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Mounted Shooting champs to ride starting tonight

CHIP CHANDLER

Senior rider Dave Peters takes out a target in a preliminary contest before the world-championship Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association competition begins Tuesday.

About 300 riders with guns will take over the Amarillo National Center beginning Tuesday.

The Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association's world championships begin with a cowboy church service at 7 p.m. tonight.

Competition rounds begin at 8 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, continuing at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 17 and 8:30 a.m. Oct. 18.

The competition culminates in the Starline Showcase of Champions, featuring top riders from each of the divisions at 7 p.m. Oct. 18.

Final riding will take place at 8 a.m. Oct. 19.

The event features cowboys riding in a timed event using two .45 caliber single-action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank ammunition.

For information, call 806-376-7767 or visit www.cmsaevents.com.