It looked like the set of "Gunsmoke" the past few days at the Oklahoma City Gun Club, only Marshal Dillon, Festus and Miss Kitty weren't there. However, there were plenty of people dressed like them.

Cowboy action shooting has grown in popularity over the last several years and now enjoys an international membership in excess of 80,000, with registered clubs in 50 states and six countries.

May 21—Cowboy action shooting — also known as Western action shooting, single-action shooting, cowboy 3-gun, and Western 3-gun — is a competitive shooting sport that originated in 1981. At its core, ...

Mar. 4—Not long after the "closing of the western frontier" in the 1890s, the era of the "Wild West" was almost immediately mythologized in dime novels, live Wild West shows, and the earliest silent ...

Amy Anderson is a gunslinger with a wild hobby. Anderson, 66, of Washington Township might sling hash in the cafeteria at Kiski Area South Primary School, but in her downtime she slings guns — ...

The piano player bangs out a tune in the corner of the smoky saloon as the last cards are drawn. The red-headed stranger turns over a full house and reaches to collect his chips. "Nobody's that lucky, ...