Posted on 02/11/2016 4:29:31 PM PST by marktwain
Melissa Dragoo is amazing
A while back, I watched an 80 year old great-grandmother competing. No, she didn’t win...and no, she didn’t seem like someone it would be wise to mess with!
I cant ride a horse without it driving my boys into my chest let a lone ride full gallop and shoot!
I has some guns made in Boyd Tx
Yessir
Fun, but the expense and time are considerable. I’ve seen mounted shooting at Founder’s Ranch, the home of the SASS World Championship “End of Trail” frequently, as it is only 6 miles from my house.
Dandy view of the arena from Station 12 of the Sporting Clays course.
Lots of fun, I did it for about four years until my horse died. My replacement mount would never take to shooting off her back and I got tired of being bucked off.
Hada gal like that.
I think my horse riding days are done LOL
Actually, horsemen used pistols from a very early time, whether single persons or units.
The military caracole as it is usually understood today developed in the mid-16th century in an attempt to integrate gunpowder weapons into cavalry tactics. Equipped with one or more wheellock pistols or similar firearms, cavalrymen would advance on their target at less than a gallop in formation as deep as 12 ranks. As each rank came into range, the soldiers would turn their mount slightly to one side, discharge one pistol, then turn slightly to the other side to discharge another pistol at their target. The horsemen then retired to the back of the formation to reload, and then repeat the maneuver. (from Wikipedia)
True, but the article specifically mentioned repeating pistols, that restricts the time frame significantly.
I was a Cowboy Mounted Shooter for several years. Actually it’s the source of my FR name. It was great fun. Then my horse died (RIP). I do miss it.
At that site they also have an article on a dead cougar found in the U.P. by Iron Mountain. I twice tried to leave a comment correcting the article they posted but to no avail...I found that strange since they don’t require any sign up..............
I have wondered about that. Saw a picture once of a belt fed Browning mounted on an elephant with the muzzle almost centered over it’s head. It must have been hell on the poor beasts ears.
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