SPRING COWBOY FAST DRAW ASSOCIATION S ’ 2020 UNSLIN ER S GOfficial Journal of the ’ Cowboy fast Draw assoCiation AZETTE ing the RomanceG and Legend of the O ~ Honor ld West ~ 2019 NEBRASKA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP ARTICLE ON PAGE 6 CFDA Celebrates 4th of July in Fernley, NV for the 2019 Nevada State Championship & Western Territorial Article on Page 8 Competitors Duel it out at the 2019 Wisconsin State Championship (Cover Picture) Article on page 11 Page 2 Spring 2020 Gunslinger’s Gazette Taylor’s & Co. proudly markets finely-crafted historical firearms for the collector. Manufactured using precise modern machinery and high quality modern materials, these firearms are faithful reproductions of those originally designed in the nineteenth century. 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In short, they have developed a program club pride and membership in local clubs flour- without much to do, or waiting for hours between wherein any existing club member who brings a ished across the country. But, during the 70’s a rounds. new shooter to a match, earns a free entry-fee for trend started where many shooters began to ig- It was time to completely reorganize that match for both their friend and themself, and nore local clubs and preferred to just travel to ma- and update our entire program after years of edit- it certainly works for them! jor matches. A decade later the main organization ing the existing program. It is available to down- Some of our new members find CFDA became more of a North American club that was load and print for all of our members in the Rules or one of our affiliated clubs through social media, spread from coast to coast. Two major downfalls and Range Officer Training section on the CFDA one of our magazine advertisements, or may have were…. How do you recruit new members into an Website. e begin a new decade of Cowboy Fast Draw, seen us on the Outdoor Channel. When they call activity where they must travel sometimes thou- I highly recommend that all of our Wsince our founding in 2002 this year we cel- our office, we love it when there is a club close to sands of miles for their first experience? How members study our CFDA Range Officer Pro- ebrate our 18th Anniversary! It is a time to both them that we can refer them to. Unfortunately, many people can afford to be a member of some- gram, it will make you a better competitor, if you reflect on what we have done and where we are most time there is not a club close to them, so we thing that requires so much traveling, time off of understand our rules and how match procedures going. give them the closest club, no matter how many work, and money, just to attend enough events to operate, and you will have a more enjoyable ex- Together, with the help of all of our hours away and give them the contact informa- keep them interested? The result was, that within perience at our matches.