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Tearing a page from the book of great American cowboys, mounted shooting is as close to the
Old West as you can get short of a time machine. This adrenaline-pumping arena sport has
cowboys and cowgirls nationwide slapping on six guns and tuning up for the rides of their life.
Akin to barrel racing on steroids, mounted shooting combines quick horses and tuned horsemanship skills as competitors run a series of patterns.
The object is to negotiate an arena course using two single action cowboy revolvers, each loaded with black powder blanks, to take out balloon
targets mounted on poles. The powder granules burst the balloons up to a range of nearly 20 feet. Typically the first gun is drawn as the rider, at a
gallop, attempts to burst as many balloons as possible while running a varied pattern that calls for rollbacks, lead changes, and swift barrel turns.
The second part of the course is called the rundown, for it is here that riders turn on the afterburners as they eliminate targets on the second half of
the course. The winner is the fastest rider with the least amount of misses. The sport is governed by the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association
(CMSA), whose 20,000 members compete in clubs and events nationwide. Mounted shooting attracts both the young and old because of its
competition structure-a system that starts with a beginners level one and goes up the ladder the expert level six. It is also a family sport in which
parents and their children compete, usually hauling a trailer full of top-notch horses. Mounted Shooting By Ken Amorosano
This is the place to start! No
experience needed! This
class will include gun safety
and operations. We will work
together desensitizing your
horse to gunfire and
balloons.
All necessary equipment will
be provide for you.
I can provide one on one
introduction to Cowboy
Mounted Shooting or hold
a clinic for up to ten people.
Training is available at the
ranch for you and your
horse. Here your horse can
learn to accept gunfire and
be introduced to the sport
in an easy, non-threatening
manner.
C Bar J All Rights Reserved 2019
Tearing a page from the book of great American cowboys, mounted
shooting is as close to the Old West as you can get short of a time
machine. This adrenaline-pumping arena sport has cowboys and cowgirls
nationwide slapping on six guns and tuning up for the rides of their life.
This is the place to start! No experience needed! This class will include gun
safety and operations. We will work together desensitizing your horse to
gunfire and balloons.
All necessary equipment will be provide for you.
I can provide one on one introduction to Cowboy Mounted Shooting or hold
a clinic for up to ten people. Training is available at the ranch for you and
your horse. Here your horse can learn to accept gunfire and be introduced
to the sport in an easy, non-threatening manner.
Akin to barrel racing on steroids, mounted shooting combines quick horses
and tuned horsemanship skills as competitors run a series of patterns. The
object is to negotiate an arena course using two single action cowboy
revolvers, each loaded with black powder blanks, to take out balloon targets
mounted on poles. The powder granules burst the balloons up to a range of
nearly 20 feet. Typically the first gun is drawn as the rider, at a gallop,
attempts to burst as many balloons as possible while running a varied
pattern that calls for rollbacks, lead changes, and swift barrel turns. The
second part of the course is called the rundown, for it is here that riders
turn on the afterburners as they eliminate targets on the second half of the
course. The winner is the fastest rider with the least amount of misses. The
sport is governed by the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA),
whose 20,000 members compete in clubs and events nationwide. Mounted
shooting attracts both the young and old because of its competition
structure-a system that starts with a beginners level one and goes up the
ladder the expert level six. It is also a family sport in which parents and their
children compete, usually hauling a trailer full of top-notch horses.
Mounted Shooting By Ken Amorosano