Hello From Middle Tennessee

[fsn]

Interesting video there, Mr 37.

I am always polite to people who own large calibre hand guns.

I notice you fired 5 shots from your revolvers. Do you keep your hammer on an empty cylinder? What type of hand guns are they?

[Terry37]

SV52, well, you are in luck possibly, as we have two Legs in your area. One in Glasgow and one in the Shetlands. However, this tournament is played in the October/November time frame and both of those locations have already played. But if you are interested in joining in next year let me know which  location is closer, or you are welcome to play in both, and I'll get you in touch with the leg Coordinators. Here's one of the videos of the 2014 Coventry leg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LxyeSWDE0c

Techno, I figured fsn was a gentleman, as my reference was a bit tongue in cheek in reply to his post, which I truly loved and got quite a chuckle from.

fsn, you are a most observant gentleman. Yes we are only allowed to load five rounds in our six shooters for safety reasons. The sport is great fun, but as we are using live ammo, safety is always number 1. Every match is started with a safety meeting, and we are never allowed to carry a loaded weapon except to go from the loading table to the shooting stage. We have both a loading table where you go when your turn to shoot is coming up, and you must show the person manning that table that your guns are unloaded, and then you load them while they observe. Then you have to show that your pistols are on an empty cylinder. Once you are at the firing stage, you cannot traverse you weapons past the 170 degree line and you may not to take a step with a loaded gun. Once you finish shooting you must go immediately to the unloading table to show that person that all of your guns are completely empty. We are also required to wear ear plugs and safety glasses, and trust me you will not get through the day without getting hit by shrapnel (we use special cowboy load ammo, which also has a soft lead bullet which splatters when it hist the target). We are also required to wear cowboy attire, so playing dress up is as much a part of it as the shooting.

A cowboy shooter is required to have two six shooters, a Winchester type rifle and a period style shotgun. I have a matched pair of Ruger Vaqueros that I dearly love for my six shooters, a Marlin Winchester with an octagon barrel, and a Stoger double barrel, double trigger coach gun is my shotgun. My pistol leather is custom made from my design, also which I am very proud of.  We all go by a cowboy (cowgirl) alias and mine is HT Terry, the HT standing for Hare Trigger. Lastly, this is a family sport, and we have shooters as young as 10 shooting. TN Missy is one of the better young shooters and she just turned 14.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxPjJp8_nFw

just to give you an idea of a really fast cowboy shooter here's Reno Mustang. His time is in seconds and that 20 bullets and 4 shotgun shells he shot! No, I am not that fast, but fortunately I shoot with the old guys!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNfE2dOcY1I

I addition there si what is called Wild Bunch shooting which is up to 1911, sort of a la the movie The Wild Bunch. And then there is black powder where you get a LOT of smoke!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5inX6OQas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjdHsv4VJQo

Terry....err, I mean HT Terry!

[Techno]

That looks like SO much fun ! 

(Though with my record for being rather accident prone, it's probably lucky I'll never have the chance to use anything other than a shotgun.)

Cheers - Phil.

[fsn]

It does all seem rather exotic and edgy.

UK gun laws would suggest that anyone with 2 hand guns, a rifle and a shotgun should be descended upon by armed police at 2am.

You need a licence to buy a replica gun that dates before 1880 or something like that. 

[Leman]

Welcome to the mad house, Terry.

[SV52]

SV52, well, you are in luck possibly, as we have two Legs in your area. One in Glasgow and one in the Shetlands. However, this tournament is played in the October/November time frame and both of those locations have already played. But if you are interested in joining in next year let me know which  location is closer, or you are welcome to play in both, and I'll get you in touch with the leg Coordinators. Here's one of the videos of the 2014 Coventry leg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LxyeSWDE0c

One of the forum members is in Shetland as I recall, pretty sure he's mentioned HOTT in the past, may even have participated in the tournament. Both locations are problematic for me so unlikely to participate but will follow it with interest in '17.

[Orcs]

HI Terry,

The videos looked fun.  I shoot Clay pigeon, single shot .22Lr target rifle and a 10/22 Ruger semi-auto done up like an AR 15.

As FSN says the gun laws over here are tight to say the least, but full of strange anomalies because most of them have been a "Knee jerk" reaction to something without it being thought through.

Obviously I also wargame in varied periods and scales.