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Cowboy action shooting (CAS, also known as Western action shooting, single action shooting, cowboy 3-gun, and Western 3-gun) is a competitive shooting sport that originated in 1981 [1] at the Coto de Caza Shooting Range in Orange County, California. Cowboy action shooting is now practiced in many places with several sanctioning organizations ...
Cowboy mounted shooting (also called western mounted shooting and mounted shooting) is a competitive equestrian sport involving the riding of a horse to negotiate a shooting pattern. Depending on sponsoring organizations, it can be based on the historical reenactment of historic shooting events held at Wild West shows in the late 19th century.
This is a list of Old West gunfights.Gunfights have left a lasting impression on American frontier history; many were retold and embellished by dime novels and magazines like Harper's Weekly during the late 19th and early 20th century.
The object of fast draw as a combative sport is to quickly draw one's pistol and fire with the most accuracy. The sport has been inspired by accounts of duels and gunfights which incorporated it during the Wild West, such as the Hickok–Tutt shootout, Short–Courtright duel, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Long Branch Saloon gunfight and others, which in turn inspired the gunfights seen in ...
Scandinavian Western Shooters (SWS), founded 1 October 1997, [1] is the Norwegian association for cowboy action shooting under the Single Action Shooting Society.The association seeks to promote safe shooting competitions incorporating facts and fiction from the "old west", [2] creating a romantic and nostalgic atmosphere. [3]
Modern coach guns are commonly encountered in Cowboy Action Shooting competitions, among collections of Western guns, as home-defense weapons, and even as "scrub guns" for hunting grouse, woodcock, rabbit, hare, and/or wild pig in scrub, bush or marshlands, where the 24"+ barrels of a traditional shotgun would prove unwieldy.
Action Shooting Nederland (ASN) [39] Association for Practical Shooting- Dynamic Service Rifle (APS-DSR) [40] Dutch Field Target Association, international member of WFTF; Dutch Subgun Competition (DSC) [41] Netherlands Practical Shooting Association (Nederlandse Parcours Schutters Associatie, NPSA), international member of IPSC.
Pages in category "Shooting competitions in the United States" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent ...