These are not people you might associate with firearms ownership or competition. We have a lot of diversity in the sport today. We have dental assistants, bank managers, teachers and textile workers. We have teenagers and people who are in their 70s.

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There are no clip-fed or semi-automatic guns here. All of the guns are pre-1900 in design.

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There are other shooting matches open to the public.

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There's not the same coldness you find at other competitive events.

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This has evolved from an older man's sport to a family sport. Our dads, more or less, were big cowboy fans. And their sons, the 'baby boomers,' watched cowboy stories on Saturday mornings.

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We shoot out here at the (Rowan County Wildlife Association) range the first Thursday of every month, rain or shine.

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