Beginner Cowboy Mounted Attire

I myself am just a begginner in the world of Cowboy Mounted Shooting. If you are interested in getting started in this wonderful sport, there are clubs all around the United States who would be glad to help or go to www.cowboymountedshooting.com. But the reason I am here, is to help in getting started with your authentic cowboy attire.

I have found that there are plenty of websites out there that have authentic cowboy or western attire, but one that I like is Wild West Mercantile. They have very compareable rates to other sites, and they have a good variety of styles and brands.

Now for the begginning shooter, since everything seems really expensive in this sport, like the horse, saddle, pistols, holsters and more. So since you have spent all of this money, lets just start out with the basic attire needed to get going in this sport.

First off the shirts, I would recommend getting three or four as most of these events last at least three days. Wah Maker, or Scully are good brands to start with, they are basic and can usually also be found in the bargin or sale areas. I personally like the stiped and bibed shirts, they look the best on me.

Second would be pants, now you can wear a certain brand of jeans (see the CMSA webiste for details), if you have chaps or chinks to cover them (this is my preferred way, but I just like the look of chaps on a cowboy). The cheaper way to start since chaps or chinks can be pretty spendy is a nice pair of Wah Maker or Frontier Classics trousers. Now one issue I have found with these and why I prefer chaps and jeans is that you need suspenders for these trousers and depending on your type of holsters they could get in the way. You could probably get away with getting only two pairs of troussers to start with.

Now you can get boots and hats from the Wild West Mercantile website as wll, but I would recommend going to your local western wear store and find just the right cowboy hat that fits your head as well as a good pair of leather boots ( I prefer Boule boots myself, one of the most comfortable boots I have ever worn at a decent price) that fit your feet.

Now I know this is a pretty simplistic look at what you need to buy to start off in Cowboy Mounted shooting, so look back in the future at more in depth looks at possible styles and themes you can go in your wardrobe.