Cowboy Action Shooting

Cowboy Action Shooting is one of fastest growing disciplines in the shooting sports. Matches are designed around scenarios and firearms taken from the historic period of the 'Old West' in the United States.

Competition with Rifle, Shotgun and Pistol is governed by the Single Action Shooting Society (S.A.S.S.). Competition has the added facet of a living history aspect. Competitors must choose a singular 'Nickname' and develop a costume and persona to use during competition.

There are numerous categories in which to compete for men, women and youth.

COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING
REPORT FOR 2011

The Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association continued to promote and support Cowboy Action Shooting in Ohio throughout 2011. ORPA was once again the Presenting Sponsor of the 2011 Single Action Shooting Society (SASS) Ohio State Cowboy Action Shooting Championships June 10-12. The competition is sponsored by the Miami Valley Cowboys at the Piqua Fish and Game Hard Times facility. Hard Times was built under the guidance of the NRA and stresses safety by design.

The main match competition consisted of 10 stages over two days and a 135 yard long-rifle range for side match events. There was also a Wild Bunch match held the day prior to the main match. The Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association 2011 Cowboy Champions were: Junior Male – Horrible Hogan (Hogan DeLong); Adult Female – Angel Fire (Katie Schriewer); Adult Male – Gaslight (Marc Moralez); Senior Female – Rose Louise Reasoner (Karen Steiger) and Senior Male – Smokin’ Iron (Steve Mowery).

CAS is continuing to grow evidenced by the number of new shooting venues and regular or recurring scheduled matches. ORPA affiliated clubs Miami Rifle and Pistol Club and Greene County Fish and Game Association have become SASS affiliated. This allows them to list their matches in the “Cowboy Chronicle” and on the SASS website. Sandusky County Sportsman’s Club in Gibsonburg became affiliated with ORPA this year. A listing of some of the current Ohio SASS affiliated clubs and locations can be found at the web site: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&ie=UTF8&mrt=kmlkmz&om=0&msa=0&msid=116946767339224427232.0004447bf768ef2d3cd1e&ll=40.36513,-82.66954&spn=3.557325,7.404785&z=7.
One of the goals for 2012 could be to add more clubs and locations to this map.

The highlight of the year in Ohio for Cowboys is Guns Of August 10-14 August, the Midwest Regional shoot held at the Middletown Sportsman’s Club in Middletown Ohio. The Big Irons Rangers sponsor this annual event and this year over 200 CAS shooters from all over the US and Canada were in attendance.
A sign of the times. One observation was the number of participants at these two key events appeared to be down by 25-30% over previous years. However the enthusiasm and cowboy spirit was ever present. That’s the cowboy way.

The Cowboy Action Shooters on the ORPA board continue to recruit new ORPA members and grow the Association. Fletch (Bill Knall), Grubsack (Bob Sacco), Mea Culpa (Mary Sacco) and Slowpoke (Larry Dan Smith) represented ORPA at the 2011 NRA Convention held in Pittsburgh.

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