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May 7 Match
Colters Hell Justice Committee held a four stage match today, May 7th and also played host to Dag Otto Lauritzen, the 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalist in Cycling, Kristian Odegaard, and their Norwegian TV2 film crew as it was on Dag’s bucket list to experience the cowboy life. It was a pleasure to share the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting with them.
With the addition of our guests we had 12 shooters to shoot the following stages: Stage 1, 1776; Stage 2, The Zip Code Sweep; Stage 3, Reload and Stage 4, Reload Again. To help understand the stages I have attached copes of the scenarios as well as the target arrangement for each stage. Note that the targets are labeled to help the shooter recognize the shooting sequence on the first four attachments.
Thank you to Yakima Red for his help with the arrangements to have this experience realized. Yakima Red and Noah Regrets were great as shooting mentors with the use of their firearms, helping Dag and Kristian through the loading process.
Angel
What are you wearing?
For some time now I have been confused. No not about anything really important. But I as well as others have been under the impression that a waistcoat had lapels. So as is always my case, being in search of the truth I researched it. Please click on the photos above and read for yourself what it says. There is a giveaway in the photo itself. I hope you find this interesting. I did.
When taking staged photos please be sure your subject is not wearing sunglasses. All photos are appreciated. Thank you. --Ed.
Letter from Marine to Dianne Feinstein
Senator Dianne Feinstein,
I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who enjoy armed protection yet decry me having the same a crime.
You ma’am have overstepped a line that is not your domain. I am a Marine Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I may not have one.
I am not your subject. I am the man who keeps you free. I am not your servant. I am the person whom you serve. I am not your peasant. I am the flesh and blood of America.
I am the man who fought for my country. I am the man who learned. I am an American. You will not tell me that I must register my semi-automatic AR-15 because of the actions of some evil man.
I will not be disarmed to suit the fear that has been established by the media and your misinformation campaign against the American public.
We, the people, deserve better than you.
Respectfully Submitted,
Joshua Boston
Rhett the Butler looks on when FN missed. Shotgun shells in bowl with chocolate coins.
Scores Sept. 1
Overall Placement by Total Time Match: 9/1/2012
CHJC Sept 1 2012
Overall
1 Sweet Wrangler M 114.37 1 MT
2 1 Joe Cross Silver Senior M 127.38 1 WY
3 H M "Muggins" Taylor Senior Duelist M 181.44 1 MT
4 Scarbelly Frontier Cartridge M 204.49 1 WY
5 Angel Cowgirl F 249.82 1 MT
6 Prairie Gal Ladies Grand Dame M 255.11 1
7 Evil Drummer Duelist M 262.93 1 WY
Front Seated Lakota Sue, Buckskin Lily, Miss M Spencer. Standing Joe Cross, Kari Lynn, Lucky Bill, Wyoming Gun, Noah Regrets, Grizzly Bill, Grey Fox. Not pictured Hatchet Jack, Phlegm Boy, Sweet, Blue Water Ringer (Photo courtesy of Major Photography)
Here's how they shot:
49er: Wyoming Gun, 2nd place
Cowboy: Sweet, 2nd place
Frontiersman: Hatchet Jack, 1st place
Grande Dame: Miss Mary Spencer, 3rd place
Lady Wrangler: Buckskin Lily, 1st place
Senior: Joe Cross, 2nd place
Senior Duelist: Noah Regrets, 1st place
Long Range Rifle: Noah Regrets, 2nd place Single Shot & Repeater
L-R above Sweet, Phlegm Boy, Joe Cross, Bee Yew, Drummer, Bugler, Angel, Bluewater Ringer, Muggins Taylor, Hossman, Wounded Knee, Sawed Off Shotgun Hawkin, Rygrass Kid, Ben Hammered, and Camp Cookie.
Colter's Hell at MT Peacemakers Buffalo Stampede. Thanks Buckskin Lily.
Buckskin Lily won first cowgirl and first overall woman. Noah Regrets won first Senior Duelist, Cowboy Skeet, Long range rifle, Derringer, and was third overall in the Wild Bunch match. Backstrap Bill dropped a loaded pistol in the first stage so was DQed. He was given Spirit of the Game for continuing to support the posse. Yakima Red shot his shotgun from the hip and still placed in Frontier cartridge duelist. Angel won 2nd in Cowgirl. Lilly Blossom won Ladies Frontier Cartridge, Phlegm Boy was at the match. Sweet won first Cowboy and was overall match winner. Hatchet Jack won first in Frontieirsman. AE Irons was 2nd in 49 class. Goochhill Drifter won first in Gunfighter.
