Welcome to Cowboy Action Shooting. Born in the deserts of southern California and Arizona, it is the fastest growing sport in America today.

These modern-era gunfighters recreate every aspect of frontier life, adopting names, guns and the attire from the 1870's. Costuming and aliases are a big part of CAS. There's no rhyme or reason to selecting your alias, geographic reference or a favorite movie character.

There's no limit on how simple or elaborate apparel can be. Some start with sand colored shirts and jeans with cowboy boots. The longer they're in it, the more they develop a persona and start adding things, maybe a special knife or hat.

This is still competition shooting, but less stressful and more relaxed than any other kind of competition. This is also a very FAMILY FRIENDLY sport. Women and kids compete, too. We've got shooters all across the board professors, teachers, carpenters, businessmen, retirees, and law officers.

Each shooter's basic rig requires two single action revolvers, one lever action rifle, and one shotgun. The main competition is called the main stages. A stage may involve any combination of guns. The imagination that goes into setting stages brings you into the old west setting. There's always a story line for the day. You might be in jail and have to unlock yourself using a broom to get the keys- then get your guns and start shooting.

Safety is a huge consideration. Hearing and eye protection is required, and any unsafe action may have the shooter disqualified on the spot. Besides the main stages there are also side matches and team shoots.

There's more to this fun and exciting sport than one can tell in this space. CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF.