After considerable thought and discussion, we have decided to add another decade to our sport, the 1940s! Has your imagination been leading you to a later time in US history than what the AZSA currently offers? Now you can update your costumes and add a few more guns to your collection! If thoughts of wearing zoot suits and shooting M1 Thompsons made you feel a little out of place for the 1930s,
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IT’S (NOT) ALL IN THE NAME
~February 7th, 2011
Due to the interest generated by the name of our sport and the inquiries we have received from its beginning, I have decided to write this blog to explain why we chose “Zoot Shooters”.
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~September 12th, 2010
American Zoot Shooters Association is a shooting sport at its core and in order to call yourself a shooting sport you must involve firearms within competition. Zoot Shooters also portrays the 1920s-1930s and without costumes this would be difficult to do. Therefore, dressing up is equally as important as the period correct guns. In this article I will be discussing three important things next to the “Chicago Typewriter” and they are costumes, holsters and eyewear.
