In 1885 in Fergus, Idaho, Gert Dooley has an unusual job for a woman--test firing guns for her brother the gunsmith--and years of practice have made her an excellent shot. When a murder in town scares her friends, Gert starts the Ladies' Shooting Club to teach the women how to shoot. Their independence upsets the men in town, and Sheriff Chapman finds himself trying to solve a murder and restore peace between the town's women and men.