COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING

Cowboy Action Shooting, a sport created in California in 1982, is run under international rules set by 'The Single Action Shooting Society' of the USA.

Cowboy Action Shooting recreates life in the Wild West by shooting a course of fire designed to depict an old-west historical shootout, a movie scene, or just someone's idea of the Wild West.

Various target set-ups are made to resemble a Western scene, and scores are determined according to elapsed time and accuracy in hitting the targets. There is a penalty of five seconds added to your elapsed time for each missed shot, and failure to shoot and move through the stage in the specified order will also cause a time penalty. The winning shooter will have a combination of the lower elapsed time and the most hits in the correct order. There is no advantage to missing fast. A shot timer automatically records your total time at your last shot.

To add to this fantasy sport, all shooters are required to wear some form of period dress. Long pants (or dresses for the ladies), boots, cowboy hats and shirts with long sleeves will do. For firearms, you will need two single-action revolvers, a lever action or pump action rifle (in a pistol calibre) and a side-by-side Shotgun (without ejectors) or a model 1897 pump action shotgun (with an exposed hammer).

Guns must be of pre-1900 design, but modern versions like Ruger, Colt clones and Norinco 97's are acceptable. You will also need holsters and a carrier or belt for shotshells. All bullets are lead and have maximum velocity requirements.

The RRGC Cowboys shoot on Range 6 on the second Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

You must hold a current firearms license to participate and need eye and hearing protection to watch.​​​​​​​ To learn more about CAS shooting, contact the section leader by clicking this link.

If you would like to know more about shooting generally at RRGC don't hesitate to get in touch with the Club Secretary.