[Leica] New Photos: Mounted Shooting

[Douglas Barry]

Thanks for the explanation and the video link, Jay. When I saw the 
background of empty seats in some of Leo's shots I thought they WERE 
shooting real bullets and the spectator area was kept clear as a result.

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Burleson" <leica at jayburleson.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] New Photos: Mounted Shooting


> 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>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera
>> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> 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
>
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