Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. The Model 1895 Cowboy in 45/70 from Marlin features a 26" tapered octagon barrel with a nine-shot tubular magazine. resources for newcomers and, for veterans, can help draw customers into your store. The Single Action Shooting Society Web site, www.sassnet.com, provides a lot of information about cowboy-action shooting and a calendar of events so you can find out what’s going on in your area. It also has a list of merchants who carry all kinds of cowboy-action gear. “Having our name on the SASS Web site has brought us business,” Gordon said. “We’ve had customers who were out-oftown shooters and have forgotten something, or who have come into town for a match and needed something. Sometimes SASS members who are passing through just come in to see what we have.” The Web site of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association, www.cowboymountedshooting.com, is a horse of a different color, literally — these shooters all do their thing on horseback. The Web site also has a calendar of events on it. Another Web site, www.cascity.com, has lots of resources, as well as a list of vendors of cowboy-action supplies, a newsletter and an events calendar. In addition to these sites, a quick Google search will turn up lots of state and local cowboy-action shooting sites. All of these can provide resources or give you an opportunity to become a local resource. Cowboy-action shooters buy rifles, shotguns and revolvers. A shooter starting out in the sport is going to buy a pair of revolvers, a rifle and a shotgun, which is not an inconsequential purchase. And that’s only the beginning. “We carry the guns that people who are winning matches are shooting,” Gordon said. “We carry the Uberti 66 and 73 rifles. They’re the top rifles on the match circuit here. Generally people are buying .38s and .357s, but there are some categories that require larger calibers.” Other top-selling lever-action rifles in- Equipping Shooters clude Winchester and Marlin. When it comes to revolvers, Gordon says nothing replaces the Ruger Vaquero. “That’s what the majority of customers purchase,” he said. “There are some Italian clones that are copies of the Colts and they do well — particularly if they’re tuned up by a gunsmith who knows how to do it.” Uberti makes several revolvers in Colt’s image. Other guns are available from Navy Arms, Colt and Cimarron. Then there are shotguns. “We carry shotguns that are replicas of the Remington 97 pump, made in China,” Gordon said. “We also carry the Remington side-by-side double barrel. Those are probably the top two shotguns in the matches in this area. Some people are shooting older brands of shotguns that aren’t manufactured anymore.” If you deal in used guns, this is an excellent opportunity to pick up older Winchesters and other shotguns for your cowboy-action clients. It’s also an opportunity to serve as their FFL when they order one 38 OCTOBER 2008 Circle No. 205 on Inquiry Card www.shootingindustry.com