Subj : Cowboy Action Shooting
To : Weatherman
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Sat May 03 2025 12:22 am
-=> Weatherman wrote to Grease <=-
We> My brother in law was heavy into cowboy action shooting. He just about
We> disowned his sister when I bought a pair of stainless steel Ruger
We> Vaqueros in .45 Colt with SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) grips
We> and sequential serial numbers for $1500 and refused to entertain any
We> notion of selling them to him.
LOL - now that's funny!
We> Cowboy shooting will lead to hand loading. These guys load so low it's
We> not even funny. Basically a hair above primer. As long as the load
We> leaves the barrel and makes a "ding" sound on the target, it's good
We> enough. Makes sense. As many rounds as is shot during a weekend of
We> activity, full loads take a toll on both the gun and the shooter, so
We> keeping it light makes sense - plus since speed counts keeping the
We> loads light improves scores.
I've read that some even cast their own lead bullets.
We> Then you'll be spending money on "authentic" Western garb in order to
We> look the part of the western gunslinger....
We> Hell, now you have ME wanting to go out and play cowboy!
LOL - I have several single action .22's. I have a lever action
.357 and wouldn't mind a SAA .357. :-)
... 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2.
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