1-2-3-4-5. Two-gun shooters shoot 5-4-3-2-1.
Shooter walks down stairs to rifle rack and engages targets, 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4, and replaces empty rifle in rack.
Shooter moves right to shotgun rack and retrieves shotgun, loads and shoots 1-2-3-1-2-3. Swinger must move to be scored a hit, or be re-engaged until hit. Shooters may load as many as the gun will safely hold, single load is OK.
Scoring: Time plus misses.
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Targets:
2 Shotgun
4 Rifle
5 Pistol + reactionary
1 Derringer/PP
Ammo:
4 Shotgun
8 Rifle
5 Pistol, 10 for 2-gun
Up to 4 Derringer/P
Props: Rifle rack, shotgun rack, wagon, cactus prop, tarp or other cloth cover, 3’x3’.
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Staging: Shooter standing at front of mat at rifle rack with tarp in left hand, covering hand and top of hat (as though under it), facing downrange. Loaded derringer/PP on table pointing downrange. Loaded rifle in rifle rack, empty shotgun in shotgun rack.
Start: At the sound of the buzzer, shooter says ”Surprise Boys!” while throwing tarp into wagon and engages derringer/PP target with up to 4 rounds, 5 second bonus per hit, then placed D/PP on table facing downrange. Shooter then picks up rifle to engage rifle targets 4-3-2-1-4-3-2-1, and replace empty rifle in rack.
Shooter takes One step to right and engages pistol targets POP-2-3-4-5, Popper must be shot until it reacts. 2-gun then engages 1-2-3-4-5, with target one being the fixed target furthest left this time.
Shooter moves to right and retrieves shotgun, engaging targets 1-2-1-2. Shooter may load as many rounds as the gun will safely hold, single round load is OK. Swinger must move to be scored a hit, or be re-engaged until hit. Last shot stops the clock.
Scoring: Time plus misses less bonuses.
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Targets:
10 total, set as 2 long range rifle caliber (longest range), 2 rifle caliber repeater, 2 pistol caliber, gallery .22 (if weather permits), and 2 pistol.
Ammo:
10 Rifle per stage, caliber(s) of shooters’ choice (5 for pistol).
Props: Chair, two rifle racks, shooting sticks, shooting mat if desired, timers and stopwatches for .22s.
Staging: Shooter seated in chair, standing, prone or other safe position. Loaded rifle in shooter’s hands, in port arms position, prone position, or other position of choice when shooting begins.
POSSE MEMBERS: you will keep your same work assignments on this stage!
POSSE LEADERS: Keep the action moving- run this stage like any other. Try to accommodate two shooters at once, shooting different banks of targets. Position shooters so brass falls on mat.
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PLEASE NOTE that there is a SEPARATE scoring sheet for this stage! Do NOT put scores for Long Range on the regular sheets.
Start: At the sound of the buzzer, shooter will engage targets for the caliber chosen in any sequence as long as the targets are not double-tapped (i.e. targets must be shot one then another, not repeatedly for two or more consecutive shots).
Scoring: Time is not the primary scoring method, hits are. For this stage, the shooter must announce his/her caliber choice to the scorer before the stage begins. .22 rifle shooters are scored in repeating or single shot rifle OPEN category, depending on action type.
Counters count Hits only, last shot stops the clock. Time breaks ties in number of hits only.
IF time allows, shooters may shot a second gun of a different caliber, but must wait until all shooters have completed their first gun.
***THIS STAGE IS OPTIONAL!***
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Targets:
5 Pistol
3 Shotgun
4 Rifle
Ammo:
6 Shotgun
5 Pistol/10 for two gun
8 Rifle
Props: bar, bartender cutout, rifle and shotgun racks.
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Staging: Loaded rifle in rifle rack. Unloaded shotgun in shotgun rack. Shooter standing at left of mat, facing downrange.
Start: At the sound of the buzzer, shooter says, “What Are Yer Intentions?!” and engages the pistol targets, 1-2-3-4-5, two gun shooters repeat and holster pistol(s). Swinger must Move to be scored a hit. If swinger is missed shooter must re-engage until hit.
Shooter then moves to right and engages rifle targets 4-3-2-1-4-3-2-1 then clears rifle and places open rifle back in rifle rack.
Shooter moves to shotgun rack and engages shotgun targets 3-2-1-3-2-1 and repeat for a total of SIX rounds. Shooter may load as many as the gun will safely hold. Swinger must move to be scored a hit, or be re-engaged until hit. Single round loading is OK.
Scoring: Time plus misses / penalties.
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Targets:
3 Shotgun
3 Rifle
6 Pistol
1 Derringer / PP
Ammo:
6 Shotgun
9 Rifle
5 Pistol, 10 for 2-gun
4 max for derringer / PP
Props: Short window wall, corner board, door wall minus door, cactus prop, derringer target stand, rifle and shotgun racks, small table and chair.
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Staging: Shooter sitting at table in chair, facing downrange. Loaded rifle in rack to left of mat, unloaded shotgun in rack at right. Derrringer/PP on table (loaded) pointing downrange.
Start: At the sound of the buzzer shooter says “Jimmy, Please Say Grace.” stands and engages derringer / PP target with up to 4 rounds, with a 5 second bonus per hit. Shooter places derringer/PP back on table, facing downrange. BRASS PICKER: pull chair out of way when shooter stands up!
Shooter then engages pistol targets 1-3-5-4-2, 2-gun repeat. Hits on NO SHOOT incur a 10 second penalty per stage.
Shooter moves to right and engages rifle targets through window 1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3, then replace empty rifle in rack.
Shooter then moves to right to shotgun rack, retrieves shotgun and engages targets 2-1-2-1-2-1, 10 second penalty per stage applies for hitting no-shoot target. Shooter may load as many as the gun will safely hold, single round load is OK. Swinger must move to be scored a hit, or be re-engaged until hit. Last shot stops the clock.
