Fastest draw in the world!
- Thread starter 762shooter
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
There is nothing fishy about Bob Munden, he is a showman and that fast/accurate. He regularly appears on a shooting show in the States and he can do amazing things. In this clip Mr. Munden is wearing an "End of the Trail" badge and none but the best were invited to that event. Bill Jordan was a regular at the End of the Trail and no one ever doubted his prowess with a revolver. Regards, Richard
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Other pistoleros who defied logic were Thell Reed and Ed McGivern. Like Munden, to watch Thell Reed was simply not to believe your eyes. McGivern for many years had an untouchable record of about .16 seconds from the signal to draw until the bullet hit the target, firing double action. Most really good people have a reaction time that allows the bullet to hit the target in 1.5 seconds, so McGivern was almost 10X faster. Bill Jordan could put a coin on the back of his hand held at chest height, snatch the Smith from its holster, and the coin would fall into the empty holster, try that! When putting on shooting displays Jordan could hit asprins with his .357. All of these guys are/were remarkable.
He's quite a bit less arrogant now he's gettin up there in age.
His wife is a good shooter too.
He also does some gunsmithing for "selected" clients.
I don't believe anyone will ever beat his quick-draw times.
His wife is a good shooter too.
He also does some gunsmithing for "selected" clients.
I don't believe anyone will ever beat his quick-draw times.
+1 He's one of those guys that ends up on your hero list when you're growing up (assuming you grew up with some form of gun in your hand) as already mentioned McGivern, Keith, Skelton, Jordan, Cooper, Reed - there are very few these days who have the same presence. Jerry Miculek comes to mind, and Larry Vickers (on the 'combat side'), Pat Rogers, Ken Hackathorn and Rob Leatham - but you probably only recognize their names if you are a hard core shooter. The previous names were pretty well known beyond the shooting world. It's unfortunate that society has degraded to the point that a 'shooting demonstration' now means a large group of women with hairy legs carrying signs after a death.
It looks like trickery because the film speed is too slow, it's maybe 60 frames per second approx. Would need high speed cameras at 300-400 fps to capture an event that happens within .02 seconds.
Bob has a little school at his place in Montana he will help you trick your gun and teach you how to shoot. I've seen him fore six rounds just as fast, he uses his right thumb to #### the trigger for the first shot and his left thumb for the second, his index for the next, his middle for the fourth, ring fifth and pinky for the sixth and never lets go of the trigger.
- Location
- Southeastern Michigan
Boomer,
I am also willing to bet they all had/have exceptional eyesight. I found the following on Chuck Yeager's eyesight and I post it as I once read he could follow a bullet's path in the air:
"Yeager possessed outstanding eyesight (rated as 20/10, once enabling him to shoot a deer at 600 yards (550 m)[6]), flying skills, and combat leadership; he distinguished himself by becoming the first pilot in his group to make "ace in a day": he shot down five enemy aircraft in one mission, finishing the war with 11.5 official victories, including one of the first air-to-air victories over a jet fighter (a German Messerschmitt Me 262)."
Regards,
Richard
I am also willing to bet they all had/have exceptional eyesight. I found the following on Chuck Yeager's eyesight and I post it as I once read he could follow a bullet's path in the air:
"Yeager possessed outstanding eyesight (rated as 20/10, once enabling him to shoot a deer at 600 yards (550 m)[6]), flying skills, and combat leadership; he distinguished himself by becoming the first pilot in his group to make "ace in a day": he shot down five enemy aircraft in one mission, finishing the war with 11.5 official victories, including one of the first air-to-air victories over a jet fighter (a German Messerschmitt Me 262)."
Regards,
Richard
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Boomer,
I am also willing to bet they all had/have exceptional eyesight. I found the following on Chuck Yeager's eyesight and I post it as I once read he could follow a bullet's path in the air:
"Yeager possessed outstanding eyesight (rated as 20/10, once enabling him to shoot a deer at 600 yards (550 m)[6]), flying skills, and combat leadership; he distinguished himself by becoming the first pilot in his group to make "ace in a day": he shot down five enemy aircraft in one mission, finishing the war with 11.5 official victories, including one of the first air-to-air victories over a jet fighter (a German Messerschmitt Me 262)."
Regards,
I wouldn't argue with that. As a result of his wonderful eyesight, its unlikely Yeagar's adversaries even knew he was in the same sky.
