fast shooting one-handed in 3:10 to Yuma - possible?

[NORTEXED]

Slightly off topic, but was that a Schoefield his guy shot the Sheriff with. The ribbed barrel looked like it, but it seemed a little thin in the crane area.

 

[KelBench400]

They referred to them as Schoefields earlier in the scene. Perhaps a repro that isn't 100%?

 

[Steve C]

If you've ever seen Bob Munden on the American Shooter you'd see how fast an expert can be with a SA 1860 Colt.

I saw Bob's shooting demonstration when I was in High School and he was touring schools (see his Biography). It made a lasting impression on me. Using an automatic timer, he drew and shot 2 rounds at balloons set 15 ft apart, he was 12' from each (if I remember correctly) using blanks. The wadding and powder would burst the balloons and they where too far apart for one shot to break them both. I swear I only heard one shot yet both balloons broke and he showed 2 expended cartridges. Time was less than 1/4 of a second!!

 

[peacemaker45]

It's possible to shoot a lot faster than that.

http://www.jspublications.net/records/BudD458.wmv

That's a video of Badlands Bud showing how it should be done. For a similar ten round dump, I can run it in about 6 seconds, and I'm no great shakes as a duelist shooter.

~~~Mat

 

[TimM]

Learned a long time ago that every time I heard somebody say "There ain't no way in **** that is possible" - somebody else proves them wrong.

 

[grimjaw]

Since in the movies they don't actually have to HIT anything (blanks) or deal with full recoil, and the guns could be slicked up quite a bit by a good armorer, don't see any reason why with practice they couldn't fire that fast.

jm

 

[jameslovesjammie]

+1 on SteveC.

Here's a video of Bob in action!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbklCvsoFRo

 

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Back to the movie...I think I sensed a jump cut in at least one place.