How to Cre­ate a Unique Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing Char­ac­ter Name

One of the most fun things about Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing is that it allows its mem­bers to assume the char­ac­ter of an Old West per­son­al­ity, and even choose an appro­pri­ate alias. It comes as no sur­prise to hear attention-getting names like Fire­wa­ter McGrath, Kat­rina Tum­ble­weed or Straight­shootin’ Sam Bart­tle­son. It’s like play­ing a grownup ver­sion of Cow­boys and Indi­ans, except that every­thing is real, from the Stet­son hat down to the snake­skin boot

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Part 1 – Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing Cos­tumes and Alias

Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing (CAS), which also goes by the names of Sin­gle Action Shoot­ing and West­ern Action Shoot­ing, is one of the fastest grow­ing divi­sions of the shoot­ing sports as it con­tin­ues to attract new mem­bers after it’s been around for over 30 years. It began in the 1970’s when a group of Cal­i­for­nia shoot­ers, inspired by the clas­sic west­ern film The Wild Bunch, started to engage in reg­u­lar cowboy-style shoot­ing competitions.

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The Excit­ing Ben­e­fits You Can Derive from Cow­boy Action Shooting

Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing, or CAS for short, is an excit­ing and fast-growing sport that’s gain­ing a lot of mem­bers and fol­low­ing in the United States as well as other coun­tries. It can be enjoyed by young and old alike. Its mem­bers are affil­i­ated to the Sin­gle Action Shoot­ing Soci­ety® and other related organizations.

Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing cel­e­brates the spirit of the Old West and re-establishes a way of life that’s all but gone in today’s mod­ern soci­ety. Some peo­ple refer to it as The Cow­boy Way.

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Howdy. Wel­come to Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing.com.

You’re about to enter the fun and excit­ing world of Cow­boy Action Shooting.

This web­site aims to pro­vide the most com­pre­hen­sive and up-to-date infor­ma­tion for just about every­thing you need to know about the fun and fast-growing shoot­ing sport of Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing that’s gain­ing a lot of mem­bers and fol­low­ing not only in Amer­ica but all over the world.

This web­site was cre­ated to show­case the var­i­ous aspects of cow­boy shoot­ing, the rules of the sport, and its aim to rekin­dle the Spirit of the Old West and its hon­or­able code of con­duct, The Cow­boy Way.

For those who just heard about the sport and are inter­ested to know more, this web­site offers a wealth of arti­cles and infor­ma­tion which include top­ics on:

• how to become a mem­ber of a Sin­gle Action Shoot­ing Soci­ety (SASS) affil­i­ated organization

• how to get started on the sport

• how to choose an Old West per­son­al­ity as your char­ac­ter model

• how to choose a unique and great-sounding char­ac­ter name or alias

• how to dress your­self up in an authen­tic attention-grabbing west­ern costume

• the rules of the sport and the types of shoot­ing com­pe­ti­tions involved

• how to choose the right Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing firearms and ammo that’s allowed in the sport and where to get them

• how to pur­chase shoot­ers leather and other accessories

• prac­ti­cal shoot­ing tips and train­ing guides to improve your game

• and a lot of other infor­ma­tion and news about Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing (CAS).

If you are look­ing for any­thing regard­ing cow­boy sports shoot­ing, from cowboy-style cos­tumes and leather hol­sters, gun carts to hear­ing pro­tec­tion, to gun safety and respon­si­ble firearm own­er­ship, this website’s got it all cov­ered for you. And we’ll show you how and where to find them with­out cost­ing you an arm and a leg.

We aim to do all the heavy work of information-gathering on Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing - SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO.

So instead of just watch­ing new moon vam­pires or shoot­ing zom­bies on your PC’s, dust off your cow­boy hats and get involved in the real thing. Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing is a sport that also allows women and chil­dren to par­tic­i­pate, so you can enjoy it with the entire family.

You can find every­thing you need to get started on right here, from sign­ing up, local shoot­ing events, to train­ing tips. We’ll even pro­vide you a list­ing of every SASS-accredited Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing orga­ni­za­tions in your local­ity so you don’t have to go run­ning around look­ing for them.

Get to Know the Basics of Cow­boy Action Shooting

Barely thirty years in exis­tence, Cow­boy Action Shoot­ing (CAS) has become the fastest grow­ing shoot­ing sport not only in the United States, but even in coun­tries where procur­ing and own­ing firearms can be dif­fi­cult and costly, like the United King­dom, Aus­tralia, Aus­tria and New Zealand. This activ­ity involves tar­get shoot­ing in loca­tions (or stages in CAS lingo) that resem­ble a typ­i­cal Old West town. All the guns and cos­tumes used are what you would expect to find dur­ing the mid to late 1800’s.

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