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Costumes can set you back a pretty penny but most start with a pair of boots, jeans, a pearl button shirt, and a cowboy hat. What gets expensive is when the wife decides she wants to participate in the fun and needs her own rig. I would start out with the essentials and expand as you like. We are up to four holster rigs around five outfits and accessories. We have a great time and get family bragging rights to who scored higher in their division. And the looks you get when going to lunch after the match are priceless.

Baytown_Cajun wrote:Do you have to shoot rifles, shotguns, and single action revolvers, just one alone or all combined ? I really like classic style shotguns and lever rifles, but not single action revolvers.

A cowboy match usually has several stages (scenarios) that involve the use of your weapons. A standard stage might be 5 shots from one of your pistols holstering it and then 5 shots with your other pistol. Then a 10 shot string from a pistol caliber rifle. The shotgun is usually a four shot string. Single action revolvers, a lever action rifle in the same caliber and a 20 or 12 ga. shotgun rounds out the usual gun list. In the wild bunch division a 1911 is substituted for the revolver and a Winchester 1897 pump shotgun is used instead of a side by side. Accuracy is rewarded and time is recorded. Do not be surprised to see a revolver division beat the wild bunch guys. I won my last match wild bunch division but missed match winner by around 20 seconds. Those old guys can really shoot. Its a great time and a challenge to your skills.