Has there ever been documented dual wielding gun battles?

[Justin]

Ed McGivern has a chapter in 'Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting' about dual wielding.

1.) Learn to shoot strong handed.
2.) Learn how to shoot equally well with your weak hand.
3.) Start shooting dual pistols slowly in practice sessions.
4.) Speed up.

Oh, and expect to by ammo by the palette if you actually want to do anything but make noise.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

"If you ever NEED more then 4 or 5 revolvers, your're not short of revolvers, you're short peolpe on your side of the fight", or something like that?

That and the lack of raw material is why we lost( plus the fact that the north got Spencers at the end).

 

[gym]

I say why not. It would enable you to cover more territory without turning your body from side to side. "If you can shoot one handed", "some do this better than others" you can shave off enough time to possibly save your butt if you are alone and facing more than one BG in a house or apartment. Like walking down a hallway and suddenlly being faced with two BG's, coming up in 2 different directions. Granted most of us arent going to ever have that happen. But when I started combat shooting in the 70's, before the "schools" and not many people other than cops used to shoot combat, we were taught to take a one handed shot, rather than turning and using two hands if it was to the extreme right side. "and you were right handed, or ambi" The second shot would be two handed. So I could see using a second gun if you practiced that way. But how many folks really practice with their weak hand, maybe once in a while, but I would bet not many.

 

[CZ223]

Nobody mentioned

Wyatt Earp. I am pretty sure that it is well documented that He used two pistols at the same time on several occasions.

I was/am a Cowboy action shooter who shoots double duelist. Double duelist is not an official category but what it means is that you shoot one gun with each hand though not at the same time. Gunfighters draw both guns at the same time and fire each alternately. My brain just doesn't work fast enough for me to engage the targets in the proper order while shooting both guns simultaneously. I got pretty good with my weak hand and thought that it might be a skill worth devoloping with my carry guns. I pactice a fair amount with my weak hand. I have also just started duel weilding with a pair of Glock 23's and a a pair of 1911's. I find that can hit two targets spaced about 15 feet apart, from a distance of 15-20 or so feet quite rapidly. The closer the targets are together the easier it is to hit rapidly.

Lately I have been toying with the idea of getting a dual rig for a couple 1911's. Since I am still a cowboy at heart I will probably have a dual "cowboy" style rig made eventually but I would also like a double shoulder holster like Sharp dressed mans.

By the way, I just watched Boondock Saints and the new one, Boondock Saints-All Saints Day. They all shot with two hands and now I really want a vest like that, I already have plenty of pistols to fill it.

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Hatterasguy, I don't know about you, but when I go to the gun rack here at my place, there aren't any MP5's, or other subguns. There ARE a bunch of .45's, and they shoot bigger bullets than MP5's. I've fired a lot of subguns, and in close quarters, I'd still take two .45's, if not for the simple advantage to cover two places at once.

 

[green country shooter]

I tried with two identical glock 17s once. By alternating i could make some decent hits, but it was much much slower than i could shoot one strong and then switch.