Cosmoline said:
Yup, and go a bit further back and the left hand will shoot off the right. It's reckless.
Oh, geez, I didn't think of that!
Of course it is reckless, and of course it is silly, which is why when the compulsion struck, I actually thought about it, and tried it under controlled conditions, rather than pulling a YouTube video-worthy stunt.
Actual thought about the equipment available and the experiment to be attempted gave me a few guidelines to follow:
Left-hand gun should be a few inches behind the right
Left-hand gun should have the longer barrel
Neither gun should have any signifigant recoil
Both guns should be comfortable in the hand and point-shootable
Using a pair of Ruger autoloaders, one with a 5.5" barrel, and one with a 6.875" barrel, the above guidelines were quite easy to follow, and you can read my above post (typed with all 10 fingers!) to get the results of my experiment ... but I'll give an executive summary here:
Dual-wielding pistols is damn near impossible under controlled conditions with the ideal guns, for practical application, it is not practical, not safe, and not a good idea.
But it was fun to try.
earlthegoat2, considering we're talking about Hollywood guns here, of course a pair of NAA minis in .22short would do the job and never need a reload. Plus, with single-action revolvers, you can shoot L-R-L-R in a semi-controlled fashion