Comments on: On Cowboy Action Shooting

By: Less

Less — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:30:25 +0000

I’m really sorry… It’s almost like a “Jackass” theme or something…

Poor, honest, upright folks would NEVER even know WTF hit ‘em…

By: Caleb

Caleb — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:23:56 +0000

That’s disgusting and hilarious.

By: Less

Less — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:21:14 +0000

Actually, this is one of the coolest gun vids I’ve ever seen:

Check out: http://www.spencerhoglund.com/

I’d love to meet that guy! He’s got some seriously nice Old Colts too!

By: Less

Less — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:10:05 +0000

I always thought it would hilarious to show up at a CAS shoot wearing ass-less chaps, thong, a leather vest and a hat…

“Hi, my name is the San Francisco Rider”…

Anyone need mental bleach?

By: Cemetery's Gun Blob

Cemetery's Gun Blob — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:04:55 +0000

***they probably bring more new shooters into the sport than IDPA does***

I don’t know squat about IDPA, but I’ve met more people than you can shake a stick at, who’ve become gun owners, and active shooters to CAS. I personally feel that once people find their niche’, that’s all it takes. And slowly more interest in shooting sports takes hold.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:42:32 +0000

That’s too bad, because this gun is freakin’ sweet.

By: Timmeehh

Timmeehh — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:31:51 +0000

A 16 ga won’t cut it in Wild Bunch, must be 12 ga.

By: Alcibiades

Alcibiades — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:37:49 +0000

Someone should make an event based on the “Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy”. The goal is to miss the target rather than hit it.

(Except during Sandcrawler stages; then you can be precise.)

By: kaveman

kaveman — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:36:16 +0000

At the range I go to, most people don’t go beyond boots and a leather vest. They’re main pride is the old style leather holsters which are usually nothing less than works of art.

One of the favorite events goes something like this.

1. Approach the facade of an old western style bank.
2. Breach the door (made out of balsa wood) with a shotgun.
3. Switch to either a lever gun or six-shooter.
4. Take out 3 bad guys without hitting the 4-5 good guys in the shortest time. All being steel silhouettes.

Never done it myself but I’ve watched a few times. I get the impression that most people don’t really care about the score, they just can’t resist shooting a balsa wood door with a shotgun.

By: TheGunGeek

TheGunGeek — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:20:10 +0000

Can’t they at least have a Casual Friday event once in a while? One where they actually encourage people to wear little to none of the authentic cowboy garb?

If nothing else, they’d get a whole lot of people out to have some fun with old [style] guns and they might even get a batch of new recruits in the process.

Doing it as Cowboy Clothing Optional wouldn’t cut it, either. Even if it weren’t true, too many people would think they’d be out of place in modern clothing and that they just wouldn’t have the same kind of fun that they’d have if everyone were wearing current outfits.

It’s at least worth a try.