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Above Posse
1-Camp Cookie 2-Bee Yew 3-Grey Fox 4-Powder River Paul 5-Deathrow Jethro 6-Scarbely Sam 7-Muggins Taylor 8-PhlemBoy 9-Angel 10-Yakima Red 11-Joe Cross 12-Buckskin Lily 13-Behan Cahoots 14-Sweet 15-Noah Regrets
The History and Evolution of the Wristwatch...
By John E. Brozek
© InfoQuest Publishing, Inc., 2004
International Watch Magazine, January 2004
Today, a wristwatch is considered as much of a status symbol as a device to tell time. In an age when cell phones and digital pagers display tiny quartz clocks, the mechanical wristwatch has slowly become less of an object of function and more a piece of modern culture.
Walk into the boardroom of any Fortune 500 company and you’re likely to see dozens of prestigious wristwatches, including such names as Rolex, Vacheron Constantin, Frank Müller, Jaeger-LeCoultre and even Patek Phillipe. However, this was not always the case. Less than 100 years ago, no self-respecting gentleman would be caught dead wearing a wristwatch. In those days of yore, real men carried pocket watches, with a gold half-hunter being the preferred status symbol of the time—no pun intended.
Wristlets, as they were called, were reserved for women, and considered more of a passing fad than a serious timepiece. In fact, they were held in such disdain that many a gentlemen were actually quoted to say they “would sooner wear a skirt as wear a wristwatch”.
The established watchmaking community looked down on them as well. Because of their size, few believed wristlets could be made to achieve any level of accuracy, nor could they withstand the basic rigors of human activity. Therefore, very few companies produced them in quantity, with the vast majority of those being small ladies’ models, with delicate fixed wire or chain-link bracelets.
This all started to change in the nineteenth century, when soldiers discovered their usefulness during wartime situations. Pocket watches were clumsy to carry and thus difficult to operate while in combat. Therefore, soldiers fitted them into primitive “cupped” leather straps so they could be worn on the wrist, thereby freeing up their hands during battle. It is believed that Girard-Perregaux equipped the German Imperial Naval with similar pieces as early as the 1880s, which they wore on their wrists while synchronizing naval attacks, and firing artillery.
Decades later, several technological advents were credited with the British victory in the Anglo-Boer War (South Africa 1899-1902), including smokeless gunpowder, the magazine-fed rifle and even the automatic or machine gun. However, some would argue that it was a not-so-lethal device that helped turn the tide into Britain’s favor: the wristwatch.
While the British troops were superiorly trained and equipped, they were slightly outnumbered, and at a disadvantage while attacking the Boer’s heavily entrenched positions. Thanks to these recently designed weapons, a new age of war had emerged, which, now more than ever, required tactical precision. British officers achieved success by using these makeshift wristwatches to coordinate simultaneous troop movements, and synchronize flanking attacks against the Boer’s formations.
In fact, an “Unsolicited Testimonial” dated June 7, 1900, appeared in the 1901, Goldsmith’s Company Watch and Clock Catalog as follows:
“… I wore it continually in South Africa on my wrist for 3 ½ months. It kept most excellent time, and never failed me.—Faithfully yours, Capt. North Staffs. Regt.”
This testimonial appeared below an advertisement for a military pocket watch listed as The Company’s “Service” Watch, and was further described as: “The most reliable timekeeper in the World for Gentlemen going on Active Service or for rough wear.”
In 1906, the evolution of wristlets took an even bigger step with the invention of the expandable flexible bracelet, as well as the introduction of wire loops (or lugs) soldered onto small, open-faced pocket watch cases, allowing leather straps to be more easily attached. This aided their adaptation for military use and thus marked a turning point in the development of wristwatches for men.
Another timely issue was the vulnerability of the glass crystal when worn during combat. This was addressed by utilizing “pierced metal covers”, frequently called shrapnel guards. These were basically metal grills (often made of silver), placed over the dial of the watch—thereby protecting the glass from damage while still allowing the time to be easily read.
A less common solution was the use of leather covers, snapped into place over the watch. While they did offer protection from damage, they were cumbersome to use, and thus were primarily seen in the extreme climates of Australia and Africa.
Even with their success in combat, the popularity of the wristwatch was still limited to ladies’ models. They didn’t reach the mainstream market until some two decades later, when soldiers from around the world converged on Europe to help defeat the German Empire in WWI (1914-1919). Due to the strategic lessons learned in the Boer War, the demand for reliable, accurate wristwatches was now at its peak.
While German troops at this time were largely issued the more primitive “pocket watch” designs, Allied troops had a wide range of new models to choose from. Many examples featured small silver pocket watch cases fitted with leather straps and displayed radium-illuminated porcelain dials protected by the aforementioned shrapnel guards.
