Three shots from SAA lightning fast

[ilikegunspdx]

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[red442joe]

Hello, Bob Munden?
Seruously, some of these guys are just phenomenal. I'd like to know more about the gun and it's preparation.

Joe

 

[Longwalkhome]

I had a Colt SAA action job done by a world champion fastdraw man out of Arizona a while back. The SAA is a great gun for fun shooting.

 

[red442joe]

Knowing what I do about hands, ratchets, and bolts, I am Stunned what some of these guys do.
Same with the 1911.

Joe

 

[ma96782]

Careful.......

The BATF will declare his finger/hands a "machine gun".

Aloha, Mark

 

[Kid@Heart]

No recoil?

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

No recoil?

Typically not, exhibition shooting is exactly that, with very low loads as that part doesn't matter.

 

[Longwalkhome]

Fast and accurate.

 

[nammac]

Hello, Bob Munden?
Seruously, some of these guys are just phenomenal. I'd like to know more about the gun and it's preparation.

Joe

Miss him, Bob Munden was incredible, some of the distance shots he pulled off we epic. Always appreciated his speed, barely clearing leather the the shot was off…

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I'd like to see that done with :

A historically correct cartridge loading...
As well as a historically correct belt and holster combination.
And a revolver that was re-worked in the way a gunsmith from the 19th century would do it...
Not in a modern "Cowboy Action Style" way.

Wait....
Most of the old west gunmen....didn't do the type shooting like in the OP....nevermind....

Edit to add....

The above is not to be seen as disparaging the shooter in the OP.
He has skill and speed.
Nor is it to be taken as a "shot" at those who enjoy Cowboy Action Shooting.
Shoot as you wish...have fun and be safe.

Speaking only for myself...
I would be more impressed if.....
The shooter shot in a 19th century manner and did so , skillfully.
To replicate the shooting feats of say Hardin or Hickok...with modern guns or rigs is one thing....
To do so with an original or historically correct replica of a gun , rig and style is more to my liking.
Andy

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I'd like to see that done with :
A historically correct cartridge loading...
As well as a historically correct belt and holster combination.
And a revolver that was re-worked in the way a gunsmith from the 19th century would do it...not in a modern "Cowboy Action Style" way.
Wait....
Most of the old west gunmen....didn't do the type shooting like in the OP....nevermind....
Andy

Good points. I suppose if the old west gunman had the technology and ability to do that fast shooting they would, but probably to shoot tin cans or show off.

As far as actual gunfights my bet is they would actually point and aim if they want to win the gunfight. But that's just a guess based on the limited reports I've heard about gunfighters at the time. So much myth and folklore and Hollywood out there. It would be cool to see more first hand reports of people actually involved in gunfights in those days.

My guess is the gunfighters at that time would have the same choice as a person in a gunfight today. Who would win, the dude blasting away as fast as possible or the dude firing calmly and deliberately (my vote is the latter)? Now if you can be calm, deliberate, accurate, and shoot very fast, then that's the ideal. But probably only accomplished through lots of training to achieve that. Rob Leatham is for me the number one trainer to listen to on that subject. For me no one else is even in the same universe as far as advanced handgun training.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Who would win, the dude blasting away as fast as possible or the dude firing calmly and deliberately (my vote is the latter)?

You might enjoy looking up and reading about the Wild Bill / Dave Tutt gunfight in 1865....
Andy

 

[Member 38805]

Many years ago Bob Munden was at Gresham Ford doing a shooting demonstration and a friend and I went there to watch. It was a great show, and he was amazingly fast! Faster than most people would be with a semiauto handgun! And very accurate at full speed too!

 

[solv3nt]

I'd like to see that done with :

A historically correct cartridge loading...
As well as a historically correct belt and holster combination.
And a revolver that was re-worked in the way a gunsmith from the 19th century would do it...
Not in a modern "Cowboy Action Style" way.

Wait....
Most of the old west gunmen....didn't do the type shooting like in the OP....nevermind....

Edit to add....

The above is not to be seen as disparaging the shooter in the OP.
He has skill and speed.
Nor is it to be taken as a "shot" at those who enjoy Cowboy Action Shooting.
Shoot as you wish...have fun and be safe.

Speaking only for myself...
I would be more impressed if.....
The shooter shot in a 19th century manner and did so , skillfully.
To replicate the shooting feats of say Hardin or Hickok...with modern guns or rigs is one thing....
To do so with an original or historically correct replica of a gun , rig and style is more to my liking.
Andy

Andy walks to his conventions through paths not yet made; he is only wearing fur sewn with his own hair; he smells of......

 

[Koda]

Who would win, the dude blasting away as fast as possible or the dude firing calmly and deliberately (my vote is the latter)? Now if you can be calm, deliberate, accurate, and shoot very fast, then that's the ideal.

"The most important lesson I learned ... was that the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time"
"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. You must learn to be slow in a hurry."
-Wyatt Earp