Colorado Cowboys Beginnings: 

Colorado Cowboys began as a mounted shooting group back in 1996.  There were only 15 shooters to begin with.  These cowboys and cowgirls met once a month at the M Lazy C Ranch to race their horses around the arena and shoot balloon targets staged on poles.  In 1998 some action shooters learned of the match and decided to approach the group to propose they combine forces and offer mounted and action shooting at the ranch.  Thus the action side of Colorado Cowboys was born. By this point the mounted faction had grown to around 30 shooters. At first the mounted and action shoots were held on the second Saturday and Sunday of the month.  It became too much work to do both shoots on the same weekend, so the action shoot was moved to the Saturday before the mounted. Although the mounted and action shooters don’t shoot together, there are several of the mounted shooters that join in the monthly action match and a few action shooters that join the mounted match.

Several action shoots were held with only the ranch owner and his hands officiating.  There were very few props and a limited number of targets.  Luckily they had some very handy folks working the ranch that also knew how to weld.  Shortly there were more targets. 

Soon, it became apparent that running a ranch, a cowboy action and mounted group was going to take more help.  An advisory board was developed from some of the interested shooters and things began to change.  Along with the ranch hands, this group of hardy shooters began building props and finding an outlet for more targets.  There were work parties that the membership joined in to enhance the existing range.  More buildings were erected and berm work done.  At that time, an average number of participants for an action shoot numbered about 30.  Colorado Cowboys action shooters made a decision to shoot year round.  Everyone soon figured out that although the shoot was being held in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the weather was nice even in the dead of winter.  More and more folks began to show up.  Within a year the attendance was up to 70 cowpokes with membership around 65.  We are continuing to grow and learn! 

You may have noticed there are no names in our story.  The reason for this is because no one person can make a club, it takes teamwork.

We are fortunate to have our shooting range on a working cowboy ranch in the Colorado Mountains, and feel certain your weekend here will be a memorable one.  

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