Wristwatches were no longer considered a novelty but were now a wartime necessity, and companies were scrambling to keep up with the demand. One company that enjoyed success during this time was Wilsdorf & Davis, Ltd., founded in 1905, and later renamed The Rolex Watch Company, Ltd., in 1915.
Hans Wilsdorf, the founder and director of Rolex, was a strong proponent of wristwatches since the turn of the century. While others scoffed at them, Wilsdorf continued to experiment with their accuracy and reliability. Thus, some would argue that he did more for their advancement than anyone in history. In fact, he is even credited with sending the first wristwatches to the Neuchatel Observatory (Switzerland), for accuracy testing. They all passed the rigorous battery of tests, which encouraged Wilsdorf to push them even further.
Rolex subsequently received the very first wristwatch Chronometer awards from the School of Horology in Bienne (1910), and the Class “A” Certificate of Precision from the Kew Observatory in England (1914). To this day, Rolex watches consistently receive more Chronometer Certificates from the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC), than every other watch company in the world, combined.
After the Great War, many soldiers returned home with souvenir trench watches—so named for the trench warfare in which they were used. When these war heroes were seen wearing them, the public’s perception quickly changed, and wristwatches were no longer deemed as feminine. After all, no one would dare consider these brave men as being anything but.
In the final years of the war, wristwatches began to see numerous improvements. Case makers like Francis Baumgartner, Borgel and Dennison introduced revolutionary designs, which aided in making them more resistant to water and dust. These designs were later improved on when Rolex introduced the first truly waterproof wristwatch, the Oyster, in 1926.
Also around this time, new models were first introduced with fixed lugs (often called “horns”), which gave them a more finished appearance. And to aid in their durability, new metal dials superceded porcelain, which had been quite susceptible to cracking and chipping and the fragile glass crystals were replaced with a newly invented synthetic plastic.
Over the next decade, watch companies slowly added additional models to their catalogs, and finally, by the mid-1930s, they accounted for 65 percent of all watches exported by Switzerland. It was an uphill battle, but the wristwatch had finally arrived. They were now accurate, waterproof and, by 1931, perpetually self-winding, when Rolex introduced the Auto Rotor, a revolutionary design, which is used to this day by watch companies around the world.
The success of the wristwatch was born out of necessity, and Rolex continued this tradition by introducing a series of Professional, or “tool watches” in the early 1950s. These models, including the Submariner, Explorer, GMT-Master, Turn-O-Graph, and Milgauss were also designed out of necessity, as they included features and attributes that were essential for a specific task or profession.
Because of its rugged design, variations of the Submariner have subsequently been issued to numerous militaries, including the British Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and British Royal Marines, as well as the U.S. Navy Seals. Over the years, dozens of companies like Omega, Benrus and Panerai have also supplied specialty watch models for military duty.
Thus, the role of the wristwatch seems to have come full circle. With the general public now leaning toward high-tech, digital gadgets, the classic mechanical wristwatch has once again found its home on the wrists of those brave soldiers who welcomed it some 100 years ago.
Montana Peacemakers
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Phlegm Boy, Camp Cookie Scarbelly, Muggins Taylor, Sweet, Hedley Lamarr, Yakima Red, Lucky Bill. Kneeling: Flat Nose George. In chair ready for haicut?: Angel
August 7 Shoot
Weather: Hot with a chance of Lead
August Match Details
We had 13 shooters for the August match of CHJC. Mother Nature decided to give us something to think about. We had a storm come through that managed to give a shower to those who took shelter under the cover provided by Muggins and Angel. Thank you Yakima for being my windbreak. I am sorry that you ended up so wet. You, Muggins and Drummer did a good job of keeping me out of the major part of the rain.
Deathrow did an excellent job of writing the stages even though he said he had writers block. We shot one stage with only 3 rounds in each pistol and rifle and one stage with the normal 5 rounds in each pistol but only 5 rounds in the rifle. This was quite fun. We also had a visit from the Three Stooges and had a little singing.
Our last stage was the normal 5 rounds each pistol, 10 rounds in the rifle and 4+ shotgun. The shooting sequence was decided by the shooter with the only requirement being that all targets had to be engaged. Everyone had their own style of shooting these targets. I believe that I liked the shooting sequence of Camp Cookie. First let me tell you that there were 3 pistol targets, 3 rifle and 4 shotgun targets. He decided to shoot the targets in a 10 target sweep starting with his first pistol 5 rounds and second pistol 5 rounds then rifle 10 rounds and the normal 4 shotgun. With this sequence he shot at each target once with his pistols with misses counted and then proceeded to engage the rest of the targets with his rifle and shotgun to complete the stage. His raw time was 55.66 with two misses. Great shooting Camp Cookie.
