I went to one of these this weekend near my house. It was a great time. My wife, who has never shot a firearm, went a enjoyed it. I've shot firearms
since I was a teenager, 62 now, but never had place for hunting or
anything like that.

Basically, you have two single action pistols, a shotgun and a rifle. You
also need to dress and have weapons time period appropriate. There was
about 30 people there. I got to do a stage and my wife also. It was a blast!

Now I need to sell stuff and get firearms and accoutrements, because I have
the bug!
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Now I need to sell stuff and get firearms and accoutrements, because I have the bug!

That is the danger of trying anything new. ;) With me, it seems like I
get the bug, buy new stuff, and then it passes and I am stuck with a bunch
of rarely used stuff. :D


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Dumas Walker wrote to GREASE <=-

Now I need to sell stuff and get firearms and accoutrements, because I have the bug!

That is the danger of trying anything new. ;) With me, it seems like
I get the bug, buy new stuff, and then it passes and I am stuck with a bunch of rarely used stuff. :D

That's what I am going through now. I want to jump headfirst into it, but
that would for sure wreck my plasticard. But, I have been searching stuff online, and that's been fun.
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Grease wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

Dumas Walker wrote to GREASE <=-

Now I need to sell stuff and get firearms and accoutrements, because I have the bug!

That is the danger of trying anything new. ;) With me, it seems like
I get the bug, buy new stuff, and then it passes and I am stuck with a bunch of rarely used stuff. :D

That's what I am going through now. I want to jump headfirst into it,
but that would for sure wreck my plasticard. But, I have been searching stuff online, and that's been fun.

If you're prone to such things (as I am, too), do yourself a favor and
DO NOT enter the wormhole known as Skeet Shooting (and/or Sporting
Clays).

You probably can't even imagine what a mid-level over-under shotgun
costs...

I am well beyond the "addicted" stage now, and there is very little hope
of recovery. ;-)




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That's what I am going through now. I want to jump headfirst into it, but that would for sure wreck my plasticard. But, I have been searching stuff online, and that's been fun.

Yeah, "window shopping," as it were, can be fun... imagining what you could
do with something if you had one. As long as it doesn't become spree
shopping, you should be fine. ;)


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If you're prone to such things (as I am, too), do yourself a favor and
DO NOT enter the wormhole known as Skeet Shooting (and/or Sporting
Clays).

A friend of mine's son got into that for a while when he was in school.
He was competing in skeet, either through the school or maybe 4-H. I never thought to ask why he stopped (he was pretty good at it) but I suspect it
was the cost.

I checked the cost of some of the shotguns they were using and they were
indeed not cheap!


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Grease wrote to All <=-

I went to one of these this weekend near my house. It was a great time.
My wife, who has never shot a firearm, went a enjoyed it. I've shot firearms since I was a teenager, 62 now, but never had place for
hunting or anything like that.

Basically, you have two single action pistols, a shotgun and a rifle.
You also need to dress and have weapons time period appropriate. There
was about 30 people there. I got to do a stage and my wife also. It was
a blast!

Now I need to sell stuff and get firearms and accoutrements, because I have the bug!

Careful! That cowboy action shooting racket is a gateway drug to handloading, cosplay and all sorts of stuff!

My brother in law was heavy into cowboy action shooting. He just about disowned his sister when I bought a pair of stainless steel Ruger Vaqueros in .45 Colt with SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) grips and sequential serial numbers for $1500 and refused to entertain any notion of selling them to him.

Cowboy shooting will lead to hand loading. These guys load so low it's not even funny. Basically a hair above primer. As long as the load leaves the barrel and makes a "ding" sound on the target, it's good enough. Makes sense. As many rounds as is shot during a weekend of activity, full loads take a toll on both the gun and the shooter, so keeping it light makes sense - plus since speed counts keeping the loads light improves scores.

Then you'll be spending money on "authentic" Western garb in order to look the part of the western gunslinger....

Hell, now you have ME wanting to go out and play cowboy!


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