The book is a 12 year summary of memoirs, facts and events leading to a totally encompassing hobby and the development of a popular shooting sport-Cowboy Action Shooting. The author covers subjects to include Shooting Accessories, Firearm Modifications, Reloading, Dedicated Practice, a typical day at a CAS and others covered in 14 chapters. The book is written for the general public, novice, beginner, the experienced shooter and the retiree looking for a hobby. It is a nonfiction guide book that exposes all the facets of cowboy shooting and includes the state of the art and modern approaches to the sport.

First of all, I don't do either Cowboy Action Shooting or Cowboy Fast Draw - yet. However, I am old enough to have grown up with the radio, TV and movie cowboys that used to dominate the airwaves and the silver screen. The values that I learned growing up were heavily influenced by those western heroes - Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, John Wayne, and many others. Like other kids my age I dreamed about riding the range with a six gun at my side. Times have changed but I still watch old westerns and I still get a kick out of watching the good guys defeat the bad guys. So when I read an article recently in the local paper about a fast draw contest it caught my interest and I started doing some research about cowboy shooting - fast draw and action shooting. The more I read the more interested I became in the people who were not just shooting firearms from the Old West period in our history, but were also reviving the spirit of the Hollywood "Old West." Those shows from the 50s and 60s included themes such as protecting the weak, learning to live peacefully with people of other races and religions, and standing up for what you believe - and even if the plots were a little simplistic, they helped youngsters identify those values with the heroes they were watching on the TV or movie screen. Eventually I decided to write this book about Cowboy Action Shooting and Cowboy Fast Draw, along with some background information about the actual history of the Old West. The book isn't an instruction manual or an expert view of these sports - it's intended to be an overview of what they are, how they got started, what you need to participate, and why you might enjoy taking part. And it's written with the hope that a few people who aren't aware of Cowboy Action Shooting or Cowboy Fast Draw may see this book, get interested themselves, and help keep the spirit of the Old West alive.

Searching for a new challenge in the shooting sports, a dynamic couple, who are experienced cowboy action shooters, entertain five developing new cowboy shooting games at their local cowboy clubcowboy fast draw, wild bunch, cowboy silhouettes (rifle and pistol), and cowboy long range. Each game involves gearing up with new guns, learning proper techniques, and practicing till proficient. After mastering each sport, their next step is to recruit and train a group of cowboy shooters for the purpose of upgrading everyone to competition status. Each new game is presented as a mixture of real information integrated with the real lives of this spirited and energetic couple. Cowboy Games will appeal to anyone who likes to read about a new shooting sport and how to do it right.

This story is about a retired man who, looking for a hobby, gets introduced to cowboy action shooting. It traces his training sessions by an experienced shooter, with whom he enters into a romantic relationship. They traveled to different cowboy shooting locations and started traveling out West. They visited several national parks, monuments, and many popular tourist attractions over six Western states. This book will appeal to the general public. It contains many comical situations between the major characters and cowboy shooters. In short, it provides a realistic exposure to a second life.

From one of the nation's top cowboy action shooting competitors and author of The Top Shooter's Guide to Cowboy Action Shooting, comes the original video series on America's fastest growing shooting sport, cowboy action shooting. These videos provide essential information guiding participants through the entire shooting experience from needed equipment to advanced shooting techniques.

This title examines different types of gun sports, their rules, and how to play them. The importance of using safety equipment and protective gear such as ear and eye protection are covered, as well as the importance of practice in improving the athlete's performance and confidence. Different types of shooting sports competition--handgun, rifle, shotgun, and Olympic--are explained, such as cowboy action shooting, trap and skeet shooting, sporting clays, biathlon, and pentathlon. The importance of following the rules and displaying good sportsmanship in competition is covered, as are shooting sports regulating organizations such as USA Shooting, National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, International Practical Shooting Confederation, and the International Defensive Pistol Organization. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.