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Cowboy Bullseye
This
is a "new" sport for cowboy shooters.
Thought
it might be fun to do something a little different. This
is COWBOY Bullseye or a Bisley style target match. Remember you
saw it first at Cascade R&P :) We have a set of rules
written up but we would like to start informally at first.
"Shooting Was America’s Number #1
Sport
It may seem hard to imagine now, but in the
late 1800s and early 1900s, before baseball became the “national
sport”, organized target matches were the most popular sport in this
country. Men and women would gather on a Sunday afternoon at their
local rifle club or town square to participate in matches which
involved shooting at a target 20 or 50 yards away, from the
off-hand position. Many of the pictures and lithographs from that
era show men dressed in formal attire with a pistol raised and
pointed at a distant bullseye target. Skill
with either tool was considered to be a “good” thing in those
days and something about which to be
proud."
Format:
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Period
(1870/1911) guns mandatory! Period clothing (formal or
casual) suggested !
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Family/kids
are welcome!
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Shooting? Pistols only....please use a belt
or shoulder holster to carry your gun. No boxes or gun
bags.
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Being armed or
"heeled" at lunch is not something we'll frown upon or discourage
:)
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As you might
expect this is as much a social event as a shooting
match.
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50 to 100
rounds will be plenty of ammo. We will have time for some
extra paper punching and fun shoots. Shooting or cutting cards
or maybe tic/tac toe? If you want to shoot more just make
sure you bring more ammo! You can never have too much
ammo :) There will be a target bullseye match for record shot
at 20 yards. The target has an approximately 5" black bull's
eye and a 2" X ring. Pretty close to what
they shot originally in the late 1800's at Bisley target
matches. For the first shoots we'll be using a NRA 25 yard
slow fire target. But I may look into duplicating the original
Bisley targets for future matches.
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To help scoring
and save time we will shoot 20 rounds @ 20 yards...not 25
yards. Again original Bisley distance of 20 yards.
Possible 200 points 20 X for a perfect score.
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All shooting
will be done one handed, unsupported, standing for
record.
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Pre 1909 style
single action pistols with fixed sights shoot against each
other with no class differences. Target model single action
guns shoot in their own class. Modern clones with EXTRA
large sights will shoot in their own class. If there is a
question MD will make classification calls. 1911s semi
autos with original 1911 (not A1 or later ) sights shoot
against
each other for score. Modern sighted 1911s shoot for
fun and bragging
rights.
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The idea is to challenge yourself and
your shooting skills with truly vintage guns and
sights. You'd be amazed at what it will do for your
other shooting sports! With the period costumes we hope to remind us
all of a slower time when the public held a different
and more genteel set of values.
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......Don't
forget eye and ear protection, handy wipes to clean up with and
most importantly your AMMO....
The eating part......
The E Range, Bays 1 & 2 are reserved for our
use. Eating will be done under a covered firing line
with tables.
Bring a lunch, drinks and handi
wipes to clean up with. Better yet bring a pot luck lunch and
share.
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