owboy Action Shooting (CAS) sports are the fastest growing shooting sports today! This family activity offers something for everyone: the thrill and challenge of competition, fellowship with like minded firearm enthusiasts, and the opportunity to dress up in your favorite western outfit and relive your childhood dreams of being at “home on the range”.

The Tri-County Gun Club TCGC and The Orygun Cowboys host cowboy activities three times per month. Membership to the TCGC is not required, but is encouraged. The firearms used are originals and/or replicas from the late 1800’s. Shooters typically use two single action revolvers, a lever or pump action rifle, and a shotgun of choice (a double barrel, lever action or the infamous Winchester Model 1897 pump). Familiarity with firearms is recommended as these sports uses real firearms and live ammunition.

Getting started is easy and is only a phone call away. Our monthly cowboy safety classes cover equipment requirements, safety procedures and required cowboy attire for our matches. Soon you will be on your way to reliving what it was like to be in a bar room shootout protecting your cattle from rustlers or busting your pards out of jail!

Targets are set to create a scenario (stage) or course of fire. The objective is to advance through the designated course of fire as swiftly as possible. Time penalties are added to raw times for each miss or procedure violation. Shooters are scored on time and accuracy while avoiding penalties or safety violations. Most targets are made from steel plates that “ding” when hit. Reactive targets are also used and must move or fall to count. (Click here to see a typical SASS style stage.)

The Orygun Cowboys conduct competition matches two times per month (see our Match Schedule page). Each match is conducted in accordance with rules set forth by Western 3 Gun W3G and the Single Action Shooting Society SASS. Categories divide up the shooters based on age, shooting style, gender, and/or costuming. Shooters can choose their category they want to participate in any particular day. And for those who like to travel and meet new folks, cowboy competitions are held all over the the US and the world.

The TCGC CASA is more than just a competition sport. Our cowboy “family” offers many opportunities to get involved socially. Chili feeds are common as well as potluck gatherings, work party, prop building, monthly firearm skill training and formal practice match days. Local trade shows; promotional events and community development offer many chances to share your knowledge and expertise with others.

Whether your heroes were the likes of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and Hop Along Cassidy or even an outlaw like Billy the Kidd or Jesse James. Playing cowboy and having fun in the main ingredient in this sport. Costumes are what set CAS sports apart from the rest of the shooting world and the costuming options endless.  You create your own persona to relive in the Old West!