Cowboy Rimfire Shooting

[RRio]

Cowboy Rimfire Shooting
I’m thinking about trying a new twist on Cowboy Action Shooting. Instead of shooting the course of fire with the traditional big-bore single action handguns and lever action rifles, it will be shot with .22 rimfire cowboy guns.
Scoring will be done by means of a combination of time and accuracy. The overall time from start to finish plus 15 seconds added for every “miss”. I feel that will make the shooter a little more conscious about hitting all targets.
Targets shouldn’t be a problem as there are any number of metal “gong” target more than suitable for rimfire shooting . They have swingers, cowbells, and different silhouette targets all for under $75 each. I have even seen them at Wally-World.

Uberti Stallion .22



Uberti Silverboy



Targets

[Trailrider]

Could make it easier to stage matches indoors where big-bore ranges aren't available. Not sure what you'd do for scatterguns. Maybe use .22 rf shotloads? Even light .410 loads might be too powerful for indoor ranges.

[Major 2]

Ecclesiastes 1:9

 What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;
    there is nothing new under the sun.

SASS Buckaroo(B)
Ages under 14; boys & girls; smokeless; two-handed grip; 22RF and .410 OK


22 Gallery shooting was quite the rage in the 1890's

NCOWS  holds a 22 Match

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[John Barleycorn]

Availability of 22LR ammo might be a problem.

[pistol1911]

22 Rimfire is available. The price is still high and I have the feeling it will stay that way.