Just getting interested in all this, and I’m lucky to have both a SASS and NCOWS posses within 15 miles of me. Going to check out both. From what I’ve read, I like a lot about both, and dislike some of both.
I guess I’ll show up and feel both out, and see which one I can live with the most. I was looking for info on gun carts, as the SASS range is pretty large, and needing to drag around 4 guns, all that ammo and shells, seems daunting, but I will see how it goes. If I end up liking NCOWS, I guess I can always hitch a wagon to Friday, my Donkey, or Alice my Mule and have one of them pull it around for me. Period correct, if I get a more traditional blanket for this stupid cold we’re having! Hell, I can bring my cast iron and use it as a combo gun cart/chuck wagon!
I do find the bickering about being period correct, or historical accuracy a bit humorous, when folks are showing up in a Prius, have never been within 10 feet of a horse, and certainly haven’t worked cows. The term all hat and no cattle seems to take on a whole new meaning! I think it’s kinda cute!
Now excuse me, I have to bundle up to go break ice in the troughs, feed the cattle, horses mule and donkey. I will try to find a suitable hat that won’t offend some folks sensibilities while I’m out ranching. Everyone wants to be a cowboy, until it’s time to do cowboy stuff!