In From The Range

In From The Range

 

What’s new, what’s hot and what’s being talked up!

 

World Series Mounted Shootout Returns to Vegas
Outlaw Annie Bianco-Ellett Brings Divisional Series to South Point Arena  For Thunder Equigames VI
Western Shooting Horse comes on as Event Sponsor

 

The Outlaw Annie World Series Mounted Shootout promises to bring the highest payout ever to the sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting when it makes its stand at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas for Thunder Equigames IV, December 3-4, 2009.

 

It’s one of Thunder Equigames’ four major high stakes competitions—the Rob Smets World Series of Free Style Bull Fighting Challenge, Charmayne James Invitational Barrel Race and the World Series of Team Roping. The Mounted Shooting World Series takes place concurrently with the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and promises to bring big crowds to the South Point, Las Vegas’ most popular casino for Cowboys.

 

Mounted shooting competitors of all levels are invited to compete for cash, prizes and buckles. The Mounted Shooting World Series will offer six divisions; Limited Lady’s & Men’s 1 and 2, Pro Limited Lady’s and Men’s 3 & 4, and Pro Open Lady’s and Men 5 & 6, and entries are limited to the first 16 competitors in each division. A CMSA competition card is required for entry.

 

Twenty-thousand dollars in cash and prizes has been added to the pot. Payouts will be equal in all six divisions and a bonus cash payout will be awarded to the high overall senior in each division. The World Series also introduces the Outlaw Annie Extreme Teams Shootout, offering cash payouts to computer picked teams that shoot clean.

 

The Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA) is the presenting sponsor of the Outlaw Annie World Series Mounted Shootout. Western Shooting Horse Magazine comes on board as an Event Sponsor along with Classic Equine, COLT, Montana Silversmiths, PRCA, Valley Vet, Wahl Clippers, Wrangler, and Carol and Steve Dodson.

 

Entries open July 15 and contestants are limited to one horse. Entry fee is $1000 and includes the main entry, two entries to the Extreme Team Shootout, three night stalls and shavings, one ticket to WNFR opening night, entry to the Equigames welcome reception and drawing entries for NFR tickets and a Colt pistol. Special room rates at the South Point are available to paid entrants.

 

Competitors can enter online at www.equigames.com or by phone by calling 505-898-1755.

 

Australian Stock Saddle Company Muster Master

 

The Australian Stock Saddle Company of Malibu, California, has introduced an Australian stock saddle with Western features, including oak-leaf carving, swing fenders and in-skirt Western C-rigging.

 

The deep-carved MUSTER MASTER has a 5 1/2" dip in a web-suspended seat. The tree is adjustable, and is built with timber over aluminum, for maximum strength and lightness. The leather is Australian and the underside in Merino sheepskin. Colors offered are brown, black, or a combination.

 

The fenders hang from the stirrup suspension bar, in a dressage position, to make for easy leg movement and reduced knee pressure. Horn is optional. Weight of standard size saddle is 22 lbs. Price without the horn option is $1,295.

 

See the saddle at www.aussiesaddle.com.

 

Silver Screen Legend XII a Tribute to Red Ryder

 

Legendary comic book Cowboy Red Ryder was a fictional American hero to millions of boys and girls for almost three decades. Created by Cowboy artist Fred Harman and partner Stephen Slesinger, Red Ryder first appeared in print in 1938, eventually appearing in more than 750 newspapers with more than 14 million readers.

 

It was inevitable that Red Ryder would make it to Hollywood, starting in 1940. Of the four actors who played the character, Wild Bill Elliott is perhaps the best known and undoubtedly the favorite Ryder of most fans. His reverse-draw fully carved double gun rig and matched pair of two-toned Colt Single Action .45 revolvers, along with his trademark statement “I’m a peaceable man,” were part of what made this Red Ryder so popular.

 

The Happy Trails Children’s Foundation, a California based home for abused children founded by Western legends Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, will honor Wild Bill Elliott as Red Ryder with the Silver Screen Legend XII. This is the 12th year the Foundation has used intricately designed guns and holsters to raise money for abused children.

 

The Silver Screen Legend package consists of two Colt .45 single action revolvers provided by Colt’s Manufacturing Company.  Custom engraving is by Rocktree Ranch, the carved stag grips are from Precision Pro Grips, and it all comes in a handcrafted presentation case by Beauty from Scratch.

