I invited a bunch of friends to go, but most couldn't, so our group was five including me: Will (from Biola and Chestertonians), Randy (from Biola), Bob (family friend), and my brother Ben.
The class size for the New Shooters Clinic was much smaller than last time, which was nice because we all got to shoot more quickly, and we each got to shoot two timed matches. Helping us out from The Cowboys was Little Sure Shot, her husband Wells Fargo, and Washoe Pete (who helped last time, too). Adam Cartwright couldn't be there and B.T. Blade was competing this time. Once again The Cowboys were gracious, generous, friendly and helpful. They could have cut down on the technical details a bit for the class, because while I was interested I don't think everyone else was.
The gun variety was more limited this time. The only pistols were Ruger Vaqueros and one Ruger Blackhawk, and they were all the same barrel size and caliber (.38). The rifles were several Marlins, a Winchester 1892 replica (the classic Winchester in every Western in the 50s, no matter what the time period), and a Winchester 1873 replica. The '73 was my favorite, but unfortunately it was having problems so we didn't get to shoot it. The shotguns provided were two double-barrels, one with external hammers and one without, and two original Winchester 1897s (pump action -- as featured in No Country For Old Men, The Wild Bunch, and The Professionals).
Here are some videos of us doing our timed runs:
It was very fun and now I'm definitely committed to participating in this sport. I'm saving up for one of these at the moment:
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