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Introduction Cowboy Action’s story starts with a couple of friends who shared a love for competitive shooting, a novel idea on how to make it even more enjoyable, and a conversation on how to bring it all together. More on this in a moment. For the uninitiated, Cowboy Action is the common name for matches [...]

This trip into competitive shooting is going to be all about rifle, specifically, High Power Rifle.

An off-duty St. Louis County police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old black man last Saturday after the man broke into the officer’s home in the wake of an online argument about Black Lives Matter.

We started our journey into competition shooting with single gun disciplines, but this time, we’ll look at a discipline with more guns: 3 guns to be exact.

Gun control advocates love to tout the supposed efficacy of “common sense” gun legislation that mandates universal background checks. But one gun shop owner in Ohio proved that there is no substitute for real common sense exercised by observant members of the gun community.

“I fought off my attacker and thankfully was able to defend myself,” the victim said.

Introduction In January, we started this series with an introduction into the competitive shooting world with a piece that covered some basics on safety and gear.  We then followed up that initial article with one on Steel Challenge because of its low cost and slim gear requirements. Now, after having read those two articles, you’re hopefully ready to [...]

Steel Challenge is the perfect gateway discipline into the wonderful world of competitive shooting.

Want to begin shooting competitions? Where do you start? What discipline should you choose? Where do you go? What guns and gear do you need? Check out the first segment in a series of articles on getting starting in competitive shooting.