The California Desperados Mounted Shooters are the premier club in Southern California for the exciting sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting. Cowboy Mounted Shooting is both a shooting sport and equestrian sport which can be enjoyed by the whole family.
The Desperados take pride in outfitting themselves and their horses in authentic period clothing and tack. Single-action Colt .45 or similar revolvers are used to shoot blanks at balloon targets.

The blanks consist of a mixture of black powder, which provides a spray of about 10 to 15 feet to break the balloons. No projectiles such as ground corn cob or walnut shell are used. The California Desperados use J&B Blanks which are made with crimped end brass no wadding.

Participants ride a timed course consisting of 10 balloons, the first five in a variable pattern and the final five in a straight line for the "rundown" to the finish.

There are seperate divisions for Novice, Intermediate, and Expert Men, and Women and Juniors. There is also a Pee-Wee division for children under 12, who run a modified course without firing.

http://www.californiadesperados.com/Schedule.html