Alamo Fast Draw and Sammy Davis Jr.

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That's for sure. They don't make'em like they used to.
 
As a fan of old westerns and black and white TV series, I've seen Sammy do his tricks on The Rifleman and Lawman several times, a very talented individual!

LD
 
Now that's a line I'm going to have to steal:

"Shucks, I wouldn't put it on unless I was GOOD at it!" :D One cool cat.
 
I've never seen the Jerry Lewis bit. Thanks so much for posting. :)
 
Glenn Ford did in fact, have significant gun skills, and real interesting WWII military experience as well. Amongst those like Audie Murphy who saw their share of combat.

I am so old I can remember watching Sammy D doing those tricks in the way back when.
He was sure enough fast.
 
Lends more weight to my favorite S.D. Jr album... "The Wham of Sam". My father in law restored one of S.D.'s Rolls Royces and it had a clever little under dash pistol hanger. Wouldn't want to have been the fool thinkin' he's gonna car-jack a trick shootin' song and dance man.
 
Wow, there's a name I never really expected to see on a gun related site.

You learn something new every day.

Wonder if Deano did rope tricks or anything?
 
The scary part is,
The Rat Pack didn't all kill each other or somebody else, practicing fast draw & gun twirling.
While three sheets to the wind in a Las Vegas hotel room!!

rc
 
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Davis was a gun collector as well. Along with Mel Torme, Buddy Hackett and a few others. Western movies and TV shows were very big in the 50's/60's and a lot of these guys took the time to learn the skills and were taught by some of the best, like Arvo Ojala http://secretsofthefastdraw.com/index.html

Fast draw competitions began in So. Cal as I recall.

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I've read Sinatra had a modest collection, some Colts a few Thompson Sub guns, etc. His collection was dwarfed by Hackett's and Torme's. They both gathered Colts but also Lugers, S&Ws and whatever else caught their eyes. Google turns up a few things.

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rcmodel said:
The Rat Pack didn't all kill each other or somebody else, practicing fast draw & gun twirling.
While three sheets to the wind in a Las Vegas hotel room!!

mmmhmmmm. The Rat Pack was the pinnacle of style, anyway you slice it. I mean, Sintra with a TSMG, sheez, how can you get more cool?
 
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