They will not give you anything but lead. You will go to the door and shoot targets one through four left to right twice with your rifle. You will go to the right window, and shoot pistol targets starting on the left, you will go back to the door grab your shotgun, and shoot the two shotgun targets left to right twice. The competition winners are determined by their time in the event. A miss adds five seconds to the score and a procedure violation adds 10 seconds.
Safety is of the utmost importance in cowboy shooting.
All weapons must have their actions open while being carried between stages. The loading of the guns takes place at a loading table and after each weapon is discharged at the firing range it is checked to make sure it is unloaded before the shooter leaves. The President of the Club is Pinnacle Pete also known as Dan Wissmar. These shooters all have regular jobs, professors,doctors, teachers, lawyers and such so they can't spend all of their time on the range, but when they do the dust flies and the targets fall. The cowboys and cowgirls spent the weekend shooting the various scenarios, eating dutch oven grub, listening to music by the fireside and doing the basic cowboy things like a lot of jawing.