Boomer,
I am also willing to bet they all had/have exceptional eyesight. I found the following on Chuck Yeager's eyesight and I post it as I once read he could follow a bullet's path in the air:
"Yeager possessed outstanding eyesight (rated as 20/10, once enabling him to shoot a deer at 600 yards (550 m)[6]), flying skills, and combat leadership; he distinguished himself by becoming the first pilot in his group to make "ace in a day": he shot down five enemy aircraft in one mission, finishing the war with 11.5 official victories, including one of the first air-to-air victories over a jet fighter (a German Messerschmitt Me 262)."
Regards,
Kinda sounding a little Chuck Norris there
Damn fast reaction time!Bob Munden is a controversial person. Some people don't want to accept that he's fast and that's the reason of controversy. Is true, his mouth is fast too but I swear he can back it up.
He is a former fast draw shooter and since 1980 is an exibition shooter. Has done a lot of TV Shows called "Imposible shots" and hundreds of demonstrations in front of thousands people. He's a gunsmith too and is teaching the art of fast draw (summer courses).
Nobody should doubt about he's skills. The video presented on Youtube is 100% real. That style of fast draw is called fanning and is the fastest way ever to shoot a gun. Now, if is under 0.200 sec or beyond....is another story, but Bob is faster than someone can imagine and accept it like a real thing.
Now he's retired and living in Butte, Montana, a quiet and beautiful place to live.
Hi's wife Becky Munden is a great shooter too, but the time has the final word and now she's not so young too.
In the video Bob is wearing a glove on the fanning hand because of an old, ugly and stupid gun accident. And for the pard who had doubts about if he's touching the hammer or not, be sure that damn hammer was slaped with no mercy.
The camera was not in danger at all because he was shooting blanks(so no bullet, just powder). Today in fast draw shooters are using blanks and wax bullets. Long time a go in 1955 the world championships were held in Vegas and they used live ammo. Very dangerous and that's the reason the rules changed forever and now (with responsability) there is no danger using wax or blanks(except for Quebec where is very dangerous
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But today there are other guys faster than a blink of an eye. The fastest guy I ever seen in front of my eyes is Howard Darby, a Canadian pard who's living in Calgary. He's the actual world record holder and is a world champion too. I know that's not a easy thing to swallow for the American pards, but sometimes life sucks. He's a world champ on gun spinning too.
My appologies for the long post, but being involved in fast draw shooting I felt that is my duty to mention some things on this matter.
Respect to all of you
He is a former fast draw shooter and since 1980 is an exibition shooter. Has done a lot of TV Shows called "Imposible shots" and hundreds of demonstrations in front of thousands people. He's a gunsmith too and is teaching the art of fast draw (summer courses).
Nobody should doubt about he's skills. The video presented on Youtube is 100% real. That style of fast draw is called fanning and is the fastest way ever to shoot a gun. Now, if is under 0.200 sec or beyond....is another story, but Bob is faster than someone can imagine and accept it like a real thing.
Now he's retired and living in Butte, Montana, a quiet and beautiful place to live.
Hi's wife Becky Munden is a great shooter too, but the time has the final word and now she's not so young too.
In the video Bob is wearing a glove on the fanning hand because of an old, ugly and stupid gun accident. And for the pard who had doubts about if he's touching the hammer or not, be sure that damn hammer was slaped with no mercy.
The camera was not in danger at all because he was shooting blanks(so no bullet, just powder). Today in fast draw shooters are using blanks and wax bullets. Long time a go in 1955 the world championships were held in Vegas and they used live ammo. Very dangerous and that's the reason the rules changed forever and now (with responsability) there is no danger using wax or blanks(except for Quebec where is very dangerous
)But today there are other guys faster than a blink of an eye. The fastest guy I ever seen in front of my eyes is Howard Darby, a Canadian pard who's living in Calgary. He's the actual world record holder and is a world champion too. I know that's not a easy thing to swallow for the American pards, but sometimes life sucks. He's a world champ on gun spinning too.
My appologies for the long post, but being involved in fast draw shooting I felt that is my duty to mention some things on this matter.
Respect to all of you
this guy is god . i saw him on tv 8-10 years ago. he had a stack of 6 pennies on the back of his draw hand, flip them in the air , draw the gun and shot each of the coins in the air. i dont think the shots were blanks or the blast would just move other coins while one is being shot.
watch this
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2713313
watch this
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2713313
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- Ft. Mac. Alberta
You should see him cut a thrown card in half with a pitol.
RIGHT IN HALF!
BTW,with a chain fire there would be no accuracy and a definite lack of velocity.....
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