1911Tuner
Moderator Emeritus
Fast Point
Yo Brownie!
When I was a lad of 16, I had occasion to witness the gol-dangedest thing I ever did see.
A huge man with hands the size of ham hocks was knocking aspirin tablets off a table at 10 feet...and bottle caps at 20 feet with a double-action revolver from the hip. He accomplished this feat from the leather on a signal, and if you blinked at just the right time, you wouldn't see him move at all. His best recorded time from signal to shot was 27/100ths of a second...and he did a few on that day from under a suitcoat at a measured
35/100ths of a second average time for 10 tries.
In all fairness, he was lined up with the target, but I'd still estimate that he could have turned and drawn from concealment and hit those bottle caps in under a half-second. Of course...He did practice a lot.
His name was Bill Jordan...
Cheers!
Yo Brownie!
When I was a lad of 16, I had occasion to witness the gol-dangedest thing I ever did see.
A huge man with hands the size of ham hocks was knocking aspirin tablets off a table at 10 feet...and bottle caps at 20 feet with a double-action revolver from the hip. He accomplished this feat from the leather on a signal, and if you blinked at just the right time, you wouldn't see him move at all. His best recorded time from signal to shot was 27/100ths of a second...and he did a few on that day from under a suitcoat at a measured
35/100ths of a second average time for 10 tries.
In all fairness, he was lined up with the target, but I'd still estimate that he could have turned and drawn from concealment and hit those bottle caps in under a half-second. Of course...He did practice a lot.
His name was Bill Jordan...
Cheers!