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Choosing an Alias

As noted in the footnote to the Shot Doc Story, membership in the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) requires the registration of a unique name or alias under which you compete in Cowboy Action Shooting matches. The SASS Shooters Handbook enforces certain rules in selecting an alias such as not using an alias which duplicates or could be confused with another registered alias.

In general, SASS members are asked to select an alias representative of a character or profession from the old west. You can be sure that the obvious names have already been taken. Harper H. Creigh, the founder of SASS, took the name of Judge Roy Bean (SASS #1). Other early names were General U.S. Grant (SASS #2), Tex (SASS #4), Lonesome Dove (SASS #12), and Cat Ballou (SASS #55). As of this date (December 2005) Tex is Editor-in-Chief of The Cowboy Chronicle, the monthly journal of SASS, and Cat Ballou is Editor.

With over 70,000 registered names (as of the summer of 2006), choosing an alias requires some creativity. Some names mentioned in the June, July and August 2005 issues of The Cowboy Chronicle include Santa Klaus (SASS #28780), a name taken by a member in Germany. Badlands Bud (SASS #15821) and Holy Terror (SASS #15362) were the names taken by the overall men and women's winners of the 2005 SASS World Championship match. Evil Roy (SASS #2883) and Wicked Felina (SASS #3483) are husband and wife and frequently show up as winners in shooting matches with Evil Roy a past world and national champion...they also happen to be the grandparents of Holy Terror mentioned above.

Below are just a sampling of other names people have chosen that I found interesting...or gave me a smile. Again, these names were taken from back issues of The Cowboy Chronicle.