Photo By Vivian Krug Cotton
The Chorro Valley Regulators will hold the 21st Annual Chorro Valley Shootout starting Aug. 5. This is the largest Cowboy Action Shooting match in the West. It is also the Single Action Shooting Society’s Western Regional Championship.
Chorro Valley Regulators (CVR) is part of the San Luis Sportsman’s Association and the Single Action Shooting Society. The public is invited to attend and view the competition. You will get an idea of what the “Old West” looked and sounded like. All the competitors will be outfitted in period attire. Attendance is free.
The Single Action Shooting Society is an international organization created to preserve and promote the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting and the history of the Old West. One of the unique aspects of Cowboy Action Shooting is the requirement placed on costuming. Each participant is required to adopt a shooting alias appropriate to a character or profession of the late 19th century, a Hollywood western star, or an appropriate character from fiction. Their costume is then developed accordingly.
Cowboy Action Shooting is a multi-faceted shooting sport in which contestants compete with firearms typical of those used in the taming of the Old West: single action revolvers, pistol caliber lever action rifles, and old time shotguns. The shooting competition is staged in a unique, characterized, “Old West” style. It is a timed sport in which shooters compete for prestige on a course of different shooting stages. Each scenario, as they are called, features an array of situations, many based on famous incidents or movies scenes, in which the shooters must test their mettle against steel targets.
CVR is expecting over 350 competitors from 11 States and 3 foreign countries to throw lead down range starting August 5th thru the 9th.There will be over 25 Old West Vendors selling a variety of goods. A Schedule of Events and a map to the shooting venue is available at: httpss://www.slosa.org and httpss://www.slosa.org/index.php/cowboy
For additional info, call “Cole Younger” (Sam Cotton) at 805 550-5000
