Cowboy action shooting

Cowboy action shooting
Highest governing bodySingle Action Shooting Society (SASS), Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS)
NicknamesSASS, CAS
Characteristics
ContactNo
TypeShooting sport
EquipmentHandgun, rifle, and shotgun
Presence
OlympicNo
World ChampionshipsEnd of Trail World Championship of Cowboy Action Shooting
ParalympicNo
A CAS shooter engages a target with his lever-action rifle. To the left, the range officer with a timer that measures the shooter's stage time.

Cowboy action shooting (CAS, also known as Western action shooting, single action shooting, cowboy 3-gun, and Western 3-gun) is a competitive shooting sport that originated in 1981[1] at the Coto de Caza Shooting Range in Orange County, California. Cowboy action shooting is now practiced in many places with several sanctioning organizations including the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS), Western Action Shootists Association (WASA), and National Congress of Old West Shooters (NCOWS), and Single Action Shooting Australia (SASA).

Cowboy action shooting is a type of multigun match using a combination of handguns, rifles, and shotguns in a variety of "Old West-themed" courses of fire for time and accuracy. Participants must dress in appropriate themes or era costumes, as well as use gear and accessories as mandated by the respective sanctioning group rules.

  1. ^ About cowboy action shooting. SASS. (n.d.). https://sassnet.com/the-shooting/cowboy-action-shooting/about-cowboy-action-shooting