Captain Baylor's Ranger Camp

Captain Baylor is second from left, top row

Texas Ranger photo manipulated by Major Photography

Table of Contents
Captain Baylor's Journal a journal of our life as full time RVers including Cowboy Action Shooting events we've attended since we retired.
Getting Started in Cowboy Action Shooting Updated January 2010
Updated February 2011 Wild Bunch For Dummies
Completely revised and updated July 2015 Frontiersman for Dummies
Black Powder (& Substitutes) for Dummies Updated April 21, 2014
Index to DISPATCHES FROM CAMP BAYLOR Articles in The Cowboy Chronicle by Capt. George Baylor
NEW AUGUST 2009 "Heaven" and "Hell" engraved by Aspen Filly
Ruger New Vaquero test (New December 20, 2004)
Accuracy and Velocity Testing, Trail Boss, Black Powder Substitutes, and Goex Cowboy
2006 End of Trail The World Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting new July 2006
Black Powder Smoke Standard Ammunition Test August 2011
Cleaning Ruger Old Armies for Dummies February 2014
Clearing "The '66-'73 Jam" With a Screwknife© October 2014
American Pioneer Powder Premium Grade Test July 2014
Marlin Cowboy Maintenance and Spares Kit (updated November 13.2003)
Reloading for Cowboy Action Shooting
The Texas Ranger Costume (updated May, 2002) this article appeared in The Cowboy Chronicle®
The $20 Engraving Job April 8, 2004
Some Useful Conversion for Black Powder Shooters February 1, 2005
Some Musings on Costume Contests This article appeared in The Cowboy Chronicle®
In Search of the Real Cowboy Hat Thjs article appeared in The Cowboy Chronicle®, April 2004
Winter Range 2002 (U.S. National Championship)
Trailhead '01 (Texas' Biggest Annual Event that year)
A Cowboy's Guide to Fredericksburg (and Tin Star Ranch. This was written a long time ago. Things have changed. but Fredericksburg, Texas is still a neat place)
Thunder Ranch's Pre-1900 Course
Thunder Ranch Pre-1900 Course--Guns Of The Old West article
Tequila's Leadville Shooting School this article appeared in Shoot Magazine
Flying to CAS Matches this article appeared in The Cowboy Chronicle®
LINKS PAGE
The Single Action Shooting Society® for details about Cowboy Action Shooting*
Texas Ranger History:
Some history of the real Captain Baylor
Information about other Texas Rangers:
James B. Gillett, Texas Ranger
1887 Texas Ranger Photo
Leander McNelly, Captain, Texas Rangers
Elias Chance Briggs, Texas Ranger
Tidbits from the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
Back to Curt's Homepage
Contact me	photo by Major Photography
*Cowboy Action Shooting is a Trademark of the Single Action Shooting Society®
This page's background is a photo of a 1889 Texas Ranger badge, not a copy. Captain Baylor's Ranger Camp was originated in May, 1999 as a site designed to promote Cowboy Action Shooting and updated periodically. All rights reserved. ©2015 No part of this website may be reprinted without written permission of the author, including reprinting at websites. The author is not responsible for any damn fool misuse of firearms and doesn't have enough money to sue anyway. All opinions expressed here are those of a guy who just left town. Any use or misuse of any technique described herein is your own damned fault.

Table of Contents

Captain Baylor's Journal

a journal of our life as full time RVers including Cowboy Action Shooting events we've attended since we retired.

Getting Started in Cowboy Action Shooting

Updated January 2010

Updated February 2011

Wild Bunch For Dummies

Completely revised and updated July 2015

Frontiersman for Dummies

Black Powder (& Substitutes) for Dummies

Updated April 21, 2014

Index to DISPATCHES FROM CAMP BAYLOR

Articles in The Cowboy Chronicle by Capt. George Baylor

NEW AUGUST 2009

"Heaven" and "Hell"

engraved by Aspen Filly

Ruger New Vaquero test

(New December 20, 2004)

Accuracy and Velocity Testing, Trail Boss, Black Powder Substitutes, and Goex Cowboy

2006 End of Trail

The World Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting

new July 2006

End of Trail sign at entrance to Founders Ranch

Black Powder Smoke Standard Ammunition Test

August 2011

Cleaning Ruger Old Armies for Dummies

February 2014

Clearing "The '66-'73 Jam" With a Screwknife©

October 2014

American Pioneer Powder Premium Grade Test

July 2014

Marlin Cowboy Maintenance and Spares Kit

(updated November 13.2003)

Reloading for Cowboy Action Shooting

Dillon XL650, the Blue Bitch in the Garage

The Texas Ranger Costume

(updated May, 2002)

this article appeared in The Cowboy Chronicle®

The $20 Engraving Job

April 8, 2004

Engraved, matched pair of Colt SAAs, Ivory grips

Some Useful Conversion for Black Powder Shooters

February 1, 2005

Some Musings on Costume Contests

This article appeared in The Cowboy Chronicle®

In Search of the Real Cowboy Hat

Thjs article appeared in The Cowboy Chronicle®, April 2004

Winter Range 2002 (U.S. National Championship)

Winter Range Posse 18, Texas Paladin Posse Marshal

Trailhead '01

(Texas' Biggest Annual Event that year)

A Cowboy's Guide to Fredericksburg

(and Tin Star Ranch. This was written a long time ago. Things have changed. but Fredericksburg, Texas is still a neat place)

Thunder Ranch's Pre-1900 Course

Thunder Ranch Pre-1900 Course--Guns Of The Old West article

Tequila's Leadville Shooting School

this article appeared in Shoot Magazine

Flying to CAS Matches

this article appeared in The Cowboy Chronicle®

LINKS PAGE

The Single Action Shooting Society®

for details about Cowboy Action Shooting*

Texas Ranger History:

Some history of the real Captain Baylor

Cover of Walter Prescott Webb's book, "The Texas Rangers" showing Captain Baylor and Sergeant Gillett

Information about other Texas Rangers:

James B. Gillett, Texas Ranger

1887 Texas Ranger Photo

Leander McNelly, Captain, Texas Rangers

Elias Chance Briggs, Texas Ranger

Tidbits from the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum

Back to Curt's Homepage

Contact me

Capt. George Baylor, 1882

photo by Major Photography

*Cowboy Action Shooting is a Trademark of the Single Action Shooting Society®

This page's background is a photo of a 1889 Texas Ranger badge, not a copy.

Captain Baylor's Ranger Camp was originated in May, 1999 as a site designed to promote Cowboy Action Shooting and updated periodically. All rights reserved. ©2015 No part of this website may be reprinted without written permission of the author, including reprinting at websites.

The author is not responsible for any damn fool misuse of firearms and doesn't have enough money to sue anyway. All opinions expressed here are those of a guy who just left town. Any use or misuse of any technique described herein is your own damned fault.