Scoring: Time plus misses, less bonuses.
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Judge Roy Bean was born Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. in 1825 in Mason County, Kentucky. He was the youngest of three sons of Phantly and Anna Bean.
He led a very colorful life. At about age 16 he left home and took a flatboat down to New Orleans, where he got into trouble and fled to San Antonio. There he joined his brother Sam and worked as a freighter.
In 1848, Sam and Roy opened a saloon/trading post in Chihuahua, Mexico. Depending upon whom you believe, he fled to Sonora because he was wanted for cattle rustling or for shooting a Mexican who had threatened to kill a gringo. In 1849 Roy went to California to live with his other brother, Joshua.
Judge Roy Bean
Joshua was elected the first mayor of San Diego in 1850. He appointed Roy as a lieutenant in the state militia. And Roy worked in his brother’s saloon, the Headquarters.
Roy, who apparently was quite the lady’s man (hard to tell from the photo), got into a duel with a man named Collins. Collins was slightly wounded and both men were arrested. While in jail, Roy received many gifts from the local ladies. The last gift he received was a pair of knives hidden in some tamales. Roy dug through the jail wall and escaped.
He went to San Gabriel, where the Headquarters was located, and tended bar. When his brother was killed, Roy inherited the saloon.
In 1854 a lady that he was courting was kidnapped and forced to marry a Mexican officer. Roy challenged the officer to a duel and killed him. Some of the officer’s friends tried to hang Roy. They put him on a horse and put a noose around his neck. Then they road away. The horse did not bolt, as they supposed it would, and the bride came out from behind a tree and cut the rope. Roy was left with a permanent rope burn and a permanent stiff neck. (Could have been worse!)
Roy then went to live with Sam in New Mexico, where Sam was the sheriff of Dona Ana County. In 1861 Sam and Roy opened a store/saloon in Pinos Altos.
During the Civil War, Roy either rode with a group of irregulars called the Forty Rovers (known to the locals as the Forty Thieves, since they seemed more intent on robbery than fighting the Union army) or he ran the blockade hauling cotton from San Antonio to British ships off the coast of Matamoros. Which depends upon whom you talk to.
He spent the next twenty years in San Antonio working at various jobs. He ran a firewood business (he cut down his neighbor’s timber), a dairy business (he watered the milk), and he worked as a butcher (he rustled unbranded cattle from the area ranches).
In 1866 he married eighteen-year old Virginia Chavez. The had four (maybe five) children. They lived in a Mexican slum called Beantown. It was named after Roy and it wasn’t a complement (see the paragraph above).
By the late 1870’s Roy was separated from his wife and was running a saloon in Beantown. He sold the saloon and went west to Vinegaroon (scorpion), near the Pecos River. Vinegaroon was a construction camp for the Southern Pacific, which was extending the rails west.
In 1882 he was appointed justice of the peace (some say he appointed himself) for Precinct No. 6, Pecos County. His saloon was his place of business, home, and courtroom. He put up a sign on the saloon that said Law West Of The Pecos. He used only one law book, The Revised Statutes Of Texas. He allowed no hung juries or appeals. Jurors, chosen from the bar customers, were expected to buy drinks during recess.
An Irishman named O’Rourke killed a Chinese laborer. Two hundred Irish workers surrounded the court to make sure that O’Rourke was acquitted. Roy, being practical, casually thumbed through his law book. Finally he stated that there were many prohibitions against homicide, but there wasn’t anything specific about killing a Chinese. Case dismissed!
In December of 1882, he moved to Strawbridge and then to Eagle’s Nest, which was renamed Langtry. Roy said that he named it after Lillie Langtry, an English actress, with whom he was enamoured. Actually, it was probably named after a railroad engineer by that name.
He named his saloon the Jersey Lily, also after Lillie Langtry. (The misspelling was apparently the fault of the sign maker.) He was elected to the position of justice of the peace off and on for the next twenty years. Even when he wasn’t elected he continued to “hold” office. There was no jail, so all convictions resulted in fines, which he kept. The state of Texas never got its fair share. His response to the state’s demands was, “My court is self sustaining.”
When a worker died after falling three hundred feet from a viaduct, Roy didn’t feel that the $5 coroner’s fee was adequate. When the body was searched, a revolver and $40 were found. Roy fined the corpse $40 for carrying a concealed weapon.
He only sentenced two men to hang, and one of those escaped. Horse thieves, regularly hung in other areas, were freed, if the horse was returned. He had the power to marry, but not the power to grant a divorce. But he did it anyway, saying that he should have the power to rectify his mistakes. By the way, at the end of a marriage ceremony, he would say, “And may God have mercy on your souls!” (the usual end to a death sentence).
In 1890 Roy heard that Jay Gould was going to pass by on a special train. Roy stopped the train. Gould and his daughter spent the next two hours in the saloon. This caused a brief panic on Wall Street when it was reported that Gould had been killed in a train accident.
By the late 1890’s boxing matches were illegal in Texas and Mexico. So in 1896 Roy organized a championship match between Bob Fitzsimmons and Peter Maher to take place on a sandbar in the Rio Grande. The Texas Rangers looked on helplessly from a nearby bluff. The fight only lasted about a minute and a half, but the reports made Bean famous throughout the United States.
Bean spent money to help the poor and made sure that the local school’s wood box was always full.
Roy Bean died on March 16, 1903, after a bout of heavy drinking. He is buried with one of his sons in Del Rio, Texas.
As a post script, Roy always told the locals that Lillie Langtry would come and visit. Ten months after Roy’s death, she did. She spent time listening to stories about Roy. She later said that her stay was short, but unforgettable.
