New Hampshire Cowboy Mounted Shooters

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Well the weather sure held out for the Mother's Day Shoot out on sunday!  We had a great turn out! Thank you all for coming! Congrats to Geoffery Goodson the overall Mens winner and Vanessa Kuzmitch the Overall Womens winner! Both will receive Grand American Buckles! Way to go.  We also had some full classes so the winners qualifiy towards a move up, Karin Page (L2), Sue Frost (L1), Stan Newton (2) and Chuck Powell (1) Great job everyone. Special thanks to the balloon runners and Tootsa for rounding them up and keeping them going thru the day.  Results are posted on the Events page! 

There was a photographer at out shoot that will have some pictures posted soon. His name is Jonathan Woolf jonw@jwoolfden.com             www.eyes.jwoolfden.com

What IS Cowboy Mounted Shooting???

Cowboy Mounted Shooting is a fast growing equestrian sport that combines the Old West with cavalry drill, barrel racing and historical reenactments.  Mounted contestants compete in this fast action timed event using two .45 single action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank ammunition. Courses of fire are set in a variety of patterns. The first 5 targets, balloons, will be set in a pattern that requires the horse and rider to stop, turn, change leads and accelerate rapidly. The second 5 targets, called the "run down", are in a straight line with targets set at 36 foot intervals.    

Typically, a competitor crosses the start line and shoots the first five targets, holsters the empty revolver and proceeds around a barrel at the far end of the arena while drawing their second revolver.  They then engage the last five targets on the rundown at full speed.  

Scoring is based on elapsed time plus a five second penalty for each target missed or barrel knocked over. An average course of fire normally takes a contestant between 25 and 30 seconds to complete.

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Dick Moody and Reuben at the Maine State Championships 2007

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