Cowboy Shooting?

[TFLeader]

Anyone aware of this activity in Eastern Mass? New England? Ditto on shops that cater to this sport?

 

[Matt_SERE]

Cowboy Gun Works
Jim McMahon aka 'Jimmy Spurs'
30 Walnut Hill Road
Derry, NH 03038

http://www.cowboygunworks.com/index.html

 

[paracarry]

Why would anyone want to shoot Cowboys

 

[TFLeader]

Cowboy Gun Works
Jim McMahon aka 'Jimmy Spurs'
30 Walnut Hill Road
Derry, NH 03038

http://www.cowboygunworks.com/index.html

I called him last week. Kinda of odd, he was reluctant to talk and finally said call back in two weeks?

Is something going on there?

 

[soam]

There's a cowboy action (SASS) match every month at Harvard Sportsmen's Club. You can find the dates on the club calendar (look for SASS match): http://www.harvardsportsmensclub.net/forums/cal_view_month.php

 

[dgrafton]

Also a match every month at Monument Beach Sportsman's Club in Bourne.
Lunch is included in the entry, usually worth the fee all by itself!

 

[Chantry]

Cowboy shooting is very active in New England, with matches somewhere virtually every weekend, here is a list: http://www.northeastcas.com Other useful links: http://marauder.homestead.com/irons.html and http://sassnet.com I'll point that the SASS Wire is NOT SASS, like most internet boards people are a lot ruder then in person, but the rules and other manuals are worth looking at and you can often get good advice in the forums.

I've been doing it for more the 17 years and I'll offer some advice: If you choose to start cowboy shooting think long and hard about how you want to shoot it now and in the future, this is not an inexpensive shooting sport and buying say guns in 45 Colt and then deciding a year in you want to go fast and be competitive and having to switch to 38 Special is going to cost a lot of money. Do your research before rushing out to buy stuff.

I don't think any gunstore caters specifically to cowboy shooters, but many should have at least a small selection of suitable firearms.

Despite all the caveats I listed above, I find cowboy shooting to be great fun with mostly great people or else I wouldn't still be doing it after all this time.

 

[PineyWoods]

http://www.countrypondfishandgameclub.com/cas.html

 

[Smokewagon]

The Tri-state championship were just held at Harvard last week. I was there on friday early afternoon and turnout looked good, plenty of cowboys (and girls) there. I dont' know of any shops that cater specifically to SASS people though.

 

[frenchman]

I believe we ran out of cowboys to shoot. The supply from Arizona and Texas is drying up as well.