This site is dedicated to Outlaw Shooters...
and those who want to be!

What is an Outlaw Shooter? Well, that would be a cowboy or cowgirl who has watched too many westerns and knows the only true way to shoot like our hero's did is to just draw and shoot with out bothering to use the sights. Outlaw shooting started at the Smoky Mountain Shootist Society in Knoxville, Tennessee and moved quickly to the Ocoee Rangers in Cleveland, Tennessee. There were a group of us cowboys who could not resist the challenge of shooting like they did in the movies. As the popularity caught on we decided to start our own C.A.S. class inside of our local clubs and named the new class "Outlaw Way"  or just  "Outlaw"; as in

"What class are you shooting today?"
"I am going to give that Outlaw Way a try," or
"I always shoot Outlaw now."

As the interest continued to grow in the "Outlaw Way," we approached several of our area clubs that were hosting larger shoots such as the SMSS Smoky Mountain Shoot-Out in Oak Ridge, TN and the Kentucky State Championship held at Hooten Old Town in McKee, Kentucky to recognize the "Outlaw Way" as a main match class.

 This is a Non-SASS class and we do not expect to see it listed at Mule Camp or EOT anytime in the near future, but if you are anywhere in the South you very well may see it listed as a shooting class. We have  some excellent ambassadors pushing the "Outlaw Way": we have Larry Earp down in Florida who shoots just about every week-end somewhere and has a good grip on hip-shooting, we also have Lucky Leroy in Kentucky who hip-shoots his way around Kentucky, Ohio and parts further north. Loose Cinch from the Ocoee Rangers attended EOT and shot with Evil Roy's posse and showed his stuff pretty well I am told. Smoky Mountain Shootist Society boast at least five hard core Outlaws with three or four coming and going every month. SMSS has Tennessee Tombstone and Lane who are the first two that gave hip-shooting a try at every match; Curly Bill Kelly, Rawhide Rex and Badlands Beck converted to the Outlaw Way soon after seeing how much fun it was. Cactus Red and his uncle Kennasaw Kid, Caliber 45, Jim Mayo, Red Neckerson and his wife Two Dogs Runin all shoot the Outlaw Way

The Smoky Mountain Shoot-Out was held March 27th - 30th in 2008 at the Oak Ridge Sportsman Association and we had quite a few shooters give the Outlaw way a try. We had a stage set up on side match day so anyone could give it a go if they wanted to. We even awarded the fastest Outlaw Shooter for the day. We also had a few more cowboys give the Outlaw Way a try for all ten stages. Welcome Hico Kid and Critter T. Longshot. They both shot from the hip and Hico even won the category for the match.

Shooting Outlaw is not for the novice shooter. Much like gunfighter the Outlaw Shooter needs to have a lot of experience in CAS and also not be afraid to miss and keep on missing. This class takes a lot of practice to achieve even a single clean stage much less a clean match. You will very seldom see an Outlaw in the top ten at any given match. I am not saying it does not happen but it does not happen very often.