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Renton — Passerby You'd be forgiven for thinking they time-traveled to the Wild West of the late 1800s at the Renton Fish and Game Club in Washington state on Saturday. was held at a venue about 30 minutes from Seattle. Participants were dressed up using vintage firearms. The club is part of the Global Single Action Shooting Society (SASS), which regulates the sport and requires all members to be nicknamed cowboys.
The weapons you use must be real: single-action revolvers, pistol-caliber lever-action rifles, and old-school shotguns, says Mike Perrin, aka "Mudflat Mike," A retired police officer who has traveled the world to such events with his wife for 32 years.
"If you use a pump-his shotgun, it must be an 1897 Winchester or a copy of it," he said.
This contest requires attention to detail, speed and accuracy.
His Roberta 'Double Tap' Ernest contestant, 2022 He is SASS End of Trail Cowboy Action World Champion, travels the country for the sport.
``I'm an extrovert and I like being around other people. Because I do things," she said.
But Perrin, whose favorite movie is "True Grit" starring John Wayne, said the sport will decline as diehards inspired by old Western movies get older. said it might. "Young people don't want to watch cowboy movies anymore."
The 10-year-old lamented that Braxton Puryear was the youngest contestant.
"Sometimes it's kind of boring because there's no one against it like it's my category," he said. "Because I win all the time. I'm the only one." (Reporting by Matt McKnight, Editing by Richard Chang)
