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

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

There are other shooting matches open to the public.

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

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.

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.