Mounted Shooting ?

telesquirt

telesquirt

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I have a lady friend that wants to get involved in this sport.
I cannot seem to find exact clarification on calibre of revolver allowed for mounted shooting----I have seen that .45 Colt is popular as a period calibre but could she shoot something chambered for .38 Special instead?
Smaller frame and lighter calibre would be a lot better as she is a tiny lady.

Rob.
 
I could be wrong but the revolver used don't actually shoot a bullet but rely on the powder blast to pop the balloon. There is a dude on here that is pretty active, he should chime in here soon.
 
I've never participated in the mounted aspect of the sport but have friends that do. From what I remember competitors are limited to .45 LC. The reason being is that ALL ammunition used at an event is factory loaded blanks and is closely regulated at the loading bench. This eliminates the chance of ammo being used that isn't safe in a confined arena situation. Basically you have to use the ammo supplied by the organizers and sticking with one caliber eliminates a lot of supply issues.

The blank ammo doesn't recoil as hard as a regular rounds anyways so ladies have no issues using it.
 
My wife and I Mounted Shoot. Ammunition is restricted to 45LC for reasons stated above. Recoil is non existent. My wife handled lots of revolvers and settle on the Taylor Running Irons. A little bit lighter than the Rugers and come from the factory with the turned down hammers. My wife with smaller hands finds this key as you need to #### and fire with one hand.
Frankly her best bet is to hook up with the club in Ontario and take a clinic where she will get a chance to handle multiple guns.
https://www.facebook.com/ontariocmsa/
 
One thing to mention to her is not to buy her leather riggin patterned for ground cowboy shooting. Mounted rigs are far different, ordinary cowboy rigs cause a lot of pinching and dropped guns while on the horse.
 
I sure have and the wreck wasn't pretty...the coyote went one way and the horse the other...and I stayed laying up against a tree where I landed. I had shot many times beside him or in front of him, as long as I was on the ground it didn't bother him.
 
Have your friend contact Britt Needham of the Ontario Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association. She is a super nice lady and a wealth of information and she is working hard at bringing Mounted Shooting to Ontario. She hosts clinics in Orangeville which is a great way to get started in this sport. The April Clinic may be full now but there is one in May. Check out their facebook page. (I'm looking at training my own horses for this)
 
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