 

Jim Lockwood of Legends in Leather crafted the hand-carved double holster rig in the reverse draw style of Wild Bill Elliott.  He also made the matching spur straps for a pair of Damascus steel spurs from Charles Sauer and engraved by Norvell C. Foster. Silversmith Michael Ekstrom produced sterling silver conchas and buckle sets on the spur straps; Ron Love made the prop cartridges.

 

The Happy Trails Children’s Foundation is the only known children’s charity that actively supports the shooting sports and is supported by generous contributions from shooters, collectors, organized shooting sports and the firearms industry.  

 

Drawing tickets can be purchased for $10 each on the organization’s web site www.happytrails.org or by calling (760) 240-3330. The drawing will be held December 19, 2009 in Apple Valley, California.

 

AMC Saddles Up for Western Reality Series

 

AMC, the folks who brought you “Broken Trail” with Robert Duvall, is developing what it hopes will be its first primetime series, a Western-themed, documentary-style reality show from producer Brett Morgen.

 

Described as a multigenerational family drama, the tentatively titled “True West” will follow a group of modern Cowboys as they pursue a quickly vanishing trade.

 

Joel Stillerman, senior VP of original programming for AMC said the show would be unscripted. “We’re not looking to do a competition show or one that’s heavily formatted.”

 

“True West” is still in the early development stage and AMC is scouting prospective subjects and shooting locations.

 

Understanding Lameness
Western Horseman’s new book examines the equine affliction from diagnosis to prognosis

 

Western Horseman has released Understanding Lameness, Examining Equine Lameness from Diagnosis to Prognosis. Past president of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, Terry Swanson, DVM, of Littleton (Colo.) Equine Medical Center and professional equine journalist Heidi Nyland, consider common lameness issues in user-friendly language presented in an easy-to-follow format.

 

In the first chapter, Swanson sets the stage, describing an equine lameness examination, the degrees of lameness and the latest diagnostic tools. His final chapter considers owner participation in treating and managing equine lameness.

 

The remaining 16 chapters address everything from hoof abscesses, white-line disease and navicular syndrome to laminitis, ringbone and soft-tissue injuries. Swanson presents a typical scenario for how each problem might become obvious and tells what the owner might do to help alleviate or evaluate the situation. Veterinary diagnostic procedure and treatment options follow, and lameness severity is considered in the final prognosis.

 

Swanson draws on his clinic archives so you know what to expect when viewing radiographs, ultrasounds, MRIs and more, and son Roy Dean Swanson has created outstanding illustrations. Nyland’s and others’ photos relate what’s seen via diagnostics and illustrations to the actual horse.

 

Swanson’s common-sense approach in Understanding Lameness is a great asset in keeping your horse sound, as well as for coping with a lameness diagnosis.

 

Understanding Lameness is 8 ½ by 11 inches, 215 pages and can be purchased at westernhorseman.com.

 

Western Shooting Horse Introduces The “Mounted Shooter” Rifle

 

Western Shooting Horse Magazine has joined forces with Italian firearms manufacturer Chiappa Firearms to create the Western Shooting Horse Mounted Shooter.

 

The lever action model 1892 is designed specifically for mounted shooting Rifle competition and features a 16-inch round barrel that can be ordered with or without front and rear sights. The smooth carbine barrel is designed to slip in and out of the scabbard easily. The rifle is balanced and comes exclusively in .44-40 caliber, the optimum caliber for rifling the special CMSA legal rifle blanks that are based on the standard 3-in-1 and 5-in-one cartridges. Each rifle is factory tested to handle the standard blank cartridges as well as live-round .44.40 ammunition.

 

The Western Shooting Horse Mounted Shooter features a choice walnut wood stock and forearm, case-hardened frame and a factory blue finish.

 

Chiappa Firearms is one of the most respected manufacturers of replica firearms in the world. Known for their superior quality and attention to detail, Chiappa Firearms has a reputation for precision craftsmanship with a fine eye for historical accuracy for more than fifty years.

 

The Mounted Shooter will retail for $879.00 and can be purchased online for immediate delivery to any U.S. FFL.

 

Custom leather scabbards can also be purchased with each rifle.

 

Visit www.westernshootinghorse.com for more info.

 

 

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