Well the time is here! This Sunday, the 18th of September, I return to cowboy shooting. Only shoot from September through May each year now as the Summer months are just too grueling (yah, tell me about it this year!) in 2011, we have had a record heat of 70+ days of 100 degrees! Do you realize that is 1/5th of the year over 100F??
Lawful Larry, when did you start in 1998? I came along in April, 1998 and now compete about 24 matches per year (twice a month - weather permitting). Too much invested in this sport, plus it taught me how to shoot.....I mean really shoot. Not just pull a trigger and watch it go "bang", but shoot and hit stuff at speed for accuracy.
I qualified for my CHL in Texas using my single-action guns and the cop/instructor could not believe it. "He warned me that I might not be able to keep us with the other shooters!" Changed his tune afterwards.....