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Cowboy Mounted Shooter

Post by RanchRoper » Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:16 am

Check out the champ at work....this gal can shoot. 8-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHYaBPwGMi0

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Post by Deadwood Dutch » Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:31 am

Thanks! Very interesting, she is really good! I had never heard of her and I just now looked her up on Google and read more about her.

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Post by tx gunrunner » Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:54 am

You know they are shooting blanks . All guns must be SA and shoot 45 Colt and you can only shoot the ammo is supplied at the match and no other ammo allowed at the match area .

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Post by RanchRoper » Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:58 am

For sure. I just know from team roping how tough it is to get all the components working together at a full gallop sometimes. :)

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Post by tx gunrunner » Sun Mar 05, 2017 12:25 pm

RanchRoper wrote:For sure. I just know from team roping how tough it is to get all the components working together at a full gallop sometimes. :)
The last time I rode a horse was in 1954 and I brought and sold horse in Ca in 1967 for a living . :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by JEBar » Sun Mar 05, 2017 1:24 pm

RanchRoper wrote:For sure. I just know from team roping how tough it is to get all the components working together at a full gallop sometimes. :)
AMEN .... granted, she's atop one fine pony .... being able to control it one hand and her knees while drawing, shooting, switching revolvers with the other is remarkable

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Post by CT_Shooter » Sun Mar 05, 2017 2:46 pm

RanchRoper wrote:Check out the champ at work....this gal can shoot. 8-)
That's great shooting regardless of having to gallop a horse through a maze of targets, but "Cowboy Mounted Shooting" looks like a pretty risky competition for the judges and the spectators and, of course, the horse. It was fun to watch on YouTube, though. Thanks.

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I didn't (but should have) read this previously posted explanation:
tx gunrunner wrote:You know they are shooting blanks . All guns must be SA and shoot 45 Colt and you can only shoot the ammo is supplied at the match and no other ammo allowed at the match area .
But, I still wonder. If they're shooting blanks, how do the balloons burst, and how are the shooters judged?
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Post by tx gunrunner » Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:35 pm

CT_Shooter wrote:
But, I still wonder. If they're shooting blanks, how do the balloons burst, and how are the shooters judged?
If you notice the white smoke from gun she was shooting that is a sign of black powder in cartridge . If you shot it at night [ in video ] you would see the B P is still burning when it come out of gun hitting the balloons . That is why they like the longer barrels too .

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Post by daytime dave » Mon Mar 06, 2017 6:54 am

I am impressed. As a kid, I wanted to shoot from horseback. I've done a lot of shooting, but never from a horse. I realize how difficult that would be.

Thanks for videos.
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Post by JEBar » Mon Mar 06, 2017 11:12 am

daytime dave wrote:I am impressed. As a kid, I wanted to shoot from horseback. I've done a lot of shooting, but never from a horse. I realize how difficult that would be.

Thanks for videos.

this falls under the heading of "boys and girls, don't try this at home" .... an instant rodeo and/or Kentucky Derby can break out if you fire a shot from the back of a horse that hasn't been properly trained for it .. :shock: .. don't bother to ask me how I know .. :oops:

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