Texas Historical Shootists Society
Location:  Gunsmoke, Texas is located 4 miles north I-10 on Hwy 71 in Columbus, then 1 mile west  on FM 1890 (see map below)
Website: http://www.thss.org
Fee: Membership and Participation Fees for Competitors
Hours: Competitions held the 3rd Sunday of each month, late morning
The THSS works to preserve the history of the old west through the sport of Western Action Shooting, a multi-faceted shooting sport in which contestants compete with firearms typical of those used in the taming of the Old West: single action revolvers, pistol caliber lever action rifles, and old time shotguns. Staged in a unique, characterized, "Old West" style, the activity is a timed sport in which shooters compete for prestige on a course of different shooting stages.

Each scenario, as they are called, features an array of situations, many based on famous incidents or movies scenes, in which the shooters must test their mettle against steel targets. To add to the realism and the fun, the stages comprise elements of an Old West town complete with stagecoaches and saloons, mine shacks, buckboards, a jail and even outhouses and the participants wear period attire.