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Whatever happened to cowboy action shooting? It was such a good thing.(CAMPFIRE TALES)

Publication: Guns Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JUL-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Nearly 30 years ago, a shooting sport was born which was destined to have a large impact on the firearms industry. That sport was called Cowboy Action Shooting and we now had a real reason to shoot the grand guns of the 19th century. I had to ignore some of the resident silliness, but it was...

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...more than overshadowed by shooting single-action sixguns and leverguns.

I will go so far as to say it is the best thing that ever happened in my lifetime as to the effect on the firearms industry. CAS single-handedly revived such cartridges as the .44-40 and .38-40 which were virtually dead, while at the same time pumping great new life into the .45 Colt, which for the most part had become a connoisseur's cartridge.

The industry paid enough attention to CAS we soon had virtually every firearm from the frontier era available to us. Thanks to CAS we now have authentic replicas of such sixguns as the Colt Single Action Army, the Colt Bisley Model, the Remington 1875...

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