Acknowledgements

Introduction / Jim Taffin

Introduction to cowboy action shooting: My heros [heroes] have always been cowboys! ; The spirit of the game ; The clothing ; The stages ; The categories ; The side matches ; Safety above all else ; The local match ; The national matches ; Typical scenarios ; The social aspect ; The future

The sixguns of cowboy action shooting: The cap-and-ball revolver ; The Smith & Wesson single-actions ; The first generation colt single action army ; The Colt Bisley model ; Great Western-"The California colt" ; The second and third generation Colt single action ; The Colt New Frontier ; The Colt Cowboy ; Ruger Blackhawk and Super Blackhawk ; The Ruger Bisley ; The Ruger Vaquero and Bisley Vaquero ; The Freedom Arms Model '97 ; The Texas Longhorn Arms single action ; EEA Bounty Hunter ; The single action army and Bisley model ; The Remington 1875 and 1890 ; The Smith & Wesson Schofield ; The Colt Paterson ; The Colt Walker ; The Colt Dragoon ; The Colt 1851 Navy ; The Colt 1860 Army ; The Colt 1861 Navy ; The Remington model 1858 ; The Ruger Old Army ; CFA's model 1851 and 1860 ; Sixgun tradeoffs and sighting in

Loading up for cowboy action shooting: Cap-and-ball sixguns for cowboy action shooting ; Managing the cap-and-ball sixguns ; Testing the Remington replicas ; Testing the Colt replicas ; Testing the Ruger Old Army ; The .45 Colt ; The .44-40 ; The .44 Russian ; The .44 Colt ; The .41 Long Colt ; The .38-40 ; The .38 Long Colt ; The .32-20 ; The .38 Special ; The .44 special ; The .357 Magnum ; The .44 Magnum ; Reloading for Cowboy action shooting: Bullets and brass ; Primers, powder, dies and presses ; Black powder and Pyrodex ; Test firing smokeless powder loads: The .45 Colt ; The .45 Schofield ; The .44-40 (.44WCF) ; The .44 Russian ; The .44 Colt ; The .41 Long Colt ; The .38-40 (.38 WCF) ; The .38 Long Colt ; The .32-20 ; Turn of the century cartridges: The .38 Special ; The .44 Special ; The modern magnums: The .357 magnum ; The .44 magnum ; Test firing black powder loads: The.45 Colt ; The .45 Schofield ; The .44-40 (.44 WCF) ; The .44 Russian ; The .44 Colt ; The .41 Long Colt ; the .38-40 (.38WCF) ; The .38 Long colt ; the .32-20 ; The turn of the century cartridges: The .38 special ; the .44 special ; The modern magnums: The .357 magnum ; The .44 magnum

The long guns of cowboy shooting: History of the originals ; Leverguns of Cowboy Shooting: The Winchesters: 1892 and 1894 ; The Marlins: Cowboy, trapper, and 1894 ; Browning's model 92 ; The replicas: Model 1866 and 1873 ; The replicas: The Rossi model 92 ; The shotguns of cowboy shooting

The leather of cowboy action shooting: Sixgun leather history and types ; Artists in leather ; The care and feeding of sixgun leather

Custom touches for cowboy shooting guns: Custom sixgunsmiths ; Custom stocks for cowboy shooting sixguns ; Cowboy shooting accessories.