One of my numerous hobbies is shooting, specifically the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting. The idea is to dress in western or period correct attire and use guns of the time period. This is fun especially when you are building your persona. This can range from the B westerns to the Civil War and in between. The persona I am working on is that of a frontier scout in the years between 1874 and 1880.
The guns you choose should also be of the same period. For example my persona could carry 1873 colts or clones, a rifle such as an 1873 Winchester, Henry or Spencer to name a few. A lot of people also use a shotgun and these could be the 1887 lever action, the 1897 pump or earlier side by side.
You shoot several stages over the course of a day. They may be based loosely on actual gunfights or just made up. The targets are steel plated and the course of fire generally asks for 10 revolver, 10 rifle and four shotgun. You shoot for the best time and hope for no misses which count as a penalty. You can also get a procedural penalty if you don't fire in the correct pattern that the stage sheet calls for. For example if you are to Nevada sweep three targets left to right and you go right to left then there is a procedural penalty.
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