Some easy questions

[Galloway]

Hi, I dont have rifle at the time can I just participate in the handgun events at a match? Also can I use different barrel lengths in different calibers or do they need to be a pair?

[Foothills Drifter]

Howdy......
Use any combo of barrel lenghts ya want! If ya ain't got a rifle....ain't no problem. Bring some extra ammo and let the folks on your posse know ya are in need and you will have cowboys standin in line tryin ta lend ya one! I alway bring two.....
Where are ya from......

Good shootin......
Vern... 

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Foothills Drifter says it straight. There's almost always someone with a spare rifle you could use. As to calibers, I've seen pards shoot three different calibers on one stage. There is no rule on this. It's nice to have a matched pair of pistols so they both feel the same while you shoot, but it isn't necessary. Most pards like the same caliber in their rifle and pistols for convenience of only needing one load to fit everything. My wife and I shoot the same caliber in all our cartridge guns and we just grab ammo out of the same big box. All the casings go into the same ziplock. No thought on what goes into what.

[DarkBlack]

These pards are right on the money.

The first match I went to I only had one pistol of my own & I just came to watch. I must've been asked by 20 fellers why I wasn't shooting, & every one of them told me that not owning guns is no excuse for not shooting.

The next month, pards sought me out to find me & let me use their guns.

CAS-ers are the friendliest lot of dirty dogs you're likely to find in this brave new world we live in.

If you're ever in Northern Illinois, look me up, we'll go shootin.