Cowboy Up!

Bonnie and I stepped into a portion of humanity that we knew very little of the other day. We have joined a church and Sunday school class. We enjoy both, and are meeting knew people that we are growing to like. One of the members of our Sunday school class is into Single Action Shooting. Now I became familiar with this sport while I was in Texas. A good friend of mine took me to a few matches, and it is actually fun. Single Actions shooting is a sport where men and women get together, dress up like Cowboys and girls, and shoot at targets with guns common to Cowboys of the late 1800's. It is a quick sport, and a mental sport as you have to shoot the targets in the right order. Everyone that we met at the event was extremely nice, and tried to include us in their sport. We had a great time. Enjoy the pictures below.

Here are a group of cowboys getting ready to shoot at one of the four stages. As you can see they dress authentically. To the right of the picture you see one of the shooters unloading his guns. The gentleman on the far right is observing him ensuring that he unloads safely. They are very serious about handling your weapons safely. Thank Goodness!

The object of this sport is to use your shotgun, rifle, and six guns to shoot targets in a specified order in the shortest ammount of time. You can see that it can be a smoky and difficult proposition at times.

Here is one of the target set ups. You shoot the small square targets with your shotgun, the yellow targets in the back with your rifle, and the red targets in the front with your pistols. Some are really fast, and some are just there for the fun.