Tar Heel Traveler: Cowboy shooting

Cowboys from as far away as Australia have come to Salisbury, North Carolina, to compete in a shooting competition. Some even use authentic Winchesters to blast their targets. The rugged cowboy era is alive and well.
Posted 11/12/2025, 11:06:42 PM Updated 11/13/2025, 12:00:06 AM

WILL RUN UNTIL THE NEW YEAR.

WILL COWBOYS AREN'T JUST IN

THE MOVIES AS OUR TAR HEEL

TRAVELER EXPLAINS.

>> THERE'S A WHOLE POSSE OF

THEM ABOUT 2 HOURS WEST OF

RALEIGH, SCOTT MASON TAKES US

TO IT.

>> SHOOTING UP IN ROWAN COUNTY.

>> WERE IN SALISBURY WEST OF

RALEIGH. AND IT'S THE WEST.

>> THE OBJECT IS TO HIT THEIR

TARGETS AND MAKE THEM DO WE

CALL IT BUYING INCLINE?

>> IT'S A CONTEST AMONG COWBOY.

STAND BY AND COWGIRLS.

AND FOOLING AROUND.

>> WE'RE SHOOTING REAL LEAD

BULLETS OUT OF REAL GUNS.

>> IT'S A VERY, VERY SAFE GAME

THAT WE PLAY.

>> BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE 50

FINGERS

IF YOU WANT TO SHOOT IT.

PLAIN AND FAST.

AND ROT. VESTER COMES WITH A

HIGH.

COWBOYS HERE FROM WAY OUT.

YONDER. FROM 20 DIFFERENT STATE

>> WE'VE GOT OUR SHOOTER HERE

FROM AUSTRALIA AND WE'VE GOT A

SHOOTER HERE FROM ENGLAND AND

THE SHOOTER HERE WHO'S JUST A

YOUNGSTER? ARE YOU ANY GOOD

FAST? THESE QUICK CARSON?

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS POP,

POP WORLD CHAMPION

TWENTY-TWENTY TO POP A RULE

IS LASHED A ROOM AT BATEMAN

NEXT COMPETITOR ABOUT ONE AND

A HALF SECONDS

>> THEY'RE SHOOTING WITH

PISTOLS AND RIFLES AND

SHOTGUNS.

>> RUNNING FROM ONE TRAIN CAR

TO THE NEXT.

>> IT'S A GREAT WAY TO SKATE

FOR A DAY OR 2 AND COME PLAY

COWBOY OR DWYER MAN SHOT WITH

SOME OF THESE FOLKS FOR 20

YEARS. AND I DON'T KNOW THE

REAL NAME, BUT I KNOW THE

ENTIRE TIME BY WHATEVER COWBOY

KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE. NOAH FANT,

NO OFFENSE, BUT HE'S GOT A

SOUTHERN TWANG. WHEN YOU PUT

THAT COWBOY HAT ON, DO YOU FEEL

LIKE A DIFFERENT PERSON?

WE FEEL LIKE A DIFFERENT PERSON

FOR THE WHOLE SPORT. I WANT TO

WATCH AND I JUST SAID.

>> WHAT'S THIS STAND BY?

EVERYBODY SHOULD BE A COWBOY

ACTION SHOOTER. SCARLETT

DARLING. THE PEOPLE ARE

PHENOMENAL. WELL, I'VE GOT

FRIENDS FROM OUR UNITED STATES

LASTING MORE THAN JUST SOME OF

MY FAMILY.

WE HAVE A WAY TO COWBOY GEAR TO

SCHOOL. NOW WALE SHOT.

>> INTERNET CONTENT AND ANGELES

TRAVEL. THE WORLD BREAKS THE

GOSPEL.

>> AND PLAYS A COWBOY ON THE

SIDE THAT THERE WAS GREAT.

I MEAN, IT WAS GOOD

ENTERTAINMENT. IT'S PROBABLY

NOT WHAT THE REAL WEST WAS,

BUT IT'S WHAT WE MAKE IT OUT

HERE. HE YEAR IN SALISBURY.

>> YOU'LL HAVE BAD MATCHES IN

YOU. YOU'LL BE READY JUST TO

GIVE IT A THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN.

>> WE HAD A GOOD DAY AND GREAT

TO COME BACK

>> COWBOY COMPETITIONS ARE

ROUTINELY HELD IN VARIOUS

PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND

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