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Cowboy Mounted Shooting® is one of the nation’s
fastest growing equestrian sports. Mounted
contestants compete in this fast action timed event
using two .45 caliber single action revolvers each
loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank
ammunition. Courses of fire are set in a variety of
patterns. The first half (5 targets) of a course of
fire will vary with each go and requires the horse
and rider to stop, turn, change leads and accelerate
rapidly. The second half (5 targets), called the
"run down", is a straight course with targets set at
36 foot intervals.
Typically, a competitor crosses the timing beam at a
full gallop and engages the first pattern of five
targets. After a shooter fires the fifth shot, he or
she returns the empty revolver to a holster and
proceeds to and turns around a barrel and then races
to the far end of the arena while drawing a second
revolver. At the far end the horse and rider turn
another barrel and then engage the five remaining
targets of the run down at full speed.
Scoring is based on elapsed time plus a five second
penalty for each target missed or barrel knocked
over. An average course of fire normally takes a
contestant between 15 and 25 seconds to complete.
The Indiana Mounted Regulators wants you! Contact
one of the club officers or members for more
details.
I.M.R. Cowgirls
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