GTA Cowboy Action
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tumbleweeds13
CGN Regular
Come on out to Range Burlington on Thursday nights 8:30-10:30. That’s when the cowboys practice. You don’t need to be a club member to attend. Try out a few guns before you buy. It’ll help you decide on what you want. We can talk then about where to look for gear
ArcticHound
Regular
- Location
- North of the GTA, Ontario
It can be an expensive sport to get into (two pistols, lever-action rifle, shotgun, gun belt, costume, gunsmith work, etc.) so you may want to look at buying used from within the community. One good site for this is Ontario Single Action Shooting Federation. They have lists of matches around the province, but also a classifieds section that specializes in these types of firearms.
Typical pistols run from Pietta on the lower-priced end to the very popular Ruger Vaquero on the higher end. Rifles are often from Uberti or some other Italian replica (most popularly the 1873 Winchester) and there are very good short stroke kits for them (play with a stock rifle vs one with a kit and you'll instantly see the difference in speed). Stoeger coachguns are quite popular for double-barrel fun and are fairly cheap, even new. I'd probably stick with .357/.38 to start, as it's fairly cheap to shoot and the recoil is very low.
Typical pistols run from Pietta on the lower-priced end to the very popular Ruger Vaquero on the higher end. Rifles are often from Uberti or some other Italian replica (most popularly the 1873 Winchester) and there are very good short stroke kits for them (play with a stock rifle vs one with a kit and you'll instantly see the difference in speed). Stoeger coachguns are quite popular for double-barrel fun and are fairly cheap, even new. I'd probably stick with .357/.38 to start, as it's fairly cheap to shoot and the recoil is very low.
