What a great thread! Most informative to a newbie such as myself. I concur with the re-inactors here when you say the spectators want to see the fancier dress. I used to do the single action shooting thing some years ago. I chose to dress as a humble cowpoke of the 1880's, as accurate as possible, but the spectators flocked to the "Hollywood" saturday morning western show dressed folks, complete with silver mounted double buscadero rigs and such.