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Howdy!
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Check this page from time to time as we put together a history of the
Ohio River Rangers.
Here's our first installment.
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Now about the history of the Ohio River
Rangers. The first cowboy action shoot in southern IL was held in
Carterville May 24, 1997. "Yodeling Cowboy" of Chester who deals in
guns was in my store March or April of '97 and saw my original 2nd
generation Colt .45 and ask if "Metropolis" and I shot cowboy action?
I said I would love to but didn't think there were any being held
anywhere within 200 miles of us. He gave me Wounded Knees phone number
in Carterville, IL and said they were going to have one soon. I
called Wounded Knees and he sent me a schedule of their first four
Cowboy Shoots starting with the one in May mentioned above. I'll never
forget that shoot. I shot my 7 1/2" Colt, the original, a Winchester
'92 in 38WCF and my grandfathers old Belgian hammer double barrel.
Back then there was one class. We all shot one side arm, and most of
the handguns were Ruger Blackhawks.
Well "Metropolis" went with me, because
his brother, who was going to shoot with me, had just died of an
massive heart attach days before the shoot. "Metropolis'" blood
pressure was so high he was not able to shoot. I also remember
shooting one stage "clean" and in 22 seconds flat and won that stage.
I was hooked! Well we had so much fun that summer, that "Metropolis"
and I talked the Metropolis gun club into letting us host a few shoots
at their Club and our first shoot in Metropolis, IL was September 13th
1997. I know the dates because of the little tags we all gave out from
the start.
"Pit Viper"
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