[Leica] New Photos: Mounted Shooting

[Jay Burleson]

Yes Leo, very good shots.

And to answer the questions from Douglas, what they are shooting at is 
balloons tied to a stick.
The game is Cowboy Mounted Shooting.
http://www.cmsaevents.com/home/
A course is laid out in the arena for the horse and rider to follow.
It is a timed event from start to finish, and there is a 5 second 
penalty for each missed balloon, a 5 second penalty for dropping a gun, 
a 10 second penalty for not running the course correctly and a 60 second 
penalty for falling off your horse.

They use real firearms. Black Powder blanks (no bullet) are used, and it 
is the burning embers of the black powder that pops the balloons. You 
see that in some of Leo's shots.
Most of the competitions are done with two revolvers, for a total of 10 
shots. Occasionally a side by side shotgun and / or lever action rifle 
is carried and used.

I do a similar game, shooting at steel targets with real bullets and 
without the horses.

Jay

On 1/28/2016 2:58 AM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> Leo, they're marvellous shots of fantastic skill. I mean yours as I'm
> not sure about the cowpersons' aims :-) You've certainly captured an
> atmosphere than many of us on this planet have never seen other than
> getting an impression of it from horse operas.
>
> What were they shooting at? And how is the competition judged?
>
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo Wesson" <leowesson at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:50 AM
> Subject: [Leica] New Photos: Mounted Shooting
>
>
>> Some images from a mounted shooting competition;
>>
>> http://leowesson.com/mounted-shooting.html
>>
>> Thanks for looking!
>>
>> Leo Wesson