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3 total messages Started by "Grease" (VERT/D Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:24
Cowboy Action Shooting
#309
Author: "Grease" (VERT/D
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:24
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I went to one of these this weekend near my house. It was a great time. My
wife, who has never shot a firearm, went a enjoyed it. I've shot firearms
since I was a teenager, 62 now, but never had place for hunting  or
anything like that.

Basically, you have two single action pistols, a shotgun and a rifle. You
also need to dress and have weapons time period appropriate. There was
about 30 people there. I got to do a stage and my wife also. It was a blast!

Now I need to sell stuff and get firearms and accoutrements, because I have
the bug!
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Cowboy Action Shooting
#310
Author: "Dumas Walker" (
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:42
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> Now I need to sell stuff and get firearms and accoutrements, because I have
> the bug!

That is the danger of trying anything new.  ;)  With me, it seems like I
get the bug, buy new stuff, and then it passes and I am stuck with a bunch
of rarely used stuff.  :D


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Cowboy Action Shooting
#315
Author: "Weatherman" (VE
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 02:47
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-=> Grease wrote to All <=-

 Gr> I went to one of these this weekend near my house. It was a great time.
 Gr> My wife, who has never shot a firearm, went a enjoyed it. I've shot
 Gr> firearms since I was a teenager, 62 now, but never had place for
 Gr> hunting  or anything like that.

 Gr> Basically, you have two single action pistols, a shotgun and a rifle.
 Gr> You also need to dress and have weapons time period appropriate. There
 Gr> was about 30 people there. I got to do a stage and my wife also. It was
 Gr> a blast!

 Gr> Now I need to sell stuff and get firearms and accoutrements, because I
 Gr> have the bug!

Careful!  That cowboy action shooting racket is a gateway drug to handloading,
cosplay and all sorts of stuff!

My brother in law was heavy into cowboy action shooting.  He just about
disowned his sister when I bought a pair of stainless steel Ruger Vaqueros in
..45 Colt with SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) grips and sequential serial
numbers for $1500 and refused to entertain any notion of selling them to him.

Cowboy shooting will lead to hand loading.  These guys load so low it's not
even funny.  Basically a hair above primer.  As long as the load leaves the
barrel and makes a "ding" sound on the target, it's good enough.  Makes sense.
As many rounds as is shot during a weekend of activity, full loads take a toll
on both the gun and the shooter, so keeping it light makes sense - plus since
speed counts keeping the loads light improves scores.

Then you'll be spending money on "authentic" Western garb in order to look the
part of the western gunslinger....

Hell, now you have ME wanting to go out and play cowboy!


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