Cowboy Action Stuff

[Brasilikilt]

The reason I mention cap and ball revolvers is that they are pretty widely used within the CAS/SASS groups.

I own a Remington 1858, but haven't really thought about doing any of the cowboy stuff.

[Mr. MacDougall]

Being a Navy man, I've always been partial to Mr. Colt's Navy revolver. And it's perfectly period... several frontier marshals and sheriffs used 'em.

[Woodsheal]

Being a Navy man, I've always been partial to Mr. Colt's Navy revolver. And it's perfectly period... several frontier marshals and sheriffs used 'em.

Including the great Wild Bill* himself! I've always liked the Navy, too, and have owned two or three `51 repros over the years, including one of the Colt Co.'s re-issues. Sweet, light, and well balanced....

(*James Butler Hickok)

[Panache]

...perhaps people could keep it about the sport, the dress, the groups, and not get terribly hung up on the hardware to keep things pleasant while we try to decide what is right and fair.

I suggest that those wishing to talk about shooting irons could continue to do so by PM and leave the thread to focus on the sport, groups, and dress as previously requested.

Cheers

Jamie

[macwilkin]

Including the great Wild Bill* himself!
(*James Butler Hickok)

One of the first recorded "street fights" in Western history occured here in Springfield in 1865, when Wild Bill killed Davis Tutt in a fight over Hickok's watch, which Tutt had won in a poker game the night before. Hickok shot Tutt across the town square (75 yards). Hickok later ran for town marshall, but lost the election.

T.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but what made the shot all the more remarkable was that Hickok shot Tutt at night, illuminated only by the flickering gas of a few street lamps.

Lord Cardigan, commanding the Light Brigade at Balaclava, carried a pair of engraved '51 Navies on the fateful day of the "Charge". As he returned to the British lines and dismounted he is reputed to have dragged his brace of London Colt's from their pommel holsters and with a look of some bemusement said, "Twenty-one guineas on Picadilly, and I didn't fire a damned shot." He then thrust the Colts back into their holsters and stomped off to find Lord Bingham (his brother-in-law) and "give him a damned good thrashing" for the way he had "waisted my brigade."

[macwilkin]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but what made the shot all the more remarkable was that Hickok shot Tutt at night, illuminated only by the flickering gas of a few street lamps.

I'm pretty sure the street fight was in the afternoon, Scott.

T.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

A seventy-five yard shot-- even in broad daylight-- is an impressive feat given the barleycorn and "v" notch sights on a '51 Navy. That's why Ned Buntline christened him "The Prince of the Pistoleers".

[macwilkin]

A seventy-five yard shot-- even in broad daylight-- is an impressive feat given the barleycorn and "v" notch sights on a '51 Navy. That's why Ned Buntline christened him "The Prince of the Pistoleers".

It's even more impressive when you stand where he stood (there is a small marker embedded in the street) and have a friend stand where Tutt stood.

T.

[Jock Scot]

It's even more impressive when you stand where he stood (there is a small marker embedded in the street) and have a friend stand where Tutt stood.

T.

As a shooting man I do wonder, "if many a reputation was made by a fluke shot"?