After the match we gathered at the home of Camp Cookie and Lizzie Marie for a great time of socializing and great food. Camp Cookie made beans, Salsa and BBQ'd Tri Tip (melt in your mouth) . Flatnose did his beans and an awesome Raspberry/Apple Cobbler. Muggins and Angel provided Guacamole. Silverado did a new twist on Potato Salad by adding some jalapeno. We also had Danish, Cookies, Brownies, Bundt Cake and for some a great Lemonade courtesy of Lizzie Marie. The lemonade being made with Vodka, Peach Schnapps, Margarita Mix and colored with Cranberry juice. Until word got around about the ingredients - everyone thought it was just lemonade. Boy did they have a surprise. Thanks to everyone for the good food. I believe everyone went home with full bellies. I know I did.
Scherrie Knight, Alias "Angel"
Since I got this from Bee Yew and Hatchet Jack, I thought it worthy to put here.
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE THE CONSTITUTION IS AN EVOLVING DOCUMENT?
"On every question of construction, carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed."
--Thomas Jefferson
Who was Kilroy?
Do you remember Kilroy? This is interesting ... I too have often wondered about Kilroy ... now I know. Great piece of history. Anyone born in the mid thirties knew Kilroy. We didn't know why but we had lapel pins with his nose hanging over the label and the top of his face above his nose with his hands hanging over the label too. I believe it was orange colored. No one knew why he was so well known but we all joined in! Kind of a war story – now we know! INTERESTING?~~~~ KILROY WAS HERE! WHO THE HECK WAS KILROY? In 1946 the American Transit Association, through its radio program, "Speak to America ," sponsored a nationwide contest to find the REAL Kilroy, offering a prize of a real trolley car to the person who could prove himself to be the genuine article. Almost 40 men stepped forward to make that claim, but only James Kilroy from Halifax , Massachusetts , had evidence of his identity. Kilroy was a 46-year old shipyard worker during the war who worked as a checker at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy . His job was to go around and check on the number of rivets completed. Riveters were on piecework and got paid by the rivet. Kilroy would count a block of rivets and put a check mark in semi-waxed lumber chalk, so the rivets wouldn't be counted twice. When Kilroy went off duty, the riveters would erase the mark.. Later on, an off-shift inspector would come through and count the rivets a second time, resulting in double pay for the riveters. One day Kilroy's boss called him into his office. The foreman was upset about all the wages being paid to riveters, and asked him to investigate. It was then he realized what had been going on. The tight spaces he had to crawl in to check the rivets didn't lend themselves to lugging around a paint can and brush, so Kilroy decided to stick with the waxy chalk. He continued to put his checkmark on each job he inspected, but added KILROY WAS HERE in king-sized letters next to the check, and eventually added the sketch of the chap with the long nose peering over the fence and that became part of the Kilroy message. Once he did that, the riveters stopped trying to wipe away his marks. Ordinarily the rivets and chalk marks would have been covered up with paint. With war on, however, ships were leaving the Quincy Yard so fast that there wasn't time to paint them. As a result, Kilroy's inspection "trademark" was seen by thousands of servicemen who boarded the troopships the yard produced. His message apparently rang a bell with the servicemen, because they picked it up and spread it all overEurope and the South Pacific. Before war's end, "Kilroy" had been here, there, and everywhere on the long hauls to Berlin and Tokyo . To the troops outbound in those ships, however, he was a complete mystery; all they knew for sure was that some jerk named Kilroy had "been there first." As a joke, U.S. servicemen began placing the graffiti wherever they landed, claiming it was already there when they arrived. Kilroy became the U.S. super-GI who had always "already been" wherever GIs went. It became a challenge to place the logo in the most unlikely places imaginable (it is said to be atop Mt. Everest , the Statue of Liberty, the underside of l’Arc De Triomphe, and even scrawled in the dust on the moon.) As the war went on, the legend grew. Underwater demolition teams routinely sneaked ashore on Japanese-held islands in the Pacific to map the terrain for coming invasions by U.S. troops (and thus, presumably, were the first GI's there). On one occasion, however, they reported seeing enemy troops painting over the Kilroy logo! In 1945, an outhouse was built for the exclusive use of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at the Potsdam conference. Its’ first occupant was Stalin, who emerged and asked his aide (in Russian), "Who is Kilroy?" To help prove his authenticity in 1946, James Kilroy brought along officials from the shipyard and some of the riveters. He won the trolley car, which he gave to his nine children as a Christmas gift and set it up as a playhouse in the Kilroy front yard in Halifax , Massachusetts .
Thanks to Hatchet Jack
