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COWBOY
ACTION SHOOTING
Prices updated 01/03/05
"HOWDY PARTNER"
The fastest growing
Action Shooting Sport today is Cowboy Action Shooting. There are many baby
boomers running around today who grew up with the likes of Roy Rogers,
Gene Autry, the Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, and the notorious Black
Bart. They fought long and
arduous wars with the Cap Pistol and when you ran out of caps there were long periods
of "Bang, Bang, Bang", with a Hi-Oh Silver.
Well if you want reality and reliving old good times, it's
here for you. Cowboy Action
Shooting is a great sport and really epitomizes scenario shooting and just
like on a movie set you better stick to the rules. They are serious about
it. Remember, they tarred and feathered and had lynch mobs in those days......
Rule One:
Is to dress in the appropriate era. This
adds to the realism of the game. Sort of reinactors with real
bullets. Just doesn't get any better. The governing body of
the game is S.A.S.S. (Single Action Shooting Society) Join it.
Rule Two:
After the appropriate
dress code is complied with, you select an appropriate name. For example Bob Cogan
is "Gunrunner Bob". "Slick Willy" already has been taken.
Rule Three:
You will need, two single action revolvers, a lever
action rifle, and a side by side shotgun or Winchester 97 style
shotgun. The rules on what type of firearms and MODIFICATIONS are very specific.
The modifications we perform at Accurate are currently legal based on the
"S.A.S.S. Rules Book".
HOW TO GET
STARTED:
To get started in this
game check out your closet for what would fit in with the scenario and persona,
drag out those old dungarees, cowboy boots, plaid shirts and a
scarf. You just might want to check with the little woman about the
scarf part, floral scenes and soft pastels are not in this year, red,
black and white seem to work....
S.A.S.S. has their own publication, "The Cowboy Chronicle", with
many ads for clothing, hats,
boots, and leather. Learn more about S.A.S.S. here: http://www.sassnet.com
. Remember, the clothing you select should fit your "persona" but a
fringe benefit is you'll never worry about a costume for Halloween
anymore.
Then check out your checking account. The Base price for Two RUGER Vaqueros,
a Marlin Lever Action Rifle and an EAA Double barrel Shotgun is about
$1700.00. Not that bad compared to most other shooting
sports.
In addition to the
guns you will need Leather Holsters and other leather gear for the shot
shells. The cost of basic leather and clothing will vary just
as there are K-Mart's and Nordstrom's.
May we suggest http://www.kirkpatrickleather.com
. Bob has several of his rigs. Here are two samples, the
"Big Jake", aka John Wayne and the "Silver King", the
style used by the Lone Ranger. They have a great website and top
quality photography.
We offer many custom
services performed on these firearms. Pistols rifles, shotguns can
all benefit from tuning. Since we plate many of the internal parts
in guns we work on, the hard chrome adds a slickness, call it smoothness
if you wish, and increased durability to the action. We are not aware of
any custom shop that does this extra to make things right.
Many of the S.A.S.S.
shooters are also collectors and use original era firearms. Because
of the fact we plate, weld, solder, can rebuild, certain areas we can
bring new life to some antique arms. Under no circumstance will we
rebuild something deemed unsafe.
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