While browsing the internet and looking for cool cowboy images I stumbled upon SASS. The Single Action Shooting Society is dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Cowboy Action Shooting and competive shooting. They also seek to preserve the history of the Old West and Cowboy Culture. We here at Cacties respect and salute that cause.

SASS has some pretty strict rules to participate in their events.

One of the unique aspects of SASS approved Cowboy Action Shooting™ is the requirement placed on costuming. Each participant is required to adopt a shooting alias appropriate to a character or profession of the late 19th century, a Hollywood western star, or an appropriate character from fiction. Their costume is then developed accordingly. Many event participants gain more enjoyment from the costuming aspect of our sport than from the shooting competition, itself. Regardless of a SASS member’s individual area of interest, SASS events provide regular opportunities for fellowship and fun with like-minded folks and families.

Contestants are also required to use firearms typical of the old west and each individual event is based on legendary western incidents or scenes in western movies.

If you are interested in Old West shooting or cowboy culture they just might have a shooting club near you. Shooting events are held monthly, annually, statewide, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

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