SHOOT! Magazine's Guide to
GETTING STARTED in Western-action Shooting
Firearms - In all events, firearms must be either replicas or originals
prior to 1898. The
exception to that is with some .22 caliber events.
Cowboy Action Ground Shooting:
This event requires two single-action sixguns, a lever-action or
hammer slide-action rifle in pistol caliber, and a shotgun.
The shotgun is either a hammer pump or levergun, such as an
1897 or 1887 Winchester, or a double-barrel without ejectors
(extractors are allowed). Iron
sights must be used without exception.
Cowboy Mounted Shooting:
Mounted shooting typically
requires two single-action revolvers of .45 Colt caliber.
Some matches also incorporate double-barreled shotguns and
lever-action rifles shooting .44s or .45s. Horses for Cowboy Mounted
Shooting:
The horses that are used for cowboy mounted shooting are not
just any horses. They
must be trained to handle gunfire (black powder blanks) while moving
between targets. A good barrel horse adequately trained for gunfire would make
an excellent cowboy mounted horse.
World Fast Draw:
This event uses a single-action revolver in .45 Colt.
Extensive modifications are normally allowed to the
externals, such as fanning hammers and removal of front sights,
and the gun may be lightened.
Cowboy Fast Draw:
Period correct single-action stock SAA Colts,
clones, Vaquero's, and Bisley's in .45 Long Colt. Barrel
length cannot be less than 4-½". No alterations are
allowed other than action jobs. Shortened hammer actions are
not allowed, and the hammer must lock at full cock. Front
sights are optional.
Cowboy Silhouette: Rifles in three different caliber classes are used: .22
Rimfire, pistol caliber, and rifle caliber.
The Cowboy Lever-Action class uses any lever-action
centerfire rifle or carbine firing rimmed cartridges .25 caliber
or larger. Targets are full-sized, set at distances of 50, 100, 150, and
200 yards (or meters).
The Pistol Cartridge Cowboy Lever-Action
Silhouette class uses any lever-action tubular magazine rifle or
carbine that chambers a rimmed pistol cartridge loaded with a
flat-nosed bullet. This
class shoots at half-size targets set at 40, 50, 75, and 100 yards
(or meters). The
Smallbore Silhouette Rifle class allows any lever-action, pump, or
semi-auto rimfire with a tubular magazine using .22 Long Rifle
ammo. Targets are the
same size (but lighter weight) as the half-sized animals used in
the pistol caliber class. They
are also set at 40, 50, 75, and 100 yards (or meters).
Black Powder Cartridge Rifle
Silhouette (BPCRS): Single-shot,
exposed hammer period rifles originally made for black powder
cartridges of U.S. manufacture prior to 1896 are used.
Rifles may not weigh more than 12 lbs. 2 oz., including
sights, and must be chambered for a cartridge from the American
black powder era and loaded with black powder or Pyrodex.
Both original and replica rifles are allowed. Check
out SHOOT! Magazine's book Black
Powder & the Old West for more information on black powder
firearms.
Buffalo Matches: Same requirements as BPCRS above.
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