Today, the best selling handguns in the US are pocket pistols, carried in the pocket for self defense. Things haven’t changed – in the wildest days of the American West, the most popular handgun was also the pocket pistol.
In the Old West, the difference between going hungry and a hot meal, was a person’s shooting ability and to be able to make that long rifle shot. We look at the history of big bore long range rifles and how they are still in use in Cowboy Action Shooting.
Take a moment and let your mind take you back to those carefree days of your youth. You have traded your Fanner 50 with a real Colt and real ammunition. The theme for the 2011 SASS Kansas State State Championship is TV Westerns with 10 stages and scenes from shows like Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will [...]
Day 2 at the SASS Kansas State Championship is all Main Match. The first five of the ten stages are lined up and ready for the shooters. When the first shooters hear the timer go off, the old west town in Lenexa, Kansas, turns into Abilene or Dodge City during the heydays of the cattle [...]
Powder Creek Cowboys in Lenexa, Kansas, is hosting the SASS Kansas State Championship on June 10-12, 2011. Cowboys Online is there with daily reports from the match. This match is also their annual Prince of the Pistoleer match. First day was a warm up day for the 120 shooters who come Kansas, neighboring states and [...]
The competition to build a better cartridge revolver resulted in more than the gun that won the west – the Colt Single Action Army. Horace Smith and Daniel Baird Wesson did their part in making firearms history with the creation of the top-break revolver, originally known as the Model No. 3, a six-shot revolver in [...]
This week, it’s all about the .45 Colt cartridge. Most cowboy action shooters compete with guns in a smaller caliber, but Tex Fiddler keeps the tradition alive using the legendary round. We will also learn about a gentleman agreement between Colt Firearms and Winchester. Airtimes: On Outdoor Channel, 04-20-11 at 2:00PM | 04-20-11 at 9:00PM [...]
Kenda Lenseigne and her horse Justin are synchronized precision and beauty. Meet the CMSA Overall World Champion in Mounted Shooting. Airtimes: On Outdoor Channel, Wednesday 12-15-10 at 7:00PM and 11:30PM, Thursday 12-16-10 at 1:30AM, all times Eastern.
In this episode of Cowboys, it is all about the Yellow Boy, the Winchester Model 1866. We cover some of the history and we look at the rifle from a cowboy action shooter’s perspective. Airtimes: On Outdoor Channel, Wednesday 12-01-10 at 7:00PM and 11:30PM, Thursday 12-02-10 at 1:30AM, all times Eastern. Airtimes: On Outdoor Channel, [...]
He was a martyr in the fight for the conquered west in the name of manifest destiny. He was worshiped by many and vilified by some. In this episode of Cowboys we take a look at General Custer, the man who made the last stand and made Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse famous. Airtimes: On [...]
